Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Bakken A surname from Norwegian. Bakker A surname. bakkie A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container. bakkra A white person, especially one who owned slaves. bakkwa A Chinese salty-sweet dried meat product similar to jerky. bakla Effeminate man. Baklahorani An annual carnival celebrated on Shrove Monday by the Greek Orthodox community in Istanbul. baklava A sweet pastry found in many cuisines of the Middle East and the Balkans, made of chopped nuts layered with phyllo pastry. baklol A foolish or silly person; someone who behaves in a clownish, childish, or laughable way. bakmi A type of semi-thick Chinese wheat noodle, or a dish chiefly composed of them. Bakongo Synonym of Kongo (“a Bantu ethnic group”). Bakool A region of Somalia. Bakos A surname. bakoula A spicy Moroccan salad made with mallow. Bakradze A transliteration of the Georgian surname ბაქრაძე (bakraʒe). Bakri A Sunni. Bakrism Sunni Islam Bakriyyah Sunni Islam Baksa A district of Assam, India. Baksan A river in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia. baksanite A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral steel gray mineral containing bismuth, sulfur, and tellurium. baksari A soldier armed with a matchlock. Baksh A surname. Bakshaish An ornamental rug from the village of Bakshaish in northwest Iran. bakshalu Synonym of bobbatlu (“sweet flatbread”). baksheesh In the Middle East or southwest Asia: a bribe or tip. Bakshi A surname. baksmal Converting a Dalvik executable file (.dex file) to smali language (a human-readable representation of the binary Dalvik bytecode). bakso Indonesian meatball. baku A type of supernatural being said to devour nightmares. bakuchiol A meroterpene phenol, extracted from seeds of Psoralea corylifolia, that shows antimicrobial activity BakuDeku The ship (Enemies to Lovers) of characters Katsuki Bakugo and Izuku "Deku" Midoriya from the My Hero Academia series. bakufu A shogunate; the office and administration of a shogun. bakula The tree Mimusops elengi. Bakumatsu The final years of the Edo period, between 1853 and 1867, when Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the pre-modern empire of the Meiji government. Bakun A surname from Polish. Bakunin A surname Bakuninian Of or relating to Mikhail Bakunin (Russian: Михаил Бакунин; 1814–1876), Russian revolutionary anarchist and founder of collectivist anarchism. Bakuninism Support for Mikhail Bakunin respectively his propositions. Bakuninist Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of Mikhail Bakunin bakunyuu A pair of very large breasts. Bakur A male given name from Armenian Bakuvian Of or relating to Baku. bakwan A kind of fritter from vegetables and wheat flour. bakwit An evacuee. bal The surface of a mine. Bala A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH9235). Balaam A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column. Balaamite Of or pertaining to Balaam (a Biblical figure). Balaamitical Characteristic of Balaam or Balaamites. Balabac A municipality of Palawan, Philippines. Balabag A barangay of Anilao, Iloilo, Philippines. Balabagan A municipality of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. balaban An Azerbaijani wind instrument made of wood. Balabhadra an epithet of Balarama (one whose weapon is a plough) Balacad A barangay of Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. Balacdas A barangay of Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines. Balachandra A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. Balachandran A surname from Malayalam. Balachka The dialects spoken by Cossacks living in Russia, heavily influenced by Ukrainian dialects but features akanye, like standard and central Russian. balachong A Malaysian and Singaporean form of ngapi, a Southeast Asian condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp. Balaci A commune and village in Teleorman County, Romania. Balaciu A village and commune of Ialomița County, Romania. balaclava A type of warm headgear covering the neck, head, and often part of the face, with apertures left as necessary, often made out of wool. balaclavaed Wearing a balaclava. balada A Spanish-language ballad. Baladeva Balarama Baladez A surname from Spanish. baladiyah A municipality in Iraq. balaenid Any member of the family Balaenidae; a right whale. balaenoid Relating to whales of the family Balaenidae, certain of the baleen whales. balaenopterid Any member of family Balaenopteridae of rorqual whales. balaenopteroid Any baleen whale of the superfamily Balaenopteroidea balafon A wooden-keyed percussion idiophone of West Africa that is struck with two padded sticks. Balagbag A barangay of Diffun, Quirino, Philippines. Balaghat A district of Madhya Pradesh, India. balaglitazone A thiazolidinedione derivative that shows antihyperglycemic activity. Balagtas A barangay of Orion, Bataan, Philippines. Balaguer The capital city of the county of Noguera, Catalonia. balagyptin A particular steroid glycoside. Balaibalan A constructed language of certain Sufi sects created around the 14th–16th century. Balaji A surname from Tamil. Balakbak A barangay of Kapangan, Benguet, Philippines. balaklava A former city in Crimea, now part of city of Sevastopol Balakliia A former name, until 2004, of Balakleia (a village, the administrative centre of Balakleia rural hromada, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine). Balakovo A city in Saratov Oblast, Russia. Balakrishnan A surname from Tamil. Balala A locality in the Uralla council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. balalaika A plucked stringed instrument with a triangular body, short neck and three strings, of Russian origin. balalaikist Someone who plays the balalaika. Balam A gewog of Mongar District, Bhutan. Balamban A municipality of Cebu, Philippines. balamuthosis An infectious disease produced by amoebae of the genus Balamuthia. Balan A surname. balance A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium. balanceable Capable of being balanced. balanced Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over. balancedness The state or quality of being balanced. balancelle A garden seat in the form of a swing. balanceman A man employed to sit on the trunk of a tree while it is transported and keep it horizontal. balancement The act or result of balancing or adjusting; balance. balancer One who, or that which, balances. balances The constellation and zodiacal sign Libra. balancewise In terms of balance. Balanchinian Of or pertaining to George Balanchine. balancing An action wherein someone balances or something is balanced balanda A white person, a European. balandra A sailboat with a single mast. Balandran A surname. balandrana A long medieval coat-like garment with a slit for the arm. balaneion An ancient Greek bathhouse. balanephagous Acorn-eating. Balanga A city, the provincial capital of Bataan, Central Luzon, Philippines. Balangasan A barangay of Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. balangay A type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines. balangeroite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, magnesium, manganese, oxygen, and silicon. balanghai A large boat, about 18 meters in length, used by Malay settlers of the Philippines in prehispanic times. Such a vessel would carry a small clan or a large family. balangi A musical instrument similar to a xylophone. Balangiga A municipality of Eastern Samar, Philippines. Balangir A district of Odisha, India. Balangkayan A municipality of Eastern Samar, Philippines. Balangobong A barangay of Alaminos, Pangasinan, Philippines. balanic Relating to the glans penis or to the glans clitoridis balanid Any member of the family Balanidae, stalkless acorn barnacles in the order Sessilia. balaniferous Bearing or producing acorns. balanitic Relating to balanitis. balanitin A particular steroid glycoside. balanitis Inflammation of the glans penis. balanitisin Any of a group of steroidal saponins found in Balanites. balanitoside A particular steroid glycoside. balanji Synonym of pink cedar balanoid Resembling an acorn; applied to the acorn barnacles balanomorph Any barnacle of the suborder Balanomorpha balanomorphan Any barnacle of the suborder Balanomorpha balanophoraceous Of or relating to the Balanophoraceae. balanophorin A waxy substance found in the stems of certain species of Langsdorffia in the family Balanophoraceae. balanoplasty reconstruction of the glans penis balanoposthitis An inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce. balanopreputial Relating to the glans penis and the foreskin. balansioid Similar to those of species in the genus Balansia. Balant Synonym of Balanta (“language”) Balanta An ethnic group of Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Senegal, Cape Verde, and the Gambia. Balantak An Austronesian language spoken in Sulawesi. Balante A barangay of Basey, Samar, Philippines. Balanti A barangay of Tarlac City, Tarlac, Philippines. balantidial Relating to protozoa of the genus Balantidium. balantidiasis A protozoan infection caused by Balantidium coli. balantidium Any parasite of the genus Balantidium. balanus The glans balao The halfbeak.