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B — Babble to Band (Part 8 of 9)

Ballot, n.

    1. Voting-ticket, ticket, voting-ball.
    2. Vote, total vote, number of voters, votes cast.

Ballot, v. n. Vote, cast votes, take a vote, take a ballot.

Balm, n.

    1. Ointment, fragrant or precious ointment, unguent.
    2. Healing, soothing, mitigant, assuager, anodyne, cure.

Balmy, a.

    1. Soothing, refreshing, healing, easing, assuaging, lenitive, sedative.
    2. Fragrant, odoriferous, odorous, aromatic, aromatous, ambrosial, spicy, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, sweet.

Baltimore oriole. Golden robin, hand-bird, fiery hang-bird (Icterus Baltimore or Oriolus Baltimore).

Bamboozle, v. a. Deceive, cheat, dupe, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gull, trick, chouse, overreach, circumvent, defraud, mystify, hoax, impose on, practise upon, mislead.

Ban, n.

    1. Proclamation, edict.
    2. Curse, malediction, excommunication, denunciation, execration, anathema.
    3. Interdiction, interdict, prohibition, outlawry, prohibitory penalty.

Ban, v. a.

    1. Curse, execrate, anathematize, maledict.
    2. Interdict, imban, outlaw, put under ban or prohibition.

Band, n.

    1. Tie, ligature, ligament.