…a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game…
…(d.1381), English rebel. Ball was a priest who preached an egalitarian social message. He was excommunicated and imprisoned for heresy, and following the Peasants' Revolt was hanged as a traitor…
…(1911–89), American comedienne, known in particular for the popular television series I Love Lucy (1951-5)…
…an unlawfully delivered ball, counting one as an extra to the batting side if not otherwise scored from…
…either of the components of a ball bearing that have ring-shaped grooves in which the balls run…
…the better score at a hole of two or more players competing as a team…
…the ball, usually a white one, that is to be struck with the cue in snooker, billiards, etc.…
…(in ball games) a ball that has gone out of play or is declared to be out of play…
…a ball struck so that it falls outside the lines drawn from home plate down to the first and third bases…
…the option to nominate any ball as the object ball when snookered as a result of a foul stroke…
…a small hard ball used in the game of golf, typically made of dimpled white latex…
…a stroke in which the centre of the cue ball is aimed at the edge of the object ball…
…a ball put in play by the referee, who throws it up between two opposing players…
…a baseball pitch in which the ball is released from the palm and thumb rather than the fingers…
…the mass formed by the roots of a plant and the soil surrounding them…
…one of two white cue balls, distinguished from the other by two black spots…
…a lump of solidified crude oil found in or on the sea, or washed up on shore…
…a hollow ball of perforated metal to hold tea leaves, over which boiling water is poured in order to make a drink of tea…
…a game for young children, played by the rules of baseball, in which the ball is not pitched but hit from a stationary tee…
…a timepiece consisting of a sphere which at a certain moment each day is allowed to fall down a vertical rod…
…the spherical float attached to a hinged arm in the ballcock of a water cistern…
…a one-way valve that is opened and closed by pressure on a ball which fits into a cup-shaped opening…
…a fungus that forms a leathery yellowish-brown warty sphere which ruptures when mature to release the spores, growing typically on acid sandy soil in both Eurasia and North America…
…a sphere made from a reflective material such as mirrored glass, typically mounted on a stand and used as a lawn or garden ornament…
…(in tenpin bowling) a nonscoring ball that enters the gutter before reaching the pins…
…a ball at which participants wear masks to conceal their faces…
…a small dumpling made of seasoned matzo meal bound together with egg and chicken fat, typically served in chicken soup…
…a pitch that the catcher fails to stop or control, enabling a base runner to advance…
…a projectile filled with material which emits dense smoke on ignition, used to conceal military operations…
…a ball game resembling baseball in which the ball is thrown against a building rather than to a batter…
…a ball of decorated, typically coloured or silvered glass, originally used as a charm against witchcraft…
