Balconet
a railing or bal-strade before a window, giving the effect of a balcony.
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- Bald
having little or no hair on the scalp: a bald head; a bald person. dest-tute of some natural growth or covering: a bald mountain. lacking detail; bare; plain; unadorned: a bald prose style. open; undisguised: a bald lie. zoology. having white on the head: the bald eagle. automotive. (of a tire) having the tread completely […]
- Bald cypress
a tree, taxodium distichum, of swampy areas of the southern u.s., having featherlike needles and cone-shaped projections growing up from the roots, yielding a hardwood used in construction, shipbuilding, etc. historical examples in this respect the tree is like the larch and the bald cypress. studies of trees jacob joshua levison there are nine recognized […]
- Bald-faced
barefaced (def 2). contemporary examples its nuclear program is a bald-faced attempt at regional hegemony, one that comes closer to fruition with each p-ssing day. james kirchick on how biden gets it wrong (again) in newsweek james kirchick december 20, 2011 the astonishing thing about such opportunism is that it is so bald-faced. our gutless […]
- Bald-faced hornet
see under hornet. any large, stinging paper wasp of the family vespidae, as vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the u.s. from europe, or vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of north america. historical examples there is no wild creature in the northern united states that a man will run away from so fast […]
- Baldheaded
having a bald head. nautical. (of a schooner rig) having no topmasts. historical examples a baldheaded, toothless old man stopped me and asked me where i was “coming.” lady of the decoration frances little baldheaded men were not tolerated, and “scratches” or wigs provided the remedy. as i remember marian gouverneur what a hero then […]