Vocabulary : Balancer to Balaustine

Balancer : One who balances, or uses a balance. ;; In Diptera, the rudimentary posterior wing.
Balancereef : The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.
Balancing : of Balance
Balaniferous : Bearing or producing acorns.
Balanite : A fossil balanoid shell.
Balanoglossus : A peculiar marine worm. See Enteropneusta, and Tornaria.
Balanoid : Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.
Balas ruby : A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel.
Balata : A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa). ;; The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.
Balaustine : The pomegranate tree (Punica granatum). The bark of the root, the rind of the fruit, and the flowers are used medicinally.
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