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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

bakinois: Bakuvian
baklava: baklava
bakouninien: Bakuninist
bal: dance party, ball
bal des débutantes: coming-out party (celebratory social gathering, with music, dancing, and refreshments, at which a young debutante is formally introduced to society)
bal masqué: masked ball, masquerade
bal musette: bal musette
balade: walk without purpose, stroll
balader: to stroll, walk around; to give someone the runaround; to go for a walk, to trail
baladeur: walkman, personal stereo
baladeur: walking, rambling; wandering
baladeuse: inspection lamp
baladin: a wandering entertainer; a comedian, a person who behaves in a comical fashion to make others laugh
balado: podcast
baladodiffuseur: podcaster
baladodiffusion: podcasting
balafon: balafon
balafre: gash (on face); scar
balafrer: to scar (cause to have a scar, after injury)
balafré: scarred, scarry
balai: broom; broomstick flown by witches; the last bus or train (at night); tail (of a bird of prey); brush (electrical contact)
balai-brosse: a broom that has short, stiff bristles
balalaïka: balalaika (Russian instrument)
balance: scales; balance; drop-net; informant, snitch; the rest, the remainder
balance clients: the outstanding balance of accounts receivable at a point in time
balance commerciale: balance of trade, trade balance
balance des paiements: balance of payments
balance âgée: aging balance, accounts receivable aging report, AR aging schedule
balancelle: porch swing, swing seat, balancelle
balancement: rocking, swaying; equilibrium, balance
balancer: to swing (to do a reciprocating movement); to swing (to ride on a swing); to toss, to throw away, to discard; to denounce, to rat out on (to make a formal or public accusation against); to balance (to make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond)
balancer son porc: to denounce someone guilty of sexual harassment
balanchinien: Balanchinian
balancier: pendulum; balance wheel; beam; balancing pole; outrigger
balancine: topping lift
balandier: synonym of baguenaudier
balane: barnacle, especially the acorn barnacle; glans
balanifère: balaniferous
balanique: balanic
balanite: balanitis
balanite: caltrop of genus Balanites.
balanoglosse: acorn worm of genus Balanoglossus
balanophage: balanephagous
balanoplastie: balanoplasty
balanoposthite: balanoposthitis
balanopréputial: balanopreputial
balanoïde: balanoid
balançoire: swing (a seat connected to a beam by rope or chain); seesaw (a long board attached to a fulcrum)
balata: balata
balayage: sweeping, sweep; scanning, scan
balayer: to sweep; to sweep aside, brush aside; to drag on the floor; to rake (sweep with gunfire); to make a clean sweep
balayer d'un revers de la main: to brush aside (to disregard, dismiss or ignore something)
balayer devant sa porte: to put one's own house in order first, to clean up one's own backyard first (before criticising other people)
balayette: small broom or brush (used for sweeping), whisk; foot trip
balayeur: sweeper (someone who sweeps)
balayeuse: female equivalent of balayeur; street sweeper (vehicle); hoover, vacuum cleaner
balayure: sweepings (things swept up by a broom)
balboa: balboa
balbusard: osprey
balbutiant: stammering, stuttering; in its infancy, in its early days