baggy, a. [unshapely], [flabby].

bagpipe, n. [doodlesack].

bail, n. [security], [surety], vadium.

bait, n. [lure], [enticement], [inducement], [temptation], [decoy], [allurement]; kibblings.

balance, v. [poise], librate; [equal], [counterpoise], [counteract], [counterbalance], countervail; adjust, equalize, [square]. Antonyms: unbalance, derange, preponderate.

balance, n. [scales]; [equipoise], [equilibrium], steadiness; [surplus], [excess], [remainder], [overplus]; [poise], [equipoise]; weighing, [estimate]. Antonyms: preponderance, deficit, [deficiency].

balcony, n. [gallery], [terrace].

bald, a. [hairless], polled; tonsured; unadorned, literal, undisguised, unvarnished, [unqualified]; uncorroborated, unsupported, [glaring], mere.

balderdash, n. flummery, [nonsense], [jargon], [fustian], [moonshine], [twaddle], [fudge].

baldness, n. alopecia. Associated word: alopecist.