The voting system involving ballots available only at official polling places, prepared at public expense, containing the names of all candidates, and marked in secret at the polling places.

(of an animal) Having white markings on the face. / (figuratively) Shameless and undisguised.

Synonym of get the ball rolling.

(tennis) A machine that shoots tennis balls out of a pipe, allowing a player to practise hitting them.

plural of cue ball

chorus line, ballet personnel

A ball of unleavened dough, often served in soup in Jewish culture.

(baseball) To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium. / (idiomatic, by extension) To produce a spectacular achievement.

(chiefly US) Regardless of how many clever points or fine distinctions one makes, what one is saying is still false or is still nonsense.

plural of bald eagle