The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.

Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America. / A plant or tree yielding such substance.

(transitive, archaic) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal. / (transitive, figuratively) To soothe; to mitigate.

Producing balm. / Soothing or fragrant. / Of weather, mild and pleasant. / (informal, US) Foolish; slightly crazy or mad; eccentric.

Refusing to proceed or cooperate.

An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible. / Such an object as a child’s toy or party decoration. / Such an object designed to transport people through the air.

(intransitive) To increase or expand rapidly. / (intransitive) To go up or voyage in a balloon. / (transitive) To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. / (transitive) To inflate like a balloon.

The currency of Panama, divided into 100 centésimos

A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight. / (uncountable) The wood of this tree.

(agriculture) An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field system, caused by the action of ploughing. / (archaeology) The wall of earth at the edge of an excavation.