formal social dancing in couples, popular as a recreation and also as a competitive activity. The ballroom dance repertoire includes dances developed from old European folk dances such as the waltz and minuet, Latin American dances such as the tango, rumba, and cha-cha, and dances of 20th-century origin such as the foxtrot and quickstep.

The making of models from inflated balloons, typically to represent animals.

A long, sausage-shaped, often brightly colored balloon used for making balloon animals.

plural of balladine

(historical) A female public dancer.

plural of ballistic pendulum

An obsolete device for measuring a bullet's momentum, from which it is possible to calculate the velocity and kinetic energy.

Pertaining to the election of a relatively minor officeholder.

plural of bally-warche

A period around midday when an airport has a particularly large amount of air traffic.