A player of a ball game; especially a basketball, baseball, or football player.

A type of clay that commonly consists of 20-80% kaolinite, 10-25% mica, and 6-65% quartz.

A ball used in boules.

A spheroidal ball designed for the sport of rugby.

A hollow, bouncy rubber ball, pressurized and covered with usually yellow felt, used in the game of tennis.

A large light inflatable ball, ideally suited to beach games.

A nodule of plant material permeated with minerals found mostly in bituminous and anthracite coal seams

(anatomy, informal) The fleshy portion, opposite the nail, of the first segment (first phalange) of the human thumb.

A globe of glass or crystal used to foretell the future. / (by extension) A way of seeing into the future. / One of the magickal tools of Wicca, used for divination and altar purposes

(basketball) A thrown ball that misses the basket, and completely fails to touch the net or supporting hoop. / (by extension) Any ball-like object that widely misses its intended target when thrown.