"testicles," from Old English beallucas, plural diminutive, from Proto-Germanic *ball-, from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell."
balletomane
ballgame
ballista
ballistic
ballistics
ballocks
ballon
balloon
ballooning
balloonist
ballot
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