ballisters
plural of ballister

ballutes
plural of ballute

banda
A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
An ensemble playing such music.

bandas
plural of banda

bandkid
Rare form of band kid.

bandkids
plural of bandkid

bandmaster
The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.

bandmasters
plural of bandmaster

bandola
A plucked pear-shaped stringed instrument with a small body, originating in Colombia and Venezuela.

bandolas
plural of bandola

bandoleon
Alternative spelling of bandoneon.

bandoleons
plural of bandoleon

bandolin
A kind of fifteen-stringed musical instrument related to the bandola and mandolin originating from Ecuador.

bandolins
plural of bandolin

bandoneon
A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.

bandoneons
plural of bandoneon

bandonion
Alternative spelling of bandoneon.

bandonions
plural of bandonion

bandora
Alternative spelling of bandura.

bandoras
plural of bandora

bandore
A historical stringed instrument similar in form to a guitar; a pandore.

bandores
plural of bandore

bandoura
Alternative spelling of bandura.

bandouras
plural of bandoura

bandshell
A large, outdoor performing venue typically used by bands and orchestras, with the roof protecting musicians from the elements and reflecting the sound towards the audience.

bandshells
plural of bandshell

bandura
A Ukrainian plucked stringed instrument with a tear-shaped body, like an asymmetrical lute or a vertical zither, which is played with both hands while held upright on the lap.

banduras
plural of bandura

banduria
Alternative spelling of bandurria
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body and a short neck with fourteen strings in six courses, typically played in rondallas.

bandurria
A plectrum-plucked stringed instrument with a flat-backed pear-shaped body, with twelve strings in six courses in its most common modern form, originating in Spain.
A bird, the black-faced ibis.

bandurrias
plural of bandurria

banhu
A two-stringed bowed string instrument (chordophone) of northern Chinese origin, held vertically, possessing a soundbox usually made of coconut shell and a front surface covered with a thin layer of wood.

banhus
plural of banhu

banjolele
A four-stringed musical instrument with a small membrane-covered body like a banjo, with a neck fretted like a ukulele.

banjoleles
plural of banjolele

banjolin
A musical instrument, most often with four strings, resembling a small banjo but tuned like a mandolin.
Synonym of mandolin-banjo.
Synonym of banjo-mandolin.

banjolins
plural of banjolin

banjouke
A ukulele with the head of a banjo

banjoukes
plural of banjouke

banjulele
Alternative form of banjolele.

banjuleles
plural of banjulele

barbat
An ancient Persian plucked lute with a pear-shaped body, a flat belly, an angled back near the pegbox, and a fretless neck.

barbats
plural of barbat

barbitoi
plural of barbiton

barbiton
an ancient stringed musical instrument, apparently a type of lute or lyre

barbitos
An ancient stringed musical instrument from Greece, apparently a type of lute or lyre.

barbud
Alternative form of barbat.

barbuds
plural of barbud

bariolage
A rapid alternation of two notes on two strings of a violin etc

bariton
Alternative form of baryton.

baritone
The male voice between tenor and bass.
The musical range between tenor and bass.
A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass.
A brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn.
Alternative form of barytone.

baritones
plural of baritone

baritonist
A player of the baritone saxophone
A player of the baritone horn (brass instrument)

baritonists
plural of baritonist

baritons
plural of bariton

barweed
Synonym of cleavers.

barydon
Alternative form of baryton.

barydons
plural of barydon

baryton
A viol-like stringed instrument (chordophone) mainly played with a bow but with a set of plucked strings as well, originating in European music prior to the 1800s.

barytona
plural of barytone

barytone
Not having an accent on the last syllable.
Of or pertaining to a word not having an accent on the last syllable.
Dated form of baritone.

barytones
plural of barytone

barytons
plural of baryton

bass horn
A large brass instrument in the bass range, usually referring to the modern tuba or the archaic serpent

bass horns
plural of bass horn

bassanelli
plural of bassanello

bassanello
A Renaissance double-reed woodwind instrument.

bathomes
plural of bathome

batterie
A brilliant display of virtuosity in which the dancer's legs open and close rapidly while in the air, with the illusion of striking together and rebounding.
The percussion section of an orchestra or band, the battery; marching instruments in a drumline, as opposed to the pit.

bawu
A kind of free reed wind instrument from China that is shaped like a flute.

bazoo
A simple wind instrument, such as a kazoo or tin horn.
A person's mouth.

bazooka
A primitive trombone having wide tubes.
A shoulder-held rocket launcher used as an antitank weapon, developed by America during World War II and so-called from its resemblance to the bazooka musical instrument.
Any shoulder-fired rocket grenade launcher.
A woman's breast, especially a large one.
A large rescue or stimulus package.

bazookas
plural of bazooka
breasts

bazoos
plural of bazoo

bazouki
Alternative form of bouzouki.

bazoukis
plural of bazouki

beatboxer
A performer who imitates the sound of musical instruments, especially percussion, with his or her voice

beatboxers
plural of beatboxer

beater
Someone or something that beats.
A kitchen implement for mixing.
A stick used to play a percussion instrument.
A person who drives game towards shooters in a hunting party, typically working in a group with other beaters.
A papermaking machine for processing fibres by fibrillation in order to improve bonding strength
An old or dilapidated automobile in poor operating condition.
A weaving tool designed to push the weft yarn securely into place. It contains the comb-like insert reed and is sometimes a part of the loom.
In the sport Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, a player a who attempts to hit the opposing team's players with bludgers and to block the bludgers from hitting their own team's players.
A harp seal pup after its first moult and before its second moult.
A shoe suitable for everyday wear, during which they may get dirty or scuffed, as opposed to more valuable shoes that one wishes to keep in good condition.
A durable and usually inexpensive wristwatch.

beaters
plural of beater

beatmaker
A music producer in hip-hop etc., responsible for constructing a beat and melody (often composed of samples).

beatmakers
plural of beatmaker

bebung
A tremolo effect, such as that produced on the piano by vibratory repetition of a note with sustained use of the pedal.

bedug
A type of percussion instrument used in gamelan music.

belloneon
A mechanical musical instrument consisting of twenty-four trumpets and two kettle drums.

belloneons
plural of belloneon

bellonion
Alternative form of belloneon.

bellonions
plural of bellonion

beme
A mediaeval trumpet, usually used in hunting or warfare.

benga
A genre of Kenyan popular music in an urban style associated with stringed instrumentation.

berde
A stringed instrument (chordophone) of Bosnian origin, a large guitar-shaped instrument that is played upright, using a plectrum.

berdes
plural of berde

berimbao
Alternative form of berimbau.

berimbaos
plural of berimbao

berimbau
A percussion instrument, consisting of a gourd (as resonator) and a single wire stretched along a pole, used in Brazil, has a pivotal role in capoeira ensembles.

berimbaus
plural of berimbau