Balsa

Definitions: Balsa

Balsa

Noun

1. Strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats.

2. Forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "balsa" was first used: 1917. (references)

Etymology: Balsa \Bal"sa\, noun. [from Spanish expression or Portuguese balsa.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonym: Balsa

Crosswords: Balsa

German (balsa), Indonesian (balsa), Italian (balsa), Portuguese (balsa, brushwood, ferry, float, hedge, hedgewriter, quickset hedge, raft, shrubbery, thicket, wherry), Spanish (balsa, balsa wood, ferry, ferryboat, float, pond, raft, rettery, swamp), Swedish (balsa).

La Balsa de piedra (2002)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Balsa Wood Craft (reference)

• Balsa Wood Modeling (reference)

• Balsa Wood Projects (reference)

• Bananas and Balsa, Quetzals and Quinine: A Rain Forest Unit for Science and Language Arts (reference)

• Building With Balsa Wood (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "balsa": balsa raft ♦ balsa wood. Additional references.

Beginning with "balsa": balsa-bomb, balsa-wood.

Bulgarian 

балса. (various references)

Chinese 

浮�'木筏. (various references)

German

Balsa. (various references)

Greek 

τροπικό δέντρο. (various references)

Hungarian

balsafa (balsawood). (various references)

Indonesian

balsa. (various references)

Italian

balsa. (various references)

Pig Latin

alsabay.(various references)

Portuguese

balsa (brushwood, ferry, float, hedge, hedgewriter, quickset hedge, raft, shrubbery, tank, thicket, vat, wherry). (various references)

Russian 

бальза. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

balza. (various references)

Spanish

balsa (balsa wood, crib, cribbing, ferry, ferryboat, float, hitch, holing, Lido, pond, raft, rettery, swamp). (various references)

Swedish

balsaträd. (various references)

Turkish

balza ağacı (Harefoot, hare's foot). (various references)

OCHROMA LAGOPUS. (various references)

balsa. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "balsa": balsam, balsamed, balsamic, balsaming, balsams, balsas. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Balsa" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baals, Bahlsen, Baksay, bala, Balah, balai, Balao, Balasz, balcan, Baldauf, Balfa, balise, balla, ballsed, Balma, Balnab, Balraj, bals, balsac, Balsai, Balsan, Balser, Balson, balsy, Balta, Baltay, balti, Baltsa, Balz, balzy, bamsa, Banska, Barlas, basa, basag, Basca, basia, Bassa, bdafsa, beisa, belha, Belsay, belse, Bielsa, Bilba, blaaa, Blaga, Blaha, blasae, blasay, blasp, blesmag, Bolsa, Bolsay, Bulsar, Bwllfa, falsa. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: albas, baals, balas, basal.

-1 letter: aals, abas, alas, alba, albs, baal, baas, bals, labs, slab.

-2 letters: aal, aas, aba, abs, ala, alb, als, baa, bal, bas, lab, las, sab, sal.

-3 letters: aa, ab, al, as, ba, la.

+1 letter: balsam, balsas, basalt, cabals, tablas.

+2 letters: abelias, ablates, ablauts, abulias, abysmal, abyssal, albatas, arables, atabals, baalism, balases, balatas, balboas, ballads, ballast, balsams, basally, basalts, basilar, basinal, bharals, cabalas, kabalas, labials, lambast, lambdas, lavabos, salable, salably, savable, sayable, subalar.

+3 letters: abalones, abasedly, abettals, abigails, abomasal, aboulias, abusable, abuttals, albizias, algebras, allobars, amusable, anableps, arbalest, arbalist, baalisms, bacalaos, backlash, backslap, badlands, bailsman, baklavas, baklawas, balances, balisaur, ballades, ballasts, ballista, balsamed, balsamic, barillas, basaltes, basaltic, baseball, basidial, basilary, basilica, berascal, blastema, blastoma, blastula, bradawls, cabalism, cabalist, cabbalas, calabash, cascabel, cascable, cashable, castable, causable, eatables, erasable, falbalas, fastball, fleabags, galabias, jellabas, kabbalas, kalimbas, kielbasa, labarums, labiates, labrusca, lambaste, lambasts, lapsable, lavaboes, leasable, mailbags, maskable, palabras, parables, parsable, passable, passably, payables, prebasal, raisable, sailable, sailboat, saleable, saleably, salvable, salvably, satiable, satiably, saveable, scabland, scalable, scalably, sealable, shakable, shamable, shapable, sharable, shavable, slakable, sparable, statable, subaxial, subnasal, swayable, tableaus, tambalas, tastable, taxables, washable, wastable.

+4 letters: ablations, ablatives, ablegates, abnormals, abysmally, advisable, advisably, alabaster, albacores, albatross, albizzias, algarobas, alphabets, ambrosial, ambulates, anabolism, arbalests, arbalists, assumable, assumably, astrolabe, backhauls, backlands, backslaps, backslash, backtalks, balancers, baldheads, baldpates, balisaurs, balladist, ballasted, ballgames, ballhawks, ballistae, ballparks, ballyrags, balmorals, balsaming, banalizes, bangtails, baptismal, barbitals, barnacles, baseballs, basically, basilicae, basilican, basilicas, basipetal, bastardly, battalias, beanballs, beanstalk, berascals, betrayals, bicoastal, bilabials, blackcaps, blastemal, blastemas, blastomas, blastulae, blastulas, boatloads, brachials, braciolas, brantails, cabalisms, cabalists, cabbalahs, cableways, cabrillas, calaboose, callbacks, cannibals, capablest, carbamyls, carbaryls, cascabels, cascables, clambakes, claybanks, djellabas, fahlbands, fallbacks, faltboats, fastballs, flambeaus, flashback, flatboats, fleabanes, galabiehs, galabiyas, galbanums, graspable, habdalahs, hairballs, halfbacks, halfbeaks, handballs, hardballs, isallobar, kabbalahs, kielbasas, labdanums, labradors, lambasted, lambastes, landgrabs, lapboards, larboards, layabouts, leaseback, meatballs, palpebras, parabolas, playbacks, resalable, sabadilla, saddlebag, sailboard, sailboats, sandblast, saturable, scablands, scannable, separable, shakeable, shapeable, shareable, sleazebag, spallable, sparables, spareable, speakable, stableman, stackable, stageable, stainable, stateable, stealable, subaerial, subapical, subvassal, syllabary, tabulates, tailbacks, trapballs, unsalable, unsayable, valuables, variables, wallabies, washables, wearables.

+5 letters: abrasively, absorbable, abstractly, adjustable, adsorbable, adverbials, alabasters, algarrobas, algebraist, ambisexual, amblyopias, ambulances, ameloblast, anablepses, anabolisms, answerable, appeasable, ascendable, ascribable, assailable, assemblage, assessable, assignable, astrolabes, bacchanals, backlashed, backlasher, backlashes, backpedals, backsplash, bafflegabs, bagatelles, balaclavas, balalaikas, baldachins, balderdash, balkanizes, balladeers, balladists, balladries, ballasting, ballerinas, balmacaans, balustrade, banalities, barcaroles, barrelages, basketball, basophilia, battailous, battalions, beanstalks, berascaled, bilharzias, blackballs, blackfaces, blackheads, blackjacks, blacklands, blackleads, blackmails, blacksnake, blacktails, blastemata, blastomata, blatancies, boardwalks, botanicals, breakables, broadscale, broadtails, cabalettas, cabalistic, caballeros, cablegrams, calabashes, calabooses, calibrates, camelbacks, carambolas, carbachols, carbazoles, catabolism, clapboards, cobalamins, djellabahs, elaborates, encashable, fastballer, flammables, flashbacks, flashboard, garibaldis, greaseball, handlebars, hypabyssal, imbalances, impassable, impassably, insatiable, insatiably, isallobars, isolatable, jailbreaks, jambalayas, labializes, lambasting, lamebrains, lampblacks, leasebacks, librarians, measurable, measurably, metastable, metastably, misbalance, mistakable, myrobalans, nonsalable, reasonable, reasonably, rebalances, releasable, resealable, sabadillas, sabbatical, saddlebags, sailboards, sailboater, salability, sandblasts, searchable, seasonable, seasonably, sleazebags, sleazeball, spreadable, stablemate, statoblast, statutable, subclavian, subglacial, submaximal, subvassals, tablatures, tablelands, tablemates, tablewares, tabulators, tailboards, trabeculas, trackballs, twayblades, ultrabasic, unbalances, unpassable, unscalable, unshakable, unshakably, unslakable, walkabouts, wallboards, watchables, whalebacks, whaleboats.

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