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Tennis Ball

Definition: Tennis Ball

Tennis Ball

Noun

1. Ball about the size of a fist used in playing tennis.

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

 

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Crosswords: Tennis Ball

English words defined with "tennis ball": backhand, bandychop, chop shot, cutDINK, drop shotground strokehalf volleyloboverheadParkeria, Ping-Pong, ping-pong ballreturnserve, service, smashtable tennis, tennis shot, tennis stroke, To lob a ballundercutvolley. (references)
Specialty definitions using "tennis ball": felt coverer, felter, tennis ballshairy ballPongTENNIS-BALL COVERER, HAND. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Tennis Ball

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Books

  • Toni Tennis Ball (Good Sports Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Photo Album: Tennis Ball

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Portrait of Althea Gibson, holding tennis ball and racket.Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Expression: Tennis Ball

Expression using "tennis ball": tennis ball seam coil. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translations: Tennis Ball

Language Translations for "tennis ball"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

top tenisi. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

топка за тенис. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

'"球 (ping-pong, table tennis, table tennis ball). (various references)

   

Czech

  

tenisový míèek. (various references)

   

Danish

  

spole formet som en tennisboldsσm (baseball seam coil, quadrupolar lace coil, quadrupolar seamcoil, tennis ball seam coil). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

winding met tennisbalnaad (baseball seam coil, quadrupolar lace coil, quadrupolar seamcoil, tennis ball seam coil), klos in de vorm van een tennisbalnaad (baseball seam coil, quadrupolar lace coil, quadrupolar seamcoil, tennis ball seam coil), klos in de vorm van een baseballnaad (baseball seam coil, quadrupolar lace coil, quadrupolar seamcoil, tennis ball seam coil). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tennispallokela (baseball seam coil, quadrupolar lace coil, quadrupolar seamcoil, tennis ball seam coil), pesäpallokela (baseball seam coil, quadrupolar lace coil, quadrupolar seamcoil, tennis ball seam coil). (various references)

   

French

  

bobine en forme de couture de balle de tennis (tennis ball seam coil), bobine du type lacet quadrupolaire (tennis ball seam coil). (various references)

   

German

  

Tennisball. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σπείρωμα σχήματος της ραφής της μπάλλας του τένις (baseball seam coil, quadrupolar lace coil, quadrupolar seamcoil, tennis ball seam coil). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

teniszlabda (pill). (various references)

   

Italian

  

bobina in forma di cucitura di palla da baseball (baseball seam coil, quadrupolar lace coil, quadrupolar seamcoil, tennis ball seam coil), bobina a cucitura di palla da tennis (baseball seam coil, quadrupolar lace coil, quadrupolar seamcoil, tennis ball seam coil). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ennistay allbay

   

Portuguese

  

bola de tênis. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

теннисный мяч (tennis-ball). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

teniska loptica. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bobina en lazo cuadripolar (baseball seam coil, quadrupolar lace coil, quadrupolar seamcoil, tennis ball seam coil). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tennisboll. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

tenis topu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Tennis Ball

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-l-n-n-s-t"

-1 letter: libelants.

-2 letters: bastille, instable, libelant, listable.

-3 letters: ainsell, albites, astilbe, ballets, ballies, bannets, banties, basinet, bastile, bestial, billets, blastie, elastin, entails, inanest, install, lentils, lesbian, linable, linnets, lintels, nailset, salient, saltine, slainte, stabile, stanine, tailles, tallies, tenails.

-4 letters: ablest, ablins, abseil, absent, albeit, albite, alible, aliens, alines, allies, anenst, ballet, bannet, bennis, billet, binate, blains, bleats, blites, elains, elints, enlist, entail, illest, inanes, inlets, innate, insane, instal, labels, labile, latens, lentil, liable, lianes, libels, lienal, lineal, linens, linnet, lintel, listel, listen, sabine, saline, sallet, saltie, sennit, sienna, silane, silent, stable, stelai, stella, tables, taille, tallis, telial, tenail, tenias, tennis, tineal, tineas, tinsel, tisane.

-5 letters: abets, ables, aisle, alien, aline, alist, anent, anile, anils, anise, antes, antis, bails, baits, bales, balls, banes, banns, basil, basin, baste, bates, beans, beast, beats, bells, belts, benni, bents, betas, biles, bills, binal, bines, bints, bites, blain, blase, blast, blate, blats, bleat, blent, blest, blets, blite, elain, elans, elint, entia, etnas, ileal, inane, inlet, inset, islet, istle, label, lanes, laten, leans, leant, least, lenis, liane, libel, liens, lilts, linen, lines, linns, lints, lisle, litas, nabes, nabis, nails, nates, neats, neist, nills, nines, nites, sabin, sable, saint, satin, senna, senti, setal, slain, slant, slate, snail, snell, stain, stale, stall, stane, steal, stein, stela, stile, still, tabes, table, taels, tails, tains, tales, teals, telia, tells, tenia, tesla, tiles, tills, tinea, tines.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-l-n-n-s-t"
 

+2 letters: unlistenable.

 

+3 letters: brilliantines.

 

+5 letters: inalterableness, intolerableness.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Tennis Ball


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 6E 6E 69 73      42 61 6C 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100101 01101110 01101110 01101001 01110011 00100000 01000010 01100001 01101100 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#110 &#110 &#105 &#115 &#32 &#66 &#97 &#108 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 006E 006E 0069 0073      0042 0061 006C 006C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

547180807585236677878

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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