8-letter words that end in ball
- air ball — a shot that misses the basket, basket rim, and backboard
- baseball — In America, baseball is a game played by two teams of nine players. Each player from one team hits a ball with a bat and then tries to run around three bases and get to the home base before the other team can get the ball back.
- beanball — a ball pitched with the intention of hitting the batsman
- blowball — the seed head of a dandelion
- blueball — a European herb
- coalball — a nodule of coal containing fossilized plant remains
- cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
- cue ball — the ball struck by the cue, as distinguished from the object balls
- dirtball — (slang, derogatory) A dirty or sleazy person.
- dot ball — a ball from which a run is not scored
- dustball — A ball of dust.
- fastball — a pitch thrown at or near a pitcher's maximum velocity.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- fishball — A Chinese food item made from pulverized fish shaped into a ball.
- fly ball — a ball that is batted up into the air.
- foosball — A tabletop version of soccer in which players turn rods fixed on top of a playing box and attached to miniature figures of players, in order to flick the ball and strike it toward the goal.
- football — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- forkball — a pitch thrown with the ball inserted between the index and middle fingers, causing it to dip sharply near home plate.
- fourball — a match for two pairs in which each player uses his own ball, the better score of each pair being counted at every hole
- fuzzball — a puffball.
- glueball — a hypothetical object consisting of two or more gluons.
- goalball — a game played by two teams who compete to score goals by throwing a ball that emits audible sound when in motion. Players, who may be blind or sighted, are blindfolded during play
- goofball — an extremely incompetent, eccentric, or silly person.
- hairball — a ball of hair accumulated in the stomach or intestines of a cat or other animal as a result of the animal's licking its coat.
- handball — a game, similar to squash, played by two or four persons who strike a small ball against a wall or walls with the hand.
- hardball — baseball, as distinguished from softball.
- heelball — a substance composed of lampblack and wax used for making rubbings or for polishing shoes.
- highball — a drink of whiskey mixed with club soda or ginger ale and served with ice in a tall glass.
- ink ball — one of a pair of heavy pads of horsehair and cotton covered with sheepskin or buckskin and equipped with a handle, used before the invention of the ink roller for dabbing ink on type for printing.
- kickball — a children's game, similar to baseball, in which a large inflated ball, as a soccer ball, is kicked instead of being batted.
- korfball — (uncountable) A non-contact unisex team sport originating from Holland, similar to netball, where players attempt to throw a ball into a basket atop a pole.
- low-ball — Cards. a game of draw poker in which the player having the lowest-ranking hand wins the pot.
- meatball — a small ball of ground meat, especially beef, often mixed with bread crumbs, seasonings, etc., before cooking.
- moonball — a high lob in tennis.
- mothball — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- pin-ball — any of various games played on a sloping, glass-topped table presenting a field of colorful, knoblike target pins and rails, the object usually being to shoot a ball, driven by a spring, up a side passage and cause it to roll back down against these projections and through channels, which electrically flash or ring and record the score.
- pithball — a small ball of pith suspended on a thread inside an early type of electroscope that would indicate the presence and strength of electric charge in an object near or touching it
- puffball — any of various basidiomycetous fungi, especially of the genus Lycoperdon and allied genera, characterized by a ball-like fruit body that emits a cloud of spores when broken.
- pushball — a game played with a large, heavy ball, usually about 6 feet (1.8 meters) in diameter, which two sides attempt to push to opposite goals.
- rootball — a roughly spherical aggregate of roots and soil that is transplanted with a plant, especially a tree or shrub.
- snowball — a ball of snow pressed or rolled together, as for throwing.
- softball — a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a ball that is larger and softer than a baseball.
- sourball — a round piece of hard candy with a tart or acid fruit flavoring.
- spitball — a small ball or lump of chewed paper used as a missile.
- tar ball — a lump or blob of solidified tar resulting from an oil spill, natural seepage from the sea, or other source, that resists biodegradation and often washes up on beaches.
- tea ball — a small ball of perforated metal or other material in which tea leaves are placed to be immersed in hot water to make tea.
- tee-ball — a modified form of baseball or softball in which the ball is batted off an adjustable pole or stand.
- trapball — an old game in which a ball placed on the hollowed end of a trap is thrown into the air by striking the other end of the trap with a bat and then driven to a distance with the bat.
- washball — a ball of soap for shaving the face or washing the face and hands
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