ballasts
Definitions
Noun
- Any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship
- Coarse gravel laid to form a bed for streets and railroads
- An attribute that tends to give stability in character and morals; something that steadies the mind or feelings
- A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations)
- An electrical device for starting and regulating fluorescent and discharge lamps
Verb
- Make steady with a ballast
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "ballasts".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | biscuits | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | absolutes | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | bandits | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | bayonets | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | baskets | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | booklets | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | brackets | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | buddhists | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | bridget's | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | brunettes | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | abdicates | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | absolut's | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | ba'athists | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | backdates | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | backlights | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | backseats | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | barents | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | barnett's | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | basalts | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | bassists | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | bathurst's | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | baublitz | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | birthrates | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | birthrights | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | blackouts | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | bonwit's | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | booknotes | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | boschwitz | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | breakouts | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | brevets | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | brownouts | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | bublitz | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | bucholtz | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | erbamont's | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | herbalist's | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | herbalists | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | herbalists' | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | obligates | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | obsoletes | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "ballasts".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | balls | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | blast | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | ballads | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | blasts | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | ballets | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | ballast | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | ballots | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | ballistics | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | lasts | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | ballas | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | blass | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | balla | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | balas | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | mallrats | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | dallas's | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | ballet's | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | allwaste | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | balloonists | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | ballesteros | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | vallas | 2 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "ballasts".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 6
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 39
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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