balmy¹ see under balm

balm /bäm/

1. An aromatic substance
2. A fragrant and healing ointment
3. Aromatic fragrance
4. Anything that heals or soothes pain
5. A tree yielding balm
6. A labiate plant (Melissa officinalis) with an aroma similar to that of lemon
7. Extended to Melittis (bastard balm) and other garden herbs

1. To embalm (archaic)
2. To anoint with fragrant oil (Shakespeare)
3. To soothe (archaic)

balmˈily adverb

balmˈiness noun

balmˈy adjective

1. (of the air) warm and soft
2. Fragrant
3. Mild and soothing
4. Bearing balm

balm (or balsam) of Gilead

1. The resinous exudation of trees of the genus Commiphora or Balsamodendron, from the belief that it is the substance mentioned in the Bible (Jeremiah 8.22) as found in Gilead
2. The balsam fir

barm /bärm/

1. Froth of fermenting liquor
2. Yeast

barmˈiness noun

barmˈy adjective

1. Frothy
2. Fermenting
3. Mentally unsound (also balmy /bäˈmi/; slang)

barm cake noun (Eng dialect)

A soft round bread roll

barmˈy-brained adjective

• amene
• amened
• Amen glass
• amening
• amenities
• amenity
• amenity bed
• amenity beds
• amenity kit
• amenity kits
• amenorrhea
• amenorrheas
• amenorrhoea
• amenorrhoeas
• amens
• ament
• amenta
• amentaceous
• amental
• amentia
• amentias
• amentiferous
• aments
• amentum
• Amer.