Definition of balm

"balm" in the noun sense

1. balm

any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing

2. ointment, unction, unguent, balm, salve

semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

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Quotations for balm

Slander is the balm of malignity. [ Chamfort ]

Gold is no balm to a wounded spirit. [ Proverb ]

A tender smile, our sorrow's only balm. [ Young ]

Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm from an anointed king;
The breath of worldly men cannot depose
The deputy elected by the Lord. [ Rich. II ]

Apt words have power to 'suage The tumors of a troubled mind;
And are as balm to festered wounds. [ Milton ]

Next to ye both I love the palm, with his leaves of beauty, his fruit of balm. [ Bayard Taylor ]

Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, chief nourisher in life's feast. [ William Shakespeare ]

The baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor roan's wealth, the prisoner's release. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

The heart is like the tree that gives balm for the wounds of man, only when the iron has wounded it. [ Chateaubriand ]

There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by our friends, the last by our enemies. [ Charles Sumner ]

Balm that tames all anguish, saint that evil thoughts and aims takest away, and into souls dost creep, like to a breeze from heaven. [ Wordsworth ]

Music is the medicine of an afflicted mind, a sweet sad measure is the balm of a wounded spirit; and joy is heightened by exultant strains. [ Henry Giles ]

The joy resulting from the diffusion of blessings to all around us is the purest and sublimest that can ever enter the human mind, and can be conceived only by those who have experienced it. Next to the consolations of divine grace, it is the most sovereign balm to the miseries of life, both in him who is the object of it, and in him who exercises it. [ Bishop Porteus ]

Always the idea of unbroken quiet broods around the grave. It is a port where the storms of life never beat, and the forms that have been tossed on its chafing waves lie quiet forever more. There the child nestles as peacefully as ever it lay in its mother's arms, and the workman's hands lie still by his side, and the thinker's brain is pillowed in silent mystery, and the poor girl's broken heart is steeped in a balm that extracts its secret woe, and is in the keeping of a charity that covers all blame. [ Chapin ]

A beau is one who arranges his curled locks gracefully, who ever smells of balm, and cinnamon; who hums the songs of the Nile, and Cadiz; who throws his sleek arms into various attitudes; who idles away the whole day among the chairs of the ladies and is ever whispering into some one's ear; who reads little billets-doux from this quarter and that, and writes them in return; who avoids ruffling his dress by contact with his neighbors sleeve, who knows with whom everybody is in love; who flutters from feast to feast, who can recount exactly the pedigree of Hirpinus. What do you tell me? is this a beau, Cotilus? Then a beau, Cotilus, is a very trifling thing. [ Martial ]

balm in Scrabble®

The word balm is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters balm:

BALM
(33)
BALM
(33)
LAMB
(33)
 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word balm

BALM
(33)
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(24)
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The 138 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In balm

BALM
(33)
BALM
(33)
LAMB
(33)
LAMB
(27)
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(24)
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(21)
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(18)
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LAB
(15)
LAB
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ALB
(15)
LAB
(15)
LAM
(15)
LAM
(15)
ALB
(15)
LAM
(15)
ALB
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LAMB
(14)
LAMB
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BALM
(14)
BAM
(14)
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(14)
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BAM
(13)
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LAMB
(12)
LAMB
(12)
MA
(12)
MA
(12)
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(12)
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AB
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AB
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AM
(12)
AM
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LAMB
(11)
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(11)
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(11)
LAB
(11)
ALB
(11)
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ALB
(10)
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AB
(10)
LAB
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AM
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MA
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MA
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LAB
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ALB
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AB
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balm in Words With Friends™

The word balm is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters balm:

LAMB
(57)
BALM
(57)
BALM
(57)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word balm

BALM
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(13)
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The 148 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In balm

LAMB
(57)
BALM
(57)
BALM
(57)
LAMB
(45)
BALM
(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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(33)
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LAMB
(30)
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BAM
(27)
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LAMB
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(25)
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(16)
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(15)
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(15)
MA
(15)
LAB
(15)
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(15)
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MA
(15)
AB
(15)
AM
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AM
(15)
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(15)
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AB
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LAB
(14)
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(14)
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(12)
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(12)
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(11)
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(11)
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(11)
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AB
(10)
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(10)
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(10)
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Words within the letters of balm

2 letter words in balm (4 words)

3 letter words in balm (4 words)

4 letter words in balm (Anagrams) (2 words)

balm + 1 blank (7 words)

Words containing the sequence balm

Words that start with balm (6 words)

Words that end with balm (4 words)

Word Growth involving balm

Shorter words in balm

(No shorter words found)

Longer words containing balm

balmier

balmiest

balminess

balms beebalms

balms embalms

balms lemonbalms

balmy unbalmy

beebalm beebalms

embalm embalmed unembalmed

embalm embalmer embalmers

embalm embalming embalmings

embalm embalmment embalmments

embalm embalms

lemonbalm lemonbalms