Bal or BAL may refer to:

People

Bal (surname) Bal is a surname of Dutch language, Dutch, Indian, Turkish language, Turkish or Polish origin. In Dutch, ''bal'' means "ball" and the name sometimes is metonymic (e.g. indicating a ball player), but primarily appears patronymic surname, patronymic a ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Bal (given name) Bal is a given name. People with the given name include: * Bal Bahadur K.C. (born 1953), Nepali politician * Bal Dani (1933–1999), Indian cricketer * Bal David (born 1972), Filipino basketball player * Bal Dhuri, Indian theatre actor * Bal Dix ...

, including a list of people with the name

Places

Bal, Iran (disambiguation) Bol or Bal or Bel ( fa, بل) in Iran may refer to: * Bol, Mazandaran, Iran * Bol, Chabahar, Chabahar County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Bal, Qasr-e Qand, Qasr-e Qand County, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran * Bal-e Bala, Qasr-e Qa ...

, several places * Bal, Zira, Punjab, India * Bäl, Gotland, Sweden

Science

Medicine

* Bio-artificial liver, a

bioartificial liver device A liver support system or diachysis is a type of therapeutic device to assist in performing the functions of the liver. Such systems focus either on removing the accumulating toxins (liver dialysis), or providing additional replacement of the met ...

* Blood alcohol content *

Bronchoalveolar lavage Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) (also known as bronchoalveolar washing) is a diagnostic method of the lower respiratory system in which a bronchoscope is passed through the mouth or nose into an appropriate airway in the lungs, with a measured amoun ...

, a diagnostic method of the lower respiratory system * British anti-Lewisite, or

Dimercaprol Dimercaprol, also called British anti-Lewisite (BAL), is a medication used to treat acute poisoning by arsenic, mercury, gold, and lead. It may also be used for antimony, thallium, or bismuth poisoning, although the evidence for those uses is not ...

, a medication to treat acute poisoning * Cholate—CoA ligase, or bile acid CoA ligase (BAL), an enzyme

Computing

IBM Basic Assembly Language and successors Basic Assembly Language (BAL) is the commonly used term for a low-level programming language used on IBM System/360 and successor mainframes. Originally, "Basic Assembly Language" applied only to an extremely restricted dialect designed to run unde ...

* Business application language

Transportation

* Balham station, London, England, station code BAL * Baltimore Penn Station, Baltimore, Maryland, US, AMTRAK code BAL *

Batman Airport Batman Airport is an airport in Batman, Turkey Batman ( ku, Êlih) is a Kurdish-majority city in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey and the capital of Batman Province. It lies on a plateau, above sea level, near the confluence o ...

, Batman, Turkey, IATA airport code BAL

Other uses

* ''Bal'' (film), or ''Honey'', a 2010 Turkish film * 8678 Bäl, a main belt asteroid * Bal, a ground-launched version of the Russian Kh-35 anti-ship missile *

Balboa (dance) The Balboa is a swing dance that originated in Southern California during the 1920s and enjoyed huge popularity during the 1930s and 1940s. History Balboa came from Southern California during the 1920s. ''Balboa'' is named after the Balboa Peninsul ...

, or bal * Balboa High School (California), colloquially known as Bal, in San Francisco, US * Bursa Anadolu Lisesi, or BAL, a high school in Bursa, Turkey *

Balochi language Balochi or Baluchi () is an Iranian language spoken primarily in the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. In addition, there are speakers in Oman, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Turkmenistan, East Africa and in diaspora ...

, ISO 939 language code bal * Basketball Africa League * Bushfire Attack Level assessment, in the

AS3959 AS3959 is an Australian standard for construction of buildings in bushfire-prone zones. The standard was first proclaimed in 1999. The 2009 release of AS3959 (AS3959:2009), which took into account findings of the Black Saturday bushfires, ha ...

Australian construction standard