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- BOLUSA round mass of something, especially of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal.
- BOMAAn enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
- BOMBARDA medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
- BOMBASTCotton, or cotton wool.
- BOMBASTERA bombastic speaker or writer.
- BOMBASTICshowy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
- BOMBASTICALLYIn a bombastic manner.
- BOMBEA dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold.
- BOMBILATETo hum or buzz.
- BOMBSHELLAny grenade, mortar shell, or artillery shell (hollow metal object) containing a charge that can explode.
- BONAGood.
- BONACIA large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) of Florida and the Caribbean. Grey, with an oblong, laterally compressed body, it is a food fish.
- BONBONA sweet, especially a small chocolate-covered candy.
- BONCEA large marble of grey stone used in various games, such as bonce about, bonce-eye, and French bonce.
- BONDA document constituting evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified
- BONDABLEable to form bonds
- BONDAGEThe state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
- BONDAGERA field worker, especially a woman.
- BONDERA machine or substance used to make a bond, or a person who uses such.
- BONDLESSWithout a bond.
- BONDUCSynonym of nicker tree.
- BONEA composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
- BONEFISHAny of various game fish, of the family Albulidae, found in shallow, tropical waters.
- BONEHEADSomeone who is thick-skulled, stupid, or stubborn.
- BONELESSWithout bones, especially as pertaining to meat or poultry prepared for eating.
- BONESETAny of several plants of the genera Eupatorium and Ageratina.
- BONESETTEROne who realigns broken or disjointed bones.
- BONESHAKERA velocipede (the bicycle of the late 1860s).
- BONEYARDA graveyard.
- BONFIREA large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal.
- BONGThe clang of a large bell.
- BONGOA striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
- BONGOISTA musician who plays the bongoes.
- BONHAMA piglet.
- BONHOMIEA friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
- BONIATOA Cuban type of sweet potato with light-colored flesh that is drier and less sweet than the varieties typical in the US (Ipomoea batatas).
- BONIFACEThe proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
- BONITOAny of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna, but smaller.
- BONJOURGood morning; hello.
- BONKTo hit or strike; to collide with something.
- BONKERSMad; crazy.
- BONKSCrazy, bonkers.
- BONNYAlternative spelling of bonnie (“attractive”).
- BONSAIA tree or plant that has been miniaturized by planting it in a small pot, restricting its roots, and by careful pruning.
- BONSPIELA tournament in the sport of curling.
- BONTEBOKA South African antelope of genus Damaliscus
- BONUSSomething extra that is good; an added benefit.
- BONXIEThe great skua, Stercorarius skua.
- BONYResembling, having the appearance or consistence of, or relating to bone; osseous.
- BONZEA Buddhist monk or priest in East Asia.
- BONZERRemarkable; wonderful; excellent; terrific.
- BOOBAn idiot; a fool.
- BOOBIALLAAny of various plants of coastal or sandy regions, especially a small tree Acacia longifolia (subsp. sophorae), and various flowering plants in the genus Myoporum in the figwort fa
- BOOBISHLike a boob; foolish, silly.
- BOOBYA stupid person.
- BOOBYISMThe quality of being a booby, foolishness.
- BOODIEObsolete spelling of body.
- BOODLEMoney, especially when acquired or spent illegally or improperly; swag.
- BOODLEROne, especially a politician, who seeks or receives boodle; a political grafter.
- BOODYTo sulk or mope.
- BOOFHEADAn idiot; a fathead.
- BOOFYOf hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.
- BOOGERA piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from a nostril.
- BOOGEYMANAlternative form of bogeyman.
- BOOGIEMANAlternative spelling of bogeyman.
- BOOGYMANAlternative spelling of bogeyman.
- BOOJUMA geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3.
- BOOKA collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
- BOOKABLEAble to be booked or reserved.
- BOOKBINDERA person whose profession is binding pages together to form books.
- BOOKBINDERYA building where books are assembled and bound.
- BOOKCASEA piece of furniture for the storage and display of books.
- BOOKENDA heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
- BOOKENDSplural of bookend
- BOOKEROne who makes a reservation.
- BOOKFULFull of book-knowledge; stuffed with ideas gleaned from books.
- BOOKIEA bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.
- BOOKISHFond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
- BOOKISHLYIn a bookish manner.
- BOOKLANDIn Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee, service, and fines. It was held chiefly by the nobility and denominated freeholders.
- BOOKLETA small or thin book.
- BOOKLIGHTA small clip-on light, usually battery-powered, used for reading books in the dark
- BOOKMANOne who held bookland.
- BOOKPLATEA printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.
- BOOKRESTA support used to maintain a book or sheet when reading.
- BOOKSHELFA shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
- BOOKSTANDA small stall where books are sold.
- BOOKSYPertaining to books.
- BOOKYBookish.
- BOOLA Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).
- BOOMTo make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- BOOMERSomething that makes a booming sound.
- BOOMERANGAny of various traditional throwing sticks used for hunting or combat by Australian aborigines, including the symmetrical, crescent-shaped, type (the returning boomerang).
- BOOMINGLYIn a booming manner; loudly.
- BOOMSLANGA highly venomous snake found in sub-Saharan Africa, Dispholidus typus.
- BOOMYCharacterized by heavy or undesirably loud bass sounds.
- BOONA good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
- BOONERA person who takes particular pride in their car and enjoys showing it off.
- BOONGAn Australian Aboriginal person.
- BOONIESBoondocks.