| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| boated | imp. & past participle | of Boat |
| bobbed | imp. & past participle | of Bob |
| bobber | noun | One who, or that which, bobs. |
| bobbin | noun | A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension., A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc., The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch., A fine cord or narrow braid., A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current. |
| bobfly | noun | The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly. |
| bockey | noun | A bowl or vessel made from a gourd. |
| boding | present participle & vb. noun | of Bode, Foreshowing; presaging; ominous., A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding. |
| bodged | imp. & past participle | of Bodge |
| bodian | noun | A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies. |
| bodice | noun | A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays., A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman’s dress, or a portion of it. |
| bodied | adjective | Having a body; — usually in composition; as, able-bodied., of Body |
| bodily | adjective | Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter., Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind., Real; actual; put in execution., Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter; in the body., In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. “Leapt bodily below.” |
| bodkin | noun | A dagger., An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer., A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections., A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle., A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair., See Baudekin. |
| bodock | noun | The Osage orange. |
| bodies | plural | of Body |
| bogged | imp. & past participle | of Bog |
| boggle | noun | To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision., To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully., To play fast and loose; to dissemble., To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of. |
| bogies | plural | of Bogy |
| boiled | imp. & past participle | of Boil, Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes. |
| boiler | noun | One who boils., A vessel in which any thing is boiled., A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes. |
| bolden | verb t. | To make bold; to encourage; to embolden. |
| boldly | adverb | In a bold manner. |
| bolero | noun | A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it. |
| bolete | noun | any fungus of the family Boletaceae. |
| bolide | noun | A kind of bright meteor; a bolis. |
| bolled | imp. & past participle | of Boll |
| bollen | adjective | See Boln, a., Swollen; puffed out. |
| bolted | imp. & past participle | of Bolt, of Bolt |
| boltel | noun | See Boultel. |
| bolter | noun | One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party., One who sifts flour or meal., An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve., A kind of fishing line. See Boulter. |
| bombax | noun | A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax. |
| bombic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic acid. |
| bombyx | noun | A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm. |
| bonair | adjective | Gentle; courteous; complaisant; yielding. |
| bonbon | noun | Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty. |
| bonded | imp. & past participle | of Bond, Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to certain regulations. |
| bondar | noun | A small quadruped of Bengal (Paradoxurus bondar), allied to the genet; — called also musk cat. |
| bonder | noun | One who places goods under bond or in a bonded warehouse., A bonding stone or brick; a bondstone., A freeholder on a small scale. |
| bonduc | noun | See Nicker tree. |
| boning | present participle & vb. noun | of Bone, The clearing of bones from fish or meat., The manuring of land with bones., A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t. |
| bonify | verb t. | To convert into, or make, good. |
| bonito | noun | A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast., The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes., The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies., The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States. |
| bonmot | noun | A witty repartee; a jest. |
| bonnet | noun | A headdress for men and boys; a cap., A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland., A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel., Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use, A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire., A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc., A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks., A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft., In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers., An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds., The second stomach of a ruminating animal., An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy., To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover. |
| bonnie | adjective | See Bonny, a. |
| boodle | noun | The whole collection or lot; caboodle., Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. |
| boohoe | verb i. | To bawl; to cry loudly. |
| boohoo | noun | The sailfish; — called also woohoo. |
| booked | imp. & past participle | of Book, Registered., On the way; destined. |
| booker | noun | One who enters accounts or names, etc., in a book; a bookkeeper. |
| boomed | imp. & past participle | of Boom |
| boomer | noun | One who, or that which, booms., A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel., A large male kangaroo., One who works up a “boom”. |
| booser | noun | A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer. |
| booted | imp. & past participle | of Boot, of Boot, Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire., Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; — said of the tarsus of some birds. |
| bootee | noun | A half boot or short boot. |
| bootes | noun | A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus. |
| boothy | noun | See Bothy., A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd’s or hunter’s hut; a booth. |
| boozed | imp. & past participle | of Booze |
| boozer | noun | One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser. |
| bopeep | noun | The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened. |
| borage | noun | A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic. |
| borate | noun | A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical. |
| bordar | noun | A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier. |
| bordel | noun | Alt. of Bordello |
| border | noun | The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink., A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district., A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish., A narrow flower bed., To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; — with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts., To approach; to come near to; to verge., To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden., To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest., To confine within bounds; to limit. |
| boring | present participle & vb. noun | of Bore, The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks., A hole made by boring., The chips or fragments made by boring. |
| boreal | adjective | Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast. |
| boreas | noun | The north wind; — usually a personification. |
| borele | noun | The smaller two-horned rhinoceros of South Africa (Atelodus bicornis). |
| boride | noun | A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; — formerly called boruret. |
| borrel | noun | Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment., A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool., Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity. |
| borrow | verb t. | To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; — the opposite of lend., To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; — a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend., To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another., To feign or counterfeit., To receive; to take; to derive., Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage., The act of borrowing. |
| boshes | plural | of Bosh |
| bosket | noun | Alt. of Bosquet |
| bosomy | adjective | Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows. |
| bosses | plural | of Boss |
| bossed | imp. & past participle | of Boss, Embossed; also, bossy. |
| bosset | noun | A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer. |
| boston | noun | A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; — said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war. |
| botany | adjective & noun | The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant., A book which treats of the science of botany. |
| botchy | adjective | Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done. |
| botfly | noun | A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. A common species is one of the botflies of the horse (Gastrophilus equi), the larvae of which (bots) are taken into the stomach of the animal, where they live several months and pass through their larval states. In tropical America one species sometimes lives under the human skin, and another in the stomach. See Gadfly. |
| bother | verb t. | To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother., To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome., One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother. |
| bothie | noun | Same as Bothy. |
| bottle | noun | A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids., The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine., Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one’s reason in the bottle., To put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle or bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, to bottle wine or porter; to bottle up one’s wrath., A bundle, esp. of hay. |
| bottom | noun | The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page., The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship’s hold; the under surface., That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork., The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea., The fundament; the buttocks., An abyss., Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley., The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship., Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom., Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment., Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices., To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; — followed by on or upon., To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair., To reach or get to the bottom of., To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; — usually with on or upon., To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder., A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon., To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread. |
| bouche | noun | Same as Bush, a lining., Same as Bush, to line., Alt. of Bouch |
| bouffe | noun | Comic opera. See Opera Bouffe. |
| bouged | imp. & past participle | of Bouge |
| bouget | noun | A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; — also called water bouget. |
| bought | noun | A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a serpent., The part of a sling that contains the stone., imp. & p. p. of Buy., Purchased; bribed., of Buy |
| bougie | noun | A long, flexible instrument, that is, A long slender rod consisting of gelatin or some other substance that melts at the temperature of the body. It is impregnated with medicine, and designed for introduction into urethra, etc. |
| bounce | verb i. | To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly., To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room., To boast; to talk big; to bluster., To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump., To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss., To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment., To bully; to scold., A sudden leap or bound; a rebound., A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump., An explosion, or the noise of one., Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer., A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus)., With a sudden leap; suddenly. |
| bounty | noun | Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth., Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence., That which is given generously or liberally., A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures. |
| bourne | verb | A stream or rivulet; a burn., A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal. |
| bourse | noun | An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris. |
| bouser | noun | A toper; a boozer. |
| bovate | noun | An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres. |
| bovine | adjective | Of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope., Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament. |
| bowing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bow, of Bow, The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments., In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting. |
| bowery | adjective | Shading, like a bower; full of bowers., A farm or plantation with its buildings., Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy. |
| bowess | noun | Same as Bower. |
| bowfin | noun | A voracious ganoid fish (Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; — called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish. |
| bowled | imp. & past participle | of Bowl |
| bowleg | noun | A crooked leg. |
| bowler | noun | One who plays at bowls, or who rolls the ball in cricket or any other game. |
| bowmen | plural | of Bowman |
| bowman | noun | A man who uses a bow; an archer., The man who rows the foremost oar in a boat; the bow oar. |
| bowtel | noun | See Boultel. |
| bowwow | noun | An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark., Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word. |
| bowyer | noun | An archer; one who uses bow., One who makes or sells bows. |
| boxing | present participle & vb. noun | of Box, The act of inclosing (anything) in a box, as for storage or transportation., Material used in making boxes or casings., Any boxlike inclosure or recess; a casing., The external case of thin material used to bring any member to a required form., The act of fighting with the fist; a combat with the fist; sparring. |
| boyard | noun | A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania. |
| boyaux | plural | of Boyau |
| boyaus | plural | of Boyau |
| boyish | adjective | Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile. |
| boyism | noun | Boyhood., The nature of a boy; childishness. |