| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| bounden | of Bind, Bound; fastened by bonds., Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden., Made obligatory; imposed as a duty; binding. | |
| boarded | imp. & past participle | of Board |
| boarder | noun | One who has food statedly at another’s table, or meals and lodgings in his house, for pay, or compensation of any kind., One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy’s ship. |
| boarish | adjective | Swinish; brutal; cruel. |
| boasted | imp. & past participle | of Boast |
| boaster | noun | One who boasts; a braggart., A stone mason’s broad-faced chisel. |
| boating | present participle & vb. noun | of Boat, The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats., In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish. |
| boatage | noun | Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance. |
| boatful | noun | The quantity or amount that fills a boat. |
| boation | noun | A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation. |
| boatmen | plural | of Boatman |
| boatman | noun | A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat., A boat bug. See Boat bug. |
| bobbing | present participle & vb. noun | of Bob |
| bobance | noun | A boasting. |
| bobbery | noun | A squabble; a tumult; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery. |
| bobbish | adjective | Hearty; in good spirits. |
| bobsled | noun | Alt. of Bobsleigh |
| bobstay | noun | A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; — usually in the pl. |
| bobtail | noun | An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail., Bobtailed. |
| bob wig | A short wig with bobs or short curls; — called also bobtail wig. | |
| bocardo | noun | A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative., A prison; — originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison. |
| bocking | noun | A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; — so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made. |
| boddice | noun | See Bodick. |
| bodeful | adjective | Portentous; ominous. |
| bodiced | adjective | Wearing a bodice. |
| bodrage | noun | A raid. |
| bodying | present participle & vb. noun | of Body |
| bogging | present participle & vb. noun | of Bog |
| boggard | noun | A bogey. |
| boggled | imp. & past participle | of Boggle |
| boggler | noun | One who boggles. |
| bogwood | noun | The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments. |
| bohemia | noun | A country of central Europe., Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3. |
| boiling | present participle & vb. noun | of Boil, Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion., The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation., Exposure to the action of a hot liquid. |
| boilary | noun | See Boilery. |
| boilery | noun | A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in salt making. |
| bokadam | noun | See Cerberus. |
| boletic | adjective | Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus. |
| boletus | noun | A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous. |
| bollard | noun | An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. |
| bolling | verb t. | A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard. |
| bologna | noun | A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects., A Bologna sausage. |
| bolster | noun | A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; — generally laid under the pillows., A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress., Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc., A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle., A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing., Anything used to prevent chafing., A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment., A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests., The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck., the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched., That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle., The metallic end of a pocketknife handle., The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital., A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation., To support with a bolster or pillow., To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; — often with up. |
| bolting | present participle & vb. noun | of Bolt, of Bolt, A darting away; a starting off or aside., A sifting, as of flour or meal., A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court. |
| boluses | plural | of Bolus |
| bombace | noun | Cotton; padding. |
| bombard | noun | A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon., A bombardment., A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer., Padded breeches., See Bombardo., To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. |
| bombast | noun | Originally, cotton, or cotton wool., Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding., Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian., High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic., To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate. |
| bombolo | noun | A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor. |
| bonanza | noun | In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. |
| bonasus | noun | Alt. of Bonassus |
| bonding | present participle & vb. noun | of Bond |
| bondage | adjective | The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity., Obligation; tie of duty., Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner. |
| bondmen | plural | of Bondman |
| bondman | noun | A man slave, or one bound to service without wages., A villain, or tenant in villenage. |
| bonedog | noun | The spiny dogfish. |
| boneset | noun | A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic. |
| bonetta | noun | See Bonito. |
| bonfire | noun | A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement. |
| bonnily | adverb | Gayly; handsomely. |
| bon ton | The height of the fashion; fashionable society. | |
| bonuses | plural | of Bonus |
| boobies | plural | of Booby |
| booking | present participle & vb. noun | of Book |
| bookful | noun | As much as will fill a book; a book full., Filled with book learning. |
| bookish | adjective | Given to reading; fond of study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books., Characterized by a method of expression generally found in books; formal; labored; pedantic; as, a bookish way of talking; bookish sentences. |
| booklet | noun | A little book. |
| bookmen | plural | of Bookman |
| bookman | noun | A studious man; a scholar. |
| boolies | plural | of Booly |
| booming | present participle & vb. noun | of Boom, Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding., Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity., The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns. |
| boomdas | noun | A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman. |
| boomkin | noun | Same as Bumkin. |
| boorish | adjective | Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. |
| boosted | imp. & past participle | of Boost |
| booting | present participle & vb. noun | of Boot, of Boot, Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty., A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2., A kicking, as with a booted foot. |
| boozing | present participle & vb. noun | of Booze |
| borable | adjective | Capable of being bored. |
| boracic | adjective | Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid. |
| boramez | noun | See Barometz. |
| bordage | noun | The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage. |
| bordman | noun | A bordar; a tenant in bordage. |
| bordrag | noun | Alt. of Bordraging |
| bordure | noun | A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged. |
| boredom | noun | The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui., The realm of bores; bores, collectively. |
| borneol | noun | A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol. |
| bornite | noun | A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; — also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface. |
| borough | noun | In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut., The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax., An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other., The pledge or surety thus given. |
| borrage | adjective | Alt. of Borraginaceous |
| boruret | noun | A boride. |
| boscage | noun | A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape., Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood. |
| boshbok | noun | A kind of antelope. See Bush buck. |
| boskage | noun | Same as Boscage. |
| bosquet | noun | A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed., See Bosket. |
| bosomed | imp. & past participle | of Bosom, Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden. |
| bossing | present participle & vb. noun | of Boss |
| bossage | noun | A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape., Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings. |
| bossism | noun | The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses. |
| botanic | adjective | Alt. of Botanical |
| botargo | noun | A sort of cake or sausage, made of the salted roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentive to drink. |
| botches | plural | of Botch |
| botched | imp. & past participle | of Botch |
| botcher | noun | One who mends or patches, esp. a tailor or cobbler., A clumsy or careless workman; a bungler., A young salmon; a grilse. |
| bothnic | adjective | Of or pertaining to Bothnia, a country of northern Europe, or to a gulf of the same name which forms the northern part of the Baltic sea. |
| bo tree | The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha. | |
| bottine | noun | A small boot; a lady’s boot., An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children. |
| bottled | imp. & past participle | of Bottle, Put into bottles; inclosed in bottles; pent up in, or as in, a bottle., Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant. |
| bottler | noun | One who bottles wine, beer, soda water, etc. |
| bottony | adjective | Alt. of Bottone |
| bottone | adjective | Having a bud or button, or a kind of trefoil, at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons. |
| boudoir | noun | A small room, esp. if pleasant, or elegantly furnished, to which a lady may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady’s (or sometimes a gentleman’s) private room. |
| boughty | adjective | Bending. |
| bouilli | noun | Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has been made. |
| boulder | noun | Same as Bowlder., A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble., A mass of any rock, whether rounded or not, that has been transported by natural agencies from its native bed. See Drift. |
| boultel | noun | Alt. of Boultin |
| boultin | noun | A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo., One of the shafts of a clustered column. |
| boulter | noun | A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached. |
| bounced | imp. & past participle | of Bounce |
| bouncer | noun | One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving., A boaster; a bully., A bold lie; also, a liar., Something big; a good stout example of the kind. |
| bounded | imp. & past participle | of Bound |
| bounder | noun | One who, or that which, limits; a boundary. |
| bouquet | noun | A nosegay; a bunch of flowers., A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine. |
| bourbon | noun | A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France., A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative. |
| bourder | noun | A jester. |
| bourdon | noun | A pilgrim’s staff., A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.), A kind of organ stop. |
| bourree | noun | An old French dance tune in common time. |
| boutade | noun | An outbreak; a caprice; a whim. |
| bowable | adjective | Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced; yielding. |
| bowbell | noun | One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney. |
| bowbent | adjective | Bent, like a bow. |
| boweled | imp. & past participle | of Bowel, Having bowels; hollow. |
| bowhead | noun | The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Balaena mysticetus). See Baleen, and Whale. |
| bowknot | noun | A knot in which a portion of the string is drawn through in the form of a loop or bow, so as to be readily untied. |
| bowling | present participle & vb. noun | of Bowl, The act of playing at or rolling bowls, or of rolling the ball at cricket; the game of bowls or of tenpins. |
| bowlder | noun | Alt. of Boulder |
| bowless | adjective | Destitute of a bow. |
| bowline | noun | A rope fastened near the middle of the leech or perpendicular edge of the square sails, by subordinate ropes, called bridles, and used to keep the weather edge of the sail tight forward, when the ship is closehauled. |
| bow net | A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end., A net for catching birds. | |
| bow oar | The oar used by the bowman., One who rows at the bow of a boat. | |
| bow-pen | noun | Bow-compasses carrying a drawing pen. See Bow-compass. |
| bow-saw | noun | A saw with a thin or narrow blade set in a strong frame. |
| bowshot | noun | The distance traversed by an arrow shot from a bow. |
| bowssen | verb t. | To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties). |
| boxfish | noun | The trunkfish. |
| boxhaul | verb t. | To put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel; — so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox (i. e., sharp aback, on the wind). |
| boxwood | noun | The wood of the box (Buxus). |
| boycott | verb t. | To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott., The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion. |
| boyhood | noun | The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy. |
| borsten | of Breste |