English words: Bosnia to bothropic

300 English words, part 101 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 32 have a page of their own.

English words Bosnia to bothropic

Bosnia proper noun /ˈbɒz.ni.ə/: A geographic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina, consisting of the northern three fourths of the country.
Bosnia and Herzegovinan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Bosnia and Herzegovinian.
Bosnia and Herzegovinian adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bosnia-Herzegovinan adjective, noun: Alternative form of Bosnia and Herzegovinian.
Bosnia-Herzegovinian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Bosnia and Herzegovinian.
Bosniac adjective, noun /ˈbɒznɪæk/: A person from Bosnia.
Bosniacisation noun: Alternative form of Bosniakization.
Bosniacization noun: Alternative form of Bosniakization.
Bosniak noun /ˈbɒzniæk/: A person belonging to an autochthonous South Slavic people living mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Sandžak region of Serbia and Montenegro.
Bosniakisation noun: Alternative form of Bosniakization.
Bosniakization noun: Making something more Bosniak, especially the formation of a Bosniak culture, customs, language or ethnicity or cultural assimilation into a Bosniak community.
Bosniakness noun: The quality or characteristic of being Bosniak.
Bosnian adjective, noun /ˈbɒzni.ən/: Of or pertaining to Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Bosnian people or their culture and language.
Bosnian pine noun: A pine native to mountains in the Balkans and southern Italy, Pinus heldreichii.
Bosnianness noun: The state or quality of being Bosnian.
Boso noun: A male given name.
bosom adjective, noun, verb /ˈbʊz(ə)m/: The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
bosom buddy noun: A very close friend.
bosom friend noun: A very close friend.
bosomed adjective: Having a bosom (of a specified kind).
bosomless adjective: Without a bosom.
bosomy adjective /ˈbʊz(ə)mi/: Full of sheltered hollows or recesses.
boson noun /ˈbəʊ.zɒn/: A particle with totally symmetric composite quantum states, which exempts them from the Pauli exclusion principle, and that hence obeys Bose-Einstein...
boson star noun: A theoretical type of heavenly body composed of a form of boson that is self-repelling, what should be highly dense and bend spacetime in a manner...
bosonic adjective /boʊˈsɑnɪk/: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a boson.
bosonification noun: Synonym of bosonization.
bosonisation noun: Alternative spelling of bosonization.
bosonise verb: Alternative spelling of bosonize.
bosonization noun: The act, process or result of bosonizing.
bosonize verb: To describe a particle or system as if it were a boson and followed Bose-Einstein statistics.
bosonlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of bosons.
Bosox proper noun: The Boston Red Sox.
bosozoku noun: Alternative form of bosozoku.
Bosphorian adjective: Alternative spelling of Bosporian.
Bosphorus proper noun /ˈbɒs.fəɹ.əs/: The narrow strait beside Istanbul, Turkey connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara, the northern end of the Turkish Straits connecting the Black Sea...
Bosporan adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the Bosporan Kingdom.
Bosporanic adjective: Synonym of Bosporan.
Bosporian adjective: Synonym of Bosporan.
bosporus noun: A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a sea.
bosque noun /bɒsk/: Rare spelling of bosk.
bosquet noun: Alternative spelling of bosket.
Bosra proper noun: A town in southern Syria.
boss adjective, noun, verb /bɒs/: One who oversees and directs the work of others; a supervisor.
boss about verb: To act in a bossy manner toward (another person), ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.
boss around verb: To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.
boss boy noun: The black leader of a gang of miners.
boss button noun: Synonym of boss key.
boss eye noun: An eye that squints or is oriented wrongly.
boss-eyed adjective: Cross-eyed; squinting.
boss fight noun: Alternative form of bossfight
boss head noun: A clamp with two thumbscrews for holding two rods at a right angle to each other, for attaching laboratory equipment to a retort stand.
boss key noun: A designated keypress to hide a running program from view, usually to conceal a game from a superior in the workplace.
boss man noun: Alternative form of bossman.
Boss of the Plains noun: A lightweight all-weather hat with a high crown, designed for the American West.
boss rush noun: A situation (sometimes an extra stage) in which the player faces all of the bosses of the game, one after another.
boss-ship noun: The role or status of a boss.
boss up interjection, verb: To strive to reach one's goals through effort and determination; to start working hard.
bossa noun: Clipping of bossa nova.
bossa nova noun /ˈbɒsə ˈnəʊvə/: A lively Brazilian dance that is similar to the samba.
bossaball noun: An originally Spanish team sport, similar to volleyball, played on an inflatable court with a trampoline on each side of the net.
bossage noun: A rough, unfinished stone block, which is left projecting from the wall of a building to be later sculpted.
bossal noun: Alternative form of bossale.
bossale noun /boʊˈsæl/: A black African-born enslaved person in a French (or sometimes other European) colony, especially Haiti (as opposed to a slave born in the colony).
bossanova noun: Alternative form of bossa nova.
Bossard proper noun: A surname from French.
Bossart proper noun: A surname from French.
bossdom noun: The realm or sphere of bosses.
Bosse proper noun: A surname.
bossed adjective, verb: Having a boss (employer etc.), or controlled by one.
bosselated adjective: Marked or covered with many bosses (protuberances)
bosselation noun: The presence of bosses on the skin
bossellated adjective: Alternative form of bosselated.
bossellation noun: Alternative form of bosselation.
bosser noun: A bossy person, one who orders others around.
Bossert proper noun: A surname.
bosset noun: A small boss or knob, especially one in a series.
bossfight noun: A fight against a boss.
bossful adjective: Pertaining to, resembling, or having the qualities of a boss; bosslike; bossy
bosshead noun: Alternative form of boss head.
bosshood noun: The state or condition of a boss.
Bossi proper noun: A surname from Italian.
bossie noun: A small bush.
bossies adjective, noun: shell-shocked
bossily adverb: In a bossy manner.
bossiness noun: The characteristic of being bossy.
bossing noun, verb: A boss; a projecting element.
bossish adjective: Characteristic of a boss; bosslike
bossism noun: The domination of a political party by a single, powerful person (the boss)
bossless adjective: Without a boss.
bosslessness noun: Absence of a boss.
bosslet noun: A lesser boss.
bosslike adjective: Like or resembling a boss (raised area; protrusion)
bossly adjective: Of, belonging to, or befitting a boss.
bossman noun /ˈbɒsmæn/: A male boss or employer.
bossnapping noun: A means of activism in which staff kidnap or surround a corporate executive until demands are met.
bossness noun: The state or condition of a boss.
bossocracy noun: An autocratic rule by bosses.
bosspot noun /ˈbɒspɒt/: A person who is rather or overly bossy.
bossware noun: Software installed on employees' computers for the purpose of allowing a manager to track their working time and activity.
bosswoman noun: A female boss.
bossy adjective, noun /ˈbɔsi/: Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
bossy-boots noun: Alternative form of bossyboots.
bossy pants noun: A pushy or domineering person.
bossy r noun: The letter r (in certain English words, such as bird and sort) that modifies the pronunciation of the preceding vowel.
bossyboots noun: A bossy person.
bossypants noun: Alternative form of bossy pants.
bost verb: To break.
bostal noun: Eye dialect spelling of borstal.
bostangi noun: Alternative spelling of bostanji.
bostanji noun: One of the imperial guards of the Ottoman Empire.
bostel noun: Synonym of holloway.
boster noun /ˈbɒstə/: A particularly impressive and admirable person or thing.
bosthoon noun: Alternative spelling of bostoon.
Bostic proper noun: A surname from Slovene.
Bostick proper noun: A surname.
bostin adjective, interjection: great, excellent
bosting adjective, interjection, verb: Alternative form of bostin.
bostock noun: Stale brioche, spread with almond cream and sliced almonds and then baked
Boston noun /ˈbɔstən/: In the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks.
Boston baked beans noun: A variety of baked beans, sweetened with molasses, and flavored with salt pork or bacon.
boston bean noun: Synonym of haricot bean.
Boston brace noun: A kind of back brace used mainly to treat idiopathic scoliosis in children.
Boston Brahmin noun: Alternative letter-case form of Boston Brahmin.
Boston brown bread noun: A type of dark, slightly sweet steamed bread, usually sweetened with molasses, popular in New England.
Boston bun noun: A large spiced bun with a thick layer of coconut icing.
Boston butt noun: A cut of pork from the upper part of the shoulder from the front leg.
Boston crab noun: A submission wrestling move.
Boston cream adjective: Of a bready/cakey foodstuff; having been glazed in chocolate and filled with custard
Boston cream donut noun: A round deep-fried pastry that is traditionally filled with vanilla custard and glazed in milk chocolate.
Boston cream doughnut noun: Alternative spelling of Boston cream donut.
Boston cream pie noun: A round cake that is split, filled with custard or cream, and frosted with chocolate, the official dessert of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Boston fern noun: Nephrolepis exaltata cv. Bostoniensis, a fern with gracefully arching fronds.
Boston ivy noun: A perennial vine related to the grapevine, Parthenocissus tricuspidata, which, like true ivy (Hedera helix), is planted next to masonry buildings to grow on...
Boston lettuce noun: A variety of soft lettuce.
Boston marriage noun /ˈbɒs.tən ˈmæ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/: A long-term monogamous relationship between two unmarried women, especially in New England between the 18th and early 20th centuries.
Boston marrow noun: A sweet, pear-shaped, orange variety of the squash Cucurbita maxima.
Boston round noun: Synonym of Boston round bottle.
Boston round bottle noun: A strong, heavy bottle used in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, often made of amber glass (to filter out ultraviolet light) but sometimes made of...
Boston sour noun: A whiskey sour made with egg white.
Boston terrier noun: A medium-sized black and white dog.
Boston version noun: A bowdlerized version of a play to appeal to puritanical sensibilities.
Bostoner noun: A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Bostonese noun: A Bostonian.
Bostonian adjective, noun /bɒsˈtəʊniən/: A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
bostonite adjective, noun: Synonym of Bostonian (“from or of Boston, Massachusetts, or Boston, Lincolnshire”).
Bostonization noun: The process of Bostonizing.
Bostonize verb: To make Bostonian; to adapt to the norms or culture of Boston.
bostoon noun: A foolish person.
bostrichid noun: Any beetle of the family Bostrichidae.
Bostrichiform adjective: Of or pertaining to the coleopteran infraorder Bostrichiformia.
Bostrom proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
Boströmian adjective: Of or relating to Christopher Jacob Boström (1797–1866), Swedish philosopher.
bostrychoid adjective: arranged in a helical manner on the outside of a long, tapering, conical rachis; having the form of a bostryx.
bostryx noun: A helicoid cyme.
Bostwick proper noun: A surname.
bostwickite noun: An orthorhombic dark red mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and silicon.
bosu ball noun /ˈboʊsu ˌbɔl/: A piece of exercise equipment with an inflated rubber dome attached to a rigid flat platform, used for balance training, strength exercises, or rehabilitation.
bosun noun: Alternative form of boatswain (“warrant or petty officer on board a naval ship”).
bosun's chair noun: Synonym of boatswain's chair.
bosutinib noun: A tyrosine kinase inhibitor undergoing research for use in the treatment of cancer.
bosvark noun: Alternative form of boschvark.
Boswell noun /ˈbɒzˌwɛl/: A devoted admirer and recorder of a person's words and deeds.
Boswellian adjective: Of or pertaining to James Boswell (1740–1795), Scottish lawyer and writer, best known for his biography of Samuel Johnson.
boswellic adjective: Relating to boswellic acids or their derivatives
boswellic acid noun: Any of a series of pentacyclic triterpene molecules produced by plants in the genus Boswellia.
Boswellism noun: The writing style of James Boswell (1740–1795), Scottish lawyer and writer, best known for his biography of Samuel Johnson.
Boswellize verb: To eulogize.
Boswellizer noun: One who Boswellizes.
Bosworth proper noun: A surname from Old English.
bot noun, suffix, verb /bɒt/: The larva of a botfly, which infests the skin of various mammals, producing warbles, or the nasal passage of sheep, or the stomach of horses.
bot farm noun: A venue where multiple computers execute repeated tasks and automated programs at a large scale.
bot fly noun: Alternative form of botfly.
bot herd noun: A large collection of compromised systems exploited for malicious purposes.
bot herder noun: Alternative form of botherder.
bota bag noun: A traditional Greek or Spanish wineskin bag. Typically it is made of leather, and is used to carry wine, although any liquid can be carried.
botafogo noun: A dance step in samba.
botak adjective [ˈbo(˧).taʔ(˦)]: Bald.
botallackite noun: A green monoclinic copper mineral, polymorphous with atacamite, paratacamite, and clinoatacamite.
botamochi noun: A Japanese sweet made by soaking sweet rice and forming it into balls with azuki bean paste packed around them.
Botan proper noun: A female given name from Japanese.
botan rice noun: Synonym of glutinous rice.
botana noun: A Mexican appetiser.
botanese noun /ˌbɑt.əˈniːz/: Scientific jargon used by botanists.
botanic adjective, noun /bəˈtæn.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to botany.
botanic garden noun: A botanical garden.
botanica noun: A shop that deals in herbs and charms used especially by followers of santería.
botanical adjective, noun /bəˈtænɪkəl/: Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants.
botanical garden noun: A place where a variety of plants are grown, primarily for scientific or educational reasons, but are normally open to the public, and include ornamental...
botanical name noun: A formal scientific name of a plant, especially as conforming to the ICBN.
botanically adverb: in a botanical manner
botanics noun: The science of botany.
botanise verb: Alternative spelling of botanize.
botaniser noun: Alternative spelling of botanizer.
botanism noun: Botany.
botanist noun /ˈbɒt.ən.ɪst/: A person engaged in botany, the scientific study of plants.
botanistic adjective: Of or relating to botanists or botany.
botanize verb /ˈbɒtənaɪz/: To do the work of a botanist, as to inventory the plant life in an area and to collect plants for research purposes.
botanizer noun: An amateur botanist, especially one who enjoys finding plants in nature and identifying them.
botanogenomics noun: The study of botanical genomes
botanol noun: A heterogeneous material consisting of synthesized natural plant oil and chalk, used primarily as a floor covering
botanologer noun: A botanist.
botanology noun: The science of botany.
botanomancy noun: Divination by plants. A form of pyromancy in which tree branches and/or leaves are burnt.
botanomantic adjective: Of or pertaining to botanomancy.
botanophile noun: A person with an interest in botany.
botanophilist noun: Synonym of botanophile.
botanophobia noun: The fear of plants.
botany noun /ˈbɒt.ə.ni/: A branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants.
Botany Bay dozen noun: 25 lashes, i.e. strokes of a whip across a person's back as a punishment.
Botany Bay fever noun: Penal servitude; transportation.
Botany Bay greens noun: Synonym of New Zealand spinach.
botargo noun: Bottarga; a cake or sausage made from salted mullet roe.
BOTC noun: Initialism of British Overseas Territories citizen, a type of British national with ties to a British overseas territory.
botch noun, verb /bɒt͡ʃ/: To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
botch job noun: A job that has been botched.
botch up noun, verb: To ruin, mess up.
botch-work noun: Alternative form of botchwork.
botched adjective, verb: Made or repaired in a clumsy or incompetent manner.
botched job noun: Alternative form of botch job.
botched up adjective, verb: Botched utterly; failed; ruined.
botchedly adverb: In a botched manner.
botcher noun: A person who mends things, especially such a cobbler or tailor.
botcherly adjective: bungling; awkward or botched
botchery noun: An act of botching, or being sloppy.
botchily adverb: In a botchy manner.
botchiness noun: The state of being botchy
botchwork noun: Inferior and shoddy work.
botchy adjective: Full of botches or mistakes; poorly done.
botcinic acid noun: A phytotoxic polyketide associated with the fungus Botrytis cinerea
botcinin noun: Any of a group of botcinolides
botcinolide noun: A lactone derived from botcinic acid
BOTD noun: Initialism of benefit of the doubt.
bote noun /bəʊt/: Atonement, compensation, amends, satisfaction; as, manbote, a compensation for a man slain.
Boteach proper noun /boʊˈteɪɑːx/: A surname.
boteh noun: The droplet-shaped motif on which paisley patterns are based.
botel noun: a floating hotel; a boat that acts as a hotel
Boteler proper noun: A surname originating as an occupation, cognate to the common noun butler.
Botelho proper noun: A surname from Portuguese.
Botello proper noun: A surname.
Botero proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
boterol noun: The chape, crampet or tag of a scabbard, or a representation thereof in heraldry.
boteroll noun: Alternative form of boterol.
botete noun: A pufferfish of the genus Sphoeroides.
Botez gambit noun: A major blunder in which a player unintentionally hangs (“makes vulnerable”) a queen or other important piece without any tactical or strategic...
botfly noun: One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
both conjunction, determiner, pronoun /boʊθ/: Each of the two; one and the other; referring to two individuals or items.
both-and adjective: Alternative form of both-and.
both barrels noun: The maximum damage that a weapon can deliver.
both-handed adjective, adverb: Skilled or able to use either hand, with unspecified degrees of equalness; ambidextrous.
both-handedly adverb: Using both hands.
both-handedness noun: Ambidexterity.
both of ours pronoun: That which belongs to both of us; the possessive first-person pronoun used without a following noun.
both of theirs pronoun: That which belongs to both of them; the possessive third-person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
both of yours pronoun: That which belongs to both of you; the possessive second-person pronoun used without a following noun.
Both respirator noun: An early form of iron lung.
both-sided adjective: Seeing or supporting both sides of an argument or debate.
both-sidedness noun: The state or property of being both-sided.
both-sideism noun: Alternative form of bothsideism.
both siderism noun: Alternative form of bothsiderism.
both sidesism noun: Alternative form of bothsidesism.
both-sidism noun: Alternative form of bothsideism.
botha contraction: Contraction of both + of.
Botham proper noun /ˈbəʊθəm/: A surname.
Bothell proper noun: A city in King and Snohomish counties in the U.S. state of Washington.
bother interjection, noun, verb /ˈbɔðə(ɹ)/: To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
bother one's arse verb: To bother, to take the trouble (to do something).
botherance noun /ˈbɒðəɹəns/: Something that bothers; bother, annoyance, nuisance
botherate verb: To bother.
botheration interjection, noun /ˌbɒðəˈɹeɪʃn̩/: A mild expression of annoyance or exasperation: bother!
botherder noun: A malicious hacker who controls a botnet.
bothered adjective, verb: Annoyed; irritated.
botherin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of bothering.
bothering adjective, noun, verb: That bothers; annoying, irritating.
botherless adjective: Free from bother or difficulty.
botherment noun: bother; annoyance
bothersome adjective /ˈbɔðəsəm/: Causing trouble, annoyance, inconvenience, irritation, or perplexity.
bothersomely adverb: In a bothersome way.
bothersomeness noun: The state or condition of being bothersome.
bothid noun: Any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.
bothie noun: Alternative form of bothy.
Bothnian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Bothnia, an area of northern Europe by the Gulf of Bothnia.
Bothnic adjective: Bothnian
bothremydid noun: Any extinct turtle of the family Bothremydidae.
bothrenchym noun: Alternative form of bothrenchyma.
bothrenchyma noun /bɒθˈɹɛŋkɪmə/: Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.
bothrenchymatous adjective /bɒθɹɛŋˈkɪmətəs/: Consisting of bothrenchyma.
bothrial adjective: Relating to or composed of bothria.
bothriderid noun: Any beetle of the family Bothrideridae.
bothridial adjective: Relating to bothridia
bothridium noun: An outgrowth from the scolex of some tapeworms that is used for adhesion.
bothriembryontid noun: Any snail of the family Bothriembryontidae.
bothriocephalidean noun: Any tapeworm of the order Bothriocephalidea
bothriolepid noun: Any placoderm of the genus Bothriolepis
bothriolepidid noun: Any antiarch placoderm fish in the family †Bothriolepididae, known from the Emsian, to Famennian.
bothrium noun: A protruding cup or small groove used for adhesion, especially in cestodes.
bothriurid noun: Any scorpion in the family Bothriuridae.
bothrojaracin noun: A polypeptide thrombin inhibitor in the venom of a lancehead snake (Bothrops jararaca).
bothrombin noun: A thrombin present in the venom of the pit viper Bothrops jararaca.
bothropasin noun: An endopeptidase present in the venom of Bothrops jararaca
bothropic adjective: Of or relating to the genus Bothrops of venomous pit vipers endemic to Central and South America.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under B: 42,566 words, in 142 parts.