English words: bottomspace to bountiful

300 English words, part 103 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 50 have a page of their own.

English words bottomspace to bountiful

bottomspace noun: The psychological state of the submissive or bottom during sadomasochistic activity.
bottomspin noun: Synonym of backspin.
bottomward adjective, adverb: Toward the bottom of something.
bottomwards adverb: Toward the bottom of something.
bottomwear noun: Clothing worn below the waist, including trousers, skirts, leggings, etc.
bottomwise adverb: At or in relation to the bottom part.
bottomy adjective: having a deep pitch
botton noun: Alternative form of bottom.
bottoné adjective: Alternative form of botony.
bottonee adjective: Alternative form of botony.
bottonium noun: Synonym of bottomonium.
bottony adjective: Alternative form of botony.
Bottorff proper noun: A surname.
bottromycin noun: A macrocyclic peptide with antibiotic activity, first isolated from Streptomyces bottropensis.
Bottrop proper noun: A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
botts noun: The disease caused by the maggots of the horse bot fly when they infect the stomach of a horse.
botty adjective, noun /ˈbɒ.ti/: Bottom.
botty burp noun: Flatulence.
botuliform adjective: Having the shape of a sausage
botulin noun: An extremely potent nerve toxin produced by the anaerobic bacteria Clostridium botulinum. Ingesting botulin results in the serious medical condition of...
botulinal adjective: Of or pertaining to botulism or botulin toxins.
botulinic adjective: Of or pertaining to the botulinum bacterium.
botulinogenic adjective: Alternative form of botulogenic.
botulinum noun: An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin
botulinum toxin noun: A neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
botulinus noun: Alternative form of botulinum.
botulism noun /ˈbɒt.jʊl.ɪz.əm/: Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
botulogenic adjective: That produces botulism.
botulotoxin noun: botulinum toxin
botvinya noun: A type of Slavic kvass-based cold soup.
Botz proper noun: A surname from German.
Bötzinger complex noun: A group of neurons located in the rostral ventrolateral medulla and ventral respiratory column in mammals. It plays an important role in controlling...
bou bhat noun: A Bengali ritual feast traditionally held after a wedding, where the groom's family for the first time taste rice cooked by the new bride.
bouba/kiki effect noun /ˌbubə ˈkiki ɪˌfɛkt/: A non-arbitrary mapping between speech sounds and the visual shape of objects.
boublik noun: Alternative form of bublik.
boubou noun: A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa.
boucan noun: Alternative spelling of buccan.
bouceroside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Bouch proper noun: A surname.
bouchaleen noun: A boy.
Bouchard proper noun: A surname from French.
boucharde noun: A bush hammer.
bouche noun, verb /buːʃ/: A slit, notch or opening in the edge of a (physical or heraldic) shield, through which the bearer's lance or sword could be used or in which it could be rested.
bouchée noun: A small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture, served as an hors d'oeuvre.
Boucher proper noun: A surname from French.
boucherie noun: A social event at which people gather to butcher and make food from an animal, especially a pig.
Boucherize verb: To impregnate (timber, railroad ties, etc.) with a preservative solution of copper sulphate.
Boucherville proper noun: A city in Montérégie, Quebec, Canada
Bouchette proper noun: A surname.
bouchon noun: A piece of tubing forming the pivot holes in watch and clock plates.
Bouck proper noun: A surname.
boucle noun /buːˈkleɪ/: Alternative spelling of bouclé.
boud noun /baʊd/: A weevil; a worm that breeds in malt, biscuit, etc.
Bouda proper noun: A werehyena in Ethiopian mythology.
bouderie noun: A sulk; a fit of pouting.
Boudica proper noun /bəʊˈdɪkə/: A queen of the British Iceni tribe that led an uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire, died c. 61 CE
Boudican adjective: Of or relating to Boudica, queen of the British Iceni tribe.
Boudiccan adjective: Alternative form of Boudican.
Boudicean adjective: Alternative form of Boudican.
boudin noun /buːˈdæ̃/: A kind of blood sausage in French, Belgian, Luxembourgish and related cuisines.
boudinage noun: A process in which a more competent layer is broken into sausage-shaped pieces as less competent layers surrounding it are deformed.
boudinaged adjective: Subjected to boudinage.
Boudinot proper noun: A surname from French.
boudoir noun /ˈbuːdwɑː/: A woman's private sitting room, dressing room, or bedroom.
boudoir biscuit noun: Synonym of ladyfinger (“finger-shaped sponge cake”).
boudoir piano noun: Synonym of upright piano.
Boudouard reaction noun: The redox reaction of a chemical equilibrium mixture of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide at a given temperature. It is the disproportionation of carbon...
Boudouma noun: Alternative form of Buduma.
Boudreaux proper noun /ˈbuːdɹoʊ/: A surname from Old French, common among Cajuns and Louisiana Creoles.
bouffage noun: A satisfying meal
bouffancy noun: The quality of being bouffant.
bouffant adjective, noun /ˈbuːfɑ̃/: Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
bouffant cap noun: A loose cap, so called because of its puffy shape, typically secured around the head with an elastic, and frequently used in cleanrooms, food service, and...
bouffant gown noun: A woman's evening gown that has a wide, full skirt, often of several layers
bouffantly adverb: In a bouffant manner.
bouffanty adjective: Like a bouffant, as in a hairdo.
Bouffard proper noun: A surname from French.
bouffe noun, verb /buf/: A comic opera
bouffée délirante noun: A syndrome in West Africa and Haiti, involving a sudden outburst of aggression with confusion and sometimes hallucinations.
bouffon noun: A style of performance focused on mockery, associated with French theater.
bouffy adjective: in a bouffant style
bougainvilia noun: Alternative spelling of bougainvillea.
bougainvillaea noun: Alternative spelling of bougainvillea.
Bougainville proper noun /ˈboʊɡənˌvɪl/: A surname from French.
Bougainville crow noun: Corvus meeki, a species of corvid crow.
Bougainville thicketbird noun: Cincloramphus llaneae, a bird species endemic to Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea.
bougainvillea noun /ˌbuː.ɡənˈvɪl.ɪ.ə/: Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three...
Bougainvillean adjective, noun: A native or inhabitant of Bougainville.
bougainvillia noun: Alternative form of bougainvillea.
bougainvilliid noun: Any hydroid of the family Bougainvilliidae.
bougar noun /ˈbuːɡə/: A rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.
bougar-stakes noun: The lower part of rafters, that were set on the ground in old houses.
bougar-stick noun: Strong pieces of wood fixed to the rafters of a house by wooden pins.
bougatsa noun: A Greek snack of phyllo dough with a sweet or savory filling.
bouge noun, verb /buːd͡ʒ/: The right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.
bouget noun /ˈbuːdʒɪt/: Obsolete form of budget (“purse, bag; etc”).
bough noun /ˈbaʊ̯/: A tree-branch, usually a primary one directly attached to the trunk.
bough pot noun /ˈbaʊˌpɒt/: A vessel for holding stems of flowers and branches to decorate an indoor space.
boughed adjective: Having (a specified kind of) boughs.
bougher noun /ˈbaʊ.ə(ɹ)/: A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
boughetto adjective: Both bougie and ghetto; nouveau riche.
Boughey proper noun: A surname.
boughless adjective: Without boughs.
Boughner proper noun: A surname.
boughpot noun: Alternative form of bough pot.
bought adjective, noun, verb /ˈbɔːt/: Compromised by money from special interests; corrupt.
bought air noun: Air that has been cooled by air conditioning.
bought and paid for adjective, verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bought, paid for.
boughten adjective /ˈbɔːtən/: Having been purchased or bought (rather than homemade), storebought.
Boughton proper noun: A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF7002).
boughty adjective: bending
boughy adjective /ˈbaʊ.i/: Full of boughs.
bougie adjective, noun /ˈbuːʒi/: A tapered cylindrical instrument for introducing an object into a tubular anatomical structure, or to dilate such a structure, as with an esophageal bougie.
bougienage noun: The use of a bougie.
bougieness noun: The quality of being bougie.
bouginage noun: Alternative form of bougienage.
bougna noun: bunya (a traditional Kanak and Ni-Vanuatu dish)
bougonia noun: Alternative spelling of bugonia.
Bouguer's halo noun: Synonym of glory (“optical phenomenon of concentric rings resembling a rainbow”).
Bouie proper noun: A surname from French.
bouillabaisse noun /ˈbuːjəˌbeɪs/: A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.
bouilli noun /buːˈjiː/: Meat stewed with juice.
bouillie noun /ˈbuji/: A mixture; a paste.
bouillion noun: Alternative spelling of bouillon.
bouillon noun /ˈbuː.jɒn/: A clear seasoned broth made by simmering usually light meat, such as beef or chicken.
bouillon cube noun: A small cube, consisting of dry ingredients, that can be dissolved to make a broth or soup stock.
bouillotte noun: A rapidly-played variety of brelan or gleek (a card game resembling poker)
bouj noun: Alternative form of bujj.
bouja noun: Alternative form of booyah (“type of stew”).
boujee adjective: Alternative spelling of bougie (“behaving like or pertaining to people of a higher social status”)
bouk noun /baʊk/: The belly.
boukha noun: A Tunisian alcoholic drink made from figs.
boukólos rule noun: A rule of the Proto-Indo-European reconstructed language that states that a labiovelar stop (*kʷ, *gʷ, *gʷʰ) dissimilates to an ordinary velar stop (*k, *g,...
boul noun /buːl/: A curved handle.
boula noun: Any of various Caribbean drums.
boulanger noun: Eggplant; aubergine.
boulangère potatoes noun: Sliced layered potatoes cooked with herbs, onions, etc. and meat or vegetable stock.
boulangerie noun /buˈlɑ̃ʒɚˌɹi/: A French or French-style bakery.
boulangerite noun: A lead antimony sulfide mineral that forms metallic grey monoclinic crystals.
Boulangism noun: The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Georges Boulanger (1837–1891), who promoted an aggressive nationalism which opposed...
Boulangist adjective, noun: Supporting Boulangism
Boulay proper noun: A surname from French.
Boulby proper noun: A small coastal village in Loftus parish, Redcar and Cleveland district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ7619).
Boulden proper noun: A surname.
boulder noun, verb /ˈbəʊl.də(ɹ)/: A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
boulder clay noun: A geological deposit of clay, often full of large stones and boulders, which is formed out of the ground moraine material of glaciers and ice-sheets.
boulder holder noun: Alternative form of over-the-shoulder boulder holder (“a large bra”).
boulder opal noun: An opal consisting of concretions and fracture fillings in a dark siliceous ironstone matrix.
boulderable adjective: suitable for, or possible to, boulder
boulderer noun: A climber who takes part in bouldering.
bouldering noun, verb: Climbing, without ropes, on large boulders or boulder-sized objects.
bouldering mat noun: Synonym of crash pad (“a protective foam pad placed on the ground, used as protection in case of falling from the wall”)
Boulderite noun: A native or inhabitant of Boulder, Colorado, United States.
boulderless adjective: Without boulders.
boulderlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a boulder.
boulderous adjective: Having many boulders.
boulderstone noun: A rounded stone that is larger than a pebble; a cobblestone.
bouldery adjective: Of, pertaining to, or containing boulders
Bouldin proper noun: A surname.
boule noun, verb /buːl/: One of the bowls used in the French game of boules.
Boulenger proper noun: A surname from French.
boules noun: bowls; a game played with metal balls.
Boulet proper noun: A surname from French.
bouletic adjective: boulomaic modality
bouleuterion noun: A building in Ancient Greece, housing the boule (council of citizens), where public affairs were discussed.
bouleutes noun: counsellor
bouleutic adjective /bəˈljuːtɪk/: Pertaining to the curial class from which were drawn councils in Ancient Greece.
boulevard noun /ˈbuː.ləˌvɑːd/: A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
boulevard stop noun: A very brief halt in a vehicle
boulevarde noun: Alternative spelling of boulevard.
boulevardier noun, verb /ˌbʊləvɑɹˈdɪɹ/: A man who frequents the boulevards; thus, a man about town or bon vivant.
boulevardize verb: To convert into boulevards.
boulevardlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a boulevard.
bouleverse verb: To change drastically; to overturn or turn upside down.
bouleversement noun: Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil
Bouley proper noun: A surname from French.
Boulia proper noun: A town in the outback of western Queensland, Australia.
boulle noun: Alternative form of buhl.
Boulogne proper noun /bʊˈlɔɪn/: A former commune in Vendée department, Pays de la Loire, France.
Boulogne fever noun: Synonym of diphtheria.
Boulogne sore throat noun: Synonym of diphtheria.
boulomaic adjective: Expressing a wish or desire.
Boulonnais noun: A draft horse of a large, elegant breed, usually gray.
boult verb: Alternative form of bolt (“to sift”).
Boultbee proper noun: A surname.
boultel noun: A moulding with quarter-circle convexity, found just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.
boulter noun: One who boults or sifts.
boulti noun: Alternative form of bolty.
boultin noun: Alternative form of boultel.
boulting noun, verb: Alternative form of bolting (“a sifting”).
Boulton proper noun /ˈboʊltən/: A surname.
Boulware proper noun: A surname.
Boulwarism noun: The tactic, in negotiations with labor unions, of investigating a dispute and then making an ultimate offer that will not be revised.
Bouma proper noun: A surname from Czech.
Bouman proper noun: A surname.
boun adjective, verb /baʊn/: Ready, prepared.
bounce noun, verb /baʊns/: To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
bounce around verb: To discuss or brainstorm (ideas) on a topic.
bounce back noun, verb: To recover from a negative situation without seemingly any damage.
bounce house noun: Synonym of bouncing castle.
bounce in verb: To appear suddenly and with hostility.
bounce into verb: To be forced into doing something that one is uncomfortable with.
bounce off verb: To test (ideas) on someone.
bounce off the walls verb: To be overly active relative to the enclosed space in which one is.
bounce rate noun: The proportion of visitors who arrive at a website and then leave rather than continuing to view other pages within the same site.
bounce rubble verb: To bomb a target that has already been severely bombed, so that little further damage is possible.
bounce the rubble verb: Alternative form of bounce rubble.
bounce to the ounce noun: The quality of being bouncy or exuberant.
bounceable adjective: Able to be bounced.
bounceably adverb: Boastfully.
bounceback noun /ˈbaʊnsˌbæk/: A rebound.
bouncebackability noun /ˌbaʊnsbækəˈbɪlɪti/: The ability to bounce back or recover from bad circumstances.
bouncebackable adjective: Displaying an ability to recover from damage or a setback.
bounced adjective, verb /baʊnst/: Of a cheque/check: refused by a bank because of insufficient funds.
bounced check noun: A check that has been rejected by the bank against which it is drawn for insufficient funds.
bounced cheque noun: A cheque returned by the bank due to insufficient funds.
bouncedown noun: The throwing of the ball down onto the ground by the umpire, after which the ruckmen from opposing teams battle for control of the ball.
bounceless adjective: That does not require debouncing.
bouncelessness noun: Absence of bouncing.
bouncer noun /ˈbaʊn.sə/: A person or thing that bounces something, such as a ball.
bouncerly adjective: Befitting or characteristic of a bouncer (security personnel).
bouncily adverb: In a bouncy manner.
bouncin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of bouncing.
bounciness noun: The characteristic of being bouncy.
bouncinet noun: Alternative form of bouncinette.
bouncinette noun: A baby seat that gently bounces or rocks, often equipped with a safety harness to keep the baby secure.
bouncing adjective, noun, verb /ˈbaʊnsɪŋ/: Healthy; vigorous.
bouncing Bet noun: Saponaria officinalis, the common soapwort.
bouncing Betty noun: A land mine which is propelled a meter or two into the air before exploding to increase the amount of damage inflicted on surrounding troops.
bouncing bomb noun: A bomb designed to bounce to a target across water in a calculated manner, in order to avoid obstacles and allow the bomb's speed and detonation time to be...
bouncing castle noun /ˌbaʊnsɪŋ ˈkɑːsəl/: A large inflatable structure, resembling a castle etc., on which children jump and play as on a trampoline.
bouncing on it adjective: overpraising somebody or something.
bouncingly adverb: With a bouncing motion.
bouncy adjective, noun /ˈbaʊnsi/: Easily bounced.
bouncy ball noun: A small polybutadiene rubber ball with a strong rebound when thrown or dropped.
bouncy-bouncy noun: Sexual intercourse.
bouncy castle noun /ˌbaʊnsi ˈkɑːsəl/: Synonym of bouncing castle.
bouncy house noun: Synonym of bouncing castle.
bound adjective, noun, suffix, verb /ˈbaʊ̯nd/: Obliged (to).
bound ahead verb: To gather momentum; to increase quickly; to increase concerningly quickly.
bound bailiff noun: A sheriff's officer who serves writs, makes arrests, etc.
bound entropy noun: Synonym of entropy.
bound for adverb: Moving towards, going in the direction of.
bound form noun: a unit of language that can only be used as part of a word, not as a word on its own (such as the English suffix -ly).
bound morpheme noun: A morpheme that can only occur when bound to a root morpheme. For example: cran- (as in cranberry), -ed, -ing, -ly.
bound property noun: A property of an object that transmits notification of any changes to an adapter or event handler.
bound state noun: A composite of two or more particles that behaves as a single particle.
bound termineme noun: (terminology) A termineme that cannot stand alone in its related domain or environment, a terminological bound morpheme.
bound to phrase: Indicates something which cannot be avoided.
bound up adjective, verb: Connected or relevant.
bound variable noun: A variable that is associated with a value, and therefore a variable that has an allocated storage location. If the programming language implements a...
bound water noun: Water that is bound to an inorganic surface.
boundable adjective: Able to be bounded or circumscribed.
boundaried adjective: Enclosed by a boundary or boundaries.
boundariless adjective: Alternative spelling of boundaryless.
boundarilessness noun: Alternative form of boundarylessness.
boundary noun /ˈbaʊndɹi/: The dividing line or location between two areas.
boundary condition noun: Any of a set of constraints that limit the solutions of a differential equation
boundary corner noun: A defensive position, responsible for covering the deep half of the field on the boundary side.
boundary four noun: A four scored by hitting the ball past the boundary (rather than an all-run four)
boundary group noun: The image of the (k + 1)ᵗʰ boundary homomorphism (for a given chain complex).
boundary homomorphism noun: A group homomorphism on the group of simplicial k-chains induced by mapping each oriented k-simplex to a particular formal sum of its faces.
boundary rider noun: A person employed to travel along the boundary of a station, to check and maintain the fencing.
boundary stone noun: A stone marker, in use since ancient times, set to indicate the limits of property, jurisdiction, or territory, bearing inscriptions or symbols identifying...
boundary term noun: A word or phrase that is used for othering; a term that serves to identify someone or something as other than the speaker.
boundary umpire noun: A match official who decides when the ball has over the boundary line (out of bounds), and whether it was on the full from a kick. (Under the rules as of...
boundarying noun: The creation of a boundary.
boundaryless adjective: Without a boundary or boundaries.
boundarylessness noun: Lack of boundaries.
boundation noun: The state or quality of being bound or obliged; obligation.
bounded adjective, verb /ˈbaʊndɪd/: That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius.
bounded function noun: Any function whose values remain bounded by some constant.
bounded lattice noun: Any lattice (type of partially ordered set) that has both a greatest and a least element.
bounded rationality noun: A model of human behaviour which states that individuals often make decisions that are merely adequate rather than optimal.
boundedly adverb: In a bounded manner
boundedness noun: The state or quality of being bounded.
bounden adjective, verb /ˈbaʊnd(ə)n/: Now chiefly in "bounden duty": made obligatory; binding.
boundenly adverb: In a bounden manner.
bounder noun: Something that bounds or jumps.
bounderish adjective: Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a bounder; loutish; boorish.
bounderishly adverb: In a bounderish manner.
bounderism noun: The behaviour of a bounder.
bounding adjective, noun, verb /ˈbaʊndɪŋ/: The use of fire protection products within limits determined by scientific tests.
bounding mine noun: A land mine which, when activated, uses a small propellant charge to toss the main body of the mine up to approximately waist height before exploding, in...
boundingly adverb: With a bounding motion.
boundless adjective /ˈbaʊndləs/: Without bounds, unbounded.
boundlessly adverb: In a boundless manner.
boundlessness noun: The property of being boundless, of being without limits or ends.
boundling noun: One who is bound.
boundness noun: The state or quality of being bound.
boundsgoer noun /ˈbaʊndzˌɡoʊəɹ/: A land surveyor, who walked and measured the boundaries of towns (and typically received alcohol in return).
boundstone noun: A kind of calcareous rock sediment where the original components have been bound together after deposition.
boung noun: Alternative form of bung (“purse”).
bounge noun: Alternative spelling of bung (“purse”).
bounteous adjective /ˈbaʊntiəs/: Inclined to be generous.
bounteously adverb: In a bounteous manner.
bounteousness noun: The characteristic of being bounteous.
bounteth noun: Alternative form of bountith.
bountied adjective, verb: Having a bounty
bountiful adjective /ˈbaʊntɪfəl/: Having a quantity or amount that is generous or plentiful; ample.

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.