English words: bodyshop to Bohai

300 English words, part 91 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 34 have a page of their own.

English words bodyshop to Bohai

bodyshop noun: Alternative spelling of body shop
bodyside noun: The side of the body of a motor car (or other vehicle).
bodyslam noun, verb: To throw an opponent bodily on the floor, e.g. in wrestling or judo, sometimes also throwing one's own body on top of them
bodysnatcher noun: Alternative spelling of body snatcher.
bodysnatching noun: The illicit theft of cadavers, especially by exhuming them from graves, to sell to them to anatomists, surgeons, etc.
bodyspray noun: Alternative form of body spray.
bodystocking noun: A one-piece article of lingerie, resembling stockings or pantyhose but covering the torso, legs and sometimes the arms.
bodystyle noun: A style of vehicle body (such as sedan/saloon versus coupe/coupé, stakebody versus box truck, and so on).
bodysuit noun: A one-piece, skin-tight garment rather like a leotard.
bodysuited adjective: Wearing a bodysuit.
bodysurf verb: To ride waves or surf without equipment, such as a surfboard.
bodysurfer noun: One who bodysurfs.
bodyswap noun: The act or event of two people or other thinking creatures exchanging minds (by magic, technology, or other means), so that each one ends up in the physical...
bodytights noun: Alternative form of body tights.
bodywarmer noun: a short jacket, without sleeves and made from thick cloth, that fits closely to the body.
bodywash noun: Alternative form of body wash.
bodywear noun: Lightweight, close-fitting clothing, such as leotards or bodysuits, worn for exercising, dancing, or leisure activity.
bodyweight adjective, noun: The weight or mass of an organism.
bodywide adjective: Throughout the body.
bodywise adverb: In terms of the body.
bodywork noun: The exterior body of a motor vehicle.
bodyworker noun: A person who builds the bodywork of a car.
bodyworn adjective: Worn on the body.
bodywrap noun: Alternative spelling of body wrap.
BOE adjective, noun: Initialism of based on experience, mentioned in job offers where compensation is to be negotiated.
Boebert proper noun: A surname.
Boeck proper noun: A surname.
Boecker proper noun: A surname.
Boeckman proper noun: A surname from German.
Boeckmann proper noun: A surname from German.
boedelscheiding noun: The division of an estate.
boegoe noun: Alternative form of buchu.
Boehler proper noun: A surname.
Boehm proper noun: A surname from German.
Boehm collector noun: A kind of mark-and-sweep garbage collector .
Boehme proper noun: A surname.
Boehmenism noun: Alternative form of Böhmenism.
Boehmenist noun: Alternative form of Böhmenist.
Boehmenite noun: Synonym of Böhmenist.
Boehmer proper noun: A surname.
Boehmian adjective, noun: Of or relating to Jakob Böhme or Jacob Boehme (1575–1624), German philosopher, Christian mystic, and Lutheran Protestant theologian.
Boehmism noun: Boehmian religious beliefs.
Boehmist noun: Synonym of Boehmian.
boehmite noun: A mixed oxide and hydroxide of aluminium.
Boehner proper noun: A surname
Boehringer proper noun: A surname from German.
Boeing noun /ˈboʊ.ɪŋ/: An aircraft produced by the Boeing company.
Boeke proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
Boekel proper noun: A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands/
Boelter proper noun: A surname.
Boen proper noun: A surname.
boengkil noun: A fertilizer made from the refuse of oil mills.
Boeotarch noun: Title of a chief officer of the Boeotian Confederacy.
Boeotia proper noun /biːˈəʊʃə/: A historical region and modern regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating...
Boeotian adjective, noun /biːˈəʊʃən/: Pertaining to Boeotia.
Boeotic adjective: Of or relating to Boeotia.
boep noun: beer belly
Boer noun /bɔː/: A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer.
Boer goat noun: A breed of goat originated in South Africa.
boeravinone noun: Any of various derivatives of chromenone that have antioxidant and genoprotective activity
boerboel noun: A large mastiff dog breed from South Africa
boerboon noun: Any of various flowering plants of the genus Schotia.
boerbull noun: Alternative form of boerboel.
Boerdom noun: The realm or sphere of the Boers.
boerekos noun: Afrikaner cuisine
Boeress noun: A female Boer.
boerewors noun: A type of sausage, usually flavoured with coriander seed, black pepper, nutmeg, cloves and allspice.
Boerhaave syndrome noun: Rupture of the esophageal wall.
boerhavinone noun: Any of a group of rotenoids present in spiderlings of the genus Boerhavia.
boerie noun: boerewors
Boerne proper noun: A city, the county seat of Kendall County, Texas, United States.
Boerner proper noun: A surname.
Boersma proper noun: A surname from West Frisian.
Boesch proper noun: A surname.
Boese proper noun: A surname.
Boesen proper noun: A surname.
boet noun /bʊt/: A brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
Boethian adjective: Of or relating to Boethius (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, c. 480–524 or 525 AD), philosopher of the early 6th century.
Boethius proper noun: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524 CE), Roman historian and philosopher from the Early Middle Ages.
Boethusian noun: A member of an ancient Jewish sect closely related to (if not a development of) the Sadducees.
Boethusianism noun: The religious doctrines of the Boethusians.
boetie noun: brother
Boettcher proper noun: A surname.
Boettger proper noun: A surname.
Boettger's two-headed snake noun: Micrelaps boettgeri, a species of mole viper.
Boetticher proper noun /ˈbɛtɪkəɹ/: A surname from German.
Boettner proper noun: A surname.
boeuf noun /ˈbɜːf/: A bovine.
Boeve proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
BOF noun: Initialism of beginning of file.
bofa interjection /ˈboʊfə/: An interjection of "both of my balls" or "both of deez nuts".
BOFD noun: Initialism of bank of first deposit: the first financial institution where a person deposits or cashes a check.
bofe determiner: Pronunciation spelling of both.
boff noun, verb /bɒf/: To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
boffer noun: A fake weapon made from foam and used in simulated combat, as in roleplaying games.
BOFFFF noun: Acronym of big old fat fecund female fish.
boffin noun /ˈbɒfɪn/: An engineer or scientist, especially one engaged in technological or military research.
boffinery noun: Alternative form of boffinry.
boffing noun, verb: A form of re-enacted fighting with foam weapons called boffers.
boffinish adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a boffin; nerdy.
boffinism noun: Synonym of boffinry.
boffinry noun: The characteristic behaviour of boffins; nerdy scientific thinking.
boffiny adjective: Like a boffin; nerdy.
boffo adjective, noun /ˈbɒfoʊ/: Outstanding; very good or successful.
boffola noun: A coarse or farcical gag; a joke provoking hearty laughter.
Bofill proper noun: A surname.
Bofors gun noun: A type of anti-aircraft gun used widely by the Western allies in World War II.
BOFU noun: Initialism of bottom of funnel.
bofumustine noun: A nitrogen mustard compound.
bog adjective, noun, verb /bɔɡ/: An area of decayed vegetation (particularly sphagnum moss) which forms a wet spongy ground too soft for walking.
bog arum noun: Synonym of water arum
bog asphodel noun: A yellow-flowered perennial, of species Narthecium ossifragum, found in wet open areas of western Europe, and bearing orange fruits formerly used as a food...
bog beacon noun: Synonym of swamp beacon.
bog bean noun: Alternative form of bogbean
bog bilberry noun /bɒɡ ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/: A shrub native of the cool temperate areas of northern hemisphere, Vaccinium uliginosum, and the berry of that shrub.
bog-blitter noun: A large bittern.
bog body noun: A human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog.
bog brush noun: A toilet brush.
bog butter noun: An ancient waxy substance found buried in peat bogs, probably the result of an old method of making and preserving butter.
bog chisel noun: A tool consisting of a chisel-like blade with a long handle, used to probe snow and ice.
bog clubmoss noun: Lycopodiella inundata, growing in boggy cool, subarctic, and alpine conditions in the northern hemisphere.
bog cotton noun: The sedge Eriophorum angustifolium.
bog deal noun: Pinewood found preserved in a peat bog, formerly used as fuel and for making rope.
bog down verb: To become stuck (as if in a bog) and unable to progress.
bog earth noun: A soil composed mainly of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber.
bog gas noun: Synonym of swamp gas (“gases emitted from a swamp”).
bog hole noun: Alternative form of boghole
bog in verb: To start eating with gusto.
bog into verb: To eat with gusto.
bog iron noun: deposits of mixed oxides and hydroxides of iron formed when iron-bearing groundwater emerges onto the surface
bog iron ore noun: Deposit of porous, impure limonite found in bogs and swamps.
bog laurel noun: Kalmia polifolia, a close relative of mountain laurel.
bog meadow noun: A meadow of boggy ground; a mud covered field.
bog moss noun: Peat moss; sphagnum.
bog myrtle noun: An herbal shrub with a strong, sweet resinous smell, Myrica gale, that grows in bogs, moors, fens and other wet, acidic environments.
bog oak noun: Bogwood consisting of oak; an ancient oak tree which has been preserved in a peat bog, with hard black wood.
bog off verb: To leave, to go away.
bog orange noun: A potato.
bog orchid noun: Any of several small orchids of the genus Habenaria that grow in peaty wet ground.
bog ore noun: Alternative form of bog iron ore.
bog paper noun: Toilet paper.
bog roll noun: Toilet paper.
bog rosemary noun: Any shrub in the genus Andromeda, especially Andromeda polifolia.
bog snorkeling noun: An informal sport in which competitors race through a water-filled peat bog while wearing snorkels and flippers
bog snorkelling noun: Alternative form of bog snorkeling.
bog spavin noun: A lesion of the hock joint of the horse, consisting in distension of the capsule enclosing the joint, usually arising suddenly from a sprain in action.
bog standard adjective /ˌbɒɡˈstændəd/: Alternative form of bog-standard.
bog turtle noun: Glyptemys muhlenbergii, an endangered semiaquatic turtle endemic to the eastern United States.
bog violet noun: Synonym of marsh violet.
bog willow noun: A shrubby willow of species Salix pedicellaris.
bog wood noun: Alternative spelling of bogwood.
boga noun: Haemulon vittatum, a species of grunt.
bogadi noun: In Botswana, a dowry of cattle or other property paid by the bridegroom's family to the bride's.
bogan noun, verb /ˈboʊɡən/: An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
Bogan shower noun /boʊɡən ˈʃaʊə/: A dust storm.
boganiid noun: Any beetle of the family Boganiidae.
boganism noun: The act of being a bogan
Bogar proper noun: A surname.
Bogard proper noun: A surname from Dutch.
Bogardus proper noun: A surname.
bogart noun, verb: An obnoxious, selfish and overbearing person; an attention hog.
Bogart-Bacall syndrome noun: A kind of vocal dysfunction that results in a deep and rough voice.
Bogartian adjective: Of or relating to Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American actor who became a cultural icon through his performances in 1940s film noir.
Bogata proper noun: A village in Dofteana, Bacău County, Romania.
bogatsa noun: Alternative form of bougatsa.
bogatyr noun /ˌboʊɡəˈtɪɚ/: A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.
bogbean noun: The buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata).
bogberry noun: The cranberry.
Bogda proper noun: A commune of Timiș County, Romania.
Bogdan proper noun: A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Bogdana proper noun: A village in Ștefan cel Mare, Bacău County, Romania.
Bogdanoff proper noun: A surname from the Slavic languages.
Bogdanov proper noun: A transliteration of the Macedonian surname Богданов (Bogdanov).
Bogdanovian adjective: Of or relating to Alexander Bogdanov (1873–1928), Russian physician, philosopher, writer, and revolutionary.
bogdanovite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper, gold, iron, lead, and tellurium.
Bogden proper noun: A surname originating as a patronymic.
bogdown noun: A situation in which something becomes stuck or bogged down.
Boge proper noun: A surname from Norwegian.
Boger proper noun: A surname.
Bogert proper noun: A surname.
bogey noun, verb /bəʊɡi/: A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.
bogey man noun: Alternative form of bogeyman.
bogeyism noun: Devilry; supernatural matters involving evil forces.
bogeyland noun: Part of the terrain of a golf course, or (figurative) a situation, that leads to a player achieving no better than a bogey.
bogeyman noun /ˈbəʊ.ɡɪˌmæn/: A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories.
bogeyperson noun: A bogeyman of any gender.
bogeywoman noun: A female bogeyman.
Boggan proper noun: A surname.
boggard noun: A bogey: a ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature, especially a small local spirit haunting gloomy places or the scenes of violence.
boggart noun: Alternative spelling of boggard (A bogey, a ghost)
bogged adjective, verb: Stuck; unable to progress; having been bogged down.
bogged down adjective, verb: Stuck, as if in a bog.
bogger adjective, noun: Someone associated with or who works in a bog.
Boggess proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
boggily adverb: In a boggy way.
bogginess noun: The state or quality of being boggy.
Boggis proper noun: A surname.
boggish adjective: Boggy.
boggle noun, verb /ˈbɒɡ.əl/: (literally or figuratively) to stop or hesitate as if suddenly seeing a bogle.
boggle eyed adjective: Synonym of goggle-eyed.
bogglebo noun: A bugbear (imaginary fearsome creature).
boggleboe noun: Alternative form of bogglebo.
boggled down adjective: Eggcorn of bogged down.
boggler noun: One who boggles.
bogglesome adjective: Characterised or marked by boggling; mind-boggling.
boggling adjective, noun, verb: Stupefying; mind-boggling.
bogglingly adverb: In a stupefying manner or to a stupefying degree.
bogglish adjective: Uncertain, doubtful; skittish
boggo adjective: bog-standard; ordinary; unexceptional
Boggs proper noun: A surname.
Boggsian adjective: Of or relating to Grace Lee Boggs (1915–2015), American author, social activist, philosopher, and feminist.
boggsite noun: An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and sodium.
boggy adjective /ˈbɑ.ɡi/: Having the qualities of a bog; i.e. dank, squishy, muddy, and full of water and rotting vegetation.
boghaunter noun: Either of two species of dragonfly of the genus Williamsonia, family Corduliidae.
boghead noun: Ellipsis of boghead coal.
boghead coal noun: Torbanite.
boghole noun: A depression in waterlogged soil.
Boghossian proper noun: A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Paulson
bogie noun /ˈbəʊ.ɡi/: A low, hand-operated truck, generally with four wheels, used for transporting objects or for riding on as a toy; a trolley.
bogie bolster wagon noun: A long flat wagon mounted on two four-wheel bogies, with transverse baulks of timber (bolsters) placed at intervals on the wagon's bed to carry the load.
bogieman noun: Alternative form of bogeyman (“monster; make-believe threat”).
bogla noun: An egret.
bogland noun: Land that is predominantly boggy; marshland.
boglander noun: One who lives in the bogland.
bogle noun /ˈbɒɡ.əl/: A goblin, imp, bogeyman, bugbear or similar a frightful being or phantom.
bogledom noun: The realm or sphere of bogles (frightful beings).
bogless adjective: Without a bog.
boglet noun: A small patch of boggy ground.
boglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a bog.
Boglin noun: Any of a family of grotesque rubbery hand puppets.
bogmoss noun: Alternative form of bog moss.
Bognar proper noun: A surname.
Bognor proper noun: The English town of Bognor Regis.
BOGO noun, phrase /ˈboʊ.ɡoʊ/: Acronym of buy one, get one (free).
Bogo-Indian Defence noun: A chess opening, a form of Indian Defence, characterised by the moves 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+.
Bogodo Lama noun: A provincial governor in Tibet.
bogof noun /ˈbɒɡ.ɒf/: Abbreviation of buy one, get one free (“a retail promotion in which consumers may purchase two items for the usual price of one”).
BOGOFF noun: Alternative form of BOGOF: acronym for "buy one, get one for free".
bogolan noun: A hand-made Malian cotton fabric, traditionally dyed with fermented mud.
Bogoliubov transformation noun: An isomorphism of either the canonical commutation relation algebra or canonical anticommutation relation algebra. It is often used to diagonalize...
Bogoliubov-Valatin transformation noun: Synonym of Bogoliubov transformation.
bogolon noun: A collective excitation, in a Bose-Einstein condensate, that has some characteristics of a particle.
Bogomil noun /ˈbɒɡəmɪl/: A member of a dualist Christian sect which flourished in the Balkans during the 10th to 15th centuries and was characterized by resistance to the state and...
Bogomile noun /ˈbɒɡəmaɪl/: Alternative form of Bogomil.
Bogomilian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Bogomils.
Bogomilianism noun: Synonym of Bogomilism.
Bogomilism noun: The beliefs and practices of the Bogomils.
Bogomilist adjective, noun: An adherent of Bogomilism; a Bogomil.
BogoMIPS noun: A crude informal measurement of CPU speed, made by the Linux kernel while booting and used to calibrate an internal busy loop.
bogon noun: The imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon.
bogon filter noun: Any device that limits or suppresses the flow of bogons.
bogong noun: Synonym of bogong moth.
bogong moth noun: A large nocturnal brown moth, Agrotis infusa, of southern Australia, traditionally part of the Aboriginal diet.
Bogor proper noun: A city in West Java, Indonesia.
Bogoria proper noun: A village in Sandomierz County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland.
bogorol noun: Any of a group of peptide antibiotics present in some marine bacteria
bogoroside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
bogosi noun: chieftainship
Bogosian proper noun: A surname from Armenian.
bogosity noun: The state or degree of being bogus.
bogosort noun: An intentionally poor sorting algorithm that operates by randomly permuting the elements repeatedly until they happen to fall into the correct order.
Bogost proper noun: A surname.
Bogotá proper noun /ˌboʊɡəˈtɑː/: The capital city of Colombia.
Bogota bag noun: A sterile plastic bag used for closure of abdominal wounds.
Bogotá sunangel noun: Heliangelus zusii, a species of sunangel hummingbird that has never been found alive.
Bogotan adjective, noun: A native or inhabitant of Bogota, Colombia.
bogotic adjective: Exhibiting bogosity; bogus, bad, incorrect.
bogotify verb: To make bogus, incorrect, or broken.
Bogra proper noun: A city in Bangladesh.
bogracs noun: Alternative form of bogracs.
bogroll noun: Alternative spelling of bog roll.
bogrush noun /ˈbɑɡˌɹʌʃ/: Any of several sedges of the genus Schoenus.
Bogside proper noun: A neighbourhood in the city of Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
bogslide noun /ˈbɒɡ(ˌ)slaɪd/: A rapid movement of saturated peat in (or from and moving out of) a bog, similar to a landslide or mudslide.
bogstandard adjective: Alternative form of bog-standard.
bogsucker noun: The American woodcock.
bogtrotter noun: One who lives in boggy countryside; (derogatory) one of the lowest class of Irish.
bogtrotting adjective: Living among bogs.
Bogucki proper noun: A surname from Polish.
bogue noun, verb /boʊɡ/: A species of seabream fish native to the eastern Atlantic (Boops boops).
bogus adjective, noun /ˈbəʊ̯ɡəs/: Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
bogus-maker noun: A counterfeiter (of money).
bogusly adverb: In a bogus way; phonily.
bogusmaker noun: Alternative spelling of bogus-maker.
bogusness noun: The quality of being bogus.
bogwera noun: A traditional ceremony in Botswana, initiating a boy into manhood.
bogwood noun: The dark, shiny wood of trees, especially oaks, dug up from peat bogs, sometimes used for making ornaments.
bogwort noun: Any member of the species Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry or whortleberry plant).
bogy noun /ˈboʊ.ɡi/: Alternative form of bogey.
bogyism noun: Alternative form of bogeyism.
bogyman noun: Alternative spelling of bogeyman.
bogywoman noun: Alternative form of bogeywoman.
boh interjection, noun: An exclamation used to startle or frighten.
boh bian phrase: Alternative spelling of bo pian.
boh chap adjective: Alternative spelling of bo chup.
boh koleng adjective [bo²¹ kʰo²⁴ leŋ²⁴]: Impossible
boh liao adjective: Alternative form of bo liao.
boh pian phrase: Alternative spelling of bo pian.
boh pien phrase: Alternative spelling of bo pian.
Bohai proper noun /ˈboʊhaɪ/: Synonym of Bohai Sea, a gulf of the Yellow Sea in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.

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.