English words: bohaiornithid to boletinoid

300 English words, part 92 of 142 of the words starting with B, A to Z. 37 have a page of their own.

English words bohaiornithid to boletinoid

bohaiornithid noun: Any extinct bird (or bird relative) of the family Bohaiornithidae.
Bohan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Bohannan proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Bohannon proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Bohanon proper noun: A surname from Irish.
Bohdan proper noun: A silrada in Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine, disestablished in 2020.
bohdanowiczite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral lead gray mineral containing bismuth, selenium, and silver.
bohea noun /ˈboʊ̯.hi/: A black tea from Fujian, China.
bohemia noun /bəʊ̯ˈhiː.mi.ə/: A community of bohemians, unconventional artists or writers.
bohemian adjective, noun /boʊˈhimi.ən/: A person, especially an artist or writer, who lives an unconventional or nonconformist lifestyle.
Bohemian chatterer noun: A bird, the Bohemian waxwing.
Bohemian ear spoon noun: Alternative form of Bohemian earspoon.
Bohemian earspoon noun: A polearm with a long, broad, socketed spearhead, with a guard of two outward-protruding "ears" at the base of the head, used for hunting and in combat.
Bohemian glass noun: A variety of hard glass of fine quality (often remarkable for beauty of colour), originally and traditionally made in Bohemia, classically containing...
Bohemian olive noun: Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia).
Bohemian pheasant noun: A variety of the pheasant originating in the British Isles.
Bohemian Shepherd noun: An ancient sheep herding dog and watch dog originating from the Czech Republic.
Bohemian waxwing noun: Any member of the species Bombycilla garrulus, a waxwing of northern latitudes.
bohemianism noun: A Bohemian lifestyle.
bohemianly adverb: In a bohemian manner.
bohemine noun: A purine derivative that inhibits cyclin-dependent kinases - 2-(3-hydroxypropylamino)-6-benzylamino-9-isopropylpurine
Bohemish adjective: Bohemian; from Bohemia
Bohemism noun: A word or idiom of the Czech language (that has been borrowed by another language).
Bohemistics noun: Czech studies
bohemium noun: Former name of rhenium.
Bohemond proper noun /ˈbəʊəmənd/: A male given name of historical usage.
bohereen noun: Alternative form of boreen.
bohghost noun: Alternative form of barghest.
BOHICA phrase: Acronym of bend over, here it comes again, used colloquially to indicate that an adverse situation is about to repeat itself, and that acquiescence is the...
bohío noun: hut (a small timber dwelling with thatched roof)
bohireen noun: Alternative form of boreen.
Bohl proper noun: A surname.
Bohler proper noun: A surname.
Bohlin proper noun: A surname from Swedish.
Bohm proper noun: A surname from German.
Bohm interpretation noun: Synonym of Bohmian mechanics.
Bohman proper noun: A surname.
Böhmenism noun: The system of Christian mysticism introduced by Jakob Böhme (1575–1624).
Böhmenist noun: A supporter of Böhmenism.
Bohmian adjective: Of the physicist David Bohm and his Bohm interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Bohmian mechanics noun: a version or interpretation of quantum mechanics which uses pilot waves instead of the Copenhagen interpretation.
böhmite noun: Alternative form of boehmite.
Bohn proper noun: A surname.
Bohne proper noun: A surname from German.
Bohner proper noun: A surname.
Bohnert proper noun: A surname.
boho adjective, noun /ˈbəʊhəʊ/: A bohemian.
boho-chic noun /ˈbəʊhəʊˌʃiːk/: A style of female fashion drawing on various bohemian and hippie influences, popular in the mid-2000s.
Bohol proper noun /boˈhol/: A province of Central Visayas, Visayas, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Tagbilaran.
bohor noun: Ellipsis of bohor reedbuck.
bohor reedbuck noun: Redunca redunca, an antelope native to central Africa.
Bohora noun: Alternative form of Bohra.
Bohorah noun: Alternative form of Bohra.
bohort noun: An early type of jousting competition in medieval Europe.
bohr noun: Synonym of Bohr radius.
Bohr atom noun: The type of atom described by the Bohr model.
Bohr effect noun: The fact that hemoglobin's oxygen binding affinity is inversely related both to acidity and to the concentration of carbon dioxide.
Bohr magneton noun: A unit that expresses the magnetic moment of the electron.
Bohr orbit noun: The orbit of an electron around the atomic nucleus in the Bohr model.
Bohr radius noun: A physical constant, the approximate distance between the proton and electron of a hydrogen atom in its ground state, equal to about 53 picometers.
Bohra noun: A member of a particular Sevener Shi'ite denomination, now found mainly in India.
Bohrah noun: Alternative form of Bohra.
bohrate noun: bohriate
bohrbug noun: A software bug which manifests reliably under a well-defined, but possibly unknown, set of conditions.
Bohrer proper noun: A surname from German.
Bohrian adjective: Of or relating to Danish physicist Niels Bohr or his scientific theories.
bohriate noun: Any oxyanion of bohrium; any salt containing such an ion
Bohring-Opitz syndrome noun: A genetic disorder resulting in a characteristic craniofacial appearance, fixed contractures of the upper limbs, abnormal posture, feeding difficulties,...
bohrium noun /ˈbɔːɹiəm/: A transuranic chemical element (symbol Bh) with an atomic number of 107.
bohunk noun /ˈboʊhʌŋk/: An immigrant from Central Europe, Eastern Europe, or the Balkans, especially one who is regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and socially unsophisticated.
Bohuslav proper noun: A city in Kyiv Oblast, in northern Ukraine.
bohuti noun: A Taino priest or shaman.
boi interjection, noun /bɔɪ/: Initialism of basal osseointegrated implant.
boiar noun: Alternative form of boyar.
boiarin noun: Alternative form of boyar.
Boice proper noun: A surname.
boid noun /bɔɪd/: A computer simulation of an animal that flies in flocks or swarms.
boidken noun: Alternative form of bodkin.
Boii noun /ˈbɔɪ̯.aɪ̯/: A Gallic tribe of the later Iron Age.
Boiko noun /ˈbɔɪkɔː/: Any member of an ethnolinguistic group native to the Carpathians’ Eastern Beskyds who speak a dialect of Rusyn and are thought to descend from the White Croats.
boil noun, verb /bɔɪ(ə)l/: A localized accumulation of pus in the skin, resulting from infection.
boil away verb: To boil a liquid until it has turned entirely to steam/vapor.
boil down verb: To reduce in volume by boiling.
boil-in-bag noun: A food product supplied in a bag to be heated in boiling water. The bag may be impermeable, or it may have perforations to allow water to enter and later be...
boil-in-the-bag noun: Alternative form of boil-in-bag.
boil it, cook it, peel it or forget it phrase: A rule-of-thumb recommendation to avoid traveler's diarrhea by preferring boiled liquids, cooked food, and freshly peeled fruits.
boil off verb: to remove by boiling
boil order noun: An order that everyone in an area boil or otherwise sanitize water before using it for drinking or for use with food.
boil over verb: To boil to such an extent as to overflow its container.
boil the ocean verb: To undertake an overwhelmingly difficult task or approach to a problem.
boil up noun, verb: A traditionally Māori soup/stew made with potatoes, pork and other ingredients.
boil wash noun, verb: The high-temperature programme on a washing machine
boilability noun: The quality of being boilable.
boilable adjective: Capable of, or suitable for, being boiled.
boildown noun: The process of boiling something down; concentration by means of evaporation.
Boileau proper noun: A surname from French, equivalent to English Drinkwater.
boiled adjective, verb /bɔɪld/: Cooked in boiling water.
boiled custard noun: Crème anglaise served as a hot drink, popular in the American South in the Christmas season.
boiled dinner noun: Synonym of Jiggs dinner (“traditional meal of salted beef boiled with vegetables”).
boiled dressing noun: A kind of salad dressing made with egg yolk and cooked over boiling water.
boiled egg noun /bɔɪl.dɛɡ/: An egg which has been cooked in the shell in boiling water. It can be hard-boiled or soft-boiled.
boiled frog noun: Alternative form of boiling frog.
boiled rag noun: Synonym of boiled shirt.
boiled shirt noun: A freshly laundered white shirt.
boiled sweet noun: A hard sweet, made by boiling sugar, which gradually dissolves when sucked.
boiler noun /ˈbɔɪlə/: A person who boils something.
boiler cupboard noun: An airing cupboard.
boiler plate noun: Alternative form of boilerplate
boiler room noun: A room in a building that houses the boiler(s) and similar equipment.
boiler shop noun: A workshop where steam boilers are constructed, overhauled or repaired.
boiler suit noun: A one-piece suit combining trousers and jacket, worn for heavy or hot manual labour.
boiler ticket noun: The safety certificate issued for the boiler in a steam locomotive.
boiler tube noun: One of a number of tubes in a steam boiler through which heat, smoke and fumes from the firebox pass.
boilerful noun: Enough to fill a boiler.
boilerhouse noun: A building containing a boiler.
boilerless adjective: Without a boiler.
boilermaker noun /ˈbɔɪləɹmeɪkɚ/: A person qualified to make or repair boilers.
boilermaking noun: The manufacture of boilers.
boilerman noun: A person who tends the fire for a steam engine.
boilerplate adjective, noun, verb /ˈbɔɪ.ləˌpleɪt/: A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler.
boilerplate code noun: Synonym of boilerplate.
boilersmith noun: One who builds or repairs boilers.
boilersuit noun: Alternative spelling of boiler suit.
boilersuited adjective: Dressed in a boiler suit.
boilerwork noun: Metalwork forming part of a boiler.
boilerworks noun: A factory where boilers are made.
boilery noun: A buisness (and place of business) that engages primarily in boiling, such as in the boiling of sugarcane juice to make sugar, the boiling of brine to make...
boiley noun: A meal of milk and bread boiled.
boilie noun: A bait made from a paste of various ingredients mixed with eggs as a binder and then boiled to harden it.
boilin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of boiling.
boiling adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ/: The process of changing the state of a substance from liquid to gas by heating it to its boiling point.
boiling frog noun /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌfɹɒɡ/: A person who, or thing which, is in a gradually worsening situation without any realization of the peril until it is too late.
boiling hot adjective: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boiling, hot: very hot in a way that involves boiling of water or other liquids.
boiling-house noun: Synonym of boilery.
boiling mad adjective: extremely angry; furious.
boiling plate noun: Synonym of hotplate.
boiling point noun /ˈbɔɪlɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt/: The temperature at which a liquid boils, with the vapor pressure equal to the given external pressure.
boiling-point elevation noun: The phenomenon that the boiling point of a liquid (a solvent) will be higher when another compound is added.
boiling tube noun: A small cylindrical vessel used to heat substances in the flame of a Bunsen burner.
boilingly adverb: in a boiling manner
boiloff noun: The vaporization of a liquid (or solid) whose boiling point is lower than that of the environment in which it is stored.
boilover noun: A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the...
boily adjective: Having the appearance of boiling.
boine adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to the boas
boing interjection, noun, verb /bɔɪŋ/: A representation of the sound of something bouncing.
Boingoloid noun: A fan of the American rock band Oingo Boingo.
boingy adjective /ˈbɔɪŋˌɡiː/: Producing an elastic, bouncy sound, like a "boing"
boink noun, verb /bɔɪŋk/: To have sexual intercourse (with); to bonk.
boinky adjective, noun: Bouncy.
boio noun: boy, boyo.
Boiotian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Boeotian.
Boiro proper noun: A municipality of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
bois bande noun: Any of several West Indian trees reputed to have aphrodisiac properties, including Parinari campestris, Richeria grandis, and Roupala montana.
bois d'arc noun /ˈboʊˌdɑɹk/: An Osage orange tree, of species Maclura pomifera, or wood of this tree.
bois d'olive noun: The tree Cassine orientalis.
bois durci noun: A hard, polishable composition of fine sawdust mixed with blood or egg white, formerly used for making household items. It had a somewhat metallic glean.
boisambrene noun: ethoxymethoxycyclododecane when used in the perfumery industry
Boisclair proper noun: A surname from French.
Boisdale proper noun: A town in the Shire of Wellington, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Boise proper noun /ˈbɔɪsi/: A river in Idaho; flowing 102 miles from the confluence of the North and Middle forks in the Sawtooth Range into the Snake near Parma.
Boisean adjective, noun: Of or relating to Boise, Idaho, United States.
boiserie noun: panelling; wood trim
boisman noun: A stickfighter.
Boisseau proper noun: A surname from French.
Boissevain proper noun /ˈbɔɪsəveɪn/: A town in Manitoba, Canada
boisterous adjective /ˈbɔɪstəɹəs/: Full of energy; exuberant; noisy.
boisterously adverb /ˈbɔɪstəɹəsli/: In a boisterous manner, energetically and noisily.
boisterousness noun: The characteristic or state of being boisterous, energetic and noisy.
boistous adjective: Coarse, rude; noisy, violent; strong.
boistroside noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
Boisvert proper noun: A surname from French.
Boitano proper noun: A surname from Italian.
boitjie noun: A sporty young man; a jock.
Boivin proper noun: A surname from French.
bojagi noun: A traditional Korean wrapping cloth.
bojale noun: A traditional ceremony in Botswana, initiating a girl into womanhood.
Bojanus organ noun: A glandular organ of bivalve mollusks, serving in part as a kidney.
bojite noun: A type of hornblendic gabbro.
BoJo proper noun: Syllabic abbreviation of Boris Johnson (born 1964), a British politician and journalist who served as Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016 and Prime Minister...
Bojorquez proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
bojutsu noun: A martial art that focuses on the use of the bō (longstaff).
bok adjective, interjection, noun, verb /bɑk/: Keen or willing.
bok-bok noun: A boys' game where two or three children form a base, and others jump on them to make the base collapse.
bok choi noun: Alternative spelling of bok choy.
bok choy noun /ˌbɒkˈt͡ʃɔɪ/: Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis, an East Asian leafy vegetable related to the Western cabbage.
bok chwee noun [ˌbɔk̚˦ ˈt͡s˭wiː˦˨]: Soft drink.
Bok globule noun: A dark cloud of dense cosmic dust and gas in which star formation sometimes takes place.
bok zwee noun: Alternative spelling of bok chwee.
boka noun: Alternative form of buka (“kangaroo-skin cloak”).
bokadam noun: Alternative form of bockadam.
Bokaro proper noun: A district of Jharkhand, India.
bokashi noun: The use of a mixture of microorganisms to cover food waste to decrease smell, based on an old Japanese farming practice.
bokbook noun: Alternative form of boobook.
bokbunja noun: A Korean raspberry bush (Rubus crataegifolius)
bokchoi noun: Alternative spelling of bok choy.
boke verb /bəʊk/: To thrust or push out; butt; poke.
bokeh noun /ˈbəʊ.kə/: A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.
Bokelj noun: The people of the Bay of Kotor.
boken verb: Alternative form of boke.
bokenade noun: Alternative spelling of bukkenade.
Bokhara clover noun: The plant Melilotus albus.
Bokharan adjective: Alternative form of Bukharan.
Bokhari proper noun: A surname.
bokher noun: Alternative form of bochur.
bokhur noun: Alternative form of bochur.
Boki proper noun: A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бокій (Bokij).
bokikokiko noun: Acrocephalus aequinoctialis, a warbler found only on Kiritimati and Kiribati.
bokit noun: A kind of Guadeloupean sandwich fried in a saucepan with hot sunflower oil.
bokite noun: A monoclinic-prismatic black mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and vanadium.
bokke noun: Synonym of sea raven (“fish”).
bokkem noun: Alternative form of bokkom.
bokken noun /ˈbɒk.ən/: A wooden katana, used as a training sword.
bokkom noun: Salted dried fish (normally mullet), a traditional delicacy of the West Coast of South Africa.
bokmakierie noun: A shrike endemic to Southern Africa, with olive upper parts, a yellow underside, and a deep black gorget.
Bokmål proper noun /ˈbɒk.mɔːl/: One of the two major written standards of Norwegian, literally meaning “book language”.
boko noun /ˈbəʊ.kəʊ/: The nose.
bokola noun: Human flesh as food.
bokono noun: An exceptional diviner in the Ifá (Fá) religion and system of divination of the Fon and Yoruba people.
bokonon noun: Alternative form of bokono.
bokor noun: Alternative form of bocor.
Boksburg proper noun: A city in Gauteng province, South Africa.
boku adverb, determiner, noun: Alternative spelling of beaucoup (lots, a large amount)
bokuto noun: bokken, a wooden katana used for practice.
bol noun: bolognese
bol'shak noun: The head of a Russian peasant household; a family patriarch.
bola noun /ˈbəʊ̯.lə/: A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of a cord.
bolaamphiphile noun: Any of a class of amphiphilic surfactants that have two hydrophilic groups separated by a relatively long hydrophobic chain or similar structure
bolaamphiphilic adjective: Relating to a bolaamphiphile
bolaform noun: Synonym of bolaamphiphile.
bolalipid noun: Any of a class of tetraether lipids, found in Archaea bacteria, that confer stability to these bacteria by spanning the cytoplasmic membrane.
Bolan proper noun: A surname.
Boland proper noun: A surname.
Bolander proper noun: A surname.
Bolander's lily noun: Lilium bolanderi, a rare North American lily, native to northwestern California and southwestern Oregon.
Bolander's mock dandelion noun: A flowering plant of species Phalacroseris bolanderi.
bolandiol noun: 19-norandrostenediol, a synthetic anabolic steroid.
bolani noun: A kind of Afghani flatbread with savoury filling.
Bolanos proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
bolar adjective: Of, relating to, or similar to, bole or clay; clayey.
bolas noun /ˈbəʊ̯.ləs/: A throwing weapon made of weights on the ends of interconnected cords, designed to capture animals by entangling their legs.
bolasterone noun: A 17α-alkylated anabolic steroid with close structural similarity to testosterone.
bolazine noun: An anabolic steroid.
bolbitiaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Bolbitiaceae.
Bolbitine adjective: Of or relating to a certain one of the seven ancient distributaries of the river Nile.
bolbitioid adjective: Characteristic of mushrooms of the genus Bolbitius.
bolboceratid noun: Any dorbeetle of the family Bolboceratidae
bolcane noun: Spirits; alcoholic drink; poteen.
bold adjective, noun, verb /ˈbəʊld/: Courageous, daring.
bold as brass adjective: Very bold; very forward or impudent.
bold-faced adjective: Alternative spelling of boldfaced.
bold film noun: A commercial film that has a pornographic or erotic component; softcore pornography.
bold-hearted adjective: Brave; audacious.
bold move, Cotton interjection: Expresses skepticism over the potential for positive outcomes of someone else's bold actions.
bold movie noun: A commercial film that has a pornographic or erotic component; softcore pornography.
boldacious adjective /boʊlˈdeɪʃəs/: brazen, impudent, unrestrained.
bolden verb /ˈbəʊld(ə)n/: Synonym of embolden (“To render (someone) bolder or more courageous”).
boldenone noun: An anabolic steroid, 1-dehydrotestosterone, developed for veterinary use.
boldenone undecylenate noun: The undecylenate ester of the anabolic steroid boldenone, developed for veterinary use, mostly for treatment of horses.
boldface adjective, noun, verb: A font that is dark, having a high ratio of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines.
boldfaced adjective, verb: Of text emphasized by being set in a font having thicker strokes, yielding a heavier or darker appearance.
boldhead noun: Boldness; courage.
boldhearted adjective: Alternative form of bold-hearted.
Boldin proper noun: A surname.
boldine noun: An aporphine alkaloid found in the boldo tree and in Lindera aggregata.
bolding noun, verb: The process of putting text in boldface.
boldish adjective: Somewhat bold.
boldly adverb /ˈbəʊldli/: In a bold manner; with confidence.
boldly go where no man has gone before verb: To break new ground.
boldness noun /ˈboʊldnəs/: The state of being bold; courage.
boldo noun /ˈbəʊldəʊ/: Peumus boldus, a monimiaceous tree.
Boldon proper noun /ˈboʊldən/: A group of three villages in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England: Boldon Colliery (OS grid ref NZ3462), East Boldon (OS...
boldship noun: The characteristic of being bold; boldness.
Boldt proper noun: A surname.
boldu noun: Alternative form of boldo.
Bolduc proper noun: A surname from French.
boldyrevite noun: An amorphous mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and sodium.
bole noun /bol/: The trunk or stem of a tree.
boleadora noun: Synonym of bolas.
bolection noun /bə(ʊ)ˈlɛkʃən/: A moulding that covers a joint, especially between joints between surfaces on different levels.
bolectioned adjective: Having a bolection.
boled adjective: Having a bole or trunk of the specified kind.
boledo noun: A form of lottery played in Belize.
boleen noun: Alternative form of boline.
boleite noun: An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, potassium, and silver.
bolekaja noun: A Nigerian taxibus.
Bolen proper noun: A surname.
bolenol noun: A particular anabolic steroid.
Boler proper noun: A surname.
bolero noun, verb /bəʊ̯ˈlɛə̯.ɹəʊ̯/: A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time.
boleroed adjective, verb: Dressed in a bolero.
bolesprit noun: Alternative form of bowsprit.
bolet noun: Alternative form of bolete.
boletaceous adjective: Belonging to the family Boletaceae of mushrooms.
boletate noun: A salt or ester of boletic acid; a fumarate.
bolete noun /boʊˈlit/: A type of fruiting body produced by certain fungus species in the order Boletales, especially those of genus Boletus, many of which are prized for their...
bolete eater noun: Hypomyces chrysospermus, a parasitic ascomycete fungus that grows on bolete mushrooms.
boletic adjective: Relating to, derived from, or characteristic of mushrooms of the genus Boletus.
boletic acid noun: fumaric acid
boleticolous adjective: Living or growing on boletes.
boletinoid adjective: Having a structure intermediate between gills and pores.

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.