English words: Bookham to boostglide

English words Bookham to boostglide

1. Bookham proper noun: A hamlet in Buckland Newton parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7004).
2. bookhoard noun: collection of books, library
3. bookholder noun: A support for a book, holding it open for reading or copying.
4. bookhood noun: Knowledge of books; scholarship.
5. bookhound noun: An enthusiastic reader of books.
6. bookhouse noun /ˈbʊkˌhaʊs/: A repository for books; a library; a store of books.
7. bookhunter noun: A person who seeks out rare or valuable books.
8. bookie noun /ˈbʊki/: A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.
9. bookiness noun: The quality of being booky.
10. booking noun, verb /ˈbʊkɪŋ/: The act or process of writing something down in a book or books, e.g. in accounting.
11. booking class noun: (in a reservation system) The letter used to signify a particular fare level.
12. booking hall noun: Synonym of ticket hall.
13. booking lad noun: A young male employee in a signal box who records the movement of trains past the box.
14. booking office noun: A place where tickets are sold, e.g. at a railway station or theatre.
15. bookish adjective /ˈbʊkɪʃ/: Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
16. bookishly adverb: In a bookish manner.
17. bookishness noun: The property of being bookish.
18. bookism noun: Discrimination against a book based on its content, cover, or authorship.
19. bookist noun: A person who engages in bookism.
20. bookjacket noun: The jacket of a book.
21. bookkeep verb: Alternative spelling of book-keep.
22. bookkeeper noun /ˌbʊkˈkiː.pə(ɹ)/: A person responsible for keeping records or documents, such as of a business.
23. bookkeeperess noun: A female bookkeeper.
24. bookkeeping noun, verb /ˈbʊkˌkiːpɪŋ/: The skill or practice of keeping books or systematic records of financial transactions, e.g. income and expenses.
25. bookkeeping machine noun: Synonym of accounting machine.
26. bookland noun: In Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee, service, and fines. It was held chiefly by the nobility and...
27. booklear noun: Learning acquired from books.
28. booklegger noun: An illicit publisher or distributor of banned publications.
29. booklegging noun /ˈbʊk.lɛɡ.ɪŋ/: The illicit publication and distribution of banned books.
30. bookless adjective: Without a book or books.
31. booklessness noun: The state or condition of being bookless; lack of books.
32. booklet noun /ˈbʊk.lət/: A small or thin book.
33. booklift noun: A device like a dumbwaiter for moving books up and down in a library.
34. booklight noun: A small clip-on light, usually battery-powered, used for reading books in the dark
35. booklike adjective: Resembling a book.
36. booklined adjective: lined with books
37. bookling noun: A short-length or compact book, typically under one hundred pages.
38. booklist noun /ˈbʊklɪst/: Any list of books.
39. booklore noun: Factual information concerning books, for example regarding such matters as authors and the history of publication and printing.
40. booklouse noun: Any of the small insects that feed on bookbindings, especially those of the order Psocodea.
41. booklover noun: Alternative form of book lover.
42. booklung noun: Alternative form of book lung.
43. bookly adjective: Of or pertaining to books; literary.
44. bookmaker noun /ˈbʊkmeɪkə/: A person who prints or binds books.
45. bookmaking noun: The art or profession of determining odds and receiving and paying off bets, especially bets on the outcome of sporting events.
46. bookman noun: One who held bookland.
47. bookmanship noun: Skill in, or appreciation of, the editing and production design of books; being a connoisseur of books; love of books.
48. bookmark noun, verb /ˈbʊkmɑːk/: A strip of material used to mark a place in a book.
49. bookmarkable adjective: That can be bookmarked (stored as a placeholder to be visited again later).
50. bookmarker noun: A slip of paper, card, etc. used to mark one's place in reading a book; a bookmark.
51. bookmarklet noun: A small piece of JavaScript code stored as a URL within a bookmark.
52. bookmatch verb: To match (adjoining wood or stone surfaces) so that they mirror each other, creating the impression of an opened book.
53. bookmate noun: An associate in studying or reading.
54. bookmite noun: Alternative form of book mite.
55. bookmobile noun: A mobile library; especially, a large van designed to transport a portion of some library's collection.
56. bookmonger noun: A bookseller.
57. bookname noun: A name, such as of a plant or animal, that occurs in (especially technical) literature but does not have much currency in the spoken language.
58. booknap verb: To steal a book.
59. bookness noun: The quality of being a book.
60. bookoo adverb, determiner, noun: Alternative form of beaucoup.
61. Bookout proper noun: A surname.
62. bookplate noun, verb: A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft.
63. bookpress noun: Synonym of bookcase.
64. bookrack noun /ˈbʊkˌɹæk/: A rack for books; a bookshelf.
65. bookreading noun: Alternative form of book reading.
66. bookrest noun: A support used to maintain a book or sheet when reading.
67. bookright noun: The right of a will or charter
68. bookroll noun: A continuous scroll bearing the text of a book and able to be rolled up into a cylinder.
69. bookroom noun: A room in which books are kept; a library.
70. bookrunner noun: The main underwriter or manager in equity, debt, or hybrid securities issuances, who syndicates with other investment banks in order to lower the risk.
71. bookrunning noun: The work done by a bookrunner.
72. books noun, verb /bʊks/: plural of book
73. booksack noun /ˈbʊk.sæk/: Synonym of backpack.
74. bookscape noun: A notional landscape of books or literature.
75. bookseller noun /ˈbʊksɛlɚ/: A person engaged in the business of selling books.
76. booksellerish adjective: Characteristic of a bookseller.
77. bookselling noun: The sale of books.
78. bookshelf noun /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/: A shelf or shelves for storing books for easy visual reference.
79. bookshelf wealth noun: An interior design trend or aesthetic which promotes large bookshelves full of books.
80. bookshelve verb: To furnish (a room etc.) with bookshelves.
81. bookshelved adjective, verb: Having a bookshelf or bookshelves.
82. bookshelver noun: A person who places or arranges books on shelves in a library, etc.
83. bookshelving noun, verb: Shelving for the storage of books; bookshelves collectively.
84. bookshop noun: A shop that sells books.
85. bookshopkeeper noun: One who operates a bookshop.
86. bookshoppy adjective: Resembling or typical of a bookshop.
87. booksona noun: An alter-ego or self-insert character which takes the form of a book; a book persona.
88. bookstack noun: One of a set of bookshelves in a library.
89. bookstaff noun /ˈbʊkˌstæf/: A letter, a letter of the alphabet, a written character.
90. Bookstagram proper noun /ˈbʊk.stəˌɡɹæm/: The community of book and reading-oriented accounts on Instagram, characterized by artful photos of books.
91. bookstagrammer noun /ˈbʊk.stəˌɡɹæmə/: An Instagrammer whose account focuses on books and reading.
92. bookstall noun: A table with enclosed sides, for displaying books for sale.
93. bookstand noun /ˈbʊkˌstænd/: A small stall where books are sold.
94. bookstave noun /ˈbʊk.steɪv/: Alternative form of bookstaff (“letter, alphabetic symbol”).
95. bookstock noun: A collection of books that belongs to a library or other institution.
96. bookstop noun: A bookend.
97. bookstore noun /ˈbʊkstɔː/: A store where books are bought and sold.
98. bookstorekeeper noun: One who operates a bookstore.
99. bookswap noun: A scheme allowing readers who have finished with books to exchange them with other readers.
100. booksy adjective: Pertaining to books.
101. booktalk noun: Alternative form of book talk.
102. booktastic adjective: Fantastic, and in the context of books.
103. bookteaching noun: Alternative form of book-teaching.
104. booktivist noun: A person who uses what they read in books to help them try to bring about political or social change.
105. BookTok noun /ˈbʊkˌtɒk/: A book- or reading-oriented video on TikTok.
106. booktoken noun: Alternative form of book token.
107. BookToker noun /ˈbʊkˌtɒkə/: A member of the BookTok community on TikTok.
108. BookTokker noun: Alternative spelling of BookToker.
109. BookTube proper noun /ˈbʊk.t͡ʃuːb/: The community of book and reading-related channels on YouTube.
110. booktuber noun /ˈbʊk.t͡ʃuːbə/: Alternative letter-case form of BookTuber.
111. Bookwalter proper noun: A surname.
112. bookward adverb: Alternative form of bookwards
113. bookwards adverb: Towards a book or books; towards the point of publication as a book.
114. bookware noun: Software that is published in, or distributed with, a book.
115. bookways adverb: Alternative form of book-ways.
116. bookwheel noun: A millwheel-shaped contraption allowing a reader to toggle between different books, all kept upright on separate shelves as the wheel turns.
117. bookwise adverb: In the manner of a book.
118. bookword noun: Alternative form of book word.
119. bookwork noun: Accounting work; book keeping.
120. bookworm noun /ˈbʊk.wɜːm/: Any of various insects that infest books.
121. bookwormish adjective: Like a bookworm.
122. bookwormism noun: The habits of a bookworm; avid enthusiasm for books.
123. bookwormy adjective: Like a bookworm; studious.
124. bookwright noun: A maker or writer of books; an author.
125. bookwriting noun: The process of writing a book.
126. booky adjective /ˈbʊki/: Bookish.
127. bool noun, verb: A Boolean variable (one whose value is either true or false).
128. Boola proper noun: A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
129. Boole proper noun: An English surname
130. Boole's inequality noun: The statement that the probability that at least one of a finite or countable set of events happens is no greater than the sum of the probabilities of the...
131. boolean adjective, noun /ˈbuːl.i.ən/: Of or pertaining to the work of George Boole.
132. Boolean algebra noun: An algebraic structure (Σ,∨,∧,∼,0,1) where ∨ and ∧ are idempotent binary operators, ∼ is a unary involutory operator (called "complement"), and 0 and 1 are...
133. Boolean atom noun: A logical proposition that cannot be derived from other logical propositions by a Boolean operation.
134. Boolean circuit noun: A directed acyclic graph whose internal nodes are Boolean functions.
135. Boolean derivative noun: With respect to a Boolean variable x_i: The XOR-sum of the positive and negative Shannon cofactors of the given derived function with respect to x_i. In...
136. Boolean function noun: Any function based on the operations AND, OR and NOT, and whose elements are from the domain of Boolean algebra
137. Boolean lattice noun: The lattice corresponding to a Boolean algebra.
138. Boolean logic noun: A system of symbolic logic that is the basis of Boolean algebra
139. Boolean ring noun: A ring whose multiplicative operation is idempotent.
140. Boolean variable noun: Any variable, from the domain of Boolean algebra, having one of only two values
141. booleanise verb: Alternative form of booleanize.
142. booleanize verb: To reduce (data values) to Boolean values, so that each one is either true or false.
143. booley noun: Alternative form of booly.
144. booley house noun: Synonym of booly.
145. Boolian adjective: Dated form of Boolean.
146. booling noun, verb: Egg rolling.
147. booly noun /ˈbuːli/: A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk.
148. boom interjection, noun, verb /buːm/: To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
149. boom and bust adjective, noun: A pattern of high prices in a given market or in the entire economy followed by ruinously low prices, falling production, and bankruptcies by producers;...
150. boom bap noun: A style/subgenre of hip hop characterized by hard-hitting drums, usually containing the kick drum/snare drum/hi-hat combination rather than claps, snaps,...
151. boom barrier noun: A bar or pole that can be lowered to block vehicular access through a controlled location, or raised to allow traffic to pass.
152. boom-boom adjective, interjection, noun, verb: To make a loud, low-pitched sound.
153. boom box noun: Alternative spelling of boombox.
154. boom-bust adjective, noun: Contraction of boom-and-bust.
155. boom car noun: Alternative spelling of boomcar.
156. boom carpet noun: Synonym of boom path.
157. boom corridor noun: A restricted portion of airspace for supersonic aircraft, intended to reduce the potential coverage of their boom paths.
158. boom gate noun: Synonym of boom barrier.
159. boom goes the dynamite phrase: Indicating that something spectacular has happened, particularly where a plan or an effort has successfully culminated.
160. boom house noun: Alternative form of boomhouse.
161. boom off verb: To resound against (a surface).
162. boom or bust adjective, noun: Alternative form of boom and bust, a pattern of great prosperity followed by recession
163. boom path noun: The narrow region under a supersonic aircraft's flight path, where the sonic boom is liable to be heard as it flies overhead.
164. boom pipe noun: A musical instrument made from a piece of pipe blown in at one end to provide the bass in the folk music traditions of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat.
165. boom pole noun: A long pole with a microphone attached, used to record participants who are being filmed while allowing the operator to stay out of the shot.
166. boom shakalaka interjection: Alternative form of boomshakalaka.
167. boom stick noun: Alternative form of boomstick.
168. boom town noun: A town that is experiencing or has experienced a period of rapid growth due to some temporary activity.
169. boom vang noun: A line or piston system on a sailboat used to exert downward force on the boom and thus control the shape of the sail; a martingale.
170. boomable adjective: Capable of or subject to booming
171. boomage noun: A fee charged by the owner of a boom for its use in storing logs.
172. boomaler noun: boor, oaf, bungler
173. boombayah noun: Sex.
174. boombox noun /ˈbum.bɑks/: A powerful portable audio system for listening collectively to recorded or broadcast sound.
175. boomburb noun: A rapidly expanding suburb.
176. boomcar noun: A car with aftermarket audio-components designed to achieve an unusually loud volume and often to be heard from outside the vehicle (such as having speakers...
177. boomdas noun: The southern tree hyrax, Dendrohyrax arboreus.
178. boomer noun /ˈbuː.mə/: Something that makes a booming sound.
179. boomer shooter noun: A first-person shooter of the kind popular in the 1990s, characterized by fast-paced action and movement, point shooting, and simple graphics.
180. boomerang noun, verb /ˈbuːməɹæŋ/: Any of various traditional throwing sticks used for hunting or combat by Australian aborigines, including the symmetrical, crescent-shaped, type (the...
181. boomerang baby noun: Synonym of boomerang kid.
182. boomerang child noun /ˈbuːməɹæŋ ˌt͡ʃaɪld/: Synonym of boomerang kid (“a young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence”).
183. boomerang dysplasia noun: A lethal osteochondrodysplasia in which the bones of the arms and legs are congenitally malformed into the shape of a boomerang.
184. boomerang effect noun: A strong opposing response caused by attempts to restrict a person's freedom or change their attitudes.
185. boomerang illusion noun: Synonym of Jastrow illusion.
186. boomerang kick noun: A kick that sends the ball in a curved trajectory.
187. boomerang kid noun: A young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence.
188. boomerang pillow noun: A pillow with a right-angled bend in the middle, resembling the shape of a traditional returning boomerang.
189. boomeranger noun: Synonym of boomerang kid.
190. boomeranglike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a boomerang.
191. boomerask noun, verb: To ask someone a question, without really being interested in the answer, because the asker really just wanted to answer it themselves immediately after...
192. boomerasker noun: One who boomerasks.
193. boomercide noun: A hypothetical mass killing of baby boomers.
194. boomerese noun: The (style of) language characteristic of baby boomers.
195. boomerish adjective: Characteristic of a baby boomer.
196. boomerism noun: A 19th century movement which campaigned for the extension of the American frontier.
197. boomerist adjective: Relating to boomerism.
198. boomeritis noun: A narcissistic liberal worldview associated with baby boomers.
199. boomerspeak noun: The style of language characteristic of baby boomers.
200. boomhouse noun: A building for housing the operator of the winch that controls a boom which is used to control the flow of logs that float downriver to the sawmill.
201. Boomi proper noun: A locality in the Moree Plains council area, northern New South Wales, Australia.
202. boomie noun: A barge rigged as a ketch
203. boominess noun: The property of being boomy.
204. booming adjective, noun, verb /ˈbuːmɪŋ/: Experiencing a period of prosperity, or rapid economic growth.
205. boomingly adverb: In a booming manner; loudly.
206. boomity interjection: A booming sound suggesting repeated or moving explosions.
207. boomkin noun: Alternative form of bumkin.
208. boomless adjective: Without a boom.
209. boomless cruise noun: A technique for supersonic flight where the sonic boom does not reach the Earth's surface, by taking advantage of atmospheric conditions to refract the...
210. boomlet noun: A small period of rapid growth.
211. boomlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a boom (period of prosperity or high activity).
212. boomorah noun: The water chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus).
213. boompipe noun: Alternative spelling of boom pipe.
214. boomsayer noun: A person who makes optimistic projections about the future, especially with regard to economic prosperity and growth.
215. boomshakalaka interjection, noun /ˈbuːmˌʃɑkəˌlɑkə/: An exclamation expressing dominance, excitement, joy, or triumph.
216. boomshanka interjection: A wish of happiness.
217. boomshoot noun: Syllabic abbreviation of boomer shooter.
218. boomslang noun /ˈbuːmˌslæŋ/: A highly venomous snake found in sub-Saharan Africa, Dispholidus typus.
219. boomslange noun: Dated form of boomslang.
220. boomster noun: One engaged in booming the market or a political candidate for office; one who works up a boom.
221. boomstick noun: In logging, any of the larger logs chained together to create a floating boom.
222. boomtime noun: A period of fast economic growth.
223. boomtown noun: Alternative form of boom town.
224. boomvang noun: Alternative spelling of boom vang
225. boomy adjective: Characterized by heavy or undesirably loud bass sounds.
226. boon adjective, noun /buːn/: A good thing; a thing to be thankful for or to appreciate duly.
227. boon and bane noun: Something that is both a benefit and an affliction.
228. boon companion noun: A close friend.
229. boon coon noun: A close companion.
230. boon or bane phrase: Something that can be either a benefit or an affliction.
231. Boonah proper noun: A locality in Surf Coast Shire, south western Victoria, Australia.
232. boondagger noun: A masculine or aggressive lesbian.
233. boondi noun: An Indian snack made from fried chickpea flour, either as a savory snack or sweetened as a dessert.
234. boondie noun: A stone thrown as a weapon; or a heavy club.
235. boondock noun, verb /ˈbuːn.dɒk/: A brushy, rural area or location.
236. boondocker noun: A kind of combat boot worn in the US Marine Corps.
237. boondocking noun, verb: The action of the verb to boondock.
238. boondoggle noun, verb /ˈbuːndɒɡl̩/: A braided ring to hold a neckerchief.
239. boondoggler noun: A person who boondoggles; a wastrel.
240. boondy noun /ˈbʊn.diː/: a rock
241. Boone proper noun /bun/: A surname.
242. booner adjective, noun: A person who takes particular pride in their car and enjoys showing it off.
243. Booneville proper noun: A city in Arkansas, United States and one of the two county seats of Logan County.
244. booney hat noun: Alternative form of boonie hat.
245. boonfellow noun: Synonym of boon companion.
246. boongary noun: A tree kangaroo of northern Queensland.
247. boonie hat noun: A wide-brimmed sunhat, somewhat resembling a bucket hat, worn in hot tropical climates.
248. boonies noun /ˈbuːniz/: Boondocks.
249. boonk noun: A bird, the little bittern.
250. boonless adjective: Not having a boon.
251. Boonstra proper noun: A surname from West Frisian.
252. Boonton proper noun: A town and township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.
253. Boonville proper noun: A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States.
254. boop noun, verb /buːp/: A low-pitched beeping sound.
255. boopable adjective: Capable of, or suitable for, being booped.
256. boopableness noun: The quality of being boopable.
257. boopie noun: Any of various grasshoppers of the genus Boopedon.
258. boopiid noun: Any louse in the family Boopiidae.
259. boor noun /bʊə/: A peasant.
260. boora noun: A kind of cargo boat used in the rivers of Bengal.
261. Boorana noun: A member of an Oromo-speaking people of Ethiopia and Kenya.
262. boorgay noun: The Australian plant Gymnostachys anceps.
263. boorish adjective /ˈbʊəɹɪʃ/: Behaving as a boor; rough in manners.
264. boorishly adverb: In a boorish manner; uncultured.
265. boorishness noun: The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.
266. boorjoy adjective, noun /ˈbɔːdʒɔɪ/: Bourgeois.
267. Boorman proper noun: A surname.
268. Boorowa proper noun: A town in the Hilltops council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
269. Boorstin proper noun: A surname.
270. Boorstinian adjective: Of or relating to Daniel J. Boorstin (1914–2004), American historian.
271. boort noun: Alternative form of bort.
272. boortsog noun: A food made from fried dough, usually shaped into triangles or spheres, found in the cuisines of Central Asia, Idel-Ural, Mongolia, and the Middle East.
273. booru noun: A form of imageboard where images are categorized with tags.
274. boose noun, verb /buːs/: A stall for an animal (usually a cow).
275. Boosey proper noun: A locality in the Shire of Moira, northern Victoria, Australia.
276. booshwa noun: Alternative spelling of bushwah.
277. booshway noun: The head man at the Fort Union trading post on the upper Missouri River at the confluence of the Yellowstone River, circa 1849.
278. Boosie fade noun: A specific type of high, bald fade haircut, featuring very short or shaved sides and back that blend into a longer top, creating a sharp, edgy contrast with...
279. boosies noun: A woman's breasts.
280. boost noun, verb /buːst/: A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
281. boost pad noun: In a video game, especially a racing game, a patch of ground that causes the character to speed up temporarily when crossed.
282. boostability noun: The quality of being boostable.
283. boostable adjective: Capable of being boosted.
284. boosted adjective, verb: At an increased level or degree; having been improved.
285. booster noun, verb /ˈbustɚ/: Something that boosts.
286. booster bag noun: A bag lined with foil, used for shoplifting.
287. booster cable noun: Synonym of jumper cable.
288. booster chair noun: Synonym of booster seat (“for children”).
289. booster club noun: An organization devoted to collecting funds for a specific other organization.
290. booster dose noun: A dose of an antigen designed to strengthen immunity after an earlier immunizing dose.
291. booster injection noun: A dose of an antigen designed to strengthen immunity after an earlier immunizing dose.
292. booster pack noun /ˈbuː.stə ˌpak/: An expansion deck of a trading card game.
293. booster pad noun: A diaper insert, especially a large one in the shape of a pad that is typically used overnight or for adult incontinence.
294. booster seat noun: A small seat placed upon standard seating, particularly to enable children to eat at a table or (automotive) to allow safer use of regular seat belts.
295. booster shot noun: A dose of an antigen (usually a vaccine) designed to strengthen immunity after an earlier immunizing dose.
296. boosterish adjective: Promotional; acting as or like a booster for a particular community or group
297. boosterism noun: Promotion of a city, organisation, etc. in order to improve public opinion.
298. boosterist adjective: Of or pertaining to boosterism.
299. boosterless adjective: Without a booster or boosters.
300. boostglide adjective: Describing an aircraft or missile that uses rocket propulsion to gain a very high altitude and then glides to increase its range.

Part 96 · Part 98 · English words: B

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.