6-letter words containing a, b, o
- basion — the midpoint on the forward border of the foramen magnum
- bassos — Plural form of basso.
- baston — (heraldry) Obsolete form of baton.
- basuco — a highly addictive drug consisting of low-grade cocaine mixed with coca paste and other substances, often cannabis
- basuto — Sotho (def 3).
- batboy — A batboy is a boy whose job is to take care of equipment that belongs to a baseball team.
- batho- — depth
- bathos — In literary criticism, bathos is a sudden change in speech or writing from a serious or important subject to a ridiculous or very ordinary one.
- batons — Plural form of baton.
- batton — Alternative form of batten.
- bauson — a badger (applied contemptuously to people).
- bayamo — a strong wind blowing from land on the southern coast of Cuba, particularly near the city of Bayamo
- baylor — Elgin, born 1934, U.S. basketball player.
- bayous — Plural form of bayou.
- bboard — bulletin board system
- beacon — A beacon is a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning.
- beamon — Robert ("Bob") born 1946, U.S. track-and-field athlete.
- beaton — Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy). 1904–80, British photographer, noted esp for his society portraits
- befoam — to cover with foam
- bemoan — If you bemoan something, you express sorrow or dissatisfaction about it.
- bezoar — a hard mass, such as a stone or hairball, in the stomach and intestines of animals, esp ruminants, and man: formerly thought to be an antidote to poisons
- bhopal — a city in central India, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state and of the former state of Bhopal: site of a poisonous gas leak from a US-owned factory, which killed over 7000 people in 1984 and was implicated in a further 15 000 deaths afterwards. Pop: 1 433 875 (2001)
- bianco — Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- bilbao — a port in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay: the largest city in the Basque Provinces: famous since medieval times for the production of iron and steel goods: modern buildings include the Guggenheim Art Museum (1997). Pop: 353 567 (2003 est)
- biogas — a gas that is produced by the action of bacteria on organic waste matter: used as a fuel
- biovar — a group of microorganisms, usually bacteria, that have identical genetic but different biochemical or physiological characters.
- birota — a two-wheeled cart, usually drawn by three mules, used for transporting commercial goods and one or two passengers.
- bitola — city in S Macedonia: pop. 75,000
- blanco — Serge (sɛrʒ). born 1958, French Rugby Union footballer; won 93 caps (1980–91) and scored 38 tries in internationals (a French record)
- blazon — to proclaim loudly and publicly
- bo hai — arm of the Yellow Sea, north of Shandong peninsula in NE China: c. 300 mi (483 km) long
- boatel — a waterside hotel catering for boating people
- boater — A boater or a straw boater is a hard straw hat with a flat top and brim which is often worn for certain social occasions in the summer.
- boatie — a boating enthusiast
- bobcat — A bobcat is an animal in the cat family which has reddish-brown fur with dark spots or stripes and a short tail. Bobcats live in North America.
- bocage — the wooded countryside characteristic of northern France, with small irregular-shaped fields and many hedges and copses
- bodach — an old man
- bodega — a shop selling wine and sometimes groceries, esp in a Spanish-speaking country
- bodrag — an enemy attack or raid
- bogard — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- bogart — to monopolize or keep (something, esp a marijuana cigarette) to oneself selfishly
- bogman — the body of a person found preserved in a peat bog
- bogoak — oak or other wood found preserved in peat bogs; bogwood
- bogota — the capital of Colombia, on a central plateau of the E Andes: originally the centre of Chibcha civilization; founded as a city in 1538 by the Spaniards. Pop: 7 594 000 (2005 est)
- bohica — (humour) /bo-hee-ka/ Bend Over, Here It Comes Again.
- bokmal — one of the two official forms of written Norwegian, closely related to Danish
- boland — an area of high altitude in S South Africa
- bolita — a form of numbers pool.
- bolyai — János [yah-nawsh] /ˈyɑ nɔʃ/ (Show IPA), 1802–60, Hungarian mathematician.
- bomarc — a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.