8-letter words containing b, o
- backstop — a screen or fence to prevent balls leaving the playing area
- backwood — (often used with a singular verb) wooded or partially uncleared and unsettled districts.
- backword — the act or an instance of failing to keep a promise or commitment (esp in the phrase give (someone) backword)
- backwork — work carried out under the ground
- baclofen — a muscle-relaxing drug used to treat muscle spasms
- baconers — Plural form of baconer.
- baconian — of or relating to Francis Bacon, the philosopher, or to his inductive method of reasoning
- baconism — of or relating to the philosopher Francis Bacon or his doctrines.
- bacronym — Alternative spelling of backronym.
- bad form — If you say that it is bad form to behave in a particular way, you mean that it is rude and impolite.
- bad trot — a period of ill fortune
- badalona — a port in NE Spain: an industrial suburb of Barcelona. Pop: 214 440 (2003 est)
- badigeon — a composition for patching surface defects in carpentry or masonry.
- badmouth — (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- badoglio — Pietro (ˈpjetro). 1871–1956, Italian marshal; premier (1943–44) following Mussolini's downfall: arranged an armistice with the Allies (1943)
- bag moth — a moth, the larvae of which develop in bags or cases
- baghouse — a dust-filtering chamber consisting of fabric filter bags
- bagwoman — a woman who collects, carries, or distributes illegal payoff money.
- bagworms — Plural form of bagworm.
- bahookie — the buttocks
- baikonur — a launching site for spacecraft in central Kazakhstan; formerly the centre for the Soviet space programme, now leased from Kazakhstan by Russia
- bail out — If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
- bailbond — a document in which a prisoner and one or more sureties guarantee that the prisoner will attend the court hearing of the charge against him if he is released on bail
- bailouts — Plural form of bailout.
- bake-off — A bake-off is a cooking competition.
- bakeshop — Also called bakeshop [beyk-shop] /ˈbeɪkˌʃɒp/ (Show IPA). a baker's shop.
- balafons — Plural form of balafon.
- balakovo — a city in the W RSFSR, in the E SovietUnion in Europe, SW of Gorki.
- balanoid — shaped like an acorn.
- balconet — a small ornamental balcony which does not extend far beyond the window, essentially a guardrail
- ball boy — In a tennis match, the ball boys pick up any balls that go into the net or off the court and throw them back to the players. In a baseball game, the ball boys are in charge of collecting the balls that are hit out of the field.
- ballcock — A valve that automatically fills a tank after liquid has been drawn from it. Used, for example, in a flush toilet, a ballcock has a float on the end of a pivoting arm that opens the valve when the arm drops.
- ballgown — A ballgown is a long dress that women wear to formal dances.
- ballocks — (nonce, used only by James Joyce) Alternative form of bollocks.
- ballonet — an air or gas compartment in a balloon or nonrigid airship, used to control buoyancy and shape
- ballonne — a bouncing step in dancing, esp in ballet
- balloons — a bag made of thin rubber or other light material, usually brightly colored, inflated with air or with some lighter-than-air gas and used as a children's plaything or as a decoration.
- balloted — a slip or sheet of paper, cardboard, or the like, on which a voter marks his or her vote.
- ballotee — a person who has been balloted or conscripted, esp into military service or into the mines
- balloter — a person who votes by ballot
- ballroom — A ballroom is a very large room that is used for dancing.
- ballyboe — (Ireland, historical) A townland in Ulster.
- ballyhoo — You can use ballyhoo to refer to great excitement or anger about something, especially when you disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary or exaggerated.
- balmoral — a laced walking shoe
- baloneys — Plural form of baloney.
- bambinos — Plural form of bambino.
- bancroft — George1800-91; U.S. historian & statesman
- bandello — Matteo [maht-te-aw] /mɑtˈtɛ ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1485–1561, Italian ecclesiastic and author.
- banderol — Alternative form of banderole.
- bandoeng — Bandung.