6-letter words containing o, b, n
- besoin — need
- betony — a Eurasian plant, Stachys (or Betonica) officinalis, with a spike of reddish-purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- beyond — If something is beyond a place or barrier, it is on the other side of it.
- bianco — Mon·te [mawn-te] /ˈmɔn tɛ/ (Show IPA). Italian name of Mont Blanc.
- bicone — an object shaped like two cones with their bases together.
- bicorn — having two horns or hornlike parts
- bicron — a billionth part of a metre
- big on — enthusiastic about
- billon — an alloy consisting of gold or silver and a base metal, usually copper, used esp for coinage
- biniou — a small high-pitched Breton bagpipe
- binocs — binoculars
- binyon — (Robert) Laurence. 1869–1943, British poet and art historian, best known for his elegiac war poems "For the Fallen" (1914) and "The Burning of the Leaves" (1944)
- biogen — a hypothetical protein assumed to be the basis of the formation and functioning of body cells and tissues
- biondi — Matt(hew) born 1965, U.S. swimmer.
- bionic — In science fiction books or films, a bionic person is someone who has special powers, such as being exceptionally strong or having exceptionally good sight, because parts of their body have been replaced by electronic machinery.
- biotin — a vitamin of the B complex, abundant in egg yolk and liver, deficiency of which causes dermatitis and loss of hair. Formula: C10H16N2O3S
- bisson — blind
- bizone — an area comprising two administrative zones
- 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
- blonde — A woman who has blonde hair has pale-coloured hair. Blonde hair can be very light brown or light yellow. The form blond is used when describing men.
- blyton — Enid (Mary). 1897–1968, British writer of children's books; creator of Noddy and the Famous Five series of adventure stories
- bo's'n — boatswain
- bobbin — A bobbin is a small round object on which thread or wool is wound to hold it, for example on a sewing machine.
- bobrun — an ice-covered course for bobsledding consisting of a chute with high walls, banked turns, and straightaways.
- boding — an omen; foreboding
- bodkin — a blunt large-eyed needle used esp for drawing tape through openwork
- bodmin — a market town in SW England, in Cornwall, near Bodmin Moor, a granite upland rising to 420 m (1375 ft). Pop: 12 778 (2001)
- bodoni — a style of type designed by the Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813)
- boeing — (language) An early system on the IBM 1130.
- boffin — A boffin is a scientist, especially one who is doing research.
- bog in — to start energetically on a task
- bogman — the body of a person found preserved in a peat bog
- bogong — an edible dark-coloured Australian noctuid moth, Agrotis infusa
- bohlen — Charles Eustis [yoo-stis] /ˈyu stɪs/ (Show IPA), ("Chip") 1904–74, U.S. diplomat.
- böhmen — an area of the W Czech Republic, formerly a province of Czechoslovakia (1918–1949). From 1939 until 1945 it formed part of the German protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia
- bohunk — a labourer from east or central Europe
- boland — an area of high altitude in S South Africa
- bolden — Buddy, real name Charles Bolden. 1868–1931, US Black jazz cornet player; a pioneer of the New Orleans style
- boleyn — Anne. 1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England; mother of Elizabeth I. She was executed on a charge of adultery
- boline — (in Wicca) a knife, usually sickle-shaped and with a white handle, used for gathering herbs and carving symbols
- bolson — a desert valley surrounded by mountains, with a shallow lake at the centre
- bolton — a town in NW England, in Bolton unitary authority, Greater Manchester: centre of the woollen trade since the 14th century; later important for cotton. Pop: 139 403 (2001)
- bonaci — a name for the black grouper fish (Mycteroperca bonaci), also used for various similar species
- bonbon — a sweet
- bonded — A bonded company has entered into a legal agreement which offers its customers some protection if the company does not fulfil its contract with them.
- bonder — a long stone or brick laid in a wall as a header
- bonduc — either of two species of leguminous shrub (Caesalpinia bonduc and Caesalpinia major) which produce hard, shiny seeds commonly known as nickernuts
- bonham — a piglet
- boning — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.