5-letter words containing o, b
- boyla — an Aboriginal Australian magician or medicine-man
- boyle — Robert. 1627–91, Irish scientist who helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy. He established that air has weight and studied the behaviour of gases; author of The Sceptical Chymist (1661)
- boyne — a river in the E Republic of Ireland, rising in the Bog of Allen and flowing northeast to the Irish Sea: William III of England defeated the deposed James II in a battle (Battle of the Boyne) on its banks in 1690, completing the overthrow of the Stuart cause in Ireland. Length: about 112 km (70 miles)
- boysy — suited to or typical of boys or young men
- bozen — German name of Bolzano (def 2).
- bravo — Some people say 'bravo' to express appreciation when someone has done something well.
- broad — Something that is broad is wide.
- broca — Paul (pɔl). 1824–80, French surgeon and anthropologist who discovered the motor speech centre of the brain and did pioneering work in brain surgery
- broch — (in Scotland) a circular dry-stone tower large enough to serve as a fortified home; they date from the Iron Age and are found esp in the north and the islands
- brock — a badger
- broga — an exercise regime for men that combines fitness exercises with traditional yoga postures
- broil — When you broil food, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it.
- broke — Broke is the past tense of break.
- brom- — bromo-
- brome — any of a large genus (Bromus) of grasses of the temperate zone, having closed sheaths and spikelets with awns: a few are crop plants but many are weeds
- bromo — Bromo-Seltzer noun
- bronc — bronco
- brond — a piece of burnt or burning wood
- bronx — northernmost borough of New York City, between the Harlem River & Long Island Sound: pop. 1,333,000
- brood — A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
- brook — to bear; tolerate
- brool — a low roaring sound, a deep murmur
- broom — A broom is a kind of brush with a long handle. You use a broom for sweeping the floor.
- bros' — a brother.
- bros. — Bros. is an abbreviation for brothers. It is usually used as part of the name of a company.
- brose — oatmeal or pease porridge, sometimes with butter or fat added
- brosy — coated with brose
- broth — Broth is a kind of soup. It usually has vegetables or rice in it.
- broun — (Matthew) Heywood (Campbell) 1888–1939, U.S. journalist, essayist, and novelist.
- brown — Something that is brown is the colour of earth or of wood.
- bruno — Franklin Roy, known as Frank. born 1961, British heavyweight boxer
- bucko — a lively young fellow: often a term of address
- buffo — (in Italian opera of the 18th century) a comic part, esp one for a bass
- bulow — Prince Bernhard von (ˈbɛrnhart fɔn). 1849–1929, chancellor of Germany (1900–09)
- bumbo — a drink with gin or rum, nutmeg, lemon juice, etc
- bunco — a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- bunko — bunco
- buron — a public official perceived to be a hindrance to enterprise
- buroo — the government office from which unemployment benefit is distributed
- burro — a donkey, esp one used as a pack animal
- buteo — a type of American hawk
- buxom — If you describe a woman as buxom, you mean that she looks healthy and attractive and has a rounded body and big breasts.
- byron — George Gordon, 6th Baron. 1788–1824, British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs. His major works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812–18), and Don Juan (1819–24). He spent much of his life abroad and died while fighting for Greek independence
- bytom — an industrial city in SW Poland, in Upper Silesia: under Prussian and German rule from 1742 to 1945. Pop: 185 793 (2007 est)
- cabob — kebab
- caboc — a Scottish cheese made with double cream and rolled in toasted oatmeal
- cabot — John Italian name Giovanni Caboto. 1450–98, Italian explorer, who landed in North America in 1497, under patent from Henry VII of England, and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland
- carbo — carbohydrate
- carob — A carob or carob tree is a Mediterranean tree that stays green all year round. It has dark-brown fruit that tastes similar to chocolate.
- clomb — climb