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7-letter words containing o, e

  • blondie — Informal. a blond person: All the children were blondies.
  • blooded — (of horses, cattle, etc) of good breeding
  • bloomed — (of a lens) coated with a thin film of magnesium fluoride or some other substance to reduce the amount of light lost by reflection
  • bloomer — a plant that flowers, esp in a specified way
  • blooper — A blooper is a silly mistake.
  • blotted — a spot or stain, especially of ink on paper.
  • blotter — A blotter is a large sheet of blotting paper kept in a special holder on a desk.
  • bo tree — the sacred fig tree ( peepul) of Buddhism: Gautama is believed to have received heavenly inspiration under such a tree
  • bo-peep — a game for very young children, in which one hides (esp hiding one's face in one's hands) and reappears suddenly
  • boarded — a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
  • boarder — A boarder is a pupil who lives at school during the term.
  • boasted — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
  • boaster — a chisel for boasting stone.
  • boatage — the act of hauling by boat.
  • bobbery — a mixed pack of hunting dogs, often not belonging to any of the hound breeds
  • bobbies — a male given name, form of Robert.
  • bobeche — a cup or ring around the socket of a candlestick, intended to catch dripping wax
  • bobotie — a South African dish consisting of curried mincemeat with a topping of beaten egg baked to a crust
  • bobsled — A bobsled is the same as a bobsleigh.
  • bockedy — (of a structure, piece of furniture, etc) unsteady
  • bodeful — portentous, foreboding, ominous
  • boeotia — a region of ancient Greece, northwest of Athens. It consisted of ten city-states, which formed the Boeotian League, led by Thebes: at its height in the 4th century bc
  • boeotus — a son of Arne and Poseidon, and ancestor of the Boeotians.
  • boerbul — a crossbred mastiff used esp as a watchdog
  • bogarde — Sir Dirk, real name Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde. 1920–99, British film actor and writer: his films include The Servant (1963) and Death in Venice (1970). His writings include the autobiographical A Postillion Struck by Lightning (1977) and the novel A Period of Adjustment (1994)
  • bogbean — buckbean
  • boggled — to overwhelm or bewilder, as with the magnitude, complexity, or abnormality of: The speed of light boggles the mind.
  • boggler — a person who boggles, or a thing which causes one to boggle
  • bohemia — a former kingdom of central Europe, surrounded by mountains: independent from the 9th to the 13th century; belonged to the Hapsburgs from 1526 until 1918
  • boileau — Nicolas (nikɔlɑ). full name Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. 1636–1711, French poet and critic; author of satires, epistles, and L'Art poétique (1674), in which he laid down the basic principles of French classical literature
  • boilery — a place where water is boiled in order to extract salt
  • boldest — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
  • boletus — any saprotroph basidiomycetous fungus of the genus Boletus, having a brownish umbrella-shaped cap with spore-bearing tubes in the underside: family Boletaceae. Many species are edible
  • bolices — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
  • bolixed — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
  • boloney — baloney
  • bolshie — Bolshevik
  • bolster — If you bolster something such as someone's confidence or courage, you increase it.
  • bomberg — David. 1890–1957, British painter, noted esp for his landscapes
  • bomblet — one of a number of small bombs contained in a larger bomb
  • bonaire — an island in the S Caribbean, part of the Netherlands Antilles until their dissolution in 2010, now a special municipality of the Netherlands: one of the Leeward Islands. Chief town: Kralendijk. Pop: 11 537 (2007 est). Area: about 288 sq km (111 sq miles)
  • bondage — Bondage is the condition of being someone's property and having to work for them.
  • bondmen — a male slave.
  • bone up — to study intensively
  • boneset — any of various North American plants of the genus Eupatorium, esp E. perfoliatum, which has flat clusters of small white flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • bonfire — A bonfire is a fire that is made outdoors, usually to burn rubbish. Bonfires are also sometimes lit as part of a celebration.
  • bonheur — Rosa (roza). 1822–99, French painter of animals
  • bonkers — If you say that someone is bonkers, you mean that they are silly or act in a crazy way.
  • bonsela — a present or gratuity
  • bonynge — Richard. born 1930, Australian conductor, esp of opera
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