5-letter words containing o, i
- bijou — Small houses are sometimes described as bijou houses in order to make them sound attractive or fashionable.
- bikol — a Western Austronesian language spoken in S Luzon and neighboring islands
- bilbo — (formerly) a sword with a marked temper and elasticity
- bimbo — If someone calls a young woman a bimbo, they think that although she is pretty she is rather stupid.
- bingo — Bingo is a game in which each player has a card with numbers on. Someone calls out numbers and if you are the first person to have all your numbers called out, you win the game.
- biog. — biographical
- bioko — an island in the Gulf of Guinea, off the coast of Cameroon: part of Equatorial Guinea. Capital: Malabo. Area: 2017 sq km (786 sq miles)
- biol. — Biol. is a written abbreviation for biology or , biological.
- biome — a major ecological community, extending over a large area and usually characterized by a dominant vegetation
- biont — a living thing
- biota — the plant and animal life of a particular region or period
- bipod — a two-legged support or stand
- bisho — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa on the Indian Ocean: granted independence in 1981 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 3200 sq. mi. (8300 sq. km). Capital: Bisho.
- bison — A bison is a large hairy animal with a large head that is a member of the cattle family. They used to be very common in North America and Europe.
- bisso — bis2 .
- bisto — a preparation for thickening, flavouring, and browning gravy
- bizzo — empty and irrelevant talk or ideas; nonsense
- blois — a town in N central France, on the Loire: 13th-century castle. Pop: 46 013 (2009)
- bodhi — enlightenment
- bogie — an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves
- bohai — a large inlet of the Yellow Sea on the coast of NE China
- boing — to rebound making a noise
- boink — /boynk/ [Usenet: variously ascribed to the TV series "Cheers" "Moonlighting", and "Soap"] 1. To have sex with; compare bounce. (This is mainstream slang.) In Commonwealth hackish the variant "bonk" is more common. 2. After the original Peter Korn "Boinkon" Usenet parties, used for almost any net social gathering, e.g. Miniboink, a small boink held by Nancy Gillett in 1988; Minniboink, a Boinkcon in Minnesota in 1989; Humpdayboinks, Wednesday get-togethers held in the San Francisco Bay Area. Compare @-party. 3. Variant of "bonk"; see bonk/oif.
- boise — a city in SW Idaho: the state capital. Pop: 190 117 (2003 est)
- boite — a small nightclub, cabaret, or restaurant
- boito — Arrigo (arˈriɡo). 1842–1918, Italian operatic composer and librettist, whose works include the opera Mefistofele (1868) and the librettos for Verdi's Otello and Falstaff
- bolix — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- bondi — Sir Hermann. 1919–2005, British mathematician and cosmologist, born in Austria; joint originator (with Sir Fred Hoyle and Thomas Gold) of the steady-state theory of the universe
- boric — of or containing boron
- boris — a masculine name
- bosie — a googly
- bovid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bovidae, a family of ruminant artiodactyl hollow-horned mammals including sheep, goats, cattle, antelopes, and buffalo
- bowie — David, real name David Jones. 1947–2016, British rock singer, songwriter, and film actor. His recordings include "Space Oddity" (1969), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Young Americans (1975), Heroes (1977), Let's Dance (1983), The Next Day (2013), and Blackstar (2016)
- broil — When you broil food, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it.
- cairo — the capital of Egypt, on the Nile: the largest city in Africa and in the Middle East; industrial centre; site of the university and mosque of Al Azhar (founded in 972). Pop: 11 146 000 (2005 est)
- catio — An outdoor enclosure for cats.
- chiao — a Chinese monetary unit equal to one-tenth of a yuan
- chico — greasewood (sense 1)
- chimo — an exclamation of greeting among Inuit people
- chino — a durable cotton twill cloth
- chios — an island in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Turkey: belongs to Greece. Capital: Chios. Pop: 51 936 (2001). Area: 904 sq km (353 sq miles)
- chiro — a chiropractor
- choil — An unsharpened section of a knife blade in front of the guard on the blade.
- choir — A choir is a group of people who sing together, for example in a church or school.
- choli — a short-sleeved bodice, as worn by Indian women
- ciano — Galeazzo, full name Conte Galeazzo Ciano di Cortellazzo. 1903–44, Italian fascist politician; minister of foreign affairs (1936–43) and son-in-law of Mussolini, whose supporters shot him
- cimon — died 449 bc, Athenian military and naval commander: defeated the Persians at Eurymedon (?466)
- cions — scion (def 2).
- cipro — a synthetic antibiotic, C17H18FN3O3·HCl·H2O, used in treating urinary tract infections, lung infections, etc.
- cirio — boojum tree.