6-letter words containing o, l
- benzol — a crude form of benzene, containing toluene, xylene, and other hydrocarbons, obtained from coal tar or coal gas and used as a fuel
- betoil — to worry
- bhopal — a city in central India, the capital of Madhya Pradesh state and of the former state of Bhopal: site of a poisonous gas leak from a US-owned factory, which killed over 7000 people in 1984 and was implicated in a further 15 000 deaths afterwards. Pop: 1 433 875 (2001)
- bifold — foldable in two places
- bigloo — (language) A Scheme interpreter, compiler and run-time system by Manuel Serrano <[email protected]> which aims to deliver small, fast stand-alone applications. It supports modules and optimisation. Bigloo's features enable Scheme programs to be used where C or C++ might usually be required. The Bigloo compiler produces ANSI C which is compiled into stand-alone executables, JVM bytecode, or .NET bytecode. Hence Bigloo enables Scheme programs to interwork with C, Java and C# programs. Bigloo conforms to the IEEE Scheme standard with some extensions for regular expression handling. It runs on Sun, Sony News, SGI, Linux, HP-UX and is easy to port to any Unix system.
- bilbao — a port in N Spain, on the Bay of Biscay: the largest city in the Basque Provinces: famous since medieval times for the production of iron and steel goods: modern buildings include the Guggenheim Art Museum (1997). Pop: 353 567 (2003 est)
- billon — an alloy consisting of gold or silver and a base metal, usually copper, used esp for coinage
- billow — When something made of cloth billows, it swells out and moves slowly in the wind.
- biloxi — a member of a North American Indian people that lived in the lower Mississippi Valley
- bitola — city in S Macedonia: pop. 75,000
- bitolj — a city in SW Macedonia: under Turkish rule from 1382 until 1913 when it was taken by the Serbs. Pop: 77 000 (2005 est)
- 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
- blocks — a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more flat or approximately flat faces.
- blocky — like a block, esp in shape and solidity
- 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.
- bloody — Bloody is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are angry.
- blooey — faulty; wrong; awry
- bloomy — having a fine whitish coating on the surface, such as on the rind of a cheese
- blosim — Block-Diagram Simulator. A block-diagram simulator. "A Tool for Structured Functional Simulation", D.G. Messerschmitt, IEEE J on Selected Areas in Comm, SAC-2(1):137-147, 1984.
- blotch — A blotch is a small unpleasant-looking area of colour, for example on someone's skin.
- blotto — unconscious, esp through drunkenness
- blotty — covered in or characterized by blots
- blouse — A blouse is a kind of shirt worn by a girl or woman.
- blousy — like a blouse
- blowby — in an internal-combustion engine, the escape of unburned gases past the piston rings into the crankcase
- blowed — a simple past tense and past participle of blow2 .
- blower — The blower is the telephone.
- blowie — a blowfly
- blowse — a brash, red-faced woman
- blowsy — (esp of a woman) untidy in appearance; slovenly or sluttish
- blowup — an explosion
- blowzy — fat, ruddy, and coarse-looking
- blyton — Enid (Mary). 1897–1968, British writer of children's books; creator of Noddy and the Famous Five series of adventure stories
- boatel — a waterside hotel catering for boating people
- bobble — A bobble is a small ball of material, usually made of wool, which is used for decorating clothes.
- bobbly — (of fabric) covered in small balls of fabric, as a result of washing and wear
- boblet — a two-man bobsleigh
- bodily — Your bodily needs and functions are the needs and functions of your body.
- bodley — George Frederick, 1827–1907, English architect.
- boggle — If you say that the mind boggles at something or that something boggles the mind, you mean that it is so strange or amazing that it is difficult to imagine or understand.
- bohlen — Charles Eustis [yoo-stis] /ˈyu stɪs/ (Show IPA), ("Chip") 1904–74, U.S. diplomat.
- boiled — that has been brought to boiling point
- boiler — A boiler is a device which burns gas, oil, electricity, or coal in order to provide hot water, especially for the central heating in a building.
- bokmal — one of the two official forms of written Norwegian, closely related to Danish
- 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
- bolder — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- boldly — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- bolero — A bolero is a very short jacket, sometimes without sleeves. Boleros are worn mainly by women.