5-letter words containing o
- 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
- bojer — Johan [yoh-hahn;; Norwegian yoh-hahn,, yoo-] /ˈyoʊ hɑn;; Norwegian yoʊˈhɑn,, yʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1872–1959, Norwegian novelist and playwright.
- bolar — of or relating to clay
- bolas — bola (def 1).
- boldo — a Chilean evergreen tree, Peumus boldus, cultivated in California for its aromatic foliage.
- boles — any of a variety of soft, unctuous clays of various colors, used as pigments.
- bolix — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- bolts — a movable bar or rod that when slid into a socket fastens a door, gate, etc.
- bolus — a small round soft mass, esp of chewed food
- bombe — a dessert of ice cream lined or filled with custard, cake crumbs, etc
- bombo — a cheap or inferior wine
- bonce — Your bonce is your head.
- 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
- bonds — Barry (Lamar). born 1964, US baseball player: holder of records for most home runs in a season (73) and a career (762)
- boned — having had the bones removed from it
- boner — a blunder
- bones — the human skeleton or body
- bongo — A bongo is a small drum that you play with your hands.
- bonne — a housemaid or female servant
- bonny — Someone or something that is bonny is attractive and nice to look at.
- bonpa — a member of the Bön sect.
- bonus — A bonus is an extra amount of money that is added to someone's pay, usually because they have worked very hard.
- bonze — a Chinese or Japanese Buddhist priest or monk
- boobs — a female breast.
- booby — an ignorant or foolish person
- boody — to sulk
- booed — an exclamation of contempt or disapproval: a loud boo from the bleachers.
- boofy — muscular and strong but stupid
- books — a record of the transactions of a business or society
- booky — bookish
- boole — George. 1815–64, English mathematician. In Mathematical Analysis of Logic (1847) and An Investigation of the Laws of Thought (1854), he applied mathematical formulae to logic, creating Boolean algebra
- bools — the game of bowls or marbles
- boomy — characterized by an exaggerated or excessive bass sound
- boone — Daniel. 1734–1820, American pioneer, explorer, and guide, esp in Kentucky
- boong — an Aborigine or Black person
- boors — a churlish, rude, or unmannerly person.
- boost — If one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful.
- booth — A booth is a small area separated from a larger public area by screens or thin walls where, for example, people can make a telephone call or vote in private.
- bootp — The Bootstrap Protocol. A protocol described in RFCs 951 and 1084 and used for booting diskless workstations. See also Reverse Address Resolution Protocol.
- boots — (formerly) a shoeblack who cleans the guests' shoes in a hotel
- booty — Booty is a collection of valuable things stolen from a place, especially by soldiers after a battle.
- booze — Booze is alcoholic drink.
- boozy — A boozy person is someone who drinks a lot of alcohol.
- borah — William Edgar, 1865–1940, U.S. senator from Idaho 1906–40.
- borak — rubbish; nonsense
- boral — the powdered mixture of boron carbide and aluminium
- boras — a city in SW Sweden, chiefly producing textiles. Pop: 98 831 (2004 est)
- borax — Borax is a white powder used, for example, in the making of glass and as a cleaning chemical.
- bored — If you are bored, you feel tired and impatient because you have lost interest in something or because you have nothing to do.