10-letter words containing bo
- body louse — See under louse (def 1).
- body odour — Body odour is an unpleasant smell caused by sweat on a person's body.
- body press — a hold in which a wrestler places full body weight on a supine opponent in trying to pin the opponent's shoulders to the mat.
- body punch — a blow to the body of an opponent
- body scrub — a product designed to exfoliate the skin
- body shirt — a close-fitting shirt or blouse having a shape and seams that follow the contours of the body.
- body track — the tracks of a railroad yard used for switching or sorting cars.
- bodyshaper — an undergarment which flattens the stomach, bottom etc
- bodyworker — a person involved in the building or repair of bodywork
- boehmenism — the mystical doctrines or conceptions of Jakob Böhme.
- boehmenist — a supporter or adherent of Boehmenism.
- bofors gun — an automatic single- or double-barrelled anti-aircraft gun with a 40 millimetre bore
- bog myrtle — sweet gale.
- bog orchid — an orchid, Hammarbya (or Malaxis) paludosa, growing in sphagnum bogs in the N hemisphere. It has greenish-yellow flowers and its leaves bear a fringe of tiny bulbils
- bog spavin — enlargement of the hock of a horse by accumulation in the joint, usually caused by inflammation or injury, and often resulting in lameness
- bog turtle — a small turtle, Clemmys muhlenbergi, inhabiting swamps and slow, muddy-bottomed streams in scattered areas from New York to North Carolina.
- bogey hole — a natural pool used for swimming
- bogey-hole — a swimming hole.
- bogon flux — /boh'gon fluhks/ A measure of a supposed field of bogosity emitted by a speaker, measured by a bogometer; as a speaker starts to wander into increasing bogosity a listener might say "Warning, warning, bogon flux is rising". See quantum bogodynamics.
- bogtrotter — a highly offensive term for an Irish person
- bohemond i — ?1056–?1111, prince of Antioch (1099–1111); a leader of the first crusade, he helped to capture Antioch (1098)
- böhm flute — a type of flute in which the holes are covered with keys; the standard type of modern flute
- bohmerwald — German name of Bohemian Forest.
- boiled egg — an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water
- boiled oil — any of several oils, esp. linseed, that are heated (not boiled) and mixed with driers to form a thick, dark, quick-drying oil
- boilersuit — a one-piece work garment consisting of overalls and a shirt top usually worn over ordinary clothes to protect them
- bois brule — métis (def 2).
- bois d'arc — Osage orange (def 1).
- bois-brûlé — a mixed-race person of Canadian Indian and White (usually French Canadian) ancestry; Métis
- boisbriand — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- boisterous — Someone who is boisterous is noisy, lively, and full of energy.
- boko haram — a militant and violent Islamic organization established in NE Nigeria in 2002 and also active in Niger, Chad, and Cameroon
- bolan pass — a mountain pass in W central Pakistan through the Brahui Range, between Sibi and Quetta, rising to 1800 m (5900 ft)
- bold-faced — confident or impudent
- boldrewood — Rolf, real name Thomas Alexander Browne. 1826–1915, Australian writer, born in the UK, noted for his novels of the Australian outback, esp Robbery Under Arms (1882–3)
- bollandist — any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
- bollocking — a severe telling-off; dressing-down
- bolsheviks — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- bolshevism — Bolshevism is the political system and ideas that Lenin and his supporters introduced in Russia after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
- bolshevist — a follower or advocate of the doctrines or methods of the Bolsheviks.
- bolshevize — to bring into line with Communist ideology
- bolstering — a long, often cylindrical, cushion or pillow for a bed, sofa, etc.
- bomb aimer — a person whose job is to aim a bomb to be dropped from an aircraft
- bomb blast — the impact caused by a bomb
- bomb ketch — Nautical. a ketch-rigged vessel of the 17th and 18th centuries, carrying heavy mortars for firing bombs.
- bomb lance — a harpoon fitted with an explosive head.
- bomb scare — an alarm arising from the fear that a bomb may have been left in a place
- bomb squad — a squad or force of police officers or others trained to disarm bombs and other explosive devices.
- bombardier — the member of a bomber aircrew responsible for aiming and releasing the bombs
- bombarding — to attack or batter with artillery fire.