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11-letter words containing bo

  • bottle bill — a legislative bill that requires the charging of a refundable deposit on certain beverage bottles and cans, to encourage the return of these containers for recycling while at the same time reducing littering.
  • bottle club — a so-called club in which patrons, nominally members, are served liquor from bottles purportedly belonging to them, without regard to liquor control laws
  • bottle fern — a fern, Cystopteris fragilis, of rocky, wooded areas throughout North America, having grayish-green fronds and brittle stalks.
  • bottle rack — a rack for bottles, such as bottles of wine
  • bottle shop — A bottle shop is a shop which sells wine, beer, and other alcoholic drinks.
  • bottle tree — any of several Australian sterculiaceous trees of the genus Sterculia (or Brachychiton) that have a bottle-shaped swollen trunk
  • bottle-feed — If you bottle-feed a baby, you give it milk or a liquid like milk in a bottle rather than the baby sucking milk from its mother's breasts.
  • bottle-jack — a large jack used for heavy lifts
  • bottlebrush — a cylindrical brush on a thin shaft, used for cleaning bottles
  • bottled gas — butane or propane gas liquefied under pressure in portable containers and used in camping stoves, blowtorches, etc
  • bottom bolt — a bolt at the bottom of a door or the like, sliding into a socket in the floor or sill and equipped with a device for keeping it raised when the door is not fastened.
  • bottom fish — any fish that feeds or lives near the bottom of a body of water, as a flounder or catfish
  • bottom gear — the lowest gear of a car, lorry, etc
  • bottom heat — heat artificially applied to a container in which plants are grown in order to induce their germination, rooting, or growth.
  • bottom lady — a pimp's most reliable prostitute.
  • bottom land — bottom (def 4).
  • bottom line — The bottom line in a decision or situation is the most important factor that you have to consider.
  • bottom plug — A bottom plug is a bridge or cement seal placed near the bottom of the well in order to shut it off.
  • bottom time — the total time, in minutes, from the beginning of a descent to the beginning of an ascent.
  • bottom-fish — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
  • boudin noir — a dark-colored boiled sausage made with pork and blood, and often highly spiced
  • boulangerie — a bakery shop, specif. one that specializes in breads, rolls, etc.
  • boulder dam — Hoover Dam
  • boumedienne — Houari (ˈhaʊərɪ). 1927–78, Algerian statesman and soldier: president of Algeria (1965–78) after overthrowing Ben Bella in a coup
  • bounce back — If you bounce back after a bad experience, you return very quickly to your previous level of success, enthusiasm, or activity.
  • bounce game — (esp in soccer) a non-competitive game played as part of training
  • bound up in — If something is bound up in a particular form or place, it is fixed in that form or contained in that place.
  • boundedness — the quality of being bounded
  • bouquetiere — an assortment of fresh vegetables
  • bourbonnais — a town in NE Illinois.
  • bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
  • bourgeoning — to grow or develop quickly; flourish: The town burgeoned into a city. He burgeoned into a fine actor.
  • bourguignon — a sauce made with red wine, onions, and seasoning
  • bournebasic — A BASIC interpreter. comp.sources.misc archives volume 1.
  • bournemouth — a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
  • boutonniere — a flower or flowers worn in a buttonhole, as of a lapel
  • bow compass — a compass for drawing, in which the legs are joined by a flexible metal bow-shaped spring rather than a hinge, the angle being adjusted by a screw
  • bow divider — a bow compass, each leg of which terminates in a needle, used to transfer measurements from one area of a drawing to another.
  • bow trolley — See under trolley (def 4).
  • bowie knife — a stout hunting knife with a short hilt and a guard for the hand
  • bowie state — Arkansas (used as a nickname).
  • bowling bag — a bag for carrying a bowling ball and often bowling shoes or other equipment.
  • box cornice — a hollow cornice of boards and moldings nailed to rafters and lookouts.
  • box spanner — a spanner consisting of a steel cylinder with a hexagonal end that fits over a nut: used esp to turn nuts in positions that are recessed or difficult of access
  • box-ticking — the process of satisfying bureaucratic administrative requirements rather than assessing the actual merit of something
  • boxer-style — cut or fashioned in the style of boxer shorts: men's boxer-style bathing suits.
  • boxing ring — A boxing ring is a raised square platform with ropes around it in which boxers fight.
  • boy soprano — a young male singer whose voice is in the soprano range and has not yet broken, esp one who performs solo
  • boyle's law — the principle that the pressure of a gas varies inversely with its volume at constant temperature
  • boysenberry — a type of bramble: a hybrid of the loganberry and various blackberries and raspberries
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