6-letter words containing bo
- botham — Sir Ian (Terence). born 1955, English cricketer: an all-rounder, he played in 102 test matches (1977–1992) taking 383 wickets
- bothan — a hut or booth, esp one used as an illegal drinking house
- bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- botkin — Benjamin Albert, 1901–75, U.S. folklorist, editor, and essayist.
- botnet — a network of computers infected by a program that communicates with its creator in order to send unsolicited emails, attack websites, etc
- botoné — terminating in three ornamental budlike lobes
- botony — (of a cross) having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil: cross botonée.
- bottle — A bottle is a glass or plastic container in which drinks and other liquids are kept. Bottles are usually round with straight sides and a narrow top.
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- botwar — (chat) The epic struggle of bots vying for dominance. Botwars are generally (and quite inappropriately) carried out on talk systems, typically IRC, where botwar crossfire (such as pingflooding) absorbs scarce server resources and obstructs human conversation. The wisdom of experience indicates that Core Wars, not talk systems, are the appropriate venue for aggressive bots and their botmasters. Compare penis war.
- bouake — a market town in S central Côte d'Ivoire. Pop: 521 000 (2005 est)
- boubou — a long flowing garment worn by men and women in Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, and some other parts of Africa
- bouche — the notch cut in the top corner of a shield to support a lance
- boucle — looped yarn giving a knobbly effect
- boudin — a French version of a black pudding
- bouffe — opéra bouffe
- bouget — a representation of a water-carrying vessel consisting of a yoke with a bucket at either end
- boughs — a branch of a tree, especially one of the larger or main branches.
- bought — Bought is the past tense and past participle of buy.
- bougie — a long slender semiflexible cylindrical instrument for inserting into body passages, such as the rectum or urethra, to dilate structures, introduce medication, etc
- boules — Boules is a game in which a small ball is thrown and then the players try to throw other balls as close to the first ball as possible.
- boulez — Pierre (pjɛr). 1925–2016, French composer of modernist music; also a noted conductor
- boulle — denoting or relating to a type of marquetry of patterned inlays of brass and tortoiseshell, occasionally with other metals such as pewter, much used on French furniture from the 17th century
- bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
- bouncy — Someone or something that is bouncy is very lively.
- bounds — a limit; boundary (esp in the phrase know no bounds)
- bounty — You can refer to something that is provided in large amounts as bounty.
- bourne — a brook or rivulet.
- bourse — A country's or region's bourse is its stock exchange.
- boutel — boltel (def 1).
- bouton — the enlarged part of a nerve fibre or cell which facilitates contact between nerves
- bovate — an oxgang
- bovine — Bovine means relating to cattle.
- bovril — a concentrated beef extract, used for flavouring, as a stock, etc
- bovver — rowdiness, esp caused by gangs of teenage youths
- bowell — Sir Mackenzie, 1823–1917, Canadian statesman, born in England: prime minister 1894–96.
- bowels — innards; entrails
- bowers — a musician, as a violinist, who performs with a bow on a stringed instrument.
- bowery — a farm or plantation of an early Dutch settler of New York
- bowfin — a primitive North American freshwater bony fish, Amia calva, with an elongated body and a very long dorsal fin: family Amiidae
- bowing — the technique of using the bow in playing a violin, viola, cello, or related instrument
- bowleg — a leg that curves outwards
- bowler — The bowler in a sport such as cricket is the player who is bowling the ball.
- bowles — Paul. 1910–99, US novelist, short-story writer, and composer, living in Tangiers. His novels include The Sheltering Sky (1949) and The Spider's House (1955)
- bowman — an archer
- bowpot — a large vase or pot for cut flowers or small branches.
- bowsaw — a saw with a thin blade in a bow-shaped frame
- bowser — a tanker containing fuel for aircraft, military vehicles, etc
- bowsie — a low-class mean or obstreperous person
- bowtel — boltel (def 1).