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9-letter words containing bo

  • boardwalk — A boardwalk is a path made of wooden boards, especially one along a beach.
  • boarhound — a hound used to chase boar
  • boastless — without boasting
  • boat deck — the deck of a ship on which the lifeboats are kept
  • boat hook — a hook mounted at the end of a pole, used to pull or push boats toward or away from a landing, to pick up a mooring, etc.
  • boat nail — a nail with a convex head and a chisel point.
  • boat neck — a high slitlike neckline of a garment that extends onto the shoulders
  • boat ride — a ride in a boat
  • boat shoe — a shoe, usually in a style somewhat like a moccasin, with a rubber sole suitable for walking on the deck of a boat
  • boat tail — a body style in which the rear end of the vehicle tapers to a point or a cone.
  • boat trip — a trip in a boat
  • boathouse — A boathouse is a building at the edge of a lake, in which boats are kept.
  • boatswain — a petty officer on a merchant ship or a warrant officer on a warship who is responsible for the maintenance of the ship and its equipment
  • bob skate — an ice skate with two parallel blades
  • bob-a-job — a fundraising activity that involved boy scouts knocking on doors and offering to do jobs for one shilling
  • bob-bling — a repeated, jerky movement; bob.
  • bob-fosse — Robert Louis ("Bob") 1927–87, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and theater and film director.
  • bob-wheel — a metrical device found in Middle English and Middle Scots poetry, where a very short line (the 'bob') is followed by longer lines with an internal rhyme scheme (the 'wheel')
  • bobadilla — Francisco de [frahn-thees-kaw th e,, -sees-] /frɑnˈθis kɔ ðɛ,, -ˈsis-/ (Show IPA), died 1502, Spanish colonial governor in the West Indies: sent Columbus back to Spain in chains.
  • bobbejaan — a baboon
  • bobby pin — A bobby pin is a small piece of metal or plastic bent back on itself, which someone uses to hold their hair in position.
  • bobby sox — indicating or associated with the wearing of bobbysocks; adolescent: strictly a bobbysocks crowd; the bobbysocks generation.
  • bobbysock — ankle-length sock worn esp by teenage girls
  • bobsleigh — A bobsleigh is a vehicle with long thin strips of metal fixed to the bottom, which is used for racing downhill on ice.
  • bobsy-die — fuss; confusion; pandemonium (esp in the phrases kick up bobsy-die, play bobsy-die)
  • bobtailed — having the tail cut short
  • boccaccio — Giovanni (dʒoˈvani). 1313–75, Italian poet and writer, noted particularly for his Decameron (1353), a collection of 100 short stories. His other works include Filostrato (?1338) and Teseida (1341)
  • bock beer — heavy dark strong beer
  • boda-boda — a bicycle taxi
  • bodacious — If you say that someone or something is bodacious, you mean that they are very good or impressive.
  • bode plot — A Bode plot is the graph of amplitude (in decibels) and phase against frequency (in logarithmic format).
  • bodeguero — a wine-seller or grocer
  • bodements — a foreboding or omen; presentiment.
  • bodenheim — Maxwell, 1892–1954, U.S. poet and novelist.
  • bodh gaya — a village in central Bihar, in NE India: site of tree under which Siddhartha became the Buddha.
  • body belt — a wide belt used to support the back, or to provide protection or warmth
  • body blow — A body blow is something that causes great disappointment and difficulty to someone who is trying to achieve something.
  • body cell — somatic cell.
  • body copy — the main part of an advertisement, as opposed to headlines, etc
  • body drop — a judo throw executed by grabbing the opponent as one is turning one's back and then extending a leg to pull the opponent down over it.
  • body hair — hair that grows on the body as opposed to the head or face
  • body mass — the ratio of a person's weight to their height
  • body mike — a microphone attached to the body
  • body odor — Body odor is an unpleasant smell caused by sweat on a person's body.
  • body part — a part of a human body
  • body plan — Biology. the basic shape of members of an animal phylum; the general structure each individual organism assumes as it develops. Compare bilateral symmetry, radial symmetry.
  • body shop — a place where the bodywork of motor vehicles is built or repaired
  • body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
  • body type — type used in the main text of printed matter, generally less than 14 points.
  • body wave — Geology. a transverse or longitudinal earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth (distinguished from surface wave).
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