9-letter words containing bo
- bombasine — bombazine.
- bombaster — a person who stuffs or pads
- bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
- bombazeen — a twill fabric constructed of a silk or rayon warp and worsted filling, often dyed black for mourning wear.
- bombazine — a twilled fabric, esp one with a silk warp and worsted weft, formerly worn dyed black for mourning
- bombilate — to make a buzzing noise
- bombinate — to make a buzzing noise
- bombproof — capable of withstanding the impact of bombs
- bombshell — A bombshell is a sudden piece of bad or unexpected news.
- bombsight — a mechanical or electronic device in an aircraft for aiming bombs
- bombycoid — relating to moths of the family Bombycidae
- bona fide — If something or someone is bona fide, they are genuine or real.
- bonaparte — Jérôme (ʒerom), brother of Napoleon I. 1784–1860, king of Westphalia (1807–13)
- bonderize — to coat (steel) with an anticorrosive phosphate solution, usually in preparation for the application of paint, enamel, or lacquer.
- bondslave — a person held in bondage.
- bondstone — a long stone or brick laid in a wall as a header
- bondwoman — a female serf or slave
- bone cell — a cell found in bone in any of its functional states; an osteoblast, osteoclast, or osteocyte.
- bone idle — very idle; extremely lazy
- bone meal — Bone meal is a substance made from animal bones which is used as a fertilizer.
- boneblack — a black residue from the destructive distillation of bones, containing about 10 per cent carbon and 80 per cent calcium phosphate, used as a decolorizing agent and pigment
- bonetired — completely exhausted
- bonhomous — exhibiting bonhomie
- bonilasse — an attractive young woman
- bonington — Sir Chris(tian John Storey). born 1934, British mountaineer and writer; led 1970 Annapurna I and 1975 Everest expeditions; reached Everest summit in 1985
- bonne foi — sincerity.
- bonnibell — a pretty girl
- bonniness — the quality of being bonny
- bononcini — Giovanni Maria [jaw-vahn-nee mah-ree-ah] /dʒɔˈvɑn ni mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1640–78, and his sons Giovanni Battista [baht-tee-stah] /bɑtˈti stɑ/ (Show IPA) 1670–1747, and Marc Antonio [mahrk ahn-taw-nyaw] /mɑrk ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA) 1675–1726, Italian composers.
- bontebuck — bontebok.
- bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage
- boob tube — The boob tube is the television.
- boobialla — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Myoporum, esp M. insulare
- booboisie — a group or social class considered to be ignorant or uncultured
- boobquake — a Facebook campaign created to disprove the contention of an Iranian cleric that immodestly dressed women cause earthquakes
- boogerman — South Midland and Southern U.S. bogeyman.
- boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
- boogieing — Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- boogieman — bogeyman.
- boohooing — to weep noisily; blubber.
- book club — A book club is an organization that offers books at reduced prices to its members.
- book fair — a commercial event at which publishers exhibit and trade books
- book gill — the gill of a horseshoe crab, composed of numerous membranous structures arranged like the leaves of a closed book.
- book into — to reserve a room for (oneself or someone else) at (a hotel)
- book list — a list of books, especially a list of recommended or required readings.
- book lung — the respiratory organ of a spider, scorpion, or other arachnid, composed of thin, membranous structures arranged like the leaves of a book.
- book post — a special system and rate for posting books
- book rest — a support for an open book, usually holding it at a slight angle.
- book tile — a flat, cellular roofing tile having two parallel edges one of which is convex and the other concave, so that a number may be fit together edge to edge between rafters, joists, etc.
- bookcraft — literary skill; authorship.