10-letter words starting with bo
- booty bump — a method of administering the recreational drug methamphetamine, in which the drug is mixed with water then injected into the rectum with a needleless syringe
- booty call — a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex
- boozehound — a person who drinks excessive amounts of alcohol regularly
- borah peak — a mountain in central Idaho, in the Lost River Range: highest peak in Idaho. 12,662 feet (3861 meters).
- borax bead — a bead of fused borax, used in chemical analysis for the identification of certain metal oxides.
- borborygmi — a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines.
- bordelaise — denoting a brown sauce flavoured with red wine and sometimes mushrooms
- border tax — a tax system for imports and exports, especially one that compensates for internal taxes in Common Market countries by levying fees or paying rebates.
- bordereaux — a detailed memorandum, especially one in which documents are listed.
- borderland — The borderland between two things is an area which contains features from both of these things so that it is not possible to say that it belongs to one or the other.
- borderless — without a band or margin around or along the edge
- borderline — The borderline between two different or opposite things is the division between them.
- bordraging — an attack or raid on a border region
- borer bomb — a device that emits pesticide fumes
- borgerhout — a town in N Belgium, near Antwerp. Pop: 40 142 (2002 est)
- boric acid — a white soluble weakly acid crystalline solid used in the manufacture of heat-resistant glass and porcelain enamels, as a fireproofing material, and as a mild antiseptic. Formula: H3BO3
- boring bar — Metalworking. a bar holding a tool for boring a cylinder or the like.
- boringness — the quality of being boring
- boris bike — any bicycle rented out by London's public bicycle hire scheme
- born-again — A born-again Christian is a person who has become an evangelical Christian as a result of a religious experience.
- borrow pit — an excavation dug to provide fill to make up ground elsewhere
- borrow-pit — a pit from which construction material, as sand or gravel, is taken for use as fill at another location.
- borrowable — to take or obtain with the promise to return the same or an equivalent: Our neighbor borrowed my lawn mower.
- borrowings — a company's liabilities or indebtedness
- boskop man — the undated cranial remains of a possible Homo sapiens found in the Transvaal of South Africa.
- boss cocky — a boss or person in power
- boss-tweed — William Marcy [mahr-see] /ˈmɑr si/ (Show IPA), ("Boss Tweed") 1823–78, U.S. politician.
- bossa nova — a dance similar to the samba, originating in Brazil
- bossyboots — a bossy or domineering person
- boston bag — a two-handled bag for carrying books, papers, etc.
- boston ivy — a climbing vine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata) of the grape family, native to Japan and China, having shield-shaped leaves and purple berries: often grown to cover walls
- bostonians — of, relating to, or typical of Boston, Mass., or its residents: a Bostonian childhood; Bostonian reserve.
- bosun bird — tropic bird.
- boswellize — to write an account of in the detailed manner of Boswell.
- botany bay — an inlet of the Tasman Sea, on the SE coast of Australia: surrounded by the suburbs of Sydney
- bothersome — Someone or something that is bothersome is annoying or irritating.
- botryoidal — (of minerals, parts of plants, etc) shaped like a bunch of grapes
- botticelli — Sandro (ˈsandro), original name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi. 1444–1510, Italian (Florentine) painter, illustrator, and engraver, noted for the graceful outlines and delicate details of his mythological and religious paintings
- bottle cap — a device for closing or sealing a bottle, especially a metal cover with a cork gasket fitting tightly over the mouth of a glass or plastic bottle, held in place by crimping the edge of the cap over the lip or flange of the bottle.
- bottle imp — Cartesian diver.
- bottle out — If you bottle out, you lose your courage at the last moment and do not do something you intended to do.
- bottle-top — a cap on the top of a bottle
- bottlehead — bottlenose (def 2).
- bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
- bottlenose — a kind of whale or dolphin
- bottletree — any of a genus (Brachychiton) of trees of the sterculia family, native to Australia, some of which have a swollen, bottle-shaped trunk
- bottom dog — underdog.
- bottom ice — anchor ice.
- bottom out — If a trend such as a fall in prices bottoms out, it stops getting worse or decreasing, and remains at a particular level or amount.
- bottomhole — The bottomhole is the lowest or deepest part of a well.