6-letter words starting with bo
- böhmen — an area of the W Czech Republic, formerly a province of Czechoslovakia (1918–1949). From 1939 until 1945 it formed part of the German protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia
- bohunk — a labourer from east or central Europe
- boiled — that has been brought to boiling point
- boiler — A boiler is a device which burns gas, oil, electricity, or coal in order to provide hot water, especially for the central heating in a building.
- bokmal — one of the two official forms of written Norwegian, closely related to Danish
- boland — an area of high altitude in S South Africa
- bolden — Buddy, real name Charles Bolden. 1868–1931, US Black jazz cornet player; a pioneer of the New Orleans style
- bolder — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- boldly — not hesitating or fearful in the face of actual or possible danger or rebuff; courageous and daring: a bold hero.
- bolero — A bolero is a very short jacket, sometimes without sleeves. Boleros are worn mainly by women.
- bolete — any fungus of the genus Boletus
- boleyn — Anne. 1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England; mother of Elizabeth I. She was executed on a charge of adultery
- bolger — James. born 1935, New Zealand politician; prime minister (1990–97)
- bolide — a large exceptionally bright meteor that often explodes
- boline — (in Wicca) a knife, usually sickle-shaped and with a white handle, used for gathering herbs and carving symbols
- bolita — a form of numbers pool.
- bollix — to make a muddle of; bungle; botch
- bollox — to do (something) badly; bungle (often followed by up): His interference bollixed up the whole deal.
- bolshy — If you say that someone is bolshy, you mean that they easily get angry and often do not do what other people want them to do.
- bolson — a desert valley surrounded by mountains, with a shallow lake at the centre
- bolted — equipped with a bolt or bolts
- boltel — Also, boutel, boutell, bowtel, bowtell. a convex molding, as a torus or ovolo.
- bolter — an outsider in a contest or race
- bolton — a town in NW England, in Bolton unitary authority, Greater Manchester: centre of the woollen trade since the 14th century; later important for cotton. Pop: 139 403 (2001)
- bolyai — János [yah-nawsh] /ˈyɑ nɔʃ/ (Show IPA), 1802–60, Hungarian mathematician.
- bomarc — a winged, surface-to-air interceptor missile.
- bombax — a genus of trees (family Malvaceae), the most well-known species of which is the cotton tree
- bombay — a breed of black short-haired medium-sized cat
- bombed — under the influence of alcohol or drugs (esp in the phrase bombed out of one's mind or skull)
- bomber — A bomber is a military aircraft which drops bombs.
- bombyx — a Chinese silkworm moth
- bommie — an outcrop of coral reef, often resembling a column, that is higher than the surrounding platform of reef and which may be partially exposed at low tide
- bonaci — a name for the black grouper fish (Mycteroperca bonaci), also used for various similar species
- bonbon — a sweet
- bonded — A bonded company has entered into a legal agreement which offers its customers some protection if the company does not fulfil its contract with them.
- bonder — a long stone or brick laid in a wall as a header
- bonduc — either of two species of leguminous shrub (Caesalpinia bonduc and Caesalpinia major) which produce hard, shiny seeds commonly known as nickernuts
- bonham — a piglet
- boning — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- bonism — the doctrine that the world is good, although not the best of all possible worlds
- bonita — a female given name.
- bonito — any of various small tunny-like marine food fishes of the genus Sarda, of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters: family Scombridae (tunnies and mackerels)
- bonnaz — embroidery made by machine.
- bonnet — The bonnet of a car is the metal cover over the engine at the front.
- bonnie — a feminine name: var. Bonny
- bonobo — an anthropoid ape, Pan paniscus, of central W Africa: similar to the chimpanzee but much smaller and having a black face
- bonsai — A bonsai or a bonsai tree is a tree or shrub that has been kept very small by growing it in a little pot and cutting it in a special way.
- bontoc — Bontok.
- bontok — a member of a people who inhabit northern Luzon in the Philippines.
- bonxie — (originally in Shetland) the great skua