7-letter words starting with bo
- bouclée — support for a cue in billiards using the hand
- boudoir — A boudoir is a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
- boughed — having a bough or boughs (usually used in combination): golden-boughed elms.
- bouilli — a meat stew
- boulder — A boulder is a large rounded rock.
- boulter — a long, stout fishing line with several hooks attached.
- boulton — Matthew. 1728–1809, British engineer and manufacturer, who financed Watt's steam engine and applied it to various industrial purposes
- bouncer — A bouncer is a man who stands at the door of a club, prevents unwanted people from coming in, and makes people leave if they cause trouble.
- bounded — (of a set) having a bound, esp where a measure is defined in terms of which all the elements of the set, or the differences between all pairs of members, are less than some value, or else all its members lie within some other well-defined set
- bounden — morally obligatory (archaic except in the phrase bounden duty)
- bounder — If you call a man a bounder, you mean he behaves in an unkind, deceitful, or selfish way.
- bouquet — A bouquet is a bunch of flowers which is attractively arranged.
- bourbon — Bourbon is a type of whisky that is made mainly in America.
- bourder — a person who jests or jokes
- bourdon — a 16-foot organ stop of the stopped diapason type
- bourges — a city in central France. Pop: 72 480 (1999)
- bourget — a suburb of Paris: former airport, landing site for Charles A. Lindbergh, May 1927.
- bourkha — a loose garment covering the entire body and having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women.
- bourree — traditional French dance in fast duple time
- boursin — a brand of soft white creamy cheese, often flavoured with garlic
- boutade — an outburst; sally
- bouvier — a large powerful dog of a Belgian breed, having a rough shaggy coat: used esp for cattle herding and guarding
- bow net — a clam-shaped net for trapping hawks, set open and baited with a pigeon, and closed upon the hawk by means of a trigger sprung from a blind.
- bow oar — an oarsman at the bow of a boat
- bow out — If you bow out of something, you stop taking part in it.
- bow saw — a saw having a narrow blade held at both ends by a bowed handle.
- bow tie — A bow tie is a tie in the form of a bow. Bow ties are worn by men, especially for formal occasions.
- bow-wow — an imitation of the bark of a dog
- bowbent — bent, shaped like a bow
- bowhead — a large-mouthed arctic whale, Balaena mysticetus, that has become rare through overfishing but is now a protected species
- bowknot — a decorative knot usually having two loops and two loose ends; bow
- bowlder — boulder
- bowlegs — outward curvature of the legs causing a separation of the knees when the ankles are close or in contact.
- bowless — without a bow or bows
- bowlful — The contents of a bowl can be referred to as a bowlful of something.
- bowlike — resembling a bow
- bowline — a line for controlling the weather leech of a square sail when a vessel is close-hauled
- bowling — Bowling is a game in which you roll a heavy ball down a narrow track towards a group of wooden objects and try to knock down as many of them as possible.
- bowshot — the distance an arrow travels from the bow
- bowwood — Osage orange (def 1).
- bowwows — the bark of a dog.
- bowyang — one of a pair of bowyangs
- box bed — a bed completely enclosed so as to resemble a box.
- box out — to block (an opponent) so as to prevent that player from getting a rebound
- box set — a collection of items of the same type, packaged together for sale in a presentation box
- box top — the top of a box; the upper portion of a boxed product, which may contain the expiration date, product identification, proof of purchase, or special voucher.
- box-top — the top of a box; the upper portion of a boxed product, which may contain the expiration date, product identification, proof of purchase, or special voucher.
- boxball — a street game played with a small ball
- boxcars — Railroads. a completely enclosed freight car.
- boxfish — trunkfish.