Words starting with bog
3 letter words starting with bog
- bog — A bog is an area of land which is very wet and muddy.
- bog asphodel — either of two liliaceous plants, Narthecium ossifragum of Europe or N. americanum of North America, that grow in boggy places and have small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves
- bog deal — pine wood found preserved in peat bogs
- bog down — If a plan or process bogs down or if something bogs it down, it is delayed and no progress is made.
- bog hole — a land-surface depression occupied by waterlogged soil and spongy vegetative material that cannot bear the weight of large animals.
4 letter words starting with bog
5 letter words starting with bog
- bogan — (esp in the Maritime Provinces) a sluggish side stream
- bogey — A bogey is something or someone that people are worried about, perhaps without much cause or reason.
- boggy — Boggy land is very wet and muddy land.
- bogie — an assembly of four or six wheels forming a pivoted support at either end of a railway coach. It provides flexibility on curves
- bogle — a scarecrow
6 letter words starting with bog
- bogard — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- bogart — to monopolize or keep (something, esp a marijuana cigarette) to oneself selfishly
- bogged — wet, spongy ground with soil composed mainly of decayed vegetable matter.
- bogger — a lavatory
- boggle — If you say that the mind boggles at something or that something boggles the mind, you mean that it is so strange or amazing that it is difficult to imagine or understand.
7 letter words starting with bog
- bogarde — Sir Dirk, real name Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde. 1920–99, British film actor and writer: his films include The Servant (1963) and Death in Venice (1970). His writings include the autobiographical A Postillion Struck by Lightning (1977) and the novel A Period of Adjustment (1994)
- bogbean — buckbean
- boggart — a ghost or poltergeist
- bogging — filthy; covered in dirt and grime
- boggish — like a bog
8 letter words starting with bog
- bogalusa — a city in SE Louisiana.
- bogarted — to take an unfair share of (something); keep for oneself instead of sharing: Are you gonna bogart that joint all night?
- bogeyism — the recognition of or belief in the existence of ghosts or demons
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- bogomips — (unit) (From "bogus", "MIPS") The timing unit of the Linux kernel. A BogoMips is an unscientific measurement of processor speed made by the Linux kernel when it boots, to calibrate an internal busy-loop.
9 letter words starting with bog
- boghazkoy — a village in N central Turkey: site of the ancient Hittite city of Hattusas.
- bogo-sort — (algorithm, humour) /boh"goh-sort"/ (Or "stupid-sort") The archetypical perversely awful algorithm (as opposed to bubble sort, which is merely the generic *bad* algorithm). Bogo-sort is equivalent to repeatedly throwing a deck of cards in the air, picking them up at random, and then testing whether they are in order. It serves as a sort of canonical example of awfulness. Looking at a program and seeing a dumb algorithm, one might say "Oh, I see, this program uses bogo-sort." Also known as "monkey sort" after the Infinite Monkey Theorem. Compare brute force, Lasherism.
- bogometer — (humour) /boh-gom'-*t-er/ A notional instrument for measuring bogosity. Compare the "wankometer" described in the wank entry.
- bogorodsk — former name of Noginsk.
10 letter words starting with bog
- bogey-hole — a swimming hole.
- bogtrotter — a highly offensive term for an Irish person
11 letter words starting with bog
- bogtrotting — the act of roaming over boggy areas, or living in boggy areas
12 letter words starting with bog
- bog-standard — If you describe something as bog-standard you mean that is an ordinary example of its kind, with no exciting or interesting features.
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