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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

boatload
shipload noun the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car; `he imported wine by the boatload`

boatman
boater noun someone who drives or rides in a boat

boatmanship
noun skill in handling boats

boatswain
bos`n noun a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

boatswain`s chair
bosun`s chair noun a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship

bob
bobber noun a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line

bob around
bob about verb move up and down with no specific path; `the cork bobbed around in the pool`

bob under
verb disappear suddenly, as if under the surface of a body of water

bobbin
spool noun a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

bobble
noun the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball; `the second baseman made a bobble but still had time to throw the runner out`

bobby
noun an informal term for a British policeman

Bobby Jones
Robert Tyre Jones noun United States golfer (1902-1971)

bobby pin
hairgrip noun a flat wire hairpin whose prongs press tightly together; used to hold bobbed hair in place; `in England they call a bobby pin a grip`

bobbysoxer
bobby-socker noun an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s)

bobcat
bay lynx noun small lynx of North America

bobolink
ricebird 1 reedbird 1 Dolichonyx oryzivorus noun migratory American songbird

bobsled
bobsleigh noun a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism

bobsledding
noun riding on a bobsled

bobtail
bobtailed adjective having a short or shortened tail; `bobtail mare`

bobwhite
bobwhite quail noun a popular North American game bird; named for its call

bocce
bocci noun Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court

bocce ball
bocci ball noun wooden ball that is bowled in the Italian game of bocce

bocconia
Bocconia frutescens noun small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers

bock
bock beer noun a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring

bodacious
adjective incorrigible; `a bodacious gossip`

bode
portend verb indicate by signs; `These signs bode bad news`

bodega
noun a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries

Bodhisattva
Boddhisatva noun Buddhist worthy of Nirvana who postpones it to help others

bodice
noun part of a dress above the waist

bodice ripper
noun a romantic novel containing scenes in which the heroine is sexually violated

bodied
corporal adjective possessing or existing in bodily form; `what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind`- Shakespeare; `an incarnate spirit`; ``corporate` is an archaic term`

bodiless
bodyless adjective having no trunk or main part; `a bodiless head`

bodily
corporal adjective affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; `bodily needs`; `a corporal defect`; `corporeal suffering`; `a somatic symptom or somatic illness`

bodily process
body process noun an organic process that takes place in the body; `respiratory activity`

bodily property
noun an attribute of the body

bodkin
threader noun a blunt needle for threading ribbon through loops

Bodo-Garo
Barish noun Kamarupan languages spoken in the state of Assam in northeastern India

Bodoni
Gianbattista Bodoni noun Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)

body
organic structure noun the entire structure of an organism (especially an animal or human being); `he felt as if his whole body were on fire`

body
noun a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person; `they found the body in the lake`

body armor
body armour noun armor that protects the wearer`s whole body

body bag
personnel pouch noun a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed

body count
noun a count of troops killed in an operation or time period; `the daily body count increased as the war went on`

body covering
noun any covering for the body or a body part

body English
noun a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction

body guard
verb accompany and protect from physical harm

body hair
noun short hair growing over a person`s body

body language
noun communication via the movements or attitudes of the body

body length
noun the length of your body

body lotion
noun lotion applied to the body after bathing

body louse
cootie noun a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings

body odor
body odour noun malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe

body of water
water noun the part of the earth`s surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean); `they invaded our territorial waters`; `they were sitting by the water`s edge`

body pad
noun a pad worn by hockey goalkeeper

body part
noun any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity

body plethysmograph
noun plethysmograph consisting of a chamber surrounding the entire body; used in studies of respiration

body servant
noun a valet or personal maid

body stocking
noun a one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs)

body substance
noun the substance of the body

body temperature
blood heat noun temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person`s health

body type
somatotype noun a category of physique

body waste
excretion noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body

body weight
noun the weight of a person`s body

body-surf
verb ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard

bodybuilder
muscle builder noun someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature

bodybuilding
anaerobic exercise noun exercise that builds muscles through tension

bodyguard
noun someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

bodypaint
verb apply paint to a body

bodywork
noun the work of making or repairing vehicle bodies

Boehme
Jakob Boehme noun German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy; influenced George Fox (1575-1624)

Boehmenism
Behmenism noun the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers

Boehmeria
genus Boehmeria noun false nettle

Boeotia
noun a district of ancient Greece northwest of Athens

Boeotian
adjective of or relating to ancient Boeotia or its people or to the dialect spoken there in classical times; `Boeotian dialects`

Boer War
noun either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902)

Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius noun a Roman who was an early Christian philosopher and statesman who was executed for treason; Boethius had a decisive influence on medieval logic (circa 480-524)

boffin
noun (British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military research

boffo
adjective resoundingly successful and popular; `for years he was a boffo box office certainty`

Bofors gun
noun an automatic double-barreled antiaircraft gun

bog
peat bog noun wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

bog asphodel
noun either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves; north temperate regions

bog aster
noun a variety of aster

bog bilberry
bog whortleberry noun an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves

bog down
bog verb cause to slow down or get stuck; `The vote would bog down the house`

bog laurel
bog kalmia noun laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath

bog pimpernel
Anagallis tenella noun small creeping European herb having delicate pink flowers

bog rein orchid
bog candles noun orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems; of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America

bog rose
wild pink 2 dragon`s mouth noun a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada

bog rosemary
moorwort noun wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers; of wet acidic areas in Arctic and Canada to northeastern United States

bog soil
noun poorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetation

bog spavin
noun spavin caused by collection of fluids

bog star
Parnassia palustris noun plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green

Bogartian
adjective of or relating to or in the style of Humphrey Bogart

bogey
bogy noun an evil spirit

bogeyman
bugbear noun an imaginary monster used to frighten children

boggle
verb startle with amazement or fear

boggy
marshy adjective (of soil) soft and watery; `the ground was boggy under foot`; `a marshy coastline`; `miry roads`; `wet mucky lowland`; `muddy barnyard`; `quaggy terrain`; `the sloughy edge of the pond`; `swampy bayous`

bogus
fake adjective fraudulent; having a misleading appearance

bogy
bogie noun an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft

bohemia
noun a group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life style