5-Letter Words Starting With BO
Here's the list of all the 169 5-Letter Words Starting With BO in the English Language.
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| board | 1. get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) 2. live and take one's meals at or in More Definitions → |
| bonus | 1. anything that tends to arouse 2. an additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output More Definitions → |
| bound | 1. move forward by leaps and bounds 2. form the boundary of; be contiguous to More Definitions → |
| booty | 1. goods or money obtained illegally More Definitions → |
| boost | 1. increase 2. give a boost to; be beneficial to More Definitions → |
| bobby | 1. an informal term for a British policeman More Definitions → |
| booth | 1. a table (in a restaurant or bar) surrounded by two high-backed benches 2. small area set off by walls for special use More Definitions → |
| bones | 1. (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance More Definitions → |
| boxed | 1. enclosed in or set off by a border or box 2. enclosed in or as if in a box More Definitions → |
| bored | 1. tired of the world 2. uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence More Definitions → |
| bowls | 1. a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack More Definitions → |
| boxer | 1. someone who fights with his fists for sport 2. a workman employed to pack things into containers More Definitions → |
| borne | 1. have 2. maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) More Definitions → |
| bowel | 1. the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus More Definitions → |
| bogus | 1. fraudulent; having a misleading appearance More Definitions → |
| boast | 1. show off 2. wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner More Definitions → |
| booze | 1. consume alcohol 2. an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented More Definitions → |
| bowed | 1. of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow 2. forming or resembling an arch More Definitions → |
| boron | 1. a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder More Definitions → |
| bower | 1. enclose in a bower 2. a framework that supports climbing plants More Definitions → |
| bongo | 1. a small drum; played with the hands 2. large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns More Definitions → |
| bosom | 1. the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept 2. a person's breast or chest More Definitions → |
| boson | 1. any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons More Definitions → |
| bough | 1. any of the larger branches of a tree More Definitions → |
| bonny | 1. very pleasing to the eye More Definitions → |
| boney | 1. being very thin 2. having bones especially many or prominent bones More Definitions → |
| boned | 1. having had the bones removed 2. having bones as specified More Definitions → |
| booby | 1. an ignorant or foolish person 2. small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or both More Definitions → |
| bogey | 1. to shoot in one stroke over par 2. a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil More Definitions → |
| borer | 1. a drill for penetrating rock 2. any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood More Definitions → |
| bolus | 1. a small round soft mass (as of chewed food) 2. a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine More Definitions → |
| bocce | 1. Italian bowling played on a long narrow dirt court More Definitions → |
| bogie | 1. a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil 2. an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft More Definitions → |
| borax | 1. an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent More Definitions → |
| bossy | 1. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power More Definitions → |
| boric | 1. of or relating to or derived from or containing boron More Definitions → |
| boggy | 1. (of soil) soft and watery More Definitions → |
| boule | 1. an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork More Definitions → |