| bosh |
(informal) foolish or meaningless talk; nonsense. |
| bosk |
a small wooded or brushy area; thicket. |
| bosky |
covered with trees or bushes; wooded. |
| bo's'n |
variant of boatswain. |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
since 1992, a Balkan republic bordered by Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. |
| bosom |
the front part of the chest, esp. that of a woman. [7 definitions] |
| bosomy |
of a woman, having large or prominent breasts. |
| boss1 |
a person who employs others or supervises their work; manager. [7 definitions] |
| boss2 |
a rounded projection or swelling. [4 definitions] |
| bossa nova |
a musical blend of jazz and samba, or the Brazilian dance performed to such music. |
| bossism |
domination or control by bosses, as of a political party or unit or a governmental entity. |
| bossy1 |
(informal) domineering; overbearing; pushy. |
| bossy2 |
embellished with bosses or studs. |
| bossy3 |
(informal) a cow. |
| Boston |
the capital of Massachusetts. |
| Boston brown bread |
a dark steamed bread made of corn meal or graham or whole wheat flour, sweetened with molasses. |
| Boston cream pie |
a two-layer cake with a custard filling and chocolate icing. |
| Boston fern |
a fern commonly cultivated as a houseplant, with opposing staggered leaflets on long arched drooping stems. |
| Boston ivy |
a woody climbing vine of Asian origin, commonly grown in the United States as an exterior wall cover, that has three-lobed leaves and bears purple berries. |
| Boston Tea Party |
a protest by colonial Americans against the British tax on imported tea in which colonists disguised as Indians boarded ships in Boston Harbor and dumped several hundred chests of tea overboard on the night of December 16, 1773. |
| Boston terrier |
an American terrier originally crossbred from a bulldog and a bull terrier, with a pug face, erect ears, short tail, and a short brindle or black coat with white markings on the face, chest, and forelegs. |