Nouns

Words that name people, places, things, or ideas

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boule

noun

an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and...

boulevardier

noun

a visitor of a city boulevard (especially in Paris)

boulle

noun

an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow and...

boundedness

noun

the quality of being finite

boundlessness

noun

the quality of being infinite; without bound or limit

bounteousness

noun

generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely

bountifulness

noun

the property of copious abundance

bourtree

noun

a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe an...

boucle

noun

a fabric of uneven yarn that has an uneven knobby effect

bougainville

noun

French explorer who circumnavigated the globe accompanied by...

bougainvillaea

noun

ornamental tropical woody vines

boustrophedon

noun

an ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in...

bowdlerism

noun

censorship in the form of prudish expurgation

bowdlerization

noun

written material that has been bowdlerized

bowlder

noun

a large smooth mass of rock detached from its place of origi...

bowditch

noun

United States mathematician and astronomer noted for his wor...

bowknot

noun

a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

bowerbird

noun

any of various birds of the Australian region whose males bu...

bowfin

noun

primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a ver...

bowleg

noun

a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

bowsprit

noun

a spar projecting from the bow of a vessel

boxfish

noun

any of numerous small tropical fishes having body and head e...

boxberry

noun

spicy red berrylike fruit; source of wintergreen oil

boxwood

noun

very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (...

boxthorn

noun

any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with show...

boyishness

noun

being characteristic of a boy

bodoni

noun

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

bodensee

noun

a lake in southeastern Germany on the northern side of the S...

bogy

noun

an unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraft

bohemianism

noun

conduct characteristic of a bohemian

bohme

noun

German mystic and theosophist who founded modern theosophy;...

boliviano

noun

the basic unit of money in Bolivia; equal to 100 centavos

bolide

noun

an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)

bolometer

noun

an instrument that measures heat radiation; extremely sensit...

bolograph

noun

record or recording made by a bolometer

boloney

noun

pretentious or silly talk or writing

borate

noun

a salt or ester of boric acid

bootes

noun

a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Ursa Major

boreas

noun

a wind that blows from the north

borosilicate

noun

a salt of boric and silicic acids

borodino

noun

Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle a...

bpi

noun

a measure of how densely information is packed on a storage...

brachydactylia

noun

abnormal shortness of fingers and toes

brachyuran

noun

typical crabs

brachycephaly

noun

the quality of being brachycephalic

brachydactyly

noun

abnormal shortness of fingers and toes

brackishness

noun

the quality of being salty, as the saltiness of water

bract

noun

a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting a...

bractlet

noun

a small bract

bracteole

noun

a small bract