Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z bootneck A member of the Royal Marines. Bootnik A fan of the ReBoot CGI-animated television series. Booton A village and civil parish in the Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG109228). bootprint The impression left by a boot while walking bootROM A read-only memory used for the initial boot process of a computer or device. boots A condom. bootscan An antivirus scan that takes place before the operating system has loaded. bootscanning An instance of running a bootscan. bootscraper An instrument for scraping mud, etc. from the boots. bootsole sole of a boot bootspace The amount of storage space in the boot or trunk of a motor vehicle. bootsplash A splash screen displayed at bootup. bootstep A footstep taken while wearing boots. bootstrap A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on. bootstrappable Capable of being bootstrapped. bootstrapper Someone engaged in bootstrapping, or self-improvement. bootstrapping The process by which something is bootstrapped. bootstrappy Hard-working, self-reliant, and enterprising. bootstring bootlace bootstripe A stripe of paint or tape between the topsides and bottom of a vessel. bootsy Bad, not good; (by extension) ugly or crazy. boottree A device, shaped like a divided leg with a wedge, used to stretch the leg of a boot. bootup The process of booting up. bootwear Boots (as a category of clothing). booty A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once. bootyhole The anus. bootyless Not having any booty. bootylicious Voluptuously attractive, especially of a woman's buttocks. bootyliciousness The quality of being voluptuously attractive. boowomp Used to indicate sadness or disappointment. booyah Expressing excitement and anticipation. booyaka alternative shortened form of booyakasha. booyakasha Used to express triumph, normally if trying to appear "gangsta". Booyong A locality in the Byron council area and the Lismore council area, north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Booysen A surname. Booz A surname from German. booza Syrian and Lebanese ice cream boozaphone Synonym of ugly stick (“a musical instrument”). booze Any alcoholic beverage. boozebag A drunkard. boozefest An event where a great deal of alcohol is consumed. boozehead An alcoholic. boozehound alcoholic, drunkard boozeless Without alcohol. boozelessness Absence of alcoholic drink. boozer One who drinks alcohol habitually; a drunkard. boozeroo A session of alcohol drinking. boozily In a boozy way. booziness The state or condition of being boozy. boozing The act of drinking alcohol heavily. Boozman A surname. boozorium A bar or a place where alcohol is sold. boozy Intoxicated by alcohol. bop A very light smack, blow or punch. bopes Synonym of bo pian (“no choice; there’s no other way”). BoPET A polyester film made from stretched polyethylene terephthalate (PET); mylar Bophuthatswana A former bantustan in the northwestern region of South Africa. Bophuthatswanan Of or relating to Bophuthatswana. bopindolol A beta blocker that acts as a prodrug for pindolol. bopomofo Name for Zhuyin Fuhao used by ISO and Unicode. Bopp A surname. Boppard A town and municipality in the Rhine Gorge, in Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. bopper A person who dances the bop. bopping The act of something being bopped or hit. boppish In the bop style boppishly In a boppish manner. boppishness The quality of being boppish. boppist Synonym of bopper (“musician in the bop genre”). boppy Characteristic of bop or bebop. bopyrid Any member of the family Bopyridae of isopods. bopyroid Any isopod of the superfamily Bopyroidea Boquet A surname from French. Boquete A district of Chiriquí province, western Panama; in full, Boquete District. bor man (not used for children). bora An initiation ceremony for males among the Aboriginal people of New South Wales. borabenzene A heteroaromatic compound in which a carbon atom of a benzene ring has been replaced by one of boron Boracay An island of Western Visayas, Visayas, Philippines, off the northwest tip of Panay island borachio A drunkard. boracic Relating to, or impregnated with borax. boraciferous Yielding or containing borax. boracite A mixed chloride and borate of magnesium that occurs as a white to green crystalline evaporite, with the chemical formula Mg₃B₇O₁₃Cl. boracium An old name for the chemical element boron. boracous Only used in boracous acid. borafluorene A heteroaromatic compound in which a carbon atom of a fluorene has been replaced by one of boron borafullerene Any heterofullerene in which one or more carbon atoms has been replaced by boron Boraga The town of Moraga, California. borage Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked. boragewort Any plant of the borage family (Boraginaceae). boraginaceous Of, relating to, or resembling the Boraginaceae, a plant family which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many other pestiferous plants. boragineous Relating to the borage tribe; boraginaceous. Borah A surname. borak A cosmetic face powder or paste to protect the face from the sun, traditionally used by the Sama-Bajau people of the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. boral aluminium borotartrate, an astringent and antiseptic. Boralean Synonym of Borean. boralf A type of alfisol that has a frigid temperature regime, but not a xeric moisture regime boralfic Relating to boralfs. Boralma A locality in the Rural City of Wangaratta, north eastern Victoria, Australia. boralsilite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, boron, oxygen, and silicon. Borambil A locality in the Liverpool Plains council area, central New South Wales, Australia. Borambola A locality in the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia. Boran A member of the Borani boranamine Any of several compounds containing a boron to nitrogen bond borane Any binary compound of boron and hydrogen. borani A traditional Iranian dish of yoghurt mixed with a cooked vegetable, most commonly spinach. Boranyan A surname from Armenian. boranyl Any univalent radical derived from a borane (with the radical on the boron atom). boranylidene Any molecular species of general formula RB:; the boron analogue of carbenes. borapyridine A heteroaromatic compound in which a carbon atom of a pyridine ring has been replaced by one of boron borassoid Belonging or relating to the palms of the subfamily Borassoideae, now considered to be the tribe Borasseae. boratabenzene An aromatic heterocyclic anion that has five carbon atoms, a boron atom and two delocalised double bonds borate The oxyanion BO₃³⁻ or any of several more complex derivatives. borated Having been treated with borate Boratesque Relating to or characteristic of the 2006 mockumentary comedy film Borat, or its protagonist Borat Sagdiyev, a fictitious Kazakh journalist (played by Sacha Baron Cohen). boratian Containing pentavalent borate BO₄⁵⁻ anions. borating treatment or reaction with a borate boration treatment or reaction with a borate or other boron compound borato A thin fabric. boratoan Containing trivalent borate BO₃³⁻ anions. boratrane Any atrane having boron as the heteroatom Boratyn A village in Boratyn hromada, Lutsk Raion, Volyn Oblast, founded in 1907 Borawski A surname. borax A white or gray/grey crystalline salt, found in nature as a mineral, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors/colours on porcelain, and as a soap, etc. boraxweed The perennial herb Nitrophila occidentalis, western niterwort borazine A cyclic hydride of boron and nitrogen made by the reaction of diborane and ammonia; it is isoelectronic with benzene. borazocine An unsaturated heterocycle that has no carbon atoms, four nitrogen and four boron atoms and four double bonds borazole borazine (a six-membered ring of alternating NH and BH) or a compound derived from it. Borazon A very hard abrasive made from boron nitride granules. Borboa A surname. Borbon A surname. borborbor A traditional dance performed by the Ewe people of Ghana. Borborian A Borborite. borborid Any fly of the family Borboridae (now Sphaeroceridae). borborigmus A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines. Borborite A member of an ancient libertine Gnostic sect, said to be descended from the Nicolaitans. borborygm A gurgling or rumbling noise produced by gas in the bowels. borborygmic Of, pertaining to, or resembling borborygmus; rumbling. borborygmus A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines. borborygmy Borborygmus. Borca A commune of Neamț County, Romania. borcarite A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing boron, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, magnesium, and oxygen. Borchard A surname from German. Borchardt A surname. Borcherding A surname. Borchert A surname. Borck A surname. bord The coalface parallel to the natural fissures. Borda A surname. bordage The low-level tenure by which a bordar held his cottage. bordar A person ranking below villeins and above serfs in the social hierarchy of a manor, holding just enough land to feed a family (about five acres) and required to provide labour on the demesne on specified days of the week. bordarius Synonym of bordar (“person ranking below villeins and above serfs”).