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- English Word Bontebok Definition The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni.
- English Word Bonus Definition A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter.
- English Word Bonus Definition An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.
- English Word Bonus Definition Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.
- English Word Bonuses Definition of Bonus
- English Word Bony Definition Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.
- English Word Bony Definition Having large or prominent bones.
- English Word Bonze Definition A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.
- English Word Boobies Definition of Booby
- English Word Booby Definition A dunce; a stupid fellow.
- English Word Booby Definition A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby.
- English Word Booby Definition A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.
- English Word Booby Definition Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
- English Word Boobyish Definition Stupid; dull.
- English Word Boodh Definition Same as Buddha.
- English Word Boodhism Definition Same as Buddhism.
- English Word Boodhist Definition Same as Buddhist.
- English Word Boodle Definition The whole collection or lot; caboodle.
- English Word Boodle Definition Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag.
- English Word Boohoe Definition To bawl; to cry loudly.
- English Word Boohoo Definition The sailfish; -- called also woohoo.
- English Word Boohooed Definition of Boohoe
- English Word Boohooing Definition of Boohoe
- English Word Book Definition A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
- English Word Book Definition A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
- English Word Book Definition A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."
- English Word Book Definition A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.
- English Word Book Definition Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.
- English Word Book Definition To enter, write, or register in a book or list.
- English Word Book Definition To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater.