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Bole
- noun - a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa
- a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
- the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
Boll
- noun - the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
Bolo
- noun - a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie
- long heavy knife with a single edge; of Philippine origin
Bolt
- adverb - a discharge of lightning accompanied by thunder
- a roll of cloth or wallpaper of a definite length
- a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener
- a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- a sudden abandonment (as from a political party)
- directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into her"
- eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"
- in a rigid manner; "the body was rigidly erect"; "he sat bolt upright"
- leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
- make or roll into bolts; "bolt fabric"
- move or jump suddenly; "She bolted from her seat"
- run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
Boma
- unknown - a livestock enclosure or small fort
Bomb
- noun - an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"
- an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
- fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"
- strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion
- throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"
Bond
- noun - (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"
- a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
- a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"
- a connection that fastens things together
- a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
- a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
- an electrical force linking atoms
- bring together in a common cause or e
Bone
- adjective - a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body"
- remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"
- rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
- rigid structures which make up the skeleton
- study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
- the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
Bong
- noun - a dull resonant sound as of a bell
- a type of hookah or water pipe for smoking marijuana or other drugs
- ring loudly and deeply; "the big bell bonged"