Bookmark (n.) Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
Bookmate (n.) A schoolfellow; an associate in study.
Bookmonger (n.) A dealer in books.
Book muslin () A kind of muslin used for the covers of books.
Book muslin () A kind of thin white muslin for ladies' dresses.
Bookplate (n.) A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.
Bookseller (n.) One who sells books.
Bookselling (n.) The employment of selling books.
Bookshelves (pl. ) of Bookshelf
Bookshelf (n.) A shelf to hold books.
Bookshop (n.) A bookseller's shop.
Bookstall (n.) A stall or stand where books are sold.
Bookstand (n.) A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall.
Bookstand (n.) A stand to hold books for reading or reference.
Bookstore (n.) A store where books are kept for sale; -- called in England a bookseller's shop.
Bookwork (n.) Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.
Bookwork (n.) Study; application to books.
Bookworm (n.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.
Bookworm (n.) A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.
Booky (a.) Bookish.
Boolies (pl. ) of Booly
Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
Boom (n.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
Boom (n.) A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.
Boom (n.) A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.
Boom (n.) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.
Boom (n.) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
Boom (v. t.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
Boomed (imp. & p. p.) of Boom
Booming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boom
Boom (v. i.) To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
Boom (v. i.) To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
Boom (v. i.) To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
Boom (v. i.) To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
Boom (n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
Boom (n.) A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee.
Boom (v. t.) To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator.
Boomdas (n.) A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.
Boomer (n.) One who, or that which, booms.
Boomer (n.) A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel.
Boomer (n.) A large male kangaroo.
Boomer (n.) One who works up a "boom".
Boomerang (n.) A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it.
Booming (a.) Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
Booming (a.) Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity.
Booming (n.) The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns.
Boomkin (n.) Same as Bumkin.
Boomorah (n.) A small West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.
Boomslange (n.) A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.
Boon (n.) A prayer or petition.
Boon (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
Boon (n.) Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
Boon (n.) Kind; bountiful; benign.
Boon (n.) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
Boon (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
Boor (n.) A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
Boor (n.) A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
Boor (n.) A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.
Boorish (a.) Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.
Boort (n.) See Bort.
Boose (n.) A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal.
Boose (v. i.) To drink excessively. See Booze.
Booser (n.) A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer.
Boosted (imp. & p. p.) of Boost
Boosting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boost
Boost (v. i.) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.
Boost (n.) A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.
Boot (n.) Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
Boot (n.) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
Boot (n.) Profit; gain; advantage; use.
Booted (imp. & p. p.) of Boot
Booting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boot
Boot (v. t.) To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
Boot (v. t.) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
Boot (n.) A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
Boot (n.) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach.
Boot (n.) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
Boot (n.) An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
Boot (n.) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
Booted (imp. & p. p.) of Boot
Booting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boot
Boot (v. t.) To put boots on, esp. for riding.
Boot (v. t.) To punish by kicking with a booted foot.
Boot (v. i.) To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
Boot (n.) Booty; spoil.
Bootblack (n.) One who blacks boots.
Booted (a.) Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.
Booted (a.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; -- said of the tarsus of some birds.
Bootee (n.) A half boot or short boot.
Bootes (n.) A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.
Booth (n.) A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation.
Booth (n.) A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.
Boothale (v. t. & i.) To forage for booty; to plunder.
Boothose (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots.
Boothose (n.) Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback.
Boothy (n.) See Bothy.
Bootikin (n.) A little boot, legging, or gaiter.
Bootikin (n.) A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
Booting (n.) Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.