Index of English words, starting with "bo"

(1) - 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.

(1) - Boon (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
(2) - Boon (n.) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
(3) - Boon (n.) Kind; bountiful; benign.
(4) - Boon (n.) Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
(5) - Boon (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
(6) - Boon (n.) A prayer or petition.

(1) - Boor (n.) A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.
(2) - Boor (n.) A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
(3) - Boor (n.) A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.