Index of English words, starting with "bo"

(1) - Borer (n.) The hagfish (Myxine).
(2) - Borer (n.) One of the larvae of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple.
(3) - Borer (n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances.
(4) - Borer (n.) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo.
(5) - Borer (n.) One that bores; an instrument for boring.

(1) - Boric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron.

(1) - Boride (n.) A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.

(1) - Boring (n.) The chips or fragments made by boring.
(2) - Boring (n.) A hole made by boring.
(3) - Boring (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.
(4) - Boring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bore