<B>body surfer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person who trains for surfboard riding by body-surfing. </DL>
<A NAME="bodytype">
<B>body type,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Printing.) the type used for printing the main text of a book or the like. </DL>
<A NAME="bodywave">
<B>body wave,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a seismic wave that travels through the earth in every direction from its origin. </DL>
<A NAME="bodywork">
<B>bodywork, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the part of a vehicle that holds the passengers or the load; body. <DD><B> 2. </B>work done on the body. <BR> <I>Ex. The damaged car needed a lot of bodywork.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="boeotian">
<B>Boeotian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of or having to do with Boeotia (district in ancient Greece) or its people. <BR> <I>Ex. Hesiod was a Boeotian farmer.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) dull; stupid (from the ancient tradition that natives of Boeotia were lacking in normal good sense). <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a native of Boeotia. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a stupid person; dullard. </DL>
<A NAME="boer">
<B>Boer, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a person of Dutch descent living in South Africa. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with the Boers. Also, <B>Boor.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="boerwar">
<B>Boer War,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a war between Great Britain and the Boers of South Africa,lasting from 1899 to 1902. </DL>
<A NAME="boff">
<B>boff, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a boffo. </DL>
<A NAME="boffin">
<B>boffin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British Slang.) a scientist, designer, or engineer, especially one thought of as dealing chiefly with the theoretical aspects of a problem or field. </DL>
<A NAME="boffo">
<B>boffo, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-foes</B> or <B>-fos.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>funny; hilarious. <BR> <I>Ex. boffo jokes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>popular or successful. <BR> <I>Ex. a boffo movie.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a very hearty laugh. <DD><B> 2. </B>that which evokes a very hearty laugh; a gag or joke. <DD><B> 3. </B>a very successful musical comedy or other light dramatic performance. </DL>
<A NAME="boffola">
<B>boffola, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a boffo. </DL>
<A NAME="boforsgun">
<B>Bofors gun,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an automatic weapon of Swedish origin with twin 40-millimeter barrels </DL>
<A NAME="bog">
<B>bog, </B>noun, verb, <B>bogged,</B> <B>bogging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a piece of soft, wet, spongy ground; marsh; swamp. A bog consists chiefly of decayed or decaying moss and other vegetable matter, too soft to bear the weight of any heavy body on its surface. (SYN) fen, morass. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to sink or get stuck in a bog. <BR> <I>Ex. He became bogged in the swamp and had to be rescued.</I> (SYN) mire. <BR><I>expr. <B>bog down,</B> </I>to sink in or get stuck so that one cannot get out without help. <BR> <I>Ex. He bogged down in the middle of his speech because his notes were jumbled.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bogan">
<B>bogan, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially Canadian.) (in the Maritime Provinces) a backwater or stagnant branch of a river or stream. </DL>
<A NAME="bogasphodel">
<B>bog asphodel,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> either of two plants of the lily family, one native to the eastern United States and the other to Europe, found in swampy places. </DL>
<A NAME="bogbean">
<B>bog bean,</B> =buck bean.</DL>
<A NAME="bogberry">
<B>bogberry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B> =European cranberry.</DL>
<A NAME="bogey">
<B>bogey</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-geys,</B> verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>bogy; a goblin. <BR> <I>Ex. the bogeys of the dark.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>a score of one stroke over par for any hole on a golf course. <DD><B> b. </B>a score in golf that players try to equal; par. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) an unidentified aircraft. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Golf.) to play (a hole) in par plus one stroke. </DL>
<A NAME="bogey">
<B>bogey</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-geys.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> bogie; a pivoted frame. </DL>
<A NAME="bogeyman">
<B>bogeyman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a frightening imaginary creature; bogy; goblin. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) The bogeymen of speculation and excess credit ... have caused some shuddering in the stock market (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
<B>boggle</B> (1), verb, <B>-gled,</B> <B>-gling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to hold back; raise difficulties or objections; hesitate. <BR> <I>Ex. Father boggled at the suggestion at first, but finally agreed to do the job.</I> (SYN) waver, shrink, demur. <DD><B> 2. </B>to be overwhelmed with wonder, shock, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. His mind boggled at the thought of inheriting a million dollars.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=blunder.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B>to jump with fright; shy. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bungle; botch. <BR> <I>Ex. He boggled his first attempt at carpentry.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to overwhelm with wonder, shock, or the like. <BR> <I>Ex. The vastness of the universe boggles the imagination.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a blunder; bungle; botch. <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of boggling. noun <B>boggler.</B> adv. <B>bogglingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="boggle">
<B>boggle</B> (2), noun. =bogle.</DL>
<A NAME="boggy">
<B>boggy, </B>adjective, <B>-gier,</B> <B>-giest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>soft and wet like a bog; marshy; swampy. <BR> <I>Ex. boggy ground.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>full of bogs. noun <B>bogginess.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bogheadcoal">
<B>boghead coal,</B> or <B>boghead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind of coal used for the manufacture of paraffin and oils. <BR> <I>Ex. Boghead coal differs from cannel in being brown and in consisting largely of algal material (Fenton and Fenton).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="boghole">
<B>boghole, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sink, hole, or depression with a bottom of soft, spongy, or liquid consistency. </DL>
<B>bogie</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the assembly of the four rear wheels of a six-wheeled truck. <DD><B> 2. </B>a pivoted frame or truck with two or more pairs of wheels supporting either the front of a locomotive or one end of a railroad car. <DD><B> 3. </B>(British.) a low, strong, four-wheeled truck or cart. Also, <B>bogey,</B> <B>bogy.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bogironore">
<B>bog iron ore,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a loose, porous variety of limonite found in bogs or water. </DL>
<A NAME="bogle">
<B>bogle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a bogy or a specter. </DL>
<A NAME="bogmanganese">
<B>bog manganese,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an amorphous mineral, of which the principal ingredient is manganese oxide; wad. </DL>
<A NAME="bogmoss">
<B>bog moss,</B> =sphagnum.</DL>
<A NAME="bogmyrtle">
<B>bog myrtle,</B> =sweet gale.</DL>
<A NAME="bogoak">
<B>bog oak,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> ancient oak preserved and blackened in the peat of a bog. </DL>
<A NAME="bogomil">
<B>Bogomil, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of a heretical Bulgarian sect which arose about the year 1000 and whose main tenet was that God had two sons, Satan and Christ. </DL>
<A NAME="bogorchid">
<B>bog orchid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a low-growing European orchid with small flowers, found in bogs. </DL>
<A NAME="bogore">
<B>bog ore,</B> =bog iron ore.</DL>
<A NAME="bogspavin">
<B>bog spavin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a distention of the capsule of the hock joint in horses. </DL>
<A NAME="bogspruce">
<B>bog spruce,</B> =black spruce.</DL>
<A NAME="bogtrotter">
<B>bog trotter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an Irish peasant. </DL>
<A NAME="bogus">
<B>bogus, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> (U.S.) not genuine; counterfeit; sham. <BR> <I>Ex. The man was arrested when he handed the cashier a bogus ten dollar bill.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> (Printing.) type that is set to duplicate advertising matter received in completed matrix form, as a requirement of some labor unions. <BR> <I>Ex. Bogus is not intended to be used, but it makes work for union members (Time).</I> noun <B>bogusness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bogwood">
<B>bog wood,</B> =bog oak.</DL>
<A NAME="bogy">
<B>bogy</B> (1), noun, pl. <B>-gies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an evil spirit; goblin. <BR> <I>Ex. He mistook the shadow for a bogy in the dark.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) a person or thing that is feared without reason; bugbear; bugaboo. <BR> <I>Ex. Socialism is the bogy of many capitalists.</I> <DD> Also, <B>bogey,</B> <B>bogie,</B> <B>bogle.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="bogy">
<B>bogy</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-gies.</B> <B>=bogie</B> (2).</DL>
<A NAME="bogyman">
<B>bogyman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B> <B>=bogy</B> (1).</DL>
<A NAME="bohea">
<B>bohea, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an inferior black China tea (originally the name of one of the finest kinds). </DL>
<A NAME="bohemia">
<B>Bohemia</B> or <B>bohemia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an unconventional, carefree existence. <DD><B> 2. </B>a place where painters, writers, and other artists, live in an unconventional, carefree way. </DL>
<A NAME="bohemian">
<B>Bohemian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of Bohemia (in Czechoslovakia), its people, or their language. <DD><B> 2. </B>Also, <B>bohemian.</B> carefree and unconventional. <BR> <I>Ex. the Bohemian life of an artists' colony.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person born or living in Bohemia; Czech. <DD><B> 2. </B>the language of Bohemia; Czech. <DD><B> 3. </B>Also, <B>bohemian.</B> a painter, writer, or other artist who lives an unconventional, carefree existence. <BR> <I>Ex. He was rather more of a dedicated Bohemian than a dedicated poet.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>a gypsy (because the first gypsies in France were thought to come from Bohemia). </DL>
<A NAME="bohemianbrethren">
<B>Bohemian Brethren,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a pre-Reformation Christian association, denying the apostolic succession, formed in 1467. It formed the core of the Moravian Church. </DL>
<A NAME="bohemiangarnet">
<B>Bohemian garnet,</B> =pyrope.</DL>
<A NAME="bohemianglass">
<B>Bohemian glass,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> richly colored ornamental glassware made in Bohemia. </DL>
<A NAME="bohemianism">
<B>bohemianism</B> or <B>Bohemianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a carefree, unconventional way of living. </DL>
<A NAME="bohemianwaxwing">
<B>Bohemian waxwing,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a waxwing of the remote forests of Canada and the northern United States, somewhat larger and grayer than the cedar waxwing. </DL>
<A NAME="bohor">
<B>bohor, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of reedbuck native to western Africa. Only the male has horns, which are relatively short. </DL>
