6-letter words containing n, o
- bogong — an edible dark-coloured Australian noctuid moth, Agrotis infusa
- bohlen — Charles Eustis [yoo-stis] /ˈyu stɪs/ (Show IPA), ("Chip") 1904–74, U.S. diplomat.
- böhmen — an area of the W Czech Republic, formerly a province of Czechoslovakia (1918–1949). From 1939 until 1945 it formed part of the German protectorate of Bohemia-Moravia
- bohunk — a labourer from east or central Europe
- boland — an area of high altitude in S South Africa
- bolden — Buddy, real name Charles Bolden. 1868–1931, US Black jazz cornet player; a pioneer of the New Orleans style
- boleyn — Anne. 1507–36, second wife of Henry VIII of England; mother of Elizabeth I. She was executed on a charge of adultery
- boline — (in Wicca) a knife, usually sickle-shaped and with a white handle, used for gathering herbs and carving symbols
- bolson — a desert valley surrounded by mountains, with a shallow lake at the centre
- bolton — a town in NW England, in Bolton unitary authority, Greater Manchester: centre of the woollen trade since the 14th century; later important for cotton. Pop: 139 403 (2001)
- bonaci — a name for the black grouper fish (Mycteroperca bonaci), also used for various similar species
- bonbon — a sweet
- bonded — A bonded company has entered into a legal agreement which offers its customers some protection if the company does not fulfil its contract with them.
- bonder — a long stone or brick laid in a wall as a header
- bonduc — either of two species of leguminous shrub (Caesalpinia bonduc and Caesalpinia major) which produce hard, shiny seeds commonly known as nickernuts
- bonham — a piglet
- boning — Anatomy, Zoology. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen-rich organic matrix impregnated with calcium, phosphate, and other minerals.
- bonism — the doctrine that the world is good, although not the best of all possible worlds
- bonita — a female given name.
- bonito — any of various small tunny-like marine food fishes of the genus Sarda, of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters: family Scombridae (tunnies and mackerels)
- bonnaz — embroidery made by machine.
- bonnet — The bonnet of a car is the metal cover over the engine at the front.
- bonnie — a feminine name: var. Bonny
- bonobo — an anthropoid ape, Pan paniscus, of central W Africa: similar to the chimpanzee but much smaller and having a black face
- bonsai — A bonsai or a bonsai tree is a tree or shrub that has been kept very small by growing it in a little pot and cutting it in a special way.
- bontoc — Bontok.
- bontok — a member of a people who inhabit northern Luzon in the Philippines.
- bonxie — (originally in Shetland) the great skua
- bonzer — excellent; very good
- booing — the action or an instance of booing
- booner — a young working-class person from Canberra
- boonga — a Pacific Islander
- borane — any compound of boron and hydrogen, used in the synthesis of other boron compounds and as high-energy fuels
- borden — ˈLizzie (Andrew) (ˈlɪzi ) ; lizˈē) 1860-1927; U.S. woman accused and acquitted in a sensational trial (1893) of murdering her father & stepmother (1892)
- boreen — a country lane or narrow road
- boring — Someone or something boring is so dull and uninteresting that they make people tired and impatient.
- borman — Frank, born 1928, U.S. astronaut.
- borneo — an island in the W Pacific, between the Sulu and Java Seas, part of the Malay Archipelago: divided into Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah, and the sultanate of Brunei; mountainous and densely forested. Area: about 750 000 sq km (290 000 sq miles)
- bosman — Herman Charles. (1905–1951), South African short-story writer and journalist; his experiences in prison are recounted in the semi-autobiographical Cold Stone Jug (1949)
- bosnia — a region of central Bosnia-Herzegovina: belonged to Turkey (1463–1878), to Austria-Hungary (1879–1918), then to Yugoslavia (1918–91)
- boston — a card game for four, played with two packs
- botany — Botany is the scientific study of plants.
- bothan — a hut or booth, esp one used as an illegal drinking house
- botkin — Benjamin Albert, 1901–75, U.S. folklorist, editor, and essayist.
- botnet — a network of computers infected by a program that communicates with its creator in order to send unsolicited emails, attack websites, etc
- botoné — terminating in three ornamental budlike lobes
- botony — (of a cross) having arms terminating in the form of a trefoil: cross botonée.
- boudin — a French version of a black pudding
- bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
- bouncy — Someone or something that is bouncy is very lively.