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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

boiteux: lame, limping; wobbly, shaky; embroidered on one side only; clumsy; unstable
boitier: case; package
boitillement: slight limp
boitiller: to hobble; to limp slightly
bokit: bokit, a Caribbean frybread sandwich
bokmål: Bokmål (Norwegian written language)
boko: Boko language
bol: bolus
bol: bowl; luck
bol alimentaire: bolus (round mass of chewed food in the mouth or alimentary canal)
bol breton: a small ceramic bowl with an engraved name, a popular souvenir from Brittany
bolchevique: Bolshevik
bolchevique: Bolshevik
bolchevisation: Bolshevization
bolcheviser: to bolshevize
bolchevisme: Bolshevism
bolcheviste: Bolshevik
bolcho: Bolshevik
bolchévique: Bolshevik
bolchévique: Bolshevik
bolchéviste: Bolshevist
bolduc: gift-wrap ribbon
bolet: bolete (type of mushrooms)
bolet Satan: Satan's bolete, a large poisonous mushroom with a wide cap and a fat round foot (species Rubroboletus satanas)
bolide: fireball; fast racing car; speedster, high-powered car
bolivar: bolivar
bolivarien: Bolivarian
bolivarisme: Bolivarianism
bolivariste: Bolivarian
bolivien: of Bolivia; Bolivian
bollandiste: Bollandist
bollard: bollard
bollywoodien: Bollywoodian
bolognais: Bolognese
bolognaise: bolognese (sauce)
bololo: shambles, chaos, disorder
bolomètre: bolometer
bolométrique: bolometric
bolon: bolon (traditional harp)
bolon: Bolon (language)
bolonais: of Bologna
bolos: black market customer; customer to a drug dealer; a person that can be scammed or ripped off; a lame person, a fool
boloss: alternative spelling of bolos
bolosse: archaic spelling of belosse; alternative spelling of bolos
bolée: bowlful
boléro: bolero (music genre); bolero (dance); bolero (a type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm)
bombage: bending; swelling (especially of food containers); spray-painting, tagging
bombance: feast
bombarde: a bassoon-like medieval instrument; a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls; a rustic beehive made from a hollow trunk
bombardement: bombing, bombardment (action of setting off a bomb)
bombarder: to shell, blitz
bombardier: artilleryman, bombardier; bomber
bombardier d'eau: waterbomber (“firefighting aircraft”)
bombardier à eau: waterbomber (“firefighting aircraft”)
bombardier-torpilleur: torpedo bomber
bombardon: bombardon, certain bass instruments, notably a tuba
bombasse: a stunner
bombazine: bombazine
bombe: bomb (a device filled with explosives); aerosol (either the substance or the container); a hottie, a bombshell; globular glass vessel; demijohn, carboy; ellipsis of bombe glacée (French ice cream dessert frozen in a spherical mould; literally, “ice cream bomb”, due to the cannonball shape)
bombe atomique: atomic bomb (nuclear weapon)