All English words - page 676

Meanings of Bosun:

noun

A ship's officer in charge of equipment and the crew.

Meanings of Bosuns:

noun

A ship's officer in charge of equipment and the crew.

Meanings of Boswellian:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the scottish author and biographer james boswell or his works, especially in being a close companion and observer of a biographical subject.

Usage examples:

A biographer with boswellian devotion

Meanings of Boswelliana:

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the scottish author and biographer james boswell or his works, especially in being a close companion and observer of a biographical subject.

Usage examples:

A biographer with boswellian devotion

Meanings of Bot:

noun

An autonomous program on the internet or another network that can interact with systems or users.

Usage examples:

You can program your bot to store data in the database of your choice

abbreviation

(with reference to journal titles) botanic; botanical; botany.

Meanings of Bota:

noun

Originally: a measure of capacity for liquid, used especially in spain and portugal and varying according to locality and the nature of the contents. in later use: a large cask for wine or other liquids, the capacity of which varies according to the contents and locality.

Meanings of Botanic:

noun

A garden, usually open to the public, where a wide range of plants are grown for scientific and educational purposes

Meanings of Botanica:

noun

(in the us) a small shop that sells herbal and other traditional remedies, together with charms, incense, candles, and other items used for religious or spiritual purposes.

Usage examples:

He performed cleansing rituals at a botanica he owned in montebello

Meanings of Botanical:

adjective

Relating to botany.

Usage examples:

Botanical specimens

noun

A substance obtained from a plant and used typically in medicinal or cosmetic products.

Usage examples:

Included under the act's definition of dietary supplements are such widely divergent substances as …

Meanings of Botanicas:

noun

(in the us) a small shop that sells herbal and other traditional remedies, together with charms, incense, candles, and other items used for religious or spiritual purposes.

Usage examples:

He performed cleansing rituals at a botanica he owned in montebello

Meanings of Botanise:

verb

Study plants, especially in their natural habitat.

Usage examples:

I'd always be scheming to go birdwatching or botanizing

Meanings of Botanised:

verb

Study plants, especially in their natural habitat.

Usage examples:

I'd always be scheming to go birdwatching or botanizing

Meanings of Botanises:

verb

Study plants, especially in their natural habitat.

Usage examples:

I'd always be scheming to go birdwatching or botanizing

Meanings of Botanising:

verb

Study plants, especially in their natural habitat.

Usage examples:

I'd always be scheming to go birdwatching or botanizing

Meanings of Botanist:

noun

An expert in or student of the scientific study of plants.

Usage examples:

A botanist announced he'd bred a new and beautiful variety of orchid

Meanings of Botanists:

noun

An expert in or student of the scientific study of plants.

Usage examples:

A botanist announced he'd bred a new and beautiful variety of orchid

Meanings of Botanize:

verb

Study plants, especially in their natural habitat.

Usage examples:

I'd always be scheming to go birdwatching or botanizing

Meanings of Botanized:

verb

Study plants, especially in their natural habitat.

Usage examples:

I'd always be scheming to go birdwatching or botanizing

Meanings of Botanizer:

noun

A person who engages in the recording or study of plants.

Meanings of Botanizes:

verb

Study plants, especially in their natural habitat.

Usage examples:

I'd always be scheming to go birdwatching or botanizing

Meanings of Botanizing:

verb

Study plants, especially in their natural habitat.

Usage examples:

I'd always be scheming to go birdwatching or botanizing

Meanings of Botanomancy:

noun

Divination or fortune-telling using plants or their leaves, petals, etc.

Meanings of Botany:

noun

The scientific study of the physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance of plants.

Usage examples:

Modelling of plant growth and architecture relies on biological assumptions borrowed from botany an…

Meanings of Botas:

noun

Originally: a measure of capacity for liquid, used especially in spain and portugal and varying according to locality and the nature of the contents. in later use: a large cask for wine or other liquids, the capacity of which varies according to the contents and locality.

Meanings of Botch:

verb

Carry out (a task) badly or carelessly.

Usage examples:

He was accused of botching the job

noun

A bungled task.

Usage examples:

I've probably made a botch of things