| bareboat | (noun) a vessel (such as a yacht) that can be chartered without a captain or crew or provisions | - |
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| bareboating | (noun) boating by chartering a bareboat and providing your own crew and provisions | - |
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| benzoate | (noun) any salt or ester of benzoic acid | - |
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| bioattack | (noun) the use of bacteria or viruses or toxins to destroy men and animals or food | Synonyms: biologic attack, biological attack, biological warfare, BW |
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| bloat | (noun) swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas | - |
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| bloater | (noun) large fatty herring lightly salted and briefly smoked | - |
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| bluecoat | (noun) a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor) | - |
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| bluethroat | (noun) songbird of northern Europe and Asia | Synonyms: Erithacus svecicus |
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| boat | (noun) a small vessel for travel on water | - |
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| (noun) a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce | Synonyms: gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat |
| boatbill | (noun) tropical American heron related to night herons | Synonyms: boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius |
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| boatbuilder | (noun) a person who builds boats | - |
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| boater | (noun) a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | Synonyms: leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat |
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| (noun) someone who drives or rides in a boat | Synonyms: boatman, waterman |
| boathouse | (noun) a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats | - |
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| boating | (noun) water travel for pleasure | Synonyms: yachting |
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| boatload | (noun) the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | Synonyms: carload, shipload |
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| boatman | (noun) someone who drives or rides in a boat | Synonyms: boater, waterman |
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| boatmanship | (noun) skill in handling boats | - |
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| boatswain | (noun) a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen | Synonyms: bo's'n, bo'sun, bos'n, bosun |
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| boatyard | (noun) a place where boats are built or maintained or stored | - |
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| bobfloat | (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line | Synonyms: bob, bobber, cork |
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| bumboat | (noun) a small boat that ferries supplies and commodities for sale to a larger ship at anchor | - |
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| catboat | (noun) a sailboat with a single mast set far forward | - |
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| chemoattractant | (noun) a substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells. | - |
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| coat | (noun) growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal | Synonyms: pelage |
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| (noun) an outer garment that has sleeves and covers the body from shoulder down; worn outdoors | - |
| (noun) a thin layer covering something | Synonyms: coating |
| coatdress | (noun) a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front | - |
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| coatee | (noun) a short close-fitting coat | - |
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| coati | (noun) omnivorous mammal of Central America and South America | Synonyms: coati-mondi, coati-mundi, coon cat, Nasua narica |
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| coating | (noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: application, covering |
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| (noun) a thin layer covering something | Synonyms: coat |
| (noun) a heavy fabric suitable for coats | - |
| (noun) a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance) | Synonyms: finish, finishing |
| coatrack | (noun) a rack with hooks for temporarily holding coats and hats | Synonyms: coat rack, hatrack |
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| coatroom | (noun) a room where coats and other articles can be left temporarily | Synonyms: cloakroom |
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| coattail | (noun) the loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist | - |
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| cutthroat | (noun) someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat | - |
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| ethanoate | (noun) a salt or ester of acetic acid | Synonyms: acetate |
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| ferryboat | (noun) a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of water and operates on a regular schedule | Synonyms: ferry |
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| fireboat | (noun) a boat equipped to fight fires on ships or along a waterfront | - |
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| flatboat | (noun) a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | Synonyms: barge, hoy, lighter |
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| float | (noun) an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy | Synonyms: air bladder, swim bladder |
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| (noun) something that floats on the surface of water | - |
| (noun) a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco | Synonyms: plasterer's float |
| (noun) an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade | - |
| (noun) a drink with ice cream floating in it | Synonyms: ice-cream float, ice-cream soda |
| (noun) the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public | - |
| (noun) the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment | - |
| floatation | (noun) financing a commercial enterprise by bond or stock shares | Synonyms: flotation |
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| (noun) the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking) | Synonyms: flotation |
| floater | (noun) an insurance policy covering loss of movable property (e.g. jewelry) regardless of its location | Synonyms: floating policy |
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| (noun) an object that floats or is capable of floating | - |
| (noun) a swimmer who floats in the water | - |
| (noun) a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support | Synonyms: clochard, drifter, vagabond, vagrant |
| (noun) a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election | - |
| (noun) an employee who is reassigned from job to job as needed | - |
| (noun) a debt instrument with a variable interest rate tied to some other interest rate (e.g. the rate paid by T-bills) | - |
| (noun) spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humor and lens | Synonyms: musca volitans, muscae volitantes, spots |
| floating | (noun) the act of someone who floats on the water | Synonyms: natation |
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| floatplane | (noun) a seaplane equipped with pontoons for landing or taking off from water | Synonyms: pontoon plane |
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| gloat | (noun) malicious satisfaction | Synonyms: glee, gloating |
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| gloating | (noun) malicious satisfaction | Synonyms: glee, gloat |
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| goat | (noun) any of numerous agile ruminants related to sheep but having a beard and straight horns | Synonyms: caprine animal |
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| (noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks | Synonyms: butt, laughingstock, stooge |
| goatee | (noun) a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard | - |
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| goatfish | (noun) brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels | Synonyms: Mullus surmuletus, red mullet, surmullet |
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| goatherd | (noun) a person who tends a flock of goats | Synonyms: goat herder |
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| goatsbeard | (noun) weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: meadow salsify, shepherd's clock, Tragopogon pratensis |
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| goatsfoot | (noun) short-stemmed South African plant with bluish flowers | Synonyms: goat's foot, Oxalis caprina |
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| goatskin | (noun) the hide of a goat | - |
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| goatsucker | (noun) mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects | Synonyms: caprimulgid, nightjar |
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| greatcoat | (noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter | Synonyms: overcoat, topcoat |
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| groat | (noun) a former English silver coin worth four pennies | Synonyms: fourpence |
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| groats | (noun) the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals | - |
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| gunboat | (noun) a small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols | - |
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| hoatzin | (noun) crested ill-smelling South American bird whose young have claws on the first and second digits of the wings | Synonyms: hoactzin, Opisthocomus hoazin, stinkbird |
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| houseboat | (noun) a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling | - |
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| housecoat | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: neglige, negligee, peignoir, wrapper |
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| iceboat | (noun) a ship with a reinforced bow to break up ice and keep channels open for navigation | Synonyms: icebreaker |
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| (noun) a sailing vessel with runners and a cross-shaped frame; suitable for traveling over ice | Synonyms: ice yacht, scooter |
| inchoative | (noun) aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb | Synonyms: inchoative aspect |
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| keelboat | (noun) river boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or towing | - |
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| lifeboat | (noun) a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship | - |
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| loather | (noun) one who hates or loathes | Synonyms: abominator |
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| loathing | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, detestation, execration, odium |
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| loathsomeness | (noun) the quality of being disgusting to the senses or emotions | Synonyms: lousiness, repulsiveness, sliminess, vileness, wickedness |
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| longboat | (noun) the largest boat carried by a merchant sailing vessel | - |
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| mailboat | (noun) a boat for carrying mail | Synonyms: mail boat, packet, packet boat |
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| moat | (noun) ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water | Synonyms: fosse |
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| motorboat | (noun) a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine | Synonyms: powerboat |
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| narrowboat | (noun) a long boat that carries freight and is narrow enough to be used in canals | Synonyms: canal boat, narrow boat |
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| oat | (noun) seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats') | - |
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| (noun) annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats') | - |
| oatcake | (noun) thin flat unleavened cake of baked oatmeal | - |
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| oath | (noun) a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution for perjury | Synonyms: swearing |
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| (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, swearing, swearword |
| (noun) a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior | - |
| oatmeal | (noun) porridge made of rolled oats | Synonyms: burgoo |
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| (noun) meal made from rolled or ground oats | Synonyms: rolled oats |
| overcoat | (noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter | Synonyms: greatcoat, topcoat |
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| (noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | Synonyms: overcoating |
| overcoating | (noun) an additional protective coating (as of paint or varnish) | Synonyms: overcoat |
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| peacoat | (noun) a sailor's heavy woolen double-breasted jacket | Synonyms: pea jacket |
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| petticoat | (noun) undergarment worn under a skirt | Synonyms: half-slip, underskirt |
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| pigboat | (noun) a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes | Synonyms: sub, submarine |
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| powerboat | (noun) a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine | Synonyms: motorboat |
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| propenoate | (noun) a salt or ester of propenoic acid | Synonyms: acrylate |
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| raincoat | (noun) a water-resistant coat | Synonyms: waterproof |
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| redcoat | (noun) British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) | Synonyms: lobsterback |
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| rowboat | (noun) a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled | Synonyms: dinghy, dory |
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| sailboat | (noun) a small sailing vessel; usually with a single mast | Synonyms: sailing boat |
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| sauceboat | (noun) a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce | Synonyms: boat, gravy boat, gravy holder |
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| scapegoat | (noun) someone who is punished for the errors of others | Synonyms: whipping boy |
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| shoat | (noun) a young pig | Synonyms: piggy, piglet, shote |
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| showboat | (noun) a river steamboat on which theatrical performances could be given (especially on the Mississippi River) | - |
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| speedboat | (noun) a fast motorboat | - |
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| steamboat | (noun) a boat propelled by a steam engine | - |
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| stoat | (noun) the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail | - |
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| surcoat | (noun) a tunic worn over a knight's armor | - |
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| (noun) a loose outer coat usually of rich material | - |
| surfboat | (noun) a boat that can be launched or landed in heavy surf | - |
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| tailcoat | (noun) formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men | Synonyms: dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails |
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| throat | (noun) the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's throat | - |
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| (noun) a passage resembling a throat in shape or function | - |
| (noun) an opening in the vamp of a shoe at the instep | - |
| (noun) the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of the neck below the chin and above the collarbone | Synonyms: pharynx |
| throatwort | (noun) European bellflower with blue-purple to lilac flowers formerly used to treat sore throat | Synonyms: Campanula trachelium, nettle-leaved bellflower |
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| topcoat | (noun) a heavy coat worn over clothes in winter | Synonyms: greatcoat, overcoat |
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| towboat | (noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | Synonyms: tower, tug, tugboat |
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| tugboat | (noun) a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships | Synonyms: towboat, tower, tug |
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