| jackboot | (noun) (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot | Synonyms: hessian, Hessian boot, Wellington, Wellington boot |
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| jibboom | (noun) a spar that extends the bowsprit | - |
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| jigaboo | (noun) (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person | Synonyms: nigga, nigger, nigra |
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| keurboom | (noun) tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers | Synonyms: Virgilia capensis, Virgilia oroboides |
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| (noun) fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental | Synonyms: Virgilia divaricata |
| logbook | (noun) a book in which the log is written | - |
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| matchbook | (noun) a small folder of paper safety matches | - |
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| naboom | (noun) small tree of dry open parts of southern Africa having erect angled branches suggesting candelabra | Synonyms: cactus euphorbia, Euphorbia ingens |
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| notebook | (noun) a small compact portable computer | Synonyms: notebook computer |
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| (noun) a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda | - |
| passbook | (noun) a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | Synonyms: bankbook |
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| peekaboo | (noun) a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! | Synonyms: bopeep |
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| phonebook | (noun) a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers | Synonyms: phone book, telephone book, telephone directory |
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| playbook | (noun) a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign | - |
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| (noun) a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays | - |
| (noun) a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team) | - |
| pocketbook | (noun) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | Synonyms: bag, handbag, purse |
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| (noun) pocket-sized paperback book | Synonyms: pocket book, pocket edition |
| (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: billfold, notecase, wallet |
| (noun) your personal financial means | - |
| prayerbook | (noun) a book containing prayers | Synonyms: prayer book |
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| promptbook | (noun) the copy of the playscript used by the prompter | Synonyms: prompt copy |
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| reboot | (verb) cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes | Synonyms: boot, bring up |
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| roadbook | (noun) a guidebook describing the roads of a country; contains maps and (sometimes) a gazetteer | - |
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| schoolbook | (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | Synonyms: school text, text, text edition, textbook |
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| scrapbook | (noun) an album into which clippings or notes or pictures can be pasted | - |
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| sideboob | (noun) A breast exposed from the side | - |
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| sketchbook | (noun) a book containing sheets of paper on which sketches can be drawn | Synonyms: sketch block, sketch pad |
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| slyboots | (noun) a shifty deceptive person | Synonyms: dodger, fox |
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| songbook | (noun) a book containing a collection of songs | - |
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| storybook | (noun) a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children) | - |
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| studbook | (noun) official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses | - |
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| taboo | (adjective) excluded from use or mention | Synonyms: forbidden, out, prohibited, proscribed, tabu, verboten |
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| (adjective) forbidden to profane use especially in South Pacific islands | Synonyms: tabu |
| (noun) an inhibition or ban resulting from social custom or emotional aversion | Synonyms: tabu |
| (noun) a prejudice (especially in Polynesia and other South Pacific islands) that prohibits the use or mention of something because of its sacred nature | Synonyms: tabu |
| (verb) declare as sacred and forbidden | - |
| tabooli | (noun) a finely chopped salad with tomatoes and parsley and mint and scallions and bulgur wheat | Synonyms: tabbouleh |
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| tarboosh | (noun) a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown | Synonyms: fez |
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| textbook | (adjective) according to or characteristic of a casebook or textbook; typical | Synonyms: casebook |
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| (noun) a book prepared for use in schools or colleges | Synonyms: school text, schoolbook, text, text edition |
| tolbooth | (noun) a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls | Synonyms: tollbooth, tollhouse |
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| tollbooth | (noun) a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls | Synonyms: tolbooth, tollhouse |
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| unbooked | (adjective) not reserved in advance | - |
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| weeaboo | (noun) A white person, who is obsessed with Japanese culture, usually pejorative | Synonyms: weeb |
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| wordbook | (noun) a reference book containing words (usually with their meanings) | - |
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| workbook | (noun) a student's book or booklet containing problems with spaces for solving them | - |
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| yearbook | (noun) a reference book that is published regularly once every year | Synonyms: annual, yearly |
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| (noun) a book published annually by the graduating class of a high school or college usually containing photographs of faculty and graduating students | - |
| zamboorak | (noun) a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | Synonyms: camel cavalry, zamburak, zamburek, zumbooruck, zumbooruk |
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| zumbooruck | (noun) a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | Synonyms: camel cavalry, zamboorak, zamburak, zamburek, zumbooruk |
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| zumbooruk | (noun) a camel cavalry used in the early modern era by Arab, Afghan, Persian, and Indian armies | Synonyms: camel cavalry, zamboorak, zamburak, zamburek, zumbooruck |
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