| alloy | (noun) the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something | Synonyms: admixture |
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| (noun) a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten | Synonyms: metal |
| (verb) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content | Synonyms: debase |
| (verb) make an alloy of | - |
| annoy | (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
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| bellboy | (noun) someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | Synonyms: bellhop, bellman |
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| boy | (noun) a youthful male person | Synonyms: male child |
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| (noun) (ethnic slur) offensive and disparaging term for Black man | - |
| (noun) a friendly informal reference to a grown man | - |
| (noun) a male human offspring | Synonyms: son |
| bullyboy | (noun) a swaggering tough; usually one acting as an agent of a political faction | - |
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| buoy | (noun) a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards; typically brightly-coloured | - |
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| (verb) mark with a buoy | - |
| (verb) keep afloat | Synonyms: buoy up |
| (verb) float on the surface of water | - |
| busboy | (noun) a restaurant attendant who sets tables and assists waiters and clears away dirty dishes | Synonyms: waiter's assistant |
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| carboy | (noun) a large bottle for holding corrosive liquids; usually cushioned in a special container | - |
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| choirboy | (noun) a boy who sings in a choir | - |
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| cloy | (verb) cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing | Synonyms: pall |
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| (verb) supply or feed to surfeit | Synonyms: surfeit |
| convoy | (noun) the act of escorting while in transit | - |
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| (noun) a procession of land vehicles traveling together | - |
| (noun) a collection of merchant ships with an escort of warships | - |
| (verb) escort in transit | - |
| corduroy | (noun) a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton | Synonyms: cord |
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| (noun) a road made of logs laid crosswise | - |
| (verb) build (a road) from logs laid side by side | - |
| cowboy | (noun) someone who is reckless or irresponsible (especially in driving vehicles) | - |
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| (noun) a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging | Synonyms: rodeo rider |
| (noun) a male hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: cattleman, cowman |
| coy | (adjective) showing marked and often playful or irritating evasiveness or reluctance to make a definite or committing statement | - |
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| (adjective) affectedly modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way | Synonyms: demure, overmodest |
| (adjective) modestly or warily rejecting approaches or overtures | - |
| dayboy | (noun) a day boarder who is a boy | - |
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| decoy | (noun) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed | Synonyms: bait, lure |
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| (noun) a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) | Synonyms: steerer |
| (verb) lure or entrap with or as if with a decoy | - |
| deploy | (verb) to distribute systematically or strategically | Synonyms: roll out |
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| destroy | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: demolish |
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| (verb) destroy completely; damage irreparably | Synonyms: ruin |
| (verb) put (an animal) to death | Synonyms: put down |
| (verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | Synonyms: destruct |
| doughboy | (noun) a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread | - |
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| (noun) an American infantryman in World War I | - |
| employ | (noun) the state of being employed or having a job | Synonyms: employment |
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| (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: apply, use, utilise, utilize |
| (verb) engage or hire for work | Synonyms: engage, hire |
| enjoy | (verb) take delight in | Synonyms: delight, revel |
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| (verb) have benefit from | - |
| (verb) derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in | Synonyms: bask, relish, savor, savour |
| (verb) get pleasure from | Synonyms: love |
| (verb) have for one's benefit | - |
| envoy | (noun) a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry | Synonyms: envoi |
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| (noun) a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador | Synonyms: envoy extraordinary, minister plenipotentiary |
| (noun) someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | Synonyms: emissary |
| fanboy | (noun) A male fan who is obsessive about a particular subject (especially, someone or something in popular entertainment media | - |
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| goy | (noun) a Christian as contrasted with a Jew | Synonyms: gentile, non-Jew |
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| hautboy | (noun) a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece | Synonyms: hautbois, oboe |
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| highboy | (noun) a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs | Synonyms: tallboy |
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| hobbledehoy | (noun) an awkward bad-mannered adolescent boy | - |
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| homeboy | (noun) a male friend from your neighborhood or hometown | - |
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| (noun) a fellow male member of a youth gang | - |
| hoy | (noun) a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals) | Synonyms: barge, flatboat, lighter |
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| joy | (noun) something or someone that provides a source of happiness | Synonyms: delight, pleasure |
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| (noun) the emotion of great happiness | Synonyms: joyfulness, joyousness |
| (verb) feel happiness or joy | Synonyms: rejoice |
| (verb) make glad or happy | Synonyms: gladden |
| killjoy | (noun) someone who spoils the pleasure of others | Synonyms: party pooper, spoilsport, wet blanket |
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| linkboy | (noun) (formerly) an attendant hired to carry a torch for pedestrians in dark streets | Synonyms: linkman |
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| lowboy | (noun) a low chest or table with drawers and supported on four legs | - |
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| newsboy | (noun) a boy who delivers newspapers | Synonyms: carrier |
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| overjoy | (verb) cause to feel extremely joyful or happy | - |
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| pageboy | (noun) a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward | - |
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| (noun) a boy who is employed to run errands | Synonyms: page |
| paperboy | (noun) a boy who sells or delivers newspapers | - |
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| playboy | (noun) a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure | Synonyms: Corinthian, man-about-town |
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| ploughboy | (noun) a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow | Synonyms: plowboy |
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| plowboy | (noun) a boy who leads the animals that draw a plow | Synonyms: ploughboy |
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| ploy | (noun) a maneuver in a game or conversation | Synonyms: gambit, stratagem |
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| (noun) an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker | Synonyms: gambit |
| potboy | (noun) a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores | Synonyms: potman |
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| redeploy | (verb) deploy anew | - |
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| sandboy | (noun) a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy' | - |
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| saveloy | (noun) a ready-cooked and highly seasoned pork sausage | - |
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| savoy | (noun) head of soft crinkly leaves | Synonyms: savoy cabbage |
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| schoolboy | (noun) a boy attending school | - |
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| showboy | (noun) a man who dances in a chorus line | - |
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| soy | (noun) the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein) | Synonyms: soya, soya bean, soybean |
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| (noun) thin sauce made of fermented soy beans | Synonyms: soy sauce |
| (noun) erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | Synonyms: Glycine max, soja, soja bean, soya, soya bean, soybean, soybean plant |
| (noun) a source of oil; used for forage and soil improvement and as food | Synonyms: soya bean, soybean |
| stableboy | (noun) someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses | Synonyms: groom, hostler, ostler, stableman |
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| tallboy | (noun) a tall chest of drawers divided into two sections and supported on four legs | Synonyms: highboy |
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| tannoy | (noun) a loudspeaker | - |
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| tomboy | (noun) a girl who behaves in a boyish manner | Synonyms: hoyden, romp |
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| toy | (noun) any of several breeds of very small dogs kept purely as pets | Synonyms: toy dog |
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| (noun) an artifact designed to be played with | Synonyms: plaything |
| (noun) a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size | Synonyms: miniature |
| (noun) a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier) | - |
| (noun) a device regarded as providing amusement | - |
| (verb) engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously | Synonyms: play |
| (verb) manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination | Synonyms: diddle, fiddle, play |
| (verb) behave carelessly or indifferently | Synonyms: dally, flirt, play |
| troy | (noun) a system of weights used for precious metals and gemstones; based on a 12-ounce pound and an ounce of 480 grains | Synonyms: troy weight |
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| viceroy | (noun) showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller | Synonyms: Limenitis archippus |
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| (noun) governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign | Synonyms: vicereine |