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Body CoveringnounMWEany covering for the body or a body partverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body EnglishnounMWEa motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired directionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body FluidnounMWEthe liquid parts of the bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body HairnounMWEshort hair growing over a person's bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body LanguagenounMWEcommunication via the movements or attitudes of the bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body LengthnounMWEthe length of your bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body LotionnounMWElotion applied to the body after bathingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body LousenounMWEa parasitic louse that infests the body of human beingsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body Mass IndexnounMWEa measure of someone's weight in relation to heightverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body OdornounMWEmalodorousness resulting from a failure to batheverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body OdournounMWEmalodorousness resulting from a failure to batheverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body of EvidencenounMWEThe set of data that documents the information system’s adherence to the security controls applied. The BoE will include a Requirements Verification Traceability Matrix (RVTM) delineating where the selected security controls are met and evidence to that fact can be found. The BoE content required by an Authorizing Official will be adjusted according to the impact levels selected.ArtifactRegulatedCUIMay 9, 2026
Body of WaternounMWEthe part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Body of WorknounMWEthe total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Body PadnounMWEa pad worn by hockey goalkeeperverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body PartnounMWEany part of an organism such as an organ or extremityverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body PlethysmographnounMWEplethysmograph consisting of a chamber surrounding the entire bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body PoliticnounMWEa politically organized body of people under a single governmentverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body ProcessnounMWEan organic process that takes place in the bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body ServantnounMWEa valet or personal maidverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body SnatchernounMWEsomeone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissectionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body StockingnounMWEa one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Body StructurenounMWEa particular complex anatomical part of a living thingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body SubstancenounMWEthe substance of the bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body SuitnounMWEa tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Body TemperaturenounMWEtemperature of the bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body TypenounMWEa category of physiqueverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body WastenounMWEwaste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body WeightnounMWEthe weight of a person's bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Body-Buildnounconstitution of the human bodyverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bodybuildernounsomeone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculatureverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bodybuildingnounexercise that builds muscles through tensionverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bodyworknounthe work of making or repairing vehicle bodiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boeufnounmeat from an adult domestic bovineverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boeuf BourguignonnenounMWEbeef and mushrooms and onions stewed in red wine and seasoningsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boeuf Fondu BourguignonnounMWEcubes of beef cooked in hot oil and then dipped in various tasty saucesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boffinnoun(British slang) a scientist or technician engaged in military researchverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog AsphodelnounMWEeither of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog AsternounMWEa variety of asterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog BilberrynounMWEan evergreen shrub with leathery leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog CandlesnounMWEorchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stemsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog HempnounMWEany of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog LaurelnounMWElaurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneathverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog MossnounMWEany of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peatverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog MyrtlenounMWEperennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog PimpernelnounMWEsmall creeping European herb having delicate pink flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog PlantnounMWEa semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet landverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog Rein OrchidnounMWEorchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stemsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog RhubarbnounMWEsmall Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog RosenounMWEa bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corollaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog RosemarynounMWEwiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowersverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog SoilnounMWEpoorly drained soils on top of peat and under marsh or swamp vegetationverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog SpavinnounMWEspavin caused by collection of fluidsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog StarnounMWEplant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with greenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bog WhortleberrynounMWEan evergreen shrub with leathery leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bogannouna term for an Australian person who speaks and dresses in a way that exemplifies a lower working class styleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bogbeannounperennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bogeymannounan imaginary monster used to frighten childrenverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bogienounan unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraftverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bogmatnounhaving narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged frondsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bogynounan unidentified (and possibly enemy) aircraftverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bohemianouna group of artists and writers with real or pretended artistic or intellectual aspirations and usually an unconventional life styleverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bohemianismnounconduct characteristic of a bohemianverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bohriumnouna transuranic elementverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boil SmutnounMWEa common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore massverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boiled DinnernounMWEcorned beef simmered with onions and cabbage and usually other vegetablesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boiled EggnounMWEegg cooked briefly in the shell in gently boiling waterverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boilernounsealed vessel where water is converted to steamverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boilerplatenounstandard formulations uniformly found in certain types of legal documents or news storiesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boilers SuitnounMWEa loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty workverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boilersuitnouna loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty workverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boilingnounthe application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gasverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boiling PointnounMWEthe temperature at which a liquid boils at sea levelverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boiling Water ReactornounMWEa nuclear reactor that uses water as a coolant and moderatorverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boisterousnessnounthe property of being noisy and lively and unrestrainedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bok ChoinounMWEAsiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bok ChoynounMWEAsiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leavesverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolanouna cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktieverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bola TienounMWEa cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie, common in the western U.S.A. verifiedMay 18, 2026
Boldnessnounthe trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or dangerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolenouna soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Boleronouna Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanetsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boletenounany fungus of the family BoletaceaeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolidenounan especially luminous meteor, sometimes explodingverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolivarnounthe basic unit of money in VenezuelaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolivianouna form of canasta in which sequences can be meldedverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolivianonounthe basic unit of money in BoliviaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bollnounthe rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plantverifiedMay 18, 2026
Boll WeevilnounMWEgreyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cottonverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bollardnouna strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)verifiedMay 18, 2026
Bollocknounone of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgensverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bollwormnounany of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bollsverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolonouna cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktieverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolo KnifenounMWElong heavy knife with a single edgeverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolo TienounMWEa cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp and worn as a necktie, common in the western U.S.A. verifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolognanounlarge smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and porkverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolognese Pasta SaucenounMWEsauce for pastaverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bologramnounrecord or recording made by a bolometerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolographnounrecord or recording made by a bolometerverifiedMay 18, 2026
Bolometernounan instrument that measures heat radiationverifiedMay 18, 2026