Bombard, v. a. Attack with bombs.
Bombardment, n. Attack with bombs.
Bombast, n. Fustian, rodomontade, rant, altiloquence, magniloquence, sesquipedalianism, grandiloquence, sesquipedalia verba, turgid talk, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology.
Bombastic, a. Inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilted, grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent, sesquipedalian, pompous, sophomorical, high-flown, high-sounding.
Bona fide. [I.] Really, truly, actually, sincerely, in good faith, upon honor.
Bonbon, n. Sugar-plum, sweet, confection, sweet-meat.
Bond, n.
- 1. Band, ligature, cord, ligament, fastening, link.
- 2. [In pl.] Fetters, chains, bondage, captivity, constraint, durance, imprisonment, prison.
- 3. Tie, connection, attraction, link, union, attachment, uniting, influence.
- 4. Obligation, compact, binding, contract.
- 5. Promissory note (of highest obligation), evidence of debt.
Bond, a. Enslaved, slave, in bonds, in bondage, captive, destitute of freedom.
Bondage, n. Servitude, slavery, thraldom, captivity, imprisonment, confinement, bond-service, bonds, restraint of personal liberty.
Bonds, n. pl. See bond, 2
Bone-ash, n. Bone-earth, burnt bones, earthy matter of bones.
Bone-black, n. Ivory-black, animal charcoal.
Bone-earth, n. See bone-ash.
Bone of contention. Subject of contention, subject of dispute.
Boneset, n. Thoroughwort, feverwort, ague-weed, Indian sage (Eupatorium perfoliatum).
Bonhomie, n. [Fr.] Good-nature, easy humor.
Bonito, n. Albicore, horse-mackerel, striped tunny (Thynnus pelamys).
Bon-mot, n. [Fr.] Jest, joke, witticism, witty repartee.
Bonne-bouche, n. [Fr.] Titbit, delicacy, nice bit, delicate morsel, choice morsel, delicious mouthful.
Bonnet-rouge, n. [Fr.] Red republican.