(baseball, softball) A boy employed to watch over the bats, and assist the players in retrieving them during play.
batory
betony
betony
noun
(Canada, US) Any plant of the genus Pedicularis (louseworts).
Any plant of the genus Stachys.
Stachys officinalis (syn. Betonica officinalis, an herb used in traditional European medicine.
betoya
blotty
blotty
adj
Characterised or ridden with blots or blemishes.
boatly
bohaty
bonity
bority
botany
botany
noun
(countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
(uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
botchy
botchy
adj
Full of botches or mistakes; poorly done.
botfly
botfly
noun
One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
botony
botony
adj
(heraldry) Having a bud-like projection or a kind of trefoil at the end; (in particular, of a cross) having a trefoil of buds at the end of each arm.
bounty
bounty
noun
(countable) A reward for some specific act, especially one given by an authority or a government.
(countable) Something given liberally; a gift.
(countable, figuratively) An abundance or wealth.
(military, historical) Money paid to a person when becoming a member of the armed forces, or as a reward for some service therein.
(specifically) A monetary reward for capturing (or, in the past, killing) a person accused or convicted of a crime and who is at large; also, a similar reward for capturing or killing an animal which is dangerous or causing a nuisance.
(uncountable) Generosity; also (countable) an act of generosity.
verb
(transitive) To offer a monetary reward for the capturing or killing of.
brothy
brothy
adj
Resembling or characteristic of broth.
butoxy
butoxy
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The ether radical derived from butanol
buyout
buyout
noun
(finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.
The use of grant monies to pay for another person to perform the usual duties, especially teaching duties, of someone engaged on the funded project.
doubty
doubty
adj
(obsolete) Dubious, doubtful.
Obsolete form of doughty.
orbity
orbity
noun
(obsolete) A bereavement by loss of parents or children; the state of being orbate; orbation.
outbuy
outbuy
verb
(transitive) To outbid (someone) for something.
(transitive) To reach a better purchase bargain than (someone).
(transitive) To spend more money than (someone) buying goods.
outbye
outbye
adv
(mining) In the direction away from the coal face.
A short distance away.
Outside.
potboy
potboy
noun
(Britain) A boy or man employed in a public house to collect empty pots or glasses.
A boy employed as waiter to serve (pots of) drinks, as in a tavern.