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Definition: Bonus |
BonusNoun1. Anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip". 2. An additional payment (or other remuneration) to employees as a means of increasing output. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bonus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Bonus \Bo"nus\, noun; plural Bonuses. [Latin expression bonus good. Compare to Bonny.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Insurance | Something free, as an extra dividend, given by a corporation to a purchaser of its securities. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Distribution of profits(or fund of profits)to the members of a Mutual. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Labor | A premium or extra payment over and above what is due or expected; such payments are a result of the extra efforts of the employees. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Bonus A bounty over and above the interest of a share in any company. (Latin, bonus quæstus, a good profit or bounty. The interest or fruit of money put out in an investment was by the Romans called the quæstus.) Bonus Homerus. (See Homer.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang | Verb. Source: Comes from an added point to something. Definition: This word is generally used as a word which means an extra payment. However, at camp the word came to mean really nothing. Two of the counselors just started using the word in no context at all. The word just became a way for people to express themselves in a loud way , and it became quite funny through it's silly use. Context: There really is no context. The word is just used by itself to express extreme joy. Social Source: Camp Ojai. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
BONUS | English | Borrower's option for notes and underwritten standby | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: BonusSynonyms: fillip (n), incentive (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Giving | Grace, act of grace, bonus. |
Receipt | Premium, bonus; sweepstakes, tontine. |
Redundancy | Excess; surplus, overplus; epact; margin; remainder; duplicate; surplusage, expletive; work of supererogation; bonus, bonanza. |
Reward | Allowance, salary, stipend, wages, compensation; pay, payment; emolument; tribute; batta, shot, scot; bonus, premium, tip; fee, honorarium; hire; dasturi, dustoori; mileage. |
Virtue | Phrase: esse quam videri bonus malebat; Schonheit vergeht Tugend besteht; "virtue the greatest of all monarchies"; virtus laudatur et alget; virtus vincit invidiam. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bonus |
| English words defined with "bonus": Bonuses ♦ Cumshaw ♦ dividend. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bonus": Commodity distribution, contract work ♦ deferred bonuses ♦ First Stroke is Half the Battle ♦ Homer Sometimes Nods, Horse. ♦ kanker van de appel ♦ MANAGER, BENEFITS, manager, employee benefits, manager, employee services, manager, personnel services ♦ new capital issues ♦ personnel administrator, premium tin ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal, reversionary bonus. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "bonus": Bounty. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bonus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (bonus), Dutch (bonus), German (bonus, bonus points, premium), Latin (bonanza, bonus, brave, good, good (melior = better / optimus = best ), healthy, honest, kind, nice, noble, okay, pleasant, right, useful, valid), Serbo-Croatian (bonus), Swedish (bonus, dividend), Turkish (bonus). |
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Screenplays | I could shoot the manager while I'm at it, kind of like a bonus. (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) Bonus. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers) Fabulous and exciting bonus prizes (Rain Man; writing credit: Ronald Bass) Before we dock, I think we ought to discuss the bonus situation (Alien; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett) A bonus day of class plus Cordelia (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Bonus og Minus (1964) Car Bonus (2001) A.K.A. Don Bonus (1995) La Bombe en bonus (1986) | |
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 | Does the thought of socks and underwear conjure up concerns about bacteria? Yes, microbes can reside and multiply in textile fabrics. But no matter-ARS researchers have developed treatments for cotton textiles with compounds containing peroxides. they resist bacteria and, as a bonus, resist fungi that cause athlete's foot. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | Dor. Ephraim Bonus, Medicus Hebraeus. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Bonus passage veto. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Food boxes placed to stores to receive contributions for Bonus Army / p. Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Underwood and Underwood.. |
 | Albion, New York (vicinity). Charles R. Nesbitt who hired the Friend family to work on his farm at forty cents an hour, with a five cents an hour bonus if they stay thirty days. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Bonus veterans. B.E.F. at the U.S. Capitol. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | New bonus interest rate : buy U.S. savings bonds. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | The company has a very aggressive marketing policy, attracting its clients by offering bonus traffic, lottery and package discounts. (references) | |
Under a multilevel sales network, regulations also limit the amount of ‘sponsor commission,’ or the bonus that a high-level sales representative is paid for the sales of a lower-level sales representative. (references) | ||
The main corporations are NEG Micon (DK), Vestas (DK), Enercon (G), Nordex (G), Bonus (DK) and Jacobs (G). The main reason for their success is the well-developed and proven reliability of their technology. (references) | ||
Economic History | Pakistan | Pakistan's most recent budget extended the tax exemptions for capital gains and bonus shares. (references) |
Norway | However, in 2000 the bonus card system does not seem to have much influence on the consumers' choice stores. (references) | |
Bangladesh | In FY2000, the government introduced a 10.0% export bonus to encourage jute sales by the public and private sector. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ecuador | In January 2000, the DNRS reported that 553 inmates had been released since the constitutional provision entered into force in 1999. In August 2000, a law went into effect that resulted in the release or in the reduction of sentences (by 1 to 2 years) of 2,947 prison inmates for humanitarian reasons by the end of 2001. On September 3, prison guards and workers began a 6-week strike for higher wages and a danger bonus. (references) |
Political Economy | PARAGUAY | The law also provides for a minimum wage, an annual bonus of one month's salary, and a minimum of six vacation days a year. (references) |
Travel | Chad | A thirteenth month salary bonus is also paid in December. (references) |
Worker Rights | El Salvador | It requires bonus pay for overtime. (references) |
Malta | Additionally a mandatory bonus of $110 (50 liri) per week is paid. (references) | |
Nicaragua | The remaining seven received backpay, double severance, vacation pay, and a bonus of approximately $1,130 (15,000 cordobas). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Sarah Ferguson | Taking what you've done wrong and realizing that it's a been bonus, actually, and it's positive. It's quite a difficult thing to do. |
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| "Bonus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.55% of the time. "Bonus" is used about 1,344 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.55% | 1,338 | 5,938 |
| Noun (common) | 0.37% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,344 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bonus" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bonus | Last name | 170 | 48,171 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "bonus": bonus issue ♦ bonus points ♦ bonus share ♦ bonus shares ♦ capital bonus ♦ christmas bonus ♦ compound reversionary bonus ♦ cost of living bonus ♦ esse quam videri bonus malebat ♦ Gantt task and bonus plan ♦ give a bonus ♦ incentive bonus ♦ nuclear bonus effect ♦ productivity bonus ♦ reversionary bonus ♦ simple reversionary bonus. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "bonus": bonus-earnings, bonus-wise. | |
Ending with "bonus": non-bonus, premium-bonus. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "bonus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bonus. (various references) | |
Albanian | shtesë (accretion, addendum, additive, appendage, appendix, extension, extra, increment, insert, intercalation, makeweight, plus, refill, supplement, weighting), shpërblim (compensation, consideration, desert, deserts, guerdon, honor, honorarium, honour, kudos, meed, pay, payment, premium, recompense, recoupment, remuneration, render, reparations, repayment, requital, return, reward). (various references) | |
Arabic | علاوة (allowance, increase, perquisite, premium), عطاء (bestowal, bid, liberality, tender), إعانة حكومية (dole), إضافي (additional, ancillary, auxiliary, extra, false, farther, further, more, overtime, spare, special, subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary), إضافة (accession, addendum, addition, apposition, extension, genitive, increment, rider, supplement), ربح (account, draw, earning, gain, in pocket, increase, increment, jackpot, lucre, make, pay, payoff, pelf, percentage, pocket, profit, prosperity, revenue, win). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | премия (bouquet, dividend, prize). (various references) | |
Chinese | 紅利 (dividend), 紅 (popular, red, revolutionary), 奖金 (Bonuses), 分紅 (award a bonus). (various references) | |
Czech | bonifikace, superdividenda, prémie (agio), přídavek (adjunct, allowance, encore, grant-in-aid, supplement). (various references) | |
Danish | bonus (incentive earning, premium), bistand (allocation, allowance, relief, subsidy, subvention), ydelse (allocation, allowance, benefit, entitlement, flow rate, fluid yield, machine output, output, performance, performance on production, performances, production, productive output, work output, yield), tildeling (allocation, allotment, allowance, apportionment, assignment), præmie (premium, prize). (various references) | |
Dutch | bonus. (various references) | |
Esperanto | bonifiko, eksterordinara dividendo. (various references) | |
Farsi | پرداخت اضافی , حق الامتیاز (Royalty), سودقرضه , جایزه (Award, Premium, Prize, Testimonial, Trophy), انعام (Bounty, Gratuity, Premium, Prize, Tip). (various references) | |
Finnish | palkkio (fee, reward, royalty). (various references) | |
French | prime (bounty), gratification, bonification. (various references) | |
German | gratifikation (gratuity), zulage (additional pay, allowanceadditional, danger money, extra pay, extra-pay, increment, raise, rise), prämie (award, bounty, premium, prize), bonus (bonus points, premium). (various references) | |
Greek | μέρισμα (dividend), πριμ (agio, premium), πρίμ (incentive earning, premium), επιχορήγηση (allowance, appanage, subsidy, subvention), επιχορήγημα, επίδομα (allowance, benefit, bounty, grant, subsidy, subvention), αποζημίωση (amends, benefit, compensation, compensation for, damages, indemnification, indemnity, recompense, recoupment, redress, reimbursement, remuneration, reparation, restitution), δώρο (boon, gift, present). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מע ק (allowance, award, bounty, bursary, fellowship, grant, gratuity), שכר ע"ו" (premium), "ע ק" (bestowal, conferment, endowment, grant, gratuity, presentation), "טב" (betterment, compensation, improvement). (various references) | |
Hungarian | rendkívüli osztalék, prémium (bounty, gratuity, premia, premium, prime). (various references) | |
Indonesian | hadiah (award, boon, bounty, donation, gift, largess, present, prize), gratifikasi (dividend). (various references) | |
Italian | premio (award, bounty, jackpot, premium, prize, reward), indennit (allowance, benefit, claim, compensation, expense, indemnity). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 賞与 (prize, reward). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おまけ (a discount, a prize, an exaggeration, an extra, something additional), ボーナス , しょうよ (prize, reward), ほうしょうき" (bounty, cash bonus, compensation, reward), ほうしょう (bounty, compensation, indemnity, medal, Minister of Justice, prize, Ratnasambhava, reparation, reward, singing, The Jewel-born), いろうき" (reward for one's services), わりましき" (premium), わりまし (extra wages, premium). (various references) | |
Korean | 상여 (Bonuses). (various references) | |
Manx | loggyr (extra, gash), dooraght (commission, discount, fringe benefit, gratuity, tip). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onusbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gratificação (baksheesh, bakshish, beer money, douceur, perquisite, reward), bonificação (allowance, credit), bônus (rebate). (various references) | |
Romanian | primã (bounty, gratuity), premiu (accolade, bounty, Garland, gratuity, premium, prize, purse, reward, spoil, stake), premial (premium), gratificaţie (bounty, gratification, gratuity). (various references) | |
Russian | премия;вознаграждение бонусный, премия (prize). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bonus, tantijema, premija (award, bounty, premium, put), dopunska nagrada. (various references) | |
Spanish | prima (bounty, cousin, premium, prime). (various references) | |
Swedish | bonus (dividend). (various references) | |
Turkish | bonus, teşvik primi (efficiency wage, incentive bonus, incentive pay), sürpriz (bombshell, fluke, snap, surprise), prim (bounty, contango, premium), kâr payı (dividend, percent, percentage, premium, share), ikramiye (bounty, gratification, gratuity, perk, perquisite, plum, premium, prize, sweepstake). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | бонус, премія (premium, prize, purse, reward). (various references) | |
Welsh | breintal (royalty). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | bonus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | John Chapter 10, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Egw eimi o poimhn o kaloV kai ginwskw ta ema kai ginwskomai upo twn emwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ego sum pastor bonus et cognosco meas et cognoscunt me meae |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Ic eom god heorde. & ich ge-cnawemine scep. & hyo ge-cnaweð me. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Y am a good scheepherde, and Y knowe my scheep, and my scheep knowen me. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | I am that good shepeheerd and knowe myne and am knowe of myne. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known by mine. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | John Chapter 10, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Ako mao ang maayong magbalantay sa mga karnero. Ako nakaila sa mga ako, ug ang mga ako nakaila kanako, |
| Croatian | Ja sam pastir dobri i poznajem svoje i mene poznaju moje, |
| Danish | Jeg er den gode Hyrde, og jeg kender mine, og mine kende mig, |
| Dutch | Ik ben de goede Herder; en Ik ken de Mijnen, en worde van de Mijnen gekend. |
| Finnish | Minä olen se hyvä paimen, ja minä tunnen omani, ja minun omani tuntevat minut, |
| French | Je connais mes brebis, et elles me connaissent, |
| German | Ich bin der gute Hirte und erkenne die Meinen und bin bekannt den Meinen, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Akulah gembala yang baik. Sama seperti Bapa mengenal Aku dan Aku mengenal Bapa, begitu juga Aku mengenal domba-domba-Ku dan mereka pun mengenal Aku. Aku menyerahkan nyawa-Ku untuk mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Akulah Gembala yang baik; maka Aku kenal domba-domba-Ku, dan domba-Ku itu juga kenal Aku, |
| Italian | Io sono il buon pastore, conosco le mie pecore e le mie pecore conoscono me, |
| Latvian | Es esmu labais gans; es pazîstu savas, un manas pazîst mani. |
| Maori | Ko ahau te hepara pai, e matau ana hoki ki aku, a e matau ana aku ki ahau. |
| Norwegian | Jeg er den gode hyrde, og jeg kjenner mine og kjennes av mine, |
| Portuguese | Eu sou o bom pastor; conheço as minhas ovelhas, e elas me conhecem, |
| Rumanian | Eu sknt Pqstorul cel bun. Eu Kmi cunosc oile Mele, wi ele Mq cunosc pe Mine, |
| Russian | с ЕУНШ БУФЩТШ "П'ТЩК; Й ЪОБА нПЙИ, Й нПЙ ЪОБАФ нЕОС. |
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| Spanish | Yo soy el buen pastor y conozco mis ovejas, y las mías me conocen. |
| Swahili | Mimi ni mchungaji mwema. Nawajua walio wangu, nao walio wangu wananijua mimi, |
| Swedish | Jag är den gode herden, och jag känner mina får, och mina får känna mig, |
| Uma | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bonus": bonuses. (additional references) | |
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"Bonus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bauns, Bendusi, Binul, binus, bionauts, b'now, Boanas, bonam, Bonas, Bonduc, boniz, bonkus, bonns, bonnut, bonos, Bonosa, Bonsu, bonues, bonum, bonuw, bonys, boojum, borus, Bouna, bouns, bous, bouz, bufus, Buxus, Donus, gonus, ionus, obnuz. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bonus" (pronounced bō"nus) |
| 4 | -ō" n u s | Colonus, Conus, onus, slowness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: bosun. | |
| Words within the letters "b-n-o-s-u" | |
-1 letter: buns, nobs, nous, nubs, onus, snob, snub. | |
-2 letters: bos, bun, bus, nob, nos, nub, nus, ons, sob, son, sou, sub, sun, uns. | |
-3 letters: bo, no, nu, on, os, so, un, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-n-o-s-u" | |
+1 letter: bosuns, bounds, bourns, buncos, bunkos, suborn, sunbow. | |
+2 letters: abounds, bausond, blouson, bohunks, bonducs, bonuses, bounces, bournes, bousing, boutons, buncoes, bunions, bunkoes, burnous, burtons, buttons, cobnuts, niobous, obtunds, omnibus, subjoin, suborns, subtone, subzone, sunbows, umbones, unbolts, unbosom, unboxes, unrobes, unsober. | |
+3 letters: baudrons, bedouins, bimanous, blousing, blousons, blowguns, bluenose, botulins, bouncers, bounders, bounties, bourbons, bourdons, bronchus, buffoons, bullions, bullnose, burgeons, burnoose, burnouts, burstone, butanols, disbound, gunboats, inbounds, misbound, nebulose, nebulous, nelumbos, niobiums, nubilose, nubilous, osnaburg, ouabains, outburns, postburn, rebounds, rubdowns, snowbush, snuffbox, sonobuoy, soundbox, stubborn, subjoins, subnodal, suborned, suborner, subpoena, subsonic, subtaxon, subtones, subtonic, subzones, sunblock, tubenose, unblocks, unbosoms. | |
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