boe

/B OW1/
noun
  1. 1

    A surname.

  2. 2

    Initialism of Bank of England.

  3. 3

    Initialism of board of education. [school board.]

  4. 4

    Initialism of basis of estimate.

  5. 5

    Initialism of buffered oxide etch, a mixture of ammonia and hydrofluoric acid used to isotropically etch silicon oxide in microfabrication.

  6. 6

    Initialism of barrel of oil equivalent, a unit of energy.

  7. 7

    Initialism of Blue Ocean Event, a hypothetical future point in time at which the Arctic Sea loses almost all of its ice.

  8. 8

    Initialism of Boletรญn Oficial del Estado, the official gazette of the Spanish Government.

adjective
  1. 1

    Initialism of based on experience, mentioned in job offers where compensation is to be negotiated.

  2. 2

    Initialism of bind on equip. [(online gaming) Describing a piece of equipment (armor, weapons, accessories) that becomes bound to a player character when equipped by them. The player may sell/trade/give it to another character so long as they have not used it. After use, the player may only sell it to an in-game vendor or discard it, destroying the item. Used mainly on quest rewards and moderate to rare drops. Compare to bind on pickup.]