Anagrams of: BOANWM

• an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

• a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

• a human female employed to do housework

• women as a class

• (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine

• front part of a vessel or aircraft

• a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces

• a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments

• bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting

• a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow

• an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience

• something curved in shape

• a decorative interlacing of ribbons

• a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments

• bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head

• play on a stringed instrument with a bow

• yield to another's wish or opinion

• bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting

• bend one's back forward from the waist on down

• a loft in a barn where hay is stored

• cut with a blade or mower

• make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip

• informal terms for the mouth

• a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

• a sudden very loud noise

• an ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003