Bankrupt worm
a roundworm (genus trichostrongylus) that is an intestinal parasite of birds and mammals, especially devastating to young livestock.
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- Bankruptcy order
noun (law) a court order appointing a receiver to manage the property of a debtor or bankrupt former name receiving order
- Bankrupted
law. a person who upon his or her own pet-tion or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law. any insolvent debtor; a person unable to satisfy any just claims made upon him or […]
- Banks
sir joseph, 1734–1820, english naturalist. nathaniel prentiss [pren-tis] /ˈprɛn tɪs/ (show ipa), 1816–94, u.s. army officer and politician: speaker of the house 1856–57. a long pile or heap; m-ss: a bank of earth; a bank of clouds. a slope or acclivity. physical geography. the slope immediately bordering a stream course along which the water normally […]
- Banks island
an island in the w northwest territories, in nw canada. 24,600 sq. mi. (63,700 sq. km). historical examples i felt that our banks island scholars must be removed, and that at once lest they should die. life of john coleridge patteson charlotte m. yonge on the banks island these prohibitions are very severe and painfully […]
- Banksia
any australian shrub or tree of the genus banksia, having alternate leaves and dense, cylindrical flower heads. contemporary examples there are banksia bushes with their sawtooth-edge leaves and dried seed cones like multiple jabbering mouths. robert hughes: a fierce critic and powerful voice now silenced simon schama august 9, 2012 historical examples it was smothered […]