(now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
A piece of paper currency.
bankrupt
bankrupt
adj
(finance) In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay one's debts.
Destitute of, or wholly lacking (something once possessed, or something one should possess).
Having been legally declared insolvent.
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A trader who secretes himself, or does certain other acts tending to defraud his creditors.
One who becomes unable to pay his or her debts; an insolvent person.
verb
(transitive) To force into bankruptcy.
bankston
batiking
batiking
verb
present participle of batik
beatniks
beatniks
noun
plural of beatnik
beknight
beknight
verb
(transitive, rare) To make a knight of.
benedikt
bentinck
betaking
betaking
verb
present participle of betake
bethanks
bethanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethank
bethinks
bethinks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethink
betokens
betokens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betoken
blankest
blankest
adj
superlative form of blank: most blank
blankets
blankets
noun
plural of blanket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blanket
blankety
blankety
adj
(dated, euphemistic) damnable, damned
Resembling or related to a blanket.
blankite
blockton
bontebok
bontebok
noun
A South African antelope of genus Damaliscus
bootikin
bootikin
noun
(obsolete) A small boot or gaiter.
(obsolete) The boot (torture device).
A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
bottekin
bowknots
bowknots
noun
plural of bowknot
brockton
brockton
Proper noun
a city in Massachusetts, USA, which is one of the two county seats of
a small town in Montana, USA.
an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Ontario, Canada. The name is formed from Brant, Greenock and Walkerton, places that merged into Brockton.
a township in parish, Shropshire, England
brookton
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
burrknot
cutbanks
cutbanks
noun
plural of cutbank
databank
databank
noun
A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure)
An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.
inkblots
inkblots
noun
plural of inkblot
kabistan
kingbolt
kingbolt
noun
The main bolt of a structure, especially the bolt in a motor vehicle that links the chassis to the axle, providing the steering pivot.
knitback
knitback
noun
(archaic) The plant comfrey.
nekhebet
nekhebit
notebook
notebook
noun
(computing, dated) Ellipsis of notebook computer.
(computing, sometimes attributive) A kind of user interface in literate programming, allowing calculations to be interspersed with human-readable comments, diagrams, etc.
A book in which notes or memoranda are written.
sinkboat
steenbok
steenbok
noun
A common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa, Raphicerus campestris.
steinbok
steinbok
noun
Alternative spelling of steenbok
stinkbug
stinkbug
noun
(Southwestern US) A pinacate beetle or stink beetle (genus Eleodes) that releases a pungent odor when threatened.
(entomology) Any of various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder, principally in the superfamilies Pentatomoidea and Coreoidea.
Any of several insects, usually shield-shaped, possessing a gland that produces a foul-smelling liquid, usually containing aldehydes which they use to discourage predators.
stopbank
stopbank
noun
levee, dyke
subtrunk
tanbarks
tanbarks
noun
plural of tanbark
thumbkin
thumbkin
noun
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
tickbean
turnback
turnback
noun
(attributive) Part of a garment that is turned back.
The act of turning back a boat containing immigrants.
The strap from the hames to the hip-strap, on a horse.