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in card games, a burn card is a playing card dealt from the top of a deck, and discarded ("burned"), unused by the players. burn cards are usually not shown to the players. burning is most often performed in casinos to deter a form of cheating known as card marking. in poker, for example, the top card of the deck stub ... |
bulgaria (; ), officially the republic of bulgaria, is a country in southeast europe. located west of the black sea and south of the danube river, bulgaria is bordered by greece and turkey to the south, serbia and north macedonia to the west, and romania to the north. it covers a territory of and is the 16th largest co... |
bryozoa (also known as the polyzoa, ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of simple, aquatic invertebrate animals, nearly all living in sedentary colonies. typically about long, they have a special feeding structure called a lophophore, a "crown" of tentacles used for filter feeding. most marine bryozoan... |
a biennial plant is a flowering plant that, generally in a temperate climate, takes two years to complete its biological life cycle. in its first year, the biennial plant undergoes primary growth, during which its vegetative structures (leaves, stems, and roots) develop. usually, the stem of the plant remains short and... |
the bay leaf is an aromatic leaf commonly used as a herb in cooking. it can be used whole, either dried or fresh, in which case it is removed from the dish before consumption, or less commonly used in ground form. the flavor that a bay leaf imparts to a dish has not been universally agreed upon, but most agree it is a ... |
basis may refer to: finance and accounting adjusted basis, the net cost of an asset after adjusting for various tax-related items basis point, 0.01%, often used in the context of interest rates basis trading, a trading strategy consisting of the purchase of a security and the sale of a similar security basis of futures... |
the burgess shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the canadian rockies of british columbia, canada. it is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. at old (middle cambrian), it is one of the earliest fossil beds containing soft-part imprints. the rock unit is a black shale and cro... |
beavis and butt-head is an american adult animated television series created by mike judge for mtv (seasons 1–8) and later paramount+ (season 9–present, as mike judge's beavis and butt-head). the series follows beavis and butt-head, both voiced by judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, lack of... |
bromeliales is an order of flowering plants. such an order has been recognized by a few systems of plant taxonomy, with a various placement. it appears that it always has had the same circumscription: consisting only of the family bromeliaceae, the bromeliad or pineapple family. the order is not recognized in the apg i... |
the brassicales (or cruciales) are an order of flowering plants, belonging to the eurosids ii group of dicotyledons under the apg ii system. one character common to many members of the order is the production of glucosinolate (mustard oil) compounds. most systems of classification have included this order, although som... |
a bulletin board system (bbs), also called a computer bulletin board service (cbbs), is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program. once logged in, the user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, ... |
the string quartet no. 16 in f major, op. 135, by ludwig van beethoven was written in october 1826 and was the last major work he completed. only the final movement of the quartet op. 130, written as a replacement for the große fuge, was composed later. the work was premiered by the schuppanzigh quartet in march 1828, ... |
the symphony no. 9 in d minor, op. 125, is a choral symphony, the final complete symphony by ludwig van beethoven, composed between 1822 and 1824. it was first performed in vienna on 7 may 1824. the symphony is regarded by many critics and musicologists as a masterpiece of western classical music and one of the supreme... |
ludwig van beethoven's opus 1 is a set of three piano trios (written for piano, violin, and cello), first performed in 1795 in the house of prince lichnowsky, to whom they are dedicated. the trios were published in 1795. despite the op. 1 designation, these trios were not beethoven's first published compositions; this ... |
op. 70 is a set of two piano trios by ludwig van beethoven, written for piano, violin, and cello. both trios were composed during beethoven's stay at countess marie von erdödy's estate, and both are dedicated to her for her hospitality. they were published in 1809. the first, in d major, known as the ghost, is one of h... |
the piano trio in b-flat major, op. 97, by ludwig van beethoven is a piano trio completed in 1811. it is commonly referred to as the archduke trio, because it was dedicated to archduke rudolph of austria, the youngest of twelve children of leopold ii, holy roman emperor. rudolf was an amateur pianist and a patron, frie... |
the violin sonata no. 5 in f major, op. 24, is a four movement work for violin and piano by ludwig van beethoven. it was first published in 1801. the work is commonly known as the spring sonata (frühlingssonate), although the name "spring" was apparently given to it after beethoven's death. the sonata was dedicated to ... |
barratry ( ) is a legal term that, at common law, described a criminal offense committed by people who are overly officious in instigating or encouraging prosecution of groundless litigation, or who bring repeated or persistent acts of litigation for the purposes of profit or harassment. although it remains a crime in ... |
a bomber is a military combat aircraft designed to attack ground and naval targets by dropping air-to-ground weaponry (such as bombs), launching torpedoes, or deploying air-launched cruise missiles. the first use of bombs dropped from an aircraft occurred in the italo-turkish war, with the first major deployments comin... |
cue sports are a wide variety of games of skill played with a cue, which is used to strike billiard balls and thereby cause them to move around a cloth-covered table bounded by elastic bumpers known as . there are three major subdivisions of games within cue sports: carom billiards, played on tables without , typically... |
the big/great dipper is the american english term for the seven brightest stars of ursa major (the plough in british english). big dipper also may refer to: entertainment big dipper (battersea park), a wooden roller coaster operating in battersea park, london, england, from 1951 until 1972 big dipper (blackpool), a woo... |
(, latin: prusa, ) is a city in northwestern turkey and the administrative center of bursa province. the fourth-most populous city in turkey and second-most populous in the marmara region, bursa is one of the industrial centers of the country. most of turkey's automotive production takes place in bursa. as of 2019, the... |
the bahamas ( ), officially the commonwealth of the bahamas, is an island country within the lucayan archipelago of the west indies in the north atlantic. it takes up 97% of the lucayan archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archipelago's population. the archipelagic state consists of more than 3,000 islands... |
baker island, formerly known as new nantucket, is an uninhabited atoll just north of the equator in the central pacific ocean about southwest of honolulu. the island lies almost halfway between hawaii and australia. its nearest neighbor is howland island, to the north-northwest; both have been claimed as territories of... |
bangladesh (; , ), officially the people's republic of bangladesh, is a country in south asia. it is the eighth-most-populous and among the most densely populated countries, with a population of around 170 million in an area of . bangladesh shares land borders with india to the west, north, and east, and myanmar to the... |
barbados ( ; ; ) is an island country in the lesser antilles of the west indies, in the caribbean region of north america and the most easterly of the caribbean islands. it lies on the boundary of the south american and the caribbean plates. its capital and largest city is bridgetown. inhabited by kalinago people since... |
bassas da india (; ) is an uninhabited, roughly circular french atoll that is part of the french southern and antarctic lands. located in the southern mozambique channel, about halfway between mozambique and madagascar (about further east) and around northwest of europa island, the rim of the atoll averages around in w... |
belarus, officially the republic of belarus, is a landlocked country in eastern europe. it is bordered by russia to the east and northeast, ukraine to the south, poland to the west, and lithuania and latvia to the northwest. covering an area of and with a population of 9.2 million, belarus is the 13th-largest and the 2... |
belize (, ; ) is a country on the north-eastern coast of central america. it is bordered by mexico to the north, the caribbean sea to the east, and guatemala to the west and south. it also shares a water boundary with honduras to the southeast. it has an area of and a population of 441,471 (2022). its mainland is about... |
benin ( , ; , , ), officially the republic of benin (), and formerly dahomey, is a country in west africa. it is bordered by togo to the west, nigeria to the east, burkina faso to the north-west, and niger to the north-east. the majority of its population lives on the southern coastline of the bight of benin, part of t... |
bermuda (; historically known as the bermudas or somers isles) is a british overseas territory in the north atlantic ocean. the closest land outside the territory is in the american state of north carolina, about to the west-northwest. bermuda is an archipelago consisting of 181 islands, although the most significant i... |
bolivia, officially the plurinational state of bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central south america. it is bordered by brazil to the north and east, paraguay to the southeast, argentina to the south, chile to the southwest, and peru to the west. the seat of government and administrative capital is ... |
bosnia and herzegovina (; sometimes known as bosnia-herzegovina and informally as bosnia) is a country in southeast europe, in the balkans, bordering serbia to the east, montenegro to the southeast, and croatia to the north and southwest. in the south it has a long coast on the adriatic sea. bosnia has a moderate conti... |
botswana (; , ), officially the republic of botswana (, ), is a landlocked country in southern africa. botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 per cent of its territory being the kalahari desert. it is bordered by south africa to the south and southeast, namibia to the west and north, and zimbabwe to th... |
brunei ( , ), formally brunei darussalam (, jawi: , ), is a country in southeast asia, situated on the northern coast of the island of borneo. apart from its coastline on the south china sea, it is completely surrounded by the malaysian state of sarawak, with its territory bifurcated by the sarawak district of limbang.... |
the british virgin islands (bvi), officially the virgin islands, is a british overseas territory in the caribbean, to the east of puerto rico and the us virgin islands and north-west of anguilla. the islands are geographically part of the virgin islands archipelago and are located in the leeward islands of the lesser a... |
burkina faso ( , ; , ) is a landlocked country in west africa with an area of , bordered by mali to the northwest, niger to the northeast, benin to the southeast, togo and ghana to the south, and the ivory coast to the southwest. as of 2021, the country had an estimated population of 20,321,378. previously called repub... |
the economy of the bahamas is dependent upon tourism and offshore banking. the bahamas is the richest country in the west indies and is ranked 14th in north america for nominal gdp. it is a stable, developing nation in the lucayan archipelago, with a population of 391,232 (2016). steady growth in tourism receipts and a... |
the government of barbados (gob), is a unitary parliamentary republic, where the president of barbados is the head of state and the prime minister of barbados is the head of government. structure the country has a bicameral legislature and a political party system, based on universal adult suffrage and fair elections. ... |
the government of the republic of belarus (), which consists of the council of ministers of the republic of belarus (), is the executive branch of state power in belarus, and is appointed by the president of belarus. the head of the government is the president of belarus, who manages the main agenda of the government a... |
telecommunications in belarus involves the availability and use of electronic devices and services, such as the telephone, television, radio or computer, for the purpose of communication. telephone system telephone lines in use: 3,9741 million (2011). mobile/cellular: 11,559,473 subscribers (q1 2019). the phone calling... |
this article is about transport in belarus. railways rail transport in belarus is operated by belarusskaya chyhunka total: country comparison to the world: 32 broad gauge: of gauge ( electrified) (2006) city with underground railway system: minsk, see minsk metro for tramway systems: see list of town tramway systems in... |
the armed forces of the republic of belarus (; ) are the military forces of belarus. it consists of the ground forces and the air force and air defence forces, all under the command of the ministry of defence. as a landlocked country, belarus has no navy. in 2017, iiss estimated that personnel in the armed forces numbe... |
the byelorussian ssr was one of only two soviet republics to be separate members of the united nations (the other being the ukrainian ssr). both republics and the soviet union joined the un when the organization was founded in 1945. prior to 2001 after the dissolution of the soviet union, at which time belarus gained i... |
communications in belgium are extensive and advanced. belgium possesses the infrastructure for both mobile and land-based telecom, as well as having significant television, radio and internet infrastructure. the country code for belgium is be. services mail mail regulation is a national competency. postal service in be... |
transport in belgium is facilitated with well-developed road, air, rail and water networks. the rail network has of electrified tracks. there are of roads, among which there are of motorways, of main roads and of other paved roads. there is also a well-developed urban rail network in brussels, antwerp, ghent and charle... |
the economy of benin remains underdeveloped and dependent on subsistence agriculture and cotton. cotton accounts for 40% of benin's gdp and roughly 80% of official export receipts. there is also production of textiles, palm products, and cocoa beans. maize (corn), beans, rice, peanuts, cashews, pineapples, cassava, yam... |
the economy of bhutan is based on agriculture and forestry, which provide the main livelihood for more than 60% of the population. agriculture consists largely of subsistence farming and animal husbandry. rugged mountains dominate the terrain and make the building of roads and other infrastructure difficult. bhutan is ... |
the lhop or doya people are a little-known tribe of southwest bhutan. the bhutanese believe them to be the aboriginal inhabitants of the country. the lhop are found in the low valleys of dorokha gewog and near phuntsholing in the duars. the dress of the lhop resembles the lepcha, but they bear little similarity with th... |
bosnia and herzegovina is located in southeastern europe. situated in the western balkans, it has a border with croatia to the north and southwest, a border with serbia to the east, and a border with montenegro to the southeast. it borders the adriatic sea along its coastline. the most striking features of the local te... |
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