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biographical name(Banks)
Sir Joseph 1743—1820 English naturalist
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verb(Banks)
to build a raised border of earth around : to raise a bank about
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verb(Banks)
to restrict the flow of air to (a fire) especially by piling ash around or over the burning embers
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verb(Banks)
to build (a curve) with the roadbed or track inclined laterally upward from the inside edge
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verb(Banks)
to manage a bank
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verb(Banks)
to deposit money or have an account in a bank
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verb(Banks)
to deposit or store in a bank
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noun(Banks)
a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as
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noun(Banks)
a piled-up mass of cloud or fog
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noun(Banks)
an undersea elevation rising especially from the continental shelf
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noun(Banks)
an establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue of money, for the extension of credit, and for facilitating the transmission of funds
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noun(Banks)
the table, counter, or place of business of a money changer
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noun(Banks)
a person conducting a gambling house or game; specifically : dealer
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noun(Banks)
a group or series of objects arranged together in a row or a tier : such as
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noun(Banks)
a set of elevators
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noun(Banks)
a row or tier of telephones
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geographical name(Banks)
island of northern Canada in the Northwest Territories at the western end of the Arctic Archipelago area about 27,000 square miles (69,900 square kilometers)
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geographical name(Banks)
islands of the southwestern Pacific; administered by Vanuatu population 5521
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geographical name(Banks)
shoals in the western Atlantic southeast of Newfoundland
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geographical name(Banks)
chain of sand islands and peninsulas along the Atlantic coast of North Carolina