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Bacilli The term bacilli (singular bacillus) is used to refer to any rod-shaped bacteria. As a formal taxon, the Bacilli (capitalized) are a class of Firmicutes, including Bacillus and various other Gram-positive bacteria, such as Listeria.
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Bacillus amyloliquefaciens is a species of bacteria that is the source of the BamH1 restriction site. It also synthesizes a natural antibiotic protein barnase, a widely studied ribonuclease that forms a famously tight complex with its intracellular inhibitor barstar.
Bacillus coagulans Bacillus coagulans is a species of lactic acid forming Bacillus bacteria, which can contaminate canned food and gives it a flat sour taste. This includes foods that are normally too acidic for most bacteria; B.
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Bacillus of Calmette and Guérin (BCG) is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated (weakened) live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially cultured in an artificial medium for years. The bacilli have retained enough strong antigenicity to become a somewhat effective vaccine for the prevention of human tuberculosis.
Bacillus licheniformis Bacillus licheniformis is a bacterium commonly found in the soil. Recently, studies have also shown that it is found on bird feathers, especially chest and back plumage, and most often in ground dwelling birds (like sparrows) and aquatic species (like ducks).
Bacillus safensis Bacillus safensis is a bacteria, highly resistant to gamma and UV radiation, that has raised some concerns over a possibility of having been brought to the planet Mars with the two space probes Spirit and Opportunity in 2004.
Bacillus stearothermophilus Bacillus stearothermophilus is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive bacteria and a member of the division Firmicutes. The bacteria is a thermophile and is widely distributed in soil, hot springs, ocean sediment, and is a cause of spoilage in food products.
Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis (Bti) is a group of bacteria used as biological control agents for larvae of certain Dipterans. Bti produces toxins which are effective in killing various species of mosquitoes and blackflies, while having almost no effect on other organisms.
Bacilos Bacilos is a latin music group based in Miami, Florida, USA. Their album Caraluna won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Pop Latin Album and its 2004 release Sin VergĂĽenza has again been nominated for Best Latin Pop Album in the Grammy Awards of 2005.
Back and Forth Series 2 Back and Forth Series 2 is a compilation album by industrial band Skinny Puppy. It consists of the entire Back and Forth release remixed from the original four-track tapes, including raw live recordings and studio rarities.
Back and Forth Series 6 Back and Forth Series 6 is an album of previously unavailable Skinny Puppy material released through the cEvin Key's Subconscious Studios website in early 2003. The CD had two releases, each with different artwork and cases though the audio content was the same.
Back beat In music a back beat (also backbeat, or up-beat)) is any of the even "beats" (quarter beats 2 and 4) as opposed to the odd downbeats, (quarter beats 1 and 3). That is, counting out a simple 4/4 rhythm, 1 2 3 4, the 1 and 3 are down beats and the 2 and 4 are upbeats.
Back Bay Restaurant Group Inc. Back Bay Restaurant Group, Inc. is a stable, healthy, and growing company that consists of seven different restaurant concepts: Abe & Louie's, Atlantic Fish, Charley's, Bouchee, Coach Grill, Joe's American Bar & Grill, and Papa Razzi.
Back Burners "Back Burners" is the seventh episode of the third season of the HBO original series, The Wire. The episode was written by Joy Lusco from a story by David Simon & Joy Lusco and was directed by Tim Van Patten.
Back Creek (Potomac River) Back Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River that flows north from Frederick County, Virginia to Berkeley County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. Back Creek's source lies along Frederick County's border with Hampshire County, West Virginia at Farmer's Gap in the Great North Mountain.
Back Door to Hell Back Door to Hell is a 1964 film concerning a three-man team of United States soldiers preparing the way for Gen. MacArthur's World War II return to the Philippines by destroying a Japanese communications center.
Back Dorm Boys Back Dorm Boys () refer to a Chinese male duo who gained fame for their lip sync videos to songs by the Backstreet Boys and other pop stars. They are also referred to as "Back Dormitory Boys", "Chinese Backstreet Boys", "Dormitory Boys", and "Two Chinese Boys".
Back foot contact In the sport of cricket, back foot contact is position of the bowler at the instant when the back foot lands on the ground just prior to delivering the ball. For a right handed bowler, the back foot is normally the right foot.
Back for Good "Back for Good" is a song by the British pop group Take That, written by their member Gary Barlow, who also sang the lead vocal on the track. It was their sixth UK chart-topper, and their only US top ten hit.
Back horse The back horse (in italian: cavallo di ritorno) is an illegal practice, common in the southern regions of Italy, in which a person comes to an agreement with a car or motorcycle thief who gives back the loot, after a payment.
Back Home (England song) Back Home was a popular song by the 1970 England World Cup squad. The single which began the tradition of the England squad recording World Cup songs to celebrate their involvement, it reached #1 on the UK singles chart for three weeks in May 1970.
Back Chat Back Chat, written by bassist John Deacon, is the track most influenced by black music on the 1982 Queen album Hot Space. Deacon (who differed from his band-mates, in that he was the only one raised on soul instead of rock and roll) had chosen a no-compromise method of eliminating any rock elements from his songs for Hot Space.
Back in Black (song) Back in Black is a song by AC/DC best known for its distinctive opening riff, (which continues through the verses of the song,) appearing as the sixth track on their 1980 album of the same title. A live version of the song later appeared on both versions of the (Live and Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition.
Back in Business Back in Business is a 1997 action-adventure film starring Brian Bosworth and Joe Torry. The film revolves around two policemen, Joe Elkhart (Bosworth) and Tony Dunbar (Torry) and their pursuit of drug runners and dirty cops.
Back in My Arms Again "Back in My Arms Again" is a 1965 hit song recorded by The Supremes for the Motown label. Written and produced by Motown's main production team Holland-Dozier-Holland, "Back in My Arms Again" was the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week, from June 6, 1965 to June 12, 1965.
Back in the Day (Missy Elliott song) "Back in the Day" is a 2003 hip-hop song by Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, featuring guest vocals from Jay-Z and Elliott protégé Tweet. The song appears on her 2002 album Under Construction and was at one time planned for release as a single.
Back injury Preventing back injury is a major workplace safety challenge. According to the American Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than one million workers suffer back injuries each year, and back injuries account for one of every five workplace injuries or illnesses.
Back Issue Magazine Back Issue Magazine is an on-going publication of TwoMorrows Publishing in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the United States. Edited by comics writer and editor Michael Eury, Back Issue Magazine is published bimonthly and features articles and art on comics of the 1970s-80s and today.
Back Like That "Back Like That" will be first single by rapper DMX off his upcoming album Back To The Anthem. It is to be produced by Swiss Beats and is to feature all of the Ruff Ryders group last featured on Dmx's first offering "It's Dark And Hell Is Hot".
Back mount Back mount or rear mount is a dominant ground grappling position where one combatant is behind the other in such a way that he or she is controlling the combatant in front. Typically, the combatant in the inferior position is lying face-down, while the other combatant is sitting or lying on top.
Back of a napkin Back of a napkin is a phrase used to explain the proposal of something in a very informal and quick way. An idea might have sprung up during a dinner and the paper available to scribble is the dinner napkin readily available on the table.
Back office A back office is a part of most corporations where tasks dedicated to running the company itself take place. Examples of back-office tasks include IT departments that keep the phones and computers running, accounting, and human resources.
Back on the Streets (single) Back on the Streets is a 1976 song by the UK rock group Hawkwind. It was originally released as a single in the UK (CB299) on 28 January 1977 and has been included on some North American versions of the album Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music.
Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television Back Of The Y Masterpiece Television was a cult TV series produced in New Zealand. Featuring such memorable characters as Spanners Watson, Danny Parker, Dick Johansonson, Cindy Cockburn and Randy Campbell, the show glorified stupid stunts and the consumption of copious amounts of alcohol.
Back On The Chain Gang "Back On The Chain Gang" is a song by The Pretenders from their third studio album Learning to Crawl (1984). It was released as the album's first single in 1982 (see 1982 in music), two years before the album was released, and reached number five on the U.
Back Orifice Back Orifice (often shortened to BO) is a controversial computer program designed for remote system administration. It enables a user to control a computer running the Microsoft Windows operating system from a remote location.
Back Orifice 2000 Back Orifice 2000 (often shortened to BO2k) is a computer program designed for remote system administration. It enables a user to control a computer running the Microsoft Windows operating system from a remote location.
Back pain Back pain (also known as "dorsopathy") is pain felt in the back that may come from the muscles, nerves, bones, joints or other structures in the spine. The pain may be constant or intermittent, stay in one place or refer or radiate to other areas.
Back porch Back porch refers to the portion in each scan line of a video signal between the end (rising edge) of the horizontal sync pulse and the start of active video. It was originally allocated to allow the slow electronics in early televisions time to respond to the sync pulse and prepare for the active line period.
Back pressure Backpressure usually refers to the pressure exerted on a moving fluid by obstructions or tight bends in the confinement vessel along which it is moving, such as piping or air vents, against its direction of flow. For example, an automotive exhaust muffler with a particularly high number of twists, bends, turns and right angles could be described as having particularly high backpressure Back Pressure in the exhaust sense of the term, is usually termed as being a "bad thing" for performance, however in the ever increasing vigilance of the law, back pressure can be regulated to keep exhaust noise down using systems from simple butterfly valves to fully computer controlled units sensing pressure in the exhaust pipe itself.
Back Porch Video Back Porch Video was a music video show started in 1984 by students from the three main high schools in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. It began at a time when MTV was still in its infancy, and was carried live on the local cable television franchise, Group W Cable (a division of Westinghouse.
Back rank checkmate In chess, a back rank mate is a checkmate delivered by a rook or queen (or some similar fairy chess piece in some chess variant) along a back rank (that is, the row on which the pieces (not pawns) stand at the start of the game) in which the mated king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually pawns) on the second rank. A typical position is shown to the right.
Back River Back River (Thlewechodyeth, or Great Fish River), is a river in the Kitikmeot Region of Canada's Nunavut territory and flows for 1,150 kilometres (715 miles). It rises in the relatively small Sussex Lake and flows with a very tortuous course northeast to Chantrey Inlet on the Arctic Ocean, passing through several large lake-expansions - Beechey Lake, Pelly Lake, Garry Lake, Buliard Lake, MacDougall Lake and Franklin Lake.
Back River (Virginia) The Back River is an estuarine inlet of the Chesapeake Bay between the independent cities of Hampton and Poquoson in the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia. Formed by the confluence of the Northwest and Southwest Branches, and at just over two miles long, the Back River is a breeding ground for many of the Bay's prized sport fish and the infamous blue crab.
Back slang Back Slang is a language created by phonetically speaking words backwards and is typically pronounced from the written word and not the spoken word. It is thought to have originated in Victorian England, being used mainly by market sellers, such as butchers and green grocers.
Back Seat Confidential "Back Seat Confidential" is the 4th track on the Volts by the heavy rock band ACDC. "Back Seat Confidential" is an early recording of the song "Beating Around the Bush" which is the 5th track on the album Highway to Hell.
Back Seat of My Car "Back Seat of My Car" is an inventive Beach Boys pastiche which ends the Ram album and was released as a single in the UK. Ram experienced a renaissance of critical regard by the 1990s, due in no small part to this dramatic song.
Back Stabbers Back Stabbers is an August 1972 album by the Philadelphia soul group The O'Jays and is widely considered their best album. Memorable singles include the title track and "Love Train", which hit number one on the pop charts.
Back Stage Back Stage is a trade publication that covers the entertainment industry from the perspective of performers, the performance unions (SAG, Actors' Equity Association, AFTRA, AGVA, AGMA, the American Federation of Musicians, AFTRA, etc.), casting directors, and, in particular, actors.
Back Stage (film) Back Stage is a 1919 comedy, one of the last films that Buster Keaton would appear with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle before they went their separate ways, Keaton would get his own studio, and Arbuckle got into feature length films. In this the two, and others, work as stagehands, backstage of course, in a playhouse trying to help and in some cases, stay far away from the eccentric and diva-like performers.
Back titration Back titration is an analytical chemistry technique which allows the user to find the concentration of a reactant of unknown concentration by reacting it with an excess volume of another reactant of known concentration. The resulting mixture is then titrated back, taking into account the molarity of the excess which was added.
Back to Basics (campaign) Back to Basics was a failed attempt to relaunch the government of British Prime Minister John Major in 1993. Announced at the Party Conference of that year, the initiative was intended to focus on issues of law and order, education and public probity (especially "single mothers") after the debacle of Black Wednesday had destroyed the claims of the UK Conservative Party to safeguard public finance.
Back to Mine Back to Mine is a series of mix albums, usually (though not always) mixed by renowned DJs or composers of electronic music. The compilations usually feature artists other than the artist compiling the album, and are based on what the artist would play at home after a night out, rather than as part of a nightclub session.
Back to Mono (1958-1969) Back to Mono (1958-1969) is a four-CD box set of the work of producer Phil Spector. Three of the CDs are singles produced by Spector in the 1950s and 1960s by groups such as The Crystals, The Ronettes, and The Righteous Brothers.
Back to My Roots Back to My Roots was the fourth single (and second major label single) released by singer and drag queen RuPaul. The track continued to boost RuPaul's popularity with a gay audience and in dance clubs, but failed to chart in the Billboard Hot 100.
Back to Reality Back to Reality was a reality television show featuring reality television stars from previous reality television programs. The February 2004 show was advertised by Five as being "The biggest reality show of all time" however in terms of ratings, it failed to deliver.
Back to School Back to School is a 1986 movie starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, William Zabka, Sam Kinison, and Robert Downey, Jr. The plot centers on a wealthy but uneducated father (Dangerfield) who goes to college to show solidarity with his troubled son (Gordon) and learns that he can not buy his education.
Back to Skool Back to Skool is a computer game, sequel to the popular Skool Daze, created by David Reidy for the ZX Spectrum and released by Microsphere in 1985. The gameplay was very similar to Skool Daze, even incorporating most of the same characters, gameplay elements and graphics.
Back to the Disaster Back to the Disaster is a live CD/DVD package from the band Sugarcult, released in November 23 2005. It takes its name from a lyric from the song Memory, the first single off their previous album Palm Trees and Power Lines.
Back to the Future Back to the Future is an American science fiction/comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and released in 1985. It is about a young man named Marty McFly who accidentally travels into the past and jeopardizes his own future existence.
Back to the Future (video game) Back to the Future is a video game produced by LJN Toys for the Nintendo Entertainment System and Electric Dreams Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC. The game is loosely based on the Back to the Future film.
Back to the Future Part III (video game) Back To The Future Part III (or Back to the Future III) is the title of a video game released for the Sega Genesis and is based on the film of the same name. The game is different from LJN's Back to the Future II & III video game released for the NES.
Back to the Future: The Animated Series Back to the Future: The Animated Series was an animated series based on the Back to the Future trilogy of feature films. The series lasted two seasons, each lasting 13 episodes, and ran on CBS from September 21, 1991 to September 1993, and later repeated on FOX from March to September 2003.
Back to the Future: The Ride Back To The Future: The Ride is a simulator ride based on the popular movie trilogy of the same name. It opened May 2, 1991, at Universal Studios Florida, and closed in 2006 [1], Hollywood, California and Osaka, Japan.
Back to the Future: The Very Best of Jodeci Back to The Future: The Very Best of Jodeci is a 2005 greatest hits LP for R&B group Jodeci, released by Universal Records. The original compilation was to include the song "That Thang", which featured rap artists Trick Daddy and Trina.
Back to the Klondike Back to the Klondike is a Donald Duck comic strip story written by Carl Barks in March 1953. Scrooge McDuck returns to Klondike where he has made his fortune, bringing Donald and the three nephews along, to find back gold he has left there.
Back to the land Today, the phrase "back-to-the-land movement" usually refers to a North American social phenomenon of the 1960s and 1970s. This particular back-to-the-land movement was a migration from cities to rural areas that took place in the United States, its greatest vigor being before the mid '70s.
Back to the roots Back to the roots, also called Spurensuche, is a program from the Republic of Austria's well established exchange-project. Whereby a group of 15 young Israelis, who have Austrian family roots, are invited to Austria and together with 15 young local Austrians do research about their ancestors and sometimes travel to the places where those ancestors used to live.
Back to Then Back to Then is the title of a solo album released by singer/songwriter Darius Rucker, lead singer of Hootie & The Blowfish. The album was a departure for him as this project was a contemporary R&B album, a stark contrast to his group's pop/rock efforts.
Back That Azz Up "Back That Azz Up" (edited version titled "Back That Thing Up") is a 1999 hit single by Juvenile for Cash Money Records, his biggest hit from his 1998 album 400 Degreez. The song, an explicit exploration of the same themes as Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back" was Juvenile's biggest hit single until the release of "Slow Motion" in 2004.
Back To Jerusalem Back To Jerusalem is a vision of the Chinese house churches to evangelise all the Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim countries of the world. It aims to evangelize all Muslim, Buddhist, and Hindu countries by sending a minimum of 100,000 missionaries along the Silk Road, an ancient trade route that winds from China to the Mediterranean Sea.
Back vowel A back vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a back vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far back as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
Back walkover A back walkover is a gymnastic manoeuvre in which a person stands with their hands and feet flat on the floor and arching their back as high as they can, stretching all abdominal muscles, makes a gymnastic bridge. Then the person lifts one leg and pushes off from the ground with the other, while keeping their hands on the floor, using their back muscles to push themself through a handstand position, and controlling their handstand down until one foot, and then the other, reach the floor, ending in a normal standing position.
Back With Two Beasts Back With Two Beasts is an album by Australian rock band The Church, released in 2005. It is supposedly another in their series of "jam" albums promised to fans via their official website yet there are songs here that are completed and left many fans scratching their heads as to why this is not considered an album proper by Kilbey and the rest of the band.
Back-arc basin Back-arc basins (or retro-arc basins) are geologic features, submarine basins associated with island arcs and subduction zones. They are found at some convergent plate boundaries, presently concentrated in the Western Pacific ocean.
Back-bond Back-bond, or back-letter, in Scots law, is a deed qualifying the terms of another deed, or declaratory of the purposes for which another deed has been granted. Thus an ex facie absolute disposition, qualified by a back-bond expressing the limited nature of the right actually, held by the person to whom the disposition is made, would constitute what in England is termed a deed of trust.
Back-building thunderstorm A back-building thunderstorm is a thunderstorm in which new development takes place on the upwind side (usually the west or southwest side in North America), such that the storm seems to remain stationary or propagate in a backward direction.
Back-contamination Back-contamination is the informal but widely-employed name for the introduction of microbial extraterrestrial organisms into Earth's biosphere. It is assumed that any such contact will be disruptive or at least have consequences over which human beings will have little control.
Back-fire A Back-fire or backfire is an explosion of a car's exhaust, which creates a loud noise and which can sometimes even result in the emission of flames from the vehicle's tailpipe. The term was derived from experiences with early unreliable guns which could literally blow up in a shooter's face.
Back-formation In etymology, the process of back-formation is the creation of a neologism by reinterpreting an earlier word as a derivation and removing apparent affixes, or more generally, by reconstructing an "original" form from any kind of derived form (including abbreviations or inflected forms). The resulting new word is called a back-formation.
Back-of-the-envelope calculation The phrase back-of-the-envelope calculations (abbreviated "BotEC") refers to rough calculations that, while not rigorous, test or support a point. They are far more than a guess but far less than a proof.
Back-pass rule The back-pass rule refers to two clauses within Law 12 of the Laws of the Game of football (soccer). These clauses prohibit the goalkeeper from intentionally handling the ball when a team-mate uses his/her feet or a throw-in to intentionally pass them the ball.
Back-story In narratology, a back-story (also back story or backstory) is the history behind the situation extant at the start of the main story. This literary device is often employed to lend the main story depth or verisimilitude.
Back-stripping Back-stripping is a geological analysis technique for sedimentary rock sequences. It is a method by which successive layers of basin fill sediment are "stripped off" the total stratigraphy during analysis of that basin's history.
Back-to-Africa movement The Back-to-Africa movement, also known as the Colonization movement, originated in the United States in the nineteenth century, and encouraged those of African descent to return to the African homelands of their ancestors. This movement would eventually inspire other movements ranging from the Nation of Islam to the Rastafari movement.
Back-to-back life sentences Back-to-back life sentences is a term referring to the judicial practice of sentencing a felon to two consecutive life sentences. This penalty is typically used to prevent the felon from ever getting released from prison.
Back-to-back user agent The Back-to-Back User Agent (B2BUA) acts as a user agent to both ends of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) call. The B2BUA is responsible for handling all SIP signalling between both ends of the call, from call establishment to termination.
Backandtotheleft backandtotheleft was a futurepop/synthpop band from Seattle, WA. The most recent lineup consisted of Brandon Jerwa (vocals), Megan "Fritter" Shear (drums), and Robert Wilhelm (keyboards), although all three members contributed equally to songwriting in the studio setting.
Backbeat (film) Backbeat is a 1994 movie that chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The movie focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe (played by Stephen Dorff) and John Lennon (played by Ian Hart), and also with Sutcliffe's German girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr (played by Sheryl Lee).
Backbencher A backbencher is a Member of Parliament or a legislator who does not hold governmental office and is not a Front Bench spokesperson in the Opposition. A backbencher may be a new parliamentary member yet to receive high office, a senior figure dropped from government, or someone who for whatever reason is not chosen to sit either in the ministry or the opposition Shadow Ministry.
Backbone chassis Backbone chassis is a type of chassis that is simmilar to the body-on-frame chassis, but instead of a two dimensional ladder type it consists of a strong tubular backbone (usually in rectangular section) that connects the front and rear axle. A body is then placed on the frame.
BackBerner BackBerner was an Australian political satire sketch comedy television series, broadcast on ABC television, and produced by the ABC with Crackerjack Productions. The program was hosted by stand up comic Peter Berner and noted Australian character actor Louise Siversen.
Backcasting Whereas Forecasting is the process of predicting the future based on current trend analysis, Backcasting approaches the challenge of discussing the future from the opposite direction. Typically, several alternative scenarios are examined -- usually representing different normative (or desireable) states.
Backcombing Backcombing is a way of combing hair which is used to create volume as well as to create certain hairstyles. Backcombing, also known as "teasing", means repeatedly combing the hair towards the scalp, causing the hair to tangle and knot up.
Backcountry hut New Zealand is a Tramping (hiking, trekking) Paradise, one of the reasons being that the country has a splendid network of tramping track and camping huts. The types of camping huts can vary from little bivouacs made of wood to slightly larger huts that may not have been maintained in the past, to huts that can sleep up to 40 people, and laid with cooking utilities and gas.
Backcut Backcut (AKA "back cut" or "back slash") is a knife fighting term which regards the use of a double-edged, or partially double-edged, knife. It is most frequently applied to the use of knives which have a sharpened clip point, particularly the fighting Bowie knife.
Backdoor A backdoor in a computer system (or cryptosystem or algorithm) is a method of bypassing normal authentication or securing remote access to a computer, while attempting to remain hidden from casual inspection. The backdoor may take the form of an installed program (e.
Backdoor progression In jazz music theory, the cadential chord progression from iv7 to I, or flat-VII7 to I has been nicknamed the backdoor progression. This name derives from an assumption that the normal progression to the tonic (V7 to I, or the authentic cadence) is, by inference, the front door.
Backdraft (drink) The Backdraft is a cocktail that is noted for its elaborate preparation and extreme potency. Named after the Backdraft which occurs in some fire situations, this drink produces a similar condition on purpose using flammable alcoholic drinks and an enclosing container, such as an upside down pint glass.
Backergunje Backergunje, or Bakarganj was a former district of British India in the Dacca division of Eastern Bengal and Assam, and is now mostly in Bangladesh. With an area of 4542 mi² (11,764 km²), it forms part of the joint delta of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra.

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