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Cartagena, city, Spain
(Encyclopedia) Cartagena, Lat. Carthago Nova, city, Murcia prov., SE Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. A major seaport and naval base, it has a fine…catatonia
(Encyclopedia) catatoniacatatoniakătˌətōˈnēə [key], mental state generally characterized by statuesque posturing, muscular immobility, mutism, and apparent stupor. The muscles are held in a pliant…Udaipur
(Encyclopedia) UdaipurUdaipur&oomacr;dĭp&oobreve;rˈ, &oomacr;dīˈp&oobreve;r [key] or MewarUdaipurmāwärˈ [key], city and former princely state, now part of Rajasthan state, NW India.…surface tension
(Encyclopedia) surface tension, tendency of liquids to reduce their exposed surface to the smallest possible area. A drop of water, for example, tends to assume the shape of a sphere. The phenomenon…ultimatum
(Encyclopedia) ultimatumultimatumŭlˌtĭmāˈtəm [key], in international law, final, definitive terms submitted by one disputant nation to the other for immediate acceptance or rejection. Since refusal…pitchblende
(Encyclopedia) pitchblendepitchblendepĭchˈblĕndˌ [key], dark, lustrous, heavy mineral, a source of radium and uranium. Largely natural uranium oxides, triuranium octaoxide (U3O8) and uranium dioxide…Ness, Eliot
(Encyclopedia) Ness, Eliot, 1903–57, American law enforcement officer, b. Chicago, grad. Univ. of Chicago (1925), famous as the leader of the “Untouchables,” the Justice Dept. squad who fought the…necrotizing fasciitis
(Encyclopedia) necrotizing fasciitis, a quickly progressing infection of the skin that spreads along the fascia, the tissue that covers the muscles. (Necrotizing infections that spread along the…river blindness
(Encyclopedia) river blindness or onchocerciasis, disease caused by the parasitic nematode worm Onchocerca volvulus. The worm larvae are transmitted by the bites of blackflies (genus Simulium) that…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: Clark, May 29, 1806
Day 1419 Day 1421 Clark, May 29, 1806 Thursday 29th of May 1806 No movement of the party to day worthy of notice. we have once more a good Stock of Meat and roots. Bratten is recovering…Trending
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