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Bahr el Abiad
(Encyclopedia)Bahr el Abiad, river, Sudan: see White Nile. ...Boundary Peak
(Encyclopedia)Boundary Peak, 13,140 ft (4,005 m) high, SW Nev., in the White Mts. near the Calif. line. It is the highest point in Nevada.Knights of the White Camellia
(Encyclopedia)Knights of the White Camellia: see Ku Klux Klan. ...bass, in zoology
(Encyclopedia)bass băs [key], common name applied to various fishes of Centrarchidae (black basses and sunfishes), Serranidae (sea basses and groupers), Moronidae (temperate basses), and other families. All basses...oak
(Encyclopedia)oak, any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus of the family Fagaceae (beech family). This complex genus includes as many as 600, found chiefly in north temperate zones and also in Polynesia. The more so...Ivan IV
(Encyclopedia)Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible, 1530–84, grand duke of Moscow (1533–84), the first Russian ruler to assume formally the title of czar. In his later years, Ivan's character, always stern, grew tyra...prohibition
(Encyclopedia)prohibition, legal prevention of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages, the extreme of the regulatory liquor laws. The modern movement for prohibition had its main growth in...Gilded Age
(Encyclopedia)Gilded Age, a term used to describe a period in United States history—from roughly 1870 to 1900—when the wealthy elite consisted of industrialists w...Crawford Notch
(Encyclopedia)Crawford Notch, water gap in the White Mts., N central N.H., through which the Saco River flows. It is named for Abel Crawford, an early settler. The area is a state park (est. 1911). ...Indian pipe
(Encyclopedia)Indian pipe, common name for the genus Monotropa and for the family Monotropaceae, low flowering plants of north temperate zones. They are chlorophylless saprophytes with a funguslike appearance. Each...Browse by Subject
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