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(Encyclopedia) Hokan-SiouanHokan-Siouanhōˈkən-s&oomacr;ˈən [key], linguistic stock, or family, whose member languages are spoken by Native Americans in North and Central America. See Native…Lüdenscheid
(Encyclopedia) LüdenscheidLüdenscheidlüˈdənshīt [key], city (1994 pop. 80,280), North Rhine–Westphalia, W Germany. It is an industrial center; manufactures include aluminum, metal products, plastics…Losonczi, Pál
(Encyclopedia) Losonczi, PálLosonczi, Pálpäl lōshōnˈtsē [key], 1919–2005, Hungarian Communist politician. He joined the Communist party in 1945 and became a member of parliament in 1953. Active in…Chapelain, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Chapelain, JeanChapelain, JeanzhäN shäplăNˈ [key], 1595–1674, French critic and poet. His works include La Pucelle (1656), an epic poem about Joan of Arc. Chapelain was a founding…Douglas, Denzil Llewellyn
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Denzil Llewellyn, 1953–, Kittian political leader, grad. Univ. of the West Indies (B.S. 1977, M.D. 1984). A member of the Labour party, in 1989 he was elected to the Saint…lintel
(Encyclopedia) lintel, in architecture, the horizontal member that spans an opening, such as a door or window, or that connects two columns. The post-and-lintel, or trabeated, system of construction…Broglie, Maurice, duc de
(Encyclopedia) Broglie, Maurice, duc de, 1875–1960, French physicist; brother of Louis Victor, duc de Broglie. His contributions include notable work on X rays and in atomic physics, radioactivity,…Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna
(Encyclopedia) Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna, 1937–, Soviet cosmonaut. She was the first woman to orbit the earth, in Vostok 6 on June 16–19, 1963. She left the Soviet space program soon after…transactinide elements
(Encyclopedia) transactinide elementstransactinide elementstrănsˌăkˈtənīdˌ [key], in chemistry, elements with atomic numbers greater than that of lawrencium (at. no. 103), the last member of the…pod, in botany
(Encyclopedia) pod or legume, dehiscent fruit of a member of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). At maturity the pod splits along its two seams and releases the enclosed seeds.Trending
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