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(Encyclopedia) KennebecKennebeckĕnˈəbĕk [key], river, 164 mi (264 km) long, rising in Moosehead Lake, NW Maine, and flowing S to the Atlantic; the Androscoggin River is its chief tributary. Samuel de…Arbroath
(Encyclopedia) Arbroath Arbroath ärbrōthˈ [key] or Aberbrothock Aberbrothock ăbˌərbrəthŏkˈ [key], town, Angus, E central Scotland, on the North Sea at the…esophagus
(Encyclopedia) esophagusesophagusĭsŏfˈəgəs [key], portion of the digestive tube that conducts food from the mouth to the stomach. When food is swallowed it passes from the pharynx into the esophagus…Newburyport
(Encyclopedia) Newburyport, city (1990 pop. 16,317), a seat of Essex co., NE Mass., at the mouth of the Merrimack River; settled 1635, set off from Newbury and inc. 1764. Its silverware industry…Bremerhaven
(Encyclopedia) Bremerhaven Bremerhaven brāˈmərhäˌfən [key], city, in the state of Bremen, NW Germany, at the mouth of…Bluefields
(Encyclopedia) Bluefields, town, capital of the South Atlantic Coast Autonomous Region and Zelaya dept., SE Nicaragua, on Bluefields Bay at the mouth…Aegospotamos
(Encyclopedia) AegospotamosAegospotamosēˌgəspŏˈtəməs [key], river of ancient Thrace flowing into the Hellespont. At its mouth in 405 b.c. occurred the culminating battle of the Peloponnesian War.…Cañon City
(Encyclopedia) Cañon City Cañon City kănˈyən [key], city (2020 pop. 16…agranulocytosis
(Encyclopedia) agranulocytosisagranulocytosisəgrănˌyəlōsītōˈsis [key], disease in which the production of granulated white blood cells by the bone marrow is impaired. Although the disease may occur…Sumqayit
(Encyclopedia) SumqayitSumqayits&oobreve;mˌkīētˈ [key] or SumgaitSumgaits&oobreve;m [key]Sumgait– [key]Sumgaitgīētˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 231,104), E central Azerbaijan, on the Caspian Sea…