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Basile, Giovanni Battista
(Encyclopedia) Basile, Giovanni BattistaBasile, Giovanni Battistajōvänˈnē bät-tēsˈtä bäsēˈlā [key], 1575–1632, Italian writer. Basile held several important official positions, devoting his spare…snowmobile
(Encyclopedia) snowmobile, vehicle designed to travel over snow, ice, and similar surfaces that offer limited traction and weight-supporting capability. As the performance of the vehicle depends to a…Ogden, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Ogden, city (1990 pop. 63,909), seat of Weber co., N Utah, at the confluence of the Ogden and Weber rivers; inc. 1851. Aerospace industries and Hill Air Force Base are the major…Simenon, Georges
(Encyclopedia) Simenon, GeorgesSimenon, Georgeszhôrzh sēmənôNˈ [key], 1903–89, Belgian novelist. One of the most prolific of modern authors, he is best known for the more than 75 stories he wrote…dogtooth violet
(Encyclopedia) dogtooth violet, originally a name for the Old World plant Erythronium denscanis, now applied also to several North American species of the same genus of the family Liliaceae (lily…blindness
(Encyclopedia) blindness, partial or complete loss of sight. Blindness may be caused by injury, by lesions of the brain or optic nerve, by disease of the cornea or retina, by pathological changes…John McKeown Snow WILLIAMS, Congress, MA (1818-1886)
WILLIAMS John McKeown Snow , a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Richmond, Henrico County, Va., August 13, 1818; moved to Boston, Mass.; attended the public schools; engaged in…skiing
(Encyclopedia) skiing, sport of sliding over snow on skis—long, narrow, flexible runners. Water skiing is a warm-weather sport in which a motor-propelled craft tows a skier through the water.…Hiroshige
(Encyclopedia) Hiroshige (Ando Hiroshige)Hiroshigeänˈdō hērōˈshēgāˌ [key], 1797–1858, Japanese painter and color-print artist of the ukiyo-e school. His prolific work includes a series of landscapes…Hindu Kush
(Encyclopedia) Hindu KushHindu Kushhĭnˈd&oomacr; k&oobreve;sh [key], a high mountain system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) W from the Pamir Knot, N Pakistan, into NE Afghanistan; rising to 25,…Trending
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