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Torino, ItalyFinal Medal Standings Alpine SkiingBiathlonBobsledCross Country SkiingCurlingFigure SkatingFreestyle SkiingIce HockeyLugeSkeletonNordic CombinedSki JumpingSnowboardingSpeed SkatingShort…Frederick the Winter King
(Encyclopedia) Frederick the Winter King, 1596–1632, king of Bohemia (1619–20), elector palatine (1610–20) as Frederick V. The Protestant diet of Bohemia deposed the Roman Catholic King Ferdinand (…skeleton, in winter sports
(Encyclopedia) skeleton, in winter sports, a type of small, very low, steel-frame sled on which one person, lying face down, slides headfirst down snowy hillsides or down steeply banked, curving,…bud
(Encyclopedia) bud, in lower plants and animals, a protuberance from which a new organism or limb develops; in seed plants, a miniaturized twig bearing compressed rudimentary lateral stems (branches…snow line
(Encyclopedia) snow line, altitude above which or latitude beyond which snow does not melt in summer (usually called the permanent snow line), or, in winter, the line to which snow extends at a given…curling
(Encyclopedia) curling, winter sport, similar in principle to bowls and quoits (see horseshoe pitching), played on an ice court called a sheet by teams of four. Each player hurls a squat, circular…saiga
(Encyclopedia) saiga,saiga,sīˈgə [key], Eurasian antelope, Saiga tatarica, found in steppes, grasslands, and semidesert regions in Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Kalmykia, Russia. Noted for its large,…reindeer
(Encyclopedia) reindeer, ruminant mammal, genus Rangifer, of the deer family, found in arctic and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America. It is the only deer in which both sexes have antlers…upland cress
(Encyclopedia) upland cress: see winter cress.Trending
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