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(Encyclopedia) peddler or hawker, itinerant vendor of small goods. In rural America peddlers carried their packs or drove a horse and cart from door to door. While the importance of peddlers to the…Dire Dawa
(Encyclopedia) Dire Dawa or Diredawa Dire Dawa both: dēˌrədäˈwä [key], city, Harar region…DeKalb
(Encyclopedia) DeKalb DeKalb dēkălb [key], city (2020 pop. 40,290), DeKalb co., N Ill., in a farm area; inc…Bradford, city, United States
(Encyclopedia) Bradford, city (2020 pop. 7,849), McKean co., NW Pa., in the Alleghenies, near the N.Y. line; settled c.1823, inc. as a city 1879. The…carbuncle
(Encyclopedia) carbuncle, acute inflammatory nodule of the skin caused by bacterial invasion into the hair follicles or sebaceous gland ducts. It is actually a boil, but one that has more than one…Trelleborg
(Encyclopedia) TrelleborgTrelleborgtrĕləbôrˈyə [key], city (1990 pop. 22,850), Malmöhus co., extreme S Sweden, a port on the Baltic Sea. Manufactures include machinery, rubber, cement, and refined…Reading, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Reading.Readingrĕdˈĭng [key] 1 Town (1990 pop. 22,539), Middlesex co., NE Mass., a suburb of Boston; settled 1639, set off from Lynn and inc. 1644. Printing is the major industry. A…eutrophication
(Encyclopedia) eutrophicationeutrophicationy&oomacr;trōˌfĭkāˈshən [key], aging of a lake by biological enrichment of its water. In a young lake the water is cold and clear, supporting little life…chaparral
(Encyclopedia) chaparralchaparralchăpərălˈ [key], type of plant community in which shrubs are dominant. It occurs usually in regions having from 10 to 20 in. (25–50 cm) of rainfall annually and with…thymus gland
(Encyclopedia) thymus glandthymus glandthīˈməs [key], mass of glandular tissue located in the neck or chest of most vertebrate animals. In humans, the thymus is a soft, flattened, pinkish-gray organ…Trending
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