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Moriah, Mount

(Encyclopedia) Moriah, Mount, biblical name of the hill of E Jerusalem. According to Second Chronicles it was the site of Solomon's temple.

Indo-Aryan

(Encyclopedia) Indo-Aryan, variant name for Indic languages. Broader uses referring to racial stocks are now obsolete. See Indo-Iranian.

Hassenaah

(Encyclopedia) HassenaahHassenaahhăsēnāˈə [key], in the Bible, family name of workers on the wall of Jerusalem. An alternate form is Senaah.

Hephzi-bah

(Encyclopedia) Hephzi-bahHephzi-bahhĕfˈzĭ-bə [key], in the Bible. 1 Mother of Manasseh. 2 Name for Jerusalem restored.

Jedidiah

(Encyclopedia) JedidiahJedidiahjĕdĭdīˈə [key] [Heb.,=beloved of God], in the Bible, auspicious name that Nathan bestowed on the baby Solomon.

pitch pine

(Encyclopedia) pitch pine, common name for the species Pinus rigida, a small pine of the northeastern coastal United States.

crowfoot

(Encyclopedia) crowfoot, name for plants with the leaf or some other part resembling the foot of a crow, particularly the buttercup.

Wesleyan College

(Encyclopedia) Wesleyan College, at Macon, Ga.; United Methodist; for women; chartered 1836 as Georgia Female College. The present form of the name was adopted in 1919. Wesleyan College was the first…

milk of magnesia

(Encyclopedia) milk of magnesia, common name for the chemical compound magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)2. The viscous, white, mildly alkaline mixture that is used medicinally as an antacid and laxative is…

Atad

(Encyclopedia) AtadAtadāˈtăd [key], in the Bible, name of the unidentified threshing floor where Joseph and his brethren mourned the death of Jacob.