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Virgin, The

(Encyclopedia) Virgin, The, English name for Virgo, a constellation.

Twins, The

(Encyclopedia) Twins, The, English name for Gemini, a constellation.

touch-me-not

(Encyclopedia) touch-me-not, common name for any plant of the genus Impatiens of the jewelweed family. I. balsamina is also called balsam.

Baal

(Encyclopedia) BaalBaalbāˈəl [key], plural BaalimBaalimbāˈəlĭm [key] [Semitic,=master, lord], name used throughout the Bible for the chief deity or for deities of Canaan. The term was originally an…

bohrium

(Encyclopedia) bohriumbohriumbôrˈēəm [key], artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Bh; at. no. 107; mass number of most stable isotope 270; m.p., b.p., sp. gr., and valence…

soapwort

(Encyclopedia) soapwort, name for a soap plant of the pink family.

Leshem

(Encyclopedia) LeshemLeshemlēˈshəm [key], original name of Dan (2.)

Laish

(Encyclopedia) LaishLaishlāˈĭsh [key], original name of Dan (2.)

ethanedioic acid

(Encyclopedia) ethanedioic acidethanedioic acidĕthˌāndīōˈĭk [key], IUPAC name for oxalic acid.

ethanediol, 1,2-

(Encyclopedia) ethanediol, 1,2-ethanediol, 1,2-ĕthˌāndīˈŏl [key], IUPAC name for ethylene glycol.