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Gezira, Al
(Encyclopedia) Gezira, AlGezira, Aläl jəzēˈrə [key], or Al JazirahGezira, Aläl jäzēˈrä [key], region, SE Sudan, occupying the tract between the White and Blue Niles south of their convergence at…Escherichia coli
(Encyclopedia) Escherichia coliEscherichia coliĕshˌərĭkˈēə kōˈlī [key], common bacterium that normally inhabits the intestinal tracts of humans and animals, but can cause infection in other parts of…Stockbridge, indigenous people of North America
(Encyclopedia) Stockbridge, Native North Americans of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). In the early 17th cent. they were known as the Housatonic and were part…Tait, Archibald Campbell
(Encyclopedia) Tait, Archibald Campbell, 1811–82, British churchman, archbishop of Canterbury, b. Edinburgh. He grew up a Presbyterian, but he early decided to enter the ministry of the Church of…New Netherland
(Encyclopedia) New Netherland, territory included in a commercial grant by the government of Holland to the Dutch West India Company in 1621. Colonists were settled along the Hudson River region; in…vancomycin
(Encyclopedia) vancomycinvancomycinvănˌkōmīˈsĭn [key], antibiotic resembling penicillin in the way it acts. It is derived from the bacterium Streptomyces orientalis, which was isolated from soil of…Van Cortlandt, Stephen
(Encyclopedia) Van Cortlandt, Stephen or StephanusVan Cortlandt, Stephen or Stephanusstĭfāˈnəs [key]Van Cortlandt, Stephen or Stephanus văn kôrtˈlənd [key], 1643–1700, colonial American merchant and…palate
(Encyclopedia) palatepalatepălˈĭt [key], roof of the mouth. The front part, known as the hard palate, formed by the upper maxillary bones and the palatine bones, separates the mouth from the nasal…nose
(Encyclopedia) nose, olfactory and respiratory organ, located between the eyes. The external nose, composed of bone and cartilage, is the most prominent feature of the face in humans. The internal…More, Hannah
(Encyclopedia) More, Hannah, 1745–1833, English author and social reformer. She was educated, and later taught, at her sisters' school for girls in Bristol. At the age of 22 she became engaged to…Trending
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