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West Memphis

(Encyclopedia)West Memphis mĕmˈfĭs [key], city (1990 pop. 28,259), Crittenden co., NE Ark., next to the Mississippi River (there bridged to Memphis, Tenn.); founded c.1910 as Bragg's Spur, inc. as a city under i...

Rutherglen

(Encyclopedia)Rutherglen rŭᵺˈərglĕn [key], town (1991 pop. 24,900), South Lanarkshire, S central Scotland, on the Clyde River. Manufactures include chemicals, paper, textiles, and metal products. Rutherglen b...

Bida

(Encyclopedia)Bida bēdäˈ [key], town, W central Nigeria. It is the trade center for a rice-growing regio...

Bridgeton

(Encyclopedia)Bridgeton. 1 City (2020 pop. 11,458), St. Louis co., E Mo., on the Missouri River; settled c.1765, inc. 1843. Consumer goods and metal products ...

Bridgewater

(Encyclopedia)Bridgewater. 1 Town (2020 pop. 28,633), Plymouth co., E Mass.; inc. 1656. Manufacturing includes shoes and metal products. Its iron foundry industry ...

Roscoe, Sir Henry Enfield

(Encyclopedia)Roscoe, Sir Henry Enfield rŏsˈkō [key], 1833–1915, English chemist. He was professor (1857–87) at Owens College, Manchester. He is known for his work, with R. W. Bunsen, in photochemistry and f...

Reşiţa

(Encyclopedia)Reşiţa rĕˈshētsä [key], Hung. Resiczabánya, city (1990 pop. 110,519), W Romania, in the Banat, in the western foothills of the Transylvanian Alps. It is a railroad terminus and a leading Romani...

Skara

(Encyclopedia)Skara skäˈräˌ [key], city (1990 pop. 10,790), Skaraborg co., S Sweden. Situated in a farming region, it has industries that manufacture metal goods and footwear. Dating from at least the 9th cent....

Spring Valley

(Encyclopedia)Spring Valley. 1 Uninc. community (1990 pop. 55,331), within the confines of San Diego, San Diego co., SW Calif., on Sweetwater Lake. It is a rapidly growing residential community, with some light ind...

prosthetic group

(Encyclopedia)prosthetic group, non-amino acid portions of certain protein molecules. The key part of the prosthetic group may be either organic (such as a vitamin) or inorganic (such as a metal) and is usually req...