(Encyclopedia) JuchitánJuchitánh&oomacr;chētänˈ [key] or Juchitán de ZaragozaJuchitán de Zaragozah&oomacr;chētänˈ [key]Juchitán de Zaragozaᵺā särägōˈsä [key], town (1990 pop. 53,666), Oaxaca…
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mansard roofmansard roofmănˈsärd [key], type of roof, so named because it was frequently used by the French architect François Mansart. It was not devised by him…
(Encyclopedia) Kamprad, Ingvar Feodor, 1926–, Swedish business executive. In 1943 he founded IKEA, which began selling low-priced furniture in 1947. In the 1950s the company began designing its own…
(Encyclopedia) pancake, thin, flat cake, made of batter and baked on a griddle or fried in a pan. Pancakes, probably the oldest form of bread, are known in different forms throughout the world. The…
(Encyclopedia) VizslaVizslavĭzhˈlə [key], breed of large sporting dog introduced into Europe by the Magyar invasion of the 10th cent. and perfected in Hungary over hundreds of years; also called…
(Encyclopedia) PohnpeiPohnpeipōnˈpā [key], state and island (1991 est. pop. 52,000), 129 sq mi (334 sq km), W Pacific, in the E Caroline Islands. It is one of four states comprising the Federated…
(Encyclopedia) poison hemlock, lethally poisonous herbaceous plant (Conium maculatum) of the family Umbelliferae (parsley family). It has rank, finely divided foliage, flat-topped clusters of small…
(Encyclopedia) printed circuit, electric circuit in which the conducting paths connecting circuit components are affixed to a flat, insulating base board. The base is typically of plastic, glass,…
(Encyclopedia) rift valley, elongated depression, trough, or graben in the earth's crust, bounded on both sides by normal faults and occurring on the continents or under the oceans. The central flat…
