(Encyclopedia) KilaueaKilaueakēˈläwāˈə [key], volcano and caldera, 3,646 ft (1,111 m) deep, central Hawaii island, Hawaii, on the southeastern slope of Mauna Loa in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.…
(Encyclopedia) Chaudhry, Iftikhar MuhammadChaudhry, Iftikhar Muhammadĭftĭkärˈ məhäˈməd chôˈdrē [key], 1948–, chief justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court (2005–7, 2009–13). He established a private…
WHAT IS NEPTUNE MADE OF? TRITONFIND OUT MORENeptune is 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth, and has the most powerful hurricanes of any planet in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with faint…
(Encyclopedia) Havoth-jairHavoth-jairhāˈvŏth-jāˈər [key], in the Bible, group of villages in Bashan and Gilead, E of the Jordan. They were named for Jair son of Manasseh or for Jair the judge. It…
(Encyclopedia) Peters, Richard, 1744–1828, American jurist, b. Philadelphia. After serving as secretary of the board of war (1776–81), he was briefly in the Continental Congress (1782–83) and then in…
(Encyclopedia) Jeffreys of Wem, George Jeffreys, 1st Baron, 1645?–1689, English judge under Charles II and James II. A notoriously cruel judge, he presided over many of the trials connected with the…
(Encyclopedia) PuahPuahpy&oomacr;ˈə [key], in the Bible. 1 Midwife ordered by Pharaoh to kill Jewish boys at birth. 2 Father of the judge Tola. 3 See Phuvah.