(Encyclopedia) KalamataKalamatakäləmäˈtə, kăl– [key] or KalámaiKalámaikäläˈmā [key], city (1991 pop. 44,052), capital of Messinia prefecture, S Greece, in the Peloponnesus; a port on the Gulf of…
(Encyclopedia) SusahSusahs&oomacr;ˈsä [key] or SousseSusahs&oomacr;s [key], ancient Hadrumetum, city (1994 pop. 125,000), NE Tunisia, on the Gulf of Hammamat, an arm of the Mediterranean Sea…
(Encyclopedia) ash, in botany, any plant of the genus Fraxinus of the family Oleaceae (olive family), trees and shrubs mainly of north temperate regions. The ashes are characterized by small clusters…
(Encyclopedia) stearinstearinstērˈĭn [key], fat that is the triglyceride of stearic acid, CH3(CH2)16CO2H, i.e., the tristearate ester of glycerol. It is a white crystalline solid at ordinary…
(Encyclopedia) Dahlberg, EdwardDahlberg, Edwarddälˈbərg [key], 1900–1977, American novelist, critic, and essayist, b. Boston, grad. Columbia, 1925. The illegitimate son of an itinerant hairdresser,…
(Encyclopedia) olivineolivineŏlĭvˈēn [key], an iron-magnesium silicate mineral, (Mg,Fe)2SiO4, crystallizing in the orthorhombic system. It is a common constituent of magnesium-rich, silica-poor…
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