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(Encyclopedia)scuba: see diving, deep-sea.green turtle
(Encyclopedia)green turtle: see sea turtle.Pontus Euxinus
(Encyclopedia)Pontus Euxinus: see Black Sea.Propontis
(Encyclopedia)Propontis: see Marmara, Sea of.Parris Island
(Encyclopedia)Parris Island: see Sea Islands.Huanghai
(Encyclopedia)Huanghai: see Yellow Sea, China. ...Sinus Arabicus
(Encyclopedia)Sinus Arabicus: see Red Sea.Avery, Milton
(Encyclopedia)Avery, Milton āˈvərē [key], 1893–1965, American painter, b. Altmar, N.Y. Avery moved to New York City in 1925. Bold massing of forms is characteristic of his figurative work, such as Poetry Read...Oder
(Encyclopedia)Oder ōˈdər [key], Czech and Pol. Odra, river, 562 mi (904 km) long; the second longest river of Poland. It rises in the E Sudetes, NE Czech Republic, and flows generally NW through SW Poland, then ...leadwort
(Encyclopedia)leadwort lĕdˈwôrt, –wərt [key], common name for the Plumbaginaceae, a family of perennial herbs and shrubs usually found in semiarid regions, especially of the Mediterranean area and Central Asi...Browse by Subject
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