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Higashikurume

(Encyclopedia)Higashikurume hēgäˌshēko͞oro͞oˈmā [key], city, Tokyo Metropolis, E central Honshu, Japan. It is a ...

Dounreay

(Encyclopedia)Dounreay do͞onˈrā, do͞onrāˈ [key], village, Highland, N Scotland. Several nuclear breeder reactors are located nearby. ...

Phanuel

(Encyclopedia)Phanuel fănyo͞oˈĕl, fănˈyo͞oĕl [key], in the New Testament, father of Anna the prophetess. ...

Zebudah

(Encyclopedia)Zebudah zēbyo͞oˈdə, zĕbˈyo͞o– [key], in the Bible, wife of Josiah and mother of Jehoiakim. ...

Jehucal

(Encyclopedia)Jehucal jēˈhyo͞okălˌ, jēhyo͞oˈkəl [key], in the Bible, Zedekiah's messenger to Jeremiah. An alternate form is Jucal. ...

adenosine monophosphate

(Encyclopedia)adenosine monophosphate (AMP) ədĕnˈəsēn mŏnˌəfŏsˈfāt [key], organic compound composed of an adenine base, the sugar ribose, and one phosphate unit. AMP is one of the possible products of th...

Kir-haraseth

(Encyclopedia)Kir-haraseth, Kir-hareseth, Kir-haresh, and Kir-heres: see Kir (2.) ...

São Caetano do Sul

(Encyclopedia)São Caetano do Sul souN kītäˈno͞o ᵺo͝o so͞ol [key], city (1996 pop. 140,808), São Paulo state, SE Brazil, an industrial suburb southeast of the city of São Paulo. Because of their integrati...

Todos os Santos Bay

(Encyclopedia)Todos os Santos Bay tôˈᵺo͝ozo͝o sänˈto͝os [key] [Port.,=all-saints bay], inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, 25 mi (40 km) long and 20 mi (32 km) wide, E Bahia, Brazil. It receives the Paraguaçu Ri...

Schulenburg, Ehrengard Melusina von der, duchess of Kendal

(Encyclopedia)Schulenburg, Ehrengard Melusina von der, duchess of Kendal āˈrəngärt mālo͞ozēˈnä fən dĕr sho͞oˈlənbo͝orkh [key], 1667–1743, German mistress of George I of England. She became his mist...