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shorthand

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Shorthand systems shorthand, any brief, rapid system of writing that may be used in transcribing, or recording, the spoken word. Such systems, many having characters based on the letters of th...

Martinsville

(Encyclopedia)Martinsville, city (1990 pop. 16,162), seat of Henry co., S Va., in the Blue Ridge foothills near the N.C. line; founded 1793, inc. as a city 1928. Tobacco is processed, and furniture, prefabricated h...

Seekonk

(Encyclopedia)Seekonk sēˈkŏngk [key], town (1990 pop. 13,046), Bristol co., SE Mass., at the R.I. line; settled 1636, set off from Rehoboth 1812. It is chiefly residential. ...

Menominee, river, United States

(Encyclopedia)Menominee, river, 118 mi (190 km) long, formed by the union of the Brule and the Michigamme rivers above Iron Mountain, W Upper Peninsula, N Mich., and flowing SE into Green Bay at Menominee. It passe...

Icknield Street

(Encyclopedia)Icknield Street ĭkˈnēld [key], name for a prehistoric road in England, extending SW from the Wash, along the line of the Chiltern Hills and Berkshire Downs, to Salisbury Plain. ...

Jozadak

(Encyclopedia)Jozadak jōˈzədăk [key], in the Bible, one in the high priests' line who probably never held office, because he was carried away to Babylon. Alternate spellings are Jehozadak and Josedech. ...

Greiz

(Encyclopedia)Greiz grīts [key], city, Thuringia, central E Germany, on the White Elster River. Manufactur...

Parker Dam

(Encyclopedia)Parker Dam, at the Ariz.–Calif. line, on the Colorado River; completed 1938. It is 320 ft (98 m) high and 856 ft (261 m) long. The dam impounds water for Los Angeles and other coastal cities, has a ...

isotherm

(Encyclopedia)isotherm, line drawn on a map of a particular region of the earth's surface connecting points of equal temperature; each point reflects one temperature reading or an average of several readings over a...

Dracut

(Encyclopedia)Dracut drāˈkət [key], town (2020 pop. 32,617), Middlesex co., NE Mass., near the N.H. line...