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endoderm
(Encyclopedia)endoderm ĕnˈdədûrmˌ [key], in biology, inner layer of tissue formed in the gastrula stage of the developing embryo. At the end of the blastula stage, cells of the embryo are arranged in the form ...Sihanoukville
(Encyclopedia)Sihanoukville kämˈpôngˈ sôm [key], city and seaport (1994 est. pop. 75,000), Sihanoukville prov., S Cambodia, on the Gulf of Thailand. Although a new city (completed 1960 and named in honor of No...Noatak National Preserve
(Encyclopedia)Noatak National Preserve, 6,569,904 acres (2,660,811 hectares), N Alaska. The preserve is the largest mountain-ringed river basin in the United States that is still virtually unaffected by human activ...Talabani, Jalal
(Encyclopedia)Talabani, Jalal, 1933–2017, Iraqi political leader, president of Iraq (2005–14), b. Kelkan. He joined the Kurdish Democratic party (KDP) in 1947, becoming a member of its central committee in 1951...Eisenhower, Dwight David
(Encyclopedia)Eisenhower, Dwight David īˈzənhouˌər [key], 1890–1969, American general and 34th President of the United States, b. Denison, Tex.; his nickname was “Ike.” In his farewell address as pr...Lebanon, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Lebanon, city (1990 pop. 24,800), seat of Lebanon co., SE Pa., in the Pennsylvania Dutch farm country; founded 1753, inc. as a city 1868. Its manufactures include fabricated metal products, lumber, ap...Herophilus
(Encyclopedia)Herophilus hĭrŏfˈələs [key], fl. 300 b.c., Greek anatomist, called by some the father of scientific anatomy. A contemporary of Erasistratus at Alexandria, he made public dissections, comparing hu...Ara
(Encyclopedia)Ara or Arrah both: ŭˈrə [key], city, Bihar state, NE India, on the Son Canal. A major road and rail junction, it is the administrative center for a district that produc...East Chicago
(Encyclopedia)East Chicago, city (2020 pop. 26,370), Lake co., extreme NW Ind., on Lake Michigan, in the industrialized Calumet region, ad...Chesapeake, city, United States
(Encyclopedia)Chesapeake chĕsˈəpēkˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 249,422), formed independently by the merging of ...Browse by Subject
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