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ameba

(Encyclopedia)ameba or amoeba both: əmēˈbə [key], common name for certain one-celled organisms belonging to the phylum Sarcodina of the kingdom Protista. Amebas were previously classified as members of the anim...

McGovern, George Stanley

(Encyclopedia)McGovern, George Stanley məgŭvˈərn [key], 1922–2012, U.S. senator from South Dakota (1963–81), b. Avon, S.Dak. He was a decorated B-24 bomber pilot during World War II. He later obtained degre...

Vernon, city, Canada

(Encyclopedia)Vernon, city (1991 pop. 23,514), S British Columbia, Canada, near the north end of Okanagan Lake. The center of a fruit-growing and dairying area, it has packing and dehydrating plants. There are lumb...

Pescara

(Encyclopedia)Pescara, city (1991 pop. 122,236), capital of Pescara prov., in Abruzzi, central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea at the mouth of the Pescara River. It is a fishing port and a seaside resort. Cement, textil...

Rahimyar Khan

(Encyclopedia)Rahimyar Khan rəhēmˈyər khän [key], city (1998 pop. 228,479), E central Pakistan, on the Karachi-Lahore railroad. It is a market for food grains and hides. ...

Khorugh

(Encyclopedia)Khorugh khərôkˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 20,318), capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, E Tajikistan, in the Pamir. Khorugh produces shoes, metal goods, building materials, and processed food. ...

Volsk

(Encyclopedia)Volsk vôlsk [key], city (1989 pop. 66,000), S central European Russia, a port on the Volga River. It has food and metal processing and cement industries. ...

Escherichia coli

(Encyclopedia)Escherichia coli ĕshˌərĭkˈēə kōˈlī [key], common bacterium that normally inhabits the intestinal tracts of humans and animals, but can cause infection in other parts of the body, especially ...

North Richland Hills

(Encyclopedia)North Richland Hills, town (1990 pop. 45,895), Tarrant co., N Tex., a residential suburb of Fort Worth; inc. 1953. Corrugated boxes, food products, and textiles are manufactured. The town grew markedl...

Tatebayashi

(Encyclopedia)Tatebayashi tätābäˈyäshē [key], city (1990 pop. 76,221), Gumma prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on the Tone River. It is a manufacturing center with mechanical, textile, and food-processing in...