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building and loan association

(Encyclopedia)building and loan association: see savings and loan association. ...

black-and-tan coonhound

(Encyclopedia)black-and-tan coonhound: see coonhound, black-and-tan. ...

Siamese art and architecture

(Encyclopedia)Siamese art and architecture: see Southeast Asian art and architecture. ...

Dalling and Bulwer, Baron

(Encyclopedia)Dalling and Bulwer, Baron: see Bulwer, William Henry Lytton Earle, Baron Dalling and Bulwer. ...

dragon

(Encyclopedia)dragon, mythical beast usually represented as a huge, winged, fire-breathing reptile. For centuries the dragon has been prominent in the folklore of many peoples; thus, its physical characteristics va...

ball-and-socket joint

(Encyclopedia)ball-and-socket joint, in engineering, mechanical connection used between parts that must be allowed some relative angular motion in nearly all directions. As the name implies, the joint consists esse...

flotsam, jetsam, and ligan

(Encyclopedia)flotsam, jetsam, and ligan flŏtˈsəm, jĕtˈsəm, līˈgən [key] [O.Fr.], in maritime law, goods lost at sea as distinguished from goods washed ashore (wreck). Goods that remain floating on the sur...

Cambodian art and architecture

(Encyclopedia)Cambodian art and architecture: see Angkor and Khmer Empire. ...

turn and bank indicator

(Encyclopedia)turn and bank indicator, aircraft instrument containing one indicator to show turning, or rotation about the vertical axis, and another to show banking, or rotation about the longitudinal axis. The tw...

astrakhan, pelt and fabric

(Encyclopedia)astrakhan ăsˈtrəkən [key] [from Astrakhan], pelt of the newborn Persian lamb, used like fur in garments, and also the woolen fabric woven to resemble real astrakhan. The cloth is woven on a cotton...