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Desoxyn

(Encyclopedia)Desoxyn dĕsŏkˈsĭn [key], trade name for the drug methamphetamine hydrochloride. See amphetamine. ...

Dexedrine

(Encyclopedia)Dexedrine dĕkˈsĭdrēn [key], trade name for the drug dextroamphetamine sulfate. See amphetamine. ...

Dindigul

(Encyclopedia)Dindigul dĭnˈdĭgĕl [key], city, Tamil Nadu state, S India. It is a railroad junction and a ...

Belle Glade

(Encyclopedia)Belle Glade, city (2020 pop. 20,276), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., near the southern tip of Lake Okeechobee; inc. 1928. Belle Glade is a trade and processin...

Qalyub

(Encyclopedia)Qalyub kälˈyo͞ob [key], town (1986 pop. 84,413), N Egypt, on the Nile River, part of metropolitan Cairo. It is the trade center for a densely populated agricultural region. ...

(Encyclopedia)Parsnip, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, rising in central British Columbia, Canada, and flowing northwest to join the Finlay River at Williston Lake and form the Peace River. Explored by Sir Alexander...

Pilibhit

(Encyclopedia)Pilibhit pēlēbētˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 106,605), Uttar Pradesh state, N India. This trade center was the center of the Muslim Rohilla kingdom in the late 18th cent. ...

Pingquan

(Encyclopedia)Pingquan or Pingchüan both: pĭng-chwän [key], town, NE Hebei prov., China. It is a trade center. Gold and silver are mined nearby. The town was formerly called Bakou (Pakow). ...

Bondfield, Margaret Grace

(Encyclopedia)Bondfield, Margaret Grace, 1873–1953, British political and trade union leader. A Labour member of Parliament (1923–24, 1926–31), she served as secretary to the minister of labor (1924) and, und...

Kok, Wim

(Encyclopedia)Kok, Wim (Willem Kok), 1936–2018, Dutch political leader. He worked for the National Association of Trade Unions (later the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions), and served as its chairman from 1973 to...