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laminated wood

(Encyclopedia)laminated wood: see plywood.

calamander wood

(Encyclopedia)calamander wood: see ebony.

wood alcohol

(Encyclopedia)wood alcohol: see methanol.

wood louse

(Encyclopedia)wood louse: see crustacean.

wood pulp

(Encyclopedia)wood pulp: see paper.

wood sorrel

(Encyclopedia)wood sorrel: see oxalis.

wood rat

(Encyclopedia)wood rat: see pack rat.

Wood, Sarah

(Encyclopedia)Wood, Sarah: see under Kemble, Roger. ...

Wood River

(Encyclopedia)Wood River, city (1990 pop. 11,490), Madison co., SW Ill., on the Mississippi River just above its junction with the Missouri; inc. 1923. It has oil refineries and pipeline terminals, and petroleum ad...

Wood, Clement

(Encyclopedia)Wood, Clement, 1888–1950, American writer, b. Tuscaloosa, Ala., grad. Univ. of Alabama, 1909, LL.B. Yale, 1911. Among his many works are books on the craft of poetry; biographies, including a critic...