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Port Neches

(Encyclopedia)Port Neches nĕchˈĭz [key], city (1990 pop. 12,974), Jefferson co., SE Tex., on the Neches River; inc. 1927. It is an oil-shipping port on the deepwater Sabine-Neches Canal. Synthetic rubber, chemic...

Ozark

(Encyclopedia)Ozark ōˈzärk [key], city (1990 pop. 12,922), seat of Dale co., SE Ala.; settled 1820, inc. 1870. It is a shipping center for nuts and timber. Manufactures include aircraft, railcars, farm machinery...

Fostoria

(Encyclopedia)Fostoria fŏstôrˈēə [key], city (2020 pop. 13,046), Hancock, Seneca, and Wood counties, NW ...

Jabalpur

(Encyclopedia)Jabalpur jŭbˌəlpôrˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 888,916), Madhya Pradesh state, central India, on the Narmada River. It is a district administrative center and an important rail junction and military ...

Willmar

(Encyclopedia)Willmar wĭlˈmär [key], city (1990 pop. 17,531), seat of Kandiyohi co., central Minn.; settled 1856, inc. as a city 1901. It is a railroad division point and a shipping center for grain and livestoc...

Bhadravati

(Encyclopedia)Bhadravati bədräˈvətē [key], city, Karnataka state, S India, on the Bhadra River. The city is an ...

locust, in botany

(Encyclopedia)locust, in botany, any species of the genus Robinia, deciduous trees or shrubs of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) native to the United States and Mexico. The locusts have pendent clusters of flo...

lumber

(Encyclopedia)lumber, term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmill...

shipworm

(Encyclopedia)shipworm or teredo tĕrēˈdō [key], marine bivalve mollusk of the family Teredinidae, specialized for boring in wood. A shipworm is not a worm, but a greatly elongated clam. Its two shells, enclosin...

oxalis

(Encyclopedia)oxalis ŏkˈsəlĭs [key] or wood sorrel, any species of the plant genus Oxalis. Most of the cultivated kinds are tropical herbs used as window plants. The leaves are usually cloverlike and respond to...