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Pend Oreille Lake
(Encyclopedia) Pend Oreille LakePend Oreille Lakepŏnˌdərāˈ [key], 148 sq mi (383 sq km), 65 mi (105 km) long, and 1,200 ft (366 m) deep, N Idaho; largest lake in Idaho and one of the largest and…Guanabara
(Encyclopedia) GuanabaraGuanabaragwänäbäˈrä [key], former state, SE Brazil, on the Atlantic Ocean; since 1974, part of the state of Rio de Janeiro. Guanabara Bay, a deep inlet of the Atlantic Ocean,…Agustini, Delmira
(Encyclopedia) Agustini, DelmiraAgustini, Delmiradĕlmēˈrä äg&oomacr;stēˈnē [key], c.1886–1914, Uruguayan poet. Essentially a poet of ideas, Agustini combined deep spiritual and erotic yearnings…brown recluse spider
(Encyclopedia) brown recluse spider or violin spider, poisonous nocturnal spider, Loxoceles reclusa, most common in the SE and S central United States. Adults are 3&fslsh;8 in. (10 mm) long and…Telica
(Encyclopedia) Telica, active volcano, 3,481 ft (1,061 m), León dept., W Nicaragua, in the Cordillera de los Maribizos, 19 mi (30 km) N of the town of León. An explosive stratovolcano, it has six…Yalong
(Encyclopedia) Yalong or Ya-lungYalongboth: yäˈl&oomacr;ngˈ [key], river, c.800 mi (1,290 km) long, rising in the Kunlun Mts., S Qinghai prov., W China, and flowing S across W Sichuan prov. to…Endo, Shusaku
(Encyclopedia) Endo, ShusakuEndo, Shusakushəsäˈk&oobreve; ĕnˈdō [key], 1923–1996, one of the finest 20th-century Japanese novelists, b. Tokyo. Baptized a Roman Catholic at 11, he is often…Freeport, cities, United States
(Encyclopedia) Freeport. 1 City (2020 pop. 23,973), seat of Stephenson co., NW Ill., on the Pecatonica River; inc. 1850. It is a trade and…Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Cenci Scene 4.3:
by Percy Bysshe Shelley SCENE 4.2: SCENE 4.4: SCENE 4.3: AN APARTMENT IN THE CASTLE. ENTER BEATRICE AND LUCRETIA. LUCRETIA: They are about it now. BEATRICE: Nay, it is done. LUCRETIA: I…larynx
(Encyclopedia) larynxlarynxlârˈĭngks [key], organ of voice in mammals. Commonly known as the voice box, the larynx is a tubular chamber about 2 in. (5 cm) high, consisting of walls of cartilage bound…Trending
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