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21Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
22Pelops — /pee lops, pel ops/, n. Class. Myth. a son of Tantalus and Dione, slaughtered by his father and served to the Olympians as food; Hermes restored him to life and he later ruled over southern Greece, which was called Peloponnesus after him. * * *… …
23Tertiary Period — Interval of geologic time, 65–1. 8 million years ago. It constitutes the first of the two periods of the Cenozoic Era, the second being the Quaternary. The Tertiary has five subdivisions: (from oldest to youngest) the Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene …
24Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
25Herpes B virus — Herpes Simian B Virus Virus classification Group: Group I (dsDNA) Family: Herpesviridae Subfamily: Alphah …
26Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye — E 2 Hawkeye A US Navy E 2C Hawkeye Role Airborne early warning and control …
27Free State of Galveston — This article is about a historical period. For the wider history of Galveston, see History of Galveston, Texas. For the city of Galveston, see Galveston, Texas. Free State of Galveston …
28linchpin — [[t]lɪ̱ntʃpɪn[/t]] linchpins also lynchpin N COUNT: with supp, usu N of n If you refer to a person or thing as the linchpin of something, you mean that they are the most important person or thing involved in it. He s the lynchpin of our team and… …
29linchpin — UK [ˈlɪntʃpɪn] / US [ˈlɪntʃˌpɪn] noun [countable] Word forms linchpin : singular linchpin plural linchpins a person or thing that is essential to a group, organization, system, or plan linchpin of: Nurses are the linchpin of our healthcare system …
30linchpinned — pind adjective : supplied or secured with linchpins …
