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21Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… …
22Ithaca, New York — This article is about the City of Ithaca and the region. For the legally distinct town which itself is a part of the Ithaca metropolitan area, see Ithaca (town), New York. For other places or objects named Ithaca, see Ithaca (disambiguation).… …
23papermaking — [pā′pər māk΄iŋ] n. the making of paper papermaker n. * * * pa·per·mak·ing (pāʹpər mā kĭng) n. The process or craft of making paper. paʹper·mak er n. * * * Introduction formation of a matted or felted sheet, usually of cellulose fibres,… …
24Crabbet Arabian Stud — Mesaoud, one of the foundation sires of the Crabbet Arabian Stud, bred in Egypt by Ali Pasha Sherif, imported to England by the Blunts in 1891 The Crabbet Arabian Stud, also known as the Crabbet Park Stud, was a horse breeding farm established on …
25Schaumburg-Lippe — • A German principality, surrounded by the Prussian province of Westphalia Hanover, and an exclave of the Prussian province of Hesse Nassau (the Prussian County of Schaumburg) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Schaumburg Lippe …
26Octagon house — For specific places named Octagon House, see Octagon House (disambiguation). For an extensive list of octagon houses, see List of octagon houses. For other octagon structures in the United States, see List of octagonal buildings and structures in …
27plant development — Introduction a multiphasic process in which two distinct forms succeed each other in alternating generations. One form, created by the union of sexual cells (gametes (gamete)), contains two sets of similar chromosomes (diploid). At sexual… …
28LVOV — (Pol. Lwów; Ger. Lemberg), main city of Lvov district, Ukraine. The Early Settlements It is thought that the first Jews in Lvov arrived from Byzantiumand the southeast. After the conquest of the town by Casimir III of Poland (1340), they were… …
29Ved Mehta — Ved (Parkash) Mehta (Born March 21, 1934) is a distinguished Indian writer who was born in Lahore, British India (now a Pakistani city) to a Hindu family. He lost his sight at the age of three as the result of a long bout of cerebrospinal… …
30Baltic States — Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and sometimes Finland. * * * Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, situated on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. The name has sometimes been used to include Finland and Poland. They were created as… …
