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121USS Whale (SS-239) — USS Whale (SS 239), a Gato class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the whale, an extremely large, aquatic mammal that is fishlike in form. Her keel was laid down on 28 June 1941 by the Mare Island Naval… …
122The War of the Worlds — War of the Worlds redirects here. For the various other adaptations, see Adaptations of The War of the Worlds. For other uses, see The War of the Worlds (disambiguation). The War of the Worlds   …
123Caracas — /keuh rah keuhs/; Sp. /kah rddah kahs/, n. a city in and the capital of Venezuela, in the N part. 1,035,499. * * * City (pop. 2000 est.: 1,975,787), capital of Venezuela. Its Caribbean Sea port is La Guaira. Lying at an elevation of about 3,000… …
124climate — /kluy mit/, n. 1. the composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness, and winds, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years. 2. a region or… …
125fern — fernless, adj. fernlike, adj. /ferrn/, n. any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a… …
126Fern — /ferrn/, n. a female given name. * * * Any of about 10,000–12,000 species (division Filicophyta) of nonflowering vascular plants that have true roots, stems, and complex leaves and reproduce by spores. Though ferns were once classified with the… …
127chemical bonding — ▪ chemistry Introduction any of the interactions that account for the association of atoms into molecules, ions, crystals, and other stable species that make up the familiar substances of the everyday world. When atoms approach one another …
128collective behaviour — ▪ psychology Introduction the kinds of activities engaged in by sizable but loosely organized groups of people. Episodes of collective behaviour tend to be quite spontaneous, resulting from an experience shared by the members of the group… …
