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11Glacial Lake Missoula — Wave cut strandlines cut into the slope at left in photo. These cuts record former high water lines, or shorelines. Gullies above the highway are the result of modern day erosion. (NPS Photo) …
12Defence Centre of Training Support — The Defence Centre of Training Support (DCTS) is a United Kingdom MOD unit headquartered at Kermode Hall at RAF Halton near Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England. Contents 1 History 2 Function 3 Structure …
13C.L.A.S.H. — C.L.A.S.H. is a comic book series published in France but realized by Italian artists Franco Frescura and Giorgio Trevisan for Editions Lug in 1969. Headquartered in Aspen, Colorado, C.L.A.S.H. (the acronym stands for Consortium for Law… …
14vein — veinal, adj. veinless, adj. veinlike, adj. /vayn/, n. 1. one of the system of branching vessels or tubes conveying blood from various parts of the body to the heart. 2. (loosely) any blood vessel. 3. one of the riblike thickenings that form the… …
15MÑŒller fibers — 1. fibrae circulares musculi ciliaris. 2. elongated neuroglial cells traversing all the layers of the retina and forming its most important supporting element; called also sustentacular f s, cells of MÑŒller, radial cells of MÑŒller, and retinal… …
16arch ring — noun : the curved member which is the main supporting element in an arched structure …
17Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …
18United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
19arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… …
20Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
