any of about seven species of perennial herbaceous plants constituting the genus Eranthis of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae) native to the temperate regions of Europe and widely planted for their early spring flowers.
any of about 12 species of the genus Barbarea, weedy herbs of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), native to the north temperate region. Common winter cress, or rocket (B. vulgaris), in early summer bears flower stems 80 centimetres (32 inches) tall ...
city, Polk county, central Florida, U.S., situated amid a large cluster of small lakes, about 15 miles (25 km) east of Lakeland. The area was settled in the 1860s. The city was laid out in 1884 and originally called Harris ...
any of about 10 species of the genus Corylopsis, deciduous shrubs or small trees of the witch hazel family (Hamamelidaceae). They are native to eastern Asia and the Himalayas but are planted elsewhere as ornamentals. Their bell-shaped creamy to yellow ...
city, Orange county, central Florida, U.S., just north of Orlando. The city was founded as Lakeview in 1858, and the name was changed to Osceola in 1870. In 1881 Loring A. Chase and Oliver E. Chapman purchased 600 acres (240 ...
play in five acts by William Shakespeare, written about 1609-11 and produced at the Globe Theatre in London. It was published in the First Folio of 1623 from a transcript, by Ralph Crane (scrivener of the King's Men), of an ...
family of aromatic trees and shrubs of the order Magnoliales that contains seven or eight genera and 88 to 120 species, depending on the authority consulted. All but four species are native to Southeast Asia and Australasia. Members of the ...
American poet, critic, and teacher who held that literature should be evaluated for its moral and intellectual content as well as on aesthetic grounds.
city, Zurich canton, northern Switzerland. It lies in a wooded basin east of the Toss River, northeast of Zurich city. The Roman settlement of Vitodurum was on the site of the city's northeastern suburb of Ober-Winterthur. Winterthur ...
museum in Winterthur, Del., U.S., near Wilmington, that specializes in American decorative arts and furnishings. Occupying a mansion built in 1839 by James Antoine Bidermann and his wife, the great-aunt of Henry Francis du Pont, the museum limits its collections ...
town, central Queensland, Australia, on Western Mills Creek, an intermittent tributary of the Diamantina River. Settled in 1873 and originally called Pelican Waterholes, it became a village in 1875 and a town in 1879. It was later renamed after Winton, ...
any of a number of groups of Penutian-speaking California Indians originally inhabiting the west side of the Sacramento Valley, some 250 miles (400 km) from north to south, together with certain stretches of the flanking foothills. Four primary linguistic groupings, ...
thread or slender rod, usually very flexible and circular in cross section, made from various metals and alloys, including iron, steel, brass, bronze, copper, aluminum, zinc, gold, silver, and platinum. The processes used are all fundamentally the same.
metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Merseyside, historic county of Cheshire, England, occupying the major portion of the Wirral peninsula, which is bounded by the River Mersey, the Irish Sea, and the River Dee. Ferries, road tunnels, and a rail tunnel ...
innovative American educator best known for his "platoon" system of alternating two groups of students between classroom and recreational or vocational activities.
liberal German statesman and chancellor during the Weimar Republic (1919-33), who advocated a policy of fulfillment of Germany's obligations under the Versailles Treaty settlement and consistently opposed German militarism after both world wars.
town ("parish"), Fenland district, administrative and historic county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies along the River Nene 11 miles (18 km) above the latter's outlet in the Wash. Wisbech is the trading, administrative, and service centre of the productive agricultural ...
constituent state of the United States of America. One of the north-central states, it is situated between Lake Michigan to the east and the upper Mississippi River to the west. On the north it touches the western portion of Lake ...
scenic region and city along the Wisconsin River, in Columbia, Sauk, Juneau, and Adams counties, south-central Wisconsin, U.S. The city of Wisconsin Dells is located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Madison.
conservative Lutheran church in the United States, formed in 1892 as a federation of three conservative synods of German background and then known as the General Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Other States. The Wisconsin Synod had ...
most recent major division of Pleistocene time and deposits in North America (1,600,000 to 10,000 years ago). It was named for rock deposits studied in the state of Wisconsin. At least the last half, and possibly all, of the Wisconsin ...
river rising in Lac Vieux Desert (lake), Vilas county, northern Wisconsin, U.S., on the Wisconsin-Michigan border. It flows generally southward through central Wisconsin past Rhinelander, Wausau, Stevens Point, Wisconsin Rapids, and Wisconsin Dells (site of a scenic gorge). The river ...
system of higher education of the state of Wisconsin, U.S. It comprises 13 four-year institutions and 13 two-year colleges. The four-year campuses are located in Eau Claire, Green Bay, Kenosha (Parkside), La Crosse, Madison, Menomonie (Stout), Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Platteville, River ...
in English legend, wise fools, villagers of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, Eng. The story is that, threatened by a visit from King John (reigned 1199-1216), they decided to feign stupidity and avoid the expense entailed by the residence of the court. Royal ...
Reform rabbi, a leader of the Zionist movement in the United States, and a liberal activist who influenced the development of Reform Judaism in that country.
first cardinal resident in England since the Reformation and first archbishop of Westminster. He was one of the chief architects of the 19th-century revival of Roman Catholicism in England.
city, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Land (state), northern Germany. It lies along Wismar Bay (Wismarbucht), an inlet of the Baltic Sea, east of Lubeck. First mentioned in 1229, it was chartered before 1250. Wismar was a member of the ...
Flemish novelist, essayist, and critic whose avant-garde works examine the individual's search for identity and the relationship between literature and life.
chain of three highland lakes located in the Sudirman Range of Irian Jaya provinsi (province), Indonesia, western New Guinea. They comprise Paniai, the largest and northernmost; Tage, to its south; and Tigi, the southernmost. Situated at an elevation of about ...
German explorer who twice crossed the continent of Africa and added to the knowledge of the upper Congo River basin. His explorations led to the establishment of German colonies in East Africa.
genus of twining, usually woody vines, of the pea family (Fabaceae), mostly native to Asia and North America but widely cultivated in other regions for their attractive growth habit and beautiful profuse flowers. The alternate leaves are pinnately compound (feather ...
the council of the Anglo-Saxon kings in and of England; its essential duty was to advise the king on all matters on which he chose to ask its opinion. It attested his grants of land to churches or laymen, consented ...
