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name applied loosely to any trailing or climbing plant, particularly cultivated forms, but more popularly a designation for Hedera helix, the so-calle...
mechanical device used to multiply a relatively small applied force so that it can lift and support heavy loads, or sometimes, move massive objects in...
1743–1819, German philosopher. Although educated for commerce, he early gave up business and became in 1770 a member of the council for the duchies ...
(jä´bäl sh ´m r) (KEY) , former emirate, N Saudi Arabia. Its capital was at Hail. In 1921, Ibn Saud conquered the forces of the emir, Ibn Rashid, ...
(t m ´m wä´k rä) (KEY) , 1825–83, Japanese statesman. A court noble, he supported the Meiji restoration and became a minister of state (1871â€...
( vr ´-sür-s n) (KEY) , industrial and commercial suburb SE of Paris (1990 pop. 54,106), Val-de-Marne dept., N central France. Connected to Paris by...