Biography Category
( kr ´st k) (KEY) , arrangement of words or lines in which a series of initial, final, or other corresponding letters, when taken together, stand in ...
in law, formal declaration or admission by a person who executed an instrument (e.g., a will or a deed) that the instrument is his. The acknowledgment...
culture changes resulting from contact among various societies over time. Contact may have distinct results, such as the borrowing of certain traits b...
( b t b´ ) (KEY) , irregularly shaped lake, c.60 mi (100 km) long, SW Que. and E Ont., Canada. It is a popular tourist area and the site of the Abiti...
( k ´sh ) (KEY) , any plant of the large leguminous genus Acacia, often thorny shrubs and trees of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). Chiefly of ...
1744–1818, wife of President John Adams and mother of President John Quincy Adams, b. Weymouth, Mass. She was born Abigail Smith. A lively, intellig...