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( nh ´dr d, –dr d) (KEY) , chemical compound that reacts with water to form an acid (see acids and bases). Anhydrides of inorganic acids are usuall...
( ´kr ks) (KEY) [from the Bayer designation Crucis], brightest star in the constellation Crux (Southern Cross); 1992 position R.A. 12h26.2m, Dec. -...
early Jewish work included in the collection known as the Old Testament Pseudepigrapha. It was probably written in Hebrew between 100 B.C. and A.D. 10...
(ch n´wä äch ´b ) (KEY) , 1930–, Nigerian writer, b. Albert Chinualumogu Achebe. A graduate of University College at Ibadan (1953), Achebe, who ...
( k m n ´t s) (KEY) , or Michael Choniates (k n ´t z) (KEY) , c.1140–1220, Byzantine writer and metropolitan of Athens. Acominatus’ speeches, p...
Abukir (both: ´´b k r´, b ´k r) (KEY) , village, N Egypt, on a promontory in the Nile River delta. Admiral Horatio Nelson’s victory over the F...