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91computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
92hot-blooded — hot bloodedness, n. /hot blud id/, adj. 1. excitable; impetuous. 2. ardent, passionate, or virile. 3. adventuresome, exciting, or characterized by adventure and excitement. 4. (of livestock) of superior or pure breeding. 5. (of horses) being a… …
93rough-and-tumble — /ruf euhn tum beuhl/, adj. 1. characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough and tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough and tumble life. 2. given to such action. n. 3. rough and unrestrained competition, fighting …
94Smith, John — (baptized Jan. 6, 1580, Willoughby, Lincolnshire, Eng. died June 1631, London) English explorer. After a period as a military adventurer, he joined an English group preparing to establish a colony in North America. After the London Co. received… …
95Kendall, Henry Way — ▪ 2000 American nuclear physicist (b. Dec. 9, 1926, Boston, Mass. d. Feb. 15, 1999, near Tallahassee, Fla.), shared (with Jerome Isaac Friedman and Richard E. Taylor) the 1990 Nobel Prize for Physics for experiments confirming the existence …
96Latin American literature — Introduction the national literatures of the Spanish speaking countries of the Western Hemisphere. Historically, it also includes the literary expression of the highly developed American Indian civilizations conquered by the Spaniards. Over …
97Layard, Sir Austen Henry — ▪ British archaeologist born March 5, 1817, Paris died July 5, 1894, London English archaeologist whose excavations greatly increased knowledge of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia. In 1839 he left his position in a London law… …
98philosophy, Western — Introduction history of Western philosophy from its development among the ancient Greeks to the present. This article has three basic purposes: (1) to provide an overview of the history of philosophy in the West, (2) to relate… …
99Swartberg — ▪ mountains, South Africa also spelled Swartberge, mountain range in Western Cape province, South Africa, extending east west for 150 mi (240 km) from near the town of Willowmore to the edge of the Witteberge, roughly parallel with the… …
100America — • Consists of three main divisions: North America, Central America, and South America Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. America America …
