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Red Cross

(Encyclopedia)Red Cross, international organization concerned with the alleviation of human suffering and the promotion of public health; the world-recognized symbols of mercy and absolute neutrality are the Red Cr...

American Red Cross

(Encyclopedia)American Red Cross: see Red Cross. ...

International Red Cross

(Encyclopedia)International Red Cross: see Red Cross. ...

cross

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Types of crosses cross, widely used symbol. In various forms, it can be found in such diverse cultures as those of ancient India, Egypt, and pre-Columbian North America. It also is found in th...

International Committee of the Red Cross

(Encyclopedia)International Committee of the Red Cross: see Red Cross. ...

Red Rock chicken

(Encyclopedia)Red Rock chicken, the only chicken still popular to any large extent in the United States today for both meat and eggs. It resulted from a cross between a Rhode Island Red male and a Plymouth Rock fem...

Mortimer's Cross

(Encyclopedia)Mortimer's Cross, battlefield, Herefordshire, W England, near Leominster. It was the scene of a battle (Feb. 2, 1461) in the Wars of the Roses (see Roses, Wars of the), which ended with a decisive vic...

Iron Cross

(Encyclopedia)Iron Cross: see decorations, civil and military. ...

cross-examination

(Encyclopedia)cross-examination: see evidence. ...

cross-eye

(Encyclopedia)cross-eye: see strabismus.