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Saint Elmo's fire

(Encyclopedia)Saint Elmo's fire, luminous discharge of electricity extending into the atmosphere from some projecting or elevated object. It is usually observed (often during a snowstorm or a dust storm) as brushli...

artillery

(Encyclopedia)artillery, originally meant any large weaponry (including such ancient engines of war as catapults and battering rams) or war material, but later applied only to heavy firearms as opposed to small arm...

Merwin, W. S.

(Encyclopedia)Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley Merwin), 1927–2019, American poet and translator, b. New York City. After graduating from Princeton in 1948, he traveled in Europe, working as a tutor and studying Rom...

Virginia Beach

(Encyclopedia)Virginia Beach, resort city (1990 pop. 393,069), independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1906. In 1963, Princess Anne co. and the former small town of Virginia Beach were mer...

trypanosome

(Encyclopedia)trypanosome trĭpˈənəsōmˌ [key], microscopic, one-celled protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, typically living as an active parasite in the bloodstream of a vertebrate; hundreds of species are kno...

Everett

(Encyclopedia)Everett. 1 City (2020 pop. 49,075), Middlesex co., E Mass., an industrial suburb of Boston, on the Mystic River; settled c.1643, set off ...

Indio

(Encyclopedia)Indio ĭnˈdē-ōˌ [key], city (2020 pop. 89,137), Riverside co., SE Calif., in the Coachella Valley of the Colorado...

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

(Encyclopedia)Howard Hughes Medical Institute, (HHMI), nonprofit medical research organization founded in 1953 by Howard Hughes and largly funded from proceeds of the 1984–85 sale of Hughes Aircraft. Headquartere...

Gloucester, city, England

(Encyclopedia)Gloucester glŏsˈtər, glôˈstər [key], city and district, Gloucestershire, W central England, on the ...

Nagoya

(Encyclopedia)Nagoya näˌgōˈyä [key], city (1990 pop. 2,154,793), capital of Aichi prefecture, central Honshu, Japan, on Ise Bay. A major port, transportation hub, and industrial center, it has iron- and steelw...