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21Donald Alexander Mackenzie — For other persons named Donald Mackenzie, see Donald McKenzie (disambiguation). Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1873 – 2 March 1936) was a Scottish journalist and folklorist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early… …
22Checkerboarding (land) — Map of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument showing examples of checkerboarding Checkerboarding refers to a situation where land ownership is intermingled between two or more owners, resulting in a checkerboard pattern.… …
23Le père de nos pères — is a novel, by Bernard Werber, released in 1998. It is the first volume in the trilogy of Lucrèce et Isidore who are the two mains characters.In this book, Werber deals with origins of human kind thanks to two new characters,Isidore Katzenberg… …
24steady-state theory — n. a theory of cosmology, no longer favored, holding that new matter is continuously being created, thus keeping the density of the expanding universe constant: see BIG BANG THEORY * * * Concept of an expanding universe whose average density… …
25chemistry — /kem euh stree/, n., pl. chemistries. 1. the science that deals with the composition and properties of substances and various elementary forms of matter. Cf. element (def. 2). 2. chemical properties, reactions, phenomena, etc.: the chemistry of… …
26Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
27Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
28literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
29mass transit — a system of large scale public transportation in a given metropolitan area, typically comprising buses, subways, and elevated trains. Cf. rapid transit. * * * Transportation systems, usually publicly but sometimes privately owned and operated,… …
30printmaking — /print may king/, n. the art or technique of making prints, esp. as practiced in engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut or serigraphy. [1925 30; PRINT + MAKING] * * * Art form consisting of the production of images, usually on paper but… …
