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• Acclaim Entertainment [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Achillea [r]: Genus of flowering plants, commonly referred to as yarrow, that are frequently used in garden borders and beds in ornamental horticulture. [e]
• Acid rain [r]: Deposition of acidified rain, snow, sleet, hail, gases and particles, and acidified fog and cloud water, due to nitric or sulfuric acid pollution. [e]
• African American literature [r]: The body of literature produced in the USA by writers of African descent. [e]
• Africanized bee [r]: Hybrids of the African honey bee, Apis mellifera scutellata, with various European honey bees. [e]
• Amanita phalloides [r]: The poisonous Death Cap mushroom, renowned as one of the most toxic of all fungi. [e]
• America (disambiguation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• American football [r]: A high-contact sport played by two teams of 11 players on a 100-yard field that originated in the United States of America. [e]
• Americas (disambiguation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Apple (tree) [r]: Pomaceous fruit of an apple tree, species Malus domestica, family Rosaceae. [e]
• Archipelago [r]: A chain of islands. [e]
• Arctic Ocean [r]: The sea around the Earth's North pole. [e]
• Artemisia vulgaris [r]: popularly know as Mugwort, Felon Herb, St. John's Plant, Chrysanthemum Weed, Wild Wormwood or Common Mugwort, is one of several species in the genus Artemisia with names containing mugwort; it is native to temperate Europe, Asia and northern Africa, but is also present in North America where it is an invasive weed; it is a very common plant growing on nitrogenous soils, like weedy and uncultivated areas, such as waste places and roadsides. [e]
• Asia [r]: The largest continent in both land area (with 30% of Earth's land area) and population (with 4 billion people, or 60% of Earth's population). [e]
• Bay of Fundy [r]: A bay on the Gulf of Maine's northeast end, mostly between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia but touching upon Maine. [e]
• Belize [r]: a country (formerly known as British Honduras) located in Central America, bordering Mexico to the north and Guatemala to the west and south. The capital city of Belize is Belmopan. [e]
• Big cat [r]: The large wild felines including lions, tigers and leopards. [e]
• Biogeography [r]: The study of patterns of species distribution and the processes that result in such patterns. [e]
• Biome [r]: Major regional or global biotic community, such as a grassland or desert, characterized chiefly by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate. [e]
• Boiler [r]: A closed vessel in which water or other fluids are heated. [e]
• Boothia Peninsula [r]: Northernmost portion of continental North America. [e]
• Buckwheat [r]: Plants in two genera of the dicot family Polygonaceae: the Eurasian genus Fagopyrum, and the North American genus Eriogonum, called a pseudocereal to emphasize that it is not related to wheat. [e]
• Buddhism in the United States [r]: [e]
• Caesar's Mushroom [r]: Edible mushroom in the genus Amanita, native to southern Europe and North Africa. [e]
• California [r]: A state of the United States located on the west coast of the North American continent. [e]
• Canada [r]: The world's second-largest country by total area, occupying most of northern North America; officially a bilingual nation, in English and French (population approx. 27 million). [e]
• Caribbean [r]: A region in the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands, and the surrounding coasts. [e]
• Chesapeake Bay [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Chestnut [r]: is the common name for about nine trees species of the genus Castanea and their fruits; name which is also applied incorrectly to several other plants outside the genus, including the water chestnut (a grass-like aquatic plant) and the horse chestnut (similar to the chestnut tree, but its nuts are toxic). [e]
• Chip (disambiguation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cholangiocarcinoma [r]: A relatively rare cancer of the bile ducts. [e]
• Cholera [r]: A life-threatening gastrointestinal infections disease caused by Vibrio cholerae, with a high mortality rate from dehydration unless treated, usually with oral rehydration therapy [e]
• Churchill, Manitoba [r]: (2006 Population 923) A town on the shore of Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada. [e]
• Cinco de Mayo [r]: Means the 5th of May in Spanish and is a Mexican regional holiday celebrated primarily in the state of Puebla. [e]
• Coal [r]: A carbon-containing rock formed by the effect of bacteria, heat and pressure on the debris from the decay of ferns, vines, trees and other plants which flourished in swamps millions of years ago. [e]
• Colombia History [r]: The history of Colombia by periods of time. [e]
• Container port [r]: Seaports designed for handling container ships loaded with intermodal shipping containers [e]
• Continent [r]: An extended part of the Earth's crust that extends above sea level. [e]
• Conventional coal-fired power plant [r]: An industrial plant which produces electricity by burning coal in a steam generator that heats water to produce high pressure steam. The steam flows through a series of steam turbines which spin an electrical generator to produce electricity. [e]
• Coxiella burnetii [r]: The rickettsia that causes Q fever. [e]
• Crotalus durissus [r]: A venomous rattlesnake species found in Mexico and South America. [e]
• Denali National Park and Preserve [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Detective [r]: A person, usually employed in a state agency and sometimes by private parties, to investigate and solve crimes. [e]
• Donkey [r]: Domesticated member of the Equidae family, and an odd-toed ungulate, descended from the wild ass. [e]
• Echinacea [r]: is a genus of nine perennial herbs, native to central and eastern North America, member of the Asteraceae or sunflower family and a member of the large tribe Heliantheae within the Asteraceae; three members of the genus are known principally for their uses as topical and internal herbal remedies; the plant is also appreciated and cultivated for its ornamental value as a garden flower. [e]
• Enciclomedia [r]: A Mexican multimedia digital educational computer network which provides lesson backup for 5th and 6th graders. [e]
• English language [r]: A West Germanic language widely spoken in the United Kingdom, its territories and dependencies, Commonwealth countries and former colonial outposts of the British Empire; has developed the status of a global language. [e]
• Esperanto [r]: International language created by Zamenhof in the late 19th century. [e]
• Euro [r]: Official currency of the majority of the European Union member states. [e]
• Everglades National Park [r]: A national park located in the U.S. state of Florida, preserving the southern portion of the Everglades. [e]
• FIFA World Cup [r]: International football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association, held every four years. [e]
• French and Indian Wars [r]: Series of North American colonial conflicts involving the British and French, with Native Americans fighting on both sides, fought between 1689-1763. [e]
• French in Canada [r]: The linguistic heritage resulting from French colonization of parts of Canada. [e]
• Gadsden Purchase [r]: The 1853 U.S. purchase of a 29.1 million acre strip of borderland from Mexico that became part of Arizona and New Mexico. [e]
• George Bancroft [r]: American historian, politician, and diplomat who established the United States Naval Academy as Secretary of the Navy in 1845. [e]
• Glacier [r]: Bodies of flowing ice that form when more snow accumulates each year than melts. [e]
• Greenland [r]: The largest Island in the Arctic Ocean. [e]
• Guatemala [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Jamestown Colony [r]: First permanent European settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in the Chesapeake Bay region of Virginia. [e]
• Jazz [r]: American-originated musical style, pioneered by black artists, and emphasizing improvisation. [e]
• Jesse Helms [r]: (born 1921) A Republican U.S. Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003, and a leader in the conservative movement with special attention to race, morals, religion and foreign policy. [e]
• John Calvin [r]: A French Protestant theologian during the Protestant Reformation. [e]
• John Locke [r]: John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) English empiricist philosopher. [e]
• Joseph Smith, Jr. [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Kerala [r]: A State of south-western India. [e]
• Lacrosse [r]: Team sport played outdoors by ten players (men) or twelve players (women), each of whom uses a netted stick (the crosse) in order to pass and catch a very hard rubber ball with the aim of scoring goals by propelling the ball into the opponent's goal. [e]
• Lake Guardian [r]: NOAA research vessel. [e]
• Lake Tonawanda [r]: A proglacial lake that existed briefly on the height of the Niagara Escarpment, as the Laurentide glaciation retreated. [e]
• Lake freighter [r]: Vessel designed for service on the North American Great Lakes, and navigating the canals that connect them. [e]
• Lamb's lettuce [r]: Hardy annual plant, Valerianella locusta or V. olitoria used in salads in winter and early spring, also a rich source of vitamins A (as carotene) and C. [e]
• Laurentide glaciation [r]: The most recent glacier to span much of North America. [e]
• League of Nations [r]: International association of countries established in 1919 by the Treaty of Versailles to promote cooperation and achieve international peace and security. [e]
• Led Zeppelin II [r]: A 1969 album written and recorded by Led Zeppelin, which became their first number one album. Also known by the title Brown Bomber. [e]
• Led Zeppelin concerts [r]: A description and chronology of Led Zeppelin concerts between 1968-1980, and post-1980 reunions. [e]
• Lower house [r]: One of two chambers of a bicameral legislature. [e]
• Luis Buñuel [r]: (1900-1983) was a Spanish-born filmmaker whose works have been renowned for their surrealism, and their criticisms of bourgeois society and religion, specifically the Catholic Church. [e]
• Mackenzie River [r]: The second largest river in North America. [e]
• Main Page [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Maine [r]: A State in New England, in the north-east USA. [e]
• Maize [r]: Cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica and subsequently spread throughout the world, and one of the most widely grown crops in the Americas. [e]
• Mammal [r]: A warm-blooded animal with a backbone which also has hair, and produces milk to feeds its young. [e]
• Mathematics [r]: The study of quantities, structures, their relations, and changes thereof. [e]
• Megaloptera [r]: Order of insects that includes alderflies, dobsonflies, and fishflies. [e]
• Mexican Revolution [r]: A civil war in Mexico from 1910 to 1920, producing the Mexican Constitution of 1917, costing Mexico 2.1 million lives, and the long rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party [e]
• Mexico City [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mexico [r]: A country in North America, bordering the United States on the north and Guatemala and Belize on the south. [e]
• Mountain range [r]: Chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. [e]
• Moving panorama [r]: Form of visual entertainment in the nineteenth century, utilising contiguous views of passing scenery, as if seen from a boat or a train window. [e]
• Multiple sclerosis [r]: A chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). [e]
• Murder [r]: The unlawful killing of another human being without justification or excuse. [e]
• Nathaniel Hawthorne [r]: (1804-64) American novelist and short story writer, best known for The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables. [e]
• Near-Earth object [r]: Solar System object, such as a small comet or asteroid, whose orbit brings it into close proximity with the Earth, or whose orbit crosses that of Earth. [e]
• Nintendo Entertainment System [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nintendo [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Noah Webster [r]: (1758-1843) US lexicographer who compiled the American Dictionary of the English Language and wrote a widely used Speller for use in schools in the teaching of reading and writing. [e]
• Nobuo Uematsu [r]: (b. 1959) Japanese composer of video-game music. [e]
• North American Free Trade Agreement [r]: A free trade agreement among Canada, Mexico and the United States [e]
• North American Great Lakes [r]: There are five large connected Lakes in Eastern North America. [e]
• Northwest Passage [r]: Water route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans north of the North American mainland. [e]
• Odonata [r]: The order that includes dragonflies and damselflies. [e]
• Ohio [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Oregon [r]: State in the north west of the United States of America. [e]
• Pacific Ocean [r]: the largest single mass of water in the world, lying between Asia and Australia on its west, and North America and South America on its east. [e]
• Panoramic painting [r]: Artwork that reveal a wide, all-encompassing view of a particular subject, often a landscape, military battle, or historical event. [e]
• Parrot [r]: Tropical and semitropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, characterized by a short hooked bill, brightly colored plumage, and, in some species, the ability to mimic human speech or other sounds. [e]
• Petroleum refining processes [r]: The chemical engineering processes used in petroleum refining. [e]
• Pheasant [r]: Gallinaceous birds which are members of the family Phasianidae, which also includes partridge, quail and peafowls. [e]
• Pidgin [r]: A language with no native speakers and few uses, created spontaneously by two or more groups with no common language, using vocabulary and grammar from multiple sources; often a pidgin's grammar is rudimentary, and it has a restricted set of words, but in time they can develop into more complex 'expanded' pidgins with many more functions. [e]
• Pistachio [r]: Aromatic deciduous tree, Pistacia vera, of the Anacardiaceae family, having pinnately compound leaves and dry, drupaceous, nutlike edible fruits grown commercially. [e]
• Plymouth Colony [r]: English colony in North America, 1620-1691, until it was absorbed by Massachusetts. [e]
• Primate [r]: A member of the biological order Primates, which includes prosimians (galagos, lorises, lemurs and tarsiers), monkeys, apes, and humans. [e]
• Prince Rupert [r]: Northernmost port on North America's west coast connected to the North American railway grid [e]
• Proto-Indo-Europeans [r]: The hypothetical speakers of the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European language, a prehistoric people of the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Age. [e]
• Pumpkin [r]: Round, orange fruits produced by varieties of the species Cucurbita moschata, Cucurbita pepo, and Cucurbita maxima. [e]
• Quebec City [r]: (metropolitan area population 715,515)The capital of the province of Quebec, Canada. [e]
• Quebec, history [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Red River (disambiguation) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Reference conditions of gas temperature and pressure [r]: The temperature and pressure conditions that define the density of a gas and serve to document a stated gas volume. [e]
• Robert Barclay [r]: (23 December 1648 – 3 October 1690) Scottish-born writer belonging to the Religious Society of Friends and a member of the Clan Barclay. [e]
• Russian language [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Saint Lawrence River [r]: A large river in North America, flowing northwards through the provinces of Ontario and Quebec and forming the primary drainage of the Great Lakes into the Atlantic Ocean. [e]
• Saudade [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sephardi Jews [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Snakebite [r]: Wound resulting from penetration of the flesh by the fangs or teeth of a snake. [e]
• Snakefly [r]: A snakefly is a flying insect with a long neck, giving it a snake-like appearance. [e]
• Sony PlayStation [r]: A 32-bit console video game system that uses CD-ROM technology to deliver games. [e]
• South Africa [r]: Add brief definition or description
• South America [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Spanish language [r]: A Romance language widely spoken in Spain, its current and former territories, and the United States of America. [e]
• Spanish missions in California [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Squash (food) [r]: Annual herbaceous plants of the genus Cucurbita. [e]
• St. Roch [r]: The second vessel to traverse the Northwest passage. [e]
• Super-panamax [r]: A vessel too large to fit through the Panama Canal [e]
• Superhero [r]: Fictional figure, especially in a comic strip or cartoon, endowed with superhuman powers and usually portrayed as fighting evil or crime. [e]
• Tajik [r]: An ethnic group of Central Asia, culturally Persian and speaking the Dari dialect of Farsi; they are the dominant group of Tajikistan and the second largest ethnic group of Afghanistan [e]
• Tariff, U.S. history [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Technate [r]: Region over which a technocratic society would operate, using thermodynamic energy accounting instead of a money method. [e]
• Technocracy Inc. [r]: An American organisation that promotes technocracy. [e]
• Technocracy movement [r]: A social movement that started in the United States of America in 1933 and promotes the application of science to society. [e]
• Temple of Inscriptions [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tequila [r]: An alcoholic beverage made from the distilled sap and heart of the Agave plant. [e]
• Texas [r]: A State in the Southern USA. [e]
• Thanksgiving [r]: A national holiday, taking place on he fourth Thursday in November in the U.S. and on the second Monday of October in Canada. [e]
• Thirteen Colonies [r]: The historical region ranging from the present-day Canadian province of Quebec to the present-day state of Georgia which

comprised the thirteen British colonies in North America. [e]

• Tommy Douglas [r]: Premier of Saskatchewan, Douglas led the first socialist government in North America and brought universal public healthcare to Canada. [e]
• United Arab Emirates [r]: Federation of the seven arabian states Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeirah, Ras al-Khaimah, Sharjah, and Umm al-Quwain. [e]
• United States of America [r]: A country of North America, north of Mexico, south of Canada. [e]
• Venezuela [r]: A Latin American country located at the north of South America. [e]
• Virginia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Washington [r]: 42nd state of the USA. [e]
• Watercress [r]: The common name of the perennial, semi-aquatic herbs Nasturtium officinale and N. microphyllum. [e]
• West Coast of the United States [r]: Bordering the Pacific Ocean, the states of California, Washington and Oregon. [e]
• Whole Lotta Love [r]: A 1969 song written and recorded by Led Zeppelin, which became a charting US single and a centrepiece for the group's live performances. [e]
• Will Rogers [r]: (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) An American cowboy, humorist, vaudeville and film actor, and commentator on national and world affairs. [e]
• World Heritage site [r]: A place included in a list maintained by the World Heritage Centre of UNESCO with the aim of cataloguing sites of particular natural or cultural importance to the whole of mankind. [e]
• World of Warcraft [r]: An online video game, released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2004. [e]
• Zen [r]: A school of Mahayana Buddhism originating in India from the enlightenment-experience of Sakamuni. [e]