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101Metacom — Met·a·com (mĕtʹə kŏm ), Also called Phil·ip (fĭlʹĭp) Died 1676. Wampanoag leader who waged King Philip s War (1675 1676) with New England colonists who had encroached on Native American territory. * * * or Metacomet or King Philip born 1638,… …
102crumble — crumblingness, n. /krum beuhl/, v., crumbled, crumbling, n. v.t. 1. to break into small fragments or crumbs. v.i. 2. to fall into small pieces; break or part into small fragments. 3. to decay or disintegrate gradually: The ancient walls had… …
103dissolve — dissolvability, dissolvableness, n. dissolvable, adj. dissolver, n. dissolvingly, adv. /di zolv /, v. dissolved, dissolving, n. v.t. 1. to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water. 2. to melt;… …
104Elis — /ee lis/, n. 1. an ancient country in W Greece, in the Peloponnesus: site of the ancient Olympic Games. 2. the capital of this country. * * * modern Iliá Ancient Greek region and city state, northwestern Peloponnese, Greece. Bounded by Achaea,… …
105environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
106fragment — n. /frag meuhnt/; v. /frag meuhnt, ment, frag ment /, n. 1. a part broken off or detached: scattered fragments of the broken vase. 2. an isolated, unfinished, or incomplete part: She played a fragment of her latest composition. 3. an odd piece,… …
107library — /luy brer ee, breuh ree, bree/, n., pl. libraries. 1. a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or… …
108resolve — resolver, n. /ri zolv /, v., resolved, resolving, n. v.t. 1. to come to a definite or earnest decision about; determine (to do something): I have resolved that I shall live to the full. 2. to separate into constituent or elementary parts; break… …
109Russia — /rush euh/, n. 1. Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Cap.: St. Petersburg (1703 1917). 2. See Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 3. See Russian… …
110Monet, Claude — born Nov. 14, 1840, Paris, France died Dec. 5, 1926, Giverny French landscape painter. Monet spent his early years in Le Havre, where his first teacher, Eugène Boudin, taught him to paint in the open air. Moving to Paris, he formed lifelong… …
