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lakelike — adjective see lake I … New Collegiate Dictionary
Malebo Pool — /mah lay boh/ a lakelike body of water on the boundary between the W Democratic Republic of the Congo and the SE People s Republic of the Congo, formed by the widening of the Congo (Zaire) River about 330 mi. (530 km) from its mouth. ab. 20 mi.… … Universalium
lake — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, Anglo French, & Latin; Old English lacu stream, pool, from Latin lacus lake, pool, pit & Anglo French lac pit, from Latin lacus; akin to Old English lagu sea, Greek… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Lüshunkou District — Infobox Settlement name = Lǚshùnkǒu imagesize = 220px image caption =The city and port of Lüshun, formerly Port Arthur, as seen from the heights outside the city (November 2004) mapsize = 220px settlement type = District subdivision type =… … Wikipedia
Lakes of Titan — The lakes of Titan, a moon of Saturn, are bodies of liquid methane that have been detected by the Cassini space probe, and had been suspected long before. The large ones are known as maria (seas) and the small ones as laci (lakes).… … Wikipedia
StanleyPool — Stanley Pool A lakelike expansion of the Congo River in west central Africa on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) and the Republic of the Congo between Kinshasa and Brazzaville. * * * … Universalium
pregnancy — /preg neuhn see/, n., pl. pregnancies. the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant. [1520 30; PREGN(ANT) + ANCY] * * * Process of human gestation that takes place in the female s body as a fetus develops, from fertilization to birth (see… … Universalium
triton — /truy ton/, n. Physics. a positively charged particle consisting of a proton and two neutrons, equivalent to the nucleus of an atom of tritium. Cf. deuteron. [1930 35; < Gk tríton, neut. of trítos THIRD, equiv. to trí TRI + ton neut. adj. suffix; … Universalium
Triton — Tritonic /truy ton ik/, adj. /truyt n/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, represented as having the head and trunk of a man and the tail of a fish, and as using a conch shell trumpet. 2. Astron. a moon of Neptune. 3. (l.c.) any … Universalium
Congo River — or Zaire River River, west central Africa. Rising in Zambia as the Chambeshi and flowing 2,900 mi (4,700 km) through the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the Atlantic Ocean, it is the second longest river in Africa. It flows through three… … Universalium
