Useful english dictionary. 2012.
ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… … Universalium
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Jouffroy d'Abbans, Claude-François-Dorothée, marquis de — ▪ French engineer and inventor born 1751, Roches sur Rognon, Fr. died 1832, Paris French engineer and inventor who in 1783 traveled upstream on the Saône River near Lyon in his Pyroscaphe, the first really successful steamboat. At the … Universalium
List of members of the Clan McDuck — This is a list of members of the fictional Clan McDuck, all of whom are characters owned by the Walt Disney Company. While the best known members of the Clan ndash; namely Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck ndash; are multimedia characters, most of… … Wikipedia
Clan McDuck — The Clan McDuck is a fictional family in the style of a Scottish clan, from which a great number of Walt Disney Company s comic book characters held their origin. According to Don Rosa s timelines the Clan is known since 122 AD,[1] when an, as of … Wikipedia
Shreveport, Louisiana — Infobox Settlement official name = City of Shreveport nickname = Port City , River City, Ratchet City motto = The Next Great City of the South image caption = Shreveport Skyline imagesize = image mapsize = pushpin pushpin label position = pushpin … Wikipedia
Kara Drew — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Drew. Kara Drew Kara Drew en 2007. Nom(s) de ring Cherry Cherry Pie Kara Slice Taille … Wikipédia en Français
Symington, William — born October 1763, Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scot. died March 22, 1831, London, Eng. British engineer. Educated for the ministry, he became a mechanic instead. He created a working model of a steam driven road carriage in 1786 and first used steam… … Universalium
Claude-Francois-Dorothee de Jouffroy — Claude François Dorothée de Jouffroy † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Claude François Dorothée de Jouffroy MARQUIS d ABBANS. Mechanician, b. at Abbans, near Besançon, 30 Sept., 1751; d. at Paris, 18 July, 1832.He was educated by the… … Catholic encyclopedia
