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| public opinion |
the collective or general opinion of a people, esp. as a deciding factor in the creation of social policy or in actions of a political nature. |
| purana |
(often cap.) any of a group of eighteen Hindu epics, containing fables and stories that deal with creation, the gods, genealogy, and the like. |
| reclamation |
the artificial creation of new land within a body of water such as a harbor, ocean, lake, or river. [1/3 definitions] |
| rendering |
an interpretive performance of a dramatic or musical creation. [1/3 definitions] |
| seafloor spreading |
the creation of new oceanic crust formed by an upward flow and outward spread of magma along mid-ocean ridges. |
| self-creation |
combined form of creation. |
| self-induction |
the creation of an electromotive force in a circuit by a varying current in that circuit. |
| spin off |
of products, to come into being as the result of the creation of other products. |
| tour de force |
an exceptionally skillful or ingenious creation, performance, or production; outstanding display of skill. |
| Woodrow Wilson |
the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921), who initially kept the United States out of World War I and then, in his second term, asked Congress to declare war on Germany. After the war, Wilson was instrumental in the creation of the League of Nations, an organization dedicated to promoting world peace (b. 1856--d.1924). |
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