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America |
either of the two continents of the western hemisphere. [1/3 definitions] |
Andes |
a mountain range that extends the length of the South American western coast. |
Andes Mountains |
a mountain range that extends the length of the western coast of South America. |
Angola |
a country on the western coast of Africa. Luanda is the capital of Angola. |
anti-Western |
combined form of Western. |
Apia |
the capital of Western Samoa. |
appaloosa |
a hardy saddle horse of a breed developed in western North America, usu. having a spotted black and white hide. |
Arabian Peninsula |
a peninsula in western Asia that lies between the Red Sea to the west and the Persian Gulf to the northeast. The Indian Ocean borders the Arabian Peninsula on the southeast. Countries located on the peninsula include Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait. |
Arapaho |
a member of a North American Indian tribe that formerly lived in the western plains from Texas and New Mexico to Canada, and now lives in Oklahoma and Wyoming. [1/2 definitions] |
Athabaskan |
a group of American Indian languages spoken by western tribes from Alaska and northwest Canada down through the coastal regions of Oregon and California. [1/3 definitions] |
Athapaskan |
variant of Athabaskan. |
Atlantic Standard Time |
the standard time used in the western Atlantic and the easternmost parts of Canada, four hours behind Greenwich time. |
aurochs |
an extinct wild ox once common in northern Africa, Europe, and western Asia, and probably an ancestor of domestic cattle. [1/2 definitions] |
balm of Gilead |
any of several small evergreen trees native to western Asia and Africa. [1/2 definitions] |
Basque |
a member of a people who live in the western Pyrenees of Spain and France, or a descendant thereof. [1/3 definitions] |
Ben Nevis |
the highest mountain peak in Great Britain (elevation, 4,406 feet, or 1,344 meters), located in the Grampian Mountains of western Scotland. [1/2 definitions] |
bitterroot |
a plant found in western North America that bears showy pink or white flowers and has a fleshy edible root. |
black margate |
a grunt of the tropical western Atlantic. |
Bolivia |
a country in western South America. La Paz is the capital of Bolivia. |
bristlecone pine |
a small pine growing at high altitudes in the western United States that is the longest-lived conifer known, some specimens being over four thousand years old. |
bronco |
a wild or partly tamed horse or pony of the western United States. |
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