1) Low Countries. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Low Countries, region of NW Europe comprising the Netherlands, Belgium, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. The northern parts of the Netherlands and Belgium form... 2) Low, Seth. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Low, Seth, 1850-1916, American political reformer and college president, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., grad. Columbia, 1870. He entered his father's tea and silk importing firm,... 3) low-temperature physics. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...low-temperature physics, science concerned with the production and maintenance of temperatures much below normal, down to almost absolute zero, and with various phenomena... 4) Low, Sir David. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Low, Sir David, (lo) (KEY) , 1891-1963, British cartoonist, b. New Zealand. In 1919 Low went to England, where he worked on the London Star (1919-27). Thereafter... 5) Low Church. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Low Church, see England, Church of.... 6) Low Archipelago. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Low Archipelago, see Tuamotu Archipelago.... 7) Dodge, David Low. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Dodge, David Low, 1774-1852, American merchant and pacifist, b. Brooklyn, Conn. In 1815 he founded the New York Peace Society, possibly the first such organization... 8) hotbed. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated-either artificially as by underground... 9) cranberry. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...cranberry, low creeping evergreen bog plant of the genus Oxycoccus of the family Ericaceae (heath family). Cranberries are considered by some botanists to belong... 10) Everglades. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Everglades, marshy, low-lying subtropical savanna area, c.4,000 sq mi (10,000 sq km), S Fla., extending from Lake Okeechobee S to Florida Bay. Characterized by water,... |