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Definition that contains cisc
- bacon English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the importance of experimentation; first showed that air is required for combustion and first used lenses to correct vision (1220-1292)
- hippies a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
- berkeley a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley
- oakland a city in western California on San Francisco Bay opposite San Francisco; primarily and industrial urban center
- sacramento a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California
- serra Spanish missionary who founded Franciscan missions in California (1713-1784)
- franciscan a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order
- monterey a town in western California to the south of San Francisco on a peninsula at the southern end of Monterey Bay
- hipsters a youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music
- san pablo a town in western California to the north of Oakland on an arm of San Francisco Bay