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nounBritish physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
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nounAmerican seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
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nounBritish explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)
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nounScottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
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nouna politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
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Definition that contains ross
- tell a Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an archer; according to legend an Austrian governor compelled him to shoot an apple from his son's head with his crossbow (which he did successfully without mishap)
- run pass over, across, or through
- check mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on
- check a textile pattern of squares or crossed lines (resembling a checkerboard)
- cut pass through or across
- b (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter
- line text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen
- pick the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- ha (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day
- sign make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate