's gravenhage means: the site of the royal residence and the de facto capital in the western part of the Netherlands; seat of the International Court of Justice
1 kings means: the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel
15 august 1945 means: the date of Allied victory over Japan, World War II
15 may organization means: a terrorist organization formed in 1979 by a faction of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine but disbanded in the 1980s when key members left to join a faction of al-Fatah
18-karat gold means: an alloy that contains 75 per cent gold
1st viscount montgomery of alamein means: English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)
2 kings means: the second of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel
22-karat gold means: an alloy that contains 87 per cent gold
24-karat gold means: 100 per cent gold
3rd october organization means: a militant Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization formed in 1975 to force Turkey to acknowledge killing more than a million Armenians and forcibly removing them from border areas in 1915; wants Turkey to pay reparations and cede territory to Armenia
acer circinatum means: small maple of northwestern North America having prostrate stems that root freely and form dense thickets
alkyd means: a durable synthetic resin widely used in adhesives and paints
b.c. means: before the Christian era; used following dates before the supposed year Christ was born
chosen people means: any people believing themselves to be chosen by God
colocasia means: small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro
croft means: a small farm worked by a crofter
edward vi means: King of England and Ireland from 1547 to 1553; son of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour; died of tuberculosis (1537-1553)
family cecidomyidae means: gall midges
genus hypochaeris means: widely distributed genus of herbs with milky juice; includes some cosmopolitan weeds
homocyclic means: containing a closed ring of atoms of the same kind especially carbon atoms
intifadah means: an uprising by Palestinian Arabs (in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank) against Israel in the late 1980s and again in 2000
macaca means: macaques; rhesus monkeys
nonverbal intelligence means: intelligence that is manifested in the performance of tasks requiring little or no use of language
rod means: any rod-shaped bacterium
rod means: a gangster's pistol
rod means: a long thin implement made of metal or wood
rod means: a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light
rod means: a square rod of land
rod means: a linear measure of 16.5 feet
roof peak means: the highest point of a roof
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