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1. Douglas
   HMS Douglas was a British Campbell Class destroyer of 1530 tons displacement launched in 1918. She was armed with five 4.7-inch guns; one 3-inch anti-aircraft gun; two 2-pounder pompom anti-aircraft guns; one machine gun; four Lewis guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triple mountings...
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2. Douglas
   [n] - United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery
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3. Douglas
   Scottish family that can be traced back to the 12th century. The dukes of Hamilton, Buccleuch, and Queensbury, and the earls of Morton, Home, and Wemyss, are members of the Douglas family. There are...
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4. Douglas
   Aircraft manufacturer [US]
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5. Douglas
   Vehicle manufacturer [UK]
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6. Douglas
   a scale ranging from 0 to 9,numerically indicating the condition of the sea; 0 indicates flat sea; 3,small waves; 7,heavy sea; 9,huge swells Category: Management in the public and private sector • a large bag for the collection of expired air for several minutes to determine oxygen consu...
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7. Douglas
   Stephen A. Douglas noun United States politician who proposed that individual territories be allowed to decide whether they would have slavery; he engaged in a famous series of debates with Abraham Lincoln (1813-1861)
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8. Douglas
   (from the article `Juneau`) ...Alaska-Juneau gold mine was built (ceased operations 1944), and gold was mined on Douglas Island until 1917, when a flood and cave-in caused the ...
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9. Douglas
   county, west-central Nevada, U.S., adjacent to the lower half of Lake Tahoe and the California border. The first permanent settlement in Nevada was ...
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10. Douglas
    municipal borough and capital, since 1869, of the Isle of Man, one of the British Isles. It lies on the island`s east coast, 80 mi (130 km) ...
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11. Douglas
    city, Cochise county, in Sulphur Springs Valley, southeastern Arizona, U.S. A port of entry (on the Mexican border), it is separated from Aqua ...
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12. Douglas
    city, seat (1858) of Coffee county, south-central Georgia, U.S., about 80 miles (130 km) east of Albany. Founded in 1858, it was named for U.S. ...
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13. Douglas
    city, seat (1887) of Converse county, east-central Wyoming, U.S., on the North Platte River, 52 miles (84 km) east of Casper. Founded in 1886 with ...
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14. Douglas
    Douglas is a Irish boy name. The meaning of the name is `dark stranger` Where is it used? The name Douglas is mainly used In Scottish and In English.If it`s too long people might use In English: Doug Douglas appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 396. In the last 128 years Douglas has occu...
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15. Douglas
    Douglas, city (1991 pop. 19,950), capital of the Isle of Man, Great Britain. It is a popular resort, connected by rail to Ramsey and Port Erin, on the Irish Sea. Tourism is the chief industry. There are also light-engineering, knitting, and carpet-weaving factories. The Tower of Refuge, near the har...
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16. Douglas
    Douglas (shortened from Douglas Hurd) is British slang for a third-class university honours degree.
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17. Douglas
    Douglas (shortened from Douglas Hurd) is British slang for a third-class university honours degree.
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18. Douglas
    Douglas is a family distinguished in the annals of Scotland. Their origin is unknown. They were already territorial magnates at the time when Bruce and Baliol were competitors for the crown. As their estates lay on the borders they early became guardians of the kingdom against the encroachments of t...
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19. Douglas
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dŭg′lăs Definitions: 1. John C., Irish obstetrician, 1777-1850. See: Douglas mechanism
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20. Douglas
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dŭg′lăs Definitions: 1. James, Scottish anatomist in London, 1675-1742. See: Douglas abscess, Douglas cul-de-sac, Douglas fold, Douglas line, Douglas pouch, cavum douglasi
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21. Douglas
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dŭg′lăs Definitions: 1. Beverly, U.S. surgeon, 1891-1975. See: Beverly Douglas procedure
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22. Douglas
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dŭg′lăs Definitions: 1. Claude G., English physiologist, 1882-1963. See: Douglas bag
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23. Douglas
    (town) Capital of the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea; population (2001) 25,300. It is situated in the southeast of the island, and is a holiday resort and terminus of shipping routes to and from Fleetwood, Heysham, and Liverpool. Banking and financial services are important, and the Manx par...
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24. DOUGLAS
    (language) An early system on the IBM 701. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-12-07)
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25. Douglas
    (surname) :For the Scottish family of Douglas see Earl of Douglas, Earl of Angus or House of Douglas. `Douglas` (occasionally spelled Douglass) is a common surname of Scottish origin, thought to derive from the Scottish Gaelic dubh glas, meaning black, or black-...
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