Look up: ross


  1. Ross
    HMS Ross was a British improved Hunt Class minesweeper of 710 tons displacement built under the Emergency War Programme during the Great War and launched sometime between 1917 and 1919, seeing action during the Second World War. HMS Ross was powered by Yarrow coal-fired boilers providing a top speed...
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  2. Ross
    [1978 album] Ross is a 1978 studio album/compilation released by American singer Diana Ross on the Motown label. The album was a mixture of older tunes Ross recorded and newer recordings, side A consisting of four tracks recorded in 1978 and Side B of material recorded between the years 1971...
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  3. Ross
    [1983 album] Ross is a 1983 album by American singer Diana Ross, her third released on the RCA label. It was released shortly before Ross gave a pair of free concerts in New York`s Central Park. The album reached #32 on the US charts, #14 on the US R&B charts and #44 in the UK. It has never ...
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  4. Ross
    [bicycles] Ross was a U.S. built line of bikes between 1950 and 1989, somewhat rivaling Schwinn, up until the mid 1980s. They were manufactured in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and had corporate headquarters in Rockaway Beach, New York. They sold everything from kids bikes, including the wheelie ...
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  5. Ross
    [play] Ross is a 1960 play by British playwright Terence Rattigan. It is a biographical play of T. E. Lawrence == Plot synopsis == The play is structured with a framing device set in 1922, when Lawrence was hiding under an assumed name as "Aircraftman Ross" in the Royal Air Force, and is bei...
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  6. Ross
    [company] Ross Stores, Inc. ({nasdaq|ROST}), is a chain of American off-price department stores headquartered in Pleasanton, California, operating under the name Ross Dress for Less. It is the third largest off-price retailer in the United States, behind T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, both of whic...
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  7. Ross
    [optics] Ross is the name of a succession of London-based lens designers and their company. Andrew Ross (1798–1859) founded his company in 1830, from 1840 he began producing camera lenses signed "A. Ross". During Andrew Ross`s lifetime, the company was one of the foremost lens manufacturer...
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  8. Ross
    [lunar crater] Ross is a lunar crater that is located in the northwest part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It lies south-southwest of the crater Plinius, and northwest of the lava-flooded Maclear. This crater has a generally circular shape, but is not quite symmetrical. The inner walls slope d...
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  9. Ross
    [n] - Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856) 2. [n] - British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic 3. [n] - British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) 4. [...
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  10. Ross
    Ross ; 115) noun [ Etymol. uncertain.] The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees. [ Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
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  11. Ross
    Ross transitive verb To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. [ Local, U.S.]
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  12. ross
    115), [Etymol. Uncertain. ... The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  1. Ross
    Betsy Ross noun American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
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  2. Ross
    Nellie Tayloe Ross noun a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
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  3. Ross
    noun British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
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  4. Ross
    Sir James Clark Ross noun British 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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  5. Ross
    Sir John Ross noun Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
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  6. Ross
    • (n.) The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees. • (v. t.) To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark.
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  7. Ross
    Ross is a Scottish boy name. The meaning of the name is `from the peninsula` Where is it used? The name Ross is mainly used In Scottish and In English. Ross appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 828. In the last 128 years Ross has occupied a spot In the top 1000 without interruptions. . ...
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/index.php?boys/Ross

  8. Ross
    [disambiguation] Ross is a region of Scotland. Ross may also refer to: ==People== ===Fictional characters=== ==Geography== ==Academics== ==Media== ==Ships== ==Land transport== ==Other uses== ...
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  9. Ross
    Ross (Ros in Scottish Gaelic) is a region of Scotland and a former mormaerdom, earldom, sheriffdom and county. The name Ross allegedly derives from a Gaelic word meaning a headland - perhaps a reference to the Black Isle. The Norse word for Orkney - Hrossay meaning horse island - is another possibl...
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  10. Ross
    The Ross rifle Mk III is a Canadian rifle taking a .303 inch round from a 5-round box magazine. Operation is straight pull. The muzzle velocity is 794 meters-per-second and it has a 765 mm barrel and is sighted to 1098 metres. Production of the Ross rifle started in 1905 and continued until 1917 at ...
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  11. Ross
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ros Definitions: 1. George W., Canadian physician, 1841-1931. See: Ross-Jones test
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  12. Ross
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ros Definitions: 1. Donald N., 20th-century British cardiac surgeon; introduced aortic valve replacement using a pulmonic valve autograft. See: Ross procedure
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  13. Ross
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ros Definitions: 1. Ronald, English physician and Nobel laureate, 1857-1932. See: Ross cycle
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=79014

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