wilson : Idioms & Phrases

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alexander wilson

  • noun Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813)
    Wilson.
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angus frank johnstone wilson

  • noun English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
    Wilson; Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson.
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charles thomson rees wilson

  • noun Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
    Wilson.
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e. o. wilson

  • noun United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
    Wilson; E. O. Wilson.
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edmund wilson

  • noun United States literary critic (1895-1972)
    Wilson.
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edward osborne wilson

  • noun United States entomologist who has generalized from social insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
    Wilson; E. O. Wilson.
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harriet wilson

  • noun author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)
    Wilson.
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james wilson

  • noun American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)
    Wilson.
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john tuzo wilson

  • noun Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate tectonics (1908-1993)
    Wilson.
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mount wilson

  • noun a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)
    Wilson.
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president wilson

  • noun 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
    Wilson; President Wilson; Thomas Woodrow Wilson.
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robert woodrow wilson

  • noun United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic microwave radiation (born in 1918)
    Wilson.
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ronald wilson reagan

  • noun 40th President of the United States (1911-2004)
    President Reagan; Reagan; Ronald Reagan.
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sir angus wilson

  • noun English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)
    Wilson; Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson.
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thomas woodrow wilson

  • noun 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
    Wilson; President Wilson; Thomas Woodrow Wilson.
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wilson cloud chamber

  • noun apparatus that detects the path of high-energy particles passing through a supersaturated vapor; each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
    cloud chamber.
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wilson's blackcap

  • noun yellow wood warbler with a black crown
    Wilsonia pusilla; Wilson's blackcap.
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wilson's disease

  • noun a rare inherited disorder of copper metabolism; copper accumulates in the liver and then in the red blood cells and brain
    hepatolenticular degeneration.
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wilson's phalarope

  • noun breeds on the northern great plains of Canada
    Steganopus tricolor.
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wilson's snipe

  • noun American snipe
    Gallinago gallinago delicata.
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wilson's thrush

  • noun tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song
    veery; Hylocichla fuscescens.
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wilson's warbler

  • noun yellow wood warbler with a black crown
    Wilsonia pusilla; Wilson's blackcap.
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woodrow wilson

  • noun 28th President of the United States; led the United States in World War I and secured the formation of the League of Nations (1856-1924)
    Wilson; President Wilson; Thomas Woodrow Wilson.
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woodrow wilson guthrie

  • noun United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967)
    Woody Guthrie; Guthrie.
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