HOUGHTON

Houghton

(noun) a town in northwest Michigan on the Upper Peninsula

Houghton, Henry Oscar Houghton

(noun) United States publisher who founded a printing shop that became an important book publisher (1823-1895)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

25 November 2024

ONCHOCERCIASIS

(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America


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Coffee Trivia

โ€œCoffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.โ€ โ€“ Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States

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