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Fort Sill
Fort Sill U.S. military reservation, Comanche co., SW Okla., 4 mi (6.4 km) N of Lawton; est. 1869 by Gen. Philip Sheridan. A 95,000-acre (38,445-hectare) field artillery and missile base, it is the home of the U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center. Fort Sill was named in memory of Joshua W. Sill, ... Read more
Beverly Sills
Beverly Sills 1929-2007, American coloratura soprano, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Belle Silverman. Her childhood career as a radio singer (when she was first nicknamed "Bubbles" ) led to voice studies with Estelle Liebling. She toured extensively in the United States and Europe before making her debut... Read more
Lawton
Lawton city (1990 pop. 80,561), seat of Comanche co., SW Okla.; inc. 1901. It is a commercial and trade center for the surrounding cotton, wheat, and cattle area. Fort Sill is the largest local civilian employer. Lawton's industries include machining and the production of baked goods, meat, rubbe... Read more
igneous rock
igneous rock One of three major classes of rock produced by the cooling and solidifying of molten magma. All igneous rocks are crystalline and most resist erosion. Extrusive, or volcanic, igneous rocks, such as basalt, form by the rapid cooling of molten material at the surface. Intrusive, or hyper... Read more
Palisades
Palisades cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107-168 m). The Palisades, rising vertically from close to the water's edge, are the margin of a... Read more
Geronimo
Geronimo , c.1829-1909, leader of a Chiricahua group of the Apaches , b. Arizona. As a youth he participated in the forays of Cochise , Victorio , and other Apache leaders. When the Chiricahua Reservation was abolished (1876) and the Apaches removed to the arid San Carlos Agency in New Mexico, Ge... Read more
rock
rock aggregation of solid matter composed of one or more of the minerals forming the earth's crust. The scientific study of rocks is called petrology. Rocks are commonly divided, according to their origin, into three major classes—igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. Igneous Rocks ... Read more
Triassic period
Triassic period , first period of the Mesozoic era of geologic time (see Geologic Timescale , table) from 205 to 250 million years ago. Throughout the Triassic, E North America, as a result of the mountain-building episode that formed the Appalachians in the late Paleozoic era , was elevate... Read more

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Beverly Sills
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Beverly Sills Beverly Sills (born 1929) was a child performer, coloratura soprano, and operatic...New York City Opera Company and a prominent public figure. Beverly Sills was born Belle Miriam Silverman in Brooklyn, May 25, 1929, during...
Sills, Beverly
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography Beverly Sills Born: May 25, 1929 Brooklyn, New York American singer Beverly Sills was a child performer, coloratura soprano (a light...New York City Opera Company. Early years Beverly Sills was born Belle Miriam Silverman in Brooklyn, New...
Fort Sill
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Fort Sill U.S. military reservation, Comanche co., SW Okla., 4...home of the U.S. Army Artillery and Missile Center. Fort Sill was named in memory of Joshua W. Sill, a Civil War general. The Wichita, Kiowa, Comanche, and...
sill
Book article from: World Encyclopedia sill Sheet-like intrusion of igneous rock that is parallel to the bedding or other structure of the surrounding rock. Sill rock is normally medium-grained; basic sills ( dolerites ) are the commonest.
sill, sometimes written as cill
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea sill, sometimes written as cill. 1. The upper and lower framing, or lining, of a square port cut in a ship's side. 2. The step at the bottom of the entrance of a dry-dock and, by extension, a ship's draught if it is able to enter the dock over the sill.
Sill, Edward Rowland
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Sill, Edward Rowland (1841–87),born in Connecticut, graduated from Yale (1861) and attempted to fortify his frail...
port sills
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea port sills, or cills , the name given to the lengths of timber used for lining the top and bottom edges of the gunports in sailing men-of-war.
hypabyssal igneous rocks
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...in contrast to a sill which was intruded...vertically, whereas sills were intruded horizontally...example, the Palisades sill of New Jersey in the...classified as plutonic. Sills can also be of large...stresses on the planet. Sills are less common than...the Whin (hard) sill ...
intrusion types and intrusive igneous rocks
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...horizontal, it is known as a sill . Well-known examples of sills are those of the Karroo...kilometres, and the Whin sill in northern England...rock of which the Whin sill is formed is more resistant...natural feature. Dykes and sills may range from tens of...
Franks, Tommy Ray
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Artillery Officer Candidate School in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, from which he became a distinguished...lieutenant in 1967. After a brief tour at Fort Sill, Franks was sent to the Republic of Vietnam...Purple Hearts. When Franks returned to Fort Sill in 1968, it was with the intention of...

Dictionary entries related to "Sills,"

Fort Sill
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Fort Sill a fort near Lawton, Oklahoma, staked out...buried there in 1909. Troops camping at Fort Sill included the Buffalo soldiers , black regiments...29,000 homesteaders registered at Fort Sill for the land lottery. The fort continues...
sill
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology sill beam forming the foundation of a wall OE.; lower horizontal part of a window opening XV; threshold XVI. OE. syll(e) = MLG...
Sills, Beverly
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Sills, Beverly [ Silverman, Belle ] ( b Brooklyn, NY, 1929). Amer. soprano and opera administrator. Child performer on radio...
windowsill
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English win·dow·sill / ˈwindōˌsil / (also win·dow sill ) • n. a ledge or sill forming the bottom part of a window.
New York City Opera
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...x2013;79, Christopher Keene 1983–6. Beverly Sills was dir. 1979–88; Keene 1989–95...many fine singers, best known of whom are the sops. Beverly Sills, Ashley Putnam, and Carol Vaness, the ten. Plá...
sole
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology ...foot XIV; bottom of a boot or shoe; †foundation; sill XV; lower part, bottom XVII. — OF. :- popL...solu or * sola , once in pl. solen ), for L. solea sandal, sill, f. solum bottom, pavement, sole of the foot .
cill
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture cill, or sill , sole , sule . 1. Horizontal timber (usually called a cill-beam , ground-cill , or sole-piece or -plate ) at the bottom...
lamprophyre
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...most abundant mafic component and the presence and type of feldspar in the groundmass. Lamprophyre types include minette , kerstantite , alnöite , vogesite , camptonite , and monchiquite , and are found intruded as dykes and sills .
threshold
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology threshold sill of a doorway, entrance to a building. OE. þersċold , þresċold = ON. þresk...
variolitic
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences ...fine, radiating fibres of plagioclase or pyroxene that is found in the glassy, chilled margin of shallow-level, basic , igneous intrusions ( dykes and sills ) or the glassy groundmass of some quenched (see QUENCHING ) basaltic lavas .

Thesaurus entries related to "Sills,"

ledge
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ledge • noun  a collection of teapots on the ledge | a rock ledge synonyms : shelf, sill, mantel, mantelpiece, shelving; projection, protrusion, overhang, ridge, prominence.
shelf
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus shelf • noun   1. the plant on the shelf synonyms : ledge, sill, bracket, rack; mantelpiece; shelving.   2. an ocean shelf synonyms : sandbank, sandbar, bank, bar, reef, shoal.

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Flagship Sill: a power projection platform for 100-plus years.(Fort Sill, Oklahoma)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: FA Journal; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; Fort Sill, Oklahoma, was established in 1869 as a...Southwest. Today, 135 years later, Fort Sill has enhanced capabilities and developed state...footprint than "the Southwest." Today, Fort Sill routinely deploys multiple units simultaneously...
BEVERLY SILLS
Magazine article from: Opera News; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...more than thirty years ago that Beverly Sills, who died of cancer on July 2, graced...1969) and Time (1971). The 1970s were Sills's era of greatest fame. Among opera...Plcido Domingo have matched the breadth of Sills's celebrity in America, and it could...
Beverly Sills: Made in America
Magazine article from: Journal of Singing; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Beverly Sills: Made in America. Beverly Sills, soprano and narrator. (Deutsche Grammophon B000JJRYAG; 1:23) The unexpected death of operatic icon Beverly Sills on July 1, 2007 set off a wave of heartfelt tributes that ranged...
MSO's Sill at an age when he wants an orchestra all his own
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 2/4/2000; ; 700+ words ; MSO's Sill at an age when he wants an orchestra all...critic Friday, February 4, 2000 Andrews Sill will turn 40 in about three weeks and soon...an orchestra, to be a music director," Sill said. "A couple of orchestras are looking...
Beverly Sills, people's diva, dies Soprano bridged cultures
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/3/2007; ; 700+ words ; Beverly Sills, whose radiant soprano and vibrant personality...had been revealed a few days ago that Ms. Sills was gravely ill with inoperable lung cancer...said her manager, Edgar Vincent. Ms. Sills, who retired from the stage in 1980, sang...
Beverly Sills speaks with an optimistic note
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 5/26/1991; ; 700+ words ; ...Didn't you used to be Beverly Sills?" the woman finally asked...on the plane to Boston asked Sills if she were coming here to sing. When Sill replied that she was coming...That's too bad." As Sills shifts into a new phase of her...
CARLA SILL OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR, SUFFOLK SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS.(SUFFOLK SUN)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 2/26/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...A native of Dover, Del., Sill majored in sociology at Tidewater...moved to Suffolk 11 years ago. Sill said her desire to reach out...really great.'' In 1994, the Sills began a two-year stint of...ages 5, 6, 7, and 8, '' Sill said, ``and three were on...
FORT SILL TAKES ON GENDER-INTEGRATED TRAINING MISSION
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 2/4/1999; ; 700+ words ; 00-00-0000 FORT SILL, Okla. (Special to Army News Service, Feb. 4, 1999) -- Fort Sill will become a Gender-Integrated Basic Training...leaders announced Jan. 28. According to Fort Sill Commander Maj. Gen. Leo J. Baxter, who discussed...
MALCOLM SILLS AND GRADE-SCHOOL PAL CREATED TOP AD AGENCY.(City Desk/Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 12/17/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Todd Neff ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS When Malcom Sills joined Gil Frye to start an advertising...arm cranking it,'' Frye said. Frye-Sills worked out somewhat better for the duo...Airlines and the Rio Grande Railway. Malcom Sills died of cancer Sunday. He was 78. Mr...
Saucer-shaped sill with lobate morphology revealed by 3D seismic data: implications for resolving a shallow-level sill emplacement mechanism
Magazine article from: Journal of the Geological Society; 5/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...Solsikke Compound Sill formed by amalgamation of a number of sills and exhibits a complex...of saucer-shaped sills, and sill complex construction...of shallow-level sill emplacement into sedimentary...basin fills. Igneous sills are extraordinarily...