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Prior , PRIOR
The official title of certain superiors in some religious communities. The Latin noun prior was used in the 6th century with a meaning close to… W , W, w [Called ‘double-you’]. The 23rd LETTER of the modern Roman ALPHABET as used for English. The Romans had no letter suitable for representing the… Wednesday , Wednes·day / ˈwenzˌdā; -ˌdē/ • n. the day of the week before Thursday and following Tuesday: a report goes before the councilors on Wednesday they fi… Richard Wagner , Wagner, (Wilhelm) Richard, great German composer whose operas, written to his own librettos, have radically transformed the concept of stage music, p… Warlock , warlock •matchlock • padlock • armlock •Belloc •deadlock, headlock, wedlock •hemlock • fetlock • airlock •breeze block • gridlock • ziplock •flintloc… Friedrich Wohler , Wöhler, Friedrich
WöHLER, FRIEDRICH
(b. Eschersheim, near Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, 31 July 1800; d Göttingen, Germany, 23 September 1882)
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