music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses

a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine

small genus of South American evergreen shrubs or small trees with long willowy branches and flowers in flamboyant terminal clusters

any bacterium of the genus Thiobacillus

small brown bat of California and northern Mexico

one species: pyxie; the eastern United States

a graver used to scoop out broad areas when engraving wood or metal

ball used to knock down ninepins

get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner

orchid of northeastern and alpine eastern North America closely related to the purple fringed orchids but having rosy-purple or violet flowers with denticulate leaf divisions