william_almon_wheeler
World English Dictionary
wheeler (ˈwiːlə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: wheel horse a horse or other draught animal nearest the wheel |
| 2. | (in combination) something equipped with a specified sort or number of wheels: a three-wheeler |
| 3. | a person or thing that wheels |
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| Wheeler (ˈwiːlə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | John Archibald. born 1911, US physicist, noted for his work on nuclear fission and the development (1949--51) of the hydrogen bomb, also for his work on unified field theory |
| 2. | Sir (Robert Eric) Mortimer. 1890--1976, Scottish archaeologist, who did much to increase public interest in archaeology. He is noted esp for his excavations at Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa in the Indus Valley and at Maiden Castle in Dorset |
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William almon wheeler
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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william almon wheeler
19th vice president of the United States (1877-81) who, with Republican President Rutherford B. Hayes, took office by the decision of an Electoral Commission appointed to rule on contested electoral ballots in the 1876 election
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