vaughan williams | (n) English composer influenced by folk tunes and music of the Tudor period (1872-1958), Syn. Ralph Vaughan Williams |
williams | (n) United States country singer and songwriter (1923-1953), Syn. Hiram Williams, Hank Williams, Hiram King Williams |
williams | (n) English philosopher credited with reviving the field of moral philosophy (1929-2003), Syn. Sir Bernard Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen Williams |
williams | (n) United States poet (1883-1963), Syn. William Carlos Williams |
williams | (n) United States baseball player noted as a hitter (1918-2002), Syn. Theodore Samuel Williams, Ted Williams |
williams | (n) English clergyman and colonist who was expelled from Massachusetts for criticizing Puritanism; he founded Providence in 1636 and obtained a royal charter for Rhode Island in 1663 (1603-1683), Syn. Roger Williams |
williams | (n) United States playwright (1911-1983), Syn. Tennessee Williams, Thomas Lanier Williams |
williams syndrome | (n) a rare congenital disorder associated with deletion of genetic material in chromosome 7; characterized by mental deficiency and some growth deficiency and elfin faces but an overly social personality and a remarkable gift for vocabulary |
williamstown | (n) a town in northwestern Massachusetts |
cushing | (n) United States neurologist noted for his study of the brain and pituitary gland and who identified Cushing's syndrome (1869-1939), Syn. Harvey Cushing, Harvery Williams Cushing |
mescal | (n) a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal buttons, Syn. mezcal, peyote, Lophophora williamsii |
morley | (n) United States chemist and physicist who collaborated with Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment (1838-1923), Syn. Edward Williams Morley, Edward Morley, E. W. Morley |
rocky mountain whitefish | (n) whitefish of the western United States and Canada, Syn. Prosopium williamsonii |