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James Pollard Espy (or the Storm King) (May 9, 1785 – January 24, 1860) was a U.S. meteorologist. Espy developed a convection theory of storms, explaining it in 1836 before the American Philosophical Society and in 1840 before the French Académie des Sciences and the British Royal Society .
A logogriph published in Bower of Taste (February 9, 1828). A logogriph (not to be confused with logogram or logograph) is a form of word puzzle based on the component letters of a key word to be identified, and is derived from Greek λόγος, a word, and γρίφος, a riddle or fishing basket.
An American-style 15×15 crossword grid layout. A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one ...
Chuck Espy (born 1975), American politician; Duane Espy (born 1952), American baseball figure; Espy Pilgrim, murder victim; Espy Van Horne (1795–1829), Pennsylvania politician; Gene Espy, hiker; Harriett Newell Espy (1832–1878), American political hostess and letter writer; Henry Espy, American politician; James Pollard Espy (1785–1860 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Pages in category "ESPY Awards" The following 59 pages are in this category, out ...
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start and/or end with vowels, abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual combinations of ...
Willard Richardson Espy (December 11, 1910 – February 20, 1999) was an American editor, philologist, writer, poet, and local historian.Raised in the seaside village of Oysterville, Washington, Espy later studied at the University of Redlands in California before becoming an editor in New York City, as well as a contributor to Reader's Digest, The New Yorker, Punch, and other publications.
The biggest names in sports were recognized at the 2024 ESPY Awards and some were lucky enough to take home the coveted silver statue. The ESPYs, which stands for Excellence in Sports Performance ...