hamburg 7 2 adverb, noun adv, n noun • a port city in northern Germany on the Elbe River that was founded by Charlemagne in the 9th century and is today the largest port in Germany; in 1241 it formed an alliance with Lubeck that became the basis for the Hanseatic League
iceberg 7 2 noun n noun • a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier
• lettuce with crisp tightly packed light-green leaves in a firm head
homburg 7 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a hat made of felt with a creased crown
greenberg 9 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun • United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001)
nuremberg 9 3 noun n noun • a city in southeastern Germany; site of Allied trials of Nazi war criminals (1945-46)
schoenberg 10 2 noun n noun • United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)
schonberg 9 2 noun n noun • United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)
steinberg 9 2 noun n noun • United States cartoonist (born in Romania) noted for his caricatures of famous people (1914-1999)
gothenburg 10 3 noun n noun • a port in southwestern Sweden; second largest city in Sweden
brandenburg 11 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun • the territory of an Elector (of the Holy Roman Empire) that expanded to become the kingdom of Prussia in 1701
gutenberg 9 3 verb, noun v, n noun • German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)
weinberg 8 2 noun n noun • United States theoretical physicist (born in 1933)
bromberg 8 2 noun n noun • an industrial city and river port in northern Poland
ehrenberg 9 3 noun n noun • Russian novelist (1891-1967)
ginsberg 8 2 noun n noun • United States poet of the beat generation (1926-1997)
goldberg 8 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun • United States cartoonist who drew intricate diagrams of very complicated and impractical contraptions that accomplished little or nothing (1883-1970)
johann gutenberg 15 5 noun n noun • German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)
romberg 7 2 verb, noun v, n noun • United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951)
saul steinberg 13 3 noun n noun • United States cartoonist (born in Romania) noted for his caricatures of famous people (1914-1999)
spielberg 9 2 noun n noun • United States filmmaker (born in 1947)
svedberg 8 2 noun n noun • Swedish theologian (1688-1772)
gettysburg 10 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a small town in southern Pennsylvania; site of a national cemetery
• a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union
oldenburg 9 3 noun n noun • United States sculptor (born in Sweden); a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929)
petersburg 10 3 noun n noun • a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War
• the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
arnold schoenberg 16 4 noun n noun • United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)
johannesburg 12 4 noun n noun • city in the northeastern part of South Africa near Pretoria; commercial center for diamond and gold industries
lindbergh 9 2 noun n noun • United States aviator who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean (1902-1974)
pittsburgh 10 2 verb, noun, adjective v, n, adj noun • a city in southwestern Pennsylvania where the confluence of the Allegheny River and Monongahela River forms the Ohio River; long an important urban industrial area; site of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh
salzburg 8 2 noun n noun • city in western Austria; a music center and birthplace of Mozart
vicksburg 9 2 noun n noun • a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves
• a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
herzberg 8 2 noun n noun • Canadian physicist (born in Germany) noted for contributions to understanding the structure of molecules (born in 1904)
sigmund romberg 14 4 noun n noun • United States composer (born in Hungary) who composed operettas (1887-1951)
strasberg 9 2 noun n noun • United States actor and film director (born in Austria) who was a leader in developing method acting in the United States (1901-1982)
arnold schonberg 15 4 noun n noun • United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)
ilya ehrenberg 13 5 noun n noun • Russian novelist (1891-1967)
johannes gutenberg 17 6 noun n noun • German printer who was the first in Europe to print using movable type and the first to use a press (1400-1468)
joseph greenberg 15 4 verb v noun • United States linguist who studied the historical relations among 5,000 languages (1916-2001)
steven weinberg 14 4 noun n noun • United States theoretical physicist (born in 1933)
fredericksburg 14 4 noun n noun • a town in northeastern Virginia on the Rappahannock River
• an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee
habsburg 8 2 noun n noun • a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
hapsburg 8 2 noun n noun • a royal German family that provided rulers for several European states and wore the crown of the Holy Roman Empire from 1440 to 1806
harrisburg 10 3 noun n noun • capital of Pennsylvania; located in southern part of state
sandburg 8 2 noun n noun • United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967)
warburg 7 2 verb, noun v, n noun • German biochemist who pioneered the use of chemical techniques in biological investigations; noted for studies of cellular respiration (1883-1970)
• German art historian (1866-1929)
claes oldenburg 14 4 noun n noun • United States sculptor (born in Sweden); a leader of the pop art movement who was noted for giant sculptures of common objects (born in 1929)
gerhard herzberg 15 4 noun n noun • Canadian physicist (born in Germany) noted for contributions to understanding the structure of molecules (born in 1904)
rydberg 7 2 noun n noun • a wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element
jarlsberg 9 2 noun n
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