Baltimore

Bal·ti·more  (bôlt-môr, -mr)

A city of northern Maryland on an arm of Chesapeake Bay northeast of Washington, D.C. It has been a busy port since the 18th century. Population: 631,000.

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Balti·more·an n.

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Baltimore, Lord

See Calvert.

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Baltimore, David Born 1938.

American microbiologist. He shared a 1975 Nobel Prize for research on the interaction of tumor viruses and genetic material.

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Baltimore [ˈbɔːltɪˌmɔː]

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(Placename) a port in N Maryland, on Chesapeake Bay. Pop.: 651 154 (2000)

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Baltimore²

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1. (Biographies / Baltimore, David (1938 M, US, SCIENCE: biologist) David. born 1938, US molecular biologist: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1975) for his discovery of reverse transcriptase

2. (Biographies / Baltimore, Lord) Lord. See (Sir George) Calvert

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Baltimore - the largest city in Maryland; a major seaport and industrial center Johns Hopkins - a university in Baltimore Pimlico - a racetrack for thoroughbred racing; site of the Preakness Free State, Maryland, Old Line State, MD - a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies