cyclone pit (siklonpit)

On the prairies and plains of the western United States, a pit or underground room made for refuge from a tornado or cyclone. Cycloneura (sī-klō-nū'rä), n. pl. [NL., Gr. κύκλος, circle, + νεῦρον, nerve.] A division of [Short form of encyclopedia, encyclopædia, q. v.] 1. A book containing accounts of the principal subjects in one branch of science, art, or learning in general: as, a cyclopedia of botany; a су clopedia of mechanics.-2. In a broader sense, a book comprising accounts of all branches of learning; an encyclopedia. See encyclopedia. cyclopedic, cyclopædic (sī-klō-pē'dik or -ped'ik), a. [ cyclopedic a cyclopedia in character or contents; exhaustive: as, cyclopedic treatment of a subject. cyclo ped i cal, cyclopædical (sī-klo-ped i-kal or -ped'i-kal), a. Same as cyclopedic.