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Neal Investing in Real Estate (Third Edition) by Andrew James McLean "Coordinate Terms" search of noun "James" 6 senses of james Sense 1 James, Jesse James -- (United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)) -> criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor -- (someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime) => accessory, accessary -- (someone who helps another person commit a crime) => arsonist, incendiary, firebug -- (a criminal who illegally sets fire to property) => blackmailer, extortioner, extortionist -- (a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them) => bootlegger, moonshiner -- (someone who makes or sells illegal liquor) => briber, suborner -- (someone who pays (or otherwise incites) you to commit a wrongful act) => conspirator, coconspirator, plotter, machinator -- (a member of a conspiracy) => desperado, desperate criminal -- (a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)) => fugitive, fugitive from justice -- (someone who is sought by law officers; someone trying to elude justice) => gangster, mobster -- (a criminal who is a member of gang) => highbinder -- (a corrupt politician) => highjacker, hijacker -- (someone who uses force to take over a vehicle (especially an airplane) in order to reach an alternative destination) => hood, hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie, strong-armer -- (an aggressive and violent young criminal) => kidnapper, abductor, snatcher -- (someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)) => mafioso -- (a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States) => moll, gun moll, gangster's moll -- (the girl friend of a gangster) => murderer, liquidator, manslayer -- (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)) => probationer, parolee -- (someone released on probation or on parole) => pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker -- (an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs) => racketeer -- (some who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion)) => raper, rapist -- (someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse) => recidivist, repeater, habitual criminal -- (someone who is repeatedly arrested for criminal behavior (especially for the same criminal behavior)) => scofflaw -- (one who habitually ignores the law and does not answer court summonses) => smuggler, runner, contrabandist, mooncurser -- (someone who imports or exports without paying duties) => thief, stealer -- (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it) => traitor, treasonist -- (someone who betrays his country by committing treason) => violator, lawbreaker, law offender -- (someone who violates the law) => Bonney, William H. Bonney, Billie the Kid -- (United States outlaw who was said to have killed 21 men (1859-1881)) => James, Jesse James -- (United States outlaw who fought as a Confederate soldier and later led a band of outlaws that robbed trains and banks in the West until he was murdered by a member of his own gang (1847-1882)) => MacGregor, Robert MacGregor, Rob Roy -- (Scottish clan leader and outlaw who was the subject of a 1817 novel by Sir Walter Scott (1671-1734)) Sense 2 James, William James -- (American pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)) -> psychologist -- (a scientist trained in psychology) => behaviorist, behaviourist -- (a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism) => hypnotist, hypnotizer, hypnotiser, mesmerist -- (a person who induces hypnosis) => parapsychologist -- (someone who studies the evidence for such psychological phenomena as psychokinesis and telepathy and clairvoyance) => psycholinguist -- (a person (usually a psychologist but sometimes a linguist) who studies the psychological basis of human language) => psychophysicist -- (a psychologist trained in psychophysics) => Binet, Alfred Binet -- (French psychologist remembered for his studies of the intellectual development of children (1857-1911)) => Burt, Cyril Burt, Cyril Lodowic Burt -- (English psychologist whose studies of twins were later said to have used fabricated data (1883-1971)) => Clark, Kenneth Clark, Kenneth Bancroft Clark -- (United States psychologist (born in Panama) whose research persuaded the Supreme Court that segregated schools were discriminatory (1914-)) => Gesell, Arnold Gesell, Arnold Lucius Gesell -- (United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961)) => Hall, G. Stanley Hall, Granville Stanley Hall -- (United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924)) => James, William James -- (American pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)) => Jung, Carl Jung, Carl Gustav Jung -- (Swiss psychologist (1875-1961)) => Leary, Tim Leary, Timothy Leary, Timothy Francis Leary -- (United States psychologist who experimented with psychoactive drugs (including LSD) and became a well-known advocate of their use (1920-1996)) => Ogden, C. K. Ogden, Charles Kay Ogden -- (English psychologist who collaborated with I. A. Richards in designing Basic English (1889-1957)) => Piaget, Jean Piaget -- (Swiss psychologist remembered for his studies of cognitive development in children (1896-1980)) => Rogers, Carl Rogers -- (United States psychologist who developed client-centered therapy (1902-1987)) => Simon, Herb Simon, Herbert A. Simon, Herbert Aleddxander Simon -- (United States economist and psychologist who pioneered in the development of cognitive science (1916-2001)) => Skinner, B F Skinner, Burrhus Frederic Skinner -- (American psychologist and leading proponent of behaviorism (1904-1990)) => Thorndike, Edward Lee Thorndike -- (United States educational psychologist (1874-1949)) => Watson, John Broadus Watson -- (United States psychologist considered the founder of behavioristic psychology (1878-1958)) => Yerkes, Robert M. Yerkes, Robert Mearns Yerkes -- (United States psychologist who studied the intelligence of primates (1876-1956)) -> philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy) => nativist -- (a philosopher who subscribes to nativism) => eclectic, eclecticist -- (someone who selects according to the eclectic method) => empiricist -- (a philosopher who subscribes to empiricism) => epistemologist -- (a specialist in epistemology) => esthetician, aesthetician -- (a philosopher who specializes in the nature of beauty) => ethicist, ethician -- (a philosopher who specializes in ethics) => existentialist -- (a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable) => gymnosophist -- (member of a Hindu sect practicing gymnosophy (especially nudism)) => libertarian -- (someone who believes the doctrine of free will) => mechanist -- (a philosopher who subscribes to the doctrine of mechanism) => moralist -- (a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems) => necessitarian -- (someone who does not believe the doctrine of free will) => pluralist -- (a philosopher who believes that no single explanation can account for all the phenomena of nature) => realist -- (a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them) => Stoic -- (a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny") => transcendentalist -- (advocate of Transcendentalism) => yogi -- (one who practices yoga and has achieved a high level of spiritual insight) => Abelard, Peter Abelard, Pierre Abelard -- (French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142)) => Aristotle -- (one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)) => Bacon, Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans -- (English statesman and philosopher; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626)) => Bentham, Jeremy Bentham -- (English philosopher and jurist; founder of utilitarianism (1748-1831)) => Bergson, Henri Bergson, Henri Louis Bergson -- (French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941)) => Berkeley, Bishop Berkeley, George Berkeley -- (Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)) => Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius -- (Roman philosopher who was executed for treason (480-524)) => Bruno, Giordano Bruno -- (Italian philosopher who used Copernican principles to develop a pantheistic monistic philosophy; condemned for heresy by the Inquisition and burned at the stake (1548-1600)) => Buber, Martin Buber -- (Israeli religious philosopher (born in Austria) (1878-1965)) => Cassirer, Ernst Cassirer -- (German philosopher concerned with concept formation in the human mind and with symbolic forms in human culture generally (1874-1945)) => Cleanthes -- (ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC)) => Comte, Auguste Comte, Isidore Auguste Marie Francois Comte -- (French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism; he also established sociology as a systematic field of study) => Confucius, Kung futzu -- (Chinese philosopher (circa 551-478 BC)) => Democritus -- (Greek philosopher who developed an atomistic theory of matter (460-370 BC)) => Derrida, Jacques Derrida -- (French philosopher and critic; exponent of deconstructionism (born in 1930)) => Descartes, Rene Descartes -- (French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)) => Dewey, John Dewey -- (American pragmatic philosopher who advocated progressive education (1859-1952)) => Diderot, Denis Diderot -- (French philosopher who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment in France; principal editor of an encyclopedia that disseminated the scientific and philosophical knowledge of the time (1713-1784)) => Diogenes -- (Greek Cynic philosopher who rejected social conventions (circa 400-325 BC)) => Empedocles -- (Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth century BC)) => Epicurus -- (Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)) => Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Haeckel -- (German biologist and philosopher; advocated Darwinism and formulated the theory of recapitulation; was an exponent of materialistic monism (1834-1919)) => Hartley, David Hartley -- (English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)) => Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel -- (German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831)) => Heidegger, Martin Heidegger -- (German philosopher whose views on human existence in a world of objects and on Angst influenced the existential philosophers (1889-1976)) => Heraclitus -- (Greek philosopher who said that fire is the origin of all things and that permanence is an illusion as all things are in perpetual flux (circa 500 BC)) => Herbart, Johann Friedrich Herbart -- (German philosopher (1776-1841)) => Herder, Johann Gottfried von Herder -- (German philosopher who advocated intuition over reason (1744-1803)) => Hobbes, Thomas Hobbes -- (English materialist and political philosopher who advocated absolute sovereignty as the only kind of government that could resolve problems caused by the selfishness of human beings (1588-1679)) => Hume, David Hume -- (Scottish philosopher whose sceptical philosophy restricted human knowledge to that which can be perceived by the senses (1711-1776)) => Husserl, Edmund Husserl -- (German philosopher who developed phenomenology (1859-1938)) => Hypatia -- (Greek philosopher and astronomer; she invented the astrolabe (370-415)) => James, William James -- (American pragmatic philosopher and psychologist (1842-1910)) => Kant, Immanuel Kant -- (influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804)) => Kierkegaard, Soren Kierkegaard, Soren Aabye Kierkegaard -- (Danish philosopher who was the founder of existentialism (1813-1855)) => Lao-tzu, Lao-tse, Lao-zi -- (Chinese philosopher regarded as the founder of Taoism (6th century BC)) => Leibniz, Leibnitz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz -- (German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)) => Locke, John Locke -- (English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)) => Lucretius, Titus Lucretius Carus -- (Roman philosopher and poet; in a long didactic poem he tried to provide a scientific explanation of the universe (96-55 BC)) => Lully, Raymond Lully, Ramon Lully -- (Spanish philosopher (1235-1315)) => Mach, Ernst Mach -- (Austrian physicist and philosopher who introduced the Mach number and who founded logical positivism (1838-1916)) => Machiavelli, Niccolo Machiavelli -- (a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)) => Maimonides, Moses Maimonides, Rabbi Moses Ben Maimon -- (Spanish philosopher considered the greatest Jewish scholar of the Middle Ages who codified Jewish law in the Talmud (1135-1204)) => Malebranche, Nicolas de Malebranche -- (French philosopher (1638-1715)) => Marcuse, Herbert Marcuse -- (United States political philosopher (born in Germany) concerned about the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and modern technology (1898-1979)) => Marx, Karl Marx -- (founder of modern communism; wrote The Communist Manifesto with Engels in 1848; wrote Das Kapital in 1867 (1818-1883)) => Mead, George Herbert Mead -- (United States philosopher of pragmatism (1863-1931)) => Mill, John Mill, John Stuart Mill -- (English philosopher and economist remembered for his interpretations of empiricism and utilitarianism (1806-1873)) => Mill, James Mill -- (Scottish philosopher who expounded Bentham's utilitarianism; father of John Stuart Mill (1773-1836)) => Montesquieu, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat -- (French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)) => Moore, G. E. Moore, George Edward Moore -- (English philosopher (1873-1958)) => Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche -- (influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values (1844-1900)) => Occam, William of Occam, Ockham, William of Ockham -- (English scholastic philosopher and assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285-1349)) => Ortega y Gasset, Jose Ortega y Gasset -- (Spanish philosopher who advocated leadership by an intellectual elite (1883-1955)) => Pascal, Blaise Pascal -- (French mathematician and philosopher; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)) => Peirce, Charles Peirce, Charles Franklin Peirce -- (American philosopher and logician; pioneer of pragmatism (1839-1914)) => Perry, Ralph Barton Perry -- (United States philosopher (1876-1957)) => Plato -- (ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC)) => Pythagoras -- (Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)) => Reid, Thomas Reid -- (Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796)) => Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- (French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)) => Russell, Bertrand Russell, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, Earl Russell -- (English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)) => Schopenhauer, Arthur Schopenhauer -- (German pessimist philosopher (1788-1860)) => Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer -- (French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)) => Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Seneca -- (Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)) => Socrates -- (ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)) => Spencer, Herbert Spencer -- (English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)) => Spengler, Oswald Spengler -- (German philosopher who argued that cultures grow and decay in cycles (1880-1936)) => Spinoza, de Spinoza, Baruch de Spinoza, Benedict de Spinoza -- (Dutch philosopher who espoused a pantheistic system (1632-1677)) => Stewart, Dugald Stewart -- (Scottish philosopher and follower of Thomas Reid (1753-1828)) => Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin -- (French paleontologist and philosopher (1881-1955)) => Thales, Thales of Miletus -- (Greek philosopher and astronomer (who predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle to be the founder of physical science; he held that all things originated in water (624-546 BC)) => Theophrastus -- (Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC)) => Weil, Simone Weil -- (French philosopher (1909-1943)) => Whitehead, Alfred North Whitehead -- (English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Bertrand Russell (1861-1947)) => Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johan Wittgenstein -- (British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on logic and logical positivism (1889-1951)) => Xenophanes -- (Greek philosopher (560-478 BC)) => Zeno, Zeno of Citium -- (ancient Greek philosopher who found the Stoic school (circa 335-263 BC)) => Zeno, Zeno of Elea -- (ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that defended the belief that motion and change are illusory (circa 495-430 BC)) Sense 3 James, Henry James -- (writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)) -> writer, author -- (writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)) => abstractor, abstracter -- (one who makes abstracts or summarizes information) => alliterator -- (a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration) => authoress -- (a woman author) => biographer -- (someone who writes an account of another person's life) => coauthor, joint author -- (a writer who collaborates with others in writing something) => commentator, reviewer -- (a writer who reports and analyzes events of the day) => contributor -- (a writer whose work is published in a newspaper or magazine or as part of a book) => drafter -- (a writer of a draft) => dramatist, playwright -- (someone who writes plays) => encyclopedist, compiler -- (a person who compiles (or writes for) encyclopedias) => essayist, litterateur -- (a writer of literary works) => folk writer -- (a writer of folktales) => framer -- (someone who writes a new law or plan; "the framers of the Constitution") => gagman, gagster, gagwriter -- (someone who writes comic material for public performers) => ghostwriter, ghost -- (a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else) => Gothic romancer -- (a writer of Gothic romances) => hack, hack writer, literary hack -- (a mediocre and disdained writer) => journalist -- (a writer for newspapers and magazines) => librettist -- (author of words to be set to music in an opera or operetta) => lyricist -- (a person who writes the words for songs) => novelist -- (someone who writes novels) => pamphleteer -- (a writer of pamphlets (usually taking a partisan stand on public issues)) => paragrapher -- (a writer of paragraphs (as for publication on the editorial page of a newspaper)) => poet -- (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)) => rhymer, rhymester, versifier, poetizer, poetiser -- (a writer who composes rhymes; a maker of poor verses (usually used as terms of contempt for minor or inferior poets)) => scenarist -- (a writer of screenplays) => scriptwriter -- (someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas) => space writer -- (a writer paid by the area of the copy) => speechwriter -- (a writer who composes speeches for others to deliver) => tragedian -- (a writer (especially a playwright) who writes tragedies) => wordmonger -- (a writer who uses language carelessly or pretentiously with little regard for meaning) => word-painter -- (a writer of vivid or graphic descriptive power) => wordsmith -- (a fluent and prolific writer) => Aiken, Conrad Aiken, Conrad Potter Aiken -- (United States writer (1889-1973)) => Alger, Horatio Alger -- (American author of inspirational adventure stories for boys; virtue and hard work overcome poverty (1832-1899)) => Algren, Nelson Algren -- (United States writer (1909-1981)) => Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen -- (a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories (1805-1875)) => Anderson, Sherwood Anderson -- (American author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)) => Aragon, Louis Aragon -- (French writer who generalized surrealism to literature (1897-1982)) => Asch, Sholem Asch, Shalom Asch, Sholom Asch -- (United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957)) => Asimov, Isaac Asimov -- (United States writer (born in Russia) noted for his science fiction (1920-1992)) => Auchincloss, Louis Auchincloss, Louis Stanton Auchincloss -- (United States writer (born in 1917)) => Austen, Jane Austen -- (English novelist noted for her insightful portrayals of middle-class families (1775-1817)) => Baldwin, James Baldwin, James Arthur Baldwin -- (United States author who was an outspoken citic of racism (1924-1987)) => Baraka, Imamu Amiri Baraka, LeRoi Jones -- (United States writer of poems and plays about racial conflict (born in 1934)) => Barth, John Barth, John Simmons Barth -- (United States novelist (born in 1930)) => Barthelme, Donald Barthelme -- (United States author of sometimes surrealistic stories (1931-1989)) => Baum, Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Brown -- (United States writer of children's books (1856-1919)) => Beckett, Samuel Beckett -- (a playwright and novelist (born in Ireland) who lived in France; wrote plays for the Theater of the Absurd (1906-1989)) => Beerbohm, Max Beerbohm, Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm -- (English writer and caricaturist (1872-1956)) => Bellow, Saul Bellow -- (United States novelist (born in Canada in 1915)) => Benchley, Robert Benchley, Robert Charles Benchley -- (United States humorist (1889-1945)) => Benet, William Rose Benet -- (United States writer; brother of Stephen Vincent Benet (1886-1950)) => Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce -- (United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914)) => Bontemps, Arna Wendell Bontemps -- (United States writer (1902-1973)) => Borges, Jorge Borges, Jorge Luis Borges -- (Argentinian writer remembered for his short stories (1899-1986)) => Boswell, James Boswell -- (Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)) => Boyle, Kay Boyle -- (United States writer (1902-1992)) => Bradbury, Ray Bradbury, Ray Douglas Bradbury -- (United States writer of science fiction (born 1920)) => Bronte, Charlotte Bronte -- (English novelist; oldest of three Bronte sisters (1816-1855)) => Bronte, Emily Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte, Currer Bell -- (English novelist; one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848)) => Bronte, Anne Bronte -- (English novelist; youngest of three Bronte sisters (1820-1849)) => Browne, Charles Farrar Browne, Artemus Ward -- (United States writer of humorous tales of an itinerant showman (1834-1867)) => Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck -- (United States author whose novels drew on her experiences as a missionary in China (1892-1973)) => Bunyan, John Bunyan -- (English preacher and author of an allegorical novel, Pilgrim's Progress (1628-1688)) => Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett -- (United States writer (born in England) remembered for her novels for children (1849-1924)) => Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs -- (United States novelist and author of the Tarzan stories (1875-1950)) => Burroughs, William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs -- (United States writer noted for his works portraying the life of drug addicts (1914-1997)) => Cabell, James Branch Cabell -- (United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958)) => Caldwell, Erskine Caldwell, Erskine Preston Caldwell -- (United States author remembered for novels about poverty and degeneration (1903-1987)) => Camus, Albert Camus -- (French writer who portrayed the human condition as isolated in an absurd world (1913-1960)) => Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Dodgson, Reverend Dodgson, Charles Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson -- (English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)) => Cather, Willa Cather, Willa Sibert Cather -- (United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)) => Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra -- (Spanish writer best remembered for `Don Quixote' which satirizes chivalry and influenced the development of the novel form (1547-1616)) => Chandler, Raymond Chandler, Raymond Thornton Chandler -- (United States writer of detective thrillers featuring the character of Philip Marlowe (1888-1959)) => Chateaubriand, Francois Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de Chateaubriand -- (French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848)) => Cheever, John Cheever -- (United States writer of novels and short stories (1912-1982)) => Chesterton, G. K. Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton -- (conservative English writer of the Roman Catholic persuasion; in addition to volumes of criticism and polemics he wrote detective novels featuring Father Brown (1874-1936)) => Chopin, Kate Chopin, Kate O'Flaherty Chopin -- (United States writer who described Creole life in Louisiana (1851-1904)) => Christie, Agatha Christie, Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie -- (prolific English writer of detective stories (1890-1976)) => Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill -- (British Conservative statesman; British leader during World War II; received Nobel Prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965)) => Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain -- (United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)) => Cocteau, Jean Cocteau -- (French writer and film maker who worked in many artistic media (1889-1963)) => Colette, Sidonie Gabrielle Claudine Colette -- (French writer of novels about women (1873-1954)) => Collins, Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie Collins -- (English writer noted for early detective novels (1824-1889)) => Conan Doyle, A. Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- (English author who created Sherlock Holmes (1859-1930)) => Conrad, Joseph Conrad, Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski -- (English novelist (born in Poland) noted for sea stories and for his narrative technique (1857-1924)) => Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper -- (United States novelist noted for his stories of indians and the frontier life (1789-1851)) => Crane, Stephen Crane -- (United States writer (1871-1900)) => e. e. cummings, cummings, Edward Estlin Cummings -- (United States writer noted for his typographically eccentric poetry (1894-1962)) => Day, Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr. -- (United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)) => Defoe, Daniel Defoe -- (English writer remembered particularly for his novel about Robinson Crusoe (1660-1731)) => De Quincey, Thomas De Quincey -- (English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859)) => Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens -- (English writer whose novels depicted and criticized social injustice (1812-1870)) => Didion, Joan Didion -- (United States writer (born in 1834)) => Doctorow, E. L. Doctorow, Edgard Lawrence Doctorow -- (United States novelist (born in 1931)) => Dos Passos, John Dos Passos -- (United States novelist remembered for his portrayal of life in the United States (1896-1970)) => Dostoyevsky, Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky -- (Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881)) => Dreiser, Theodore Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser -- (United States novelist (1871-1945)) => Dumas, Alexandre Dumas -- (French writer remembered for his swashbuckling historical tales (1802-1870)) => du Maurier, Dame Daphne du Maurier -- (English writer of melodramatic novels (1907-1989)) => Durrell, Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence George Durrell -- (English writer of Irish descent who spent much of his in Mediterranean regions (1912-1990)) => Ehrenberg, Ilya Ehrenberg, Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg -- (Russian novelist (1891-1967)) => Eliot, George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans -- (British writer of novels characterized by realistic analysis of provincial Victorian society (1819-1880)) => Ellison, Ralph Ellison, Ralph Waldo Ellison -- (American novelist who wrote about a young Black man and his struggles in American society (1914-1994)) => Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson -- (United States writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)) => Farrell, James Thomas Farrell -- (United States writer remembered for his novels (1904-1979)) => Ferber, Edna Ferber -- (United States novelist; author of several popular novels (1887-1968)) => Fielding, Henry Fielding -- (English novelist and dramatist (1707-1754)) => Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald -- (United States novelist (1896-1940)) => Flaubert, Gustave Flaubert -- (French writer of novels and short stories (1821-1880)) => Fleming, Ian Fleming, Ian Lancaster Fleming -- (British writer famous for writing spy novels about secret agent James Bond (1908-1964)) => Ford, Ford Madox Ford, Ford Hermann Hueffer -- (English writer and editor (1873-1939)) => Forester, C. S. Forester, Cecil Scott Forester -- (English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)) => France, Anatole France, Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault -- (French writer of sophisticated novels and short stories (1844-1924)) => Franklin, Benjamin Franklin -- (printer whose success as an author led him to take up politics; he helped draw up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution; he played a major role in the American Revolution and negotiated French support for the colonists; as a scientist he is remembered particularly for his research in electricity (1706-1790)) => Fuentes, Carlos Fuentes -- (Mexican novelist (born in 1928)) => Gaboriau, Emile Gaboriau -- (French writer considered by some to be a founder of the detective novel (1832-1873)) => Galsworthy, John Galsworthy -- (English novelist (1867-1933)) => Gardner, Erle Stanley Gardner -- (writer of detective novels featuring Perry Mason (1889-1970)) => Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell -- (English writer who is remembered for her biography of Charlotte Bronte (1810-1865)) => Geisel, Theodor Seuss Geisel, Dr. Seuss -- (United States writer of children's books (1904-1991)) => Gibran, Kahlil Gibran -- (United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931)) => Gjellerup, Karl Gjellerup -- (Danish novelist (1857-1919)) => Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol -- (Russian writer who introduced realism to Russian literature (1809-1852)) => Golding, William Golding, Sir William Gerald Golding -- (English novelist (1911-1993)) => Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith -- (Irish writer of novels and poetry and plays and essays (1728-1774)) => Goncourt, Edmond de Goncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt -- (French writer who collaborated with his brother Jules de Goncourt on many books and who in his will established the Prix Goncourt (1822-1896)) => Goncourt, Jules de Goncourt, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt -- (French writer who collaborated with his brother Edmond de Goncourt on many books (1830-1870)) => Gordimer, Nadine Gordimer -- (South African novelist and short-story writer whose work describes the effects of apartheid (born in 1923)) => Gorky, Maksim Gorky, Gorki, Maxim Gorki, Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov -- (Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts) => Grahame, Kenneth Grahame -- (English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932)) => Grass, Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass -- (German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)) => Graves, Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves -- (English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)) => Greene, Graham Greene, Henry Graham Greene -- (English Catholic novelist (1904-1991)) => Grey, Zane Grey -- (United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)) => Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm -- (the older of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories; also author of Grimm's Law describing consonant changes in Germanic languages (1785-1863)) => Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm -- (the younger of the two Grimm brothers remembered best for their fairy stories (1786-1859)) => Hagard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard -- (British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)) => Haldane, Elizabeth Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane -- (Scottish writer and sister of Richard Haldane and John Haldane (1862-1937)) => Hale, Edward Everett Hale -- (prolific United States writer (1822-1909)) => Haley, Alex Haley -- (United States Black writer who wrote a fictionalized account of tracing his family roots back to Africa (1921-1992)) => Hall, Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall -- (English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)) => Hammett, Dashiell Hammett, Samuel Dashiell Hammett -- (United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961)) => Hamsun, Knut Hamsun, Knut Pedersen -- (Norwegian writer of novels (1859-1952)) => Hardy, Thomas Hardy -- (English novelist and poet (1840-1928)) => Harris, Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris -- (Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable autobiography (1856-1931)) => Harte, Bret Harte -- (United States writer noted for his stories about life during the California gold rush (1836-1902)) => Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne -- (United States writer of novels and short stories mostly on moral themes (1804-1864)) => Hecht, Ben Hecht -- (United States writer of stories and plays (1894-1946)) => Heinlein, Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Anson Heinlein -- (United States writer of science fiction (1907-1988)) => Heller, Joseph Heller -- (United States novelist whose best known work was a black comedy inspired by his experiences in the Air Force during World War II (1923-1999)) => Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway -- (an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961)) => Hesse, Hermann Hesse -- (Swiss writer (born in Germany) whose novels and poems express his interests in Eastern spiritual values (1877-1962)) => Heyse, Paul Heyse, Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse -- (German writer (1830-1914)) => Heyward, DuBois Heyward, Edwin DuBois Hayward -- (United States writer (1885-1940)) => Higginson, Thomas Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson -- (United States writer and soldier who led the first Black regiment in the Union Army (1823-1911)) => Hoffmann, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann -- (German writer of fantastic tales (1776-1822)) => Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes -- (United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894)) => Howells, William Dean Howells -- (United States writer and editor (1837-1920)) => Hoyle, Edmond Hoyle -- (English writer on games (1672-1769)) => Hughes, Langston Hughes, James Langston Hughes -- (United States writer (1902-1967)) => Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt -- (British writer who defended the romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)) => Huxley, Aldous Huxley, Aldous Leonard Huxley -- (English writer; grandson of Thomas Huxley who is remembered mainly for his depiction of a scientifically controlled utopia (1894-1963)) => Irving, John Irving -- (United States writer of darkly humorous novels (born in 1942)) => Irving, Washington Irving -- (United States writer remembered for his stories (1783-1859)) => Isherwood, Christopher Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood -- (United States writer (born in England) whose best known novels portray Berlin in the 1930's and who collaborated with W. H. Auden in writing plays in verse (1904-1986)) => Jackson, Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson -- (United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885)) => Jacobs, Jane Jacobs -- (United States writer and critic of urban planning (born in 1916)) => Jacobs, W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs -- (English writer of macabre short stories (1863-1943)) => James, Henry James -- (writer who was born in the United States but lived in England (1843-1916)) => Jensen, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen -- (modernistic Danish writer (1873-1950)) => Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Dr. Johnson -- (English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)) => Jong, Erica Jong -- (United States writer (born in 1942)) => Joyce, James Joyce, James Augustine Aloysius Joyce -- (influential Irish writer noted for his many innovations (such as stream of consciousness writing) (1882-1941)) => Kafka, Franz Kafka -- (Czech novelist who wrote in German about a nightmarish world of isolated and troubled individuals (1883-1924)) => Keller, Helen Keller, Helen Adams Keller -- (United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968)) => Kerouac, Jack Kerouac, Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac -- (United States writer who was a leading figure of the beat generation (1922-1969)) => Kesey, Ken Kesey, Ken Elton Kesey -- (United States writer whose best-known novel was based on his experiences as an attendant in a mental hospital (born in 1935)) => Kipling, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Rudyard Kipling -- (English author of novels and poetry who was born in India (1865-1936)) => Koestler, Arthur Koestler -- (British writer (born in Hungary) who wrote a novel exposing the Stalinist purges during the 1930s (1905-1983)) => La Fontaine, Jean de La Fontaine -- (French writer who collected Aesop's fables and published them (1621-1695)) => Lardner, Ring Lardner, Ringgold Wilmer Lardner -- (United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933)) => La Rochefoucauld, Francois de La Rochefoucauld -- (French writer of moralistic maxims (1613-1680)) => Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence -- (English novelist and poet and essayist whose work condemned industrial society and explored sexual relationships (1885-1930)) => Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia -- (Welsh soldier who from 1916 to 1918 organized the Arab revolt against the Turks; he later wrote an account of his adventures (1888-1935)) => le Carre, John le Carre, David John Moore Cornwell -- (English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931)) => Leonard, Elmore Leonard, Elmore John Leonard, Dutch Leonard -- (United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)) => Lermontov, Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov -- (Russian writer (1814-1841)) => Lewis, C. S. Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis -- (English critic and novelist; author of theological works and of books for children (1898-1963)) => Lewis, Sinclair Lewis, Harry Sinclair Lewis -- (United States novelist who satirized middle-class America (1885-1951)) => London, Jack London, John Griffith Chaney -- (United States writer of novels based on experiences in the Klondike gold rush (1876-1916)) => Lowry, Malcolm Lowry, Clarence Malcolm Lowry -- (English novelist (1909-1957)) => Lyly, John Lyly -- (English writer noted for his elaborate style (1554-1606)) => Lytton, First Baron Lytton, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton -- (English writer of historical romances (1803-1873)) => Mailer, Norman Mailer -- (United States writer (born in 1923)) => Malamud, Bernard Malamud -- (United States writer (1914-1986)) => Malory, Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas Malory -- (English writer who published a translation of romances about King Arthur taken from French and other sources (died in 1471)) => Malraux, Andre Malraux -- (French novelist (1901-1976)) => Mann, Thomas Mann -- (German writer concerned about the role of the artist in bourgeois society (1875-1955)) => Mansfield, Katherine Mansfield, Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp -- (New Zealand writer of short stories (1888-1923)) => Marquand, John Marquand, John Philip Marquand -- (United States writer who created the Japanese detective Mr. Moto and wrote other novels as well (1893-1960)) => Marsh, Ngaio Marsh -- (New Zealand writer of detective stories (1899-1982)) => Mason, A. E. W. Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason -- (English writer (1865-1948)) => Maugham, Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham, William Somerset Maugham -- (English writer (born in France) of novels and short stories (1874-1965)) => Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant -- (French writer noted especially for his short stories (1850-1893)) => Maurois, Andre Maurois, Emile Herzog -- (French writer best known for his biographies (1885-1967)) => McCarthy, Mary McCarthy, Mary Therese McCarthy -- (United States satirical novelist and literary critic (1912-1989)) => McCullers, Carson McCullers, Carson Smith McCullers -- (United States novelist (1917-1967)) => McLuhan, Marshall McLuhan, Herbert Marshall McLuhan -- (Canadian writer noted for his analyses of the mass media (1911-1980)) => Melville, Herman Melville -- (American writer of novels and short stories (1819-1891)) => Merton, Thomas Merton -- (United States religious and writer (1915-1968)) => Michener, James Michener, James Albert Michener -- (United States writer of historical novels (1907-1997)) => Miller, Henry Miller, Henry Valentine Miller -- (United States novelist whose novels were originally banned as pornographic (1891-1980)) => Milne, A. A. Milne, Alan Alexander Milne -- (English writer of stories for children (1882-1956)) => Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell -- (United States writer noted for her novel about the South during the Civil War (1900-1949)) => Mitford, Nancy Mitford, Nancy Freeman Mitford -- (English writer of comic novels (1904-1973)) => Mitford, Jessica Mitford, Jessica Lucy Mitford -- (United States writer (born in England) who wrote on American culture (1917-1996)) => Montaigne, Michel Montaigne, Michel Eyquem Montaigne -- (French writer regarded as the originator of the modern essay (1533-1592)) => Montgomery, L. M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery -- (Canadian novelist (1874-1942)) => More, Thomas More, Sir Thomas More -- (English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state) => Morrison, Toni Morrison, Chloe Anthony Wofford -- (United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931)) => Munro, H. H. Munro, Hector Hugh Munro, Saki -- (British writer of short stories (1870-1916)) => Murdoch, Iris Murdoch, Dame Jean Iris Murdoch -- (British writer (born in Ireland) known primarily for her novels (1919-1999)) => Musset, Alfred de Musset, Louis Charles Alfred de Musset -- (French poet and writer (1810-1857)) => Nabokov, Vladimir Nabokov, Vladimir vladimirovich Nabokov -- (United States writer (born in Russia) (1899-1977)) => Nash, Ogden Nash -- (United States writer noted for his droll epigrams (1902-1971)) => Nicolson, Harold Nicolson, Sir Harold George Nicolson -- (English diplomat and author (1886-1968)) => Norris, Frank Norris, Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. -- (United States writer (1870-1902)) => Oates, Joyce Carol Oates -- (United States writer (born in 1938)) => O'Brien, Edna O'Brien -- (Irish writer (born in 1932)) => O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor, Mary Flannery O'Connor -- (United States writer (1925-1964)) => O'Flaherty, Liam O'Flaherty -- (Irish writer of short stories (1896-1984)) => O'Hara, John Henry O'Hara -- (United States writer (1905-1970)) => Ondaatje, Michael Ondaatje, Philip Michael Ondaatje -- (Canadian writer (born in Sri Lanka in 1943)) => Orczy, Baroness Emmusca Orczy -- (British writer (born in Hungary) (1865-1947)) => Orwell, George Orwell, Eric Arthur Blair -- (imaginative British writer concerned with social justice (1903-1950)) => Page, Thomas Nelson Page -- (United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)) => Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Rothschild Parker -- (United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967)) => Pasternak, Boris Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak -- (Russian writer whose best known novel was banned by Soviet authorities but translated and published abroad (1890-1960)) => Paton, Alan Paton, Alan Stewart Paton -- (South African writer (1903-1988)) => Percy, Walker Percy -- (United States writer whose novels explored human alienation (1916-1990)) => Plath, Sylvia Plath -- (United States writer and poet (1932-1963)) => Poe, Edgar Allen Poe -- (United States writer and poet (1809-1849)) => Porter, William Sydney Porter, O. Henry -- (American writer of short stories whose pen name was O. Henry (1862-1910)) => Porter, Katherine Anne Porter -- (United States writer of novels and short stories (1890-1980)) => Pound, Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound -- (United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)) => Pynchon, Thomas Pynchon -- (United States writer of pessimistic novels about life in a technologically advanced society (born in 1937)) => Rand, Ayn Rand -- (United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical novels and political conservativism (1905-1982)) => Richler, Mordecai Richler -- (Canadian novelist (born in 1931)) => Roberts, Kenneth Roberts -- (United States writer remembered for his historical novels about Colonial America (1885-1957)) => Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt -- (wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962)) => Roth, Philip Roth, Philip Milton Roth -- (United States writer whose novels portray middle-class Jewish life (born in 1933)) => Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau -- (French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)) => Runyon, Damon Runyon, Alfred Damon Runyon -- (United States writer of humorous stylized stories about Broadway and the New York underground (1884-1946)) => Rushdie, Salman Rushdie, Ahmed Salman Rushdie -- (British writer of novels who was born in India; one of his novels is regarded as blasphemous by Muslims and a fatwa was issued condemning him to death (born in 1947)) => Russell, George William Russell, A.E. -- (Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935)) => Sade, de Sade, Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, Marquis de Sade -- (French soldier and writer whose descriptions of sexual perversion gave rise to the term `sadism' (1740-1814)) => Salinger, J. D. Salinger, Jerome David Salinger -- (United States writer (born 1919)) => Sand, George Sand, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant -- (French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)) => Sandburg, Carl Sandburg -- (United States writer remembered for his poetry in free verse and his six volume biography of Abraham Lincoln (1878-1967)) => Saroyan, William Saroyan -- (United States writer of plays and short stories (1908-1981)) => Sayers, Dorothy Sayers, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dorothy Leigh Sayers -- (English writer of detective fiction (1893-1957)) => Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller -- (German romantic writer (1759-1805)) => Scott, Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott -- (British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)) => Service, Robert William Service -- (Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)) => Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw -- (British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950)) => Shelley, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary Godwin Wollstonecraft Shelley -- (English writer who created Frankenstein's monster and married Percy Bysshe Shelley (1797-1851)) => Shute, Nevil Shute, Nevil Shute Norway -- (English writer who settled in Norway after World War II (1899-1960)) => Simenon, Georges Simenon, Georges Joseph Christian Simenon -- (French writer (born in Belgium) best known for his detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (1903-1989)) => Sinclair, Upton Sinclair, Upton Beall Sinclair -- (United States writer whose novels argued for social reform (1878-1968)) => Singer, Isaac Bashevis Singer -- (United States writer (born in Poland) of Yiddish stories and novels (1904-1991)) => Smollett, Tobias Smollett, Tobias George Smollett -- (Scottish writer of adventure novels (1721-1771)) => Snow, C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester -- (English writer of novels about moral dilemmas in academe (1905-1980)) => Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn -- (Soviet writer and political dissident whose novels exposed the brutality of Soviet labor camps (born in 1918)) => Sontag, Susan Sontag -- (United States writer (born in 1933)) => Spark, Muriel Spark, Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark -- (Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)) => Spillane, Mickey Spillane, Frank Morrison Spillane -- (United States writer of popular detective novels (born in 1918)) => Stael, Madame de Stael, Baronne Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Steal-Holstein -- (French romantic writer (1766-1817)) => Steele, Sir Richrd Steele -- (English writer (1672-1729)) => Stein, Gertrude Stein -- (experimental expatriate United States writer (1874-1946)) => Steinbeck, John Steinbeck, John Ernst Steinbeck -- (United States writer noted for his novels about agricultural workers (1902-1968)) => Stendhal, Marie Henri Beyle -- (French writer whose novels were the first to feature psychological analysis of the character (1783-1842)) => Stephen, Sir Leslie Stephen -- (English writer (1832-1904)) => Sterne, Laurence Sterne -- (English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766)) => Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson -- (Scottish author (1850-1894)) => Stockton, Frank Stockton, Francis Richard Stockton -- (United States writer (1834-1902)) => Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker -- (Irish writer of the horror novel about Dracula (1847-1912)) => Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe -- (United States writer of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause (1811-1896)) => Strindberg, August Strindberg, Johan August Strindberg -- (Swedish dramatist and novelist (1849-1912)) => Styron, William Styron -- (United States writer best known for his novels (born in 1925)) => Sue, Eugene Sue -- (French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857)) => Symonds, John Addington Symonds -- (English writer (1840-1893)) => Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray -- (English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)) => Thoreau, Henry David Thoreau -- (United States writer and social critic (1817-1862)) => Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville -- (French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859)) => Toklas, Alice B. Toklas -- (United States writer remembered as the secretary and companion of Gertrude Stein (1877-1967)) => Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien -- (British philologist and writer (born in South Africa) (1892-1973)) => Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy, Count Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy -- (Russian author remembered for two great novels (1828-1910)) => Trollope, Anthony Trollope -- (English writer of novels (1815-1882)) => Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev -- (Russian writer of stories and novels and plays (1818-1883)) => Untermeyer, Louis Untermeyer -- (United States writer (1885-1977)) => Updike, John Updike, John Hoyer Updike -- (United States author (born 1932)) => Van Doren, Carl Van Doren, Carl Clinton Van Doren -- (United States writer and literary critic (1885-1950)) => Vargas Llosa, Mario Vargas Llosa -- (Peruvian writer (born in 1936)) => Verne, Jules Verne -- (French writer who is considered the father of science fiction (1828-1905)) => Vidal, Gore Vidal, Eugene Luther Vidal -- (United States writer (born in 1925)) => Voltaire, Arouet, Francois-Marie Arouet -- (French writer who was the embodiment of 18th century Enlightenment (1694-1778)) => Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut -- (United States writer whose novels and short stories are a mixture of realism and satire and science fiction (born in 1922)) => Wain, John Wain, John Barrington Wain -- (English writer (1925-1994)) => Walker, Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker -- (United States writer (born in 1944)) => Wallace, Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace -- (English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932)) => Walpole, Horace Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford -- (English writer and historian; son of Sir Robert Walpole (1717-1797)) => Walton, Izaak Walton -- (English writer remember for his treatise on fishing (1593-1683)) => Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward -- (English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)) => Warren, Robert Penn Warren -- (United States writer and poet (1905-1989)) => Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Arthur Saint John Waugh -- (English author of satirical novels (1903-1966)) => Webb, Beatrice Webb, Martha Beatrice Potter Webb -- (English writer and a central member of the Fabian Society (1858-1943)) => Wells, H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells -- (prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels; he also wrote on contemporary social problems and wrote popular accounts of history and science (1866-1946)) => Welty, Eudora Welty -- (United States writer about rural Southern life (born in 1909)) => Werfel, Franz Werfel -- (United States writer (1890-1945)) => West, Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield -- (British writer (born in Ireland) (1892-1983)) => Wharton, Edith Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones Wharton -- (United States novelist (1862-1937)) => White, E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White -- (United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985)) => White, Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White -- (Australian writer (1912-1990)) => Wiesel, Elie Wiesel, Eliezer Wiesel -- (United States writer who survived Nazi concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928)) => Wilde, Oscar Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde -- (Irish writer and wit (1854-1900)) => Wilder, Thornton Wilder, Thornton Niven Wilder -- (United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)) => Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson -- (English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991)) => Wilson, Harriet Wilson -- (author of the first novel by an African American that was published in the United States (1808-1870)) => Wister, Owen Wister -- (United States writer (1860-1938)) => Wodehouse, P. G. Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse -- (English writer known for his humorous novels and stories (1881-1975)) => Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe, Thomas Clayton Wolfe -- (United States writer best known for his autobiographical novels (1900-1938)) => Wolfe, Tom Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. -- (United States writer who has written extensively on American culture (born in 1931)) => Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin -- (English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women; mother of Mary Shelley (1759-1797)) => Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood, Ellen Price Wood -- (English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)) => Woolf, Virginia Woolf, Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf -- (English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941)) => Wouk, Herman Wouk -- (United States writer (born in 1915)) => Wright, Richard Wright -- (United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960)) => Wright, Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine -- (United States writer of detective novels (1888-1939)) => Zangwill, Israel Zangwill -- (English writer (1864-1926)) => Zweig, Stefan Zweig -- (Austrian writer (1881-1942)) Sense 4 James, Saint James, St James, Saint James the Apostle, St James the Apostle -- ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of The Epistle of James in the New Testament) -> Apostle -- ((New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel) => Andrew, Saint Andrew, St Andrew, Saint Andrew the Apostle -- ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of Peter; patron saint of Scotland) => James, Saint James, St James, Saint James the Apostle, St James the Apostle -- ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; brother of John; author of The Epistle of James in the New Testament) => John, Saint John, St John, Saint John the Apostle, St John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine -- ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditional author of the 4th Gospel) => Judas, Judas Iscariot -- ((New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver) => Jude, Saint Jude, St Jude, Judas, Thaddaeus -- ((New Testament) supposed brother of St James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless) => Matthew, Saint Matthew, St Matthew, Saint Matthew the Apostle, St Matthew the Apostle, Levi -- ((New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally considered to be the author of the first Gospel) => Peter, Simon Peter, Saint Peter, St Peter, Saint Peter the Apostle, St Peter the Apostle -- (disciple of Jesus and leader of the apostles; regarded by Catholics as the vicar of Christ on earth and first Pope) => Simon, St Simon, Simon Zelotes, Simon the Zealot, Simon the Canaanite -- (one of the twelve Apostles (first century)) => Thomas, Saint Thomas, St Thomas, doubting Thomas, Thomas the doubting Apostle -- (the Apostle who would not believe the resurrection of Jesus until he saw Jesus with his own eyes) Sense 5 James, James River -- (a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads) -> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles") => Jordan, Jordan River -- (a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan) => Aare, Aar, Aare River -- (a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine) => Acheron, River Acheron -- ((Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon) => Adige, River Adige -- (a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea; "Verona is on the Adige") => Aire, River Aire -- (a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire) => Alabama, Alabama River -- (a river in Alabama that flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River) => Allegheny, Allegheny River -- (a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River) => Amazon, Amazon River -- (a major South American river; flows into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)) => Amur, Amur River, Heilong Jiang -- (an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk) => Apalachicola, Apalachicola River -- (a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border) => Araguaia, Araguaia River, Araguaya, Araguaya River -- (a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River) => Aras, Araxes -- (a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes) => Arauca -- (a river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela) => Arkansas, Arkansas River -- (a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Arno, River Arno -- (a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea) => Avon, Upper Avon -- (a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn) => Avon -- (a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn) => Bighorn, Bighorn River -- (a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana) => Brahmaputra, Brahmaputra River -- (an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal) => Brazos, Brazos River -- (a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico) => Canadian, Canadian River -- (a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma) => Cape Fear River -- (a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear) => Chao Phraya -- (a river in Thailand formed by the confluence of the Nan and Ping Rivers; flows southward past Bangkok and empties into the Gulf of Thailand) => Charles, Charles River -- (a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston) => Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River -- (a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River) => Cimarron, Cimarron River -- (a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River) => Cocytus, River Cocytus -- ((Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron) => Colorado, Colorado River -- (a river in southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; an important source of water in the southwestern United States) => Colorado, Colorado River -- (a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico) => Columbia, Columbia River -- (a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring) => Congo, Congo River -- (a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic) => Connecticut, Connecticut River -- (a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound) => Cumberland, Cumberland River -- (a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky) => Danube, Danube River -- (the 2nd longest European river; flows into the Black Sea) => Darling, Darling River -- (an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River) => Delaware, Delaware River -- (a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay) => Demerara -- (a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic) => Detroit River -- (a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world) => Dnieper, Dnieper River -- (a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea) => Don, Don River -- (a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov) => Ebro, Ebro River -- (a Spanish river; flows into the Mediterranean) => Elbe, Elbe River -- (a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea) => Elizabeth River -- (a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads) => Euphrates, Euphrates River -- (a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia) => Flint, Flint River -- (a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River) => Ganges, Ganges River -- (an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of Hindu India) => Gan Jiang, Kan River -- (a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang north of Nanchang) => Garonne, Garonne River -- (a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay) => Gila, Gila River -- (a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River) => Green, Green River -- (a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River) => Housatonic, Housatonic River -- (a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound) => Huang He, Hwang Ho, Yellow River -- (a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta) => Hudson, Hudson River -- (a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century) => Illinois River -- (a river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River) => Indus, Indus River -- (an Asian river; flows into the Arabian Sea) => Irrawaddy, Irrawaddy River -- (the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea) => Irtish, Irtish River, Irtysh, Irtysh River -- (an Asian river; tributary of the Ob River) => Isere, Isere River -- (a river in southeastern France; a tributary of the Rhone) => James, James River -- (a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri) => James, James River -- (a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads) => Kanawha, Kanawha River -- (a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia) => Kansas, Kansas River, Kaw River -- (a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River) => Kasai, Kasai River, River Kasai -- (a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo) => Klamath, Klamath River -- (a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean) => Kura, Kura River -- (a river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea) => Lena, Lena River -- (a Russian river; flows northward into the Arctic Ocean) => Lethe, River Lethe -- ((Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive) => Limpopo, Crocodile River -- (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean) => Little Bighorn, Little Bighorn River, Little Horn -- (a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand) => Little Missouri, Little Missouri River -- (a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota) => Loire, Loire River -- (a French river; flows into the North Atlantic) => Mackenzie, Mackenzie River -- (a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea) => Madeira, Madeira River -- (a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River) => Mekong, Mekong River -- (an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea) => Merrimack, Merrimack River -- (a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean) => Meuse, Meuse River -- (a European river; flows into the North Sea) => Milk, Milk River -- (a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River) => Mississippi, Mississippi River -- (a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico) => Missouri, Missouri River -- (the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis) => Mobile, Mobile River -- (a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay) => Monongahela, Monongahela River -- (a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River) => Murray, Murray River -- (an Australian river; flows into the Indian Ocean) => Namoi, Namoi River -- (a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River) => Nan, Nan River -- (a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya) => Neckar, Neckar River -- (a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine) => Neosho, Neosho River -- (a river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River) => Neva, Neva River -- (a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland) => Niagara, Niagara River -- (a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York) => Niger, Niger River -- (an African river; flows into the South Atlantic) => Nile, Nile River -- (world's longest river (4187 miles); flows northern through Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization) => Niobrara, Niobrara River -- (a tributary of the Missouri River) => North Platte, North Platte River -- (a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River) => Ob, Ob River -- (a Russian river; flows northward to the Arctic Ocean) => Oder, Oder River -- (a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea) => Ohio, Ohio River -- (a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Orange, Orange River -- (a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean) => Orinoco, Orinoco River -- (a South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic) => Osage, Osage River -- (a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River) => Ouachita, Ouachita River -- (a river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River) => Parana, Parana River -- (a South American river; tributary of Rio de la Plata) => Parnaiba, Parnahiba -- (a river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean) => Pecos, Pecos River -- (a tributary of the Rio Grande) => Pee Dee, Pee Dee River -- (a North American River; flows to the Atlantic) => Penobscot, Penobscot River -- (a river in central Maine flowing into Penobscot Bay) => Ping, Ping River -- (a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya) => Platte, Platte River -- (a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River) => Po, Po River -- (a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea) => Potomac, Potomac River -- (a river in the east central United States; rises in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and flows eastward to the Chesapeake Bay) => Purus, Purus River -- (a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River) => Red, Red River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Republican, Republican River -- (a tributary of the Kansas River) => Rhine, Rhine River, Rhein -- (a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea) => Rhone, Rhone River -- (a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles; "the Rhone valley is famous for its vineyards") => Rio Grande, Rio Bravo -- (a North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico) => Ruhr, Ruhr River -- (a tributary of the Rhine) => Saale, Saale River -- (a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River) => Sabine, Sabine River -- (a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico) => Sacramento River -- (a river in northern California rising near Mount Shasta and flowing south to the San Francisco Bay) => Saint Francis, Saint Francis River, St. Francis, St. Francis River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Saint Johns, Saint Johns River, St. Johns, St. Johns River -- (a North American river; flows into the Bay of Fundy) => Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River -- (a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic) => Salmon, Salmon River -- (a tributary of the Snake River) => Sambre, Sambre River -- (a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Neuse at Namur) => Saone, Saone River -- (a river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone) => Savannah, Savannah River -- (a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic) => Scheldt, Scheldt River -- (a river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea) => Seine, Seine River -- (a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel) => Severn, River Severn, Severn River -- (a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain) => Severn, Severm River -- (a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay) => Seyhan, Seyhan River -- (a Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean) => Shari, Shari River, Chari, Chari River -- (an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad) => Snake, Snake River -- (a tributary of the Columbia River) => South Platte, South Platte River -- (a tributary of the Platte River) => Styx, River Styx -- ((Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls) => Suriname River, Surinam River -- (a river in Suriname that flows northward to the Atlantic) => Susquehanna, Susquehanna River -- (a river in the eastern United States that flows into Chesapeake Bay) => Tagus, Tagus River -- (a European river; flows into the North Atlantic) => Tennessee, Tennessee River -- (a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky) => Thames, Thames River -- (the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea) => Tiber, Tevere -- (a river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea) => Tigris, Tigris River -- (an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River) => Tocantins, Tocantins River -- (a river in eastern Brazil that flows generally north to the Para River) => Tombigbee, Tombigbee River -- (a tributary of the Mobile River) => Tyne, River Tyne -- (a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea) => Vistula, Vistula River -- (a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea) => Volga, Volga River -- (a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea) => Volkhov, Volkhov River -- (a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally north into Lake Ladoga) => Wabash, Wabash River -- (a tributary of the Ohio River) => White, White River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Willamette, Willamette River -- (a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland) => Wisconsin, Wisconsin River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Yalu, Yalu River -- (river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)) => Chang Jiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang -- (the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai) => Yazoo, Yazoo River -- (a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg) => Yellowstone, Yellowstone River -- (a tributary of the Missouri River) => Yenisei, Yenisei River, Yenisey, Yenisey River -- (a Russian river; flows northward into the Arctic Ocean) => Yukon, Yukon River -- (a North American river; flows into the Bering Sea) => Zambezi, Zambezi River -- (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean) => Zhu Jiangi, Canton River, Chu Kiang -- (a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea) Sense 6 James, James River -- (a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri) -> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles") => Jordan, Jordan River -- (a river in Palestine that empties into the Dead Sea; John the Baptist baptized Jesus in the Jordan) => Aare, Aar, Aare River -- (a river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine) => Acheron, River Acheron -- ((Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon) => Adige, River Adige -- (a river in northern Italy that flows southeast into the Adriatic Sea; "Verona is on the Adige") => Aire, River Aire -- (a river in northern England that flows southeast through West Yorkshire) => Alabama, Alabama River -- (a river in Alabama that flows southwestward to become a tributary of the Mobile River) => Allegheny, Allegheny River -- (a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River) => Amazon, Amazon River -- (a major South American river; flows into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles)) => Amur, Amur River, Heilong Jiang -- (an Asian river between China and Russia; flows into the Sea of Okhotsk) => Apalachicola, Apalachicola River -- (a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida border) => Araguaia, Araguaia River, Araguaya, Araguaya River -- (a river in central Brazil that flows generally northward (with many falls) to join the Tocantins River) => Aras, Araxes -- (a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes) => Arauca -- (a river that rises in northern Colombia and flows generally eastward to the Orinoco in central Venezuela) => Arkansas, Arkansas River -- (a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and flows southeast through Kansas and Oklahoma and through Arkansas to become a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Arno, River Arno -- (a river in central Italy rising in the Apennines and flowing through Florence and Pisa to the Ligurian Sea) => Avon, Upper Avon -- (a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn) => Avon -- (a river in southwestern England rising in Gloucestershire and flowing through Bristol to empty into the estuary of the Severn) => Bighorn, Bighorn River -- (a river that flows from central Wyoming to the Yellowstone River in southern Montana) => Brahmaputra, Brahmaputra River -- (an Asian river; flows into the Bay of Bengal) => Brazos, Brazos River -- (a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico) => Canadian, Canadian River -- (a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma) => Cape Fear River -- (a river in North Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic Ocean at Cape Fear) => Chao Phraya -- (a river in Thailand formed by the confluence of the Nan and Ping Rivers; flows southward past Bangkok and empties into the Gulf of Thailand) => Charles, Charles River -- (a river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston) => Chattahoochee, Chattahoochee River -- (a river rising in northern Georgia and flowing southwest and south to join the Flint River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River) => Cimarron, Cimarron River -- (a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River) => Cocytus, River Cocytus -- ((Greek mythology) a river in Hades that was said to be a tributary of the Acheron) => Colorado, Colorado River -- (a river in southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; an important source of water in the southwestern United States) => Colorado, Colorado River -- (a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico) => Columbia, Columbia River -- (a North American river; rises in southwestern Canada and flows southward across Washington to form the border between Washington and Oregon before emptying into the Pacific; known for its salmon runs in the spring) => Congo, Congo River -- (a major African river (one of the world's longest); flows through Congo into the South Atlantic) => Connecticut, Connecticut River -- (a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound) => Cumberland, Cumberland River -- (a river that rises in southeastern Kentucky and flows westward through northern Tennessee to become a tributary of the Ohio River in southwestern Kentucky) => Danube, Danube River -- (the 2nd longest European river; flows into the Black Sea) => Darling, Darling River -- (an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River) => Delaware, Delaware River -- (a river that rises in the Catskills in southeastern New York and flows southward along the border of Pennsylvania with New York and New Jersey to northern Delaware where it empties into Delaware Bay) => Demerara -- (a river in northern Guyana that flows northward into the Atlantic) => Detroit River -- (a short river flowing from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie along the border between the United States and Canada; one the busiest inland waterways in the world) => Dnieper, Dnieper River -- (a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea) => Don, Don River -- (a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov) => Ebro, Ebro River -- (a Spanish river; flows into the Mediterranean) => Elbe, Elbe River -- (a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea) => Elizabeth River -- (a short river in southeastern Virginia flowing between Norfolk and Portsmouth into Hampton Roads) => Euphrates, Euphrates River -- (a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia) => Flint, Flint River -- (a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River) => Ganges, Ganges River -- (an Asian river; rises in the Himalayas and flows east into the Bay of Bengal; a sacred river of Hindu India) => Gan Jiang, Kan River -- (a river in southeastern China that flows generally north into the Chang Jiang north of Nanchang) => Garonne, Garonne River -- (a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay) => Gila, Gila River -- (a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River) => Green, Green River -- (a river that rises in western Wyoming and flows southward through Utah to become a tributary of the Colorado River) => Housatonic, Housatonic River -- (a river that rises in western Massachusetts and flows south through Connecticut to empty into Long Island Sound) => Huang He, Hwang Ho, Yellow River -- (a major river of Asia in northern China; flows generally eastward into the Yellow Sea; carries large quantities of yellow silt to its delta) => Hudson, Hudson River -- (a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay; explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century) => Illinois River -- (a river in Illinois that flows southwest to the Mississippi River) => Indus, Indus River -- (an Asian river; flows into the Arabian Sea) => Irrawaddy, Irrawaddy River -- (the main river of Myanmar rising in the north and flowing south through the length of Burma to empty into the Andaman Sea) => Irtish, Irtish River, Irtysh, Irtysh River -- (an Asian river; tributary of the Ob River) => Isere, Isere River -- (a river in southeastern France; a tributary of the Rhone) => James, James River -- (a river that rises in North Dakota and flows southward across South Dakota to the Missouri) => James, James River -- (a river in Virginia that flows east into Chesapeake Bay at Hampton Roads) => Kanawha, Kanawha River -- (a tributary of the Ohio River in West Virginia) => Kansas, Kansas River, Kaw River -- (a river in northeastern Kansas; flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River) => Kasai, Kasai River, River Kasai -- (a river of southwestern Africa that rises in central Angola and flows east and then north (forming part of the border between Angola and Congo) and continuing northwest through Congo to empty into the Congo River on the border between Congo and Republic of the Congo) => Klamath, Klamath River -- (a river flowing southwest from Oregon through northern California to the Pacific Ocean) => Kura, Kura River -- (a river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea) => Lena, Lena River -- (a Russian river; flows northward into the Arctic Ocean) => Lethe, River Lethe -- ((Greek mythology) a river in Hades; the souls of the dead had to drink from it, which made them forget all they had done and suffered when they were alive) => Limpopo, Crocodile River -- (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean) => Little Bighorn, Little Bighorn River, Little Horn -- (a river that flows from northern Wyoming into the Bighorn River in southern Montana; site of Custer's Last Stand) => Little Missouri, Little Missouri River -- (a river that rises in northeastern Wyoming and flows through Montana and South Dakota to join the Missouri River in North Dakota) => Loire, Loire River -- (a French river; flows into the North Atlantic) => Mackenzie, Mackenzie River -- (a Canadian river; flows into the Beaufort Sea) => Madeira, Madeira River -- (a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River) => Mekong, Mekong River -- (an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea) => Merrimack, Merrimack River -- (a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean) => Meuse, Meuse River -- (a European river; flows into the North Sea) => Milk, Milk River -- (a river that rises in the Rockies in northwestern Montana and flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River) => Mississippi, Mississippi River -- (a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico) => Missouri, Missouri River -- (the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis) => Mobile, Mobile River -- (a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay) => Monongahela, Monongahela River -- (a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River) => Murray, Murray River -- (an Australian river; flows into the Indian Ocean) => Namoi, Namoi River -- (a river in southeastern Australia that flows generally northwest to join the Darling River) => Nan, Nan River -- (a river of western Thailand flowing southward to join the Ping River to form the Chao Phraya) => Neckar, Neckar River -- (a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine) => Neosho, Neosho River -- (a river that rises in eastern Kansas and flows eastward into Oklahoma to become a tributary of the Arkansas River) => Neva, Neva River -- (a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally west into the Gulf of Finland) => Niagara, Niagara River -- (a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York) => Niger, Niger River -- (an African river; flows into the South Atlantic) => Nile, Nile River -- (world's longest river (4187 miles); flows northern through Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first great civilization) => Niobrara, Niobrara River -- (a tributary of the Missouri River) => North Platte, North Platte River -- (a river that rises in northern Colorado and flows northward into Wyoming and then eastward and southeastward through Nebraska where it joins the South Platte to form the Platte River) => Ob, Ob River -- (a Russian river; flows northward to the Arctic Ocean) => Oder, Oder River -- (a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea) => Ohio, Ohio River -- (a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Orange, Orange River -- (a river in South Africa that flows generally westward to the Atlantic Ocean) => Orinoco, Orinoco River -- (a South American river 1,500 miles long; flows into the South Atlantic) => Osage, Osage River -- (a river in Missouri that is a tributary of the Missouri River) => Ouachita, Ouachita River -- (a river that rises in western Arkansas and flows southeast into eastern Louisiana to become a tributary of the Red River) => Parana, Parana River -- (a South American river; tributary of Rio de la Plata) => Parnaiba, Parnahiba -- (a river in northeastern Brazil that flows generally northward to the Atlantic Ocean) => Pecos, Pecos River -- (a tributary of the Rio Grande) => Pee Dee, Pee Dee River -- (a North American River; flows to the Atlantic) => Penobscot, Penobscot River -- (a river in central Maine flowing into Penobscot Bay) => Ping, Ping River -- (a river in western Thailand; a major tributary of the Chao Phraya) => Platte, Platte River -- (a river in Nebraska that flows eastward to become a tributary of the Missouri River) => Po, Po River -- (a European river; flows into the Adriatic Sea) => Potomac, Potomac River -- (a river in the east central United States; rises in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and flows eastward to the Chesapeake Bay) => Purus, Purus River -- (a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River) => Red, Red River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Republican, Republican River -- (a tributary of the Kansas River) => Rhine, Rhine River, Rhein -- (a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea) => Rhone, Rhone River -- (a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles; "the Rhone valley is famous for its vineyards") => Rio Grande, Rio Bravo -- (a North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico) => Ruhr, Ruhr River -- (a tributary of the Rhine) => Saale, Saale River -- (a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River) => Sabine, Sabine River -- (a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico) => Sacramento River -- (a river in northern California rising near Mount Shasta and flowing south to the San Francisco Bay) => Saint Francis, Saint Francis River, St. Francis, St. Francis River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Saint Johns, Saint Johns River, St. Johns, St. Johns River -- (a North American river; flows into the Bay of Fundy) => Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River -- (a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic) => Salmon, Salmon River -- (a tributary of the Snake River) => Sambre, Sambre River -- (a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Neuse at Namur) => Saone, Saone River -- (a river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone) => Savannah, Savannah River -- (a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic) => Scheldt, Scheldt River -- (a river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea) => Seine, Seine River -- (a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel) => Severn, River Severn, Severn River -- (a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain) => Severn, Severm River -- (a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay) => Seyhan, Seyhan River -- (a Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean) => Shari, Shari River, Chari, Chari River -- (an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad) => Snake, Snake River -- (a tributary of the Columbia River) => South Platte, South Platte River -- (a tributary of the Platte River) => Styx, River Styx -- ((Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls) => Suriname River, Surinam River -- (a river in Suriname that flows northward to the Atlantic) => Susquehanna, Susquehanna River -- (a river in the eastern United States that flows into Chesapeake Bay) => Tagus, Tagus River -- (a European river; flows into the North Atlantic) => Tennessee, Tennessee River -- (a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky) => Thames, Thames River -- (the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea) => Tiber, Tevere -- (a river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea) => Tigris, Tigris River -- (an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River) => Tocantins, Tocantins River -- (a river in eastern Brazil that flows generally north to the Para River) => Tombigbee, Tombigbee River -- (a tributary of the Mobile River) => Tyne, River Tyne -- (a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea) => Vistula, Vistula River -- (a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea) => Volga, Volga River -- (a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea) => Volkhov, Volkhov River -- (a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally north into Lake Ladoga) => Wabash, Wabash River -- (a tributary of the Ohio River) => White, White River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Willamette, Willamette River -- (a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland) => Wisconsin, Wisconsin River -- (a tributary of the Mississippi River) => Yalu, Yalu River -- (river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)) => Chang Jiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze Kiang -- (the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai) => Yazoo, Yazoo River -- (a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg) => Yellowstone, Yellowstone River -- (a tributary of the Missouri River) => Yenisei, Yenisei River, Yenisey, Yenisey River -- (a Russian river; flows northward into the Arctic Ocean) => Yukon, Yukon River -- (a North American river; flows into the Bering Sea) => Zambezi, Zambezi River -- (an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean) => Zhu Jiangi, Canton River, Chu Kiang -- (a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea) Explore more about James Pinnacles of Civilization * from Wordnet 1.7.1 (++) Innovations and emerging technologies in James, Patent List (when available) for James: 6,496,976: Method and system for dynamic recompilation of statements of a first language embedded in a program having statements of a second language 6,496,968: Hierarchical wiring method for a semiconductor integrated circuit 6,496,925: Method and apparatus for processing an event occurrence within a multithreaded processor 6,496,921: Layered speculative request unit with instruction optimized and storage hierarchy optimized partitions 6,496,907: System and method for updating from a read-only to a read-write entry and concurrently invalidating stale cache copies from head-to-tail and tail-to-head directions 6,496,900: Disk array system, controller, and method for verifying command data written to disk drives 6,496,874: Method and apparatus for determining position using a handheld personal computer and a cradle 6,496,872: Computer system for automatically instantiating tasks designated by a user 6,496,871: Distributed agent software system and method having enhanced process mobility and communication in a computer network 6,496,851: Managing negotiations between users of a computer network by automatically engaging in proposed activity using parameters of counterproposal of other user 6,496,844: Method, system and computer program product for providing a user interface with alternative display language choices 6,496,843: Generic object for rapid integration of data changes 6,496,834: Method for performing clustering in very large databases 6,496,828: Support for summary tables in a heterogeneous database environment 6,496,819: Rewriting a query in terms of a summary based on functional dependencies and join backs, and based on join derivability 6,496,818: Semi-automatic index term augmentation in document retrieval 6,496,812: Method and system for measuring and valuing contributions by group members to the achievement of a group goal 6,496,809: Electronic ticketing system and method 6,496,808: Using smartcards to enable probabilistic transaction on an untrusted device 6,496,807: Recording medium, recording method and recording apparatus incorporating anti-tamper features involving writing billing information into a write-once area 6,496,802: System and method for providing access to electronic works 6,496,798: Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding frames of voice model parameters into a low bit rate digital voice message 6,496,794: Method and apparatus for seamless multi-rate speech coding 6,496,783: Electric power calculation system 6,496,751: Machine management systems and monitoring methods 6,496,740: Transfer controller with hub and ports architecture 6,496,736: Endothelium preserving microwave treatment for atherosclerosis 6,496,715: System and method for non-invasive determination of optimal orientation of an implantable sensing device 6,496,704: Systems and methods for internetworking data networks having mobility management functions 6,496,640: Splice closure with removable and pivotable splice trays, and associated methods 6,496,636: Support planar and tapered quasi-planar germanium waveguides for infrared evanescent-wave sensing 6,496,632: Method of fabricating photonic structures 6,496,618: Fiber-optic channel selecting apparatus 6,496,602: Sorting device of variable-length code 6,496,597: Generating image data 6,496,574: Apparatus and method for remotely resetting a computer 6,496,546: Software-defined transceiver for a wireless telecommunications system 6,496,519: Frame based data transmission over synchronous digital hierarchy network 6,496,477: Processes, articles, and packets for network path diversity in media over packet applications 6,496,447: Target simulation system 6,496,424: Method and apparatus for generating and controlling integrated circuit memory write signals 6,496,360: Laptop portable computer desk 6,496,356: Multilayer capacitance structure and circuit board containing the same and method of forming the same 6,496,352: Post-in-crown capacitor and method of manufacture 6,496,351: MEMS device members having portions that contact a substrate and associated methods of operating 6,496,342: Distributed monitoring and protection system for a distributed power network 6,496,318: Magnetic disk storage device control method, disk array system control method and disk array system 6,496,317: Accurate adjustable current overshoot circuit 6,496,293: Optical scanning device, scanning optical system, optical scanning method and image forming apparatus reserved 2 |