a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri | a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri |
a midwestern state in central United States; a border state during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union | a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion |
the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis | United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918) |
a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri | United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985) |
| United States architect (1853-1906) |
| United States political journalist (1915-1986) |
| Australian writer (1912-1990) |
| United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921) |