See Also: Valentino, Rudolph(dictionary)
Valentino, Rudolph(encyclopedia)
Valentino(dictionary)
Gamberoni di San Valentino (Valentine prawns)(recipes)
Rudolph (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Marcus, Rudolph A.(encyclopedia)
Arndt, Rudolph(medicine)
Balint, Rudolph(medicine)
Klapp, Rudolph(medicine)
Kolliker, Rudolph von(medicine)

thermoplastic (iou) and Valentino, Rudolph (sh)


thermoplastic (iou)



thermoplastic adjective & noun. L19.
[from THERMO- + PLASTIC adjective & noun3.]
A. adjective. Becoming soft and plastic when heated and hard and rigid when allowed to cool, esp. by a process which is reversible and indefinitely repeatable; made of such a substance. L19.
b. noun. A thermoplastic substance. E20.
thermopla'sticity noun the quality of being thermoplastic M20.

Valentino, Rudolph (sh)




orig. Rodolfo Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla

born May 6, 1895, Castellaneta, Italy
died Aug. 23, 1926, New York, N.Y., U.S.

Italian-born U.S. Film actor.

He immigrated to the U.S. in 1913 and worked as a dancer before moving to Hollywood in 1918. He played small parts in movies until his role in The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) made him a star. His popularity, promoted by skillful press agents, soared among women as he played the handsome, mysterious lover in romantic dramas such as The Sheik (1921), Blood and Sand (1922), The Eagle (1925), and The Son of the Sheik (1926). His sudden death at 31 from a ruptured ulcer caused worldwide hysteria, several suicides, and riots at his funeral.