A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0-9 Andromache ... Angelus family Andromache in Greek legend, the daughter of Eetion (prince of Thebe in Mysia) and wife of ... [2 Related Articles] Andromeda in astronomy, constellation of the northern sky at about one hour right ascension (the coordinate ... Andromeda in Greek mythology, beautiful daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiope of Joppa in Palestine ... [1 Related Articles] Andromeda Galaxy (catalog numbers NGC 224 and M31), great spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda, the nearest ... [5 Related Articles] Andromedid meteor shower (from the article "Principal nighttime meteor showers") ...radiant is situated-i.e., the point in the sky from which perspective makes the parallel meteor ... Andronicos, Manolis Greek archaeologist who discovered ancient royal tombs in northern Greece possibly belonging to the Macedonian ... Andronicus I Comnenus Byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185, the last of the Comnenus dynasty, who attempted to ... [2 Related Articles] Andronicus II Palaeologus Byzantine emperor who was the son of Michael VIII Palaeologus. During Andronicus's reign (1282-1328) the ... [8 Related Articles] Andronicus III Palaeologus Byzantine emperor who sought to strengthen the empire during its final period of decline. [3 Related Articles] Andronicus IV Palaeologus Byzantine emperor from 1376 to 1379. Conspiring against his father, John V Palaeologus, he was ... [1 Related Articles] Andronicus Of Cyrrhus Greek astronomer best known as the architect of the horologium at Athens called the Tower ... [2 Related Articles] Andronicus Of Rhodes Greek philosopher noted for his meticulous editing and commentary of Aristotle's works, which had passed ... [2 Related Articles] Andronovo culture (from the article "Stone Age") Continuous cultural development is seen in the 2nd millennium BC. This culture, named Andronovo, is ... Andropogoneae (from the article "Poaceae") The Panicoideae include almost 3,300 species and are remarkably consistent in the nature of their ... Andropov, Yury Vladimirovich head of the Soviet Union's KGB (State Security Committee) from 1967 to 1982 and his ... [8 Related Articles] Andros island, most northerly and second largest of the Cyclades group of Greek Aegean Islands. Andros ... Andros (from the article "Andros") ...Islands. Andros has an area of 145 square miles (380 square km). Wooded, well-watered, and ... Andros Island largest island of The Bahamas, lying 25 miles (40 km) west of New Providence Island ... [1 Related Articles] Andros, Sir Edmund English administrator in North America who made an abortive attempt to stem growing colonial independence ... [3 Related Articles] Androsch, Hannes (from the article "Austria") ...witnessed the first of a series of scandals, many of them related to the technocratic ... Androscoggin county, southwestern Maine, U.S. Its topography includes lowlands in the south and a hilly upland ... Androscoggin River river in northeastern New Hampshire and southern Maine, U.S. It flows south from Umbabog Lake ... androstane (from the article "steroid") ...classes of natural steroids are alike, except at the junction of rings A and B. ... androstenedione (from the article "steroid") Androgens promote male sexual behaviour and aggressiveness, muscular development, and, in humans, the growth of ... androsterone (from the article "testosterone") ...masculine characteristics as facial hair and deepening of the voice. The hormone was isolated from ... Andrus, Ethel Percy (from the article "American Association of Retired Persons") The AARP was founded in 1958 by a retired teacher, Ethel Percy Andrus, with the ... Andrus, Major Leonard (from the article "Deere, John") ...33 years old, he headed west and eventually settled in Grand Detour, Ill., where he ... Andrusovo, Truce of (Jan. 30 [Feb. 9, New Style], 1667), long-lasting treaty that ended the Thirteen Years' War ... [6 Related Articles] Andrzejewski, Jerzy Polish novelist, short-story writer, and political dissident noted for his attention to moral issues important ... [2 Related Articles] Andsnes, Leif Ove By 2007 it was clear that pianist Leif Ove Andsnes was practically a hero in ... Andujar city, Jaen provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous ... Andy Griffith Show, The American television comedy series that aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System (now CBS Corporation) from ... Ane (from the article "Togo") ...form the major ethnic group. There are also some scattered Yoruba, mainly Ana. Groups who ... anechoic chamber sound laboratory so designed as to minimize sound reflections as well as external noise. External ... Anegada one of the British Virgin Islands and the northernmost of the Lesser Antilles, a chain ... [2 Related Articles] Anegada Passage channel in the West Indies, connecting the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea; it is ... [1 Related Articles] Aneho town, southern Togo, lying on the Gulf of Guinea near the border of Benin. Founded ... [2 Related Articles] Aneides (from the article "Caudata") ...Batrachoseps, Oedipina, and Lineatriton have reduced limbs and rely ... Aneirin one of five poets renowned among the Welsh in the 6th century, according to the ... [1 Related Articles] anekantavada (from the article "syadvada") ...men feeling an elephant, each of whom concluded that the part he was holding represented ... Anemia (from the article "fern") ...pair (or, rarely, more) of primary divisions modified, mostly lacking laminar tissue, and densely covered ... anemia condition in which the red blood cells (erythrocytes) are reduced in number or volume or ... [17 Related Articles] anemic hypoxia (from the article "hypoxia") ...the condition is called anoxia. There are four types of hypoxia: (1) the hypoxemic type, ... anemochory (from the article "seed and fruit") ...wind dispersal (although numerically important) reflects the climatic and biotic poverty of certain regions; it ... anemometer device for measuring the speed of airflow in the atmosphere, in wind tunnels, and in ... [2 Related Articles] anemone any of about 190 species of perennial plants constituting the genus Anemone of the buttercup ... Anemone coronaria (from the article "anemone") any of about 190 species of perennial plants constituting the genus Anemone of the buttercup ... anemone fish any of about 12 species of Indo-Pacific fishes constituting the genus Amphiprion of the family ... [1 Related Articles] Anemone nemorosa (from the article "anemone") The wood anemone of Europe, A. nemorosa, which bears white flowers, causes blistering of the ... Anemone quinquefolia (from the article "anemone") ...wood anemone of Europe, A. nemorosa, which bears white flowers, causes blistering of the skin ... anemotaxis (from the article "mechanoreception") ...snails easily find their particular prey (sea anemones). Similarly among insects, the chemical "smell" of ... anencephaly (from the article "malformation") Absence of the brain at birth (anencephaly); an abnormally small brain and head (microcephaly); and ... Anerio, Felice one of the leading Roman composers of his time, who succeeded his master, Palestrina, as ... aneroid barometer (from the article "atmospheric pressure") ...pressure), which indicates the height of a column of mercury that exactly balances the weight ... anesthesia (from the article "conversion disorder") ...have been "converted" into physical symptoms. Sensory disturbances may range from paresthesias ("peculiar" sensations) through ... anesthesiology medical specialty dealing with anesthesia and related matters, including resuscitation and pain. The development of ... [1 Related Articles] anesthetic agent which produces a local or general loss of sensation, including pain. General anesthesia involves ... [24 Related Articles] anestrus (from the article "dog") ...When all signs of discharge and swelling are absent, the heat is complete. The diestrus ... Anet, Chateau d' (from the article "Western architecture") ...in the constructive side of architecture as well as in the theory of design. About ... Aneto, Pico de (from the article "Huesca") ...Spain. It is bordered by France to the north, Lleida province to the east, and ... aneuploidy (from the article "heredity") Some cells have an abnormal number of chromosomes that is not a whole multiple of ... Aneurophyton genus of extinct plants that lived during the Middle and Late Devonian epochs (about 398 ... [1 Related Articles] aneurysm widening of an artery that develops from a weakness or destruction of the medial layer ... [4 Related Articles] aneurysmal bone cyst (from the article "bone cyst") ...femur, or heel bones in children and adolescents and are frequently detected as a result ... Anezaki Masaharu Japanese scholar who pioneered in various fields of the history of religions. Anfao, Battle of (from the article "Muhammad I Askia") ...Empire from 1464 to 1492, Muhammad tried, as early as February 1493, to wrest power ... Anfinsen, Christian B. American biochemist who, with Stanford Moore and William H. Stein, received the 1972 Nobel Prize ... [1 Related Articles] ANFO (from the article "explosive") The year 1955, marking the beginning of the most revolutionary change in the explosives industry ... Ang (from the article "Ang") in the Khmer language, a person of royal blood, usually translated "prince" or "princess." For ... Ang-ch'u (from the article "Tibet") ...(Nu) River has its source in east-central Tibet, from where it flows through eastern Tibet ... Anga (from the article "India") ...conflict, Koshala extended its frontiers far to the south, ultimately coming to comprise Uttar (northern) ... Anga (from the article "Jaina canon") the sacred texts of Jainism, a religion of India, whose authenticity is disputed between sects. ... anga (Pali and Sanskrit: "limb," or "division"), any of several categories into which Buddhist canonical writings ... Angad second Sikh Guru and originator of the Punjabi script, Gurmukhi, in which many parts of ... [5 Related Articles] angakok (from the article "shamanism") Shamanism predominates in the religious life of the Inuit and Yupik (Eskimo) peoples. In these ... Angami (from the article "Nagaland") Tribal organization varies from the autocratic angs (chiefs) of the Konyaks and hereditary chieftainships of ... Angara River river in southeast central Russia. It is the outlet for Lake Baikal and a major ... [2 Related Articles] Angara Valley (from the article "Stone Age") The best-explored regions are the shores of Lake Baikal, the Angara Valley, the upper Lena, ... Angaran platform (from the article "Asia") The oldest rocks in Asia are found in the continental nuclei. Rocks more than 3 ... Angaran Shield (from the article "continental shield") In Asia the name Angaran Shield is applied to a large stable block bounded by ... angaria Roman imperial transport and communication system. It was ultimately derived from that of the Achaemenian ... Angarsk city, Irkutsk oblast (province), southeast central Russia, on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Founded in 1948, Angarsk ... angary in international law, the right of belligerents to requisition for their use neutral merchant vessels, ... Angas (from the article "African dance") Teams of savanna farmers on the Jos Plateau play instruments as they dance, using simple, ... Angaur (from the article "Palau") The inhabited coral islands outside Palau's reef-lagoon-island system sit on volcanic substructures and consist of ... Angby Stone 11th-century memorial stone found in Uppland, Swed., bearing a runic inscription carved by Asmund Kareson ... angel (from the article "coin") ...was reduced by Henry IV in face of foreign competition. Edward IV distinguished his noble ... angel and demon respectively, any benevolent or malevolent spiritual being that mediates between the transcendent and temporal realms. [7 Related Articles] Angel Choir (from the article "Western architecture") ...were imported, they were combined with the existing repertoire of colonettes, attached shafts, and vault ... Angel Falls waterfall in the Guiana Highlands in Bolivar state, southeastern Venezuela, on the Churun River, a ... [5 Related Articles] angel food cake (from the article "cake") Spongecake and angel food cake are examples of unshortened mixtures. These cakes depend largely upon ... angel shark (genus Squatina), any of about 15 species of shark that constitute a single genus (family ... Angela da Foligno (from the article "Christianity") ...a flowering of interest in mysticism among women, evident in the Flemish Hadewijch of Brabant, ... Angela Merici, Saint founder of the Ursuline (q.v.) order, the oldest order of women in the Roman Catholic ... [1 Related Articles] Angelarius (from the article "Boris I") ...faith among the Bulgarian people, in organizing the Bulgarian church as an independent institution, and ... Angelelli, Max (from the article "Automobile Racing") The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, sanctioned under the Grand American Sports Car series, saw ... Angeles chartered city, central Luzon, Philippines. The city lies on the principal north-south highway and railway ... Angeles National Forest (from the article "San Gabriel Mountains") ...Wilson (5,710 feet [1,740 metres]), with its famous astronomical observatory, just northeast of Pasadena; favourable ... Angeles, Victoria de los Spanish soprano known for her interpretations of Spanish songs and operatic parts and for the ... [1 Related Articles] angelfish any of various unrelated fishes of the order Perciformes. The angelfishes, or scalares, popular in ... [3 Related Articles] angelic acid (from the article "carboxylic acid") ...as Plexiglas and Lucite. The trans isomer of crotonic acid is found ... angelica (from the article "archlute") There were three main varieties of archlute: the chitarrone, theorbo (qq.v.), and theorbo-lute, or French ... angelica sweet, fortified dessert wine said to have originated near Los Angeles, for which it is ... angelica large genus of aromatic herbs of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). The roots and fruit of ... Angelica archangelica (from the article "angelica") large genus of aromatic herbs of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae). The roots and fruit of ... angelica root (from the article "carboxylic acid") ...does not occur in nature but has been synthesized in the laboratory. Angelic and tiglic ... Angelica sylvestris (from the article "angelica") ...the roots and leaves is a traditional medicine for respiratory ailments. In the Faroe Islands ... angelica tree (species Aralia spinosa), prickly-stemmed shrub or tree, of the ginseng family (Araliaceae), that can reach ... Angelicals of St. Paul (from the article "Zaccaria, Saint Antonio Maria") Zaccaria's congregation preached and administered charitable work among the Milanese and was approved by Pope ... Angelico, Fra Italian painter, one of the greatest 15th-century painters, whose works within the framework of the ... [3 Related Articles] Angelini, Anacleto Italian-born Chilean industrialist amassed a personal fortune of about $6 billion as a shrewd businessman ... Angelini, Giuseppe (from the article "Western sculpture") ...a painter, regrettably bad. His pupil and collaborator, Antonio d'Este, is one of the more ... Angell, James Burrill educator and diplomat who elevated the University of Michigan to academic prominence during his 38 ... [2 Related Articles] Angell, James Rowland psychologist and university president who rebuilt and reorganized Yale University in the 1920s and '30s. Angell, Robert Cooley American sociologist known for his studies of individuals interacting in social groups such as government ... Angell, Roger American author and editor who is considered one of the best baseball writers of all ... [1 Related Articles] Angell, Sir Norman English economist and worker for international peace, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace ... [1 Related Articles] Angelman syndrome (from the article "Life Sciences") Epigenetic contributions to disease fall into two classes. One class involves genes that are themselves ... Angelo (from the article "Measure for Measure") The play opens with Vincentio, the benevolent duke of Vienna, commissioning his deputy Angelo to ... Angelo State University public, coeducational institution of higher education located in San Angelo, Texas, U.S. Angelo State is ... Angelo's School of Arms (from the article "Angelo, Domenico") ...Irish actress Margaret ("Peg") Woffington, who was on tour in Paris, and accompanied her back ... Angelo, Domenico Italian fencing master. Angelo was the first to emphasize fencing as a means of developing ... angelology (from the article "Judaism") ...adoption of concepts from outside and reactions against them. The speculative taste of Jewish thinkers ... Angelopolis Tigers (from the article "Baseball") The Angelopolis Tigers defeated the Saltillo Sarape Makers (Saraperos) four games to two to win ... Angelou, Maya American poet whose several volumes of autobiography explore the themes of economic, racial, and sexual ... [1 Related Articles] Angelus family family that produced three Byzantine emperors-Isaac II, Alexius III, and Alexius IV Angelus. The Angelus ...

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