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 B cell ... Babuyan Islands B cell (from the article "lymphocyte") The two primary types of lymphocytes are B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes, or B cells ... B horizon (from the article "soil") Below A lies the B horizon. In mature soils this layer is characterized by an ... B ring (from the article "Saturn") The B ring is the brightest, thickest, and broadest of the rings. It extends from ... B'nai B'rith (Hebrew: "Sons of the Covenant"), oldest and largest Jewish service organization in the world, with ... [1 Related Articles] b'stillah (from the article "Morocco") ...provide ample products for Moroccan kitchens. Meat staples include fish, lamb, and fowl-including pigeon, which ... B-1 U.S. variable-wing strategic bomber that entered service in 1986 as a successor to the B-52 ... 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B-26 Invader (from the article "attack aircraft") ...Il-2 Stormovik and the U.S. Douglas A-20 Havoc, which were armed with 20-millimetre cannons and ... B-29 U.S. heavy bomber used in World War II. It was the type of airplane that ... [6 Related Articles] B-47 (from the article "bomber") ...War II gained increased speed by jet propulsion, and their nuclear bombloads played a principal ... B-52 U.S. long-range heavy bomber, designed in 1948 and first flown in 1952. Though originally intended ... [5 Related Articles] B-9 (from the article "military aircraft") ...fighters, changing to high-strength metal construction in the late 1920s and to monoplane design, which ... B-class asteroid (from the article "Asteroid taxonomic classes") Asteroids of the B, C, F, and G classes have low albedos and spectral reflectances ... B-DNA (from the article "nucleic acid") The double helical structure of normal DNA takes a right-handed form called the B-helix. The ... B-film cheaply produced, formulaic film initially intended to serve as the second feature on a double ... [2 Related Articles] B-meson (from the article "particle accelerator") ...that they have different values of momentum. When they annihilate, the net momentum is not ... B-scan (from the article "ultrasonics") ...it encounters changes in acoustic impedance, which cause reflections. The amount and time delay of ... B-spline (from the article "computer graphics") ...equivalently, by two points and the curve's slopes at those points. Two cubic curves can ... B-type star (from the article "Space densities of stars") ...stars with surface temperatures typically of 25,000-50,000 K (although a few O-type stars with vastly ... Ba ancient tribe and later an ancient Chinese feudal state that came into being in the ... [1 Related Articles] ba in ancient Egyptian religion, with the ka and the [3 Related Articles] Ba Jamal, 'Abd al-Qadir al- (from the article "Yemen") Area: 528,076 sq km (203,891 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 22,231,000 | Capital: Sanaa ... Ba Jin Chinese anarchist writer whose novels and short stories achieved widespread popularity in the 1930s and ... [3 Related Articles] Ba Maw politician who in 1937 became the first Burmese premier under British rule; he later was ... [4 Related Articles] ba'al shem in Judaism, title bestowed upon men who reputedly worked wonders and effected cures through secret ... [1 Related Articles] Ba'al Shem Tov charismatic founder (c. 1750) of Hasidism, a Jewish spiritual movement characterized by mysticism and opposition ... [6 Related Articles] Ba'labakki, Layla (from the article "Islamic arts") ...adopted-though often only half-understood-by young Arab, Turkish, or Persian writers. Some of them, nevertheless, have ... Ba'qubah town, east-central Iraq. Located on the Diyala River and on a road and a rail ... [1 Related Articles] Ba'th Party Arab political party advocating the formation of a single Arab socialist nation. It has branches ... [19 Related Articles] Ba, Mariama (from the article "African literature") ...the form of "dialogues," either between Islam and Western materialism or between traditional autocracy and ... Baade, Walter (from the article "Icarus") ...has a more eccentric orbit and also approaches nearer the Sun (within 30 million km ... Baader, Andreas (from the article "Red Army Faction") West German radical leftist group formed in 1968 and popularly named after two of its ... Baader, Franz Xaver von Roman Catholic layman who became an influential mystical theologian and ecumenicist. [1 Related Articles] Baal god worshiped in many ancient Middle Eastern communities, especially among the Canaanites, who apparently considered ... [22 Related Articles] Baal Epic (from the article "epic") ...alphabet, from Ras Shamra (the site of ancient Ugarit), in northern Syria, there are important ... Baal Hammon (from the article "North Africa") ...in antiquity for the intensity of their religious beliefs, which they retained to the end ... Baal, J. van (from the article "providence") ...need of reassurance that he is not an unimportant item in an indifferent world; if ... Baal-berith (from the article "Abraham") ...of which has been perceived more clearly as a result of recent archaeological excavations. From ... Baalat (from West Semitic ba'alat, "lady"), often used as a synonym for the special goddess of ... [1 Related Articles] Baalbeck large archaeological complex encompassing the ruins of an ancient Roman town in eastern Lebanon. It ... [2 Related Articles] Baalbek International Festival (from the article "Lebanon") Lebanon's antiquities and ruins have provided not only inspiration for artists but also magnificent backdrops ... Baalot (from the article "biblical literature") The religion of the Canaanites was an agricultural religion, with pronounced fertility motifs. Their main ... Baarova, Lida Czech actress (b. 1914, Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire [now Czech Rep.]-d. Oct. 27, 2000, Salzburg, Austria), ... Baasha (from the article "biblical literature") The dynasties of the northern kingdom were shortlived. Jeroboam was succeeded by his son Nadab, ... Bab el-Mandeb Strait strait between Arabia (northeast) and Africa (southwest) that connects the Red Sea (northwest) with the ... Bab, the merchant's son whose claim to be the Bab (Gateway) to the hidden imam (the perfect ... [7 Related Articles] Bab-ilu (from the article "Babel, Tower of") ...never completed, and the people were dispersed over the face of the earth. The myth ... Baba Chinese (from the article "Malaysia") ...languages are not mutually intelligible, it is not uncommon for two Chinese to converse in ... Baba Malay language (from the article "Malay language") ...in the East Indian archipelago and was the basis of the colonial language used in ... Baba Mountains (from the article "Hindu Kush") ...Mount Tirich Mir; the central Hindu Kush, which then continues to the Shebar (Shibar) Pass ... Baba Tahir one of the most revered early poets in Persian literature. [2 Related Articles] Baba'i rebellion (from the article "Anatolia") ...his realm by annexing Amida (Diyarbakir), thus pushing the boundaries of the Anatolian Seljuq state ... Baba, Malam (from the article "Agaie") ...The town lies at the intersection of roads from Bida, Baro, Tagagi, Lapai, and Ebba. ... Baba-aha-iddina (from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...As king he campaigned with varying success in southern Armenia and Azerbaijan, later turning against ... Baba-Yaga in Russian folklore, an ogress who steals, cooks, and eats her victims, usually children. A ... Babahoyo city, west-central Ecuador, on the southern shore of the Babahoyo River, a major branch of ... Babak leader of the Iranian Khorram-dinan, a religious sect that arose following the execution of Abu ... [4 Related Articles] Babak (from the article "Ardashir I") Ardashir was the son of Babak, who was the son or descendant of Sasan and ... Babalola, Joseph (from the article "Aladura") The main expansion occurred when a prophet-healer, Joseph Babalola (1906-59), became the centre of a ... Babalola, S Adeboye poet and scholar known for his illuminating study of Yoruba ijala (a form of oral ... Babangida, Ibrahim Nigerian military leader, who served as head of state (1985-93). [4 Related Articles] Babar (from the article "children's literature") ...the very decade they scorned saw at least three magnificent achievements. The first was Jean ... Babar Island island and island group in the Banda Sea, Maluku propinsi (province), Indonesia. Located between Timor ... Babashoff, Shirley American swimmer who won eight Olympic medals and was one of only two women to ... babassu oil (from the article "babassu palm") ...martiana, A. oleifera, or A. speciosa), tall palm tree with feathery leaves that grows wild ... babassu palm (Attalea martiana, A. oleifera, or A. speciosa), tall palm tree with feathery leaves that grows ... [2 Related Articles] Babbage, Charles English mathematician and inventor who is credited with having conceived the first automatic digital computer. [10 Related Articles] babbitt metal any of several tin- or lead-based alloys used as bearing material for axles and crankshafts, ... [5 Related Articles] Babbitt, Bruce (from the article "Phoenix") In the late 1960s and early '70s corruption was an impediment to convincing nonmilitary employers ... Babbitt, Irving American critic and teacher, leader of the movement in literary criticism known as the "New ... [2 Related Articles] Babbitt, Isaac American inventor of a tin-based alloy (now known as babbitt) widely used for bearings. Babbitt, Milton American composer and theorist known as a leading proponent of total serialism-i.e., musical composition based ... [3 Related Articles] Babcock test (from the article "Babcock, Stephen Moulton") agricultural research chemist, often called the father of scientific dairying chiefly because of his development ... Babcock, Alpheus (from the article "keyboard instrument") ...case to the pinblock but finally in the form of a single massive casting that ... Babcock, Ernest B. (from the article "Stebbins, George Ledyard, Jr.") ...in Plants (1950) established Stebbins as one of the first biologists to apply this theory ... Babcock, Harold Delos astronomer who with his son Horace Welcome Babcock invented (1951) the solar magnetograph, an instrument ... Babcock, Horace Welcome American astronomer who with his father, Harold Delos Babcock, invented the solar magnetograph, an instrument ... [1 Related Articles] Babcock, Joseph P. (from the article "mah-jongg") ...ma ch'iau. The sparrow or a mythical "bird of 100 intelligences" appears on one of ... Babcock, Orville E. (from the article "Grant, Ulysses S.") ...the operation of the "Whiskey Ring," which had the aid of high-placed officials in defrauding ... Babcock, Stephen Moulton agricultural research chemist, often called the father of scientific dairying chiefly because of his development ... Babe Ruth League (from the article "Little League") A number of organizations similar to Little League have also been successful, including the Babe ... Babel, Isaak Emmanuilovich Soviet short-story writer noted for his war stories and Odessa tales. 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Babesia bigemina (from the article "babesiosis") any of a group of tick-borne diseases of animals caused by species of Babesia, protozoans ... babesiosis any of a group of tick-borne diseases of animals caused by species of Babesia, protozoans ... Babeuf, Francois-Noel early political journalist and agitator in Revolutionary France whose tactical strategies provided a model for ... [2 Related Articles] Babi faith (from the article "Baha'i faith") The Baha'i religion originally grew out of the Babi faith, or sect, which was founded ... Babia, Mount highest mountain (5,659 feet [1,725 m] at Diablok) peak in the Beskid Mountains, on the ... [3 Related Articles] Babiali (from the article "vizier") ...the sultan, whose signet ring he kept as an insignia of office. His actual power, ... Babil (from the article "Babylon") The present site, an extensive field of ruins, contains several prominent mounds. The main mounds ... Babinga (from the article "Pygmy") North of the Congo, in the forest west of the Ubangi River, are the Babinga. ... Babington Plot (from the article "Bales, Peter") ...Elizabeth I, who greatly admired it. His skill in imitating handwriting was used for secret ... Babington, Anthony English conspirator, a leader of the unsuccessful "Babington Plot" to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I and ... [2 Related Articles] Babinka (from the article "bivalve") ...Some of these deposit feeders also possess, like the subclass Cryptodonta, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in the ... babirusa (Babirousa babyrussa), wild East Indian swine, family Suidae (order Artiodactyla), of Celebes and the Molucca ... [1 Related Articles] Babism religion that developed in Iran around Mirza 'Ali Mohammad's claim to be a bab (Arabic: ... 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