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 backhoe ... Badminton backhoe (from the article "mining") In certain cases placer material is most economically excavated with a shore-mounted dragline or backhoe ... Backhuysen, Ludolf Dutch painter, celebrated for his sea pieces. backlight (from the article "liquid crystal display") The backlight of LCDs typically accounts for more than 80 percent of the display's power ... backpacking recreational activity of hiking while carrying clothing, food, and camping equipment in a pack on ... backsaw (from the article "saw") Among the saws that are neither loops nor disks are three of the most common ... backshore (from the article "coastal landforms") ...profile typically can be divided into two distinct parts: (1) the seaward and relatively steep ... backstaff (from the article "navigation") ...observer to look directly into the Sun. Coloured shades were fitted to the crosspiece, but ... backstroke (from the article "swimming") The backstroke began to develop early in the 20th century. In this stroke, the swimmer's ... backup intercept control system (from the article "warning system") ...or foe (IFF) equipment constitute the forward elements of complex systems that have appeared throughout ... Backus, Isaac controversial American religious leader and historian. Backus, John Warner American computer scientist led the team at IBM that during the 1950s designed FORTRAN ... [2 Related Articles] Backus, Robert American weight thrower who dominated his sport during the 1950s; he won seven consecutive Amateur ... backward dive (from the article "diving") ...forward dives, in which the person faces the water, dives out from the edge of ... backward pawn (from the article "chess") ...rooks adjoining open files along which to attack. A pawn on an open file whose ... Bacolod city, northwestern portion of the island of Negros, Philippines. On a coastal plain washed by ... bacon a side of a pig that, after removal of the spare ribs, is cured, either ... Bacon's Rebellion (from the article "race") ...ate together, played together, and frequently ran away together. Moreover, the poor of all colours ... Bacon, Albion Fellows American reformer and writer, remembered largely for her campaigns to improve public housing standards. Bacon, Delia Salter American writer who developed the theory, still subscribed to by some, that Francis Bacon and ... Bacon, Edmund Norwood American urban planner (b. May 2, 1910, Philadelphia, Pa.-d. Oct. 14, 2005, Philadelphia), revitalized Philadelphia ... Bacon, Francis British painter whose powerful, predominantly figural images express isolation, brutality, and terror. [2 Related Articles] Bacon, Francis Thomas British engineer who developed the first practical hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells, which convert air and fuel ... 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Bacon, Kevin (from the article "Performing Arts") Among the best work of newer directors, Nicole Kassell's The Woodsman was a compassionate story ... Bacon, Nathaniel Virginia planter and leader of Bacon's Rebellion. His wife's disinheritance (her father opposed her marriage) ... [2 Related Articles] Bacon, Roger English Franciscan philosopher and educational reformer who was a major medieval proponent of experimental science. ... [12 Related Articles] Bacon, Sir Nicholas high official in the government of Queen Elizabeth I and father of the renowned philosopher ... Baconian method methodical observation of facts as a means of studying and interpreting natural phenomena. This essentially ... [1 Related Articles] Baconthorpe, John English theologian and philosopher who, although he did not subscribe to the heterodox doctrine of ... Bacovia, George (from the article "Romanian literature") ...Dobrogeanu Gherea's theories followed Karl Marx, although Western modernism also influenced Romanian writers. Ovid Densusianu ... Bacs-Kiskun megye (county), southern Hungary. The largest county in Hungary, Bacs-Kiskun extends eastward from the Danube ... bacteremia the presence of bacteria in the bloodstream, whether associated with active disease or not. The ... [3 Related Articles] bacteria any of a group of microscopic single-celled organisms that live in enormous numbers in almost ... [71 Related Articles] bacterial conjunctivitis (from the article "conjunctivitis") ...through a person's own nasal or sinus mucosa. Eye discharge is generally thick and coloured, ... bacterial endocarditis (from the article "endocarditis") Traditionally, infective endocarditis has been classified as acute or subacute. Acute infective endocarditis generally is ... bacterial growth curve (from the article "bacteria") Growth of bacterial cultures is defined as an increase in the number of bacteria in ... bacterial meningitis (from the article "meningitis") Bacterial meningitis usually has three main stages. At first, the bacteria multiply in the nasal ... bacterial myositis (from the article "muscle disease") Bacterial myositis, an inflammation of muscle tissues as the result of a bacterial infection, is ... bacterial toxin (from the article "poison") The prefixes "exo-" and "endo-" are retained in classifying the bacterial toxins mainly for historical ... bacterial wilt (from the article "wilt") Bacterial wilt, caused by numerous species of the genera Corynebacterium, Erwinia, Pseudomonas, and Xanthomonas, induces ... bacteriochlorophyll (from the article "coloration") ...was probably the first step in the evolution of self-sustaining life. Chlorophyll exists in several ... Bacteriodes fragilis (from the article "bacteria") ...they are closed off and protected from the immune system, as occurs in the boils ... Bacteriological Weapons Convention of 1972 (from the article "war, law of") This principle explains, to some extent, the prohibition on the use of certain weapons. Hence, ... bacteriology branch of microbiology dealing with the study of bacteria. [8 Related Articles] bacteriophage any of a group of viruses that infect bacteria. Bacteriophages were discovered independently by Frederick ... [12 Related Articles] bacteriorhodopsin (from the article "Physical Sciences") ...molecules. Valentyn Prokhorenko of the University of Toronto and colleagues investigated whether the wave property ... bacteriostatic (from the article "sulfa drug") Sulfa drugs are bacteriostatic; i.e., they inhibit the growth and multiplication of bacteria but do ... Bactria ancient country lying between the mountains of the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya (ancient ... [13 Related Articles] Bactrian camel (from the article "camel hair") animal fibre obtained from the camel and belonging to the group called specialty hair fibres. ... Bactrian language (from the article "Iranian languages") ...have been themselves mutually intelligible. The main known languages of this group are Khwarezmian (Chorasmian), ... Bactris (from the article "palm") ...abundance of palms may also be considered in relation to numbers of species per genus, ... Bactrites genus of extinct cephalopods (animals related to the modern squid, octopus, and nautilus) found as ... [1 Related Articles] Baculites genus of extinct cephalopods (animals related to the modern squid, octopus, and nautilus) found as ... baculum the penis bone of certain mammals. The baculum is one of several heterotropic skeletal elements-i.e., ... [2 Related Articles] Bad Aussee town, central Austria, in the Traun Valley, southeast of Bad Ischl. The former centre of ... Bad Gandersheim city, Lower Saxony Land (state), north-central Germany. It lies in the Leine ... Bad Godesberg southern district of the city of Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies ... Bad Godesberg Resolution (from the article "socialism") ...economies" that combined largely private ownership with government direction of the economy and substantial welfare ... Bad Harzburg city, Lower Saxony Land (state), eastern Germany. It is located on the northern slope of ... Bad Homburg city, Hesse Land (state), west-central Germany. It lies at the foot of ... Bad Ischl town, central Austria. It lies at the confluence of the Traun and Ischler Ache rivers, ... Bad Kreuznach city, Rhineland-Palatinate Land (state), west-central Germany. It lies along the Nahe River, a tributary of ... Bad Mergentheim city, Baden-Wurttemberg Land (state), south-central Germany. It lies on the Tauber River, ... Bad Ragaz (from the article "Switzerland") ...beauty, and others, such as Crans-Montana on the slopes above the Rhone valley in Valais ... Bad Reichenhall city, Bavaria Land (state), southern Germany. It lies in the Alpine Saalach ... Bad-tibira (from the article "Tammuz") ...Although the cult is attested for most of the major cities of Sumer in the ... Bada'uni, 'Abd al-Qadir Indo-Persian historian, one of the most important writers on the history of the Mughal period ... Badacsony basalt-covered residual butte, 1,437 ft (438 m) in height, on the north bank of Lake ... Badaga any member of the largest tribal group living in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu ... [2 Related Articles] Badagara town and port, northern Kerala state, southwestern India. Located on the Arabian Sea about 25 ... Badagry town and lagoon port in Lagos state, southwestern Nigeria. It lies on the north bank ... Badain Jaran (from the article "Alxa Plateau") Chinese geographers divide the region into three smaller deserts, the Tengger (Tengri) Desert in the ... Badajoz provincia (province) in the Extremadura comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), ... [1 Related Articles] Badajoz city, capital of Badajoz provincia (province), in the Extremadura [3 Related Articles] Badajoz, Peace of (from the article "Portugal") ...subjected to pressure from the French Directory and from the Spanish minister, Manuel de Godoy, ... Badajoz, Plan (from the article "Badajoz") In 1952 the Spanish government promoted a project known as the Plan Badajoz, which raised ... Badakhshan historic region of northeastern Afghanistan, roughly encompassing the northern spurs of the Hindu Kush and ... [2 Related Articles] Badalona city, Barcelona provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous ... Badami town, northern Karnataka (formerly Mysore) state, southwestern India. The town was known as Vatapi in ... [1 Related Articles] Badami, Anita Rau (from the article "Canadian literature") ...(1987), Such a Long Journey (1991), A Fine Balance (1995), and Family Matters (2001) are ... Badarayana (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...the development of Vedanta philosophy. The relation of the Vedanta-sutras to the Mimamsa-sutras, however, is ... Badari (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...hermeneutics (critical interpretations). Jaimini, who composed sutras about the 4th century BC, was critical of ... Badari, Al- (from the article "art and architecture, Egyptian") ...Sir Flinders Petrie at Naqadah, at al-'Amirah (el-'Amra), and at al-Jazirah (el-Gezira). Another somewhat earlier ... Badarian culture Egyptian predynastic cultural phase, first discovered at Al-Badari, its type site, on the east bank ... [1 Related Articles] Badawi, Abdel Rahman Egyptian philosopher and academic (b. Feb. 17, 1917, Sharabass, Egypt-d. July 25, 2002, Cairo, Egypt), ... Badawi, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Five months after becoming prime minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi received a ... [6 Related Articles] Badbury Rings (from the article "East Dorset") ...at the old parish (town) of Wimborne Minster, the district seat. Wimborne Minster is located ... Baddeck unincorporated village, seat of Victoria county, northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada. It lies in the centre ... Baddeley, Robert actor chiefly remembered for his will, in which he bequeathed property to found a home ... baddeleyite (from the article "dating") ...intercalibration. In some cases the discovery of a rare trace mineral results in a major ... Bade (from the article "Bedde") traditional emirate, Yobe state, northern Nigeria. Although Bade (Bedde, Bede) peoples settled in the vicinity ... Baden spa, eastern Austria. It lies along the Schwechat River, at the eastern edge of the ... Baden former state on the east bank of the Rhine River in the southwestern corner of ... 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[1 Related Articles] Badeni, Kasimir Felix, Graf von Polish-born statesman in the Austrian service, who, as prime minister (1895-97) of the Austrian half ... [2 Related Articles] Badgastein town in the Gastein Valley of west-central Austria, on the Gasteiner Ache (river). Its radioactive ... badge (from the article "animal communication") ...There are, of course, other information sources in animals, some of which have also undergone ... badge (from the article "heraldry") The badge is older than the heraldic system. Such a symbol identifying a person, a ... badger common name for any of several stout carnivores, most of them members of the weasel ... [3 Related Articles] Badgro, Morris Hiram American football player and coach who was an offensive and defensive end for the New ... Badi II Abu Daqn (from the article "Funj Dynasty") ...expanded westward across the hills of Sakadi and Muya about 1554 and then across the ... Badi IV Abu Shulukh (from the article "Funj Dynasty") ...defeating the Shilluk and by raiding and later imposing tributary status on Takali, a Muslim ... badi' (from the article "Arabic literature") ...(or, some critics claimed, the extreme) manifestation of a trend in poetic creativity toward elaboration ... Badidae (from the article "labyrinth fish") There are about 70 species of labyrinth fishes; some are commonly kept in home aquariums. ... Badile, Antonio (from the article "Veronese, Paolo") ...Veronese after his birthplace. Though first apprenticed as a stonecutter, his father's trade, he showed ... Badin town, southern Sindh province, southeastern Pakistan. The town, founded in 1750, lies in swampy deltaic ... Badings, Henk Dutch composer, best known for his music featuring electronic sounds and the compositional use of ... Badjava plateau (from the article "Ngada") tribe inhabiting the south coast of Flores, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in Indonesia. ... Badkhyz (from the article "Karakum Desert") ...km) from north to south. It is bordered on the north by the Sarykamysh Basin, ... badland area cut and eroded by many deep, tortuous gullies with intervening saw-toothed divides. The gullies ... Badlands (from the article "badland") ...trappers called the mauvaises terres pour traverser (the "bad lands to cross"); later it was ... Badlands National Park rugged, eroded area of buttes, saw-toothed divides, and gullies in southwestern South Dakota, U.S. It ... Badme (from the article "Eritrea") ...between the two countries in December 2000, following two years of warfare that claimed 70,000 ... Badminton village ("parish"), South Gloucestershire unitary authority, historic county of Gloucestershire, southwestern England. Badminton House, seat ... [1 Related Articles]

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