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[1 Related Articles] biscuit (from the article "pottery") Earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain are all found in unglazed as well as glazed forms. Wares ... biscuit porcelain (from the article "porcelain") ...for decoration on hard-paste porcelain, which is nonporous. When feldspathic glaze and body are fired ... Bise (from the article "Switzerland") Prevailing winds are mainly from the west, but in valleys air currents are channeled into ... bisexuality in biology, the condition of an organism capable of producing both male and female gametes ... bisexuality in human sexuality, sexual interest in and attraction to members of one's own and the ... [1 Related Articles] Bishamon in Japanese mythology, one of the Shichi-fuku-jin ("Seven Gods of Luck"). He is identified with ... Bishandas one of the most skilled portrait painters of the 17th-century Jahangir school of Mughal painting. ... [1 Related Articles] Bishapur (from the article "Shapur II") The figure of Shapur survives. A large silver plate has a scene in relief that ... Bisharin (from the article "Egypt") ...is inhabited by the Beja, who bear a distinct resemblance to the surviving depictions of ... Bishkek city and capital of Kyrgyzstan. It lies in the Chu River valley near the Kyrgyz ... [5 Related Articles] Bishnupur historic town, central West Bengal state, northeastern India. It lies just south of the Dhaleswari ... bishop in some Christian churches, the chief pastor and overseer of a diocese, an area containing ... [42 Related Articles] bishop any of several small African birds belonging to the family Ploceidae (order Passeriformes) and constituting ... bishop (from the article "chess") There were also some subtle changes in thinking from the 1970s through the '90s about ... Bishop Auckland (from the article "railroad") Investment in the Bishop Auckland coalfield of western County Durham was heavily concentrated in Darlington, ... Bishop Hill State Historic Site historic site, Henry county, northwestern Illinois, U.S. It lies about 45 miles (70 km) northwest ... Bishop Museum research centre and museum for the study of Hawaiian and Polynesian archaeology, natural history, and ... [1 Related Articles] Bishop Rock Lighthouse 19th-century lighthouse, Scilly Islands, Cornwall. The 19th-century civil-engineering landmark takes perhaps the worst buffeting from ... [1 Related Articles] Bishop Theodore of Aquileia, Church of (from the article "Western architecture") The double church of Bishop Theodore of Aquileia marks a step toward the creation of ... Bishop Tuff (from the article "Quaternary") ...in ice cores. Thus, the marine, terrestrial, and ice-core records can be tied together. One ... bishop's cap cactus (Astrophytum myriostigma), species of cactus, family Cactaceae, native to Texas and central Mexico, with four ... Bishop's House (from the article "Sitka National Historical Park") ...against Russian settlers in 1804. Another feature of the park, which occupies 106 acres (43 ... Bishop's Stortford town (parish), East Hertfordshire district, administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, England. It lies along ... Bishop, Barry C. (from the article "Everest, Mount") ...the traditional way, along the Southeast Ridge toward the South Col, thus also accomplishing the ... Bishop, Bronwyn Kathleen Bronwyn Bishop, a Liberal Party senator for the state of New South Wales, was by ... Bishop, Charles R. (from the article "Bishop Museum") ...with a papier-mache body. Artisans demonstrate traditional crafts (quilting, weaving, and lei making), and the ... Bishop, Elizabeth American poet known for her polished, witty, descriptive verse. Her short stories and her poetry ... 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Bishop, Sir Henry Rowley English composer and conductor remembered for his songs "Home, Sweet Home" and "Lo, Here the ... Bishop, William Avery Canadian fighter ace who shot down 72 German aircraft during World War I. Bishops' Bible (from the article "biblical literature") The failure of the Great Bible to win popular acceptance against the obvious superiority of ... Bishops' Wars (1639, 1640), in British history, two brief campaigns that were fought between Charles I and ... [5 Related Articles] Bishops, Synod of in the Roman Catholic Church, the institution of periodic meetings of bishops established in 1965 ... [1 Related Articles] Bishu Shanzhuang (from the article "Chengde") ...the Manchus in the late 1620s, but the region became the starting point for many ... Bisiri, Yemi (from the article "Mbari Mbayo Club") ...churches, and bars and in private collections in Europe and America. His quiet folk art, ... Bisitun village and precipitous rock situated at the foot of the Zagros Mountains in the Kermanshah ... [8 Related Articles] bisj pole carved wooden pole used in religious rites of the South Pacific Islands. Bisj poles are ... [1 Related Articles] Biskra town, northeastern Algeria, on the northern edge of the Sahara. It is the centre of ... Biskra Gap (from the article "Atlas Mountains") ...synclinal corridors (i.e., corridors formed by folds in the rocks in which the strata dip ... Biskupa sogur (from the article "saga") ...accounts of the lives of the first five bishops of Skalholt, from the mid-11th century ... Biskupia Kopa (from the article "Opolskie") ...feature. To the north is the Silesian Lowland; to the south, the Sudeten Foreland and ... Bislama language (from the article "Vanuatu") ...the urban centres of Luganville and Port-Vila have drawn a significant number of people attracted ... Bismarck city, capital of North Dakota, U.S., and seat (1873) of Burleigh county. 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Bismuth, Pierre (from the article "2004: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman; story by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, and Pierre Bismuth for bismutite a bismuth subcarbonate, (BiO)2CO3, that has been formed as an alteration product of primary bismuth ... bison either of two species of oxlike grazing mammals that constitute the genus [3 Related Articles] Bisonhorn Maria (from the article "Gond") Bisonhorn Maria, so called after their dance headdresses, live in less hilly country and have ... bisque (from the article "soup") Thick soups may achieve their texture by means of a flour- or egg-thickened sauce or ... Bissaker, Robert (from the article "slide rule") ...rule; as shown in the photograph, it was circular. Oughtred also designed the first linear ... Bissau port city and capital of Guinea-Bissau. It originated in 1687 as a Portuguese fortified post ... [5 Related Articles] Bissell, Melville Reuben U.S. inventor of the carpet sweeper. 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Bistrita-Nasaud judet (county), northern Romania, occupying an area of 2,048 square miles (5,305 ... Biswa Singh (from the article "Koch") In the 15th century the Koch's chief future homeland had been held by Khen kings; ... Biswas, Anil Indian composer and singer (b. July 7, 1914, Barisal, East Bengal, India [now in Bangladesh]-d. ... bit (from the article "bridle") headgear by which a horse or other burden-bearing or pulling animal is governed, consisting of ... bit in communication and information theory, a unit of information equivalent to the result of a ... [18 Related Articles] Bit Daiukki (from the article "Hamadan") The city, although certainly an older foundation, has records only from the 1st millennium BC. ... bit hilani (from the article "art and architecture, Syro-Palestinian") ...15th and 13th centuries BC, show some characteristically Syrian features. Wooden-pillared porticoes at the entry ... bit mapping (from the article "graphical user interface") ...way to a computer workstation called the Xerox Star, which was introduced in 1981. Though ... Bit-Adini ancient Aramaean kingdom in Mesopotamia, located on both sides of the middle Euphrates River south ... Bit-Yakin (from the article "Chaldea") ...Persian Gulf, which he called the "Sea of Kaldu." On the accession of Sargon II ... bitch (from the article "dog") ...days. The first stage is called proestrus. It begins with mild swelling of the vulva ... bitemporal hemianopia (from the article "visual field defect") ...defects are present in corresponding halves of the right and left eye fields is called ... Biteo Borico, Miguel Abia (from the article "Equatorial Guinea") Area: 28,051 sq km (10,831 sq mi) | Population (2006 est.): 515,000 | Capital: Malabo ... Bithur town, Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, northwest of Kanpur, on the Ganges River. Baji Rao, ... [1 Related Articles] Bithynia ancient district in northwestern Anatolia, adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black ... [5 Related Articles] Bithynia-Pontus (from the article "Pompey the Great") ...as the limit of Roman control and extended the Roman chain of protectorates to include ... Bithynium (from the article "Bolu") ...level on the southern slopes of a bare hill. The region was once part of ... biting midge any member of a family of small, bloodsucking insects in the fly order, Diptera, that ... [1 Related Articles] Bitis snake genus belonging to the venomous viper family Viperidae, including the puff adders (e.g., Bitis ... Bitlis city, southeastern Turkey, southwest of Lake Van at 4,600 feet (1,400 metres) above sea level. ... Bitlis Mountains (from the article "mountain") The Arabian Peninsula, its northeastern edge covered by thick sedimentary rocks, has collided with Iran ... Bito (from the article "Nyoro") ...dark-skinned, agricultural Iru, who are in the vast majority; the tall, slender, lighter skinned, pastoral ... Bitola southernmost city of Macedonia, 2,019 feet (615 metres) in altitude on the Dragor River and ... [1 Related Articles] Biton (from the article "Cleobis and Biton") in Greek legend, as recounted by Herodotus, the sons of Cydippe (who was identified by ... Bitonto town and episcopal see, Puglia (Apulia) region, southeastern Italy, just west-southwest of Bari. Many coins ... Bitsangou, Frederic (from the article "Congo, Republic of the") ...disarmament and reintegration of 30,000 members of "Ninja" militias, as stipulated by the March 2003 ... Bittel, Kurt (from the article "Anatolian religion") ...oil or fat and wrapped in cloth. A feast followed their placement on a stool ... bitter almond (from the article "almond") (Prunus dulcis), tree native to southwestern Asia and its edible seed, or nut. The nuts ... bitter cress (from the article "cress") ...a coarse, often weedy plant rarely cultivated. The closely related winter cress, or yellow rocket ... bitter lake (from the article "lake") Lakes that contain high concentrations of sodium sulfate are called bitter lakes, and those containing ... Bitter Lakes (from the article "Suez Canal") ...the isthmus, which is only 75 miles, but utilizes several lakes, from north to south, ... Bitter Springs Formation (from the article "Bitter Springs microfossils") assemblage of microscopic fossil structures uncovered in the Bitter Springs Formation, a rock layer about ... Bitter Springs microfossils assemblage of microscopic fossil structures uncovered in the Bitter Springs Formation, a rock layer about ... [1 Related Articles] bitterling (Rhodeus), any of several small, carplike fish of the family Cyprinidae noted for their unusual ... 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