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 Bougainvillea spectabilis ... Bourges Bougainvillea spectabilis (from the article "Bougainvillea") ...tints in certain varieties. The stem of B. glabra may be 20 to 30 metres ... Bougainvillia (from the article "reproductive behaviour") ...the eggs and larvae of species not attended by adults. In one such adaptation, the ... bough pot (from the article "floral decoration") ...flowers. It was customary in English homes to arrange flowers and branches in the hearth ... Boughton, Rutland composer of operas, the principal English advocate of the theories of music drama expounded by ... Bouguer correction factor (from the article "gravitation") ...slab of thickness equal to the height of the station h and having an appropriate ... Bouguer, Pierre versatile French scientist best remembered as one of the founders of photometry, the measurement of ... 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Bouira is situated southwest of the Grand Kabylie (mountains), near the watershed ... Boula, Mohammed (from the article "Niger") ...Highway, robbing its passengers and leaving three dead, one a two-year-old child. On August 12 ... Boulainvilliers, Henri de, comte de Saint-Saire French historian and political writer who set forth a broad cultural conception of philosophical history ... [1 Related Articles] Boulanger, A. (from the article "restaurant") The first restaurant proprietor is believed to have been one A. Boulanger, a soup vendor, ... Boulanger, Georges French general, minister of war, and political figure who led a brief but influential authoritarian ... [5 Related Articles] Boulanger, Nadia conductor, organist, and one of the most influential teachers of musical composition of the 20th ... [2 Related Articles] Boulder (from the article "Kalgoorlie") town, south central Western Australia. Together with neighbouring Boulder to the south, it forms the ... boulder (from the article "harbours and sea works") A common breakwater design is based on an inner mound of small rocks or rubble, ... Boulder city, seat (1861) of Boulder county, north-central Colorado, U.S., on Boulder Creek, at the base ... Boulder Canyon Project Act (from the article "Colorado River") The first major development of the Colorado began in 1928, when Congress passed the Boulder ... Boulder City city, Clark county, southeastern Nevada, U.S., overlooking Lake Mead, which is impounded by the Hoover ... boule deliberative council in ancient Greece. It probably derived from an advisory body of nobles, as ... [1 Related Articles] boule (from the article "Verneuil process") method for producing synthetic rubies and sapphires. Originally developed (1902) by a French chemist, Auguste ... Boule, Marcellin French geologist, paleontologist, and physical anthropologist who made extensive studies of human fossils from Europe, ... [1 Related Articles] Boulemane town, north-central Morocco. The town, located at an elevation of about 5,500 feet (1,700 metres) ... boules French ball game, similar to bowls and boccie. It is thought to have originated about ... bouletai (from the article "deme") ...demes of Attica were local corporations with police powers and their own property, cults, and ... Bouleuterion (from the article "Olympia") The Bouleuterion, or council house, was the seat of the Olympic Senate. Lying just outside ... boulevard broad landscaped avenue typically permitting several lanes of vehicular traffic as well as pedestrian walkways. ... [1 Related Articles] boulevard play (from the article "Bernard, Tristan") French playwright, novelist, journalist, and lawyer who wrote for the theatre de ... Boulevard Ring (from the article "Moscow") ...Buildings of the Classical period-beginning about the latter half of the 18th century and covering ... Boulez, Pierre most significant French composer of his generation, as well as a noted conductor and music ... boulle work (from the article "veneer") ...of decorative wood or other materials-such as metal, leather, or mother-of-pearl-are inset into cavities cut ... Boulle, Andre-Charles one of France's leading cabinetmakers, whose fashion of inlaying, called boulle, or buhl, work, swept ... [8 Related Articles] Boulle, Pierre French novelist who successfully combined adventure and psychology in works dealing largely with his experiences ... [3 Related Articles] Boullee, Etienne-Louis French visionary architect, theorist, and teacher. [1 Related Articles] Boulmerka, Hassiba (from the article "Hassiba Boulmerka: Testing Her Faith") The pioneering accomplishments of track star Hassiba Boulmerka made her a controversial figure in her ... Boulogne city and port, Pas-de-Calais departement, Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, on the coast of northern France, southwest of ... [2 Related Articles] Boulogne, Bois de (from the article "Paris") ...Napoleon III, who had been impressed by London's parks while living in Britain, two ancient ... Boulogne, Joan of (from the article "Philip I") Son of Philip of Burgundy, he inherited the duchy upon the death of his grandfather, ... Boulsover, Thomas English inventor of fused plating, or "old Sheffield plate." [2 Related Articles] Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric English conductor who led the BBC Symphony and other major orchestras during a career that ... Boulter, Hugh English archbishop of Armagh and virtual ruler of Ireland at the height of the 18th-century ... Boulting, Roy British filmmaker (b. Nov. 21, 1913, Bray, Berkshire, Eng.-d. Nov. 5, 2001, Eynsham, Oxfordshire, Eng.), ... Boulton, Matthew English manufacturer and engineer who financed and introduced James Watt's steam engine. [11 Related Articles] Bouma National Heritage Park (from the article "Taveuni Island") ...village is Somosomo on the western coast. Taveuni is known as "the garden island of ... Boumedienne, Houari army officer who became president of Algeria in July 1965 following a coup d'etat. [3 Related Articles] Boun Oum, Prince (from the article "Laos") Two movements sprang up at that time. The first was anti-Japanese and was represented by ... Bouna (from the article "Cote d'Ivoire") ...18th century. Kong lasted until 1897, when it was destroyed by Samory Toure, who was ... bouncing Bet (from the article "soapwort") ...in the pink family (Caryophyllaceae). While most are weedy, a few are cultivated, especially the ... bound alphabetical variant (from the article "formal logic") ...that does not occur elsewhere in its scope is known as relettering a bound variable. ... Bound Brook borough, Somerset county, north-central New Jersey, U.S., on the Raritan River, 31 miles (50 km) ... bound variable (from the article "formal logic") If a is any individual variable and alpha is any wff, every occurrence of a ... bound water (from the article "clay mineral") The water adsorbed between layers or in structural channels may further be divided into zeolitic ... boundary (from the article "Germany") ...Sea coasts, respectively, complete the northern border. To the west, Germany borders The Netherlands, Belgium, ... boundary curve (from the article "phase") Point B is located on the boundary curve between the stability fields of low quartz ... boundary ecosystem complex of living organisms in areas where one body of water meets another, boundary layer in fluid mechanics, thin layer of a flowing gas or liquid in contact with a ... [4 Related Articles] boundary lubrication (from the article "lubrication") A condition that lies between unlubricated sliding and fluid-film lubrication is referred to as boundary ... Boundary Peak highest point (13,147 feet [4,007 metres]) in Nevada, U.S. The northernmost peak of the White ... Boundary Ranges (from the article "Alaskan mountains") ...the Chugach Mountains adjoining, to the south and east, the St. Elias Mountains at the ... boundary stone (from the article "sculpture") Examples of sculpture of which the positioning, or siting, as well as the imagery is ... boundary stratotype (from the article "Cambrian Period") The lower boundary of the Cambrian System is defined at a formal global stratotype section ... boundary surface (from the article "chemical bonding") ...electron that occupies an s orbital can be found with the same probability at any ... boundary value condition accompanying a differential equation in the solution of physical problems. In mathematical problems arising ... [2 Related Articles] Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (from the article "Ely") ...The International Wolf Center has a resident wolf pack and provides education about wolves. Ely ... Boungnang Vorachith (from the article "Laos") ...km (91,429 sq mi) | Population (2006 est.): 5,751,000 | Capital: Vientiane | Chief of ... Bounthanong Somsaiphon (from the article "Lao literature") ...despite these restrictions, Lao authors produced a significant and varied body of literature during the ... Bountiful city, Davis county, northern Utah, U.S., between the Wasatch Range and Great Salt Lake, just ... Bounty English armed transport ship remembered for the mutiny of her crew on April 28, 1789, ... [6 Related Articles] Bounty Islands outlying island group of New Zealand, in the South Pacific Ocean, 415 mi (668 km) ... Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy, Governors of the (from the article "Church Commissioners") The Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of ... Bounty System in U.S. history, program of cash bonuses paid to entice enlistees into the army; the ... bounty-jumping (from the article "Bounty System") Bounty-jumping-the widespread practice of enlisting, collecting the bonus, deserting, reenlisting, collecting another bonus, etc.-was an ... Bouphoria (from the article "Skirophoria") Two days after the festival, on the 14th of Skirophorion, the ceremonial ox slaying, or ... bouquet (from the article "cigar") ...as a corona, about 6 12 in. long; ideales is a slender, torpedo-shaped cigar, tapered ... bouquet (from the article "floral decoration") Plant materials are customarily arranged in containers, woven into garlands, and worn or carried for ... bouquet garni bundle or faggot of herbs that is added to a soup, stew, sauce, or poaching ... Bouquet, Henry (from the article "guerrilla warfare") ...swift movement, fire discipline, terror, ambush, and surprise attack. As frontiers expanded, colonists reverted to ... Bouraoui, Hedi Tunisian poet and scholar whose creative and critical works seek to illuminate the human condition ... Bouraoui, Nina (from the article "Literature") ...the very novel we are reading, an homage to his mother that would serve as ... 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Curio and antique collectors throng the many shops on Royal ... bourbon whiskey (from the article "bourbon whiskey") whiskey distilled from corn mash; specifically, a whiskey distilled from a mash containing at least ... Bourbon, Antoine de, duc de Vendome (from the article "France") ...I de Bourbon, prince de Conde, and Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny-established headquarters at Orleans. ... Bourbon, Charles I, 5e duc de duke of Bourbon (from 1434) and count of Clermont. After having rendered notable services to ... Bourbon, Charles III, 8e duc de constable of France (from 1515) under King Francis I and later a leading general under ... [2 Related Articles] Bourbon, Francisco de Asis de (from the article "Spanish Marriages, Affair of the") the political maneuvering surrounding the dual marriages (October 10, 1846) of Queen Isabella II of ... Bourbon, House of one of the most important ruling houses of Europe. Its members were descended from Louis ... 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Bourchier, Thomas English cardinal and archbishop of Canterbury who maintained the stability of the English church during ... Bourdais, Sebastien (from the article "Automobile Racing") ...cars, shunned oval tracks for road or temporary street layouts. Despite meetings in 2006 with ... Bourdaloue, Louis French Jesuit, held by many to have been the greatest of the 17th-century court preachers. Bourdelle, Antoine French sculptor whose works-exhibiting exaggerated, rippling surfaces mingled with the flat, decorative simplifications of Archaic ... [1 Related Articles] Bourdet, Claude French human rights activist and journalist who led the French Resistance during World War II ... Bourdet, Edouard French dramatist noted for his satirical and psychological analyses of contemporary social problems. Bourdic, Gaston (from the article "Vendee, Wars of the") ...Marseille, and Normandy and seriously threatened the Revolution internally at a time when it had ... Bourdieu, Pierre French sociologist (b. Aug. 1, 1930, Denguin, France-d. Jan. 23, 2002, Paris, France), was a ... [2 Related Articles] Bourdon, Sebastien French painter with a considerable reputation for landscapes who used nature largely as a backdrop ... Bourdon-tube gauge (from the article "pressure gauge") The Bourdon-tube gauge, invented about 1850, is still one of the most widely used instruments ... Bourdonnais, Louis-Charles de la (from the article "chess") ...spectator interest in the game began more than 50 years earlier. The first major international ... Bourg-en-Bresse town, capital of Ain departement, Rhone-Alpes region, eastern France. ... Bourgain, Jean Belgian mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1994 for his work in analysis. Bourgault, Pierre Canadian journalist and politician (b. Jan. 23, 1934, East Angus, Que.-d. June 16, 2003, Montreal, ... Bourgault-Ducoudray, Louis French composer and musicologist who influenced his contemporaries by his researches on folk music. bourgeois behaviour (from the article "game theory") Thus, a species with males consisting exclusively of either hawks or doves is vulnerable. The ... Bourgeois, Leon French politician and statesman, an ardent promoter of the League of Nations, who was awarded ... Bourgeois, Louise French-born sculptor known for her monumental abstract and often biomorphic works that deal with the ... [1 Related Articles] Bourgeois, Loys Huguenot composer who wrote, compiled, and edited many melodic settings of Psalms in the Genevan ... bourgeoisie the social order that is dominated by the so-called middle class. In social and political ... [17 Related Articles] Bourgeoys, Marin le (from the article "flintlock") ...lock and was itself outmoded by the percussion lock in the first half of the ... 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