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Canchungo town located in northwestern Guinea-Bissau. Canchungo lies between the Cacheu and Mansoa rivers in an ...
cancioneiro (Portuguese: "songbook"), collection of Portuguese lyrics (cantigas ) dating from the 12th century. The earliest examples ...
cancrinite rare feldspathoid mineral, an aluminosilicate that contains sodium and calcium carbonate and occurs as an ... [1 Related Articles]
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Candarli Halil Pasa (from the article "Mehmed II") ...eager to take advantage of the accession of a child to the Ottoman throne-succeeded in ...
Candarli Kara Halil (from the article "kaziasker") The title was created by Sultan Murad I (reigned 1360-89), who appointed Candarli Kara Halil ...
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candelabrum tree (from the article "Uganda") ...is heaviest in the south and typically becomes wooded savanna (grassy parkland) in central and ...
Candelariales (from the article "fungus") ...lichen; included in subclass Ostropomycetidae; examples of genera include Coccotrema , Icmadophila , Ochrolechia , and Pertusaria . Order Candelariales ...
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Candida (from the article "Minimum number of nucleotide differences in genes coding for cytochrome c in 20 different organisms") ...but not present in human cells. Flucytosine inhibits RNA and DNA synthesis. When administered parenterally, ...
Candida albicans (from the article "candidiasis") infectious disease produced by the yeastlike fungus Candida albicans and closely related species. A common ...
Candidas poet whose love songs addressed to the washerwoman Rami were popular in the medieval period ... [2 Related Articles]
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Candido, Antonio (from the article "Brazilian literature") ...experiences in the New World. But Coutinho also underscores that Brazilian literature was born under ...
Candidus (from the article "Origen") ...this free lay teacher and especially angry when Origen was allowed to preach at Caesarea ...
candied fruit (from the article "food preservation") Candied and glaceed fruits are made by slow impregnation of the fruit with syrup until ...
candiru (Vandellia cirrhosa ), scaleless, parasitic catfish of the family Trichomycteridae found in the Amazon River region. ... [1 Related Articles]
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candlenut (from the article "tung tree") ...tung tree grows to a height of 7.5 m (25 feet). It has large leaves, ...
candlepins bowling game played on a standard tenpin lane with slender, cylindrical pins about 15 inches ...
Candler, Asa Griggs U.S. soft-drink manufacturer who developed Coca-Cola. [1 Related Articles]
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candlestick (from the article "girandole") elaborate wall bracket incorporating one or more candleholders and frequently a mirror to reflect the ...
candlestick senna (from the article "senna") ...of yellow flowers. Coffee senna, or styptic weed (C. occidentalis ), native to North and South ...
Candlewood, Lake (from the article "Connecticut") ...on the southern slope of Mount Frissell in the northwest corner. It is drained by ...
candling egg-grading process in which the egg is inspected before a penetrating light in a darkened ...
Candolle, Alphonse Pyrame de Swiss botanist who introduced new methods of investigation and analysis to phytogeography, a branch of ...
Candolle, Augustin Pyrame de Swiss botanist who established scientific structural criteria for determining natural relations among plant genera. After ...
candombe (from the article "Uruguay") ...in Argentina. One of the most famous tangos, La cumparsita (1917), was ...
Candomble (from the article "African music") ...But the music and dance of these areas became accessible indirectly, as European observers saw ...
Candra Gupta (reigned c. 321-c. 297 BC), founder of the Maurya dynasty and the first emperor to ... [7 Related Articles]
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Candrakirti principal representative of the Prasangika school of Buddhist logic. Candrakirti wrote the famous commentary the ... [1 Related Articles]
candrasala (from the article "South Asian arts") ...Vishnu temple at Deogarh, built entirely of stone. The pyramidal superstructure of each consists essentially ...
Candravamsi (from the article "India") ..."son of a king"). The name was assumed by royal families that claimed Kshatriya status ...
Candravati (from the article "Jhalawar") ...the capital of the former princely state of the same name, has a government college ...
candy sweet food product. The application of the terms candy and confectionery varies among English-speaking countries. ... [1 Related Articles]
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cane fencing (French canne ), the art of defending oneself with a walking stick, developed in France by ...
cane furniture furniture in which a mesh of split canes is stretched over parts of the framework, ...
cane rat either of two species of large, stocky African rodent. Weighing up to 7 kg (more ... [1 Related Articles]
cane sugar (from the article "sugar") ...of sugar in order to save its ships from running blockades to sugarcane sources in ...
Canebiere, La (from the article "Marseille") From the historic centre of Marseille at the Old Port, the thoroughfare of La Canebiere ...
Canela (from the article "moiety system") ...two groups for ceremonial or other purposes. Usually these functions are combined, but sometimes only ...
Canellaceae (from the article "Canellales") Canellaceae has 6 genera and 16 species. There is one genus each in tropical Africa ...
Canellales order of flowering plants consisting of 2 families (Winteraceae and Canellaceae), 11-14 genera, and about ...
Canelo South American Indian people that traditionally lived along the upper Pastaza, Bobonaza, and Napo rivers ...
Canelones city, southern Uruguay. It was founded at a nearby site in 1774 and moved to ...
canephore (from the article "caryatid") Caryatids are sometimes called korai ("maidens"). Similar figures, bearing baskets on their heads, are called ...
Canetti, Elias German-language novelist and playwright whose works explore the emotions of crowds, the psychopathology of power, ... [1 Related Articles]
Caney Fork River river formed by the confluence of the Collins and Rocky rivers in central Tennessee, U.S. ...
Canfield, Cass American publisher and editor noted for his long association with Harper & Brothers (later Harper ...
Cangas de Narcea city, Asturias provincia (province) and comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), ...
Cangas de Onis (from the article "Pelayo") ...by Moorish armies, especially at the Battle of Monte Auseba, and, eventually, Pelayo-accepted as their ...
Cange, Charles du Fresne, Seigneur du one of the great French universal scholars of the 17th century, who wrote dictionaries of ... [1 Related Articles]
Cangrande I (from the article "della Scala family") Bartolomeo's brother Can Francesco, called Cangrande I (d. 1329), was the greatest figure of the ...
Canguilhem, Georges (from the article "Foucault, Michel") ...with the American scholars Hubert Dreyfus and Paul Rabinow stimulated his turn toward ethics and ...
Cangzhou city, eastern Hebei sheng (province), northeastern China. It is situated on the ...
Canham, Erwin D. (from the article "Christian Science Monitor, The") At the time of its founding, the Monitor set out to address ...
Caniapiscau River river in Nord-du-Quebec region, northern Quebec province, Canada. Rising from Lake Caniapiscau in central Quebec, ...
Caniff, Milton American comic-strip artist, originator of "Terry and the Pirates" and "Steve Canyon," which were noted ...
canine any of 34 living species of foxes, wolves, jackals, and other members of the dog ... [2 Related Articles]
canine distemper an acute, highly contagious, disease affecting dogs, foxes, wolves, mink, raccoons, and ferrets. It is ...
canine parvovirus disease acute viral infection in dogs characterized by a severe enteritis that is associated with bloody ...
canine tooth in mammals, any of the single-cusped (pointed), usually single-rooted teeth adapted for tearing food, and ... [4 Related Articles]
canine viral hepatitis acute adenovirus infection common in young dogs, affecting the liver and inner lining of blood ...
Canion, Rod (from the article "Compaq Computer Corporation") Compaq was founded in 1982 by Joseph R. ("Rod") Canion, James M. Harris, and William ...
Canisius College private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Buffalo, New York, U.S. Affiliated with the Jesuit ...
Canisius, Saint Peter doctor of the church, Jesuit scholar, and strong opponent of Protestantism who has been called ... [2 Related Articles]
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canister (from the article "military technology") ...loading. (In that case, moist clay was sometimes packed atop the wadding that separated the ...
Canitz, Friedrich Rudolf, Freiherr von one of a group of German court poets who prepared the way for the new ...
Cankar, Ivan Slovene writer who, after starting his literary career as a poet, became Slovenia's premier novelist ... [1 Related Articles]
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canker sore a small, painful ulcer of the oral cavity. Canker sores are round, shallow, white ulcers ... [1 Related Articles]
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Canlaon chartered city, central Negros island, Philippines. The former municipality, made a city in 1961, is ...
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Canna edulis (from the article "Cannaceae") The genus Canna is widely grown for ornamental use. One species, C. edulis, from Peru ...
Cannabaceae the hemp family of the rose order (Rosales), containing 11 genera and 270 species of ... [3 Related Articles]
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Cannae, Battle of (216 BC), major battle near the ancient village of Cannae, in Apulia (Puglia), southeastern Italy, ... [2 Related Articles]
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Cannes Conference (from the article "international relations") At the Cannes Conference (January 1922) the Allies searched for common ground on reparations, a ...
Cannes Festival (from the article "International Film Awards 2007") ...relished humour untainted by the politically correct. The French, in turn, took some exception to ...
Cannibal Cave (from the article "Teyateyaneng") ...centre and is known for the production of finely woven mohair rugs and other textiles ...
cannibalism eating of human flesh by humans. The term is derived from the Spanish name (Caribales, ... [9 Related Articles]
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Canninefates (from the article "Low Countries, history of") ...the Frisii (Frisians) were the principal inhabitants, although the arrival of the Romans brought about ...
canning method of preserving food from spoilage by storing it in containers that are hermetically sealed ... [9 Related Articles]
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Canning Jewel (from the article "baroque pearl") ...sea mollusks but rather as unique and exquisite natural forms. They were often used in ...
Canning Stock Route (from the article "Great Sandy Desert") ...Capricorn and the Gibson Desert. A vast, arid expanse of salt marshes and sand hills ...
Canning, Charles John Canning, Earl statesman and governor-general of India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. He became the first ... [2 Related Articles]
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Cannizzaro reaction (from the article "aldehyde") Aromatic aldehydes (ArCHO), and other aldehydes that lack an alpha-hydrogen, undergo an unusual oxidation-reduction reaction ...
Cannizzaro, Stanislao Italian chemist who was closely associated with a crucial reform movement in science. [2 Related Articles]
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cannon bone (from the article "artiodactyl") ...with the attendant lengthening of lower limb bones, has frequently led to a fusion of ...
cannon game (from the article "bagatelle") The cannon game, as in billiards, requires three balls-a cue ball and two object balls, ...
Cannon Mountain (from the article "Franconia Notch") ...example of glacial action, the pass includes at its southern end the Flume, a narrow ...
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