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 Caro, Annibale ... Carracci, Annibale Caro, Annibale Roman lyric poet, satirist, and translator, remembered chiefly for his translation of Virgil's Aeneid and ... Caro, Sir Anthony English sculptor of abstract, loosely geometrical metal constructions. [1 Related Articles] caroa (from the article "Neoglaziovia") The leaves of N. variegata, a reedlike plant, are up to 1.2 m (4 feet) ... carob (Ceratonia siliqua), tree of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the eastern Mediterranean region and ... [1 Related Articles] carol broadly, a song, characteristically of religious joy, associated with a given season, especially Christmas; more ... [2 Related Articles] Carol Burnett Show, The American television variety and sketch comedy program comprising skits, musical comedy, and vaudeville-style performances by ... Carol I first king of Romania, whose long reign (as prince, 1866-81, and as king, 1881-1914) brought ... [2 Related Articles] Carol II king of Romania (1930-40), whose controversial reign ultimately gave rise to a personal, monarchical dictatorship. [7 Related Articles] Carol Lake (from the article "Labrador City") town, southwestern Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, near the Quebec border. It was developed in ... Carol, Martine French film actress, the reigning blond sex symbol in the late 1940s and early 1950s. carole medieval European dance in a ring, chain, or linked circle, performed to the singing of ... Carolean style (from the article "Stuart style") ...British house of Stuart; that is, from 1603 to 1714 (excepting the interregnum of Oliver ... Carolina town, northeastern Puerto Rico, part of metropolitan San Juan, located about 12 miles (19 km) ... Carolina allspice (from the article "allspice") The name allspice is applied to several other aromatic shrubs as well, especially to one ... Carolina chickadee (from the article "animal communication") ...ridibundus) performs a very stylized and spectacular aerial display when it is strongly motivated to ... Carolina grasshopper (from the article "short-horned grasshopper") ...forewings, which blend into surrounding vegetation. The band-winged grasshoppers are the only type of short-horned ... Carolina Hurricanes (from the article "Ice Hockey") Carolina won its first Stanley Cup on June 19, 2006, with a 3-1 victory over ... Carolina jasmine (from the article "Loganiaceae") Carolina, or yellow, jasmine, or jessamine (Gelsemium sempervirens), an ornamental evergreen vine, bears fragrant clusters ... Carolina linden (from the article "linden") Carolina linden (T. caroliniana) and white basswood (T. heterophylla), from the eastern United States, are ... Carolina mallow (from the article "mallow") ...velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti), a weedy plant. Chaparral mallows (Malacothamnus species), a group of shrubs and ... Carolina Panthers (from the article "Football") The New England Patriots of the American Football Conference (AFC) defeated the Carolina Panthers of ... Carolina parakeet (from the article "psittaciform") ...In North America one species, the thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha), once ranged north into the ... Carolina Playmakers (from the article "Koch, Frederick Henry") ...University in 1900 and his M.A. from Harvard University in 1909. In 1905 he began ... Caroline county, eastern Maryland, U.S., lying between the Choptank River and Tuckahoe Creek to the west ... Caroline Atoll coral formation in the Central and Southern Line Islands, part of Kiribati, in the southwestern ... Caroline Islands archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, the islands of which make up the republics of ... [8 Related Articles] Caroline Matilda (from the article "Struensee, Johann Friedrich, Graf von") ...the mentally unstable Christian VII on a European tour (1768-69), a post that led to ... Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach wife of King George II of Great Britain (reigned 1727-60). Beautiful and intelligent, she exercised ... [2 Related Articles] Caroline of Brunswick-Luneburg wife of King George IV of the United Kingdom who-like her husband, who was also ... [5 Related Articles] Caroline reforms (from the article "Latin American literature") Following the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14), the first Spanish Bourbons set out to ... Caroline, Fort (from the article "Menendez de Aviles, Pedro") ...sailed in July 1565 with 11 ships and about 2,000 men. On August 28 he ... Caroline, Princess (from the article "Monaco") ...worries over Monaco's future had been eased with the revised constitution of 2002, which included ... Carolingian absolutism (from the article "Sweden") ...throughout the 18th century and far into the 19th, made the crown less dependent on ... Carolingian art classic style produced during the reign of Charlemagne (768-814) and thereafter until the late 9th ... [12 Related Articles] Carolingian chancery (from the article "diplomatics") When the Merovingian dynasty was supplanted by the Carolingians, chancery procedure changed drastically. In contrast ... Carolingian dynasty family of Frankish aristocrats and the dynasty (AD 750-887) that they established to rule western ... [27 Related Articles] Carolingian minuscule in calligraphy, clear and manageable script that was established by the educational reforms of Charlemagne ... [13 Related Articles] Carolingian Renaissance (from the article "classical scholarship") Pippin III the Short (reigned 751-768) began ecclesiastical reforms that Charlemagne continued, and these led ... carom billiards game played with three balls (two white and one red) on a table without pockets, ... [12 Related Articles] Caron, Antoine one of the few significant painters in France during the reigns of Charles IX and ... Carondelet, Hector, baron de governor of the Spanish territory of Louisiana and West Florida from 1791 to 1797. Caroni River river in northwestern Trinidad, in the country of Trinidad and Tobago in the southern Caribbean ... Caroni River river in Bolivar estado (state), southeastern Venezuela. Its headwaters flow from the slopes of Mount ... [4 Related Articles] Caroni Swamp (from the article "Caroni River") ...Trinidad and Tobago in the southern Caribbean Sea. It rises near Valencia on the southern ... Carora city, west-central Lara estado (state), northwestern Venezuela, on the Morere, an affluent of the Tocuyo ... Carossa, Hans poet and novelist who contributed to the development of the German autobiographical novel. carotene any of several organic compounds widely distributed as pigments in plants and animals and converted ... [11 Related Articles] carotenemia yellow skin discoloration caused by excess blood carotene; it may follow overeating of such carotenoid-rich ... carotenoid any of a group of nonnitrogenous yellow, orange, or red pigments (biochromes) that are almost ... [11 Related Articles] Carothers, Wallace Hume American chemist who developed nylon, the first synthetic polymer fibre to be produced commercially (in ... carotid arch (from the article "circulation") ...valve control the composition of blood reaching each arterial arch. The names given to the ... carotid artery one of several arteries that supply blood to the head and neck. Of the two ... [2 Related Articles] carotid body (from the article "hormone") Some endocrine-like glands are associated with organs. One example in mammals is the carotid bodies, ... carotid sinus syncope (from the article "syncope") Carotid sinus syncope, sometimes called the tight-collar syndrome, also causes brief unconsciousness from impaired blood ... Caroto, Giovan Francesco Venetian painter whose largely derivative works are distinguished by their craftsmanship and sense of colour. carp (from the article "Oxygen Consumption of Various Animals and Its Variation with Rest and Activity") Carp raising, practiced worldwide, is a good example of advanced techniques. For the whole life ... carp (species Cyprinus carpio), hardy, greenish brown fish of the family Cyprinidae. It is native to ... [1 Related Articles] Carpaccio, Vittore greatest early Renaissance narrative painter of the Venetian school. [1 Related Articles] carpal bone any of several small angular bones that in humans make up the wrist (carpus), and ... [4 Related Articles] carpal tunnel (from the article "wrist") The large number of bones in the wrist force blood vessels and nerves in the ... carpal tunnel syndrome condition of numbness, tingling, or pain in the wrist caused by repetitive flexing or stressing ... [2 Related Articles] Carpathian Mountains a geologically young European mountain chain forming the eastward continuation of the Alps. From the ... [7 Related Articles] Carpatho-Ukraine (from the article "Ukraine") In the wake of the Munich Agreement, which allowed Germany's annexation of a portion of ... carpe diem phrase used by the Roman poet Horace to express the idea that one should enjoy ... Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste the leading French sculptor of his time. His works, containing a lively realism, rhythm, and ... [2 Related Articles] carpel (from the article "angiosperm") A complete flower is composed of four organs attached to the floral stalk by a ... Carpentaria Basin (from the article "Australia") The Interior Lowlands are dominated by three major basins, the Carpentaria Basin, the Eyre Basin, ... Carpentaria, Gulf of shallow, rectangular inlet of the Arafura Sea (part of the Pacific Ocean), indenting the northern ... [1 Related Articles] carpenter ant (from the article "ant") Most ants live in nests, which may be located in the ground or under a ... carpenter bee any of a group of small bees in the family Anthophoridae (order Hymenoptera) that are ... Carpenter Gothic style of architecture that utilized Gothic forms in domestic U.S. architecture in the mid-19th century. ... [1 Related Articles] carpenter moth any member of a group of insects in the moth and butterfly order, Lepidoptera, whose ... [1 Related Articles] carpenter's brace (from the article "crank") ...but it has been reasonably well established that the first recognizable crank appeared in China ... Carpenter, Chris (from the article "Baseball") Bartolo Colon, who led the AL with 21 victories for the Angels, was voted winner ... Carpenter, Edward English writer identified with social and sexual reform and the late 19th-century anti-industrial Arts and ... Carpenter, Humphrey William Bouverie British writer, editor, and radio broadcaster (b. April 29, 1946, Oxford, Eng.-d. Jan. 4, 2005, ... Carpenter, John (from the article "Olympic Games") ...The track-and-field events were marked by bickering between American athletes and British officials. The 400-metre ... Carpenter, John Alden American composer who was prominent in the 1920s and was one of the earliest to ... Carpenter, Liz (from the article "Johnson, Lady Bird") Lady Bird used the three years of her husband's vice presidency to hire an expert ... Carpenter, M. Scott second U.S. astronaut to make an orbital spaceflight. In Aurora 7 he made the fourth ... [1 Related Articles] Carpenter, Mary British philanthropist, social reformer, and founder of free schools for poor children, the "ragged schools." Carpenter, Patricia (from the article "intelligence, human") ...have been concerned with other kinds of problems, such as how a text is comprehended ... Carpenter, Pieter (from the article "Carpentaria, Gulf of") The eastern side of the gulf was first explored by the Dutch between 1605 and ... Carpenter, Thelma American performer who was a big-band singer during the 1930s and '40s and performed on ... carpenterworm moth (from the article "carpenter moth") The carpenterworm moth (Prinoxystus robiniae) has a wingspan of about 5 cm (2 inches) and ... Carpentier, Alejo a leading Latin American literary figure, considered one of the best novelists of the 20th ... [2 Related Articles] Carpentier, Georges French boxer who was world light-heavyweight champion (1920-22) and a European champion at four weight ... [1 Related Articles] Carpentier, Horace W. (from the article "Oakland") ...transit centre for goods and people. In 1849-50 Moses Chase, a squatter, and some associates ... Carpentras (from the article "Comtat-Venaissin") ...Dauphine, on the south by the Durance River, on the east by Provence, and on ... carpentry the art and trade of cutting, working, and joining timber. The term includes both structural ... [2 Related Articles] carpet beetle (from the article "dermestid beetle") The red-brown or golden-brown carpet beetle larva (e.g., Anthrenus) is about 5 mm (0.197 in) ... carpet bugleweed (from the article "bugleweed") Carpet, or common, bugleweed (A. reptans) forms colonies of rosettes of dark green, oval leaves ... carpet grass (Axonopus affinis), mat-forming perennial grass of the family Poaceae, native to sandy soils in southeastern ... carpet moss any of the plants of the genus Hypnum (subclass Bryidae), which form dense green mats ... carpet moth any of several small, delicate moths in the order Lepidoptera that settle with their broad, ... carpet moth (from the article "tineid moth") ...infest woolens, furs, and other animal products. Well-known species include the webbing clothes moth (Tineola ... carpet page (from the article "painting, Western") ...c. 680; the Echternach Gospels, c. 700). Artists in the British Isles also introduced other ... carpet shark any of the approximately 25 species of sharks constituting the family Orectolobidae. They are found ... carpet sweeper (from the article "Bissell, Melville Reuben") U.S. inventor of the carpet sweeper. carpet wool (from the article "Karakul") ...chiefly for the skins of very young lambs, which are covered with glossy, tightly curled ... carpetbagger during the Reconstruction period (1865-77) following the American Civil War, any Northern politician or financial ... [1 Related Articles] Carpi town, Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, north of Modena city. Carpi is distinguished by its ... [1 Related Articles] Carpi, Ugo da painter and printmaker, the first Italian practitioner of the art of the chiaroscuro woodcut, a ... Carpinus cordata (from the article "hornbeam") ...are white haired when unfolding; they are blue-green at maturity and become scarlet or orange-yellow ... Carpocratian follower of Carpocrates, a 2nd-century Christian Gnostic, i.e., a religious dualist who believed that matter ... Carpodectes nitidus (from the article "Cotingidae") ...Cotingidae are the light blue Cotinga amabilis, found from Mexico to Costa Rica, and the ... carpogonium (from the article "red algae") The reproductive bodies of red algae are nonmotile. The female sex organ, called a carpogonium, ... carpoid member of an extinct group of unusual echinoderms (modern echinoderms include starfish, sea urchins, and ... [1 Related Articles] carpometacarpal joint (from the article "bird") ...small wrist bones are present: the radiale, or scapholunar, and the ulnare, or cuneiform. The ... carpooling (from the article "mass transit") ...a variety of forms of individualized ride sharing that put 2, 4, or even 10 ... carpospore (from the article "algae") ...(the zygote) and the female gametophyte tissue around it develop into a basketlike or pustulelike ... carposporophyte (from the article "algae") ...of a female carpogonium and the two gametes fuse. The fertilized carpogonium (the zygote) and ... Carr, Allan American film and television producer, theatre impresario, and publicist who, after breaking into show business ... Carr, Bob (from the article "Australia") Following comments by the premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr, that Muslim suicide bombers ... Carr, E H British political scientist and historian specializing in modern Russian history. [3 Related Articles] Carr, Emily painter and writer, regarded as a major Canadian artist for her paintings of western coast ... [2 Related Articles] Carr, Ian (from the article "Evans, Gil") ...and Sketches of Spain (1960), all arranged by Evans. The albums "rank ... Carr, James American soul singer (b. June 13, 1942, Clarksdale, Miss.-d. Jan. 7, 2001, Memphis, Tenn.), was ... Carr, Joe (from the article "football, gridiron") ...its first season, in 1920, the APFA had 14 teams, including George Halas's Decatur (Illinois) ... Carr, John Dickson U.S. writer of detective fiction whose work, both intellectual and macabre, is considered among the ... Carr, Leroy influential African-American blues singer, pianist, and composer of songs noted for their personal, original lyrics; ... Carr-Saunders, Sir Alexander sociologist, demographer, and educational administrator who, as vice chancellor of the University of London, was ... [1 Related Articles] Carra, Carlo one of the most influential Italian painters of the first half of the 20th century. ... 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