cacao ... Caesar, Lucius Julius
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Cacioppo, John (from the article "persuasion") An extension of the conflict-resolution model is the elaboration-likelihood model (ELM) of persuasion, put forth ...
cacique any of a dozen tropical American birds belonging to the family Icteridae (order Passeriformes) and ... [1 Related Articles]
cacique (from the article "Latin America, history of") ...before him. The larger islands were inhabited by the Arawak, a sedentary if modestly developed ...
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cacodyl (from the article "arsenic") Arsenic also forms numerous organic compounds, as for example tetramethyl diarsine, (CH3 )2 As&singlehorzbond;As(CH3 )2 , used in preparing ...
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cacophony (from the article "euphony and cacophony") sound patterns used in verse to achieve opposite effects: euphony is pleasing and harmonious; cacophony ...
Cacops extinct amphibian genus found as fossils in Early Permian, or Cisuralian, rocks in North America ...
cacos the name given to Haitian rebels and to an early political group in Central America.
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cactus moth (from the article "pyralid moth") ...and feed on wax and young bees and fill the tunnels of the hive with ...
cactus wren (from the article "wren") Common everywhere from Canada to Tierra del Fuego is the house wren (T. aedon ); this ...
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Cadalan schism (from the article "Italy") ...selected Anselm of Lucca as Alexander II in accordance with the election decree of 1059, ...
cadalene (from the article "isoprenoid") ...an even greater complexity of structure than the monoterpenes, and oxygenated sesquiterpenes are commonly encountered. ...
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cadastral survey (from the article "Japan") ...landlords (kokujin ), he at first recognized them, regarding them as an important adjunct to the ...
cadaver (from the article "death") ...was pumping blood to a dead brain. Sometimes the intracranial pressure was so high that ...
Cadaver Synod (from the article "Stephen VI (or VII)") Stephen was a partisan of Lambert, who induced him to conduct one of the grisliest ...
cadaverine (from the article "amine") ...some diamines have offensive odours. For example, H2 N(CH2 )4 NH2 , called putrescine, and H2 N(CH2 )5 NH2 , called cadaverine, are ...
Cadbury Brothers (from the article "Cadbury, George") English businessman and social reformer who, with his elder brother, Richard, took over their father's ...
Cadbury, George English businessman and social reformer who, with his elder brother, Richard, took over their father's ...
caddisfly any of a group of mothlike insects that are attracted to lights at night and ... [3 Related Articles]
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caddy container for tea. A corrupt form of the Malay kati, a weight ...
Cade's Rebellion (from the article "United Kingdom") Less than three months later Jack Cade, a man of obscure origins, led a popular ...
Cade, Jack leader of a major rebellion (1450) against the government of King Henry VI of England; ... [1 Related Articles]
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cadence (from the article "prosody") ...line [ &dblvert; ] to mark the caesura, or pause in the line; a rest ...
cadency (from the article "heraldry") Cadency is the use of various devices designed to show a man's position in a ...
cadenza (Italian: "cadence"), unaccompanied bravura passage introduced at or near the close of a movement of ... [1 Related Articles]
Cadets, Corps of (from the article "Russia") ...demanded that institutions of learning be set up to prepare the nobility for better careers, ...
Cadillac city, seat (1882) of Wexford county, northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. It lies on ...
Cadillac (from the article "automobile") Other motorcars of this type included the Hispano-Suiza of Spain and France; the Bugatti, Delage, ...
Cadillac Motors (from the article "automotive industry") The kind of interchangeability achieved by the "American system" was dramatically demonstrated in 1908 at ...
Cadillac Mountain (from the article "Bar Harbor") coastal town, Hancock county, southern Maine, U.S. It is on Mount Desert Island at the ...
Cadillac Ranch (from the article "Amarillo") ...the site of a major helium plant; the six-story stainless steel Helium Time Column Monument ...
Cadillac, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe French soldier, explorer, and administrator in French North America, founder of the city of Detroit ... [2 Related Articles]
cadinene (from the article "isoprenoid") Cadinene, the principal component of oils of cubeb and cade, is a typical sesquiterpene of ...
Cadiz chartered city and port, northern Negros Island, Philippines. It is one of five chartered cities ...
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Cadiz, Bay of small inlet of the Gulf of Cadiz on the North Atlantic Ocean. It is 7 ...
Cadiz, Constitution of (from the article "Latin America, history of") In 1810 a Cortes (Parliament) emerged in Cadiz to represent both Spain and Spanish America. ...
Cadiz, Gulf of wide embayment of the Atlantic Ocean along the southwestern Iberian Peninsula, stretching about 200 miles ... [1 Related Articles]
Cadman, Charles Wakefield one of the first American composers to become interested in the music and folklore of ...
Cadmea (from the article "Thebes") ...to have been occupied originally by Ectenians under the leadership of Ogyges (Ogygus), Thebes is ...
Cadmilus (from the article "Cabeiri") ...were promoters of fertility and protectors of seafarers. Perhaps originally indefinite in number, in classical ...
cadmium chemical element, metal of Group IIb, or the zinc group, of the periodic table. [13 Related Articles]
cadmium chloride (from the article "fungicide") Cadmium chloride and cadmium succinate are used to control turfgrass diseases. Mercury(II) chloride, or corrosive ...
cadmium poisoning toxic effects of cadmium or its compounds on body tissues and functions. Poisoning may result ...
cadmium succinate (from the article "fungicide") Cadmium chloride and cadmium succinate are used to control turfgrass diseases. Mercury(II) chloride, or corrosive ...
cadmium sulfide (from the article "crystal") ...have rusted. Semiconductors are sometimes shiny and sometimes transparent but are never rusty. Many crystals ...
cadmium telluride (from the article "crystal") ...created structures that are thermodynamically stable; they have many applications in the modern electronics industry. ...
Cadmus in Greek mythology, the son of Phoenix or Agenor (king of Phoenicia) and brother of ... [2 Related Articles]
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cadre (from the article "education") ...carry on the work of political organization, agricultural and industrial production, and economic reform, and ...
cadre party (from the article "political party") Cadre parties-i.e., parties dominated by politically elite groups of activists-developed in Europe and America during ...
caduceus staff carried by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, as a symbol of peace. Among ... [1 Related Articles]
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Caecilia thompsoni (from the article "Gymnophiona") Several species of caecilians in the South American genus Caecilia exceed 1 ...
Caecilian (from the article "Donatist") a member of a Christian group in North Africa that broke with the Roman Catholics ...
Caeciliidae (from the article "Gymnophiona") ...copulatory organ in males; aquatic larvae (with gill slits but no external gills), direct development ...
Caecilius of Calacte Greek rhetorician who was one of the most important critics and rhetoricians of the Augustan ...
Caecilius, Statius Roman comic poet who was ranked by the literary critic Volcatius Sedigitus at the head ...
Caecina Alienus, Aulus Roman general who, during the civil wars of 69, played a decisive role in making ...
Caecobarbus geertsi (from the article "cave fish") ...is Astyanax mexicanus (previously Anoptichthys jordani ), an eyeless, 7.5-centimetre characin (family Characidae) found in Mexico ...
Caeculus (from the article "Vulcan") ...as his epithets Quietus and Mulciber (Fire Allayer) suggest. Because he was a deity of ...
Caedmon first Old English Christian poet, whose fragmentary hymn to the creation remains a symbol of ... [2 Related Articles]
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Caelius Aurelianus the last of the medical writers of the Western Roman Empire, usually considered the greatest ...
Caelius Rufus, Marcus Roman politician and close friend of Cicero. He is possibly also the Rufus whom the ... [1 Related Articles]
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Caen Canal Bridge (from the article "Sword Beach") ...coup de main placed both bridges in Allied hands. Howard's company thus became the first ...
Caen Memorial (from the article "Caen") ...Saint-Gilles, faces the city's southwest side, and public gardens were planted in the city centre. ...
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Caenis (from the article "Vespasian") ...who bore his sons Titus and Domitian and a daughter, Flavia Domitilla (later deified). Both ...
Caenolestidae (from the article "marsupial") ...Paucituberculata ( shrew, or rat, opossums) 5 species in 1 family. Family Caenolestidae 5 species in 3...
Caenorhabditis elegans (from the article "Mello, Craig C.") ...graduate studies in biology at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he worked in ...
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Caernarfon Castle (from the article "Caernarfon") ...around the motte and a walled borough adjacent to it, with a grid pattern of ...
Caernarvonshire historic county of northwestern Wales, bordered on the north by the Irish Sea, on the ... [1 Related Articles]
Caerphilly county borough, southeastern Wales. The area west of the River Rhymney forms part of the ...
Caerphilly castle town, Caerphilly county borough, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), Wales. The town grew up ...
Caerphilly Castle (from the article "Caerphilly") castle town, Caerphilly county borough, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), Wales. The town grew up ...
Caesalpiniaceae (from the article "Fabales") The subfamily Caesalpinioideae (classified as a family, Caesalpiniaceae, by some authorities) is a heterogeneous group ...
Caesalpinioideae (from the article "Fabales") Molecular evidence confirms the hypothesis that Caesalpinioideae includes the earliest diverging lineages among the legumes. ...
Caesar cipher (from the article "cryptology") The simplest of all substitution ciphers are those in which the cipher alphabet is merely ...
Caesar salad (from the article "salad") ...onions, cucumbers, peppers, beets, and so on-may garnish the green salad. In France a piece ...
Caesar, Arthur (from the article "1934: Other Winners") Original Story: Arthur Caesar for Manhattan Melodrama Adaptation: Robert Riskin for It Happened One Night Cinematography: Victor ...
Caesar, Gaius grandson of the Roman emperor Augustus (reigned 27 BC-AD 14), who would probably, had he ... [1 Related Articles]
Caesar, Irving U.S. lyricist for such U.S. standards as "Swanee" and "Tea for Two," one of the ...
Caesar, John (from the article "bushranger") ...bandit or highwayman followed the usual pattern of robbery, rape, and murder. They specialized in ...
Caesar, Julius celebrated Roman general and statesman, the conqueror of Gaul (58-50 BC), victor in the Civil ... [92 Related Articles]
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