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 California, flag of ... calpulli California, flag of U.S. state flag consisting of a white field (background) with a grizzly bear above the ... California, Gulf of large inlet of the eastern Pacific Ocean along the northwestern coast of Mexico. It is ... [4 Related Articles] California, University of system of public universities in California, U.S., with campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, ... [13 Related Articles] californite (from the article "californite") jadelike variety of the mineral vesuvianite (q.v.).description californium synthetic chemical element of the actinoid series of the periodic table, atomic number 98. Not ... [1 Related Articles] californium-252 (from the article "transuranium element") ...isotopes that are useful for chemical studies. Only the principal mode of decay is given, ... Caligula Roman emperor from 37 to 41, in succession to Tiberius, who effected the transfer of ... [11 Related Articles] Caliman (from the article "Carpathian Mountains") ...attain their highest altitude in the Rodna (Rodnei) Massif in Romania; they are built of ... Calinescu, Armand statesman who, as prime minister of Romania (March-September 1939), provided the major administrative inspiration and ... Calinescu, George (from the article "Romanian literature") The critic and prose writer George Calinescu wrote an important history of Romanian literature (1944), ... Calipari, Nicola (from the article "Italy") ...of the release of Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian woman journalist who had been kidnapped a ... caliper measuring instrument that consists of two adjustable legs or jaws for measuring the dimensions of ... [1 Related Articles] caliper (from the article "papermaking") The caliper (thickness) of paper or paperboard in fractions of a millimetre or inch is ... caliper brake (from the article "bicycle") ...levers to stirrups that pull pads of friction material against the inside of the rim. ... caliph ("successor"), ruler of the Muslim community. When Muhammad died (June 8, 632), Abu Bakr succeeded ... [12 Related Articles] Caliphate the political-religious state comprising the Muslim community and the lands and peoples under its dominion ... [11 Related Articles] Calipso (from the article "Physical Sciences") Two environmental satellites, CloudSat and Calipso (Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation), were launched ... Calisher, Hortense American writer of novels, novellas, and short stories, known for the elegant style and insightful ... calisthenics free body exercises performed with varying degrees of intensity and rhythm, which may or may ... [1 Related Articles] Calistoga city, Napa county, western California, U.S. Located just northeast of Santa Rosa, Calistoga lies near ... calit bhasa (from the article "Bengali language") ...West Bengal. Two Bengali dialects are significant: Sadhu-Bhasa, the literary language, which has a vocabulary ... Calixtus (III) antipope from 1168 to 1178, who reigned with the support of the Holy Roman emperor ... Calixtus I, Saint pope from 217? to 222, during the schism of St. Hippolytus, the church's first antipope. ... [4 Related Articles] Calixtus II pope from 1119 to 1124. [8 Related Articles] Calixtus III pope from 1455 to 1458. [4 Related Articles] Calixtus, George (from the article "Christianity") Efforts were undertaken in Germany and Central Europe as well. The German Lutheran George Calixtus ... Calkins, Mary Whiton philosopher, psychologist, and educator, the first American woman to attain distinction in these fields of ... call and response (from the article "Native American music") The most distinctive style element of Eastern Woodlands music is the use of call and ... call money (from the article "money market") Important changes were introduced into the British monetary system in 1971, but money at call ... call number (from the article "library classification") ...enable patrons to find its materials quickly and easily. While cataloging provides information on the ... Call of Duty video game that brought new advances to first-person shooter play, winning numerous game of the ... call option (from the article "stock option") contractual agreement enabling the holder to buy or sell a security at a designated price ... Call to Australia Christian Party (from the article "New South Wales") ...The much smaller Australian Democrats sit in the upper house and with some Independents are ... call-ace euchre (from the article "euchre") Cutthroat euchre is for three players: the maker plays alone against the other two. Call-ace ... call-number dialing (from the article "telephone and telephone system") Call-number dialing calla either of two distinct kinds of plants of the arum family (Araceae). The genus Calla ... calla lily (from the article "calla") ...contains one species of aquatic wild plant, C. palustris, which is known as the arum ... Callado, Antonio Brazilian novelist and leading journalist whose masterpiece, Quarup (1967), tells the story of an idealistic ... Callaeidae songbird family, order Passeriformes, collectively called wattlebirds (a name also applied to certain honeyeaters). 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Callao city and principal commercial seaport of Peru, located within the 57-square-mile (147-square-kilometre) Callao constitutional [1 Related Articles] Callas, Maria American-born Greek operatic soprano who revived classical coloratura roles in the mid-20th century with her ... Callaway Gardens (from the article "LaGrange") ...mansion-one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the state and now a ... Callaway, Ely Reeves American golf-equipment manufacturer (b. June 3, 1919, La Grange, Ga.-d. July 5, 2001, Rancho Santa ... Callejas, Rafael Leonardo (from the article "Honduras") ...American democracy, but that image was tarnished in 1986 when another Liberal, Jose Azcona Hoyo, ... Callendar's Consolidated Spectacular Colored Minstrels (from the article "minstrel show") Minstrel troupes composed of black performers were formed after the Civil War. Some, like the ... Callendar, H L British physicist who made notable contributions to thermometry, calorimetry, and knowledge of the thermodynamic properties ... Callender, James (from the article ""Tom and Sally": the Jefferson-Hemings paternity debate") The story has its origins in 1802, when a journalist of disreputable credentials, James Callender, ... Calles, Plutarco Elias military and political leader who modernized the revolutionary armies and later became president of Mexico. ... [3 Related Articles] Calleva Atrebatum (from the article "Silchester") ...in the northern part of the administrative and historic county of Hampshire, England, southwest of ... Calley, William (from the article "My Lai Massacre") ...few villagers survived. The incident was initially covered up by high-ranking army officers, but it ... Calliactis (from the article "sea anemone") Sea anemones often live in close association with other organisms. The hermit crab Pagurus arrosor ... Callias diplomat and a notable member of one of the wealthiest families of ancient Athens. Callias Athenian ridiculed by the comic poets for his youthful extravagance; later in life he was ... Callias, Peace of (from the article "Iran, ancient") ...or of the troubles faced by their adversaries. Artaxerxes I faced several rebellions, the most ... Callicebus moloch (from the article "animal communication") ...display. Specialized touches with the hands are now suspected to be precopulatory signals in female ... Callicles (from the article "Plato") ...men, it should be most of all serviceable to an offender, who would employ it ... Callicrates Athenian architect who designed the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis and, with ... [3 Related Articles] Callide Valley valley in eastern Queensland, Australia, a southeast-northwest corridor extending for 70 miles (110 km) west ... Callieres, Francois de French diplomat and author whose book De la maniere de negocier avec les souverains (1716; ... [1 Related Articles] Calliergon (from the article "bryophyte") ...trees, killing the forest and replacing it with bog. Peatland can also develop on calcareous ... calligraphy the art of beautiful handwriting. The term may derive from the Greek words for "beauty" ... [56 Related Articles] Callimachus (from the article "Miltiades the Younger") ...A conflict then arose among the 10 Athenian generals over whether to wait or to ... Callimachus Greek poet and scholar, the most representative poet of the erudite and sophisticated Alexandrian school. [8 Related Articles] Callimachus Greek sculptor, perhaps an Athenian, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital after witnessing acanthus ... [1 Related Articles] Callinectes sapidus (from the article "crab") ...are eaten by humans. The most important and valuable are the edible crab of the ... calling (from the article "hunting") Sitting up, usually in blinds, is the most popular method of hunting waterfowl, with or ... Callinicum, Battle of (from the article "Iran, ancient") ...by the Hephthalites in the east compelled him to ratify a peace treaty with the ... Callinicus Of Heliopolis architect who is credited with the invention of Greek fire, a highly incendiary liquid that ... Callinus Greek elegiac poet, the few surviving fragments of whose work reflect the troubled period when ... Calliope in Greek mythology, according to Hesiod's Theogony, foremost of the nine Muses; ... [1 Related Articles] Calliope (from the article "rocket and missile system") A development of the U.S. Army was the Calliope, a 60-tube launching projector for 4.5-inch ... calliope in music, a steam-whistle organ with a loud, shrill sound audible miles away; it is ... [1 Related Articles] Calliphlox amethystina (from the article "hummingbird") ...and hovering flight. It varies with the size of the bird-the larger the bird, the ... Callippus (from the article "calendar") The Metonic cycle was improved by both Callippus and Hipparchus. Callippus of Cyzicus (c. 370-300 ... Callirrhoe (from the article "Alcmaeon") ...had never shone at the time he slew his mother. Such a spot he found ... Callistemon genus of shrubs and trees, of the family Myrtaceae, native to Australia. They have spikes ... Callisthenes of Olynthus ancient Greek historian best known for his influential history of Greece. Callisthenes was appointed to ... [2 Related Articles] Callisto in Greek mythology, a nymph, or else a daughter of either Lycaon of Arcadia or ... [1 Related Articles] Callisto outermost of the four large moons (Galilean satellites) discovered around Jupiter by the Italian astronomer ... [3 Related Articles] Callistus patriarch of Constantinople, theologian, and hagiographer, an advocate of a Byzantine school of mystical prayer ... Callitris (from the article "cypress pine") any of the ornamental and timber shrubs and trees of two closely related genera (Callitris ... Callitroga macellaria (from the article "blow fly") ...spines. These larvae attack livestock and other animals, including humans. The true screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax; ... Callixylon (from the article "Devonian Period") ...branches, is represented by Hyenia and Pseudobornia. Pteropsids also ... Callot, Jacques French printmaker who was one of the first great artists to practice the graphic arts ... [5 Related Articles] Callovian Stage uppermost of the four divisions of the Middle Jurassic Series, representing all rocks formed worldwide ... Calloway, Cab American bandleader, singer, and all-around entertainer known for his exuberant performing style and for leading ... [5 Related Articles] callus (from the article "Poaceae") ...grass seeds. The backs or tips of glumes and lemmas may develop one or more ... callus in osteology, bony and cartilaginous material forming a connecting bridge across a bone fracture during ... [2 Related Articles] callus in dermatology, small area of thickened skin, caused by continued friction, pressure, or other physical ... callus-tissue culture (from the article "horticulture") Callus-tissue culture-a very specialized technique that involves growth of the callus, followed by procedures to ... Callwood, June Rose Canadian journalist, author, television personality, and activist was a spirited organizer who founded a hostel ... calm (from the article "ocean") Inside the Great Barrier Reef, on the shallow continental shelf of Queensland, the oxygen content ... calmecac (from the article "education") At the calmecac, the school for native learning where apprenticeship started at the age of ... Calmette, Albert French bacteriologist, pupil of Louis Pasteur, and codeveloper with Camille Guerin of the tuberculosis vaccine ... [3 Related Articles] Calmette, Gaston (from the article "Caillaux, Joseph") ...compromise that brought a massive public attack upon his patriotism. The hostility of a Senate ... Calmo, Andrea (from the article "Italian literature") ...Paduan dialect, treat the problems of the oppressed peasant with realism and profound seriousness. Another ... Calmy-Rey, Micheline (from the article "Switzerland") Area: 41,284 sq km (15,940 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 7,607,000 | Capital: Bern ... Calobryales (from the article "bryophyte") ...usually opening by longitudinal lines; sporangium releasing all spores and elaters at the time it ... Calocedrus (from the article "conifer") ...about 20; leaves vary in shape from scales to clawlike or needlelike and are spirally ... Calogero, Lorenzo (from the article "Italian literature") ...Sicilian aristocrat Lucio Piccolo, cousin of novelist Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, who in 1954 forwarded ... calomel a very heavy, soft, white, sweetish-tasting halide mineral, formed by the alteration of other mercury ... [2 Related Articles] calomel electrode (from the article "acid-base reaction") ...&rlarr2; B + H3O+. For example, a hydrogen electrode (or more commonly a glass electrode, ... Calonne, Charles-Alexandre de French statesman whose efforts to reform the structure of his nation's finance and administration precipitated ... [3 Related Articles] Caloocan city on Dagatdagatan Lagoon (Manila Bay), central Luzon, Philippines, adjacent to northern Manila. Founded in ... Calopogon genus of about four species of terrestrial orchids, family Orchidaceae, found in bogs and swamps ... caloric theory explanation, widely accepted in the 18th century, of the phenomena of heat and combustion in ... [3 Related Articles] calorie a unit of energy or heat variously defined. The calorie was originally defined as the ... [4 Related Articles] calorific value (from the article "coal utilization") Calorific value, measured in British thermal units or megajoules per kilogram, is the amount of ... calorigen (from the article "pollination") ...the smelly, receptive stage, and cross-pollination again ensues. Superb timing mechanisms underlie these events. The ... calorimeter device for measuring the heat developed during a mechanical, electrical, or chemical reaction, and for ... [1 Related Articles] calorimetry (from the article "physiology") ...and the work performed during muscle contraction must originate in similar processes, and that fuel ... Caloris (from the article "Mercury") Caloris is one of the youngest of the large multiring basins, at least on the ... Calosphaeriales (from the article "fungus") ...black and shiny; some with irregular stromata; included in subclass Sordariomycetidae; examples of genera include ... Calotes genus of arboreal (tree-dwelling) lizards of the family Agamidae, remarkable for their extreme colour changes ... Calotropis gigantea (from the article "akund floss") downy seed fibre obtained from Calotropis procera and C. gigantea, plants of the Apocynaceae family. ... Calotropis procera (from the article "akund floss") downy seed fibre obtained from Calotropis procera and C. gigantea, plants of the Apocynaceae family. ... calotype early photographic technique invented by William Henry Fox Talbot of Great Britain in the 1830s. ... [4 Related Articles] Calow, Peter (from the article "The Environment") Peter Calow, a British scientist, was appointed director of Denmark's Environmental Assessment Institute in November ... calpulli (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") A number of households, varying from a few score to several hundred, were organized into ...

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