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 demyelinating neuropathy ... dental insurance demyelinating neuropathy (from the article "muscle disease") Peripheral neuropathy also can be caused by degeneration of the myelin sheaths, the insulation around ... demyelinization (from the article "brainstem") ...in this small portion of the nervous system, even very small lesions of the brainstem ... demythologization (from the article "myth") Demythologization should be distinguished from secularization. Every living mythology must come to terms with the ... Denakil Plain arid lowland of northern Ethiopia and southeastern Eritrea, bordering Djibouti. It lies at the northern ... [2 Related Articles] Denali National Park and Preserve park and preserve in central Alaska, U.S., established in 1980 from the former Mount McKinley ... [1 Related Articles] Denard, Bob French mercenary participated in approximately 20 coups (or attempted coups) and civil wars across postcolonial ... 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Dendrobates (from the article "Anura") All frogs have poison glands in the skin, well developed in many diverse groups. In ... Dendrobates pumilio (from the article "Anura") ...nest-building hylid, Hyla faber, has a long, sharp spine on the thumb ... Dendrobium genus of as many as 1,500 species of orchids that grow on other plants and ... [1 Related Articles] Dendrocalamus strictus (from the article "bamboo") ...of some bamboos are eaten as vegetables, especially in Chinese cuisines. The raw leaves are ... dendrochronology the scientific discipline concerned with dating and interpreting past events, particularly paleoclimates and climatic trends, ... [8 Related Articles] Dendrocolaptidae songbird family, order Passeriformes, consisting of a number of brownish birds of the forest or ... 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Justice Holmes's constitutional flexibility in the Schenck case can be ... Dennis, Clarence American surgeon (b. June 16, 1909, St. Paul, Minn.-d. July 11, 2005, St. Paul), performed ... Dennis, Clarence Michael James (from the article "Australian literature") ...ignored local preoccupations in his Symbolist poetry; he tapped instead the deep sources of spiritual ... Dennis, Eugene American Communist Party leader and labour organizer. He was general secretary of the Communist Party ... Dennis, John English critic and dramatist whose insistence upon the importance of passion in poetry led to ... Dennis, Nigel English writer and critic who used absurd plots and witty repartee to satirize psychiatry, religion, ... Dennis, Sandy (from the article "1966: Best Supporting Actress") Other Nominees Dennison, Aaron Lufkin watch manufacturer who was among the first to adapt the concept of interchangeable parts to ... Dennstaedtia (from the article "fern") ...the base of the sorus, often enclosing the sorus until the sporangia are mature (e.g., ... Dennstaedtiaceae the bracken fern family, containing 11 genera and 170 species, in the division Pteridophyta (the ... [1 Related Articles] Denny, A. S. (from the article "calliope") in music, a steam-whistle organ with a loud, shrill sound audible miles away; it is ... Denny, Martin American bandleader (b. April 10, 1911, New York, N.Y.-d. March 2, 2005, Hawaii Kai, near ... denomination (from the article "United States") ...has never supported an established church, and the diversity of the population has discouraged any ... denominator (from the article "arithmetic") ...is written n/d and is called a common fraction. It may be considered as the ... Denon, Dominique Vivant, Baron French artist, archaeologist, and museum official who played an important role in the development of ... Denpasar city, capital of Bali provinsi (province), south-central Bali, Indonesia, 40 miles (70 ... [1 Related Articles] dense granule (from the article "bleeding and blood clotting") ...The normal platelet count in humans is between 150,000 and 400,000 platelets per cubic millimetre ... dense linear ordering (from the article "metalogic") The possibility is not excluded that a theory may be categorical in some infinite cardinality. ... dense pack (from the article "fortification") ...nuclear explosions cannot occur at the same time in close proximity to one another because ... densification (from the article "advanced ceramics") Densificationglacier iceglacierTransformation of snow to ... densitometer device that measures the density, or the degree of darkening, of a photographic film or ... density mass of a unit volume of a material substance, expressed as kilograms per cubic metre ... 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When the bacteria were returned to nutrients containing ordinary ... density-independent factor (from the article "population ecology") Population ecologists commonly divide the factors that regulate the size of populations into density-dependent and ... density-wave theory (from the article "Milky Way Galaxy") ...understanding of the relative importance of the various effects thought to determine their structure. The ... Densmore, Frances ethnologist, foremost American authority of her time on the songs and music of American Indian ... Denson, William Dowdell American lawyer who, as chief military prosecutor of Nazis accused of many of the most ... Densusianu, Ovid folklorist, philologist, and poet who introduced trends of European modernism into Romanian literature. [1 Related Articles] dent corn (from the article "corn") Commercial classifications, based mainly on kernel texture, include dent corn, flint corn, flour corn, sweet ... Dent, Edward John Englishman noted for his design and construction of fine and historically important precision clocks and ... Dent, Frederick Rippon (from the article "Dent, Edward John") ...at Westminster, but he died before completing the project. Upon the death of Rippon, Dent ... Dent, J. M. (from the article "typography") ...as a bridge between the deluxe bibliophilic editions and ordinary books. Companies such as those ... dental assistant (from the article "dental auxiliary") About 65 percent of all dental auxiliaries are dental assistants. Their duties vary according to ... dental auxiliary person qualified by training and experience to perform dental work under the direction and supervision ... 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