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 Early Vedic period ... East Hampshire Early Vedic period (from the article "Bihar") In the Early Vedic period (beginning with the entrance of the Vedic religion into South ... Early, Jubal A Confederate general in the American Civil War (1861-65) whose army at one time threatened Washington, ... earlywood (from the article "angiosperm") ...woody angiosperms are usually annual, but under environmental fluctuations, such as drought, more than one ... earmark (from the article "United States") ...health care programs and significantly tightened Washington lobbying and ethics rules. Critics noted that the ... Earn loch (lake) and river, central Scotland. Loch Earn lies on the boundary between the council ... Earn, Loch (from the article "Earn") loch (lake) and river, central Scotland. Loch Earn lies on the boundary between the council ... Earn, River (from the article "Earn") loch (lake) and river, central Scotland. Loch Earn lies on the boundary between the council ... Earnhardt, Dale American stock-car racer who was the dominant driver in the National Association for Stock Car ... [2 Related Articles] Earnshaw, Thomas English watchmaker, the first to simplify and economize in producing chronometers so as to make ... Earp, Wyatt legendary frontiersman of the American West, who was an itinerant saloonkeeper, gambler, lawman, gunslinger, and ... [3 Related Articles] earphone small loudspeaker held or worn close to the listener's ear or within the outer ear. ... earplug type of ear ornament usually inserted in pierced and distended earlobes and generally worn by ... earring a personal ornament worn pendent from the ear, usually suspended by means of a ring ... [6 Related Articles] Earth third planet from the Sun and the fifth in the solar system in terms of ... [50 Related Articles] Earth art (from the article "Downs") ...figures of horses cut out of turf; ridge and scarp-foot trackways that focus on megalithic ... earth auger (from the article "drilling machinery") The simplest rotary drill is the earth auger, which is hand-operated and resembles the wood ... Earth Day annual celebration honouring the achievements of the environmental movement and raising awareness of the importance ... [1 Related Articles] Earth exploration the investigation of the surface of the Earth and of its interior. [19 Related Articles] Earth impact hazard the danger of collision posed by astronomical small bodies whose orbits around the Sun carry ... earth lodge (from the article "Plains Indian") The earth lodge, the dwelling used by most village tribes, was much larger than a ... Earth Mother in ancient and modern nonliterate religions, an eternally fruitful source of everything. Unlike the variety ... [7 Related Articles] earth python (from the article "python") ...Rica. Usually less than 1 metre long, it is reported to reach nearly 1.5 metres. ... Earth satellite man-made object launched into a temporary or permanent orbit around the Earth. Spacecraft of this ... [33 Related Articles] Earth Sciences [32 Related Articles] Earth sciences the fields of study concerned with the solid Earth, its waters, and the air that ... [43 Related Articles] Earth Simulator (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...to have the best chance of selling its product to American scientists, who believed that ... Earth tide deformation of the solid Earth as it rotates within the gravitational fields of the Sun ... [2 Related Articles] earth tongue (from the article "Ascomycota") ...fruiting structure with a bright orange head, or cap. A related genus, Claviceps, includes C. ... Earth's axis (from the article "Earth Sciences") ...tsunami sources. Geodynamicists calculated that the redistribution of mass that occurred during the earthquake should ... Earth's core (from the article "Earth Sciences") An international team of geophysicists led by Leonid Dubrovinsky of Bayerisches Geoinstitute, University of Bayreuth, ... Earth's crust (from the article "Earth Sciences") ...Jagersfontein, S.Af., contain tiny inclusions of garnet with two geochemical properties of interest. First, their ... Earth's mantle (from the article "chemical element") The mantle comprises that part of the Earth between the Mohorovicic and the Wiechert-Gutenberg discontinuities. ... Earth's structure and composition (from the article "geochronology") Some estimates suggest that as much as 70 percent of all rocks outcropping from the ... Earth, geologic history of evolution of the continents, oceans, atmosphere, and biosphere. The layers of rock at the Earth's ... [1 Related Articles] Earth, Wind and Fire American pop, soul, and jazz-fusion band that became one of the best-selling and most influential ... earth-boring dung beetle (from the article "dung beetle") ...that is used during feeding or for depositing eggs. The aphodian dung beetle is small ... earth-coloured mouse (from the article "mouse") ...at northern latitudes, and rice fields in the Asian tropics. Four of these species, including ... earth-diver myth (from the article "Slavic religion") ...a handful of sand to be brought up from the bottom of the sea and ... Earth-Moon system (from the article "Properties of the Moon and the Earth-Moon system") ...laws of planetary motion. The orbital geometry of the Moon, Earth, and the Sun gives ... earth-nut pea (from the article "groundnut") ...the fruit of which is a legume or pod rather than a true nut; Apois ... Earth-observation satellite (from the article "space exploration") ...and data on a global basis. Satellites operated by the United States and Russia give ... Earth-orbiting radio telescope (from the article "telescope") Most radio waves pass relatively undistorted through Earth's atmosphere, and so there is little need ... Earth-Sun system (from the article "mechanics") To extend the idea further, consider the Earth and the Sun not as two separate ... earth-wall community (from the article "China") ...real cause of their strength was supposed to be the people's support and sympathy for ... earthenware pottery that has not been fired to the point of vitrification and is thus slightly ... [10 Related Articles] earthfill dam dam built up by compacting successive layers of earth, using the most impervious materials to ... [4 Related Articles] earthflow sheet or stream of soil and rock material saturated with water and flowing downslope under ... [1 Related Articles] EarthLink (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...and to offer lower-cost service that more people could afford, suffered their first setback as ... earthly paradise (from the article "paradise") in religion, a place of exceptional happiness and delight. The term paradise is often used ... earthnut (Conopodium majus), European plant of the carrot family (Apiaceae), so called because of its edible ... earthquake any sudden shaking of the ground caused by the passage of seismic waves through the ... [89 Related Articles] earthquake hazard map (from the article "earthquake") To avoid weaknesses found in earlier earthquake hazard maps, the following general principles are usually ... earthquake magnitude (from the article "earthquake") Earthquake magnitude is a measure of the "size," or amplitude, of the seismic waves generated ... Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (from the article "Pakistan") ...the devastating 2005 earthquake in the northern areas, where more than half a million houses ... earthquake swarm (from the article "earthquake") ...sufficiently strong (up to Richter magnitude 5) to cause property damage but no casualties. The ... earthshine sunlight reflected from the Earth, especially that reflected to the Moon and back again. For ... earthstar (from the article "Lycoperdaceae") family of fungi in the order Agaricales (phylum Basidiomycota, kingdom Fungi) that includes about 160 ... Earthwatch (from the article "United Nations Environment Programme") One of UNEP's most widely recognized activities is Earthwatch, an international monitoring system designed to ... earthworm any one of more than 1,800 species of terrestrial worms of the class Oligochaeta (phylum ... [12 Related Articles] earwax (from the article "earwax impaction") filling of the external auditory canal with earwax, or cerumen. Normally the wax produced by ... earwax impaction filling of the external auditory canal with earwax, or cerumen. Normally the wax produced by ... earwig any of approximately 1,800 species of insects that are characterized by large membranous hindwings that ... [3 Related Articles] Easdale, Brian (from the article "1948: Other Winners") ...for Joan of ArcArt Direction, Black-and-White: Roger K. Furse for HamletArt Direction, Color: Hein Heckroth ... ease of articulation principle (from the article "linguistics") ...than three and the common pronunciation of "library" as if it were written "libry." Both ... ease of entry (from the article "monopoly and competition") Industries vary with respect to the ease with which new sellers can enter them. The ... easel painting painting executed on a portable support such as a panel or canvas, instead of on ... [4 Related Articles] easement in Anglo-American property law, a right granted by one property owner to another to use ... [3 Related Articles] easement by implication (from the article "property law") ...that the conveyee has no convenient means of access except across the land retained by ... easement by necessity (from the article "property law") ...to have given the conveyee a right-of-way across the retained land (easement by implication). The ... easement by prescription (from the article "property law") ...in favour of another. Finally, the continuous and uncontested use of an easement for the ... Easington district, administrative and historic county of Durham, northeastern England, that extends north-south along the North ... Easley v. Cromartie (from the article "O'Connor, Sandra Day") ...and sided with the court's more liberal members in upholding the configuration of a congressional ... East Africa Association (from the article "Kenyatta, Jomo") The first African political protest movement in Kenya against a white-settler-dominated government began in 1921-the ... East Africa Coastal Current (from the article "equatorial current") ...north equatorial current is taken by the Monsoon Current. There is, however, an Indian South ... East Africa Protectorate (from the article "Kenya") The East Africa ProtectorateKenyaPolitical movementsIn ... East African Community (from the article "Burundi") Burundi's economy was bolstered following the country's acceptance in April into the East African Community, ... East African Community Customs Union (from the article "Tanzania") ...impending threat. During Mkapa's second term, the government continued to focus on improving the country's ... East African green mamba (from the article "mamba") The three green mamba species are smaller (1.5-2 metres, maximum 2.7 metres) and are usually ... East African gundi (from the article "gundi") ...extending from southeastern Algeria through southwestern Libya to northern Mali, Niger, and Chad. The Felou ... East African Highlands (from the article "Nile River") ...to cultivate the arts of agriculture and to use the plow. The basin is bordered ... East African lakes group of lakes in East Africa. The majority of the East African lakes lie within ... [4 Related Articles] East African mountains mountain region of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo (Kinshasa), Rwanda, and Burundi. The mountains are intimately ... East African Plateau (from the article "plateau") ...surface. If the uplifted surface had originally been low and without prominent relief, it is ... East African Rift System one of the most extensive rifts on the Earth's surface, extending from Jordan in southwestern ... [20 Related Articles] East African sleeping sickness (from the article "trypanosomiasis") ...brucei is responsible for African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness (q.v.), which occurs in equatorial Africa ... East Alligator River (from the article "Alligator Rivers") ...are not indigenous to Australia). The South Alligator rises in the hills near El Sherana, ... East Anglia traditional region of eastern England, comprising the historic counties of Norfolk and Suffolk and, more ... [4 Related Articles] East Anglia, University of (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") The University of East Anglia, founded in 1964, includes the Centre of East Anglian Studies ... East Antarctic Ice Sheet (from the article "Antarctica") Unprecedented construction and upgrading of research facilities in the heart of the Antarctic interior-on the ... East Antarctica (from the article "Antarctica") From results mainly of British expeditions early in the 20th century, the concept arose that ... East Aramaic (from the article "Syriac language") ...language belonging to the Northern Central, or Northwestern, group; it was an important Christian literary ... East Asian people (from the article "nature worship") ...lord) ruled over the many more popular gods and was even closely related to the ... East Asian region (from the article "biogeographic region") The East Asian, or Sino-Japanese, region, which has about 300 endemic genera, extends from the ... East Asian Summit (from the article "Australia") ...the UN convention on climate change. On July 13 Downer committed Australia to acceding to ... East Aurora village, Erie county, western New York, U.S. It lies 12 miles (19 km) southeast of ... East Australian Current surface oceanic current, a section of the counterclockwise flow in the Tasman Sea, southwestern Pacific ... [3 Related Articles] East Ayrshire council area, southwestern Scotland. It covers an undulating lowland in the north and west that ... East Bank (from the article "Jordan") ...The desert's northern part is composed of volcanic lava and basalt, and its southern part ... East Berlin (from the article "East Berlin") eastern part of the city of Berlin (q.v.) that served as the capital of the ... East Cambridgeshire district, administrative and historic county of Cambridgeshire, east-central England, occupying an area northeast of the ... East Chicago industrial city and port, Lake county, northwestern Indiana, U.S., adjoining Gary, Hammond, and Whiting. It ... East China Sea arm of the Pacific Ocean bordering the East Asian mainland and extending northeastward from the ... [1 Related Articles] East Cleveland city, suburb of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, northeastern Ohio, U.S., just southeast of Lake Erie. The ... East Coast fever (from the article "Animal diseases usually confined to certain regions of the world") any of a group of livestock diseases caused by protozoan parasites of the genus Theileria ... East Cuvette (from the article "Cuvette") former region of northern Congo (Brazzaville), west-central Africa. Since 1997 it has been divided into ... East Dereham town, Breckland district, administrative and historic county of Norfolk, England, 16 miles (26 km) west-northwest ... East Devon district, administrative and historic county of Devon, southwestern England, in the southeastern part of the ... East Dorset district, administrative county of Dorset, southern England, in the northeastern corner of the county directly ... East Dunbartonshire council area, west-central Scotland. East Dunbartonshire's largest towns, Bearsden and Milngavie in the southwest and ... East Durham Plateau (from the article "Durham") ...Burnhope Seat-dip gently eastward and are dissected by the valleys of the Rivers Wear and ... East End traditional area of London, lying east of Shoreditch High Street, Houndsditch, Aldgate High Street, and ... East Falkland one of the two major islands of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. ... East Flanders (from the article "Belgium") ...and Flemings, a Flemish- (Netherlandic-) speaking people (more than one-half of the total population), who ... East Flevoland Polder (from the article "IJsselmeer Polders") ...following the plans of engineer-statesman Cornelis Lely. The Wieringermeer Polder (75 square miles [193 square ... East Fork White River (from the article "White River") ...southwestward northeast of Indianapolis, it flows through the city and for another 175 miles (280 ... East Francia (from the article "Europe, history of") Charlemagne's kingdoms, but not the imperial title, were divided after the death of his son ... East Franconian (from the article "Germany") ...and the Thuringian dialect helped to form the basis of modern standard German. The present-day ... East Friesland cultural region bordering the North Sea and encompassing the coastal marshlands and East Frisian Islands ... [1 Related Articles] East Frisian Islands (from the article "Frisian Islands") The East Frisian Islands (German: Ostfriesische Inseln) belong to Germany and extend from the Ems ... East Frisian language (from the article "West Germanic languages") East Frisian survives today only in the German Saterland, consisting of the three parishes of ... East Germanic languages group of long extinct Germanic languages once spoken by Germanic tribes located between the middle ... [2 Related Articles] East Greenland Current (from the article "East Greenland Current") cold flow of water originating in the Arctic Ocean and flowing southward and southwestward along ... East Greenland orogen a linear orogenic (mountain) belt that developed from late Precambrian time to the middle of ... East Greenwich town (township), Kent county, central Rhode Island, U.S., on Greenwich Bay, south of Providence city. ... East Grinstead town (parish), Mid Sussex district, administrative county of West Sussex, historic county of Sussex, England, ... East Hampshire district, administrative and historic county of Hampshire, southern England. The district, a rural area of ...

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