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 East Hampton ... eastern lubber grasshopper East Hampton town (township), Suffolk county, southeastern New York, U.S. It lies on the southern shore of ... East Hartford urban town (township), Hartford county, central Connecticut, U.S., across the Connecticut River from Hartford. The ... East Haven urban town (township), New Haven county, southern Connecticut, U.S., on Long Island Sound just east ... East Hertfordshire district, administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, southeastern England, at the northern edge of the ... East Huntington Bridge (from the article "bridge") ...in collaboration with the German firm of Leonhardt and Andra, its cost was not significantly ... East India Company English company formed for the exploitation of trade with East and Southeast Asia and India, ... [71 Related Articles] East Indiaman large sailing vessel of the type built from the 16th to the 19th century for ... [1 Related Articles] East Indies the islands that extend in a wide belt along both sides of the Equator for ... [3 Related Articles] East Indonesia (from the article "Sulawesi Selatan") ...Japanese occupied Celebes during World War II. The states of southern Celebes supported the newly ... East Japan Volcanic Belt (from the article "Japan") ...of a basement complex overlain by thick accumulations of young rocks that have been subjected ... East Jersey (from the article "United States") ...Berkeley sold his half interest in the colony to two Quakers, who in turn placed ... East Kilbride burgh (town), South Lanarkshire council area, historic county of Lanarkshire, Scotland. It was Scotland's first ... East Lansing residential and university city, Ingham county, south-central Michigan, U.S., adjoining Lansing on the Red Cedar ... East Lindsey district, administrative and historic county of Lincolnshire, east-central England, along the North Sea in the ... East Liverpool city, Columbiana county, eastern Ohio, U.S., some 45 miles (70 km) south of Youngstown. It ... [1 Related Articles] East Lomond Hill (from the article "Falkland") small royal burgh (town) and former royal residence in Fife council area and historic county, ... East London port city, Eastern Cape province, South Africa. It lies at the mouth of the Buffalo ... [1 Related Articles] East Lothian council area and historic county, southeastern Scotland. It lies on the southern coast of the ... East Malaysia wing of the 13-state federation of Malaysia; it consists of the states of Sabah and ... [1 Related Articles] East Middle German language (from the article "West Germanic languages") ...German written language began to develop, though it never reached full growth and probably had ... East Moline city, Rock Island county, northwestern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Mississippi River, some 160 ... East North Central States (from the article "North, the") ...War. This struggle against slavery and secession obscured the reality that the North was actually ... East Northamptonshire district, administrative and historic county of Northamptonshire, south-central England, in the northeastern part of the ... East Oguz language group (from the article "Turkic languages") ...(SWw) consists of Turkish (spoken in Turkey, Cyprus, the Balkans, western Europe, and so on); ... East Orange city, Essex county, northeastern New Jersey, U.S., adjoining Newark on the northwest. Originally settled in ... East Pacific Rise linear submarine volcanic chain on the floor of the southeastern Pacific Ocean, roughly paralleling the ... [4 Related Articles] East Pakistan (from the article "Pakistan") Meanwhile, in East Bengal (East Pakistan), considerable opposition had developed against the Muslim League, which ... East Pearl River (from the article "Pearl River") ...of the state, then generally southward into Louisiana, past Bogalusa, and emptying into Mississippi Sound ... East Point city, Fulton county, northwestern Georgia, U.S., a southwestern suburb of Atlanta. Established as the eastern ... East Providence city, Providence county, eastern Rhode Island, U.S., on the eastern side of the Seekonk and ... East Prussia former German province bounded, between World Wars I and II, north by the Baltic Sea, ... [6 Related Articles] east quadrature (from the article "quadrature") ...west of the Sun. It rises around midnight, reaches the meridian (a great circle on ... East Rajasthan Uplands highlands in southeastern Rajasthan state, northwestern India, with an area of about 23,200 square miles ... East Renfrewshire council area, west-central Scotland, just southwest of the city of Glasgow. It forms a part ... East Riding of Yorkshire unitary authority and geographic county, historic county of Yorkshire, eastern England. It extends from the ... [1 Related Articles] East River navigable tidal strait linking Upper New York Bay with Long Island Sound, New York City, ... East Rongbuk Glacier (from the article "Everest, Mount") Glaciers cover the slopes of Everest to its base. Individual glaciers flanking the mountain are ... East Saint Louis city, St. Clair county, southwestern Illinois, U.S. It lies along the Mississippi River opposite St. ... [1 Related Articles] East Saint Louis Race Riot of 1917 (July 2), bloody outbreak of violence in East St. Louis, Ill., stemming specifically from the ... East Sami language (from the article "Sami language") ...are sometimes considered dialects of one language. The largest language, North Sami, spoken by about ... East Schelde Dam (from the article "Eastern Schelde") Completed in 1986, the Oosterscheldedam (or Eastern Schelde Dam) at the mouth of the channel ... East Scotia Basin submarine trough of the eastern Scotia Sea, a part of the South Atlantic Ocean southeast ... East Settlement (from the article "Greenland") ...he described the merits of the newly discovered land, which he called Greenland, and in ... East Siberian Sea part of the Arctic Ocean between the New Siberian Islands (west) and Wrangel Island (east). ... [1 Related Articles] East Slav (from the article "Russia") ...lasting impact. Between the 4th and 9th centuries CE, the Huns, Avars, Goths, and Magyars ... East Slavic languages (from the article "Slavic languages") Russian, Ukrainian, and Belarusian constitute the East Slavic language group. Russian is spoken as a ... East Staffordshire borough (district), administrative county of Staffordshire, central England. Nearly all of East Staffordshire lies within ... East Sussex administrative and geographic county of southeastern England, bordering the English Channel. The administrative county is ... East Tennessee State University public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S. It is part of ... East Texas Field (from the article "petroleum engineering") The economic crisis that resulted from abundant discoveries in about 1930, notably in the giant ... East Timor country occupying the eastern half of the island of Timor, the small nearby islands of ... [22 Related Articles] East Timor, flag of national flag consisting of a red field with a black triangle at the hoist overlapping ... East Uighur-Chagatai group (from the article "Turkic languages") ...branch comprises two groups. The western group (SEw) consists of Uzbek (spoken in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, ... East Village (from the article "Greenwich Village") ...writers, artists, students, bohemians, and intellectuals. By the 1980s high-rise apartments had turned much of ... East Wind Drift (from the article "Antarctica") ...of the annual buildup and retreat of its secondary ice-fronted coastline. Pushed by winds and ... East York former borough (1967-98), southeastern Ontario, Canada. In 1998 it amalgamated with the cities of North ... East, Catherine American feminist and public official, a major formative influence on the women's movement of the ... East, Edward Murray American plant geneticist, botanist, agronomist, and chemist, whose experiments, along with those of others, led ... East, Michael English composer, especially known for his madrigals. (He was once thought to be a son ... East, Thomas prominent English music publisher whose collection of psalms (1592) was among the first part-music printed ... East-West League (from the article "Negro league") ...deepened and left most fans with empty pockets. Two of its solvent franchises, Chicago and ... Eastbourne district and borough, administrative county of East Sussex, historic county of Sussex, England, on the ... Eastchester town (township), Westchester county, southeastern New York, U.S., between Yonkers to the west and New ... Easter principal festival of the Christian church that celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the ... [18 Related Articles] Easter cactus Hatiora gaertneri (formerly Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri), popular spring-flowering cactus of the family Cactaceae, with flattened stems, ... Easter egg (from the article "Faberge, Peter Carl") Faberge's workshop soon became famous for exquisite and ingenious masterpieces: flowers, figure groups, bibelots, animals, ... Easter Fracture Zone submarine fracture zone in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, defined by one of the major transform ... Easter Island Chilean dependency in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the easternmost outpost of the Polynesian island world. ... [10 Related Articles] Easter lily (from the article "lily") ...or clustered flowers. The flowers consist of six petallike segments, which may form the shape ... Easter lily cactus (from the article "sea-urchin cactus") ...of the genus Echinopsis, family Cactaceae, with 50-100 species native to South America at medium ... Easter Rising (1916), republican insurrection in Ireland against British government there, which began on Easter Monday, April ... [8 Related Articles] easterly wave (from the article "tropical cyclone") ...of the region. Tropical cyclones originate from loosely organized, large-scale circulation systems such as those ... eastern Africa part of sub-Saharan Africa comprising two traditionally recognized regions: East Africa, made up of Kenya, ... [17 Related Articles] eastern Africa, history of history of the area from ancient times through the 20th century. [5 Related Articles] Eastern Air Lines, Inc. former American airline that served the northeastern and southeastern United States. Eastern Aleut language (from the article "Eskimo-Aleut languages") The Aleut language survives in two mutually intelligible dialects: Eastern Aleut, spoken mostly by middle-aged ... Eastern Alps (from the article "Alps") The Eastern Alps, consisting in part of the Ratische range in Switzerland, the Dolomite Alps ... Eastern Archaic culture (from the article "Native American") The Eastern Archaic (c. 8000-1500 BC) included much of the Eastern Subarctic, the Northeast, and ... eastern avahi (from the article "avahi") The eastern avahi (Avahi laniger), which lives in rainforests, is grayish brown ... eastern black-crested gibbon (from the article "The Environment") A survey in September of the world's rarest ape, the eastern black-crested gibbon, Nomascus nasutus, ... eastern bluebird (from the article "conservation") On either side of North America's Great Plains are 35 pairs of sister taxa including ... eastern brown snake (from the article "brown snake") ...mice, and ground-dwelling birds. They are alert, fast-moving, highly venomous snakes that are quite dangerous ... Eastern Bulgarian language (from the article "Slavic languages") Bulgarian is spoken by more than nine million people in Bulgaria and adjacent areas of ... Eastern Cape province, south-central South Africa. It is bordered by Western Cape province to the west, Northern ... [1 Related Articles] Eastern Caribbean States, Organisation of (from the article "Antigua and Barbuda") ...Finally, on November 1, 1981, Antigua and Barbuda achieved independence, with Vere Bird as the ... Eastern Carpathian Mountains (from the article "Romania") ...part of Bulgaria. The geographic region of Moldavia, comprising only part of the former principality ... eastern chimpanzee (from the article "chimpanzee") ...known as the common chimpanzee in continental Europe; the West African, or masked, chimpanzee (P. ... eastern chipmunk (from the article "chipmunk") The eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus), common to the deciduous forests of eastern North America, is ... Eastern Christian church (from the article "Christianity") Separated from the West, the Orthodox churches of the East have developed their own way ... Eastern Christian Independent church (from the article "canon law") The churches of Eastern Christianity that separated from the patriarchal see of Constantinople over a ... Eastern Colored League (from the article "Negro league") ...and the late 1940s, when black players were at last contracted to play major and ... Eastern Conference (from the article "Ice Hockey") ...a better competitive balance than it had shown in several years, however, owing to the ... eastern coral snake (from the article "coral snake") Sixty-five species of American coral snakes (genus Micrurus) range from the southern ... eastern cottonwood (from the article "cottonwood") ...fast-growing trees of North America, members of the genus Populus, in the family Salicaceae, with ... eastern curlew (from the article "curlew") The eastern curlew (N. madagascariensis), the largest bird in the family, 60 cm (24 inches) ... Eastern Depot (from the article "Yongle") ...as supervisors of special projects such as the requisitioning of construction supplies, and as regional ... Eastern Desert large desert in eastern Egypt. Originating just southeast of the Nile River delta, it extends ... [3 Related Articles] eastern diamondback rattlesnake (from the article "rattlesnake") ...rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) of the eastern United States, the prairie rattlesnake ( Eastern Duars (from the article "Duars") region of northeastern India, at the foot of the west Assam Himalayas. Its 3,400-square-mile (8,800-square-kilometre) ... Eastern Europe (from the article "Health and Disease") ...Organization (WHO) painted a detailed picture of the epidemic. The number of people who had ... Eastern fox squirrel (from the article "squirrel") ...such as the red-tailed squirrel (S. granatensis) of the American tropics and ... Eastern Front (from the article "World War I") On the Eastern Front, greater distances and quite considerable differences between the equipment and quality ... Eastern Front (from the article "World War II") For the campaign against the Soviet Union, the Germans allotted almost 150 divisions containing a ... Eastern Ghats (from the article "Precambrian time") ...several thousand kilometres long, that are frequently though not exclusively of Proterozoic age include the ... Eastern glass lizard (from the article "glass lizard") any lizard of the genus Ophisaurus in the family Anguidae, so named because the tail ... Eastern Gobi (from the article "Gobi") The Eastern Gobi is of similar character to the western regions, with altitudes varying from ... eastern gray kangaroo (from the article "kangaroo") The eastern gray kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) is found mostly in the open forests of eastern ... Eastern Gulf Coastal Plain (from the article "Tennessee") ...Rim. About 60 miles (100 km) wide and running roughly north to south across the ... eastern hemlock (from the article "hemlock") ...short, blunt leaves that grow from woody cushionlike structures on the twigs. The small cones ... Eastern Highlands (from the article "Ethiopian Plateau") highlands covering much of Ethiopia and central Eritrea. They consist of the rugged Western Highlands ... Eastern honeybee (from the article "honeybee") ...in trees. A. dorsata, the giant honeybee, occurs in India, Indonesia, and central China and ... eastern hop-hornbeam (from the article "hop-hornbeam") ...bearing a small, flat nut. The European hop-hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia) and the Japanese hop-hornbeam (O. ... Eastern Ibibio (from the article "Ibibio") ...the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo language family. The Ibibio comprise the following major divisions: ... Eastern Illinois University public, coeducational university in Charleston, east-central Illinois, U.S. It was founded in 1895 as Eastern ... Eastern Indian bronze any of a style of metal sculptures produced from the 9th century onward in the ... Eastern Indian painting school of painting that flourished in the 11th and 12th centuries in the area of ... Eastern Island (from the article "Midway Islands") ...miles (2,100 km) northwest of Honolulu. The islands, near the western end of the Hawaiian ... Eastern Jebel languages group of related languages whose speech communities are associated with a range of hills in ... eastern jerboa marsupial mouse (from the article "marsupial mouse") Reminiscent of jerboas-long-tailed and big-eared with stiltlike hind legs-are the two species of Antechinomys, also ... Eastern Kentucky University public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Richmond, Kentucky, U.S. The university offers an undergraduate ... eastern kingbird (from the article "animal communication") ...about the probability that some act will occur. In fact, information about the probability of ... Eastern Little Poland (from the article "Ukraine") ...its regional autonomy, the government in the early 1920s proceeded to dismantle the institutions of ... Eastern Longmyndian (from the article "Longmyndian") ...consists of the Wentnor Series, purple sandstones, conglomerates, and some greenish siltstones and shales; thicknesses ... eastern lowland gorilla (from the article "gorilla") ...recognize a single species, Gorilla gorilla, with three races: the western lowland gorilla (G. gorilla ... Eastern Lowlands (from the article "Ethiopia") Although Ethiopia's complex relief defies easy classification, five topographic features are discernible. These are the ... eastern lubber grasshopper (from the article "short-horned grasshopper") ...is divided into three subfamilies. The spur-throated grasshoppers, subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae, include some of the most ...

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