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 ghost bat ... Gibberella fujikuroi ghost bat (from the article "ghost bat") ...yellow-edged ears, and long, nearly transparent wings. Males bear a peculiar hook-shaped ornament on their ... ghost bat some of the few bats known to possess white or gray fur; not every bat ... ghost crab any of approximately 20 species of shore crabs (order Decapoda of the class Crustacea). O. ... [1 Related Articles] Ghost Dance either of two distinct cults in a complex of late 19th-century religious movements that represented ... [10 Related Articles] Ghost Festival (from the article "purgatory") ...depends largely upon the offerings made by family members. The monastic community, as a "field ... ghost glide (from the article "theatre") ...in stage floors made possible new scenic effects to meet the audience demand. The traps ... ghost pipefish (from the article "gasterosteiform") ...Aulorhynchidae (tube snout), Indostomidae (indostomid), Aulostomidae (trumpet fishes), Fistulariidae (cornetfishes), Centriscidae (shrimpfishes), Macrorhamphosidae (snipefishes), Solenostomidae ... ghost shrimp (from the article "perciform") The blind goby, Typhlogobius californiensis, depends entirely upon holes dug by the ghost shrimp (Callianassa) ... ghost story a tale about ghosts. More generally, the phrase may refer to a tale based on ... [1 Related Articles] ghosts word game in which each player in turn presents a letter that must contribute to ... Ghotbzadeh, Sadegh Iranian politician who helped establish Iran as an Islamic republic and was foreign minister of ... ghotul (from the article "Gond") The Muria are known for their youth dormitories, or ghotul, in the framework of which ... ghoul in popular legend, demonic being believed to inhabit burial grounds and other deserted places. In ... [1 Related Articles] Ghoul, Adnan al- (from the article "Israel") ...most of its top leaders-cofounder Sheik Ahmed Yassin (see Obituaries) on March ... Ghoussoub, Mai Lebanese writer, publisher, and sculptor cofounded (with her longtime friend Andre Gaspard) Al Saqi ... ghrelin (from the article "endocrine system, human") Ghrelin is a 28-amino-acid peptide produced primarily in the stomach, but it is also produced ... ghulam (from the article "'Abbas I") ...Islam, they were trained for service either in the army or in the administration of ... Ghulam Ahmad, Mirza Indian Muslim leader who founded an important Muslim sect known as the Ahmadiyah (q.v.). [3 Related Articles] Ghulam Muhammad (from the article "Bangladesh") ...became governor-general, but the real power lay with Liaquat Ali Khan, the prime minister. When ... ghulat (from the article "Shi'ite") ...the turbulent social and political circumstances of the late 7th and early 8th centuries, political ... Ghundah Zhur (from the article "Iraq") ...an average elevation of about 8,000 feet (2,400 metres), rising to 10,000-11,000 feet (3,000-3,300 metres) ... Ghurdaqah, Al- capital of Al-Bahr al-Ahmar muhafazah (governorate), Egypt. The town is a small Red Sea port, ... Ghurid Sultanate rulers of a kingdom centred in Ghur (modern Ghowr) in west-central Afghanistan from the mid-12th ... [5 Related Articles] Ghurni (from the article "Krishnanagar") ...state, northeastern India, just south of the Jalangi River. A road and rail junction, it ... ghusl in Islam, the "major ablution" that entails washing the entire body in ritually pure water ... Ghutah, al- (from the article "Damascus") ...attracted to a place where a river, the Barada, rising in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains (Al-Jabal ... Gia Long emperor and founder of the Nguyen dynasty, the last dynasty of Vietnam before conquest by ... [9 Related Articles] Giac, Pierre de (from the article "La Tremoille, Georges de") In 1427, with the help of the Constable de Richemont, La Tremoille had King Charles ... Giacconi, Riccardo Italian-born physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2002 for his seminal discoveries ... [2 Related Articles] Giacometti, Alberto Swiss sculptor and painter, best known for his attenuated sculptures of solitary figures. Notable works ... [3 Related Articles] Giacomino da Verona (from the article "Italian literature") ...Satan's control. The Milanese Bonvesin de la Riva, whose Libro delle tre scritture (1274; "Book ... Giacomo (from the article "Equestrian Sports") On the track, Giacomo scored the second biggest upset in the 131-year history of the ... Giacomo Da Lentini senior poet of the Sicilian school and notary at the court of the Holy Roman ... [1 Related Articles] Giacosa, Dante Italian auto designer for Fiat whose small, economical cars, particularly the popular Fiat 500, helped ... Giacosa, Giuseppe Italian dramatist who collaborated with Luigi Illica to write the libretti for three of Giacomo ... Giaever, Ivar Norwegian-born American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki ... Giamatti, A. Bartlett (from the article "United States") ...remains the central national pastime and seems to attract mythmakers as Troy attracted poets. Some ... Giambologna preeminent Mannerist sculptor in Italy during the last quarter of the 16th century. [4 Related Articles] Giambono, Michele leading Venetian Late Gothic painter and mosaicist, the most distinguished member of a large family ... Gian Gastone the last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany (1723-37). Giancana, Sam major American gangster, the top syndicate boss in Chicago from 1957 to 1966, who was ... [1 Related Articles] Giani, Felice (from the article "painting, Western") Rome was indeed the city where the principal Italian painters of this period were most ... Giannetti, Alfredo (from the article "1962: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: Ennio de Concini, Alfredo Giannetti, Pietro Germi for Divorce .Italian StyleAdapted Screenplay: Horton ... Gianni Versace SpA (from the article "Versace, Gianni") ...where he worked for several Italian ateliers, including Genny, Complice, Mario Valentino, and Callaghan. Backed ... Gianni, Lapo (from the article "Italian literature") ...stil novo poets were Guido Guinizelli of Bologna, Guido Cavalcanti, Dante (particularly in the poems ... Giannini, A P American banker, founder of the California-based Bank of Italy-later the Bank of America-which, by the ... [1 Related Articles] Giannino (from the article "John I") His uncle, who succeeded him as Philip V, has been accused of having caused his ... Giannone, Pietro Italian historian whose works opposed papal interference in Naples. [1 Related Articles] Giano della Bella wealthy and aristocratic Florentine citizen who was the leader of a "popular" movement in the ... giant in folklore, huge mythical being, usually humanlike in form. The term derives (through Latin) from ... [1 Related Articles] Giant African land snail (from the article "conservation") In the 20th century, misguided individuals on a number of the Pacific islands introduced an ... giant anaconda (from the article "anaconda") The giant anaconda (Eunectes murinus), also called the green anaconda, sucuri, or water kamudi, is ... giant anteater (from the article "anteater") The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla), sometimes called the ant bear, is the ... giant arborvitae an ornamental and timber evergreen conifer of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to the Pacific ... [1 Related Articles] giant armadillo (from the article "armadillo") ...inches) long, including the tail, the pink fairy armadillo, or lesser pichiciego (Chlamyphorus truncatus), of ... giant baby tears (from the article "Pilea") One of several basket plants called Creeping Charlie, or Swedish Ivy, is P. nummulariifolia, with ... giant Canada goose (from the article "Canada goose") ...flight. The various subspecies range in size from 2 kg (4.4 pounds) in the cackling ... giant cane (from the article "Arundinaria") Arundinaria gigantea-which is known as giant cane, southern cane, or canebrake bamboo-was once widely utilized ... giant centipede (from the article "centipede") ...alternately expanding and contracting the body, in the manner of earthworms. The order Scolopendrida, or ... giant clam (from the article "bivalve") Two groups of bivalves have exploited other food sources. These are the shipworms (family Teredinidae) ... giant cloud rat (from the article "cloud rat") any of six species of slow-moving, nocturnal, tree-dwelling rodents found only in Philippine forests. Giant ... giant condensation nucleus (from the article "condensation nucleus") ...air is highly supersaturated with water vapour. Nuclei that have diameters of several microns and ... giant crab (Macrocheira kaempferi), species of spider crab (q.v.) native to Pacific waters near Japan. It occurs ... [3 Related Articles] giant danio (from the article "danio") ...inches) long. Several are often kept in home aquariums. Among these are the zebra danio, ... giant dioon (from the article "Dioon") ...of cycads (family Zamiaceae). It is the most primitive American genus in the family and ... giant eland (from the article "eland") ...The common eland (Taurotragus oryx; also called the Cape, or Livingstone's, eland) is pale brown, ... giant elephant shrew (from the article "elephant shrew") ...tropical forests (including deciduous lowland and montane forests) with well-drained soils and carpets of leaf ... giant fennel (from the article "fennel") Giant fennel is Ferula communis, a member of the same family, native to the Mediterranean ... giant filbert (from the article "filbert") Choice nuts are produced by two Eurasian trees, the European filbert (Corylus avellana) and the ... giant foxtail (from the article "foxtail") ...verticillata), whose barbed bristles stick to animals and clothing, is also found in those places; ... giant fulmar (from the article "fulmar") The giant fulmar, also known as the giant petrel (Macronectes giganteus), with a length of ... giant golden mole (from the article "golden mole") ...inhabiting forests, savannas, grasslands, rocky hillsides, sandy riverbeds, and sand dunes. Some species reportedly live ... giant gourami (from the article "gourami") ...of the kissing gourami, sole member of the family Helostomatidae, they are of the family ... giant granadilla (from the article "passion-flower") Some highly perfumed passion fruits are eaten as delicate dessert fruits, as the giant granadilla ... giant ground sloth (from the article "sloth") ...ground sloths, once ranged into areas of the North American continent as far as Alaska ... giant grouper (from the article "sea bass") Sea basses vary widely in size, from a few centimetres to a maximum, in such ... giant hogweed (from the article "cow parsnip") ...flowers. H. sphondylium (eltrot, hogweed, or common cow parsnip [see photograph]), native to Eurasia, is ... giant honeybee (from the article "honeybee") ...(see photograph). All other Apis species are confined to Asia. A. florea, the little honeybee, ... giant horsetail (from the article "horsetail") Giant horsetail (E. praealtum) of North America and Asia, which reaches 3.5 metres (11.5 feet), ... giant hummingbird (from the article "hummingbird") All hummingbirds are small, and many are minute. Even the largest, the giant hummingbird (Patagona ... giant kelp (from the article "marine ecosystem") ...to rock in even a gentle ocean surge; as a result this plant is largely ... giant land tortoise (from the article "Testudinidae") ...herbivorous habits. The family is widespread in South America and Africa, and representatives occur in ... giant magnetoresistance (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...of a physical effect that was soon used to reduce the size of computer hard-disk ... Giant Metrewave Wavelength Telescope (from the article "Some important radio telescopes") Indian radio astronomers have built the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) near Pune, India. The ... Giant Mountains mountains, major segment of the Sudeten in northeastern Bohemia and part of the western Czech-Polish ... [4 Related Articles] giant muntjac (from the article "muntjac") A previously unknown species of muntjac was discovered in the Vu Quang Nature Reserve of ... giant nerve fibre (from the article "cephalopod") ...funnel respectively. In active squids the mantle is innervated by giant paired dorsal axons. Much ... giant otter shrew (from the article "otter shrew") The giant otter shrew (Potamogale velox) has the body form, fur texture, ... giant pangolin (from the article "pangolin") Some pangolins, such as the African black-bellied pangolin (Manis longicaudata) and the Chinese pangolin (M. ... giant planet (from the article "Significant milestones in space exploration") Of the eight currently recognized planets of the solar system, the inner four, from Mercury ... giant pouched rat (from the article "African pouched rat") The two species of giant pouched rat (genus Cricetomys) are hunted in the wild and ... giant puffball (from the article "basidiocarp") ...club-shaped structures (basidia). Basidiocarps are found among the members of the phylum Basidiomycota (q.v.), with ... giant purple urchin (from the article "evolution") ...takes place. Gametes of different species may fail to attract one another. For example, the ... giant ragweed (from the article "ragweed") ...borne in small heads, the male in terminal spikes and the female in the upper ... giant reed (Arundo donax), tall perennial grass of the family Poaceae, native to Europe and introduced into ... [3 Related Articles] giant salamander (from the article "salamander") ...four-legged, moist-skinned animals, about 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) long. Many are ... giant schnauzer (from the article "schnauzer") The giant schnauzer, largest and most recent of the three breeds, was developed by Bavarian ... giant sea bass (from the article "jewfish") The Warsaw grouper (E. nigritus), living in the Atlantic between South Carolina and Brazil, and ... giant sensitive plant (from the article "scrubland") ...dominance by, an alien shrub species in a region in which woody plants are absent ... Giant Sequoia National Monument (from the article "Kings Canyon National Park") ...and Cedar groves. The grove at Redwood Mountain, covering 3,100 acres (1,255 hectares) and holding ... giant slalom (from the article "Alpine skiing") ...competitive skiing is divided into the so-called speed and technical events, the former comprising downhill ... giant snowdrop (from the article "snowdrop") Several species, including common snowdrop (G. nivalis) and giant snowdrop (G. elwesii), are cultivated as ... giant solenodon (from the article "solenodon") ...Haiti. It must have become extinct after AD 1500 because the bones were associated with ... giant squid (from the article "cephalopod") Cephalopods range greatly in size. The giant squids (Architeuthis species) are the largest living invertebrates; ... giant star any star having a relatively large radius for its mass and temperature; because the radiating ... [3 Related Articles] giant toad (from the article "Anura") ...development, or live birth (Nectophrynoides only); worldwide, except the eastern part of ... giant water bug any wide and flat-bodied aquatic insect of the family Belostomatidae (order Heteroptera). This family, although ... [1 Related Articles] giant water scorpion any member of the extinct subclass Eurypterida of the arthropod group Merostomata, a lineage of ... [3 Related Articles] giant wild rye (from the article "wild rye") any of a group of about 50 species of perennial forage grasses in the family ... Giant's Causeway promontory of basalt columns along 4 miles (6 km) of the northern coast of Northern ... [1 Related Articles] giant-fibre system (from the article "nervous system") The giant-fibre system-also seen in earthworms and insects-is very well developed in the squid. The ... giant-impact hypothesis (from the article "Moon") ...however, had their own problems. The question remained unresolved even after the scientifically productive Apollo ... Gianti Agreement (1755), in Indonesia, treaty between two members of the Mataram royal family as a result ... [1 Related Articles] Giants' Table (from the article "Bukk Mountains") ...Maximum elevation is reached at Mount Istallosko (3,146 feet [959 m]). The central core of ... Giaquinto, Corrado (from the article "painting, Western") ...He himself supplied large paintings to patrons all over Europe, and his pupils occupied key ... Giardello, Joey American boxer as undisputed world middleweight champion (1963-65), defended his title with a win by ... [1 Related Articles] Giardia lamblia single-celled parasite of the order Diplomonadida. Like those of other diplomonads, the cells of [1 Related Articles] giardiasis (from the article "nutrition common microbes that") ...cells of G. lamblia have two nuclei and eight flagella. The parasite ... Giardini, Felice Italian violinist and composer who influenced the music of 18th-century England. Giauque, William Francis Canadian-born American physical chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1949 for ... [1 Related Articles] Giba (from the article "Volleyball") ...25-22, 25-23, 15-13. Russia, the host of the finals in August, swept Bulgaria 25-20, 25-19, ... Gibb, Barry (from the article "Bee Gees, the") ...Gibb) adapted to changing musical styles while maintaining the high harmonies, elaborate melodies, and ornate ... Gibb, Maurice Ernest British singer, musician, and composer (b. Dec. 22, 1949, Douglas, Isle of Man-d. Jan. 12, ... [1 Related Articles] Gibb, Robin (from the article "Bee Gees, the") ...principal members were Barry Gibb (b. September 1, 1947Isle of Man), Robin Gibb (b. December ... gibber rock- and pebble-littered area of arid or semi-arid country in Australia. The rocks are generally ... [1 Related Articles] Gibberella fujikuroi (from the article "malformation") ...of the normal developmental processes. This is well illustrated in the so-called bakanae, or foolish ...

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