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 gibberellic acid ... Gilbert & George gibberellic acid (from the article "beer") Activated by water and oxygen, the root embryo of the barleycorn secretes a plant hormone ... gibberellin any of a group of plant hormones that occur in seeds, young leaves, and roots. ... [7 Related Articles] gibbon any of a dozen or so species of small apes found in the tropical forests ... [8 Related Articles] Gibbon, Edward English rationalist historian and scholar best known as the author of The History of the ... [10 Related Articles] Gibbon, John H., Jr. (from the article "artificial heart") The first successful clinical use of a heart-lung machine was reported by American surgeon John ... Gibbon, Lardner (from the article "Amazon River") ...on the Amazon River. An official expedition was sent from the United States to Amazonia ... 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[9 Related Articles] Gibbs, James Scottish architect whose synthesis of Italian and English modes, exemplified in his church of St. ... Gibbs, Sir Harry Talbot Australian judge (b. Feb. 7, 1917, Sydney, Australia-d. June 25, 2005, Sydney), served 17 years ... Gibbs, William Francis naval architect and marine engineer who directed the mass production of U.S. cargo ships during ... Gibbs-Duhem equation thermodynamic relationship expressing changes in the chemical potential of a substance (or mixture of substances ... [1 Related Articles] gibbsite the mineral aluminum hydroxide [Al(OH)3] an important constituent of bauxite (q.v.) deposits, particularly those in ... [3 Related Articles] Gibeah ancient town of the Israelite tribe of Benjamin, located just north of Jerusalem. The site, ... Gibeon important town of ancient Palestine, located northwest of Jerusalem. Its inhabitants submitted voluntarily to Joshua ... [1 Related Articles] Gibney, Frank Bray American author and journalist (b. Sept. 21, 1924, Scranton, Pa.-d. April 9, 2006, Santa Barbara, ... Gibney, Sheridan (from the article "1936: Other Winners") Screenplay: Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney for The Story of Louis PasteurOriginal Story: Pierre Collings ... Gibraltar British overseas territory occupying a narrow peninsula of Spain's southern Mediterranean coast, just northeast of ... [16 Related Articles] Gibraltar candytuft (from the article "Gibraltar") There are more than 500 species of small flowering plants on Gibraltar, and the Gibraltar ... Gibraltar remains Neanderthal fossils and associated materials found at Gibraltar, on the southern tip of Spain. The ... Gibraltar, Rock of (from the article "Barbary macaque") ...face. Adult males weigh about 16 kg (35 pounds), adult females 11 kg. The species ... Gibraltar, Strait of channel connecting the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, lying between southernmost Spain and northwesternmost ... [2 Related Articles] Gibran, Khalil Lebanese American philosophical essayist, novelist, poet, and artist. [4 Related Articles] Gibson Desert arid zone in the interior of Western Australia. The desert lies south of the Tropic ... [1 Related Articles] Gibson girl (from the article "Gibson, Charles Dana") artist and illustrator, whose Gibson girl drawings delineated the American ideal of femininity at the ... Gibson v. Florida Legislative Commission (from the article "legislative investigative powers") In Gibson v. Florida Legislative Commission (1963) the Supreme Court held that a state legislative ... Gibson, Althea American tennis player who dominated women's competition in the late 1950s. She was the first ... [1 Related Articles] Gibson, Bob American professional National League (NL) right-handed baseball pitcher, who was at his best in crucial ... [1 Related Articles] Gibson, Charles Dana artist and illustrator, whose Gibson girl drawings delineated the American ideal of femininity at the ... [1 Related Articles] Gibson, Donald Eugene American singer-songwriter (b. April 3, 1928, Shelby, N.C.-d. Nov. 17, 2003, Nashville, Tenn.), was one ... Gibson, Edmund (from the article "United Kingdom") ...popular loyalty, and assaults on its position would arouse nationwide discontent. Walpole therefore determined to ... Gibson, Eleanor J. (from the article "perception") ...learning. Disputes now focus on the process of perceptual learning itself. Most theoretical alternatives reflect ... Gibson, J. L. (from the article "ice hockey") ...Thus the first acknowledged professional hockey team in the world was formed in the United ... Gibson, James J. (from the article "epistemology") ...realists they held that, rather than mental entities, sense data might be physical parts of ... Gibson, John British Neoclassical sculptor who tried to revive the ancient Greek practice of tinting marble sculptures. [1 Related Articles] Gibson, Josh American professional baseball player called the black Babe Ruth, one of the greatest players kept ... [6 Related Articles] Gibson, Kenneth A. (from the article "Newark") ...in the city from less than one-fifth in 1950 to about three-fifths by the 1990s. ... Gibson, Kirk (from the article "Los Angeles Dodgers") ...who became the first player to win both the Cy Young and Rookie of the ... Gibson, Mel American-born Australian actor, who became an international star with a series of action-adventure films in ... [6 Related Articles] Gibson, Wilfred Wilson British poet who drew his inspiration from the workaday life of ordinary provincial English families. Gibson, William American writer of science fiction who was the leader of the genre's "cyberpunk" movement. [1 Related Articles] Gibson, William Hamilton American illustrator, author, and naturalist whose well-received images reached a large audience through the popular ... Gichtel, Johann Georg Protestant visionary and theosophist, who promoted the quasi-pantheistic teaching of the early 17th-century Lutheran mystic ... gidayu (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...with different weight bridges and design of plectrums. The voice quality of the singers is ... Giddens, Anthony (from the article "social structure") ...identical, meanings, including social network, social figuration, and social system. Starting with his work in ... giddha traditional pastoral dance performed by women of the Punjab, India, and Pakistan at festival times ... [3 Related Articles] Giddings, Franklin H. one of the scholars responsible for transforming American sociology from a branch of philosophy into ... Giddings, J. Calvin (from the article "chromatography") In 1964 the American chemist J. Calvin Giddings, referring to a theory largely worked out ... Giddy, Davies (from the article "Davy, Sir Humphry, Baronet") ...and somewhat impetuous, Davy had plans for a volume of poems, but he began the ... Gide, Andre French writer, humanist, and moralist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947. [7 Related Articles] Gideon a judge and hero-liberator of Israel whose deeds are described in the Book of Judges. ... [2 Related Articles] Gideon v. Wainwright (from the article "assigned counsel") ...types of offenses. Although Great Britain provided legal aid earlier (1949) than the United States, ... Gideons International organization of Protestant business and professional lay men that places copies of the Bible or ... Gidley, Philip (from the article "Melbourne") ...1802, when Lieutenant John Murray and Captain Matthew Flinders visited the bay within a few ... Giedroyc, Jerzy Russian-born Polish editor and publisher (b. July 27, 1906, Minsk, Russia [now in Belarus]-d. Sept. ... Gielgud, Sir John English actor, producer, and director, who is considered one of the greatest performers of his ... [4 Related Articles] Giemsa smear (from the article "herpes simplex") ...woman near term, cesarean section is usually recommended. HSV-2 infections have also been associated by ... Gierek, Edward Communist Party organizer and leader in Poland, who served as first secretary from 1970 to ... [2 Related Articles] Gierke, Otto Friedrich von legal philosopher who was a leader of the Germanist school of historical jurisprudence in opposition ... [2 Related Articles] Giers, Nikolay Karlovich statesman and foreign minister of Russia during the reign of Alexander III (ruled 1881-94). He ... Giesbert, Franz-Olivier (from the article "Literature") The most troubling account of a father-son relationship, however, was that described in well-known journalist ... Giesebrecht, Wilhelm von German historian, author of the first general history of medieval Germany based on modern critical ... Gieseking, Walter German pianist acclaimed for his interpretations of works by Classical, Romantic, and early 20th-century composers. Gieseler, Johann Karl Ludwig (from the article "doctrine and dogma") Most modern historians, however, have stressed their difference. According to J.K.L. Gieseler, a 19th-century German ... Giessen city, Hessen Land (state), west-central Germany. It lies on the Lahn River ... GIF (from the article "data compression") ...system), StuffIt (on Apple computers), and gzip (on computers running UNIX); all use lossless compression. ... Giffard, Henri (from the article "airship") The first successful airship was constructed by Henri Giffard of France in 1852. Giffard built ... Gifford, Edward W. American anthropologist, archaeologist, and student of California Indian ethnography who developed the University of California ... Gifford, William English satirical poet, classical scholar, and early editor of 17th-century English playwrights, best known as ... [2 Related Articles] gift in law, a present or thing bestowed gratuitously. The term is generally restricted to mean ... [4 Related Articles] gift exchange the transfer of goods or services that, although regarded as voluntary by the people involved, ... [4 Related Articles] gift tax a levy imposed on gratuitous transfers of property-i.e., those made without compensation. Provisions for such ... giftbook an illustrated literary miscellany, or collection of verse, tales, and sketches. The giftbook was popular ... gifted child any child who is naturally endowed with a high degree of general mental ability or ... [5 Related Articles] Gifu city and prefecture (ken), central Honshu, Japan, occupying an area of 4,091 sq mi (10,596 ... Gifu (from the article "Gifu") Gifu city is noted for paper lantern manufacture and for sweetfish (ayu) fishing with cormorants ... gig any of several members of a class of light, open, two-wheeled, one-horse carriages, popular in ... giga (from the article "gigue") ...formal ballet style. The French gigue was a lively dance often in 64 or 68 ... gigaelectron volt (from the article "particle accelerator") ...than 10,000 volts, giving them energies above 10,000 eV, or 10 kiloelectron volts (keV). Many ... gigaku (from the article "gigaku mask") grotesque wooden mask worn by participants in gigaku, a type of Japanese dance drama. Gigaku ... gigaku mask grotesque wooden mask worn by participants in gigaku, a type of Japanese dance drama. Gigaku ... [1 Related Articles] Giganti, Sala dei (from the article "Palazzo del Te") ...main axis. The principal rooms are the Sala di Psiche, with erotic frescoes of the ... gigantism excessive growth in stature, well beyond the average for the individual's heredity and environmental conditions. ... [4 Related Articles] Gigantocypris (from the article "photoreception") ...of copepod and ostracod crustaceans possess eyes with mirrors, but the mirrors are so small ... Gigantocypris agassizi (from the article "mussel shrimp") Mussel shrimp are only about 1-2 mm (about 0.04-0.08 inch) long. Common genera include Cypris ... Gigantomachy (from the article "giant") ...creatures often depicted with men's bodies terminating in serpentine legs. According to the Greek poet ... Gigantopithecus genus of large fossil ape, of which two species are known: Gigantopithecus bilaspurensis, which lived ... [1 Related Articles] Gigantopithecus blacki (from the article "human evolution") ...primates diversified. In Eurasia, contrarily, hominins disappeared by the beginning of the Pliocene. The only ... Gigantoraptor erlianensis (from the article "Life Sciences") ...180 cm (70 in) in length. Analysis of the specimen suggested that the animal belonged ... Gigantoscorpio willsi (from the article "scorpion") ...the Caribbean Microtityus fundorai, is 12 mm (0.5 inch). A few precursors ... Gigli, Beniamino one of the greatest Italian operatic tenors of the first quarter of the 20th century. Gigli, Rina (from the article "Gigli, Beniamino") ...taste had flaws and his acting was somewhat stiff, his natural musicianship and the charm ... Giglio Island mountainous, volcanic islet of the Tuscan Archipelago, in the Tyrrhenian Sea, opposite Mount Argentario, on ... Gignoux, Maurice-Irenee-Marie French geologist who contributed to knowledge of the stratigraphy of the Mediterranean during the Pliocene ... gigue popular Baroque dance that originated in the British Isles and became widespread in aristocratic circles ... [2 Related Articles] Giguere, Roland (from the article "Canadian literature") ...(1948; Total Refusal). Poet and playwright Claude Gauvreau, one of the signatories of the manifesto, ... Gijon city, Asturias provincia (province) and comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), ... [2 Related Articles] Gijsen, Marnix (from the article "Belgian literature") ...and Het pact der triumviren ("The Pact of the Triumvirate")-combine stylistic sophistication with a cool ... Gikatilla, Joseph major Spanish Kabbalist whose writings influenced those of Moses de Leon, presumed author of the ... [1 Related Articles] Gil de Hontanon, Juan celebrated Spanish architect who was maestro mayor (official architect) of the Segovia ... Gil de Hontanon, Rodrigo celebrated Spanish architect who is perhaps best known for his treatise on architecture. He also ... [1 Related Articles] Gil Robles, Jose Maria Catholic politician and leader during the Second Spanish Republic (1931-36). [1 Related Articles] Gil y Carrasco, Enrique (from the article "Spanish literature") ...major honours, Spanish Romanticism also produced many novels-but none that rivaled those of Scottish contemporary ... Gil, Gilberto (from the article "Performing Arts") ...music and taking note of the rock music revolution in the United States and Britain, ... Gila Bend town, Maricopa county, southwestern Arizona, U.S., 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Phoenix. The Gila ... Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument archaeological site in southwestern New Mexico, U.S., in the Gila National Forest near the headwaters ... Gila monster one of two species of North American venomous lizards in the genus [1 Related Articles] Gila National Forest (from the article "Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument") archaeological site in southwestern New Mexico, U.S., in the Gila National Forest near the headwaters ... Gila River river rising in southwestern New Mexico, U.S., in the Elk Mountains, near the Gila Cliff ... [3 Related Articles] Gila, Miguel Spanish comedian and film director (b. March 12, 1919, Madrid, Spain-d. July 13, 2001, Barcelona, ... Gilan ostan (province), northwestern Iran, bounded by the Caspian Sea on the north, Azerbaijan on the ... Gilan-Mazanderan Lowland (from the article "Caspian Sea") ...and Aras rivers forms the Kura-Aras Lowland along the western shore of the southern Caspian. ... Gilbert (from the article "Jamaica") ...despite the boost it received from low prices on oil imports. In 1986 the PNP ... Gilbert & George British collaborative team made up of Gilbert Proesch (b. Sept. 17, 1943, Dolomites, Italy) , ...

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