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 Hermanns Mountain ... Herrera, Enrique Olaya Hermanns Mountain (from the article "Vienna") Vienna reaches across the Danube on one side and climbs into the Vienna Woods on ... Hermannsdenkmal (from the article "Teutoburg Forest, Battle of the") ...discovery of the remains of a Roman army that was on the march has placed ... Hermans, Willem Frederik Dutch satirical novelist who vehemently attacked the ills and hypocrisies of society. [1 Related Articles] Hermantasena (from the article "Sena Dynasty") Indian dynasty ruling in Bengal in the 11th and 12th centuries. Their ancestors came from ... Hermanubis (from the article "Anubis") ...first employed on the corpse of Osiris. In his later role as the "conductor of ... hermaphrodite caliper (from the article "caliper") A hermaphrodite caliper has one leg bent inward and one straight leg ending in a ... hermaphroditism the condition of having both male and female reproductive organs. Hermaphroditic plants (most flowering plants) ... [36 Related Articles] Hermaphroditus in Greek mythology, a being partly male, partly female. The idea of such a being ... Hermas (from the article "Shepherd of Hermas") a 2nd-century Christian writing that is one of the works representing the Apostolic Fathers, Greek ... Hermenegild, Saint Visigothic prince, son of Leovigild of Spain. [2 Related Articles] hermeneutics the study of the general principles of biblical interpretation. For both Jews and Christians throughout ... [5 Related Articles] hermeneutics (from the article "Indian philosophy") ...of Vedic injunctions. Though this is the primary purpose of the system, this task also ... Hermes Greek god, son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia; often identified with the Roman Mercury ... [12 Related Articles] Hermes Trismegistos (from the article "Hermetic writings") works of revelation on occult, theological, and philosophical subjects ascribed to the Egyptian god Thoth ... Hermes, Georg German Roman Catholic theologian, originator of the theological system called Hermesianism, which attempted to demonstrate ... Hermetic writings works of revelation on occult, theological, and philosophical subjects ascribed to the Egyptian god Thoth ... [8 Related Articles] Hermeticism modernist poetic movement originating in Italy in the early 20th century, whose works were characterized ... [1 Related Articles] hermeticity (from the article "industrial glass") ...characteristics of the components to be sealed, the wetting and adhesion characteristics of molten glass ... Hermetism (from the article "Hermetic writings") ...Greek and Latin, probably dates from the middle of the 1st to the end of ... Hermia (from the article "Midsummer Night's Dream, A") Theseus, duke of Athens, has conquered Hippolyta, the Amazon queen, and is about to wed ... Hermias (from the article "Antiochus III") The son of Seleucus II, Antiochus succeeded his brother Seleucus III as king. He retained ... Herminone (from the article "Germanic peoples") ...to their ancient songs the Germans were descended from the three sons of Mannus, the ... Hermione (from the article "Winter's Tale, The") ...(1588) by Robert Greene. The play opens with Leontes, the king of Sicilia, entertaining his ... hermit (from the article "hermit") any of several hummingbird species of the genus Phaethornis. See hummingbird.nest structure hermit one who retires from society, primarily for religious reasons, and lives in solitude. In Christianity ... [5 Related Articles] hermit crab any crab of the families Paguridae and Coenobitidae (order Decapoda of the class Crustacea). These ... [5 Related Articles] hermit ibis (from the article "ibis") The hermit ibis (Geronticus eremita), an endangered species, inhabits northern Africa and the Middle East. ... Hermit Peak (from the article "San Miguel") county, north-central New Mexico, U.S. The northwestern portion of the county lies at the southern ... hermit thrush (from the article "nightingale thrush") ...to Bolivia. In more northerly species, sometimes placed in the genus Hylocichla, the eye rims ... Hermitage art museum in St. Petersburg founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great as a court ... [4 Related Articles] Hermitage of Jesus (from the article "Murcia") ...a more modern, southern sector. The 14th-century Gothic-style Cathedral of Santa Maria was restored in ... Hermite, Charles French mathematician whose work in the theory of functions includes the application of elliptic functions ... [1 Related Articles] Hermocrates leader of the moderate democrats of Syracuse, Sicily; he played an important role in saving ... Hermodice carunculata (from the article "fireworm") ...marine worms of the class Polychaeta (phylum Annelida), including species of the genera Hermodice and ... Hermogenes of Priene (from the article "Western architecture") ...the more flamboyant Corinthian forms, and at any rate most new temple building was done ... Hermon, Mount snowcapped ridge on the Lebanon-Syria border west of Damascus. It rises to 9,232 feet (2,814 ... [4 Related Articles] Hermopolis Magna ancient town of Upper Egypt, located on the Nile River south of Al-Minya in Al-Minya ... [1 Related Articles] Hermosillo city, capital of Sonora estado (state), northwestern Mexico. It is situated in ... [1 Related Articles] Hermoupolis chief port of the island of Syros (part of the Cyclades group in the Aegean ... [1 Related Articles] Hermunduri (from the article "Germany") ...Beowulf. This warrior elite followed the cult of a war god, such as Tyr (Tiu) ... Hern, Maj. William Richard British racehorse trainer (b. Jan. 20, 1921, Holford, Somerset, Eng.-d. May 22, 2002, Oxford, Eng.), ... Hernandez Colon, Rafael Puerto Rican politician and lawyer, who served as governor of Puerto Rico (1973-77; 1985-93). [2 Related Articles] Hernandez de Cordoba, Francisco (from the article "Yucatan Peninsula") The modern history of the Yucatan, long called Mayapan by the Mexicans, began with the ... Hernandez Martinez, Maximiliano (from the article "Gabriel Garcia Marquez: Nobel Lecture") The coffee barons' direct control of the presidency ultimately came to an end as a ... Hernandez, Amalia Mexican folk dancer and choreographer (b. 1917, Mexico City, Mex.-d. Nov. 4, 2000, Mexico City), ... Hernandez, Felisberto one of the most original Latin American short-story writers. Hernandez is known for his bizarre ... Hernandez, Gregorio Spanish sculptor whose works are among the finest examples of polychromed wood sculpture created during ... [1 Related Articles] Hernandez, Jose Argentine poet, best known for his depiction of the gauchos. 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(from the article "Lincoln, Abraham") ...the new state capital, which offered many more opportunities for a lawyer than New Salem ... Herndon, William Lewis (from the article "Amazon River") ...in 1863, is still regarded as one of the great classics on the Amazon River. ... Herne city, North Rhine-Westphalia Land (state), western Germany. It lies at the junction ... Herne Bay town, Canterbury City district, on the north coast of the administrative and historic county of ... Herne The Hunter phantom hunter who haunts Windsor Great Park, impersonated by Falstaff in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives ... Herne, James A. U.S. playwright who helped bridge the gap between 19th-century melodrama and the 20th-century drama of ... hernia protrusion of an organ or tissue from its normal cavity. The protrusion may extend outside ... [2 Related Articles] herniated disk displacement of part of the rubbery centre, or nucleus, of a cartilaginous disk from between ... 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Herod Roman-appointed king of Judaea (37-4 BC), who built many fortresses, aqueducts, theatres, and other public ... [18 Related Articles] Herod Agrippa I king of Judaea (AD 41-44), a clever diplomat who through his friendship with the Roman ... [4 Related Articles] Herod Agrippa II king of Chalcis in southern Lebanon from AD 50 and tetrarch of Batanaea and Trachonitis ... [1 Related Articles] Herod Antipas son of Herod I the Great who became tetrarch of Galilee and ruled throughout Jesus ... [6 Related Articles] Herod Archelaus son and principal heir of Herod I the Great as king of Judaea, deposed by ... [4 Related Articles] Herod's Gate (from the article "Jerusalem") ...chiefly to the period of the Crusades but in some places to Byzantine, Herodian, and ... Herodas Greek poet, probably of the Aegean island of Cos, author of mimes-short dramatic scenes in ... 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[5 Related Articles] heroic prose narrative prose tales that are the counterpart of heroic poetry in subject, outlook, and dramatic ... heroic stanza in poetry, a rhymed quatrain in heroic verse with rhyme scheme abab. The form was ... heroic verse the verse form in which the heroic poetry of a particular language is, or according ... heroin highly addictive morphine derivative that makes up a large portion of the illicit traffic in ... [5 Related Articles] Herold, Christian Friedrich (from the article "pottery") ...Blumen) as well as native flowers (deutsche Blumen) taken from books of botanical illustrations. A ... Herold, Ferdinand French composer of early romantic operas who stands midway between D.-F.-E. Auber and Jacques Offenbach ... [1 Related Articles] heron any of about 60 species of long-legged wading birds of the subfamily Ardeinae of the ... [5 Related Articles] Heron Island coral formation of the Capricorn Group, in the southern Great Barrier Reef, in the Coral ... Heron of Alexandria Greek geometer and inventor whose writings preserved for posterity a knowledge of the mathematics and ... [4 Related Articles] Heron, Patrick British painter and critic, known for his use of light and vivid colour, who was ... heronry (from the article "heron") ...and swamps, catching frogs, fishes, and other aquatic animals. They nest in rough platforms of ... Herophilus Alexandrian physician who was an early performer of public dissections on human cadavers; and often ... [7 Related Articles] Herostratus (from the article "Artemis, Temple of") at Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The great temple was built ... Heroult furnace (from the article "Heroult, Paul-Louis-Toussaint") Heroult is also noted for the Heroult electric furnace named for him, which found widespread ... Heroult, Paul-Louis-Toussaint French chemist who invented the electric-arc furnace-widely used in making steel-and, independently of the simultaneous ... [2 Related Articles] herpangina mild viral infection caused by several enteroviruses, most of which are in the subgroup Coxsackie ... herpes simplex infection, of either the skin or the genitalia, caused by either of two strains of ... [5 Related Articles] herpes simplex virus (from the article "Stern, Elizabeth") Stern published in 1963 what is believed to be the first case report linking a ... herpes simplex virus type 1 (from the article "herpes simplex") infection, of either the skin or the genitalia, caused by either of two strains of ... herpes simplex virus type 2 (from the article "herpes simplex") ...two strains of the herpes simplex virus. Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is transmitted ... herpes zoster acute viral infection affecting the skin and nerves, characterized by groups of small blisters appearing ... [5 Related Articles] herpes zoster virus (from the article "Health and Disease") In May the FDA licensed the first vaccine against shingles, an often-painful nerve-cell infection characterized ... Herpestes (from the article "mongoose") ...Herpestinae 32 species in 14 genera of Africa, southern Asia, and southern Europe.Genus Herpestinae (from the article "mongoose") ...species in 18 genera belonging to 2 subfamilies of Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia, and southern ... herpesvirus (from the article "virus") ...respiratory and gastrointestinal pathogens of humans, and some types cause malignant transformation of cultured cells ... herpetology scientific study of amphibians and reptiles. Like most other fields of vertebrate biology (e.g., ichthyology, ... Herr, Herbert Thacker U.S. engineer who made important improvements in steam turbines. Herr, Michael (from the article "American literature") ...flourish by journalists as different as Tom Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson. The surreal atmosphere ... Herrad (from the article "encyclopaedia") Probably the first encyclopaedia to be compiled by a woman, the Hortus deliciarum of the ... Herrengrund cup (from the article "metalwork") Another type of copper vessel, known as a "Herrengrund cup," is purely ornamental and resembles ... Herrenhaus (from the article "Prussia") ...constitution by decree in February 1850, a constitution which was to survive unchanged until 1918. ... Herrenvolk (from the article "National Socialism") ...which thereby would allow Germany to acquire sufficient territory to become economically self-sufficient and militarily ... Herrera Campins, Luis politician who served as president of Venezuela from 1979 to 1984. [1 Related Articles] Herrera y Reissig, Julio Uruguayan poet who was one of the most original poets writing in Spanish in the ... Herrera, Antonio (from the article "Armenia") ...transfer point for road traffic to Bogota via Ibague (30 miles [50 km] southeast). Armenia ... Herrera, Benjamin (from the article "Thousand Days, The War of a") ...and expropriation of property, the Conservatives offered amnesty and political reform on June 12, 1902. ... Herrera, Diego Garcia de (from the article "Ifni") ...African enclave of Spain and now part of the southwestern region of Morocco, along the ... Herrera, Enrique Olaya (from the article "Colombia") ...precipitously in value during the worldwide Great Depression of the 1930s. This economic collapse had ...

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