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 labour, hours of ... Lacy, Jeff labour, hours of the proportion of a person's time spent at work. Hours of labour have declined significantly ... [7 Related Articles] Labour, Liberation of first Russian Marxist organization, founded in September 1883 in Geneva, by Georgy Valentinovich Plekhanov and ... [1 Related Articles] Labour, Party of (from the article "Netherlands, The") ...1990s were always dependent on the Christian Democrat parties of the centre. The first postwar ... labour-cost model (from the article "international trade") ...two countries and only two commodities were involved, although the principles are by no means ... labour-market policy (from the article "labour economics") ...to other kinds of work and, often, other places. Though part of this adaptation has ... Labourers, Statute of (from the article "Edward III") ...or France. Fresh visitations of the Black Death in England in 1361 and 1369 intensified ... Labov, William (from the article "linguistics") ...Applying the statistical methods of modern sociology, linguists have worked out investigative procedures sharply different ... Labrador northeastern portion of the Canadian mainland. Together with the island of Newfoundland, it constitutes the ... [2 Related Articles] Labrador City town, southwestern Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, near the Quebec border. It was developed in ... Labrador Current surface oceanic current flowing southward along the west side of the Labrador Sea. Originating at ... [6 Related Articles] Labrador Eskimo (from the article "biblical literature") ...Bible was available in 1862, the work of W. Mason, also a Wesleyan missionary. The ... Labrador Highlands (from the article "Canada") ...In the north the rim is about 7,000 feet (2,000 metres) above sea level, and ... Labrador retriever breed of sporting dog that originated in Newfoundland and was brought to England by fishermen ... Labrador Sea northwestern arm of the North Atlantic Ocean, between Labrador, Canada (southwest), and Greenland (northeast). It ... [1 Related Articles] Labrador tea common name for two species of low-growing, perennial evergreen shrubs in the Rhododendron genus of ... Labrador Trough (from the article "mineral deposit") Lake Superior-type BIFs are known and mined on all continents. Among the most famous are ... labradorite a feldspar mineral in the plagioclase (q.v.) series that is often valued as a gemstone ... [2 Related Articles] Labranda (from the article "ancient Greek civilization") ...with palace and harbour built on monarchical lines that surely owed some inspiration to Dionysius ... Labriola, Antonio philosopher who systematized the study of Marxist socialism in Italy. The first in his nation ... Labrit (from the article "Albret Family") ...celebrated in French history. The lords (sires) of Albret included warriors, cardinals, and kings of ... Labroidea (from the article "perciform") Mutual relationships among species are found in many perciform fishes. The cleaner fishes of the ... Labrouste, Henri French architect important for his early use of iron frame construction. [1 Related Articles] Labrouste, Theodore (from the article "Richardson, Henry Hobson") ...his Louisiana childhood, he studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1860 to ... Labuan island, East Malaysia, 6 miles (10 km) off northwestern Borneo in the South China Sea. ... [2 Related Articles] laburnum any member of the genus (Laburnum) of trees and shrubs having butterfly-like flowers, and belonging ... LaBute, Neil (from the article "Performing Arts") ...unexpected Off-Broadway hit and prompted the New York Times to dub the young playwright a ... labyrinth system of intricate passageways and blind alleys. "Labyrinth" was the name given by the ancient ... labyrinth (from the article "excretion") ...itself. When unraveled the tubule is seen to comprise three or four easily recognizable regions. ... labyrinth fish any of the small tropical fish of the suborder Anabantoidei (order Perciformes). Labyrinth fishes, like ... [1 Related Articles] labyrinthitis inflammation, either acute or chronic, of the inner ear (the labyrinth). It is often a ... [1 Related Articles] labyrinthodont a type of tooth made up of infolded enamel that provides a grooved and strongly ... [3 Related Articles] Labyrinthomorpha (from the article "protozoan") ...Actinosphaerium eichhorni), Acantharea (e.g., Acanthochiasma rubescens), and Phaeodarea (e.g., Planktonella atlantica).Phylum LabyrinthomorphaAn ectoplasmic network of ... Labyrinthulales (from the article "fungus") ...an ectoplasmic network and spindle-shaped or spherical cells that move within the network by gliding ... Labyrinthulomycota (from the article "fungus") ...(a flagellum with short side branches along the central axis, comblike); example genera include Hyphochytrium ... Lac (from the article "Vietnam") Relatively little is known about the origins of the Vietnamese. They first appeared in history ... lac sticky, resinous secretion of the tiny lac insect, Laccifer lacca, which is a species of ... [4 Related Articles] lac dye (from the article "lac") ...on the sacred fig, Ficus religiosa, in India, Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), and elsewhere in Southeast ... Lac Long Quan (from the article "Vietnam") ...father of Chinese agriculture. De Minh and an immortal fairy of the mountains produced Kinh ... Lac Tele Community Reserve (from the article "gorilla") ...once classified by the IUCN as critically endangered, doubled in 2008 with the discovery of ... Lacaille, Nicolas Louis de French astronomer who mapped the constellations visible from the Southern Hemisphere and named many of ... [1 Related Articles] Lacaita, Sir James Italian politician and man of letters who was best known for his part in the ... Lacajahuira River (from the article "Bolivia") ...lake may reach almost to Oruro to the north, fully 30 miles (50 km) from ... Lacan, Jacques French psychoanalyst who gained an international reputation as an original interpreter of Sigmund Freud's work. [2 Related Articles] Lacandon Mayan Indians living in a territory on the Mexico-Guatemala border. Some Lacandon probably live in ... [3 Related Articles] Laccadive Islands (from the article "Lakshadweep") union territory of India. It is a group of some two dozen islands with a ... Laccifer (from the article "insect") ...by the Aztecs and is used today as a dye in foods, makeup, drugs, and ... laccolith in geology, any of a type of igneous intrusion that has split apart two strata, ... [2 Related Articles] lace ornamental, openwork fabric formed by looping, interlacing, braiding (plaiting), or twisting threads. The dividing line ... [2 Related Articles] lace bug any of about 800 species of insects (order Heteroptera) in which the adult, usually less ... [1 Related Articles] lace pattern book collection of decorative lace patterns produced in the 16th and 17th centuries. The earliest known ... lacebark pine (from the article "tree") ...cork of the cork oak (Quercus suber) and the rugged, fissured outer coat of many ... Lacepede, Etienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de (count of) French naturalist and politician who made original contributions to the knowledge of fishes ... laceration (from the article "parturition") Vaginal lacerations usually manifest as profuse bleeding after delivery of the baby. Not all extensive ... Lacerta genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae that includes among its nearly 50 species most ... [1 Related Articles] lacewing any of a group of insects that are characterized by a complex network of wing ... [2 Related Articles] Lacework Nebula (from the article "Cygnus Loop") group of bright nebulae (Lacework Nebula, Veil Nebula, and the nebulae NGC 6960, 6979, 6992, ... Lachaise, Gaston French-born American sculptor known for his massively proportioned female nudes. [1 Related Articles] Lachen Bridge (from the article "bridge") ...striving to use less material and keep costs down, he continually played with the forms ... Lachenbruch, Arthur Herold (from the article "permafrost") If the mean annual air temperature is the same in two areas, the permafrost will ... Laches a rich Athenian aristocrat who played a leading part in the first phase of the ... Lachine former city, Montreal region, southern Quebec province, Canada. Until 2002 it was a western suburb ... Lachine Canal (from the article "Saint Lawrence River and Seaway") For the navigation portion of the project, the Canadian government built two canals and five ... Lachish (from the article "epigraphy") ...of Jeroboam II of Israel (8th century BC), which record names, families, and administrative and ... Lachlan River chief tributary of the Murrumbidgee River, in New South Wales, Australia. Rising in the Great ... Lachmann, Karl (Konrad Friedrich Wilhelm) German founder of modern textual criticism, or the methodology of determining the definitive text of ... [4 Related Articles] Lachmina Singh (from the article "Kathmandu") ..."wood"; mandir, "temple" or "edifice") said to have been built from the ... Lachmon, Jaggernath Surinamese politician (b. Sept. 21, 1916, Nieuw Nickerie, Dutch Guiana [now Suriname]-d. Oct. 19, 2001, ... lachrymal bone (from the article "skull") ...the temporal and maxillary bones to form the zygomatic arch below the eye socket; the ... Lachs, Manfred Polish writer, educator, diplomat, and jurist who profoundly influenced the postwar development of international law. [1 Related Articles] Lachung village, northeastern Sikkim state, northeastern India, on the Lachung River, a tributary of the Tista. ... Lacistemataceae (from the article "Malpighiales") Lacistemataceae is a small family of 2 genera and 14 species native to the tropical ... Lack, David Lambert British ornithologist, best known as the author of The Life of the Robin (1943) and ... Lackawanna city, Erie county, western New York, U.S., on Lake Erie, adjoining Buffalo (north). Originally part ... Lackawanna county, northeastern Pennsylvania, U.S., bordered by Choke Creek to the southwest and the Lehigh River ... Laclede Liguest, Pierre (from the article "Chouteau, Auguste") Chouteau was an infant when his mother separated from his father. In 1757 she formed ... Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de French soldier and writer, author of the classic Les Liaisons dangereuses, one of the earliest ... [1 Related Articles] Lacock (from the article "Western architecture") ...in the form of a mock Gothic castle at nearby Edgehill, the idea of which ... Lacombe, Friar Francois (from the article "Guyon, Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte, Madame Du Chesnoy") ...a family, but, at the death of her husband in 1676, she turned completely toward ... Laconia nomos (department) and historic region in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese, southern Greece. The ... [1 Related Articles] Laconia city, seat of Belknap county, central New Hampshire, U.S., on the Winnipesaukee River and bordering ... Laconia, Gulf of large, deep gulf on the southern Ionian Sea embraced by the two southernmost peninsulas of ... Lacordaire, Henri leading ecclesiastic in the Roman Catholic revival in France following the Napoleonic period. Lacoste, Rene French tennis player who was a leading competitor in the late 1920s. As one of ... [2 Related Articles] Lacoste, Robert (from the article "Algeria") ...to prepare the way for the new governor-general, Europeans bombarded him with tomatoes. Yielding to ... LaCour, P. (from the article "turbine") The development of the electric generator aroused some interest in the wind as a "free" ... Lacq village, centre of an industrial complex in the Pyrenees-Atlantiques departement, Bearn region, ... lacquer (from the article "painting") Lacquer has been a traditional Chinese medium for more than 2,000 years. It combines painting ... lacquerwork certain metallic and wood objects to which coloured and frequently opaque varnishes called lacquer are ... [18 Related Articles] Lacretelle, Jacques de French novelist, the third member of his family to be elected to the French Academy ... Lacretelle, Jean-Charles-Dominique de, The Younger French historian and journalist, a pioneer in the historical study of the French Revolution. lacrimal nerve (from the article "nervous system, human") The ophthalmic nerve passes through the wall of the cavernous sinus and enters the orbit ... lacrimal reflex (from the article "nervous system, human") ...pupillary musculature by autonomic nerves that supply the eye. Another reflex involving the eye is ... lacrimal sac (from the article "dacryocystitis") inflammation and infection of the lacrimal sac, usually stemming from obstruction of the flow of ... Lacroix Peak (from the article "Martinique") ...of Martinique takes the form of three principal massifs. These are an active volcano, Mount ... Lacroix, Alfred French mineralogist whose Mineraux des roches (1888; "The Minerals of Rocks"), written with the geologist ... lacrosse (French: "the crosier"), competitive sport, modern version of the North American Indian game of baggataway, ... [3 Related Articles] lactam (from the article "carboxylic acid") Cyclic amides are called lactams. Their common names are derived in a manner similar to ... Lactantius Christian apologist and one of the most reprinted of the Latin Church Fathers, whose Divinae ... [4 Related Articles] Lactarius (from the article "Agaricales") ...the chanterelle; the similarity emphasizes the need for careful identification by the mushroom gatherer. Russula ... Lactarius deliciosus (from the article "Agaricales") ...gatherer. Russula has about 750 species, many with caps of red, orange, yellow, or green. ... lactase any of a group of enzymes found in the small intestine, liver, and kidney of ... [4 Related Articles] lactase deficiency (from the article "digestive system disease") Diarrhea is common in those who are deficient in lactase, the enzyme that splits lactose ... lactate (from the article "metabolism") ...in reaction [10]. In certain bacteria (e.g., so-called lactic acid bacteria) or in muscle cells ... lactate dehydrogenase (from the article "metabolism") ...(e.g., so-called lactic acid bacteria) or in muscle cells functioning vigorously in the absence of ... lactation secretion and yielding of milk by females after giving birth. The milk is produced by ... [5 Related Articles] lacteal (from the article "Aselli, Gaspare") Italian physician who contributed to the knowledge of the circulation of body fluids by discovering ... lactic acid an organic compound belonging to the family of carboxylic acids, present in certain plant juices, ... [14 Related Articles] lactic-acid bacterium any member of several genera of gram-positive, rod- or sphere-shaped bacteria that produce lactic acid ... [1 Related Articles] lactide (from the article "carboxylic acid") ...acids all lose water upon heating, although the products are not the same. The 2-hydroxy ... Lactobacillus a genus of rod-shaped, gram-positive, non-spore-forming bacteria of the family Lactobacillaceae, widely distributed in animal ... [2 Related Articles] Lactobacillus acidophilus (from the article "dairy product") Many yogurt manufacturers have added Lactobacillus acidophilus to their bacterial cultures. L. acidophilus has possible ... Lactobacillus casei (from the article "nutrition") ...of amino acid antagonism, in which inhibition of growth by one amino acid is counteracted ... lactone any of a class of cyclic organic esters, usually formed by reaction of a carboxylic ... [2 Related Articles] Lactoris fernandeziana (from the article "Piperales") ...family, includes both woody vines and herbaceous species. Compared to other Piperales, the flowers are ... lactose carbohydrate containing one molecule of glucose and one of galactose linked together. Composing about 2 ... [11 Related Articles] lactose intolerance (from the article "dairy product") ...by the enzyme lactase. The glucose and galactose can then be absorbed from the digestive ... lactose-reduced milk (from the article "dairy product") Many specialty milks are now available (even in remote areas) as a result of the ... lactosuria (from the article "renal system") ...In some healthy persons, however, there may also be an abnormal amount of glucose in ... lactotroph (from the article "endocrine system, human") ...serving multiple roles in mediating the care of progeny (sometimes called the "parenting" hormone). Prolactin ... lactovegetarianism (from the article "vegetarianism") ...Vegetarians who exclude animal products altogether (and likewise avoid animal-derived products such as leather, silk, ... Lactuceae (from the article "Asterales") Radiate, discoid, and disciform heads occur in various tribes of Asteraceae. The ligulate head, on ... lacustrine ecosystem any pond or lake viewed as an ecosystem. A riverine, or lotic, ecosystem, by contrast, ... [3 Related Articles] lacy period (from the article "glassware") The first 25 years of pressed glass, 1825 to 1850, are referred to by collectors ... Lacy, Franz Moritz, Count von field marshal who served under the empress Maria Theresa and her successors and who reorganized ... Lacy, Henry de, 3rd Earl of Lincoln (from the article "Denbigh") market town, historic and present county of Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych), Wales. After the English king ... Lacy, Jeff (from the article "Boxing") IBF super middleweight titleholder Jeff Lacy (U.S.) impressed critics and fans alike with a trio ...

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