Myrddin Wyllt (from the article "Celtic literature") ...praise of Geraint, son of Erbin; and a fragment of what may be an early ...
Myriad Gardens (from the article "Oklahoma City") Myriad Botanical Gardens (1988), a 17-acre (7-hectare) recreational park located downtown, has gardens, an amphitheatre, ...
myriandros polis (from the article "ancient Greek civilization") ...detectable effect on the world around him (he thought that communities should be divided into ...
Myriangiales (from the article "fungus") ...in a locule; included in subclass Dothideomycetidae; example genera include Dothidea , Dothiora , Sydowia , and Stylodothis . Order ...
myriapod any member of several closely related groups of the invertebrate phylum Arthropoda, including the extinct ... [1 Related Articles]
myriarchy (from the article "Tibet") A series of Sa-skya lamas, living at the Mongol court, thus became viceroys of Tibet ...
Myricaceae the wax myrtle family of dicotyledonous flowering plants, in the beech order (Fagales), found throughout ... [1 Related Articles]
Myriocephalon, Battle of (September 1176), victory of the Seljuq Turks under Qilich Arslan II over the Byzantine army ... [2 Related Articles]
Myriophyllum aquaticum (from the article "water milfoil") ...freshwater plants with whorls of feathery leaves and emergent, wind-pollinated flowers. Some species are cultivated ...
myristic acid (from the article "common saturated fatty acids") ...meaning "goat." Some hard cheeses (e.g., Swiss cheese) contain natural propanoic acid. The higher even-numbered ...
Myristicaceae the nutmeg family of the magnolia order (Magnoliales), best known for the fragrant, spicy seeds ... [4 Related Articles]
Myrivilis, Stratis (from the article "Greek literature") The Generation of 1930 produced some remarkable novels, among them Stratis Myrivilis' I zoi en ...
Myrmecobiidae (from the article "marsupial") ...phascogales, planigales, quolls, and the Tasmanian devil) 60 or so species in 15 genera widespread throughout ...
myrmecochory (from the article "seed and fruit") ...(Lasius , Myrmica , and Formica species) eat the fleshy, edible ...
Myrmecodia (from the article "Rubiaceae") Plants in the genus Myrmecodia have swollen stems with hollow areas that are inhabited by ...
myrmecophagy (from the article "mammal") A prime example of convergence in conjunction with dietary specialization is seen in those mammals ...
myrmekite irregular, wormy penetration by quartz in plagioclase feldspar; these wartlike, wormlike, or fingerlike bodies may ...
Myrmeleon formicarius (from the article "antlion") Myrmeleon formicarius , the best known of the 65 described species, occurs in both North America ...
Myrmeleontidae (from the article "neuropteran") ...slender; long, cylindrical antennae; wings long, slender. Larval neck slender; jaws incurved, mandibles with single ...
Myrmidon in Greek legend, any of the inhabitants of Phthiotis in Thessaly.
Myrny, Panas (from the article "Ukrainian literature") ...from the portrayal of village life in Kaydasheva simya (1879; "The Kaydash Family") to that ...
Myron Greek sculptor, an older contemporary of the sculptors Phidias and Polyclitus, considered by the ancients ... [2 Related Articles]
Myron of Priene (from the article "Aristomenes") ...Callisthenes of the 4th century BC. Rhianus, a Cretan poet of the 3rd century BC, ...
myrosin (from the article "mustard") ...but are a darker yellow in colour. The seeds of both types contain similar constituents: ...
Myrothamnaceae (from the article "Gunnerales") small order of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing two families, Gunneraceae and Myrothamnaceae, each with just ...
Myrothamnus (from the article "Gunnerales") Members of Myrothamnus are aromatic-resinous shrubs from Africa and Madagascar; the two species in the ...
Myroxylon pereirae (from the article "balsam") Balsam of Peru, a fragrant, thick, deep brown or black fluid used in perfumery, is ...
myrrh (from Arabic murr, "bitter"), bitter-tasting, agreeably aromatic, yellow to reddish brown oleoresinous gum obtained from ... [2 Related Articles]
Myrsilus (from the article "Alcaeus") A new tyrant, Myrsilus, came to power in Lesbos, and Alcaeus became his fierce opponent. ...
Myrsinaceae (from the article "Ericales") Myrsinaceae, or the Myrsine family, is pantropical and temperate, especially north temperate, with species from ...
Myrtaceae the myrtle family of shrubs and trees, in the order Myrtales, containing about 150 genera ... [3 Related Articles]
Myrtales the myrtle order of flowering plants, composed of 14 families, 380 genera, and about 11,000 ...
Myrtilus (from the article "Pelops") In more hostile versions, Pelops bribed Oenomaus' charioteer, Myrtilus, to remove the linchpins from Oenomaus' ...
myrtle any of the evergreen shrubs in the genus Myrtus, belonging to the family Myrtaceae. Authorities ...
Myrtle Beach city, Horry county, eastern South Carolina, U.S. It lies along the Atlantic coast between the ...
myrtle beech (from the article "beech") ...seven centimetres long, found in New South Wales; the mountain beech (N . cliffortioides ), a 12-m-tall ...
myrtle warbler (from the article "wood warbler") ...Dendroica is the largest genus of wood warblers; this chiefly North American genus has 27 ...
Myrtles, Court of the (from the article "court") Palaces often included a complex of courts. The Alhambra in Granada, Spain, built in the ...
Mysateles prehensilis (from the article "hutia") ...up to 8.5 kg (19 pounds). The tail ranges from very short and inconspicuous in ...
Mysia ancient district in northwest Anatolia adjoining the Sea of Marmara on the north and the ...
Mysian (from the article "Mysia") Homer mentioned the Mysians (for whom the region was named) as primitive allies of the ...
Mysis relicta (from the article "opossum shrimp") ...or crawl along the bottom; others creep among vegetation. Certain species swim in the open ...
Myskina, Anastasiya (from the article "Tennis") ...the product of her supremacy on the surface. Moreover, Mauresmo held back the tenacious 2004 ...
Mysore city, south-central Karnataka (formerly Mysore) state, southern India. It lies northwest of Chamundi Hill and ...
Mysore Wars (1767-69; 1780-84; 1790-92; 1799), four military confrontations in India between the British and the rulers ... [5 Related Articles]
MySpace.com social networking Web site owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation Ltd. and headquartered in Beverly ... [7 Related Articles]
Myst graphical puzzle-adventure electronic game that debuted in 1993 and was designed by brothers Rand and ...
Mystacinidae (from the article "bat") ...simple muzzle; ears large; second finger reduced to rudiment. Roost alone or in small groups, ...
mysterian (from the article "Cartesianism") ...mind-body interaction seems to be impossible, human beings experience it, and God can make it ...
Mysteries, Villa of the (from the article "mystery religion") There are few paintings from the temples of the mystery religions that have been preserved; ...
Mysterium Fidei (from the article "transubstantiation") ...emphasis from a change of substance to a change of meaning, they coined the terms ...
mysterium tremendum et fascinans (from the article "Christianity") ...the "numinous" (the spiritual dimension), the utterly ineffable, the holy, and the overwhelming. The "holy" ...
mystery (from the article "Hellenistic religion") ...the seasonal drama was homologized to a soteriology (salvation concept) concerning the destiny, fortune, and ...
mystery play one of three principal kinds of vernacular drama in Europe during the Middle Ages (along ... [13 Related Articles]
mystery religion any of various secret cults of the Greco-Roman world that offered to individuals religious experiences ... [15 Related Articles]
mystery story ages-old popular genre of tales dealing with the unknown as revealed through human or worldly ...
Mystery Writers of America (from the article "detective story") The Mystery Writers of America, a professional organization founded in 1945 to elevate the standards ...
Mystic historic resort village in the town (township) of Stonington, New London county, southeastern Connecticut, U.S. ...
Mystic Seaport and Marine Museum (from the article "museums, history of") ...historic sites and buildings have been restored, the latter sometimes being used as museums. This ...
mystical atheism (from the article "Christianity") ...going beyond all that we speak of as God-even the Trinity-to an inner "God beyond ...
mystical body of Christ (from the article "Roman Catholicism") ...believers, even though the two churches fell into schism in 1054. Furthermore, the juridical definition ...
mysticism in general, a spiritual quest for hidden truth or wisdom, the goal of which is ... [40 Related Articles]
Mysticus, Nicholas (from the article "Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus") ...to his shyness. His mother was Zoe Carbonopsina, the mistress of his father, Leo VI, ...
Mytens, Daniel (from the article "painting, Western") ...to Charles I, from whom he, too, received a knighthood. The elegant, relaxed, aristocratic portrait ...
myth a symbolic narrative, usually of unknown origin and at least partly traditional, that ostensibly relates ... [69 Related Articles]
Myth real-time tactical combat game series that was released in 1997 by American electronic game manufacturer ...
Myth and Ritual School (from the article "myth") ...in life and custom (the "Sitz im Leben") that mythical texts originally possessed. A number ...
Mythen Peak (from the article "nappe") ...deep, V-shaped valleys. Elsewhere, an eroded, isolated remnant of the older rock or nappe may ...
mythical animal (from the article "myth") Animals and plants have played important roles in the oral traditions and the recorded myths ...
mythical being (from the article "myth") ...stories long after their supposed meanings had been forgotten; and they did so, moreover, in ...
Mythological school (from the article "Afanasev, Aleksandr Nikolayevich") ...he brought out his Poeticheskiye vozzreniya slavyan na prirodu (The Slav's Poetical Views of Nature ) ...
Mytilene chief town of the island of Lesbos and of the nomos (department) of Lesbos, Greece. ... [3 Related Articles]
Mytiloida (from the article "bivalve") ...as well as retractors; ctenidia filibranch, without mantle fusions; powerful foot; marine; infaunal; living species ...
Mytishchi city, centre of a rayon (sector), Moscow oblast (province), western Russia, situated northeast of the ...
Myvatn shallow lake, northern Iceland, 30 miles (48 km) east of Akureyri, drained by the Laxa ... [2 Related Articles]
myxamoeba (from the article "Myxomycetes") Upon germination, a spore releases one or more individual cells known as myxamoebas, which may ...
myxedema physiological reaction to lack of sufficient thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism) in the adult. It can be ... [4 Related Articles]
Myxine glutinosa (from the article "agnathan") Hagfishes locate their food by scent. Although some are known to eat fishes immobilized in ...
Myxinidae (from the article "hagfish") ...of marine vertebrates placed with the lampreys in the superclass Agnatha. Although most classifications place ...
Myxobolus pfeifferi (from the article "myxosporidian") ...sporoplasm, which migrates to an organ or tissue to feed and develop and ultimately to ...
myxomatosis a highly fatal infectious viral disease of rabbits. It is characterized by fever, swelling of ... [3 Related Articles]
Myxomycetes phylum of funguslike organisms within the kingdom Protista, commonly known as true slime molds. They ... [2 Related Articles]
Myxosoma cerebralis (from the article "myxosporidian") ...ultimately to produce new spores. Representatives are Unicapsula muscularis, the cause of wormy disease in ...
Myxosporidia (from the article "myxosporidian") any parasite of the phylum Myxosporidia, also called Myxospora, traditionally placed in the kingdom Protista. ...
myxosporidian any parasite of the phylum Myxosporidia, also called Myxospora, traditionally placed in the kingdom Protista. ...
myxovirus any of a group of viruses of the families Orthomyxoviridae (agents of influenza) and Paramyxoviridae, ...
Myxozoa (from the article "protist") Coelozoic or histozoic parasites of mainly cold-blooded vertebrates; one or more polar capsules within valved ...
Myzocytiopsidales (from the article "fungus") ...periplasm (a peripheral layer of protoplasm); example genera include Apodachlyella , Ducellieria , Leptolegniella , and Leptomitus . Order Myzocytiopsidales Pathogenic ...
Myzostoma (from the article "annelid") ...disk-shaped or oval without external segmentation; external or internal commensals or parasites of echinoderms, especially ...
Myzostomida (from the article "annelid") ...species considered separate orders by some (Nerillida, Dinophilida, Polygordiida, Protodrilida); genera include Dinophilus and Polygordius . Order ...
Mzab gundi (from the article "gundi") Common gundis (Ctenodactylus gundi and C. vali ) are found in parts of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, ...
Mzamane, Godfrey (from the article "African literature") ...of life in the black townships surrounding the affluent white cities of South Africa. Some ...
Mzilikazi South African king who founded the powerful Ndebele (Matabele) kingdom in what is now Zimbabwe. ... [8 Related Articles]
Mzimba town, northwestern Malawi. Formerly the Angoni administrative centre, the town has declined in importance since ...
Mzora (from the article "North Africa") ...with earlier megalithic structures found in northern Europe, and it is unlikely that any of ...
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