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 Mackenzie, Sir Thomas ... macrophyte Mackenzie, Sir Thomas Scottish-born explorer, businessman, and politician who was for a short time prime minister of New ... Mackenzie, William Lyon Scottish-born journalist and political agitator who led an unsuccessful revolt against the Canadian government in ... [1 Related Articles] mackerel any of a number of swift-moving, streamlined food and sport fishes found in temperate and ... [5 Related Articles] mackerel shark (genus Lamna), any member of a group of sharks in the family Isuridae. The name ... [1 Related Articles] Mackey, Robert (from the article "rackets") ...In Fleet Prison the game was well established by the middle of the 18th century, ... Mackie, John Leslie (from the article "ethics") Hare's position was immediately challenged by the Australian philosopher J.L. Mackie (1917-81). In his defense ... Mackinac Bridge one of the longest and strongest suspension bridges in the world, spanning the Mackinac Straits ... [2 Related Articles] Mackinac Island summer resort, Mackinac county, northern Michigan, U.S. It is situated in Lake Huron near the ... Mackinac, Straits of channel connecting Lakes Michigan (west) and Huron (east) and forming an important waterway between the ... [2 Related Articles] Mackinaw City village, Cheboygan and Emmet counties, northern Michigan, U.S. It lies on the Straits of Mackinac ... Mackinder, Sir Halford John British political geographer noted for his work as an educator and for his geopolitical conception ... [4 Related Articles] MacKinnon, Catharine A. American feminist and professor of law, a controversial but influential legal theorist whose work primarily ... [1 Related Articles] MacKinnon, Roderick American doctor, corecipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2003 for his pioneering research ... Mackinnon, William A. (from the article "public opinion") In keeping with theories of social class developed in the 19th century, some scholars of ... mackintosh waterproof outercoat or raincoat, named after a Scottish chemist, Charles Macintosh (1766-1843), who invented the ... [3 Related Articles] Mackintosh, Charles Rennie Scottish architect and designer who was prominent in the Arts and Crafts Movement in Great ... [6 Related Articles] Mackintosh, Mount (from the article "Prince Albert Mountains") ...by the Priestley Glacier and the Deep Freeze Range. The isolated Mount Brooke (8,776 feet ... Macklin, Charles Irish actor and playwright whose distinguished though turbulent career spanned most of the 18th century. [2 Related Articles] Mackmurdo, Arthur Heygate English architect, designer, and a pioneer of the English Arts and Crafts movement. [3 Related Articles] Maclagan, W. D. (from the article "Temple, Frederick") ...volume. Temple was named bishop of London in 1885. In 1896 he was made archbishop ... MacLaine, Shirley outspoken American actress and dancer known for her deft portrayal of charmingly eccentric characters and ... [1 Related Articles] MacLaren, Archibald (from the article "physical culture") ...pertaining to the relationship between fitness and survival. In 1849 the first English athletic competition ... Maclaren, Charles Scottish journalist, editor of the 6th edition (1820-23) of the Encyclopaedia Britannica and cofounder and ... [3 Related Articles] Maclaren, Ian (from the article "Kailyard school") ...small cabbage patch usually adjacent to a cottage. The Kailyard novels of prominent writers such ... Maclaurin, Colin Scottish mathematician who developed and extended Sir Isaac Newton's work in calculus, geometry, and gravitation. [2 Related Articles] Maclean's semimonthly news magazine published in Toronto whose thorough coverage of Canada's national affairs and of ... Maclean, Donald British diplomat who spied for the Soviet Union in World War II and early in ... [3 Related Articles] Maclean, George Scottish-born council president of Cape Coast, West Africa, who laid the groundwork for British rule ... [2 Related Articles] Maclean, Sorley (SOMHAIRLE MACGILL-EAIN), Scottish poet who was regarded as the 20th century's greatest Gaelic poet; with ... Maclear's Beacon (from the article "Table Mountain") ...animal life includes tahrs (Himalayan goats) that are descended from escapees of a local zoo. ... MacLeary, Donald Scottish premier danseur noted for his strong finesse and natural romanticism. Macleay, Alexander (from the article "museums, history of") ...public by 1822. In South Africa a museum based on the zoological collection of Andrew ... MacLehose of Beoch, Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron British diplomat (b. Oct. 16, 1917, Glasgow, Scot.-d. May 27, 2000, Ayrshire, Scot.), as the ... MacLeish, Archibald American poet, playwright, teacher, and public official, whose concern for liberal democracy figured in much ... [2 Related Articles] MacLennan, Hugh Canadian novelist and essayist whose books offer an incisive social and psychological critique of modern ... [2 Related Articles] MacLeod, Alistair For his long-awaited first novel, No Great Mischief (2000), Canadian author Alistair MacLeod won the ... MacLeod, Colin M. (from the article "McCarty, Maclyn") American biologist who, with Oswald Avery and Colin M. MacLeod, provided the first experimental evidence ... MacLeod, George (from the article "Iona Community") missionary group of clergy and laymen within the Church of Scotland. It was founded in ... Macleod, J.J.R. Scottish physiologist noted as a teacher and for his work on carbohydrate metabolism. Together with ... [2 Related Articles] Macleod, Mary Gaelic Mairi Nighean Alasdair Ruaidh Scottish-Gaelic poet who is a major representative of the emergent ... [1 Related Articles] Macleod, Norman influential liberal Presbyterian minister of the Church of Scotland who took advantage of the controversy ... MacLiammoir, Micheal English-born actor, scenic designer, and playwright whose nearly 300 productions in Gaelic and English at ... [2 Related Articles] MacLise, Angus (from the article "Velvet Underground, the") ...b. Oct. 16, 1938 Cologne, Germany-d. July 18, 1988Ibiza, Spain), Angus MacLise, and Doug Yule. Maclise, Daniel Irish historical painter whose fame rests chiefly on a series of lithograph portraits of contemporary ... Maclou (from the article "Saint-Malo") Saint-Malo was named for Maclou, or Malo, a Welsh monk who fled to Brittany, making ... Maclure, William (from the article "New Harmony") ...who first went to the United States to found a cooperative community based on plans ... Maclurites extinct genus of Ordovician gastropods (snails) found as fossils and useful for stratigraphic correlations (the ... Macmillan Publishers Ltd. British publishing house that is one of the largest in the world, producing textbooks, works ... MacMillan, Alexander (from the article "Macmillan Publishers Ltd.") ...Scot.-d. June 27, 1857Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Eng.) and his brother Alexander Macmillan (b. Oct. 3, 1818Irvine, ... MacMillan, Daniel (from the article "Macmillan Publishers Ltd.") ...publishing house that is one of the largest in the world, producing textbooks, works of ... Macmillan, Harold British politician who was prime minister from January 1957 to October 1963. [5 Related Articles] Macmillan, John (from the article "Cameronian") ...the Cameronians began in 1681 to organize themselves in local societies all over the south ... Macmillan, Kirkpatrick (from the article "bicycle") There is evidence that a small number of two-wheeled machines with rear treadle drives were ... Macmillan, Sir Frederick (from the article "publishing, history of") ...in 1895, and the Publishers Association was created in 1896. These two organizations then worked ... MacMillan, Sir Kenneth British ballet choreographer who created more than 40 ballets during his career and helped revive ... [3 Related Articles] MacMurray, Fred American film and television actor. Macnaghten, Sir William Hay, Baronet British interventionist agent in Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42). He was created a ... [1 Related Articles] Macnamara, Jean (from the article "polio") ...of telltale antibodies specific to the virus circulating in the blood of infected persons was ... MacNeice, Louis British poet and playwright, a member, with W.H. Auden, C. Day-Lewis, and Stephen Spender, of ... [2 Related Articles] MacNeil, Hermon A. (from the article "Savage, Augusta") ...young American women selected to attend a summer program at Fontainebleau, outside Paris, but her ... MacNeill, Eoin (from the article "Easter Rising") ...the event, to Dublin alone. The British had learned of the planned uprising, and on ... MacNeish's conjecture (from the article "combinatorics") ...There was also the long-standing conjecture of Euler, formulated in 1782, that there cannot exist ... MacNeish, Richard Stockton American agricultural archaeologist (b. April 29, 1918, New York, N.Y.-d. Jan. 16, Belize City, Belize), ... MacNelly, Jeffrey Kenneth American cartoonist (b. Sept. 17, 1947, New York, N.Y.-d. June 8, 2000, Baltimore, Md.), won ... Macocha Gorge gorge in Jihomoravsky kraj (region), Czech Republic. It is the best-known and most frequently visited ... Macomb city, seat (1830) of McDonough county, western Illinois, U.S. It lies along the East Fork ... Macomb, Alexander (from the article "Macomb") ...Fork La Moine River, about 65 miles (105 km) southwest of Peoria. Settled in 1829 ... Macomber, Mary Lizzie American artist remembered for her highly symbolic, dreamlike paintings. Macon town, capital of Saone-et-Loire departement, Bourgogne region, east-central France, north of Lyon. On the right ... Macon city, seat (1823) of Bibb county, central Georgia, U.S., on the Ocmulgee River at the ... Macon (from the article "Tuskegee syphilis study") ...located in Macon county, Alabama. A group of 399 infected patients and 201 uninfected control ... Macon, Council of (from the article "church year") ...of Tours (reigned 461-490) of a fast before Christmas, beginning from St. Martin's Day on ... Macon, Nathaniel U.S. Congressional leader for 37 years, remembered chiefly for his negative views on almost every ... Maconochie, Alexander (from the article "prison") The concept of personal reform became increasingly important in penology, resulting in experimentation with various ... Macovei, Monica (from the article "Romania") ...not provide immunity from control for avaricious group interests. Basescu also condemned the defunct communist ... MacPaint™ (from the article "graphic design") Software for Apple's 1984 Macintosh computer, such as the MacPaint™ program by computer programmer Bill ... MacPherson v. Buick Motor Company (from the article "Cardozo, Benjamin Nathan") ...as a reform candidate in 1913, he was quickly promoted to the Court of Appeals. ... Macpherson, James Scottish poet whose initiation of the Ossianic controversy has obscured his genuine contributions to Gaelic ... [3 Related Articles] Macpherson, Jay Canadian lyric poet, member of "the mythopoeic school of poetry," who expressed serious religious and ... Macpherson, Sir David Scottish-born politician and railway builder who served as Canadian minister of the interior from 1883 ... MacPherson, Stewart Myles Canadian-born British broadcaster and commentator who became one of the best-known voices on British radio ... Macquarie Bank Ltd. (from the article "Economic Affairs") ...Dutch, Belgian, and Portuguese securities markets-as well as Europe's second biggest derivatives exchange, Liffe, in ... Macquarie Harbour inlet of the Indian Ocean indenting western Tasmania, Australia. A fault valley modified by glaciation, ... Macquarie Island island lying about 900 miles (1,450 km) southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It forms, with associated ... [1 Related Articles] Macquarie Ridge (from the article "Pacific Ocean") Extending southward from the Tasman Basin (between New Zealand and eastern Australia) is the Macquarie ... Macquarie, Lachlan early governor of New South Wales, Australia (1809-21), who expanded opportunities for Emancipists (freed convicts) ... [8 Related Articles] Macquarie, Lake seaboard lagoon, New South Wales, Australia. It lies 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Sydney. ... Macquarrie, the Rev. John British theologian melded existential philosophy with orthodox Christian thought to create a structural and systematic ... macrame (from Turkish makrama, "napkin," or "towel"), coarse lace or fringe made by knotting cords or ... [1 Related Articles] macrauchenid (from the article "litoptern") The other litoptern group, the macrauchenids, resembled camels. The nasal opening was set high on ... Macready, William Charles English actor, manager, and diarist, a leading figure in the development of acting and production ... [2 Related Articles] Macrinus Roman emperor in 217 and 218, the first man to rule the empire without having ... [5 Related Articles] Macro, Naevius Sutorius (from the article "Caligula") ...restored treason trials, showed great cruelty, and engaged in wild despotic caprice, e.g., he bridged ... Macro-Algonquian languages major group (phylum or superstock) of North American Indian languages; it is composed of nine ... Macro-Chibchan languages (from the article "Table 63: South American Indian Language Groups") Macro-Chibchan languages, which form the linguistic bridge between South and Central America, are spoken from ... Macro-Ge languages (from the article "Table 63: South American Indian Language Groups") Macro-Ge is geographically the most compactly distributed of the big South American language families. Ge ... Macro-Mayan languages (from the article "Table 63: South American Indian Language Groups") In 1931 L.S. Freeland, a U.S. anthropological linguist, tried to show that Mixe (Zoque) is ... Macro-Pano-Tacanan languages (from the article "Table 63: South American Indian Language Groups") Macro- Pano-Tacanan, a group more distantly related than a stock, includes about 30 languages, many ... Macro-Penutian languages (from the article "Penutian languages") The Penutian languages are sometimes grouped into a yet larger stock, called either Penutian or ... Macro-Siouan languages major grouping (phylum or superstock) of North American Indian languages; it is made up of ... macro-tidal coast (from the article "coastal landforms") ...of coasts is based solely on tidal range without regard to any other variable. Three ... macrobenthos (from the article "benthos") ...inhabiting the seafloor. Benthic epifauna live upon the seafloor or upon bottom objects; the so-called ... Macrobius, Ambrosius Theodosius Latin grammarian and philosopher whose most important work is the Saturnalia, the last known example ... [2 Related Articles] macroburst (from the article "thunderstorm") Sometimes thunderstorms will produce intense downdrafts that create damaging winds on the ground. These downdrafts ... macroclimate (from the article "climate") ...schemes are intended for global- or continental-scale application and define regions that are major subdivisions ... macrocomparison (from the article "comparative law") ...family. By observing their differences, he will decide whether they are justified and whether an ... macroconidium (from the article "conidium") ...up the body of a typical fungus) or on special spore-producing structures called conidiophores. The ... macroconjugant (from the article "protozoan") Specialized sedentary suctorian ciliates practice a modified form of conjugation. The conjugating individuals differ in ... Macrocystis (from the article "Macrocystis") genus of brown algae, like Laminaria (but larger), commonly known as kelp (q.v.).ILLUSTRATIONrepresentative algae macrocyte (from the article "pernicious anemia") ...These cells, called megaloblasts, are for the most part destroyed in the bone marrow and ... macrocytic anemia (from the article "blood disease") Anemias are classified on morphological grounds. Macrocytic anemia, in which the average size of circulating ... macroeconomics study of national or regional economies in terms of the total amount of goods and ... [8 Related Articles] macroencephaly (from the article "nervous system disease") Macroencephaly is a congenital malformation in which expansion of the brain usually results from a ... macrofauna in soil science, animals that are one centimetre or more long but smaller than an ... [2 Related Articles] macrogamete (from the article "egg") in biology, the female sex cell, or gamete. In botany the egg is sometimes called ... macroglossia enlargement of the tongue, due to overdevelopment of the muscle or the accumulation of material ... macrolide (from the article "drug") The macrolides (e.g., erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin) are usually administered orally, but they can be given ... Macromedia (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") Adobe Systems, creator of the Acrobat document-and-graphics software, acquired Macromedia, a multimedia firm, for $3.4 ... macromere (from the article "annelid") ...four cells (blastomeres) give rise, by alternating clockwise and counterclockwise divisions, to a cap of ... macromineral (from the article "nutrition, human") As nutrients, minerals are traditionally divided into two groups according to the amounts present in ... macromolecule any very large molecule, usually with a diameter ranging from about 100 to 10,000 angstroms ... [9 Related Articles] macronucleus relatively large nucleus believed to influence many cell activities. It occurs in suctorian and ciliate ... [3 Related Articles] macronutrient (from the article "nutrition, human") ...vitamins, minerals, and water. 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