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 mustache shrimp ... My Tho mustache shrimp any member of the crustacean subclass Mystacocarida, a small group of primitive, free-living marine animals. ... [1 Related Articles] mustached tamarin (from the article "marmoset") ...emperor tamarin (S. imperator) of the southwestern Amazon basin, for example, has ... Mustafa I Ottoman sultan in 1617-18 and in 1622-23, a man of weak mental faculties who was ... Mustafa II Ottoman sultan from 1695 to 1703, whose determination to regain territories lost after the unsuccessful ... [2 Related Articles] Mustafa III Ottoman sultan (1757-74) who attempted governmental and military reforms to halt the empire's decline and ... [1 Related Articles] Mustafa IV Ottoman sultan from 1807 to 1808 who participated in the reactionary conservative coalition that overthrew ... 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Sabah politics also were contentious, ... mustard any of several herbs belonging to the mustard family of plants, Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), or the ... [1 Related Articles] mustard gas (from the article "chemical weapon") Blister agents were also developed and deployed in World War I. The primary form of ... Mustel, Alphonse (from the article "percussion instrument") ...most noteworthy of which were different models of Victor Mustel of Paris from 1865 on. ... Mustel, Auguste (from the article "percussion instrument") ...the most noteworthy of which were different models of Victor Mustel of Paris from 1865 ... mustelid any of 54 species of ferrets, polecats, badgers, martens, otters, the wolverine, and other members ... [2 Related Articles] Mustelinae (from the article "mustelid") Classification Muster, Thomas With his 7-5, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Michael Chang of the U.S. in the final ... musth (from the article "elephant") ...cows. 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[2 Related Articles] mutagenesis (from the article "pharmaceutical industry") If a drug is intended for use during pregnancy or in women of childbearing potential, ... mutakallimun (from the article "Judaism") ...to Greek, and particularly Aristotelian, philosophy. Islamic and Jewish Aristotelians regarded kalam ... Mutalibov, Ayaz (from the article "Azerbaijan") ...retained its power until 1992. After the abortive coup against the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev ... Mutambara, Arthur (from the article "Zimbabwe") ...dissent in late 2005 as some members became disenchanted with Tsvangirai's leadership, especially his decision ... Mutanabbi, al- poet regarded by many as the greatest of the Arabic language. He primarily wrote panegyrics ... [4 Related Articles] mutant allele (from the article "mutation") ...DNA, and mutation can occur potentially anywhere on these molecules at any time. The most ... Mutapa (from the article "Mutapa") a southern African empire ruled by a line of kings known as the Mwene Matapa ... Mutare city, eastern Zimbabwe. It originated as Ft. Umtali and was built by prospectors in 1890 ... mutarotation (from the article "carbohydrate") ...recognition in the late 19th century, the rotational behaviour of freshly prepared solutions of many ... mutation an alteration in the genetic material (the genome) of a cell of a living organism ... [46 Related Articles] mutation (from the article "hexachord") ...He could then think himself into the overlapping hexachord by taking this C as ut ... mutation stop (from the article "keyboard instrument") ...1 13 feet) above the unison. These are used melodically to colour the unison and ... mutation-rate doubling dose (from the article "radiation") The capacity of radiation to increase the frequency of mutations is often expressed in terms ... mutational pressure (from the article "mutation") At the level of whole populations of organisms, mutation can be viewed as a constantly ... mutationism (from the article "evolution") ...theory of heredity, by the Dutch botanist and geneticist Hugo de Vries and others, led ... Mutawakkil, al- 'Abbasid caliph who, as a young man, held no political or military positions of importance ... [1 Related Articles] mutawalli (from the article "Islam") ...(plural of waqf, a religious endowment). The official appointed to care for ... Mutawwa'un (from the article "Saudi Arabia") ...and severe than those reported in other countries of the region. There is also a ... mute (from the article "instrumentation") The string mute is a device that softens the tone of the instrument. Muting is ... mute swan (from the article "swan") ...or eight species-some of them probably races of a species, as indicated below by scientific ... Mutebusi, Jules (from the article "Congo, Democratic Republic of the") Potentially more serious was the seizure on June 2 of the town of Bukavu, the ... Mutesa I autocratic but progressive kabaka (ruler) of the African kingdom of Buganda at a crucial time ... [3 Related Articles] Mutesa II kabaka (ruler) of the East African state of Buganda (now part of Uganda) in 1939-53 ... [2 Related Articles] Mutharika, Bingu wa (from the article "Malawi") Area: 118,484 sq km (45,747 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 13,603,000 | Capital: Lilongwe; ... Muthesius, Herman (from the article "Deutscher Werkbund") The group's intellectual leaders, architects Hermann Muthesius and Henry van de Velde, were influenced by ... Muthuswami Dikshitar (from the article "South Asian arts") ...of the performer. In South Indian music the composed piece is generally emphasized more than ... Muti, Riccardo Italian conductor of both opera and the symphonic repertory. He became one of the most ... [2 Related Articles] muting (from the article "stringed instrument") ...made from wood, the resonator of the present-day instrument is made of an easily available ... Mutinus (from the article "stinkhorn") ...tissue (gleba) can erupt from an underground "egg" and burst open within an hour, becoming ... mutiny any overt act of defiance or attack upon military (including naval) authority by two or ... [2 Related Articles] Mutiny Act (from the article "United Kingdom") Two other pieces of legislation tackled problems that had vexed the country since 1640. The ... Mutis, Alvaro versatile Colombian writer and poet best known for his novels featuring his alter ego, a ... Mutis, Jose botanist who initiated one of the most important periods of botanical exploration in Spain. [1 Related Articles] Mutisieae (from the article "Asterales") Still another kind of flower is found nearly throughout another tribe, Mutisieae. This tribe is ... mutism (from the article "speech disorder") Profound or total deafness going back to early childhood without special training inevitably leads to ... Mutkurov, Sava (from the article "Bulgaria") ...the country, and handed him over to the Russians at the Danube port of Reni. ... Mutloatse, Mothobi (from the article "South Africa") ...that drew inspiration from West and North African, Caribbean, and African American intellectual movements. The ... Mutlu, Halil It seemed to many in 2000 that the only challenges left for Turkish weight-lifting champion ... Mutola, Maria (from the article "Track and Field Sports") ...Russian 4 × 400-m team, timed in 3 min 24.91 sec. The gold-medal U.S. men's 4 × 400-m team ... Mutran, Khalil (from the article "Islamic arts") ...Muhammad Hafiz Ibrahim (died 1932), who was more interested in the real problems of the ... Mutswairo, Solomon M. Zimbabwean author, who was the earliest Zezuru-language novelist and the most important Zezuru poet. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (from the article "Pakistan") ...that appeared in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten and other European newspapers. Protests spread across the country, and ... Muttahida Qaumi Movement (from the article "Pakistan") ...port city of Karachi. Tension between native Sindhis and Muslim immigrants from India ( Mutter, Anne-Sophie Recordings of the Beethoven sonatas by German violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, with pianist Lambert Orkis, were ... mutton (from the article "mutton") flesh of a mature ram or ewe at least one year old. See lamb.classification of ... mutton grass (from the article "bluegrass") ...compressa), native to Europe and now common in North America, is a wiry plant with ... muttonbird any of several shearwaters (oceanic bird species), whose chicks are harvested commercially for meat and ... [1 Related Articles] mutual antagonism (from the article "community ecology") Although mutualisms are common in all biological communities, they occur side by side with a ... mutual assured destruction (from the article "Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty") ...than a small fraction of its entire territory, and both sides were thus kept subject ... Mutual Cooperation and Security, Treaty of (from the article "Japan") National defense also is maintained by the collective security system in which the United States ... Mutual Film Corporation (from the article "motion picture, history of the") ...serve 47 exchanges in 27 cities. For nearly two years, independents were able to present ... mutual fund company that invests the funds of its subscribers in diversified securities and in return issues ... [5 Related Articles] mutual inductance (from the article "electromagnetism") The self-inductance of a circuit is used to describe the reaction of the circuit to ... mutual will (from the article "will") ...if the will imposed unreasonable or cruel demands as a condition of inheritance; or if ... mutualism association between organisms of two different species in which each is benefited. Mutualistic arrangements are ... [9 Related Articles] mutualism (from the article "anarchism") The main themes of his work were mutualism, federalism, and the power of the working ... mutualistic bacterium (from the article "nitrogen fixation") ...(non-symbiotic) bacteria, including the cyanobacteria (or blue-green algae) Anabaena and Nostoc and such genera as ... Mutualists (from the article "Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph") In 1843 he went to Lyon to work as managing clerk in a water transport ... mutually exclusive event (from the article "statistics") ...of the other event taking place. When two or more events are independent, the probability ... Muvarkovil (from the article "South Asian arts") ...called Agastyisvara and Colisvara, at Kilaiyur (late 9th century); and the splendid group of two ... Muwaffaq, al- (from the article "Egypt") In 877, when Ahmad failed to pay Egypt's full contribution to the 'Abbasid campaign during ... muwallad (from the article "Spain") ...influx from Africa. Then came the native population who had converted to Islam, the muwashshah (Arabic: "ode"), an Arabic poetic genre in strophic form developed in Muslim Spain in the ... [5 Related Articles] Muwatallis Hittite king during the New Kingdom (reigned c. 1320-c. 1294 BC). 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Muzaffar Jang (from the article "India") ...morrow of Aix-la-Chapelle, an occasion for French interference occurred with the death of the aged ... Muzaffar Shah (from the article "Malacca, sultanate of") Little is known of Iskandar Shah's immediate successor, but under the following ruler, Sultan Muzaffar ... Muzaffar, 'Abd al-Malik al- (from the article "Spain") Al-Muzaffar (1002-08) continued his father's policies, hemming in Hisham II and fighting against the Christians. ... Muzaffarnagar city, northwestern Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, north-northeast of Delhi, with which it is connected ... Muzaffarpur city, north-central Bihar state, northeastern India, just south of the Burhi Gandak River. The city ... Muzdalifah (from the article "hajj") ...of his duties. At the second stage of the ritual, which takes place between the ... Muzeyi, Saint Jean Marie (from the article "Uganda, Martyrs of") ...missionaries alike. Subsequent victims included Saints Matthias Mulumba, assistant judge to a provincial chief; Andrew ... Muzkol Range (from the article "Pamirs") ...the Vanch and Yazgulem ranges, with Revolution Peak (22,880 feet). The ranges are separated by ... Muzorewa, Abel Tendekayi prime minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia from June to December 1979, in a transitional period from ... [1 Related Articles] Muztag, Mount (from the article "Tibet") The Ch'iang-t'ang is bordered on the north by the Kunlun Mountains, with the highest peak, ... Muztagata Range mountain range in the westernmost part of the Uygur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, northwestern China. ... [1 Related Articles] Muztagata, Mount (from the article "Kunlun Mountains") ...the Kunluns forge out from the Pamirs, a spur to the east called the Muztagata ... Muzura (from the article "Southern Africa") ...in the region. While the Portuguese records suggest that before 1590 there were no large ... muzzle-loading (from the article "naval ship") ...with an open trough at the rear of the barrel through which the ball was ... MVD (from the article "MVD") former Soviet internal-affairs ministry, and one of the forerunners of the KGB (q.v.).major reference Mwali (from the article "Comoros") ...day. The African Union (AU) and the national government refused to recognize the election results ... Mwambutsa (from the article "Burundi") ...homes. The first incident did not occur until January 1965, when Pierre Ngendandumwe, a Hutu, ... Mwanawasa, Levy Patrick Zambian attorney and politician who became the third president of Zambia (2002-08). [7 Related Articles] Mwanga the last independent kabaka (ruler) of the African kingdom of Buganda, whose short but turbulent ... [2 Related Articles] Mwangi, Meja African novelist who wrote prolifically on the social conditions and history of Kenya. [1 Related Articles] Mwanza Gulf (from the article "East African lakes") ...to papyrus swamp; headlands and deep indentations mark the intricate northern shores; a major inlet, ... Mwari (from the article "Shona") Shona traditional culture, now fast declining, was noted for its excellent ironwork, good pottery, and ... Mwata Yamvo (from the article "Central Africa") ...European buyers on the northern Congo coast, its network spread farther afield. As the market ... Mwene Matapa title borne by a line of kings ruling a southeast African territory between the Zambezi ... [2 Related Articles] Mweru, Lake lake in central Africa, bordered to the east by Zambia and to the west by ... [2 Related Articles] Mwinyi, Ali Hassan (from the article "Tanzania") ...the ASP under the title of Revolutionary Party (Chama cha Mapinduzi; CCM) early in 1977 ... My Lai Massacre mass killing of as many as 500 unarmed villagers by U.S. soldiers in the hamlet ... 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