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 night-blooming cereus ... Nimes night-blooming cereus (genus Selenicereus), any member of a group of about 20 species of cacti in the ... [1 Related Articles] Nightcaps (from the article "Sweden") During this period a dual-party system evolved; the parties were known by the nicknames "Nightcaps" ... nightclub (from the article "tap dance") From the 1920s to the '40s, fans of tap could find their favourite dancers in ... nightglow weak, steady light emanating from the whole night sky. See airglow. [1 Related Articles] nighthawk any of several species of birds comprising the subfamily Chordeilinae of the family Caprimulgidae (see ... [1 Related Articles] Nightingale (from the article "Tristan da Cunha") ...of St. Helena, in the South Atlantic Ocean about midway between southern Africa and South ... nightingale any of several small Old World thrushes, belonging to the family Turdidae (order Passeriformes), renowned ... 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The projection of these boundaries onto the northern and southern ... nightstick (from the article "police") ...include electronic devices, chemical agents, and a variety of different striking instruments, such as straight, ... nigi-mitama (from the article "tama") ...mitama are recognized in Shinto and folk religions. Among them are the ara-mitama (with the ... nigoda (from the article "jiva") ...to the number of sense organs that they possess. Humans, gods, and demons possess the ... nigre (from the article "soap and detergent") ...to separate into two layers. The upper layer is neat soap, sometimes called kettle soap, ... nigun wordless song sung by Hasidic Jews as a means of elevating the soul to God. ... Nihang Sahibs (from the article "monasticism") An older quasi-monastic and basically military organization among the Sikhs is the Nihang Sahibs, created ... Nihil Novi (from the article "Poland") The Nihil Novi constitution (1505) achieved some of these aims, but it also stipulated that ... nihil obstat (from the article "imprimatur") ...religion, theology, or morality. Strictly speaking, the imprimatur is nothing more than the permission. But ... nihilism (from Latin nihil, "nothing"), a philosophy of skepticism that originated in 19th-century Russia during the ... [5 Related Articles] Nihombashi (from the article "Tokyo-Yokohama Metropolitan Area") ...entrepreneurial hub of the city and of Japan; it is where the prefectural offices were ... Nihon keizai shimbun Japan's most widely respected daily business-oriented newspaper. It deals principally with news of commerce, industry, ... Nihon shoki (Japanese: "Chronicles of Japan"), text that, together with the Kojiki (q.v.), comprises the oldest official ... [11 Related Articles] nihonga (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...expand the technical adaptations of these masters. Shimomura Kanzan (1873-1930), Yokoyama Taikan (1868-1958), and Hishida ... Niigata ken (prefecture), north-central Honshu, Japan. It lies along the Sea of Japan and includes the ... Niigata capital of Niigata ken (prefecture), north-central Honshu, Japan. Niigata lies on the coastal edge of ... [1 Related Articles] Niigata Plains (from the article "Japan") ...pattern. Some villages are agglomerated, as are those of the Kinki region; some are dispersed, ... Niihama city, Ehime ken (prefecture), Shikoku, Japan. It lies on the Inland Sea coast. Originally a ... Niihau volcanic island, Kauai county, Hawaii, U.S. Niihau lies 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Kauai ... [1 Related Articles] Niinisto, Sauli (from the article "Finland") ...Social Democratic Party candidate, gained the most votes in the first round but failed to ... Niitsu city, central Niigata ken (prefecture), north-central Honshu, Japan. It lies on the ... Niittymaki, Antero (from the article "Ice Hockey") ...game-winning goal came off the stick of NHL Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom 10 ... Nijhoff, Martinus greatest Dutch poet of his generation, who achieved not only an intensely original imagery but ... Nijinska, Bronislava (from the article "dance") For all its stylistic variations, Fokine's choreography was couched largely in the classical idiom. Two ... Nijinsky, Vaslav Russian-born ballet dancer of almost legendary fame, celebrated for his spectacular leaps and sensitive interpretations. ... [9 Related Articles] Nijlen, Jan van one of the most distinguished Flemish poets of his generation. Nijmegen gemeente (municipality), eastern Netherlands, on the Waal River (southern arm of the Rhine). It originated ... [2 Related Articles] Nijmegen marches (from the article "hiking") ...and The Netherlands. In Sweden, it was made a national fitness test in the early ... Nijmegen, Treaties of peace treaties of 1678-79 that ended the Dutch War (q.v.), in which France had opposed ... [10 Related Articles] Nijo castle (from the article "Kyoto") ...of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, originally located farther west, date from 1855 and are re-creations, ... Nijo Yoshimoto Japanese government official and renga ("linked-verse") poet of the early Muromachi period (1338-1573) who is ... [1 Related Articles] Nika insurrection (from the article "Byzantine Empire") In the same year of 532, Justinian survived a revolt in Constantinople, stemming from the ... Nikandre of Naxos (from the article "epigraphy") ...centred around institutionalized religion that most of its documentation may be included under the latter ... nikau palm (from the article "palm") The northernmost palm is the European fan palm (Chamaerops humilis), which grows about the Mediterranean ... nikaya (from the article "Buddhism") ...of the three "baskets" is the Sutta Pitaka ("Basket of Discourse"), which ... Nike in Greek religion, the goddess of victory, daughter of the giant Pallas and of the ... Nike Ajax (from the article "Nike missile") any of a group of U.S. surface-to-air missiles designed in the 1940s and '50s for ... Nike Hercules (from the article "Nike missile") In 1958 the larger Nike Hercules began to replace the Ajax. Its two-stage, solid-propellant engines ... Nike Inc. (from the article "Digital Consumer Electronics Boom") ...that played video (such as downloadable TV shows) and others that achieved smaller size by ... Nike missile any of a group of U.S. surface-to-air missiles designed in the 1940s and '50s for ... [2 Related Articles] Nike Zeus (from the article "Nike missile") Nike Zeus, the first missile designed to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles, was developed between 1957 ... Nikisch, Arthur one of the finest conductors of the late 19th century. [1 Related Articles] Nikitchenko, I. T. (from the article "Nurnberg trials") The tribunal consisted of a member plus an alternate selected by each of the four ... Nikitin, Afanasy (from the article "Russian literature") ...including Povest o Petre i Fevroni (mid-16th century; "Tale of Peter and Fevroniya"). In his ... Nikitsky Botanical Garden (from the article "Ukraine") ...have urban "culture and recreation" parks, where theatres, lecture halls, reading rooms, and playgrounds are ... Nikkatsu Motion Picture Company Japan's oldest motion-picture company. Established as an independent company in 1912 with the title Japan ... Nikkei 225 Stock Average (from the article "Selected Major World Stock Market Indexes") ...had yielded only a 10% increase in gross domestic product, whereas the earlier record-setting period, ... Nikkeiren (from the article "industrial relations") ...launched a counteroffensive (the "Red Purge" of l947-48) to deny union rights to Communist-backed organizations. ... Nikko (from the article "Nichiren Buddhism") Nichiren-sho-shu traces its line of succession back to one of Nichiren's six disciples, Nikko, who, ... Nikko (from the article "arts, East Asian") ...in the Yakushi Temple are among the finest examples of Japanese sculpture extant. Known as ... Nikko city, Tochigi ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. The city lies along the Daiya River, north of ... [1 Related Articles] Nikko Cordial (from the article "Japan") ...represented the largest foreign acquisition of a Japanese brokerage house, Citigroup agreed to pay the ... Nikodimos (from the article "Philokalia") ...prose anthology of Greek Christian monastic texts that was part of a movement for spiritual ... Nikolai Church (from the article "Berlin") The centre of the city has its own architectural symbol and war-memorial church-St. Nicholas Church ... Nikolais, Alwin American choreographer, composer, and designer whose abstract dances combine motion with various technical effects and ... [6 Related Articles] Nikolay Cathedral (from the article "Japanese Orthodox church") ...of the Russian metropolitanate of America. In 1970 it received a permanent autonomous statute from ... Nikolay Kasatkin, Saint Russian Orthodox missionary and first Orthodox bishop of Japan. [1 Related Articles] Nikolayev, Andriyan Grigoryevich Soviet cosmonaut, who piloted the Vostok 3 spacecraft, launched August 11, 1962. When Vostok 4, ... [2 Related Articles] Nikolayevsk-na-Amure city, Khabarovsk kray (region), far eastern Russia. The city is situated at the head of ... Nikolayevskaya (from the article "Don River") ...65 percent of the annual flow occurs during April and May, compared with about 7 ... Nikolsburg, Peace of (from the article "Bismarck, Otto von") Bismarck now showed both ruthlessness and moderation. The Peace of Nikolsburg scarcely demanded anything from ... Nikolsburg, Treaty of (from the article "Hungary") ...army. Keeping peace with the Porte, he often intervened against the emperor in the Thirty ... Nikon religious leader who unsuccessfully attempted to establish the primacy of the Orthodox church over the ... [7 Related Articles] nikopoia (from the article "Madonna") ...wall of Byzantine churches below the image of Christ; the location dramatized her role as ... Nikopol town, northern Bulgaria. It lies along the Danube River near its confluence with the Osum ... Nikopol (from the article "mineral deposit") ...near-shore environments and are oolitic. The most important of such deposits were formed just north ... Nikopol city, south-central Ukraine. It lies along the northern shore of the Kakhovka Reservoir on the ... [1 Related Articles] Nikousia, Panayotis (from the article "dragoman") ...Ottoman political relations compelled the sultan's ministers to use interpreters, who rapidly acquired a very ... Nikrah (from the article "Arabian religion") ...alludes to the lunar cycle. Some tribes worshiped their own "patron" (shym). Ta'lab was the ... Niksic town in Montenegro, in the valley of the Zeta River. The Romans built a castrum ... [1 Related Articles] Niksic Polje (from the article "Montenegro") ...m) above sea level-although some areas rise to 6,000 ft (1,800 m). The lowest segment ... Nikulin, Yury Russian circus clown and comic actor (b. Dec. 18, 1921, Smolensk, Russian S.F.S.R.--d. Aug. 21, ... Nikumaroro (from the article "Phoenix Islands") group of coral atolls, part of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean, 1,650 miles (2,650 ... Nil Sorsky, Saint first Russian mystic to write about the contemplative life and to formulate a guide for ... [2 Related Articles] Nile Basin Initiative (from the article "Tanzania") ...included an agreement in March with Kuwait to create a deep-water harbour at Tanga to ... Nile crocodile (from the article "crocodile") Crocodiles are the largest and the heaviest of present-day reptiles. The largest representatives, the Nile ... Nile lechwe (from the article "Kobus") ...such as the puku, are brownish; some, such as the Uganda kob (K. k. thomasi) ... Nile Nubian languages (from the article "Nubian languages") ...denote the inhabitants of the Nile valley south of Aswan in what are today southern ... Nile perch (species Lates niloticus), large food and game fish of the family Centropomidae (order Perciformes), found ... [3 Related Articles] Nile River river, the father of African rivers and the longest river in the world. It rises ... [39 Related Articles] Nile River basin (from the article "Africa") The major drainage basins of Africa are those of the Nile, the Niger, the Congo, ... Nile Valley (from the article "agriculture, origins of") In ancient Egypt, agricultural exploitation apparently did not intensify until domesticated animals from Southwest Asia ... Nile, Battle of the (Aug. 1, 1798), battle that was one of the greatest victories of the British admiral ... [8 Related Articles] Nile-Congo watershed (from the article "Sudan, The") ...This river system runs from south to north across the entire length of the east-central ... Niles city, Berrien county, southwestern Michigan, U.S. It lies along the St. Joseph River 10 miles ... Niles city, Trumbull county, northeastern Ohio, U.S. It lies along the Mahoning River, about midway between ... Niles, Hezekiah editor and newspaper publisher who was one of the foremost figures in early American journalism. Niles, John Jacob American folksinger, folklorist, and composer of solo and choral songs. [1 Related Articles] nilgai (species Boselaphus tragocamelus), Indian antelope, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), that ranges alone or in small ... Nilgiri Hills mountainous region of Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. The peaks of the Nilgiri rise abruptly ... [1 Related Articles] Nilo-Hamitic languages (from the article "Nilo-Saharan languages") ...mixture (as an alternative to a uniform genetic classification into distinct language families) was defended ... Nilo-Saharan languages a group of languages that form one of the four language stocks or families on ... [6 Related Articles] Nilopolis city and suburb of Rio de Janeiro city, Rio de Janeiro estado ... Nilot any member of several east-central African peoples living in southern Sudan, northern Uganda, and western ... [7 Related Articles] Nilotic languages group of related languages spoken in a relatively contiguous area from northwestern Congo (Kinshasa), southern ... [2 Related Articles] Nilson, Johann Esaiss (from the article "pottery") ...was established about 1712, continuing until about 1840. Most of the subjects used at Frankfurt ... Nilson, Lars Fredrik (from the article "scandium") ...of transition Group IIIb of the periodic table. Scandium is a silvery-white, rather soft metal. ... Nilsson, Birgit Swedish operatic soprano, celebrated as a Wagnerian interpreter and known for her powerful, rich voice. [1 Related Articles] Nilsson, Dan-Eric (from the article "photoreception") The third type of superposition eye, discovered in 1988 in the crab genus Nilsson, Lars (from the article "Fashions") ...Theyskens from his post as designer of the French label Rochas, the 25-year-old Belgian-a darling ... Nilus Of Ancyra, Saint Greek Byzantine abbot and author of extensive ascetical literature that influenced both Eastern and Western ... Nilus Of Rossano, Saint abbot and promoter of Greek monasticism in Italy, who founded several communities of monks in ... [1 Related Articles] Nim (from the article "number game") A game so old that its origin is obscure, Nim lends itself nicely to mathematical ... Nima Yushij (from the article "Persian literature") ...freedom of expression previously won was cut short, although the modernizing policies of the regime ... Nimach town, western Madhya Pradesh state, central India, located on a barren ridge. Handloom weaving is ... Nimatron (from the article "number game") ...binary system, however, it is possible to program a computer (or build a special machine) ... Nimba otter shrew (from the article "otter shrew") ...a slightly shorter tail. More shrewlike in appearance are the two dwarf species (genus Nimba Range mountain chain extending in a southwest-northeast direction along the Guinea-Cote d'Ivoire-Liberia border. It reaches its ... Nimba, Mount (from the article "Cote d'Ivoire") ...of the country consists of high savanna lying mostly 1,000 feet (300 metres) above sea ... Nimbarka Telugu-speaking Brahman, yogi, minor philosopher, and prominent astronomer who founded the devotional sect called Nimbarkas, ... [4 Related Articles] Nimbarka (from the article "Nimbarka") Telugu-speaking Brahman, yogi, minor philosopher, and prominent astronomer who founded the devotional sect called Nimbarkas, ... nimbostratus (from the article "cloud") ...are cirrus, cirrocumulus, and cirrostratus. Middle clouds, 7 to 2 km (23,000 to 6,500 feet), ... Nimeiri, Gaafar Mohamed el- major general, commander of the armed forces, and president of The Sudan (1971-85). 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