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 Northern War, Second ... NOT gate Northern War, Second (1700-21), military conflict in which Russia, Denmark-Norway, and Saxony-Poland challenged the supremacy of Sweden in ... [17 Related Articles] northern water snake (from the article "water snake") ...the most abundant genus is Nerodia, which is made up of 11 ... Northern Wei sculpture Chinese sculpture, dating from the Northern Wei period (AD 386-534/535) of the Six Dynasties, that ... northern whelk (from the article "whelk") ...also kill fishes and crustaceans caught in commercial traps. Whelks occur worldwide. Most are cold-water ... Northern white rhinoceros (from the article "The Environment") ...mosaic of tropical forests in Thailand. The committee also considered the future delisting of Garamba ... Northern Zhou dynasty (from the article "China") ...preserve its Tuoba identity. Soon after 520 the Wei empire disintegrated into rival northeastern and ... Northfield city, Rice county, southeastern Minnesota, U.S. It lies along the Cannon River, in a mixed-farming ... Northfield raid (from the article "James, Jesse; and James, Frank") On Sept. 7, 1876, the James gang was nearly destroyed while trying to rob the ... Northland regional council, the northernmost of North Island, New Zealand. It is coextensive with most of ... Northrop Grumman Corporation major American manufacturer specializing in defense and commercial aerospace, electronics, and information-technology products and services. ... [1 Related Articles] Northrop, John Howard American biochemist who received (with James B. Sumner and Wendell M. Stanley) the Nobel Prize ... [1 Related Articles] Northrop, John Knudsen American aircraft designer, an early advocate of all-metal construction and the flying wing design. [2 Related Articles] Northumberland administrative and historic county of northeastern England. It is England's northernmost county, bounded to the ... 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American airline founded in 1926 as Northwest Airways, Inc., and incorporated on April 16, 1934, ... [4 Related Articles] Northwest Angle (from the article "Woods, Lake of the") ...western Canada. It is now the site of four Ontario provincial parks. Kenora, at its ... Northwest Coast Indian member of any of the Native American peoples inhabiting a narrow belt of Pacific coastland ... [12 Related Articles] Northwest Conspiracy (from the article "Baker, LaFayette Curry") In 1864 Baker personally uncovered a major fraud in the Treasury Department; broke up the ... Northwest Germanic language (from the article "Germanic languages") The first major linguistic division that developed in Germanic was between East Germanic and Northwest ... Northwest Indian Confederation (from the article "Fallen Timbers, Battle of") (Aug. 20, 1794), decisive victory of the U.S. general Anthony Wayne over the Northwest Indian ... Northwest Missouri State University public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Maryville, Mo., U.S., 90 miles (145 km) north ... Northwest Ordinances several ordinances enacted by the U.S. Congress for the purpose of establishing orderly and equitable ... [4 Related Articles] Northwest Passage historical sea passage of the North American continent, representing centuries of effort to find a ... [12 Related Articles] Northwest Semitic languages (from the article "Semitic languages") In the Northwest Semitic languages and Arabic, there are two contrasting sets of affixes, the ... Northwest Territories region of northern and northwestern Canada, encompassing a vast area of forests and tundra. Throughout ... [2 Related Articles] Northwest Territories, flag of the Canadian territorial flag consisting of vertical blue-white-blue stripes and the shield of the territorial coat ... Northwest Territory U.S. territory created by Congress in 1787 encompassing the region lying west of Pennsylvania, north ... [5 Related Articles] Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument (from the article "The Environment") ...region of the Pacific Ocean that encompassed a long chain of small Pacific islands that ... northwestern paper birch (from the article "paper birch") The western paper birch (B. papyrifera variety commutata) of Canada and the western U.S. is ... Northwestern Turkic languages (from the article "Turkic languages") The Turkic languages may be classified, using linguistic, historical, and geographic criteria, into a southwestern ... Northwestern University private, coeducational university in Evanston, Illinois, U.S. Northwestern University is a comprehensive research institution and ... [1 Related Articles] Northwich town (parish), Vale Royal borough, administrative and historic county of Cheshire, England. Local brine springs ... [1 Related Articles] Northwood, John English glassmaker, a technical innovator who sparked a resurgence of British interest in classical Greek ... [2 Related Articles] Norton town (township), Bristol county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S., 14 miles (23 km) southwest of Brockton and ... Norton town, north-central Zimbabwe. It was named after a farm family murdered (1896) in the Shona ... Norton culture (from the article "Arctic") In Alaska the material culture of the Small Tool people was replaced by that of ... Norton Sound arm of the Bering Sea, indenting for 125 miles (200 km) the west coast of ... Norton, Andre prolific best-selling American author of science-fiction and fantasy adventure novels for both juveniles and adults. [1 Related Articles] Norton, C. H. (from the article "machine tool") The production of artificial abrasives in the late 19th century opened up a new field ... Norton, Caroline English poet and novelist whose matrimonial difficulties prompted successful efforts to secure legal protection for ... Norton, Charles Eliot American scholar and man of letters, an idealist and reformer by temperament, who exhibited remarkable ... Norton, Eleanor Holmes American lawyer and politician who broke several gender and racial barriers during her career, in ... Norton, John (from the article "pottery") ...imported from Europe. Copies of Sevres porcelain and other European wares were made about this ... Norton, Ken (from the article "boxing") ...and their boxers compete at the Olympics as well as at the Military World Games ... Norton, Mary British children's writer most famous for her series on the Borrowers, a resourceful race of ... [1 Related Articles] Norton, Thomas (from the article "tragedy") ...of the miracles and mysteries to new uses and to look to the ancient plays, ... nortriptyline (from the article "antidepressant") The tricyclic antidepressants act by inhibiting the inactivation of norepinephrine and serotonin within the brain. ... Noruz the New Year festival often associated with Zoroastrianism and Parsiism. The festival is celebrated in ... [5 Related Articles] Norvo, Red American jazz musician and swing bandleader (b. March 31, 1908, Beardstown, Ill.-d. April 6, 1999, ... [1 Related Articles] Norwalk city, Los Angeles county, southwestern California, U.S. Located 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Los ... Norwalk city, coextensive with the town (township) of Norwalk, Fairfield county, southwestern Connecticut, U.S., on Long ... Norwalk city, seat (1818) of Huron county, northern Ohio, U.S., about 60 miles (100 km) west-southwest ... Norwalk virus (from the article "gastroenteritis") Viral gastroenteritis, or viral diarrhea, is perhaps the most common type of diarrhea in the ... Norway country of northern Europe that occupies the western half of the Scandinavian peninsula. Nearly half ... [66 Related Articles] Norway Current branch of the North Atlantic Current, sometimes considered a continuation of the Gulf Stream (issuing ... [1 Related Articles] Norway haddock (from the article "redfish") ...large eyes, and a number of spines on its head and cheeks. A common fish, ... Norway lemming (from the article "lemming") ...food resources, and low predation, populations become excessively large and more aggressive. As a result, ... Norway maple (from the article "maple") The ash-leaved maple, or box elder, is a fast-growing tree of limited landscape use. The ... Norway spruce (from the article "Maximum ages for some seed plants") The Norway spruce (P. abies), an important timber and ornamental tree native to northern Europe, ... Norway, Church of established, state-supported Lutheran church in Norway, which changed from the Roman Catholic faith during the ... Norway, flag of national flag consisting of a red field bearing a large blue cross outlined in white. ... [1 Related Articles] Norway, history of (from the article "Norway") The earliest traces of human occupation in Norway are found along the coast, where the ... Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (from the article "Antarctica") ...near the Adelie Land coast. The South Pole of the Earth's rotation was the unattained ... Norwegian Basin (from the article "North Polar Basin") vast and deep submarine depression in the Arctic Ocean defined by the continental shelves of ... Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (from the article "Norway") ...unions and employer associations respect one another as well as government guidelines and thus help ... Norwegian Current (from the article "ocean") ...Ekman transport within these features forces upwelling and surface water divergence. In the North Atlantic ... Norwegian elkhound breed of dog that originated thousands of years ago in western Norway, where it was ... Norwegian Government Pension Fund (from the article "Norway") The Norwegian Government Pension Fund (the former Petroleum Fund) reached 1.94 trillion kroner (about $357 ... Norwegian Institute of Technology (from the article "Norway") Science and research have limited means in a small country. Nevertheless, the Foundation for Scientific ... Norwegian Labour Party (from the article "Norway") ...Conservative Party remained the strongest of the governing parties, with about 18% support. Parties were ... Norwegian language North Germanic language of the West Scandinavian branch, existing in two distinct and rival norms-Bokmal ... [2 Related Articles] Norwegian Law (from the article "Scandinavian law") ...of nobles. Finally, during the reign of Christian V, a comprehensive work of codification was ... Norwegian literature the body of writings by the Norwegian people. [21 Related Articles] Norwegian Nobel Committee group of five individuals responsible for selecting the annual winners of the Nobel Prize for ... [1 Related Articles] Norwegian Sea section of the North Atlantic Ocean, bordered by the Greenland and Barents seas (northwest through ... [2 Related Articles] Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (from the article "Norway") ...in France. The same day, King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olaf, and the government left ... Norwegian State Railways (from the article "Norway") The extensive railway system, more than half of which has been electrified, is operated by ... Norwegian Trench (from the article "North Sea") ...known as Dogger Bank is covered to depths of only about 50 to 100 feet ... Norwegian-British-Swedish Expedition (from the article "Antarctica") ...and Argentine bases had been built in such proximity to one another on the peninsula ... Norwich city, coextensive with the town (township) of Norwich, New London county, east-central Connecticut, U.S. It ... Norwich (from the article "Norwich") city (district), administrative and historic county of Norfolk, England. It is located along the River ... Norwich city (district), administrative and historic county of Norfolk, England. It is located along the River ... Norwich school significant group of English regional landscape painters that was established in 1803 as the Norwich ... [2 Related Articles] Norwich terrier short-legged terrier breed developed about 1880 in England, where it soon became a fad with ... Norwich University private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Northfield, Vt., U.S. The university is composed of ... Norwich ware delft (tin-glazed) earthenware produced in Norwich, Norfolk, Eng., of which little is known. About 1567 ... Norwid, Cyprian Polish poet, playwright, painter, and sculptor who was one of the most original representatives of ... [1 Related Articles] Norwood town, Norfolk county, eastern Massachusetts, U.S., on the Neponset River, 14 miles (23 km) southwest ... Norwood, Melita Sirnis British secretary and spy (b. March 25, 1912, Pokesdown, Hampshire, Eng.-d. June 2, 2005, London, ... Norwood, Richard (from the article "navigation") In Seaman's Practice (1637) the English navigator Richard Norwood recommended the use ... Norworth, Jack (from the article "baseball") Yet, even with this more serious turn in film, baseball remains America's sentimental favourite, a ... Noryl (from the article "industrial polymers, major") ...a copper-based catalyst. The polymer is blended with polystyrene to produce a high-strength, moisture-resistant engineering ... Nosaka Sanzo politician who was the leading figure in the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) throughout the late ... [1 Related Articles] nose the prominent structure between the eyes that serves as the entrance to the respiratory tract ... [7 Related Articles] nose ring ornament inserted through different parts of the nose for personal adornment and used sometimes to ... nosean (from the article "nosean") variety of the feldspathoid mineral sodalite (q.v.).TABLEcommon feldspathoids noseband (from the article "horsemanship") The noseband, a strap of the bridle that encircles the horse's nose, may be either ... nosebleed an attack of bleeding from the nose. It is a common and usually unimportant disorder ... nosegay small, hand-held bouquet popular in mid- 19th-century Victorian England as an accessory carried by fashionable ... 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[1 Related Articles] Nossa Senhora do Carmo (from the article "Ouro Preto") ...under the skillful hands of Antonio Francisco Lisboa, better known as Aleijadinho ("Little Cripple"). The ... Nossob River intermittently flowing river, west-central Namibia, formed by two intermittent streams, the White Nossob and the ... Nostoc genus of blue-green algae with cells arranged in beadlike chains that are grouped together in ... [1 Related Articles] Nostradamus French astrologer and physician, the most widely read seer of the Renaissance. Nostratic hypothesis proposed, but still controversial, language family of northern Eurasia. The term Nostratic was proposed in ... nostril (from the article "nose") The nose has two cavities, separated from one another by a wall of cartilage called ... Nosy Be island lying about 5 miles (8 km) off the northwestern shore of Madagascar. The name ... NOT gate (from the article "applied logic") ...is output. This is also the behaviour of the truth function negation (~ p) when ...

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