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 o-le-polotu ... object o-le-polotu (from the article "percussion instrument") ...it is said to emit the sounds "uh-ah-uh-ah." Split-bamboo percussion tubes, doubling as rattles, are ... O-lun-ch'un (from the article "Heilungkiang") ...Range. They are believed to have come from the north side of the Amur River ... O-templom (from the article "Kiskunfelegyhaza") ...wine) with some industry (printing, clothing, food-processing). The town itself was destroyed by the Turks ... o-tsuzumi (from the article "tsuzumi") The two most commonly used tsuzumi are the ko-tsuzumi and the o-tsuzumi, found in the ... O-type star (from the article "Space densities of stars") Class O includes bluish white stars with surface temperatures typically of 25,000-50,000 K (although a ... O-yama-tsumi-no-mikoto (from the article "Yama-no-kami") ...two kinds: (1) gods who rule over mountains and are venerated by hunters, woodcutters, and ... O.K. Corral (from the article "Tombstone") ...whom were Wyatt Earp, John H. "Doc" Holliday, and Johnny Ringo, whereupon Tombstone gained a ... O.M.I. College of Applied Science (from the article "mechanics' institute") ...had moved to Boston, founded the Boston Mechanics' Institute in 1826, but its reliance on ... Oadby and Wigston borough (district), administrative and historic county of Leicestershire, England. Both Oadby and Wigston, formerly villages ... Oahe Dam (from the article "World's largest dams") ...where it receives several north-bank tributaries (including Thunder Butte Creek and the Little Moreau River), ... Oahe mole (from the article "tunnels and underground excavations") ...since 1960 have been rapidly adopted for many of the world's tunnels as a means ... Oahu island, Honolulu county, Hawaii, U.S. It is separated from the islands of Kauai (northwest) and ... [2 Related Articles] oak any of about 450 species of ornamental and timber trees and shrubs constituting the genus ... [9 Related Articles] oak apple (from the article "gall wasp") The so-called oak apple, a round, spongy, fruitlike object about 2.5 to 5 cm (1 ... Oak Bay district municipality, southwestern British Columbia, Canada, on southeastern Vancouver Island. It is an eastern residential ... Oak Harbor town, Island county, northwestern Washington, U.S., on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound. It was settled ... oak moss (Evernia prunastri), species of fruticose (branched, bushy) lichen valued in perfumery for its heavy, oriental ... Oak Park village, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It is a suburb of Chicago, located about 10 ... [1 Related Articles] Oak Ridge city, Anderson and Roane counties, eastern Tennessee, U.S. It lies in a valley between the ... [2 Related Articles] Oak Ridge National Laboratory (from the article "nuclear engineering") In the late 1940s, as the many potential peaceful uses of nuclear energy became evident, ... Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (from the article "nuclear engineering") In 1950 Clinch College was succeeded by the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology (ORSORT). ... oak treehopper (from the article "treehopper") The buffalo treehopper, Stictocephala (or Ceresa) bubalus, 6 to 8 mm (0.2 to 0.3 inch) ... oak wilt (from the article "wilt") Oak wilt, caused by the fungus Ceratocystis fagacearum, is a serious disease in the eastern ... Oak, Synod of the (from the article "Severian Of Gabala") Encouraged by an imperial and ecclesiastical faction hostile to Chrysostom's strict moral reforms, Severian served ... Oakes, John Bertram American newspaper editor (b. April 23, 1913, Elkins Park, Pa.-d. April 5, 2001, New York, ... Oakeshott, Michael (from the article "ideology") Such people are not unsympathetic to political theories, such as Locke's, but they argue that ... Oakham (from the article "Rutland") Rutland is a rural upland area. It contains many villages and the historic market towns ... Oakland city, seat (1873) of Alameda county, west-central California, U.S. It lies on the eastern shore ... [1 Related Articles] Oakland town, seat (1872) of Garrett county, extreme western Maryland, U.S., in the Allegheny Mountains near ... Oakland Athletics (from the article "Baseball") ...The Twins were in first place only once all season-on the final day. The Tigers, ... Oakland Raiders (from the article "Super Bowl") The NFL's other defeat in court benefited individual owners. In 1980 Al Davis, the managing ... Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum (from the article "building construction") ...perimeter from which two layers of radial cables were tightly stretched to a small tension ... oakleaf hydrangea (from the article "hydrangea") ...hydrangea (H. paniculata 'Grandiflora'), growing to a height of 9 m, is a common landscape ... Oakley, Annie American markswoman who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, where she was often called ... [3 Related Articles] Oakley, Kenneth English physical anthropologist, geologist, and paleontologist best known for his work in the relative dating ... Oakover River (from the article "De Grey River") river in northwestern Western Australia. It rises as the Oakover River in the Robertson Range, ... Oaks one of the English Classic horse races (along with the Derby, Saint Leger, Two Thousand ... Oakville town, regional municipality of Halton, southeastern Ontario, Canada, 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Toronto. ... Oamaru town and port, southeastern South Island, New Zealand. Its name comes from a Maori term ... Oannes in Mesopotamian mythology, an amphibious being who taught mankind wisdom. Oannes, as described by the ... [2 Related Articles] oar (from the article "ship") Oars and sailspart of early naval ship design oarfish (species Regalecus glesne), large, long, sinuous fish of the family Regalecidae (order Lampridiformes), found throughout ... [1 Related Articles] Oas (from the article "Romania") ...offer some magnificent scenery. This portion of the Carpathians is bounded on the eastern side ... oasis fertile tract of land that occurs in a desert wherever a perennial supply of fresh ... [6 Related Articles] Oasis (from the article "Britpop") ...19, 1963Sheffield, Eng.) and had its biggest hit with the single Common ... Oasis Club (from the article "Bradley, Edward Riley") ...cowboy and fought Indians and was briefly a miner before he turned to gambling, which ... Oastler, Richard industrial reformer known in the north of England as the "Factory King," who from 1831 ... oat grass any of the perennial plants of two genera of grasses, Arrhenatherum and Danthonia (family Poaceae). ... oat plant (from the article "oats") edible starchy grain of the oat plant (species Avena sativa), a cereal widely cultivated in ... Oates, Joyce Carol American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist noted for her vast literary output in a variety ... [2 Related Articles] Oates, L. E. G. (from the article "Antarctica") ...and dog teams, using the Axel Heiberg Glacier route, arrived back at Framheim Station at ... Oates, Titus renegade Anglican priest who fabricated the Popish Plot of 1678. Oates's allegations that Roman Catholics ... [4 Related Articles] oath sacred or solemn voluntary promise usually involving the penalty of divine retribution for intentional falsity ... [7 Related Articles] oatmeal (from the article "cereal processing") Some breakfast cereals require cooking; others are packaged ready-to-eat. Roasted and rolled oatmeal, eaten as ... oats edible starchy grain of the oat plant (species Avena sativa), a cereal widely cultivated in ... [4 Related Articles] Oaxaca estado (state), southern Mexico. It is bounded by the states of Puebla ... [3 Related Articles] Oaxaca city, capital of Oaxaca estado (state), southern Mexico, lying in the fertile ... [1 Related Articles] Oaxaca Basin (from the article "Mexico") ...farmers. Farther northeast is the Mesa del Sur, with numerous stream-eroded ridges and small isolated ... Oaxaca, Benito Juarez Autonomous University of (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") Oaxaca was the home of two of Mexico's most famous presidents, Porfirio Diaz and Benito ... ob (from the article "nutritional disease") In the 1990s research with genetically obese laboratory animals led to the discovery of the ... OB Association (from the article "star cluster") The chief distinguishing feature of the members of a stellar association is that the large ... Ob River river of central Russia. One of the greatest rivers of Asia, the Ob flows north ... [4 Related Articles] Ob River Basin (from the article "Khanty and Mansi") western Siberian peoples, living mainly in the Ob River basin of central Russia. They each ... Ob River Basin Culture (from the article "Stone Age") ...Siberian culture on one hand and with the Aral Sea region on the other. Throughout ... Ob, Gulf of large inlet of the Kara Sea indenting northwestern Siberia, between the peninsulas of Yamal and ... [2 Related Articles] Ob-Ugrian (from the article "Finno-Ugric religion") ...subsequent Tatar domination in eastern Russia (1236-1552) gave added significance to the Arab-Islamic tradition. In ... Ob-Ugric languages division of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family, comprising the Mansi (Vogul) and ... [2 Related Articles] oba (from the article "African dance") At the crowning of an oba (king) in Yorubaland, for example, the ruler leads a ... Obadiah (from the article "biblical literature") The Book of Obadiah, the fourth book of the Twelve (Minor) Prophets, contains only 21 ... Obadiah, Book of the fourth of 12 Old Testament books that bear the names of the Minor Prophets, ... [1 Related Articles] Obafemi Awolowo University (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly the University of Ife) was founded in 1961. One of Nigeria's ... Obaid, Thoraya On Jan. 1, 2001, Thoraya Ahmed Obaid became the executive director of the United Nations ... Obaku one of the three Zen sects in Japan, founded in 1654 by the Chinese priest ... [4 Related Articles] Obama Nfubea, Ricardo Mangue (from the article "Equatorial Guinea") Area: 28,051 sq km (10,831 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 507,000 | Capital: Malabo ... Obama, Barack American politician who on Nov. 4, 2008, was elected the 44th president of the United ... [9 Related Articles] Obama, Michelle American attorney and university administrator and the wife of Barack Obama, Democratic U.S. senator who ... [1 Related Articles] oban (from the article "coin") ...coins. Unlike China, Japan has had a gold and silver coinage since the 16th century. ... Obando, Jose Maria Colombian president (1853-54), whose violent character and career were representative of the political and military ... Obasanjo, Olusegun Nigerian general, politician, and diplomat, who was the first military leader in Africa to hand ... [11 Related Articles] Obasi, Godwin (from the article "The Environment") ...24 in Dubai at the end of the four-day Dubai International Conference on Atmospheric Pollution. ... obbligato (Italian: "obligatory"), in music, essential but subordinate instrumental part. For example, in an 18th-century aria ... [1 Related Articles] obedience (from the article "Judaism") ...second of the biblical passages that form the core of this liturgical statement (Deuteronomy 11:13-21). ... Obelerio (from the article "Venice") ...strife among various settlements vying for supremacy and between pro- and anti-Byzantine factions; also involved ... Obelia genus of invertebrate marine animals of the class Hydrozoa (phylum Cnidaria). The genus, widely distributed ... [1 Related Articles] obelisk tapered monolithic pillar, originally erected in pairs at the entrances of ancient Egyptian temples. The ... [4 Related Articles] Oberammergau (from the article "Passion play") The most famous of the Passion plays to survive into the 20th century is that ... oberek (from the article "mazurka") ...Chopin (1810-49) reflects the dance's popularity in his day. The varsoviana is a 19th-century couple ... Obergfoll, Christina (from the article "Track and Field Sports") ...the crossbar on her way down, but it stayed up. Menendez launched her javelin out ... Oberkampf, Christophe-Philippe (from the article "wallpaper") ...new and varied styles became available-chintz patterns, satin grounds, and stripes, to mention but a ... Oberkasseler Bridge (from the article "bridge") ...the Stromsund Bridge in Sweden (1956), used just two cables fastened at nearly the same ... Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (from the article "German Chain of Command in Western Europe, June 1944") ...Fuhrer and supreme commander of the armed forces, Adolf Hitler, as well as the rigidity ... Oberkommando des Heeres (from the article "World War II") ...the time for carrying out the invasion of the U.S.S.R. and was to prove the ... Oberland (from the article "Reuss") two former German principalities, merged into Thuringia in 1920. In their final years they comprised ... Oberlandesgericht (from the article "appeal") ...primarily with a unified interpretation of the law, and there is a separate Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal ... Oberlin city, Lorain county, northern Ohio, U.S., about 35 miles (56 km) west-southwest of Cleveland. In ... Oberlin College private coeducational institution of higher learning at Oberlin, Ohio, offering programs in liberal arts and ... [4 Related Articles] Oberlin, Johann Friedrich Lutheran pastor and philanthropist, who spent his life transforming desperately poor parishes in the Vosges ... [4 Related Articles] Obermaier, Sebastian (from the article "Education") ...religious education from the nation's schools. Patzi said that making the schools secular meant that ... Obermeier, Otto (from the article "relapsing fever") Borrelia spirochetes were the first microbes to be associated clearly with serious ... Oberoi, Mohan Singh Indian hotelier (b. Aug. 15, 1898, Bhaun, Punjab, India [now in Pakistan]-d. May 3, 2002, ... Oberon king of the fairies in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Oberon's conflict ... [1 Related Articles] Oberon outermost of the five major moons of Uranus and the second largest of the group. ... [2 Related Articles] Oberon king of the elves, or of the "faerie," in the French medieval poem Huon de ... [1 Related Articles] Oberon, Merle British and American film actress who appeared in more than 30 motion pictures. Her most ... Oberosterreich Bundesland (federal state), northern Austria. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic on the west ... [1 Related Articles] Oberpfalz (from the article "Palatinate") ...a title held by a leading secular prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Geographically, the ... Oberpfalzerwald Mountains (from the article "Bohemian Forest") ...cover more than a third of the range, and the population is sparse. There are ... Oberprokuror (from the article "Eastern Orthodoxy") ...(1721) and transformed the central administration of the church into a department of the state, ... Obersalzberg (from the article "Berchtesgaden") On the Obersalzberg, 1,640 feet (500 metres) above the town (linked by a cable railway), ... Oberst, Walter (from the article "1938: Other Winners") ...WarnerHonorary Award: Walt Disney for Snow White and the Seven DwarfsHonorary Award: Jan Domela, Farciot ... Oberstadt (from the article "Freiberg") ...parts: the oldest, the Civitas Saxonum, a maze of alleys around the Nikolai (St. Nicholas) ... Oberstolz, Christian (from the article "Bobsleigh, Skeleton, and Luge") Christian Oberstolz and Patric Gruber of Italy captured the 2004-05 overall World Cup luge doubles ... Oberth, Hermann German scientist who is considered to be one of the founders of modern astronautics. [5 Related Articles] Oberto I marquis of eastern Liguria and count of Luni, powerful feudal lord of 10th-century Italy under ... obesity excessive accumulation of body fat, usually caused by the consumption of more calories than the ... [15 Related Articles] Obey River river in north-central Tennessee, U.S., formed by the East Fork Obey and West Fork Obey ... obi wide sash or belt made of satin or a stiff silk material, worn since ancient ... [2 Related Articles] Obi Islands group of the northern Moluccas, Maluku Utara (North Moluccas) provinsi (province), Indonesia. ... obia in west African folklore, a gigantic animal that steals into villages and kidnaps girls on ... Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Teodoro (from the article "Equatorial Guinea") Area: 28,051 sq km (10,831 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 507,000 | Capital: Malabo ... Obidos town and river port, west-central Para estado (state), northern Brazil. It was ... [1 Related Articles] Obihiro city, southern Hokkaido, Japan, on the Tokachi River. Founded in 1883, it became a regional ... Obilic, Milos (from the article "Kosovo, Battle of") At first, victory appeared to be on the side of the Serbs when the sultan ... Obizzo I (from the article "Este, House of") ...Hanover. Another son, Ugo, tried without success to establish in France, while a third son, ... Obizzo II (from the article "Este, House of") In 1264 Azzo's heir, Obizzo II (1264-93), was created perpetual lord by the people of ... object (from the article "Uralic languages") The widespread use of separate subjective and objective conjugations among the Uralic languages (as in ...

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