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 pectoral ... Pehle, John pectoral (from the article "jewelry") The concept of symmetry was utilized on the small pectoral or pendant (3.3 × 2.4 ... pectoral fin (from the article "skeleton") The pectoral fin of the elasmobranchs possesses basal cartilages that articulate with the pectoral girdle. ... pectoral girdle (from the article "muscle") In tetrapods, unlike fishes, the pectoral girdle does not have a solid bony connection to ... pectoralis major (from the article "pectoralis muscle") any of the muscles that connect the front walls of the chest with the bones ... pectoralis minor (from the article "pectoralis muscle") ...rotation of the arm forward about the axis of the body. When the raised arms ... pectoralis muscle any of the muscles that connect the front walls of the chest with the bones ... [3 Related Articles] pectus excavatum a chest deformity caused by depression of the breastbone, or sternum. Pectus excavatum is generally ... peculiar motion (from the article "Milky Way Galaxy") ...of space. To solve for solar motion, two assumptions are made. The first is that ... peculium (from the article "slavery") ...Ch'ing China, medieval Spain, and the northern Nigerian emirates, slaves had the right of property ... peculium castrense (from the article "patria potestas") By classical times, the father's power of life and death had shrunk to that of ... ped (from the article "soil") Aggregates of soil particles whose formation has not been influenced by human intervention are called ... pedagogy study of teaching methods, including the aims of education and the ways in which such ... [19 Related Articles] pedal (from the article "bicycle") The word bicycle came into use in Europe in 1868 to replace the cumbersome pedal (from the article "keyboard instrument") Unlike their Austrian and German counterparts, English pianos had two or, at most, three pedals. ... pedal disk (from the article "sea anemone") ...at the upper end of the body is surrounded by petal-like tentacles, which are often ... pedal harp musical instrument in which pedals control a mechanism raising the pitch of given strings by ... [1 Related Articles] pedal locomotion (from the article "locomotion") In pedal locomotion, which is a slow, continuous gliding that is superficially indistinguishable from ciliary ... pedal point in music, a tone sustained through several changes of harmony that may be consonant or ... pedal retractor muscle (from the article "bivalve") ...gastropods, does not have a flat creeping sole but is bladelike (laterally compressed) and pointed ... pedalboard (from the article "organ") ...with each pipe corresponding to one key on the keyboard, or manual. Organs usually possess ... pedalfer (from the article "China") ...two classifications. Generally speaking, the soils north of the Qin Mountains-Huai River line are pedocals ... Pedaliaceae (from the article "Lamiales") Pedaliaceae, or the sesame family, is a small family of 13 genera and 70 species. ... Pedder, Lake (from the article "Gordon River") The first stage of the Gordon River hydroelectric project was completed in 1978; Gordon Dam ... pederasty (from the article "pedophilia") ...of sexual offenses. In general, the younger the child and the greater the disparity in ... Pedernales city, southwestern Dominican Republic, on the Caribbean coast just across from Anse-a-Pitre, Haiti. It was ... Pedersen conductivity (from the article "geomagnetic field") The electrical conductivity parallel to the electric field in the Earth's ionosphere is referred to ... Pedersen, Carl-Henning Danish artist was a significant figure in the short-lived (1949-51) but influential COBRA (an ... Pedersen, Charles J. American chemist who, along with Jean-Marie Lehn and Donald J. Cram, was awarded the 1987 ... Pedersen, Christiern Danish humanist who was among the first to rediscover Denmark's national literary and historical heritage ... Pedersen, Hilde (from the article "The XX Olympic Winter Games") ...of China to 54-year-old American Scott Baird, who shared the silver medal won by the ... Pedersen, Holger Danish linguist of exceptional accomplishment, especially in comparative Celtic grammar. [3 Related Articles] Pedersen, Johannes Peder Ejler Danish Old Testament scholar and Semitic philologist, important for his conception of Israelite culture and ... Pedersen, Maya (from the article "Bobsleigh, Skeleton, and Luge") ...Hollingsworth-Richards gained the World Cup title after finishing on the podium in every race during ... Pedersen, Terje (from the article "athletics") ...record by 6.22 metres, finally reaching 77.23 metres (253 feet 4.5 inches) in 1936. As ... pedestal in Classical architecture, support or base for a column, statue, vase, or obelisk. Such a ... pedestal crater (from the article "Mars") ...of craters-huge impact basins; large, partially filled craters with shallow, flat floors and eroded rims; ... Pedetes (from the article "spring hare") ...which was recently placed, along with anomalures, in a separate suborder of rodents, Anomaluromorpha. The ... Pedetidae (from the article "spring hare") ...or rats and mice (family Muridae). However, most specialists now agree that the spring hare ... Pedi a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting Limpopo province, South Africa, and constituting the major group of the ... [5 Related Articles] pediatrics medical specialty dealing with the development and care of children and with the diagnosis and ... [4 Related Articles] pedicab three-wheeled vehicle with a hooded carriage body balanced on two of the wheels. The body ... pedicel (from the article "spider") ...(except the primitive suborder Mesothelae) differ from other arachnids in lacking external segmentation of the ... pedicel (from the article "inflorescence") In a raceme a flower develops at the upper angle (axil) between the stem and ... pedicel (from the article "renal system") ...The third, external layer consists of large epithelial cells called podocytes. These cells make contact ... pedicellaria (from the article "echinoderm") ...is unfavourable, or on a seasonal basis), and a new set of internal organs regenerates ... pedicle (from the article "lamp shells") ...of the articulate brachiopods (whose valves articulate by means of teeth and sockets) lasts only ... pediculosis pubis (from the article "sexually transmitted disease") Finally, a common infestation is pediculosis pubis. The crab louse, Phthirus pubis, infests the hair ... Pediculus (from the article "relapsing fever") ...well-being and caused by spirochetes, or spiral-shaped bacteria, of the genus Borrelia. ... Pedieos River river in central and eastern Cyprus. It rises in the Troodos range and flows in ... [1 Related Articles] pedigree a record of ancestry or purity of breed. Studbooks (listings of pedigrees for horses, dogs, ... [3 Related Articles] pedigree selection (from the article "selection") ...preferred characteristics, and the process is continued for as many generations as is desired. The ... pediment in architecture, triangular gable forming the end of the roof slope over a portico (the ... [1 Related Articles] pediment in geology, any relatively flat surface of bedrock (exposed or veneered with alluvial soil or ... [2 Related Articles] Pedinella (from the article "algae") ...baskets enclosing the cells; flagella bases attach almost directly to nucleus; silicoflagellate skeletons common in ... Pedinellales (from the article "algae") ...marine flagellates, including silicoflagellates that form skeletons common in diatomite deposits; fewer than 25 described ... Pedionomidae (from the article "plains wanderer") ...torquatus), Australian bird resembling a tiny quail. It has a mottled reddish brown body and ... pedipalp (from the article "arachnid") ...they are chelate, or pincerlike, and are used to hold and crush prey. Among spiders ... pediplain (from the article "continental landform") ...stream incision, and each utilized the concept of parallel retreat of fluvial-structural escarpments to generate ... pedocal (from the article "China") ...between the drier and cooler North and the wetter and hotter South, soils may be ... pedodontics dental specialty that deals with the care of children's teeth. The pedodontist is extensively concerned ... [1 Related Articles] pedology scientific discipline concerned with all aspects of soils, including their physical and chemical properties, the ... [7 Related Articles] pedon (from the article "soil") Soils are natural elements of weathered landscapes whose properties may vary spatially. For scientific study, ... pedophilia psychosexual disorder in which an adult's arousal and sexual gratification occur primarily through sexual contact ... [7 Related Articles] Pedrell, Felipe Spanish composer and musical scholar who devoted his life to the development of a Spanish ... [4 Related Articles] pedrero (from the article "military technology") ...was the cannons, or cannon-of-battery, named for their primary function of battering down fortress walls; ... Pedro de Toledo (from the article "Italy") Pedro de Toledo (viceroy 1532-53) reorganized the Kingdom of Naples and placed it firmly within ... Pedro Henriquez Urena National University (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") The private Pedro Henriquez Urena National University, located in Santo Domingo, was founded (1966) in ... Pedro I founder of the Brazilian empire and first emperor of Brazil, from Dec. 1, 1822, to ... [8 Related Articles] Pedro II second and last emperor of Brazil (1831-89), whose benevolent and popular reign lasted nearly 50 ... [5 Related Articles] Pedro IV (from the article "Saldanha, Joao Carlos de Saldanha, Duke de") ...province of Rio Grande do Sul in 1821 but returned to Portugal in 1823, following ... Pedro IV Agua Rosada Nsamu a Mvemba of Kibangu (from the article "Kongo") ...the countryside and resulting in the enslavement and transport of thousands of Kongo subjects. These ... Pedro Juan Caballero town, northeastern Paraguay, founded in 1899. It lies in the Amambay Mountains at 2,296 feet ... Pedro the Constable (from the article "Portuguese literature") Poetry was cultivated in the mid-15th century, but the dominant influence came now from Castile, ... Pedro the Constable (from the article "Coimbra, Pedro, 1o duque de") His son Pedro the Constable, after a long exile in Castile, returned and was offered ... Pedro, Don (from the article "Much Ado About Nothing") ...highly skeptical of romance and courtship and, seemingly, each other. Claudio is deceived by the ... Pedrocchi Cafe (from the article "Western architecture") ...Genoa (1826-28); and Giuseppe Japelli's meat market at Padua (1821) using the unfluted Paestum order ... Pedroia, Dustin (from the article "Baseball") ...Series.) In game one, played in Boston on October 24, the Red Sox routed Colorado ... Pedrolino stock character of the Italian commedia dell'arte, a simpleminded and honest servant, usually a young ... [2 Related Articles] Pedroza, Eusebio Panamanian professional boxer, world featherweight (126 pounds) champion from 1978 to 1985. peduncle (from the article "angiosperm") The peduncle is the stalk of a flower or an inflorescence. When a flower is ... peduncle (from the article "cnidarian") ...most do so weakly and are carried passively by currents over long distances. Polyps are ... Pee Dee River river rising as the Yadkin River in the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwestern North Carolina, ... Peebles royal burgh (town), Scottish Borders council area, historic county of Peeblesshire, Scotland, at the junction ... [1 Related Articles] Peeblesshire historic county of southeastern Scotland that forms a triangle between the historic counties of Midlothian ... Peegee hydrangea (from the article "hydrangea") Peegee hydrangea (H. paniculata 'Grandiflora'), growing to a height of 9 m, is a common ... Peekskill city, Westchester county, southeastern New York, U.S., on the east bank of the Hudson River, ... Peel town on the west coast of the Isle of Man, one of the British Isles, ... Peel Commission group headed by Lord Robert Peel, appointed in 1936 by the British government to investigate ... [2 Related Articles] Peel Line (from the article "World War II") ...Netherlands began with the capture by parachutists of the bridges at Moerdijk, at Dordrecht, and ... peel oven (from the article "baking") ...consisting of a metal belt passing through a connected series of baking chambers open only ... Peel River river in northern Yukon Territory and northwestern Mackenzie District of the Northwest Territories, Canada, the ... [1 Related Articles] Peel, John British disc jockey (b. Aug. 30, 1939, Heswall, Cheshire, Eng.-d. Oct. 25, 2004, Cuzco, Peru), ... [1 Related Articles] Peel, Sir Robert, 2nd Baronet British prime minister (1834-35, 1841-46) and founder of the Conservative Party. Peel was responsible for ... [15 Related Articles] Peel, Thomas (from the article "Australia") ...Two years later he returned to the Swan as governor of the new colony of ... Peele, George Elizabethan dramatist who experimented in many forms of theatrical art: pastoral, history, melodrama, tragedy, folk ... [1 Related Articles] Peenemunde village, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania Land (state), northeastern Germany, at the northwestern end of Usedom Island in ... [2 Related Articles] peep (from the article "peep") any of about a dozen species of small sandpipers. Some are also called oxbirds or ... peep show children's toy and scientific curiosity, usually consisting of a box with an eyehole, through which ... Peeping Tom (from the article "Godiva, Lady") ...of Edward I shows that at that time no tolls were paid in Coventry except ... peeping tom person who derives sexual satisfaction from watching from hiding places as others disrobe or engage ... peer group (from the article "human behaviour") During the first two years of life, infants do not spontaneously seek out other children ... Peer, Rafi (from the article "South Asian arts") The actor-playwright Rafi Peer, with his knowledge of Western theatre as a result of his ... peer-to-peer network (from the article "cybercrime") ...digital pirate-that included just about anyone who had ever shared or downloaded an MP3 file. ... peerage (from the article "United Kingdom") During the early 17th century a small titular peerage composed of between 75 and 100 ... Peerage Act (from the article "count") ...of earl in her right, but from the reign of Richard II earldoms could be ... Peerage Bill (from the article "Walpole, Robert, 1st earl of Orford") During the next three years Walpole fought the government on every issue, achieving considerable success ... Peers, House of (from the article "Diet") Under the Meiji Constitution of 1889, the Imperial Diet was established on the basis of ... Peet, Bill American animator, screenwriter, and author-illustrator (b. Jan. 29, 1915, Grandview, Ind.-d. May 11, 2002, Studio ... pegasse (from the article "Guyana") ...of much smaller amounts of alluvium from the country's rivers. They overlie white sands and ... Pegasus in Greek mythology, a winged horse that sprang from the blood of the Gorgon Medusa ... [3 Related Articles] Pegasus any of a series of three U.S. scientific satellites launched in 1965. These spacecraft were ... Pegasus (from the article "launch vehicle") ...to launch lighter spacecraft at a lower overall cost (although not necessarily a lower cost ... pegasus (from the article "coin") ...where similar currency was produced in the islands. Ambition and pride stimulated two neighbouring powers ... pegged exchange rate (from the article "international payment and exchange") Under a system of pegged exchange rates, short-term capital movements are likely to be equilibrating ... pegging (from the article "cribbage") Scoring is traditionally called pegging because it usually is done by moving pegs on a ... Pegler, Westbrook American columnist whose continual crusades, combined with an acerbic, original style, attracted nationwide attention. pegmatite almost any wholly crystalline igneous rock that is at least in part very coarse grained, ... [5 Related Articles] pegmatitic texture (from the article "rock") ...medium-grained granite. Aphanitic is a descriptive term for small crystals, and phaneritic for larger ones. ... Pegnesischer Blumenorden (from the article "Harsdorfer, Georg Philipp") ...poet and theorist of the Baroque movement who wrote more than 47 volumes of poetry ... Pegolotti, Francesco Balducci Florentine mercantile agent best known as the author of the Pratica della mercatura ("Practice of ... Pegoud, Adolphe (from the article "stunt flying") ...Petr Nesterov (d. 1914, in one of the early dogfights of World War I). Nesterov ... Pegram, G. B. (from the article "Manhattan Project") ...from fascist regimes in Europe, took steps in 1939 to organize a project to exploit ... Pegu (from the article "Phayre, Sir Arthur Purves") After the Second Anglo-Burmese War (1852), Phayre became commissioner of Pegu and played a major ... Pegu port city, southern Myanmar (Burma), on the Pegu River, 47 miles (76 km) northeast of ... [4 Related Articles] Peguy, Charles French poet and philosopher who combined Christianity, socialism, and patriotism into a deeply personal faith ... [1 Related Articles] Pehle, John (from the article "War Refugee Board") Under the direction of John Pehle, a Treasury Department lawyer who had worked to expose ...

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