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 Pandionidae ... Pantarchy Pandionidae (from the article "osprey") The osprey is the only species in the family Pandionidae, which is sometimes considered a ... Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi Indian political leader and diplomat, one of the world's leading women in public life in ... Pandji (from the article "Southeast Asian arts") ...was created in the mid-18th century from a confluence of three previously separate elements: female ... Pandokrator Mountain (from the article "Corfu") ...(593 square km). Of limestone structure, the island is mountainous in the north and low ... Pandolfi, Vito Italian critic, theatrical scholar, and director known for his adherence to traditional forms of Italian ... Pandora (from the article "Moons of Saturn") Pandora and its nearest neighbour moon, Prometheus, have been dubbed shepherd moons because of their ... Pandora in Greek mythology, the first woman. According to Hesiod's Theogony, after Prometheus, ... [2 Related Articles] Pandrosos (from the article "Aglauros") ...related that Aglauros was turned to stone by the god Mercury in retribution for her ... Pandu (from the article "Mahabharata") The story begins when the blindness of Dhritarashtra, the elder of two princes, causes him ... Pandua (from the article "Malda") ...confluence of the Mahananda and Kalindri rivers and is part of the English Bazar urban ... Pandukkabhaya (from the article "Sri Lanka") Tradition attributes the founding of the kingdom of Anuradhapura to Pandukkabhaya, the third king of ... Pandulf I (from the article "Italy") ...Capua, Atenulf I, conquered Benevento, and the Lombard-Byzantine border stabilized. Capua-Benevento maintained a certain cohesion ... Pandulph papal legate to England and bishop of Norwich who was deeply involved in English secular ... Panduro, Leif Danish novelist and dramatist, a social critic who wrote in a satirical, humorous vein. Panduvasudeva (from the article "Sri Lanka") ...founded a dynasty. He had no heir to the throne, and toward the end of ... Pandya Dynasty Tamil rulers in the extreme south of India of unknown antiquity (they are mentioned by ... [5 Related Articles] panegyric eulogistic oration or laudatory discourse that originally was a speech delivered at an ancient Greek ... [5 Related Articles] panegyris in Greek religion, an ancient assembly that met on certain fixed dates for the purpose ... [1 Related Articles] panel (from the article "Wood production by region") Another type of curtain wall is the panel type. It has no gridwork of mullions ... panel entry (from the article "coal mining") ...usually serve the life of the mine for ventilation and for worker and material transport. ... panel painting painting executed on a rigid support-ordinarily wood or metal-as distinct from painting done on canvas. ... [5 Related Articles] panel show (from the article "broadcasting") Another pattern popular in many countries involves a panel of distinguished figures under a chairman, ... panel wall (from the article "brick and tile") ...under load-bearing walls. This type of wall is used to close in a steel or ... panelak (from the article "Czech Republic") ...part, stabilized. Although about half of existing housing was constructed between 1950 and 1990-much of ... paneling in architecture and design, decorative treatment of walls, ceilings, doors, and furniture consisting of a ... [3 Related Articles] panengah (from the article "Sundanese") ...to the Javanese pattern, though often mixed with elements of Hindu origin. The Sundanese language, ... panentheism (from the article "pantheism") ...the universe conceived of as a whole is God and, conversely, that there is no ... Paneth's cell specialized type of epithelial cell found in the mucous-membrane lining of the small intestine and ... [1 Related Articles] Paneth, Friedrich Adolf Austrian chemist who with George Charles de Hevesy introduced radioactive tracer techniques (1912-13). [1 Related Articles] Panevezys city, north-central Lithuania, on the Nevezis River. First mentioned in 1503, it was chartered as ... Pang Xun (from the article "China") ...which later spread to Sichuan and dragged on from 858 until 866. After the invaders ... Pangaion, Mount mountain, at the mouth of the Struma River, northeastern Kavalla nomos (department), Macedonia, Greece. Its ... [1 Related Articles] Pangalos, Theodoros soldier and statesman who for eight months in 1926 was dictator of Greece. [2 Related Articles] Pangani historic town, northeastern Tanzania. It lies at the mouth of the Pangani River, on the ... Pangasinan eighth largest cultural-linguistic group of the Philippines. Numbering about 1,540,000 in the late 20th century, ... Pangasinan language (from the article "Austronesian languages") Major Austronesian languages include Cebuano, Tagalog, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Bikol, Waray, Kapampangan, and Pangasinan of the ... Pangea in early geologic time, a "supercontinent" that incorporated almost all of Earth's landmasses and covered ... [21 Related Articles] pangenesis (from the article "evolution") ...inheritance" proposed that offspring merely struck an average between the characteristics of their parents. But ... Pangkalpinang kotamadya (municipality) and chief settlement of Bangka island and capital of Bangka-Belitung ... [1 Related Articles] Pangkor Engagement (1874), treaty between the British government and Malay chiefs in Perak, the first step in ... [2 Related Articles] Pangnirtung (from the article "Cumberland Sound") ...Passage. Blacklead Island, within the sound, was a noted whaling station by the late 19th ... pangolin any of the armoured placental mammals of the order Pholidota. Pangolin, from the Malayan meaning ... [1 Related Articles] Pangong Range (from the article "Karakoram Range") ...of the system is about 150 miles; the length is increased from 300 to 500 ... Pangrango, Mount (from the article "Jawa Barat") The landscape of Jawa Barat is dominated by a chain of volcanoes, both active and ... Panguitch city, seat (1882) of Garfield county, south-central Utah, U.S. Located at an altitude of 6,666 ... Panguna mining town and site of a large open-pit copper mine in the south-central interior of ... Pangwa (from the article "African literature") ...retreating helplessly from the cruelty of man; and the Ijo peoples of the Niger River ... Panhame River (from the article "Hunyani River") ...and cuts through the Rukowakuona Mountains to the Lowveld. It crosses the Mozambique border at ... Panhard, Rene French automobile engineer and manufacturer who, with Emile Levassor, produced the first vehicle with an ... [1 Related Articles] panharmonicon (from the article "music recording") ...devices. Haydn wrote tunes for musical (pipe organ) clocks; Mozart wrote several pieces for mechanical ... Panhellenic Liberation Movement (from the article "Panhellenic Socialist Movement") ...After a period of imprisonment, he had been allowed to leave Greece. In exile he ... Panhellenic Socialist Movement social democratic political party in Greece. The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) was founded in 1974 ... [10 Related Articles] Panhellenion (from the article "Hadrian") ...he had their laws professionally redrafted, and he brought to completion the massive temple of ... panhypopituitarism (from the article "dwarfism") ...and may be hereditary; tumours, infections, or infarction (tissue death) of the pituitary can also ... Paniagua, Valentin Peruvian politician (b. Sept. 23, 1936, Cuzco, Peru-d. Oct. 16, 2006, Lima, Peru), served (November ... panic in economics, acute financial disturbance, such as widespread bank failures, feverish stock speculation followed by ... [4 Related Articles] panic (from the article "collective behaviour") A number of common assumptions about behaviour under stress have been dispelled by research on ... panic attack (from the article "mental disorder") Anxiety disorders are distinguished primarily in terms of how they are experienced and to what ... Paniceae (from the article "Poaceae") The Panicoideae include almost 3,300 species and are remarkably consistent in the nature of their ... panicle (from the article "inflorescence") A panicle is a branched raceme in which each branch has more than one flower, ... Panicoideae (from the article "Poaceae") Most members of the two subfamilies Chloridoideae and Panicoideae tolerate relatively warm and dry habitats ... panicum any of nearly 600 species of forage and cereal grasses in the genus Panicum (family ... Panicum turgidum (from the article "seed and fruit") ...restricts germination to the spot where they land. In contrast, Eusideroxylon zwageri does not grow ... Panie, Mount (from the article "New Caledonia") ...deposits of nickel, chrome, and cobalt ore). In the northeast of the main island, an ... Panier (from the article "Marseille") The popular area of Marseille was the seedy district, north of the Old Port, known ... panier (from the article "dress") Toward mid-century the hoop framework gradually changed shape to become oval. Then known as a ... panihari (from the article "Rajasthan") The typical folk dance of Rajasthan is the ghoomar, which is performed on festive occasions ... Panihati city, south-central West Bengal state, northeastern India. It is located just east of the Hooghly ... Panikkar, Kavalam Madhava Indian statesman, diplomat, and scholar. Panin, Nikita Ivanovich, Graf statesman who served as a chief diplomatic adviser to Catherine II the Great of Russia ... Panini (from the article "linguistics") ...non-Western grammatical tradition-and the most original and independent-is that of India, which dates back at ... Panini (from the article "Hominidae") It has been proposed (though not generally accepted) that chimpanzees and bonobos be placed in ... paniolo (from the article "Waimea") ...Waimea is the headquarters for the Parker Ranch (established about 1815), one of the largest ... Panipat city, Haryana state, northwestern India. It is connected by road and rail with Delhi (south) ... Panipat, Battles of (1526, 1556, 1761), three military engagements, important in North Indian history, fought at Panipat, a ... [9 Related Articles] Panizzae foramen (from the article "crocodile") ...only partially divided from each other. In crocodiles, both atria and both ventricles are completely ... Panizzi, Sir Anthony Italian patriot and man of letters who became famous as a librarian at the British ... [1 Related Articles] Panj Piare (from the article "Sikhism") ...master. When he had apparently dispatched the fifth, the screen was removed, and all five ... Panj River headstream of the Amu Darya in Central Asia. It is 700 miles (1,125 km) long ... [3 Related Articles] Panjgur town, Balochistan province, Pakistan. Situated on the south bank of the Rakhshan River in the ... Panjkora (from the article "Hindu Kush") ...follow two contrasting directions-northeast to southwest and roughly east to west. Most of the rivers, ... Panjnad River river in Punjab province, Pakistan, formed just below Uch by successive junctions of the Sutlej, ... Panjsher (from the article "Hindu Kush") ...on the northern side but highly complex on the southern one, where valleys follow two ... Pankhurst, Dame Christabel Harriette suffragist leader credited with organizing the tactics of the militant British suffrage movement. [1 Related Articles] Pankhurst, Emmeline militant champion of woman suffrage whose 40-year campaign achieved complete success in the year of ... Pankhurst, Richard Marsden (from the article "Pankhurst, Emmeline") In 1879 Emmeline Goulden married Richard Marsden Pankhurst, lawyer, friend of John Stuart Mill, and ... Pankratov, Denis (from the article "Olympic Games") ...Her three gold medals, however, came amid rumours of drug use. In the men's events ... pankus (from the article "Telipinus") ...the royal succession. His stipulations, now called the Edict of Telipinus, form one of the ... panlobular emphysema (from the article "respiratory disease") This irreversible disease consists of destruction of alveolar walls. It occurs in two forms, centrilobular ... Panlongcheng Chinese archaeological site from about the middle of the Shang dynasty period (c. 1600-1046 BCE). ... [1 Related Articles] Panna town, northern Madhya Pradesh state, central India. The town grew in importance when Chhatrasal, ruler ... Panna National Park (from the article "Principal national parks of the world") The surrounding region comprises much of the former princely states of Panna and Ajaigarh. Diamond ... Pannartz, Arnold (from the article "typography") ...a time when the text had been less open than the first Caroline alphabet but ... panner (from the article "baking") An automatic panning device is an integral part of most modern molders. As empty pans, ... panniculus carnosus (from the article "mammal") The panniculus carnosus is a sheath of dermal (skin) muscle, developed in many mammals, that ... panning in mining, simple method of separating particles of greater specific gravity (especially gold) from soil ... [3 Related Articles] panning shot (from the article "motion picture") One of the simplest and most common movements is to turn, or pan (from the ... Pannini, Giovanni Paolo the foremost painter of Roman topography in the 18th century. His real and imaginary views ... [1 Related Articles] Pannonhalma Apatsag (from the article "Gyor-Moson-Sopron") On a northern spur of the Bakony Mountains, just southeast of Gyor, is Pannonhalma Apatsag, ... Pannonia province of the Roman Empire, corresponding to present-day western Hungary and parts of eastern Austria, ... [6 Related Articles] Pannonian Basin (from the article "Carpathian Mountains") ...the range from other basic geologic elements of Europe, such as the old Bohemian Massif ... pannus (from the article "rheumatoid arthritis") Active inflammation is first seen in the synovial membranes of the joints, which become red ... Pano (from the article "South American forest Indian") The Ge family includes groups most of which are located in the semi-arid lands of ... Panocho (from the article "Murcia") ...is sparse, and the isolated farmsteads and small villages are located where there is water. ... Panofsky, Erwin German American art historian who gained particular prominence for his studies in iconography (the study ... [1 Related Articles] Panofsky, Wolfgang Kurt Hermann German-born American particle physicist and arms-control adviser supported the building of strong scientific relations with ... panopticon architectural form for a prison, the drawings for which were published by Jeremy Bentham in ... [2 Related Articles] panorama in the visual arts, continuous narrative scene or landscape painted to conform to a flat ... [3 Related Articles] panorpoid complex (from the article "dipteran") Diptera belong to the panorpoid complex, which includes Mecoptera (scorpionflies), Trichoptera (caddisflies), Lepidoptera (butterflies and ... panos (from the article "Cape Verde") From the 17th to the 19th century, Cape Verde was famous for its woven cotton ... Panozzo, John U.S. drummer who was a cofounder of the rock group Styx, which enjoyed its greatest ... panpipe wind instrument consisting of cane pipes of different lengths tied in a row or in ... [6 Related Articles] panpsychism (from Greek pan, "all"; psyche, "soul"), a philosophical theory asserting that a plurality of separate ... [2 Related Articles] Pansa, House of (from the article "domus") ...room), cubiculai (bedrooms), alae (recesses for private talk), and tricliniai (dining rooms), with different exposures ... Pansaers, Clement Belgian poet and Dadaist whose reputation was resurrected some 50 years after his death. pansophism (from the article "Comenius, John Amos") He interpreted his agreement with the Swedish government as entitling him to base his textbooks ... panspermism (from the article "Arrhenius, Svante August") ...succesful venture into this genre was Worlds in the Making (1908), originally ... pansy any of several popular cultivated violets (genus Viola), with 400-600 species, of the family Violaceae. ... Pantaenus (from the article "Clement of Alexandria, Saint") ...significant information about his early life. As a student, he traveled to various centres of ... Pantaleone family (from the article "metalwork") ...considerable but uncertain antiquity, are supposed by some to have been removed from St. Mark's ... Pantaloon stock character of the 16th-century Italian commedia dell'arte-a cunning and rapacious yet often deceived Venetian ... [2 Related Articles] Pantanal floodplain in south-central Brazil that extends into northeast Paraguay and southeast Bolivia. It lies mainly ... [7 Related Articles] Pantanal complex (from the article "Plata, Rio de la") In the upper Paraguay River basin, some of the Pantanal's vegetation, called the "Pantanal complex," ... Pantani, Marco Italian cyclist (b. Jan. 13, 1970, Cesenatico, Italy-d. Feb. 14, 2004, Rimini, Italy), won both ... [1 Related Articles] Pantar Island island in the Alor group, Nusa Tenggara Timur provinsi ("province"), Indonesia. Pantar lies about 45 ... [1 Related Articles] Pantarchy (from the article "Woodhull, Victoria") ...a single moral standard for men and women, legalized prostitution, and dress reform. Much of ...

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