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[1 Related Articles] Rhijn, Pieter J. van (from the article "Milky Way Galaxy") ...refers to the absolute number of stars of different absolute magnitudes in the solar neighbourhood. ... rhinarium (from the article "primate") ...complexity of the nasal concha ("scroll" bones of the nose), the richness of the innervation ... Rhinatrematidae (from the article "Gymnophiona") ...2 genera, 37 species; adult size 40-50 cm (16-20 inches); Southeast Asia, peninsular India, Sri ... Rhind papyrus ancient Egyptian scroll bearing mathematical tables and problems. This extensive document from ancient Egypt has ... [4 Related Articles] Rhine Falls the most spectacular waterfall in central Europe, on the upper Rhine River just below Schaffhausen ... [1 Related Articles] Rhine Rift Valley (from the article "Germany") ...of restricted extent. The Black Forest (Schwarzwald) was once continuous with the Vosges massif in ... Rhine River river and waterway of western Europe, culturally and historically one of the great rivers of ... [20 Related Articles] Rhine wine (from the article "Rhineland") ...of Moselle and Bas-Rhin over the German Lander (states) of the Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate and ... Rhine, Army of the (from the article "Sedan, Battle of") Mac-Mahon had intended to march his army, accompanied by Napoleon III, from Chalons-sur-Marne northeast toward ... Rhine, Confederation of the union (1806-13) of all the states of Germany, except Austria and Prussia, under the aegis ... [4 Related Articles] Rhine, J. B. (from the article "parapsychological phenomenon") ...slower to recognize psychical research as a serious subject for study. The activities of the ... Rhine, League of the (from the article "Boyneburg, Johann Christian, Freiherr von") ...marshal of the court of Mainz and prime minister if he would become a Roman ... Rhine-Herne Canal (from the article "Rhine River") In the Ruhr region the Ruhr itself (except for the last seven miles) and the ... Rhine-Hesse Plateau (from the article "Rhineland-Palatinate") ...the Saar-Nahe Mountains and the escarpments of the Pfalzer Forest (Pfalzerwald). Open cultivated areas alternate ... Rhine-Rhone Canal (from the article "canals and inland waterways") ...at Chalon and completed the first inland route from the English Channel to the Mediterranean; ... Rhine-Weser Germanic language (from the article "Germanic languages") ...250 BC they had spread south, and five general groups are distinguishable: North Germanic in ... rhinegraves wide breeches worn by men in the mid-17th century in Europe. The breeches were probably ... [1 Related Articles] Rhineland historically controversial area of western Europe lying in western Germany along both banks of the ... [13 Related Articles] Rhineland Commission (from the article "international relations") ...engineers and workers to revive the Rhine-Ruhr complex through the Inter-Allied Control Commission for Factories ... Rhineland Pact (from the article "international relations") ...signed five treaties (Oct. 16, 1925) designed to pacify postwar Europe. Locarno seemed truly a ... Rhineland-Palatinate Land (state) situated in southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the states ... [2 Related Articles] Rhinelander city, seat (1887) of Oneida county, northern Wisconsin, U.S. It lies at the confluence of ... Rhinelander Logging Museum Complex (from the article "Rhinelander") The Rhinelander Logging Museum Complex in Pioneer Park includes a replica of a lumber camp ... Rhinelander, F. W. (from the article "Rhinelander") ...a heavy concentration of lakes, and Nicolet National Forest lies to the east. The city, ... rhinestone colourless, faceted glass used in jewelry; also foil-backed or silvered cut glass used to imitate ... rhinitis (from the article "rhinitis") generic term for inflammation of the mucous tissue of the nose. Rhinitis may be allergic ... rhinoceros any of five species of ponderous, hoofed mammals, family Rhinocerotidae (order Perissodactyla), found in eastern ... [2 Related Articles] rhinoceros beetle (from the article "rhinoceros beetle") Some species, such as the Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules), can grow to over 18 cm ... rhinoceros beetle any of numerous species of beetle, some of which are among the largest beetles on ... rhinoceros viper brightly coloured venomous snake of the family Viperidae that inhabits rainforests and swamps of West ... Rhinolophidae (from the article "bat") ...or in the open under bridges or eaves, in the crests of palm trees, or ... Rhinomonas (from the article "algae") ...approximately 200 described species; Chilomonas, Cryptomonas, rhinoplasty (from the article "plastic surgery") ...in vitro and synthetic compounds such as silicone are also used as a substitute for ... rhinovirus a group of viruses capable of causing common colds in human adults and children. They ... [3 Related Articles] Rhins, The (from the article "Galloway") The Rhins is a hammer-shaped peninsula in the extreme southwest of Wigtownshire. At the southern ... Rhipidiales (from the article "fungus") ...hyphae may grow within or between cells of plants, causing root rot; example genera include ... Rhipidistia extinct group of lobe-finned bony fishes of the order Crossopterygii that included the ancestors of ... [3 Related Articles] rhipidoglossan radula (from the article "gastropod") Evidently, the most primitive type of gastropod feeding involved browsing and grazing of algae from ... Rhipsalis cactus genus of about 50 species, family Cactaceae, native to tropical and subtropical America, West ... Rhizanthes (from the article "Rafflesiaceae") ...mostly in the Old World subtropics: Pilostyles (22 species), Bdallophytum (4 species), Apodanthes (5 species), ... rhizine (from the article "lichen") ...number of fungal cells (called the mycobionts). The heteromerous thallus differs in that it has ... Rhizobium (from the article "bacteria") ...can be used by living organisms. Some nitrogen-fixing bacteria, such as Azotobacter, Clostridium pasteurianum, and ... Rhizocephala (from the article "crustacean") ...distorted by outgrowths of the gut and ovary, giving a bushlike appearance; males dwarfed, living ... rhizoid (from the article "fungus") ...Brie and Camembert are matured by enzymes produced by the fungus Penicillium camemberti, which grows ... rhizomastigote any member of the flagellate protozoan order Rhizomastigida, with features similar to both flagellates and ... rhizomatous begonia (from the article "begonia") Rhizomatous begonias include the rex, or beefsteak, begonias (Rex-Cultorum group), including offshoots of B. rex ... rhizome in botany, horizontal, underground plant stem capable of producing the shoot and root systems of ... [12 Related Articles] rhizomorph (from the article "Signs of pathogen presence in diseased plants") Armillaria grow from a single fertilized white spore and spread vegetatively through hyphae, threadlike filaments ... Rhizophoraceae (from the article "Malpighiales") ...and is used as a flavouring for the soft drink Coca-Cola (a name that is ... rhizophore (from the article "lycophyte") ...of the soil, or large, flat, erect, frondlike side branches from strong rhizome systems. The ... Rhizophydiales (from the article "fungus") ...ChytridialesMainly found in soil; examples of genera include Chytridium, Chytriomyces, and Nowakowskiella.Order RhizophydialesAquatic parasitic (on ... rhizopod any member of the protozoan superclass Rhizopoda. Three types of pseudopodia (cytoplasmic extensions) used in ... [2 Related Articles] Rhizopus stolonifer (from the article "plant disease") Relative humidity is very critical in fungal spore germination and the development of storage rots. ... Rhizostomeae (from the article "jellyfish") The order Rhizostomeae includes some 80 described species. In these jellyfish the frilly projections (oral ... Rho (D) immune globulin (from the article "therapeutics") ...of the fetus, often leading to severe hemolytic anemia and brain damage, heart failure, or ... Rho-GAM (from the article "infectious disease") Rho-GAM is a human anti-RhD immune serum globulin used in the prevention of Rh hemolytic ... Rhodanic Republic (from the article "Valais") ...during the Reformation were unsuccessful. The prince-bishops retained their power until the revolution of 1798, ... Rhode Island constituent state of the United States of America. It was one of the original 13 ... [13 Related Articles] Rhode Island island, largest in Narragansett Bay, eastern Rhode Island, U.S., occupying an area of 44 square ... [4 Related Articles] Rhode Island Red (from the article "Selected breeds of poultry") An American breed, the Rhode Island Red, developed in 1857 from Red Malay game fowl ... Rhode Island School of Design private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Providence, R.I., U.S. The school was founded in ... [2 Related Articles] Rhode Island, Battle of (from the article "Rhode Island") ...army burned nearly 500 buildings for firewood. In 1778 a combined Franco-American operation (the first ... Rhode Island, flag of U.S. state flag consisting of a white field (background) featuring the state coat of arms-a ... Rhode Island, University of public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Kingston, R.I., U.S. It is a land- and ... [3 Related Articles] Rhodes island (nisos), the largest of the Dodecanese (q.v.) group, Greece, and the most easterly in ... [11 Related Articles] Rhodes major city of the island of Rhodes and capital of the nomos (department) of Dhodhekanisos ... [3 Related Articles] Rhodes grass (from the article "Chloris") ...with feathery spikelets. Windmill grass (C. truncata) of Australia and tumble windmill grass (C. verticillata) ... Rhodes Matopos National Park (from the article "Matopo Hills") The Rhodes Matopos National Park was founded in 1902 as an estate with pastoral and ... Rhodes scholarship educational grant to the University of Oxford, established in 1902 by the will of Cecil ... [1 Related Articles] Rhodes University (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...most blacks with postsecondary degrees earned them through UNISA or Fort Hare, but the English-language ... Rhodes, Alexandre de Jesuit missionary who was the first Frenchman to visit Vietnam. [4 Related Articles] Rhodes, Cecil financier, statesman, and empire builder of British South Africa. He was prime minister of Cape ... [13 Related Articles] Rhodes, Colin (from the article "Outsider Art: Moving in from the Margins") One of the most talked-about exhibitions of 2007 showcased the work of Mexican-born Martin Ramirez ... 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Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation of political unit created in 1953 and ended on Dec. 31, 1963, that embraced the British ... [4 Related Articles] Rhodesian Front (from the article "Smith, Ian") ...1958 Smith had become chief government whip in Parliament, but when the Federalists supported a ... Rhodesian ridgeback South African hound dog breed characterized by a narrow band of hair that grows forward ... Rhodesian teak (from the article "Zambezi River") ...of the genus Baikiaea, found extensively on sandy interfluves between drainage channels, is economically the ... Rhodian Sea Law body of regulations governing commercial trade and navigation in the Byzantine Empire beginning in the ... [4 Related Articles] Rhodian ware (from the article "Islamic arts") ...and development of this type of ceramic decoration is intimately tied to the complex and ... rhodium (Rh), chemical element, one of the platinum metals of Group VIIIb of the periodic table, ... 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Rhodope (from the article "Greece, history of") At the beginning of the 4th century the regions comprising very approximately the modern state ... Rhodope Mountains mountain system in the Balkan Peninsula. The Rhodope Mountains lie mainly in Bulgaria but also ... [3 Related Articles] Rhodophyta (from the article "Rhodophyta") division of algae known as red algae (q.v.). rhodopsin a chromoprotein (protein linked to a pigment-carrying substance) that is contained in the light-sensitive cells ... [13 Related Articles] rhodora (Rhododendron canadense), deciduous shrub, of the heath family (Ericaceae), native to northeastern North America. It ... Rhodri Mawr (from the article "Carmarthenshire") ...the high ground. During the post-Roman centuries the Celtic saints reflected the Christian faith of ... Rhodymenia (from the article "algae") ...species; Bangia, Palmaria, Polysiphonia, Rhoeo (from the article "Anius") in Greek mythology, the son of the god Apollo and of Rhoeo, who was herself ... Rhoipteleaceae (from the article "Fagales") Rhoipteleaceae contains one genus with one species, Rhoiptelea chiliantha (horsetail tree), which is restricted to ... Rhombifera (from the article "echinoderm") ...Ordovician about 460,000,000-500,000,000 years ago; resemble Blastoidea but differ in structure of ambulacra and in ... rhombogen phase (from the article "mesozoan") ...agametes) give rise to wormlike individuals similar to their parents. These remain in the same ... rhombos (from the article "bull-roarer") Known as the rhombos, the device was used in the ancient Greek ... Rhombozoa (from the article "mesozoan") any of approximately 50 species of small, ciliated, multicellular animals that parasitize other marine invertebrates ... Rhondda community, Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), Wales. Rhondda comprises two ... [1 Related Articles] Rhondda Cynon Taff county borough in southern Wales. It encompasses the northwest-southeast-trending upper valleys of the Rivers Ely, ... Rhondda, David Alfred Thomas, 1st viscount, baron Rhondda of Llanwern Welsh coal-mining entrepreneur, leading figure in industrial South Wales, and government official who introduced food ...

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