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 stem succulent ... stereocilium stem succulent (from the article "angiosperm") ...different parts to look and function in the same way. Each of these plant groups ... stem turn (from the article "Nordheim, Sondre") ...first known jumping competition, held at Telemark in 1866. He also designed skis with incurving ... Stemann, Poul Christian Danish premier who championed absolute monarchy against the rising tide of liberal reform. stemma codicum (from the article "textual criticism") ...genealogically; the text and the textual vehicle (the book itself) are treated as a single ... stemmata (from the article "lepidopteran") The head bears a pair of very short antennae and on each side a cluster ... stemmatic approach (from the article "textual criticism") In the "genealogical" or "stemmatic" approach, the attempt to reconstruct an original text here relies ... stemming (from the article "Zdarsky, Matthias") ...point to a lower directly below on a slope. He first used a single pole ... Stemonaceae (from the article "Pandanales") The family Stemonaceae, with four genera and 27 species, consists of herbs and vines in ... Stemonitis large genus of true slime molds (class Myxomycetes; q.v.) typical of the order Stemoniales. The ... Sten gun 9-millimetre submachine gun that became the standard such weapon in the British Commonwealth armed forces ... [1 Related Articles] stencil etching (from the article "imprinting") process of transferring writing from a master copy to another form. There are three basic ... stencil printing (from the article "resist printing") In stencil printing, the design parts not intended to take colour are covered with paper, ... stenciling in the visual arts, a technique for reproducing designs by passing ink or paint over ... [8 Related Articles] Stendal city, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany. It lies along the Uchte River, ... Stendhal one of the most original and complex French writers of the first half of the ... [6 Related Articles] Steneosaurus extinct crocodiles that inhabited shallow seas and whose fossils are found in sediments of the ... Stengel, Casey American professional baseball player and manager who began his career in 1910 and retired in ... [1 Related Articles] Stenia (from the article "Thesmophoria") ...the first day was called ascent (anodos) and descent (kathodos) and to connect it with ... Stenmark, Ingemar Swedish alpine skier, a slalom specialist, who was one of the most successful performers in ... [1 Related Articles] Stenness site of the Standing Stones of Stenness, a Neolithic stone circle on the island of ... Stennis, John Cornelius U.S. politician (b. Aug. 3, 1901, De Kalb, Miss.--d. April 23, 1995, Jackson, Miss.), as ... Steno's law statement that the angles between two corresponding faces on the crystals of any solid chemical ... Steno, Nicolaus Danish Niels Steensen, or Stensen geologist and anatomist whose early observations greatly advanced the development ... [3 Related Articles] Stenograph (from the article "shorthand") A method of recording speech by using machines became commercially feasible around 1906, when the ... stenohaline animal (from the article "marine ecosystem") ...have lateral-line systems, which they use to detect prey, and whales have a sound-producing organ ... stenolaemate any member of the class Stenolaemata, a group of colonial marine animals within the invertebrate ... [1 Related Articles] Stenoscript ABC Shorthand (from the article "shorthand") Stenoscript ABC Shorthand is a phonetic system using only longhand and common punctuation marks. It ... stenosis (from the article "atresia and stenosis") absence, usually congenital, of a normal bodily passage or cavity (atresia) or narrowing of a ... Stenospeed (from the article "shorthand") Stenospeed originated in 1950 in the United States; the first publication was called Stenospeed High ... Stenotaphrum genus of about seven species of low, mat-forming perennial grasses of the family Poaceae, native ... Stenotaphrum secundatum variegatum (from the article "Saint Augustine grass") Saint Augustine grass is cultivated as a lawn grass in some areas of Australia and ... stenotypy a system of machine shorthand in which letters or groups of letters phonetically represent syllables, ... [1 Related Articles] Stensen's duct (from the article "salivary gland") ...between the ear and ascending branch of the lower jaw. Each gland is enclosed in ... Stensioelliformes (from the article "fish") ...valve and lunglike structures; apparently mostly small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes. Length about 10-40 cm (roughly ... Stentor genus of trumpet-shaped, contractile, uniformly ciliated protozoans of the order Heterotrichida. They are found in ... [1 Related Articles] Stentor coeruleus (from the article "Stentor") ...the order Heterotrichida. They are found in fresh water, either free-swimming or attached to submerged ... step (from the article "choreography") ...social dances at court and probably began to invent new ones or arrange variants of ... step cut method of faceting coloured gemstones in which the stone produced is rather flat with steps, ... step dance (from the article "clog dance") ...shoes, or clogs. Clog dancing appears in many dance forms-e.g., in some bourrees of Auvergne, ... step growth (from the article "electrochemical reaction") ...that would surround it in the bulk of the metal; there, adatoms can be successively ... Step Pyramid (from the article "Heb-Sed") ...that the ceremonies represented a ritual reenactment of the unification of Egypt, traditionally accomplished by ... Step Reckoner a calculating machine designed (1671) and built (1673) by the German mathematician-philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm von ... [1 Related Articles] step regulator (from the article "voltage regulator") ...order to protect the equipment using the electricity. In power-distribution systems the regulators are either ... step-growth polymer (from the article "surface coating") Step-growth polymers include polyesters, epoxies, polyurethanes, polyamides, melamine, and phenolic resins. They are formed most ... step-growth polymerization (from the article "industrial polymers, chemistry of") ...monomers containing carbon-carbon double bonds) and to certain types of cyclic monomers (that is, monomers ... step-index fibre (from the article "industrial glass") ...a standard of 125 micrometres to as much as 300 micrometres. Fibres of this core-clad ... Stepanov notation (from the article "dance notation") ...to record the repertory. Of the scores notated during that period, many were incomplete, rapidly ... Stepanov, Vladimir Ivanovich (from the article "dance notation") The close affinity between music and dance made inevitable the idea of using musical notes ... Stephan, Martin (from the article "Protestantism") ...under J.A.A. Grabau settled in the vicinity of Buffalo, New York, and others in and ... Stephanie, Princess (from the article "Monaco") ...line of succession. Therefore, in 2004 Princess Caroline's elder son, 20-year-old Andrea Casiraghi, stood third ... stephanite a sulfosalt mineral, silver antimony sulfide (Ag5SbS4), that occurs as black, lustrous, orthorhombic crystals, fine ... Stephanodrilus (from the article "annelid") ...as sucker with fingerlike projections; posterior segments also modified to form sucker; body with 14 ... Stephanopoulos, Konstantinos (from the article "Greece") Area: 131,957 sq km (50,949 sq mi) | Population (2005 est.): 11,088,000 | Capital: Athens ... Stephanotis genus of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), containing about 15 species of climbing plants native to ... Stephansson, Stephan G. Icelandic-born poet who wrote virtually all his poems in North America. Stephanus of Alexandria (from the article "Platonism") ...half of the 6th century. Finally, in the 7th century, under Heraclius, after philosophical teaching ... Stephen (from the article "Crusades") Meanwhile, the fourth army, under Robert of Flanders, had crossed the Adriatic from Brindisi. Accompanying ... Stephen (from the article "Children's Crusade") The first group of children was led by a French shepherd boy named Stephen, from ... Stephen voivod (prince) of Moldavia (1457-1504), who won renown in Europe for his long resistance to ... [3 Related Articles] Stephen king of England from 1135 to 1154. He gained the throne by usurpation but failed ... [10 Related Articles] Stephen (II) unconsecrated pope from March 23 to March 25, 752. He was a priest when he ... Stephen Bathory prince of Transylvania (1571-76) and king of Poland (1575-86) who successfully opposed the Habsburg candidate ... [6 Related Articles] Stephen F. Austin State University public, coeducational institution of higher education in Nacogdoches, Texas, U.S. It comprises the Graduate School, ... Stephen I first king of Hungary, who is considered to be the founder of the Hungarian state ... [5 Related Articles] Stephen I, Saint pope from 254 to 257; he was a priest when consecrated, probably on May 12, ... [3 Related Articles] Stephen II (from the article "Hungary") ...1095-1116), who was the elder son of Geza I, had his own brother, Almos, and ... Stephen II (or III) pope from 752 to 757. He severed ties with the Byzantine Empire and thus became ... [7 Related Articles] Stephen II Nemanja (from the article "Serbia") ...area only under Stefan Nemanja. Stefan assumed the throne of Raska in 1168, but he ... Stephen III (from the article "Hungary") ...boy, whom his father's friends had brought up in secrecy, and Bela's eldest son, Geza ... Stephen III (or IV) pope from August 768 to 772. [1 Related Articles] Stephen IV (from the article "Hungary") ...II (1141-62), ruled thereafter unchallenged, but the succession of Geza's son, Stephen III (1162-72), was ... Stephen IV (or V) pope from June 816 to January 817. Stephen IX (or X) original name Frederick Of Lorraine, French Frederic De Lorraine pope from August 1057 to March ... [4 Related Articles] Stephen of Bourbon (from the article "Joan, Pope") One of the earliest extant sources for the Joan legend is the De septem donis ... Stephen of Garland (from the article "France") ...agents in the modern sense; their functions (and incomes) were endowed rewards or fiefs, for ... Stephen of Perm, Saint one of the most successful and dynamic missionaries of the Russian Orthodox Church. [2 Related Articles] Stephen V king of Hungary (1270-72), the eldest son of Bela IV. [3 Related Articles] Stephen V (or VI) pope from 885 to 891 whose pontificate witnessed the disintegration of the Carolingian Empire and ... [2 Related Articles] Stephen VI (or VII) pope from May 896 to August 897. [4 Related Articles] Stephen VII (or VIII) pope from 928 to 931. As cardinal priest of St. Anastasia, Rome, he was active ... Stephen VIII (or IX) pope from 939 to 942. Educated in Germany, he became cardinal priest of the Roman ... Stephen's woodrat (from the article "woodrat") ...and many types of forest (eastern deciduous, pinon-juniper, coniferous, boreal, and tropical thorn and scrub). ... Stephen, Marcus (from the article "Nauru") Area: 21.2 sq km (8.2 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 10,200 | Capital: ... Stephen, Saint ; feast day December 26, Christian deacon in Jerusalem; the first Christian martyr, whose apology ... [1 Related Articles] Stephen, Sir James Fitzjames, 1st Baronet British legal historian, Anglo-Indian administrator, judge, and author noted for his criminal-law reform proposals. His ... [1 Related Articles] Stephen, Sir Leslie English critic, man of letters, and first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. [2 Related Articles] Stephens, Alexander H politician who served as vice president of the Confederate States of America during the American ... [1 Related Articles] Stephens, Alice Barber American illustrator whose work appeared regularly in the most popular books and magazines of her ... Stephens, Ann Sophia American editor and writer whose melodramatic novels, popular in serialized form, gained an even wider ... Stephens, Helen American runner who won two gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin and was ... Stephens, Jack (from the article "1980: Other Winners") ...for Melvin and HowardAdapted Screenplay: Alvin Sargent for Ordinary PeopleCinematography: Ghislain Cloquet and Geoffrey Unsworth ... Stephens, James (from the article "O'Mahony, John") In 1857, after discussing with fellow nationalist James Stephens the organization of a revolutionary society ... Stephens, James Irish poet and storyteller whose pantheistic philosophy is revealed in his fairy tales set in ... Stephens, John Lloyd American traveler and archaeologist whose exploration of Maya ruins in Central America and Mexico (1839-40 ... Stephens, Olin James, II American naval architect who was designer, skipper, and navigator of the yacht Dorade, the winner ... [1 Related Articles] Stephens, Sir Robert British actor who was a star with the National Theatre in the 1960s; after a ... Stephens, Uriah Smith American utopian reformer who was instrumental in founding the Knights of Labor, the first national ... Stephens, Woodford Cefis American horse trainer (b. Sept. 1, 1913, Stanton, Ky.--d. Aug. 22, 1998, Miami Lakes, Fla.), ... Stephenson, Frank (from the article "industrial design") ...Ford's design studio, which, under his direction, introduced the retro-looking Thunderbird (2002). International boundaries were ... Stephenson, George English engineer and principal inventor of the railroad locomotive. [8 Related Articles] Stephenson, George Robert pioneer English railroad engineer who assisted his uncle George Stephenson and his cousin Robert Stephenson ... Stephenson, Robert outstanding English Victorian civil engineer and builder of many long-span railroad bridges, most notably the ... [8 Related Articles] Stephenson, William Canadian-born millionaire industrialist whose role as Britain's intelligence chief in the Western Hemisphere in World ... steppe (from the article "Asia") The animal life of the steppes differs as much from that of the taiga as ... steppe climate (from the article "climate") Arid and semiarid climates cover about a quarter of Earth's land surface, mostly between 50° ... steppe hedgehog (from the article "hedgehog") ...species of Eurasian hedgehogs (genus Erinaceus), there are four African hedgehogs (genus Atelerix), six desert ... steppe lemming (from the article "lemming") ...short legs and stumpy tails, a bluntly rounded muzzle, small eyes, and small ears that ... steppe pika (from the article "pika") ...is successful only when the first offspring are lost early in the breeding season. Litter ... Steppe, the belt of grassland that extends some 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometres) from Hungary in the west ... [4 Related Articles] stepped leader (from the article "thunderstorm") ...10 to 100 metres (33 to 330 feet). The time interval between steps ranges from ... stepped lending (from the article "microcredit") ...organizations, or nongovernmental organizations such as Opportunity International and the Foundation for International Community Assistance. ... Steppenwolf Theatre Company (from the article "Performing Arts") The year's most-acclaimed new play, Tracy Letts's August: Osage County, was a big-cast, multigenerational family ... Stepterion (from the article "Apollo") Of the Greek festivals in honour of Apollo, the most curious was the octennial Delphic ... steptoe a hill or mountain that projects like an island above a surrounding lava field. This ... Steptoe Butte (from the article "steptoe") a hill or mountain that projects like an island above a surrounding lava field. This ... Steptoe, Patrick British gynecologist who, together with British medical researcher Robert Edwards, perfected in vitro fertilization (IVF) ... Steptoe, Patrick Christopher (from the article "Steptoe, Patrick") In 1939 Steptoe graduated from the University of London's St. George Hospital Medical School and ... stepwise bimolecular elimination (from the article "reaction mechanism") If removal of the electrophilic fragment precedes the loss of the nucleophile, the reaction becomes ... stepwise unimolecular elimination (from the article "reaction mechanism") A carbonium ion produced by heterolysis (decomposition of a compound into oppositely charged particles or ... steradian unit of solid-angle measure in the International System of Units (SI), defined as the solid ... [1 Related Articles] Stercorariidae (from the article "Stercorariidae") bird family (order Charadriiformes) of medium- to large-sized oceanic, predatory birds. The family is composed ... Sterculia (from the article "Malvaceae") The pantropical Sterculia (150 species) and the African Cola (125 species) were part of the ... stere metric unit of volume equal to one cubic metre, or 1,000 litres. The stere (from ... [1 Related Articles] stereo variable area (from the article "motion-picture technology") The simplest and most common sound system employs a single amplifier channel and one speaker ... stereochemistry (from the article "Hoff, Jacobus Henricus van 't") ...and also explain why solutions of certain chemical compounds would rotate a plane of polarized ... stereocilium (from the article "ear, human") ...cells, as well as a basement membrane, nerve fibres and nerve endings, and underlying connective ...

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