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 Sinha, Satyendra Prassano, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur ... sirenian Sinha, Satyendra Prassano, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur Indian lawyer and statesman who had an extremely successful legal career, won high esteem in ... [1 Related Articles] Sinhala Maha Sabha political group in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) that was founded in 1937 by S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike. ... Sinhala Only Bill (1956), act passed by the government of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) making Sinhalese the official ... Sinhalese member of a people of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) who constitute the largest ethnic group ... [14 Related Articles] Sinhalese language Indo-Aryan language, one of the two official languages of Sri Lanka. It was taken there ... [6 Related Articles] Sinhalese literature (from the article "South Asian arts") The island nation of Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka), formally a part of South Asia, ... Sinian (from the article "Precambrian time") ...thick sequences of sediment were deposited in many basins throughout Asia. The Riphean sequence spans ... Sinica, Academia (from the article "Shanghai") The Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China's leading scientific research and development ... Siniolchu (from the article "mountaineering") ...were making spectacularly successful climbs of other great Himalayan peaks. A Soviet team climbed Stalin ... Siniora, Fouad (from the article "Lebanon") ...estimated to number fewer than 400,000) | Capital: Beirut | Chief of state: President Gen. ... Sinis (from the article "Theseus") ...allowed by Pittheus to have a child (Theseus) by Aethra. When Theseus reached manhood, Aethra ... Siniscalco, Domenico (from the article "Italy") ...of our country" but that he had failed to induce the governor to resign. In ... sinister (from the article "heraldry") The terms dexter and sinister mean merely "right" and "left." A shield is understood to ... Sinjar Mountains (from the article "Iraq") North of the alluvial plains, between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, is the arid ... Sinjibu (from the article "Iran, ancient") About 560 a new nation, that of the Turks, had emerged in the east. By ... sink (from the article "atmosphere, evolution of") ...that removes gas either chemically, as in the consumption of oxygen during the process of ... sink (from the article "angiosperm") ...into sieve tubes at source regions (places of photosynthesis or mobilization and exportation of storage ... Sinkaietk (from the article "Plateau Indian") ...Coast Indians. The Northern Plateau Salish include the Shuswap, Lillooet, and Ntlakapamux (Thompson) tribes. The ... sinkhole topographic depression formed as underlying limestone bedrock is dissolved by groundwater. It is considered the ... [2 Related Articles] Sinkiang, Uygur Autonomous Region of autonomous region occupying the northwestern corner of China. It is bordered by Mongolia to the ... [8 Related Articles] sinking fund fund accumulated and set aside by a corporation or government agency for the purpose of ... sinking stage (from the article "tunnels and underground excavations") ...operations, in which shafts 5,000 to 8,000 feet deep are common and are generally 20 ... Sinn Fein political wing of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Sinn Fein, organized in both Northern ... [28 Related Articles] Sinningia speciosa (from the article "gloxinia") S. speciosa should not be confused with the genus Gloxinia, which contains about 15 species ... Sino-Austric languages (from the article "Sino-Tibetan languages") ...Austroasiatic stock or the Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian) family, or both, with Sino-Tibetan; a suggested term for ... Sino-British supplementary treaty (from the article "capitulation") ...centuries, when traders from the West were spreading Western influence by a process of infiltration ... Sino-French War (1883-85), conflict between China and France over Vietnam, which disclosed the inadequacy of China's modernization ... [2 Related Articles] Sino-Indian War (from the article "China") The most important set of measures Mao took concerned the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which ... Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), conflict between Japan and China that marked the emergence of Japan as a major ... [8 Related Articles] Sino-Japanese War (1937-45), conflict that broke out when China began full-scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese ... [26 Related Articles] Sino-Soviet dispute (from the article "international relations") A still more energetic U.S. riposte would await the end of Eisenhower's term, but "Mr. ... Sino-Soviet Friendship Association (from the article "education") A major agency designed to popularize the Soviet model was the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association (SSFA), ... Sino-Soviet Treaty (from the article "Chinese Eastern Railway") At the end of World War II, Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government negotiated the Sino-Soviet Treaty ... Sino-Swedish expedition (from the article "Hedin, Sven Anders") ...pro-German sympathies during World War I cost him influential friends and the trust of the ... Sino-Tibetan languages group of languages that includes both the Chinese and the Tibeto-Burman languages. In terms of ... [9 Related Articles] Sino-Vietnamese War (from the article "international relations") ...oust the pro-Peking Khmer Rouge. Soon after Deng Xiaoping's celebrated visit to the United States, ... sinoatrial node (from the article "mammal") ...is inherent in all cardiac muscle, but in myogenic hearts the pacemaker is derived from ... Sinocalycanthus (from the article "Laurales") ...a discontinuous distribution: Calycanthus (strawberry shrub, sweet shrub, or Carolina allspice) is found in California ... Sinodelphys (from the article "Life Sciences") ...for "soundly sleeping dragon"), was 130 million years old and the earliest known specimen to ... Sinold von Schutz, Philipp Balthasar (from the article "encyclopaedia") ...dizionario scientifico e curioso, sacroprofano (1746-51; "New Scientific and Curious, Sacred-Profane Dictionary"), avoided the subject ... Sinon (from the article "Trojan horse") ...into Troy during the Trojan War. The horse was built by Epeius, master carpenter and ... Sinonatrix (from the article "water snake") The five species of Asiatic water snakes, Sinonatrix, which may be closely ... Sinop seaport on the southern coast of the Black Sea, northern Turkey. It lies on an ... [3 Related Articles] Sinop fragment (from the article "painting, Western") ...(known as the Vienna Genesis) at the Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna; there is a fragmentary copy ... Sinope (from the article "Moons of Jupiter") ...turn of the 21st century, eight outer moons were known, comprising two distinct orbital families ... Sinope, Battle of (from the article "naval warfare") ...is no better period in history for studying their interrelationship than the shift from sail ... sinopia (from the article "drawing") ...the final execution down to exact details. They may also be mere probing sketches. Long ... Sinopoli, Giuseppe Italian conductor and composer (b. Nov. 2, 1946, Venice, Italy-d. April 20, 2001, Berlin, Ger.), ... Sinosauropteryx (from the article "dinosaur") ...structures that covered the body, they have shed much light on the relationship between birds ... Sinowatz, Fred (from the article "Austria") After the Socialist Party lost its absolute majority in 1983, Kreisky resigned, and the Socialists, ... Sinqu River (from the article "Orange River") ...by the Lesotho Highlands that extends from the Drakensberg escarpment in the east to the ... Sint Anna Bay deep channel separating the two parts of Willemstad, capital of Curacao, in the Netherlands Antilles. ... Sint Eustatius island of the Netherlands Antilles, in the Caribbean Sea. It lies 7 miles (11 km) ... [3 Related Articles] Sint Maarten part of the Netherlands Antilles occupying the southern third of the island of Saint Martin, ... [2 Related Articles] Sint Nicolaas Church (from the article "Amsterdam") ...century new suburbs were built, several in the Amsterdam school of architectural style; their imaginative, ... Sintagma Square (from the article "Athens") Below the well-sited but very plain palace, a large garden square, Sintagma (Constitution) Square, was ... sinter mineral deposit with a porous or vesicular texture (having small cavities). At least two kinds ... sintering the welding together of small particles of metal by applying heat below the melting point. ... [10 Related Articles] Sintra three freguesias (parishes) and a concelho (township) of Lisboa distrito ("district"), Portugal. The towns and ... Sintra Mountains mountain range, Lisboa distrito ("district"), western Portugal. It extends about 10 miles (16 km) from ... [1 Related Articles] Sintra, Convention of (from the article "Portugal") ...(later duke of Wellington) and 13,500 British troops in Mondego Bay. Winning the victories of ... Sintra, Pedro de (from the article "Liberia") Outsiders' knowledge of the west of Africa began with a Portuguese sailor, Pedro de Sintra, ... Sinuhe protagonist of a literary tale set in the early 12th dynasty (1938-c. 1756 BCE) who ... [2 Related Articles] Sinuiju city, northwestern North Korea. It was developed during the Japanese occupation (1910-45) at the Korean ... [1 Related Articles] sinuous rille (from the article "Moon") ...flows inundated the older crater Prinz, whose rim is now only partly visible. At one ... sinus in anatomy, a hollow, cavity, recess, or pocket; a large channel containing blood; a suppurating ... [7 Related Articles] sinus bradycardia (from the article "cardiovascular disease") Bradycardia (low heart rate) can arise from two general mechanisms. The sinoatrial node may not ... sinus gland (from the article "crustacean") The X-organ-sinus-gland complex is located in the eyestalk. The X-organ passes its secretions to the ... sinus rhythm (from the article "cardiovascular disease") ...frequently results in the development of atrial fibrillation. In some circumstances, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia will ... sinus squeeze pain, inflammation, and possible bleeding of the membranes lining the sinus cavities in the head, ... sinus venosus (from the article "circulation") ...column of the true vertebrate. Its circulatory pattern differs from that of most invertebrates as ... sinusitis acute or chronic inflammation of the mucosal lining of one or more paranasal sinuses (the ... sinusoid irregular tubular space for the passage of blood, taking the place of capillaries and venules ... sinusoidal wave (from the article "mathematics") ...ahead as the scribe chose. (Although the method is purely arithmetic, one can interpret it ... Sinxo, Guybon (from the article "South Africa") Such writers as Oliver Kgadime Matsepe (North Sotho), Thomas Mofolo (South Sotho), Guybon Sinxo (Xhosa), ... Sinyavsky, Andrey Donatovich Russian critic and author of novels and short stories who was convicted of subversion by ... [3 Related Articles] Sion capital of Valais canton, southwestern Switzerland. It lies along the Rhone River, at the mouth ... [2 Related Articles] Sion Cent Welsh religious poet who challenged the values of the bardic tradition. Siorpaes, Sergio (from the article "Monti, Eugenio") Monti's first Olympic effort in the two-man bobsled resulted in a second-place finish at the ... Siouan languages North American Indian family of languages that, with the Iroquoian and Caddoan language families, constitutes ... [3 Related Articles] Sioux a broad alliance of North American Indian peoples who spoke three related languages within the ... [16 Related Articles] Sioux City city, seat (1856) of Woodbury county, northwestern Iowa, U.S. It lies on the Missouri River ... Sioux Falls city, seat (1868) of Minnehaha county, southeastern South Dakota, U.S. It lies on the Big ... Sioux Uprising (from the article "Mankato") ...blue clay along the riverbanks (Mankato was the result of an early spelling error, though ... Sioux wars and treaties (from the article "Crazy Horse") Sioux Indian chief of the Oglala tribe who was an able tactician and determined warrior ... Sip Canal (from the article "Iron Gate") ...make it one of the most dramatic natural wonders of Europe. Near the town of ... Sipacapa language (from the article "Mesoamerican Indian languages") ...it Teco. Kaufman identified two more new Mayan languages in the course of a linguistic ... Sipapo River (from the article "Orinoco River") ...boulders. The waters fall in a succession of rapids, ending with the Atures Rapids. In ... sipapu (from the article "kiva") ...in the floor of the kiva (sometimes carved through a plank of wood, sometimes dug ... Sipapu Bridge (from the article "Natural Bridges National Monument") The largest bridge, Sipapu, rises 220 feet (67 metres) above the streambed and has a ... Siparia village, southwestern Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, southeastern West Indies. Located 10 miles (16 km) south ... Siparuna cujabana (from the article "Laurales") A decoction of the bark of Siparuna cujabana (family Siparunaceae) from Brazil is used by ... Siparunaceae (from the article "Laurales") The family Siparunaceae includes 75 species in two genera. Glossocalyx, from tropical West Africa, has ... Siphnus Greek island of the Cyclades (q.v.) group, consisting of a limestone ridge whose principal peaks, ... siphon instrument, usually in the form of a tube bent to form two legs of unequal ... [1 Related Articles] siphon (from the article "bivalve") ...a septum-the "septibranch" ctenidium-that creates pressure changes within the mantle cavity and produces sudden inrushes ... Siphonariidae (from the article "gastropod") ...and suborders, are listed in order of increasing specialization.)Superfamily PatelliformiaBrackish water or marine limpets with ... Siphonophora (from the article "cnidarian") ...and dactylozooids project through pores in surface of skeleton. Reduced, acraspedote (lacking a velum) nonfeeding ... siphonostele (from the article "lower vascular plant") ...generally the layer giving rise to the branches in roots, and the endodermis seems to ... Siphonostomatoida (from the article "crustacean") ...of fish and invertebrates; mouth not tubelike or suckerlike; mandibles reduced; adult segmentation often reduced ... siphuncle (from the article "seashell") ...when the foot is withdrawn into the shell. In the cephalopods Nautilus and Spirula, the ... Siping city, southwestern Jilin sheng (province), northeastern China. It is located near the ... Sipontum (from the article "Manfredonia") ...del Gargano at the head of the Golfo (gulf) di Manfredonia, northeast of Foggia. The ... Sippar ancient city of Babylonia, located southwest of present Baghdad, central Iraq. Sippar was subject to ... [2 Related Articles] Sippy, G.P. Indian filmmaker was responsible for producing Sholay ("Flames," 1975), the most commercially successful Bollywood film ... Siptah (from the article "Egypt, ancient") ...family contended for the succession. Merneptah's son Seti II (ruled 1204-1198 BC) had to face ... Sipyagin, Dmitry Sergeyevich conservative Russian minister of the interior (1900-02), known for his absolute allegiance to autocracy. Siqueiros, David Alfaro Mexican painter and muralist whose art reflected his Marxist political ideology. He was one of ... [3 Related Articles] Siquijor island, south-central Philippines. Part of the central Visayas island group, it is located in the ... Sir Edward Pellew Group cluster of barren sandstone islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria, near the mouth of the ... [1 Related Articles] Sir Gawayne and the Grene Knight Middle English alliterative poem of unknown authorship, dating from the second half of the 14th ... 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It lies just west of the Jamuna River (the name of ... Siranidis, Nikolaos (from the article "Swimming") ...highlight of the diving competition took place in the men's 3-m springboard synchronized contest. After ... Siraya language (from the article "Austronesian languages") Fourteen of the 21 or 22 Austronesian languages spoken by the pre-Chinese aboriginal population of ... sirdabs (from the article "Najaf, Al-") Much of the city's encircling wall still remains, as do the deep sirdar (from the article "Tenzing Norgay") ...in 1935 he accompanied Eric Shipton's reconnaissance expedition of Everest. In the next few years ... Siren in Greek mythology, a creature half bird and half woman who lured sailors to destruction ... [1 Related Articles] siren noisemaking device producing a piercing sound of definite pitch. Used as a warning signal, it ... [1 Related Articles] siren any member of the family Sirenidae (order Caudata), a group of four species of aquatic ... 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