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 smooth sumac ... Snow, John smooth sumac (from the article "sumac") The smooth, or scarlet, sumac (R. glabra), native to the eastern and central United States, ... smooth-fronted caiman (from the article "crocodile") ...Some fossil forms (such as Deinosuchus and Sarcosuchus) may ... smooth-headed alligator lizard (from the article "alligator lizard") The largest alligator lizard is the smooth-headed alligator lizard (G. liocephalus), and ... smoothing plane (from the article "hand tool") ...long-bodied trying, or jointing, plane, having a length of about 30 inches, was needed to ... smorgasbord in Swedish cuisine, buffet offering a variety of fish, cheeses, and hot and cold dishes. ... smorrebrod (from the article "sandwich") ...that can be conveniently so eaten can go into a sandwich, hot or cold. British ... smother crop crop sown to suppress persistent weeds. Among the most effective smothering crops is alfalfa, which ... Smrti (Sanskrit: "Recollection"), that class of Hindu sacred literature based on human memory, as distinct from ... [8 Related Articles] smrtyupasthana in Buddhist philosophy, one of the preparatory stages of meditation practiced by Buddhist monks aiming ... smudge pot device, usually an oil container with some crude oil burning in the bottom, used in ... [1 Related Articles] smudged faces problem (from the article "number game") The problem of the smudged faces is another instance of pure logical deduction. Three travellers ... smuggling conveyance of things by stealth, particularly the clandestine movement of goods to evade customs duties ... [1 Related Articles] Smuin, Michael American dancer and choreographer combined popular music and innovative dance routines to create original ... Smullyan, Raymond M. (from the article "formal logic") ...implementation by computer programs. Originally suggested by the Dutch logician Evert W. Beth (1908-64), it ... smut disease of cereals, corn (maize), grasses, onion, and sorghum, caused by many species of fungi. ... [2 Related Articles] Smuts, Jan South African statesman, soldier, and prime minister (1919-24, 1939-48), who sought to promote South Africa ... [8 Related Articles] Smyrna town, Kent county, central Delaware, U.S., near the Smyrna River. Established about 1755, it was ... Smyrna carpet any large, coarse carpet handwoven in western Anatolia and exported by way of Izmir (Smyrna). ... Smyrna fig (from the article "fig") In addition to the caprifig, there are three other horticultural types of fig: Smyrna, White ... Smyslov, Vasily Vasilyevich Russian chess master who won the world championship from Mikhail Botvinnik in 1957 and lost ... [1 Related Articles] Smyth, John English religious libertarian and Nonconformist minister, called "the Se-baptist" (self-baptizer), who is generally considered the ... [1 Related Articles] Smythe, Conn Canadian ice hockey player, coach, manager, and owner who founded the Toronto Maple Leafs in ... Smythe, Pat (PATRICIA ROSEMARY KOECHLIN-SMYTHE), British equestrian who was the four-time European ladies champion and the first ... Smythe, Reg British cartoonist who created the comic strip "Andy Capp," reportedly basing its working-class subject on ... Smythe, Sir Thomas English entrepreneur in the Virginia Company that founded the Virginia colony. He also financed numerous ... Smythe, William R. (from the article "mass spectrometry") The energy of an ion is proportional to the square of its velocity, so ions ... Smythson, Robert (from the article "Western architecture") Robert Smythson, who aided Thynne at Longleat, later designed and built several notable houses, the ... SN 2006gy (from the article "Physical Sciences") ...the universe. In April a team of astronomers led by Nathan Smith of the University ... snaffle bit (from the article "horsemanship") ...made of bone and antlers have been found dating from before 1000 BC. The flexible ... Snag (from the article "Canada") ...from open water are the coldest, so that in the interior plains and in the ... snail (from the article "snail") a gastropod (q.v.), especially one having an enclosing shell, into which it may retract completely ... snail darter (from the article "darter") Numerous darter species are becoming rare, and several are listed as threatened or endangered in ... snail hunter (from the article "ground beetle") The snail hunters (e.g., Scaphinotus) are a specialized group of ground beetles. Elongated, hook-shaped mouthparts ... snail kite (from the article "kite") The snail kites, found only in the New World, also belong to the subfamily Milvinae. ... snail-eating snake any of several members of the Old World subfamily Pareinae and of the New World ... snailfish any of about 115 species of marine fish often placed with the lumpsuckers in the ... snake any of about 2,900 species of reptiles distinguished by their limbless condition and greatly elongated ... [23 Related Articles] snake dance (from the article "Hopi") The most widely publicized of Hopi rituals was the snake dance, held annually in late ... snake eel any of numerous marine fishes in the family Ophichthidae (order Anguilliformes). Representatives of the more ... snake gourd rapid-growing vine (Trichosanthes cucumerina), of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), native to southeastern Asia and Australia ... snake plant (from the article "Sansevieria") genus of ornamental foliage plants in the family Agavaceae, with more than 50 species variously ... Snake River largest tributary of the Columbia River and one of the most important streams in the ... [4 Related Articles] snake's head (from the article "fritillary") In many species the flower has a checkered appearance. The fruit is a three-valved capsule ... snake-eyed skink any of about 35 species of lizards constituting two genera (Ablepharus and ... [1 Related Articles] snake-necked turtle any of about 16 species of turtles belonging to the genera Chelodina ... snakebird any bird of the family Anhingidae (order Pelecaniformes), sometimes regarded as a single species, Anhinga ... [1 Related Articles] snakebite a wound resulting from penetration of the flesh by the fangs of a snake, especially ... [2 Related Articles] snakefly any of more than 175 species of insects that are easily recognized by their small ... [3 Related Articles] snakehead any of a number of species of freshwater fish of the family Channidae, found in ... snakemouth (from the article "Pogonia") Snakemouth (P. ophioglossoides), also known as rose pogonia and adder's mouth, is common in bogs ... snap gauge (from the article "gauge") ...end ("not go") will not. Ring gauges for checking the dimensions of cylindrical parts also ... snap matchlock (from the article "military technology") One final refinement was a spring that drove the arm holding the match downward into ... snapdragon any herbaceous plant of the genus Antirrhinum (order Scrophulariales, family Plantaginacea, also known as Antirrhinaceae; ... [1 Related Articles] snapper any of about105 species of fishes of the family Lutjanidae (order Perciformes). Snappers are found, ... snapping turtle either of several species of freshwater turtles (family Chelydridae) named for their method of biting. ... snare drum military and orchestral percussion instrument having several gut, nylon, wire, or wire-covered silk strings (snares) ... [2 Related Articles] Snare River (from the article "Mackenzie River") ...and a large storage lake formed westward in the Rocky Mountain Trench. Electric power is ... Snares Islands outlying island group of New Zealand in the South Pacific Ocean, 65 mi (105 km) ... Snark (from the article "rocket and missile system") The Snark was an air force program begun in 1945 to produce a subsonic (600-mile-per-hour) ... Snark II (from the article "rocket and missile system") ...shrank the CEP to 1,500 feet, and range increased to more than 6,200 miles. These ... Snarky Parker (from the article "Baird, Bil and Cora") A few of their creations became classic puppet figures: Bubbles La Rue, the marionette striptease ... snatch (from the article "weight lifting") From 1928 to 1968, the three international lifts were the snatch, the clean and jerk, ... Snead, Sam American professional golfer, who won 82 Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) tournaments and every major championship ... [2 Related Articles] Sneek gemeente (municipality), northern Netherlands, on the small Geeuw River. Sneek was founded in 1294 on ... Sneem (from the article "Christianity") The 20th century continued to generate important Christian myths and legend-based practices, including pilgrimages made ... Sneeuberg mountain range in south-central South Africa. The range lies on the northeastern edge of the ... Sneevliet, Hendricus Dutch communist politician who founded the Indies Social Democratic Association in the Dutch East Indies ... [1 Related Articles] sneeze reflex (from the article "nervous system, human") ...the orbit, causing the outpouring of tears. Other reflexes of the midbrain and medulla oblongata ... sneezeweed any of about 40 species of tall herbs constituting the genus Helenium of the family ... sneezewort (from the article "yarrow") Some species are cultivated as garden ornamentals. The dried leaves of sneezewort (A. ptarmica) are ... Snefru first king of ancient Egypt of the 4th dynasty (c. 2575-c. 2465 BCE). He fostered ... [7 Related Articles] Snell's law in optics, a relationship between the path taken by a ray of light in crossing ... [5 Related Articles] Snell, George Davis American immunogeneticist who, with Jean Dausset and Baruj Benacerraf, was awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize ... [1 Related Articles] Snell, Peter New Zealand middle-distance runner, who was a world-record holder in the 800-metre race (1962-68), the ... [2 Related Articles] Snell, Willebrord van Roijen astronomer and mathematician who discovered the law of refraction, which relates the degree of the ... [6 Related Articles] Snellen chart (from the article "eye, human") ...is taken as the resolving power of the eye. The testing of the eyes by ... Snellman, Johan Vilhelm Finnish nationalist philosopher and statesman who was an important figure in the movement to establish ... Snezka, Mount (from the article "Czech Republic") ...Sudeten system of mountains (a name never applied in the Czech language) in the northeast ... Sniardwy (from the article "Warminsko-Mazurskie") ...is Mount Dylewska (1,023 feet [312 metres]). To the north is the Staropruska Lowland, and ... Snider-Pellegrini, Antonio (from the article "continental drift") ...South America into the bight of Africa, the German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt theorized about ... Sniezka, Mount (from the article "Dolnoslaskie") ...the Slaska Lowland; in the centre are the Western Sudeten Foothills and the Sudeten Foreland; ... snipe any of about 20 species belonging to the shorebird family Scolopacidae (order Charadriiformes). Snipes frequent ... [1 Related Articles] snipe fly any member of a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera, that are dark-coloured ... snipefish any of about 12 species of marine deepwater fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae (order Gasterosteiformes), ... [1 Related Articles] sniperscope (from the article "warning system") The sniperscope, an early device that used infrared illumination and an infrared viewer, has been ... Snipes, Wesley Wesley Snipes became established as a bona fide bankable movie star in 1993, when he ... Snizhne city, eastern Ukraine, in the Donets Basin coalfield. Established in 1784 as the village of ... Sno Mountain (from the article "Dovre Mountains") ...by Romsdals Fjord, on the south by Gudbrands Valley, on the southeast by the Rondane ... Snodgrass, W.D. American poet whose early work is distinguished by a careful attention to form and by ... Snodgress, Carrie American actress (b. Oct. 27, 1946, Barrington, Ill.-d. April 1, 2004, Los Angeles, Calif.), gained ... Snoilsky, Carl Johan Gustaf, Greve (Count) Swedish poet who was the most notable of a group of early realist poets. [1 Related Articles] snood either of two types of hair ornament worn by women. The Scottish snood was a ... snook any of about eight species of marine fishes constituting the genus Centropomus and the family ... snooker popular billiards game of British origin, played on a table similar in size and markings ... [14 Related Articles] Snoop Dogg American rapper and songwriter who became one of the best-known figures in gangsta rap in ... Snoopy comic-strip character, a spotted white beagle with a rich fantasy life. The pet dog of ... [1 Related Articles] Snoqualmie River river in west-central Washington, U.S. It rises in the Cascade Range east of Seattle at ... snoring a rough, hoarse noise produced upon the intake of breath during sleep and caused by ... [1 Related Articles] snorkel ventilating tube for submerged submarines, introduced in German U-boats during World War II. A basic ... [4 Related Articles] Snorri (from the article "Thorfinn Karlsefni") ...until they reached a heavily wooded region, perhaps some part of the Gulf of St. ... Snorri Sturluson Icelandic poet, historian, and chieftain, author of the Prose Edda and the Heimskringla. [2 Related Articles] Snouck Hurgronje, Christiaan professor and Dutch colonial official, a pioneer in the scientific study of Islam. [1 Related Articles] snout (from the article "primate") The reduction of the snout in primates is a correlate of the diminution of the ... snout butterfly (from the article "lepidopteran") ...brilliantly iridescent; Satyrinae contains the familiar wood nymphs, meadow browns, and heaths, usually with eyespots ... snout moth (from the article "pyralid moth") Destructive borers include the European corn borer, the sugarcane borer, and the grass webworm. Adults ... snow (from the article "noise") ...refers to those random, unpredictable, and undesirable signals, or changes in signals, that mask the ... snow the solid form of water that crystallizes in the atmosphere and, falling to the Earth, ... [17 Related Articles] snow bunting (from the article "bunting") The white buntings of the genus Plectrophenax are hardy songbirds of the Arctic. They include ... snow cellar (from the article "refrigeration") Before mechanical refrigeration systems were introduced, ancient peoples, including the Greeks and Romans, cooled their ... snow flea (from the article "springtail") ...world from Antarctica to the Arctic, is one of the most widely distributed insects. They ... snow goose a species of North American goose that may be either white or dark with black ... [2 Related Articles] snow leopard long-haired cat, family Felidae, grouped with the lion, tiger, and others as one of the ... [1 Related Articles] snow line (from the article "solar system") ...to condense to their ices. They therefore remained small rocky bodies. In contrast, the large ... snow line the lower topographic limit of permanent snow cover. The snow line is an irregular line ... snow mold plant disease that attacks cereals, forage grasses, and turf grasses in northern areas of North ... [1 Related Articles] snow mushroom (from the article "cup fungus") The edible snow mushroom (Helvella gigas) is found at the edge of melting snow in ... snow partridge (from the article "partridge") The snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa) of high mountains of south-central Asia resembles a ptarmigan in ... snow petrel (from the article "petrel") ...petrels. Among them are the pintado petrel, or Cape pigeon (Daption capensis), a sub-Antarctic species ... snow poppy (from the article "poppy") ...giant, interestingly lobed leaves and 2-metre-tall flower spikes; plants of the genus Bocconia, woody, mild-climate ... snow sheep wild sheep belonging to the subfamily Caprinae (family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla), which is distributed throughout ... snow tire (from the article "tire") Snow tires have an extra-deep tread for better traction on snow and ice. They are ... Snow, C.P. British novelist, scientist, and government administrator. [3 Related Articles] Snow, Clarence Eugene Canadian-born musician (b. May 9, 1914, Brooklyn, N.S.-d. Dec. 20, 1999, Madison, Tenn.), spent some ... Snow, Edgar American journalist and author who produced the most important Western reporting on the Communist movement ... Snow, Helen Foster American writer who produced some 40 works, mostly about China, that were less well known ... Snow, John (from the article "cholera") ...(a fact of which Koch is assumed not to have been aware). The principal mode ...

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