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Tyson, Edward: English physician and pioneer of comparative anatomy whose delineation of the similarities and differences between ... [2 Related Articles]
Tyson, Mike: American boxer who, at age 20, became the youngest heavyweight champion in history (see also boxing). [5 Related Articles]
Tytler, James: Scottish editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica's second edition, who was sometimes called "Balloon Tytler" because of ... [1 Related Articles]
Tytonidae: (from the article "owl") Annotated classification
Tyuleny: (from the article "Caspian Sea") ...the northern, middle, and southern Caspian, based partly on underwater relief and partly on hydrologic ...
Tyumen: ', oblast (province), central Russia, occupying an area of 554,100 square miles (1,435,200 square km) ...
Tyumen: ', city and administrative centre of Tyumen oblast (province), central Russia. The city lies in ...
Tyuonyi: (from the article "Bandelier National Monument") The monument contains many ruins of cliff and open pueblos (villages) of pre-Columbian Indians, mostly ...
Tyus, Wyomia: American sprinter who held the world record for the 100-metre race (1964-65, 1968-72) and was ...
Tyutchev, Fyodor Ivanovich: Russian writer who was remarkable both as a highly original philosophic poet and as a ... [1 Related Articles]
tyuyamunite: radioactive, yellow, soft, and waxy uranium and vanadium oxide mineral, Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O. It is considered to ...
Tz'u-an: (from the article "Cixi") ...A few months later, after Gong Qinwang (Prince Gong), the former emperor's brother, was victorious ...
tzaddiq: one who embodies the religious ideals of Judaism. In the Bible, a tzaddiq is a ... [3 Related Articles]
Tzakol culture: (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") Lowland Maya civilization falls into two chronological phases or cultures: Tzakol culture, which is Early ...
Tzara, Tristan: Romanian-born French poet and essayist known mainly as the founder of Dada, a nihilistic revolutionary ... [2 Related Articles]
Tzeltal: Mayan Indians of central Chiapas, in southeastern Mexico, most closely related culturally and linguistically to ... [2 Related Articles]
Tzetzes, John: Byzantine didactic poet and scholar who preserved much valuable information from ancient Greek literature and ...
tzimtzum: (from the article "Luria, Isaac ben Solomon") Lurianic Kabbala propounds a theory of the creation and subsequent degeneration of the world and ...
Tzolkin: (from the article "Mayan calendar") The original name of the 260-day cycle is unknown; it is variously referred to as ...
Tzotzil: Mayan Indians of central Chiapas in southeastern Mexico. Linguistically and culturally the Tzotzil are most ... [1 Related Articles]
Tzu River: (from the article "Hunan") ...which divides into two parts, with one distributary draining directly into the Yangtze River and ...
Tzu Ssu: Chinese philosopher, grandson of Confucius, native of the ancient state of Lu (present Shantung province), ... [1 Related Articles]
Tzu-chin Shan: (from the article "Nanking") ...the west and south Nanking is bordered by the Ch'in-huai Ho (Ch'in-huai River), which runs ...
tzu-ching: (from the article "Kiangsu") ...The gastronomic specialty of this ancient capital is the renowned Nanking salted duck. The duck ...
tzu-jan: (Chinese: "naturalness"), in Chinese Taoism, an ideal state of human existence that results from living ... [1 Related Articles]
Tzultacaj: (from the article "Kekchi") ...include the celebration of the community's patron saint's day and the protection of the saint's ...
Tzutujil: Mayan Indians of the midwestern highlands of Guatemala. The Tzutujil language is closely related to ...
Tzutujil language: (from the article "Cakchiquel language") member of the Quiche group of Mayan languages, spoken in central Guatemala. Closely related to ...