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 velocity selector ... Ventas, Las velocity selector (from the article "molecular beam") Molecules in the beam move at various speeds. If molecules of nearly uniform speed are ... velocity vortex gas meter (from the article "gas meter") In velocity-type gas meters the gas flow moves impeller blades on a rotor. Rotation of ... velocity-compound staging (from the article "turbine") In velocity-compound staging a set of stationary nozzles is followed by two sets of moving ... velocity-focusing spectrometer (from the article "mass spectrometry") ...electric and magnetic fields were arranged in such a way that all perfectly collimated ions ... velocity-squared damping (from the article "damping") ...liquid through which it moves. The damping force of the fluid in this case is ... Veloso, Caetano (from the article "Performing Arts") ...to modernize Brazilian music and taking note of the rock music revolution in the United ... Velox (from the article "Baekeland, Leo Hendrik") ...from the University of Ghent at the age of 21 and taught there until 1889, ... Velsen gemeente (municipality), western Netherlands. Velsen lies along the North Sea Canal, which ... Velthuijs, Max Dutch children's author and illustrator (b. May 22, 1923, The Hague, Neth.-d. Jan. 25, 2005, ... Veltman, Martinus J.G. Dutch physicist, corecipient with Gerardus 't Hooft of the 1999 Nobel Prize for Physics for ... [3 Related Articles] Veltroni, Walter (from the article "Italy") ...intensify pressure on Prodi, a plan his traditional allies criticized as divisive. Meanwhile, the two ... velum (from the article "respiration") In the hagfish Myxine glutinosa, the major oxygen supply is derived from water drawn in ... velum (from the article "veliger") larva typical of certain mollusks such as marine snails and bivalves and a few freshwater ... velupputadi (from the article "South Asian arts") ...semicircular strips of white paper run from the upper lip to the eyes. He has ... Veluwe (from the article "Gelderland") ...main portion north of this line is a formerly glaciated region with sandy soil; south ... velvet in textiles, fabric having a short, dense pile, used in clothing and upholstery. The term ... [2 Related Articles] velvet ant any of a group of wasps (order Hymenoptera) that are named for the covering of ... [1 Related Articles] velvet asity (from the article "asity") either of two species of short-tailed, 15-centimetre- (6-inch-) long birds of the family Philepittidae (order ... velvet carpet (from the article "floor covering") ...nature, normally be one pile thread per dent. In order to make a design by ... velvet crab (from the article "velvet crab") any of certain species in the swimming crab (q.v.) group.swimming crabs velvet grass one of eight perennial grasses constituting the genus Holcus (family Poaceae), native to Europe and ... velvet leaf (from the article "kalanchoe") The most common species, valued for their unusual foliage, include the panda plant (K. tomentosa); ... Velvet Revolution (from the article "Czech Republic") With the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989, Czechoslovakia freed itself of communist control and set ... Velvet Underground, the American band of the 1960s whose primal guitar sound and urban-noir lyrics, influenced by avant-garde ... [2 Related Articles] velvet water bug any of approximately 120 species of insects in the true bug order, Heteroptera, that are ... [1 Related Articles] velvet worm any of about 70 wormlike species of ancient, terrestrial invertebrates with short, thick legs and ... [3 Related Articles] velvet-leaf philodendron (from the article "Philodendron") Many forms of philodendron are available in cultivation, foremost among them being the common heart-leaf ... velveteen in textiles, fabric with a short, dense pile surface and a smooth back, usually made ... [3 Related Articles] velvetleaf any of various plants with soft, velvety leaves, particularly Abutilon theophrasti (sometimes A. avicennae), commonly ... velvety shore bug any insect of the family Ochteridae (order Heteroptera), which numbers about 25 species. These insects ... [1 Related Articles] Vema (from the article "India") ...ended in a disastrous defeat for Firuz by the united forces of Vijayanagar and Firuz's ... Vema Fracture Zone (from the article "ocean") ...the North Atlantic are the Gibbs at 52° N, the Atlantis at 30° N, and ... Vemulavada (from the article "India") ...many branches of the family, the most important of which were the Eastern Calukyas, ruling ... vena cava in air-breathing vertebrates, including humans, either of two major trunks, the anterior and posterior venae ... [2 Related Articles] vena contracta (from the article "fluid mechanics") ...the wall of a vessel filled with liquid under pressure. Observation of jets shows that ... vena recta (from the article "renal system") ...arrangement, drain into interlobular venules. In turn these combine to form the tributaries of the ... Venables, Robert (from the article "Jamaica") In 1655 a British expedition under Admiral William Penn and General Robert Venables captured Jamaica ... Venables, Stephen (from the article "Everest, Mount") ...route up the left side of the East Face to the South Col. Led by ... venality (from the article "France") But the king also found another means of filling his exchequer that had nothing to ... Venango county, northwestern Pennsylvania, U.S., consisting of a hilly region on the Allegheny Plateau that is ... venation (from the article "insect") ...paired outgrowths from the thorax, stiffened by ribs, or veins, in which run tracheae. These ... venationes (Latin: "animal hunts"), in ancient Rome, type of public spectacle that featured animal hunts. [1 Related Articles] Venda a Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the region of the Republic of South Africa known from 1979 ... [3 Related Articles] Venda former republic (though never internationally recognized as such) and Bantustan in southern Africa. It consisted ... [2 Related Articles] Vendee (from the article "Pays de la Loire") region of France encompassing the western departements of Mayenne, ... Vendee Globe (from the article "Sailing") ...Ellen MacArthur (see Biographies) established a new single-handed nonstop record of 71 ... Vendee, Wars of the (1793-96), counterrevolutionary insurrections in the west of France during the French Revolution. The first and ... [4 Related Articles] Vendimia Riojana (from the article "La Rioja") Various popular festivals held throughout the region celebrate viticulture. The Vendimia Riojana is held during ... vending machine coin-actuated machine through which various goods may be retailed. Vending machines should not be confused ... [2 Related Articles] Vendome historic town and capital of an arrondissement in the departement of Loir-et-Cher, Centre region, north-central ... Vendome, Cesar, Duke de leader in several aristocratic revolts during the reign of King Louis XIII of France (ruled ... Vendome, Louis-Joseph, duc de one of King Louis XIV's leading generals during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-14). Vendome, Mathieu de (from the article "Philip III") Philip continued his father's highly successful administration by keeping in office his able and experienced ... Vendome, Place de (from the article "Paris") Farther west, toward the Place de la Concorde, the rue de Castiglione leads from the ... Vendsyssel-Thy island at the north end of Jutland, Denmark, known as Vendsyssel in the east and ... veneer extremely thin sheet of rich-coloured wood (such as mahogany, ebony, or rosewood) or precious materials ... [7 Related Articles] Venel, Jean Andre (from the article "orthopedics") Orthopedics began in the 18th century with the pioneering efforts of Jean Andre Venel, who ... Venera any of a series of unmanned Soviet planetary probes that were sent to Venus. Venera ... [3 Related Articles] venerable title or respectful form of address, used from very early times in Europe, especially for ... veneration (from the article "worship") ...Vehicle) Buddhism. To worship any being or object other than God alone is thus understood ... veneration of the saints (from the article "church year") The celebration of days in honour of the saints or "heroes of the faith" is ... Venericardia genus of pelecypods (clams) abundant during the Eocene Epoch (the Eocene Epoch began 57.8 million ... Veneroida (from the article "bivalve") ...and exhalant siphons; mostly marine but also estuarine and freshwater; some epibyssate, some bore soft ... Veneta, Laguna (from the article "Venice") ... Situated at the northwestern end of the Adriatic Sea, Venice lies on an archipelago ... Venetan group of dialects of Italian spoken in northeastern Italy. It includes the dialects spoken in ... [1 Related Articles] Veneti ancient Celtic people who lived in what is now the Morbihan district of modern Brittany. ... [1 Related Articles] Veneti ancient people of northeastern Italy, who arrived about 1000 BC and occupied country stretching south ... [3 Related Articles] Venetia territory of northeastern Italy and western Slovenia between the Alps and the Po River and ... [3 Related Articles] Venetiaan, Ronald (from the article "Suriname") Area: 163,820 sq km (63,251 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 510,000 | Capital: Paramaribo ... Venetian glass variety of glasswares made in Venice from the 13th century, at the latest, to the ... [9 Related Articles] Venetian needle lace Venetian lace made with a needle from the 16th to the 19th century. Early examples ... [1 Related Articles] Venetian Republic (from the article "Bedmar, Alonso de la Cueva, marques de") Nominated by Philip III of Spain as ambassador to the Venetian Republic (1607), he was ... Venetian school Renaissance art and artists, especially painters, of the city of Venice. Like rivals Florence and ... [13 Related Articles] Venetian-Turkish wars (from the article "Italy") ...by the Venetians of Eastern trade. Second, the Ottoman Turks, having taken Constantinople in 1453, ... Venetic language a language spoken in northeastern Italy before the Christian era. Known to modern scholars from ... [3 Related Articles] Veneto regione, northern and northeastern Italy, comprising the provincie of Venezia, Padova, Rovigo, Verona, Vicenza, Treviso, ... [1 Related Articles] Venette, Jean de French chronicler who left a valuable eyewitness report of events of the central France of ... Venezia, Palazzo (from the article "Rome") ...plan of a classical basilica. The present church, third on the site, dates from the ... Veneziano, Gabriele (from the article "string theory") ...generally ignored relativistic effects. Instead, by the late 1960s the focus was on a different ... venezolano (from the article "bolivar fuerte") ...It replaced the bolivar, which had been adopted as Venezuela's monetary unit in 1879. Prior ... Venezuela country located at the northern end of South America. It occupies a roughly triangular area ... [68 Related Articles] Venezuela, Central University of (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") state-supported tropical garden occupying a 65-hectare (160-acre) site in Caracas, Venez. The garden has excellent ... Venezuela, flag of horizontally striped yellow-blue-red national flag with an arc of eight white stars in the centre. ... Venezuela, Gulf of inlet of the Caribbean Sea in Venezuela and Colombia, extending 75 miles (120 km) north-south ... Venezuela, history of (from the article "Venezuela") The following discussion focuses on Venezuelan history from the time of European settlement. For a ... Venezuelan Basin (from the article "Caribbean Sea") ...metres), extends from Honduras and Nicaragua to Hispaniola, bearing the island of Jamaica and separating ... Venezuelan boxwood (from the article "boxwood") ...small trees of the genus Buxus; about 30 species of shrubby evergreen plants are in ... Venezuelan Cordillera (from the article "mountain") ...kilometres wide. Volcanoes occur in the westernmost chain, but all three have undergone crustal shortening. ... Venezuelan Llanos (from the article "Orinoco River") ...platforms between rivers and are some 100 to 200 feet above the valley floors. Away ... vengeance (from the article "Roman law") As early as the 6th and 5th centuries BC, Roman law was experiencing a transition ... venial sin (from the article "sin") ...God; it is a sin in a grave matter that is committed in full knowledge ... Veniaminof (from the article "Major volcanoes of the world") ...Aleutian Islands represent a southwestern extension of the mountain peaks, which stretch the length of ... Venice city, major seaport, and capital of both the provincia (province) of Venezia ... [83 Related Articles] Venice resort city, Sarasota county, west-central Florida, U.S. It lies along the Gulf of Mexico, about ... Venice Biennale (from the article "Art and Art Exhibitions") In 2007 the art world was engrossed with the once-a-decade convergence of three major international ... Venice Film Festival (from the article "International Film Awards 2007") ...China's industrialization and its controversial Three Gorges Dam project was the theme of Zhang Ke ... Venice majolica tin-glazed earthenware made at Venice that reached its stylistic zenith in the 16th century. The ... Venice Palace, Museum of the in Rome, museum occupying part of the papal apartment of the first great Renaissance palace ... Venice turpentine (from the article "turpentine") Various other oleoresins (solutions of resins dispersed in essential oils) are known as turpentines. Venice ... Venice, Gulf of northern section of the Adriatic Sea (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea), extending eastward for ... Venice, Peace of (from the article "Alexander III") ...in the 13th century. Frederick found himself increasingly isolated in Italy and at odds with ... Vening Meinesz, Felix Andries Dutch geophysicist and geodesist who was known for his measurements of gravity. Venini, Paolo Italian glassmaker and designer and manufacturer of glassware, whose works are outstanding for their combination ... venison (from Latin venatus, "to hunt"), the meat from any kind of deer; originally, the term ... [1 Related Articles] Venizelos, Eleutherios prime minister of Greece (1910-15, 1917-20, 1924, 1928-32, 1933), the most prominent Greek politician and ... [12 Related Articles] Venizelos, Evangelos (from the article "Greece") PASOK's defeat in the elections led to an immediate challenge of party leader Georgios Papandreou ... Venkata II (from the article "India") Shriranga died childless and was succeeded by his younger brother Venkata II (reigned 1585-1614), whose ... Venkata III (from the article "India") ...warfare and the constant struggle to maintain a much-truncated kingdom along the eastern coast. Although ... Venkataraman, Ramaswamy Indian politician, government official, and lawyer who was president of India from 1987 to 1992. [1 Related Articles] venlafaxine (from the article "drug") Other antidepressants inhibit reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine in variable amounts. For example, venlafaxine is ... Venlo gemeente (municipality), southeastern Netherlands. It lies along the Maas (Meuse) River, near the German border. ... Venn diagram (from the article "logic, history of") ...by the Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in his Lettres a une princesse d'Allemagne (1768-74; "Letters ... Venn, John (from the article "logic, history of") ...logic was published in the best philosophical journals from 1870 until 1910. This includes work ... Vennberg, Karl poet and critic who was the critical-analytical leader in Swedish poetry of the 1940s. [2 Related Articles] Venner, Thomas (from the article "Fifth Monarchy Men") ...The violence of their agitation led to the arrest of their leaders-Thomas Harrison, Robert Overton, ... venom the poisonous secretion of an animal, produced by specialized glands that are often associated with ... [11 Related Articles] venom gland (from the article "integument") Fishes have a more or less smooth, flexible skin dotted with various kinds of glands, ... venomous lizard (from the article "lizard") ...(Dracaena), have blunt, rounded teeth in the back of the jaw designed for crushing. Some ... venomous toadfish (from the article "toadfish") They are divided into three groups: true toadfishes, such as the oyster toadfish (Opsanus tau), ... Venosa town and episcopal see, Basilicata regione, southern Italy. It is situated on the lower slope ... venospasm (from the article "cardiovascular disease") Direct mechanical injury or an infection or other disease process in the neighbouring tissues may ... venous pulmonary system (from the article "human cardiovascular system") From the pulmonary capillaries, in which blood takes on oxygen and gives up carbon dioxide, ... venous sinus in human anatomy, any of the channels of a branching complex sinus network that lies ... [1 Related Articles] Venstre (from the article "Norway") ...introduction of the vernacular as the official language, instead of the bureaucrats' Danish-influenced tongue, became ... Vent, Iles du eastern group of islands within the Society Islands, French Polynesia, in the central South Pacific ... Ventas, Las (from the article "Madrid") Modern Madrid has attractions at all levels. Las Ventas-the largest bullring in Spain, with a ...

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