colour type of horse, characterized by pink skin and a pure white coat. Unlike some other colour types, which develop as the horse matures, the Albino is born white and ...
Roman poet who wrote a Theseid, referred to by his friend the poet Ovid (Epistles from Pontus); epigrams that are commended by the Latin poet Martial; and ...
Roman general, a candidate for the imperial title in the years 193-197. He represented the aristocracy of the Latin-speaking West, in contrast to Pescennius Niger, candidate of the Greek-speaking East, ... [1 Related Articles]
the earliest-known name for the island of Britain. It was used by ancient Greek geographers from the 4th century BC and even earlier, who distinguished "Albion" from Ierne (Ireland) and ...
private, coeducational institution of higher learning located in Albion, Mich., U.S., 20 miles (30 km) west of Jackson. Albion College, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is a liberal arts ...
(from the article "astronomical map") ...Aldebaran ("the Follower"), Algenib ("the Side"), Alhague ("the Serpent Bearer"), and Algol ("the Demon"). A conspicuous exception is Albireo in Cygnus, possibly a corruption of the words ab ireo in ...
(from the article "Yauri") ...north, conquered Yauri in the mid-16th century; and Yauri, although essentially independent after Kanta's death (c. 1561), paid tribute to Kebbi until the mid-18th century. About 1810 King Albishir (Mohammadu ...
common feldspar mineral, a sodium aluminosilicate (NaAlSi3O8) that occurs most widely in pegmatites and felsic igneous rocks such as granites. It may also be found in low-grade metamorphic rocks and ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "feldspar") ...and irregularly shaped grains of feldspars are commonly twinned. Some individual grains are twinned in two or more ways. Two common kinds of twinning-those designated Carlsbad twinning and albite twinning-are ...
(from the article "metamorphic rock") Rocks of the albite-epidote-hornfels facies are characteristically found as the outer zones of contact aureoles where the thermal episode fades out and the rocks pass into their regional grade of ...
(from the article "Ventimiglia") ...regione, northwestern Italy. It is situated at the mouth of the Roia River near the French border, just northeast of Nice, France. To the east of the modern town is ...
large genus of trees, of the pea family (Fabaceae), native to warm regions of the Old World. The alternate, compound leaves are bipinnate (i.e., the leaflets of the feather-formed leaves, ...
(from the article "Alberti Family") Under the leadership of Benedetto (d. 1388), the Alberti sought to check the steadily growing ascendancy of the rival Albizzi family. A Guelf leader, Benedetto encouraged and participated in a ...
Jewish philosopher and theologian of Spain who is noted for his classic work of Jewish dogmatics, Sefer ha-'iqqarim (1485; "Book of Principles"). [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Media and Publishing") ...and bakeries. In addition, Starbucks, one of the strongest global brand names, turned to books to further burnish its image as a trusted source of entertainment when it decided to ...
(from the article "Mediterranean Sea") ...with a sill depth of about 1,200 feet (365 metres) divides the Mediterranean Sea into western and eastern parts. The western part in turn is subdivided into three principal submarine ...
Italian race-car driver (b. Dec. 23, 1956, Milan, Italy-d. April 25, 2001, Klettwitz, Ger.), was one of Italy's most popular and successful Formula One (F1) drivers in the early 1980s. ...
city and port, northern Jutland, Denmark, on the south side of Limfjorden. Alborg has existed since about AD 1000 and is one of the oldest towns in Denmark. Chartered in ...
(from the article "aquavit") ...produce mellow flavour. Finnish aquavit has a cinnamon flavour. The Danish product, also called snaps, is colourless, with a pronounced caraway flavour. One of the best known Danish types is ...
Spanish cardinal and jurist who paved the way for the papacy's return to Italy from Avignon, France (where the popes lived from about 1309 to 1377). [3 Related Articles]
(PRINCE ALBERT LUITPOLD FERDINAND MICHAEL), DUKE OF BAVARIA, German head of the more than 800-year-old House of Wittelsbach and pretender to the Bavarian throne; he survived the Nazi concentration camps ...
(from the article "Meissen") ...(kaolin) and potter's clay (potter's earth). Other ceramics are also manufactured, and wine is produced. The city is dominated by a group of 13th- and 14th-century Gothic cathedral buildings and ...
Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist who was one of the most learned and skillful contrapuntists of his time. His fame attracted many pupils, including Ludwig van Beethoven. [2 Related Articles]
Gascon family celebrated in French history. The lords (sires) of Albret included warriors, cardinals, and kings of Navarre, reaching the height of their power in the 14th to 16th century. ...
(from the article "Albret Family") ...family fought in the First Crusade (1096-99), in the war against the Albigensian heretics in southern France (1209-29), and in the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). In this conflict Arnaud-Amanieu d'Albret ...
(from the article "Albret Family") ...Jean's granddaughter, married Antoine de Bourbon and left her titles to her son, Henry III of Navarre, who became king of France as Henry IV. A member of the Miossans ...
(from the article "Albret Family") ...I's grandson, Alain, was known as Alain le Grand (1440-1522). The surname refers not to his deeds but to the vast domains over which he ruled as one of the ...
(from the article "Albret Family") ...A daughter, Charlotte (1480-1514), was married to Cesare Borgia. Alain's son, Jean (d. 1516), became king of Navarre through his marriage with Catherine de Foix in 1484. In 1550 the ...
(from the article "bone disease") ...Treatment of these conditions is difficult, often requiring advanced transplantation or orthopedic devices and sometimes necessitating amputation in childhood. Multiple abnormalities occur in polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, in which affected bone ...
(from the article "endocrine system, human") Hormone deficiency can also occur as a result of defective hormonal action on target organs. This concept was first proposed in 1942 by American clinical endocrinologist Fuller Albright. Albright and ...
U.S. journalist who belonged to one of the most prominent American journalism families yet worked for a rival newspaper in Chicago, where she interviewed murderers and covered criminal court proceedings; ...
Czech-born American public official who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations (1993-97) and who was the first woman to hold the cabinet post of U.S. secretary of state ... [3 Related Articles]
American figure skater and first American woman to win the world championships (1953) and an Olympic gold medal in figure skating (1956). She was also the first to win the ... [1 Related Articles]
museum in Buffalo, New York, U.S., that is noted for its collections of contemporary painting and sculpture, including American and European art of the 1950s, '60s, and '70s. Schools such ...
part of the Rhaetian Alps in eastern Switzerland, lying in Graubunden canton to the north of the resort of Saint Moritz. The mountains extend northeastward from the Splugen Pass (6,932 ...
in ancient Rome, a whitened board on which public notices were inscribed in black. The annals compiled by the pontifex maximus (chief priest), the annual edicts of the praetor, the ...
(from the article "Xia Gui") The favourite form of the Southern Song academy painters was the album leaf, which sometimes took the round or oblate shape that indicates it was originally mounted on a flat ...
leading astrologer of the Muslim world, who is known primarily for his theory that the world, created when the seven planets were in conjunction in the first degree of Aries, ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "fluid mechanics") ...fluids for which the Newtonian description of shear stress is inadequate, and some of these are very familiar in the home. In the whites of eggs, for example, and in ...
light-sensitive paper prepared by coating with albumen, or egg white, and a salt (e.g., ammonium chloride) and sensitized by an aftertreatment with a solution of silver nitrate. The process was ... [1 Related Articles]
a type of protein that is soluble in water and in water half saturated with a salt such as ammonium sulfate. Serum albumin is a component of blood serum; alpha-lactalbumin ... [9 Related Articles]
city, seat (1883) of Bernalillo county, west-central New Mexico, U.S., located on the Rio Grande opposite a pass between the Sandia and Manzano mountains to the east. The area was ...
Portuguese soldier, conqueror of Goa (1510) in India and of Melaka (1511) on the Malay Peninsula. His program to gain control of all the main maritime trade routes of the ... [8 Related Articles]
urban centre comprising twin cities on opposite sides of the Murray River and the New South Wales-Victoria border, Australia. By rail the region is about 398 miles (640 km) southwest ...
(from the article "Portugal") ...in the region of Zamora and Toro, where he was defeated in 1476. He then sailed to France in a failed attempt to enlist the support of Louis XI, and ...
(from the article "charadriiform") ...slit. 3 species; irregularly distributed in tropical and temperate rivers, lakes, and seashores; length 37-51 cm (14.5-20 inches).Large supraorbital grooves with intervening space narrowed to ridge; basipterygoid processes absent ...
Greek lyric poet whose work was highly esteemed in the ancient world. He lived at the same time and in the same city as the poet Sappho. A collection of ... [2 Related Articles]
classical Greek poetic stanza composed of four lines of varied metrical feet, with five long syllables in the first two lines, four in the third and fourth lines, and an ...
city, Sevilla provincia (province), in the Andalusia comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), southwestern Spain. It is just southeast of Sevilla city, on the Guadaira River. ...
city, Madrid provincia (province) and comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), central Spain. Known under the Romans as Complutum, the city was destroyed in AD 1000 ...
(from the article "Alfonso XI") Alfonso XI promulgated important administrative and legal reforms in the ordinances of Alcala de Henares in 1348. Alfonso was assiduously courted by both France and England, who wished for an ...
Spanish statesman, prime minister, and president of the Second Republic (1931-36), whose attempts to moderate the policies of the various factions led eventually to his deposition and exile. [2 Related Articles]
one of the main thoroughfares of Madrid. It originates at the eastern edge of the Puerta del Sol (the focal point and principal square of the city) and runs northeast ...
(from the article "Alcala, Calle de") ...It originates at the eastern edge of the Puerta del Sol (the focal point and principal square of the city) and runs northeast approximately 4 mi (6 km) through the ...
(from Arabic al-qadi, "judge"), the administrative and judicial head of a town or village in Spain or in areas under Spanish control or influence. The title was applied to local ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "bacteria") ...degree. Carbon monoxide (CO) is oxidized to carbon dioxide by Pseudomonas carboxydovorans, and hydrogen gas (H2) is oxidized by Alcaligenes eutrophus and, to a ...
town, northwestern Sicily, Italy, 23 miles (37 km) west-southwest of Palermo. The name comes from that of the nearby Saracen fortress, Alqamah, on Mount Bonifato. The present town was founded ...
Canadian multinational company incorporated in 1928 (as Aluminium Limited) and now the largest Canadian industrial enterprise, operating in more than 100 countries. It has mining and refining operations for bauxite; ... [5 Related Articles]
(from the article "Portugal") Despite Dinis's attachment to the arts of peace, Portugal was involved in strife several times during his reign. In 1297 the Treaty of Alcanices with Castile confirmed Portugal's possession of ...
town, Caceres provincia (province), in the Extremadura comunidad autonoma (autonomous community), western Spain, on a rock above the southern bank of the Tagus (Tajo) ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Toledo") ...Its rocky site is traversed by narrow, winding streets, with steep gradients and rough surfaces, centring on the Plaza del Zocodover. Two bridges cross the Tagus: in the northeast is ...
major military and religious order in Spain. It was founded in 1156 or 1166 by Don Suero Fernandez Barrientos and was recognized in 1177 by Pope Alexander III in a ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Poor Clare") ...followers came to be called the Colettine Poor Clares, or Poor Clares of St. Colette (P.C.C.), and today are located mostly in France. The Capuchin Sisters, originating in Naples in ...
floor covering handwoven in 15th- and 16th-century Spain at Alcaraz in Murcia. These carpets use the Spanish knot on one warp. A number of 15th-century examples imitate contemporary Turkish types ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "biblical literature") Scientific exegesis was pursued on the Catholic side by scholars such as F. de Ribera (1591) and L. Alcasar (1614), who showed the way to a more satisfactory understanding of ...
(from the article "Computers and Information Systems") A U.S. federal judge set aside a $1.5 billion patent-infringement judgment against Microsoft-the largest patent judgment ever. The suit had been filed by Alcatel-Lucent over the rights to the widely ...
rocky island in San Francisco Bay, California, U.S. The island occupies an area of 22 acres (9 hectares) and is located 1.5 miles (2 km) offshore. [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Guadix") ...city. The town originated as the Acci of the Romans; its present name was corrupted from the Arabic Wadi-Ash ("River of Life"). Outstanding landmarks include the Moorish Alcazaba (fortress); the ...
(from the article "Toledo") ...Dating from the early 16th century is the Hospital de Santa Cruz, designed by Enrique de Egas, restored and now used for the Provincial Museum of Archaeology and Fine Arts. ...
any of a class of fortified structures built in the 14th and 15th centuries in Spain. (The term is derived from the Arabic word al-qasr, meaning "castle," ...
(from the article "Segovia") The Alcazar, mention of which was recorded as early as the 12th century, commands the city from the ledge above the river. It was the fortified palace of the kings ...
town, Ciudad Real provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Castile-La Mancha, central Spain. It lies on the high southern Meseta Central ...
(from the article "Sevilla") The finest survival from the Moorish period is the Alcazar Palace, which lies near the cathedral. The Alcazar was begun in 1181 under the Almohads but was continued under the ...
(from the article "Admetus") in Greek legend, son of Pheres, king of Pherae in Thessaly. Having sued for the hand of Alcestis, the most beautiful of the daughters of Pelias, king of Iolcos in ...
a form of speculative thought that, among other aims, tried to transform base metals such as lead or copper into silver or gold and to discover a cure for disease ... [12 Related Articles]
city, eastern Ukraine. It lies along the railway from Luhansk to Debaltseve. Alchevsk was founded in 1895 with the establishment of the Donetsko-Yuryevsky ironworks. The plant developed into a large, ...
American economist whose teachings countered some of the popular economic theories of the late 20th century, such as those regarding labour costs or the implications of property ownership.
(from the article "emblem book") The father of emblem literature was the 16th-century Italian lawyer and humanist Andrea Alciato, with the Emblemata (Latin; 1531), which appeared in translation and in more than 150 editions. The ...
(from the article "Timon of Athens") ...with Timon's plight, but to no avail; Timon has turned his back on ungrateful humankind. While digging for roots to eat, Timon uncovers gold, most of which he gives to ...
brilliant but unscrupulous Athenian politician and military commander who provoked the sharp political antagonisms at Athens that were the main causes of Athens' defeat by Sparta in the Peloponnesian War ... [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "Alcidae") bird family, order Charadriiformes, which includes the birds known as auk, auklet, dovekie, guillemot, murre, murrelet, and puffin (qq.v.).characteristicsaukBirds of ...
prominent Sophist and rhetorician who taught in Athens. He was a pupil of Gorgias and a rival of Isocrates. His only extant work, Peri sophiston ("Concerning Sophists"), stresses the superiority ...
in Greek mythology, king of the Phaeacians (on the legendary island of Scheria), son of Nausithous, and grandson of the god Poseidon. In the Odyssey (Books VI-XIII) ...
rhetorician who wrote a collection of fictitious letters, a form of literature popular in his day. About 120 letters have survived. The background of them all is Athens in the ...
(from the article "Aglauros") Aglauros had a daughter named Alcippe by the god of war, Ares. Alcippe was raped by Halirrhothius, a son of the god of the sea, Poseidon. Ares avenged the act ...
in Greek legend, the daughter of Minyas of Orchomenus, in Boeotia. She and her sisters once refused to participate in Dionysiac festivities, remaining at home spinning and weaving. Late in ...
(from the article "alclad") laminated metal produced in sheets composed of a Duralumin (q.v.) core and outer layers of aluminum.use in aircraft constructionduralumin...light weight ...
(from the article "Megacles") ...was grandson to that Megacles who directed the slaughter of Cylon and his supporters on the Acropolis (612 BC). That bloody act resulted in the banishment of his family. The ...
in Greek legend, the son of the seer Amphiaraus and his wife Eriphyle. When Amphiaraus set out with the expedition of the Seven Against Thebes, which he knew would be ... [1 Related Articles]
Greek philosopher and physiologist of the academy at Croton (now Crotone, southern Italy), the first person recorded to have practiced dissection of human bodies for research purposes. He may also ... [2 Related Articles]
a powerful Athenian family, claiming descent from the legendary Alcmaeon, that was important in 5th- and 6th-century-BC politics. During the archonship of one of its members, Megacles (632? BC), a ... [4 Related Articles]
Greek poet who wrote choral lyrics in a type of Doric related to the Laconian vernacular, used in the region that included Sparta. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Galinthias") in Greek mythology, a friend (or servant) of Alcmene, the mother of Zeus's son Heracles (Hercules). When Alcmene was in labour, Zeus's jealous wife, Hera, sent her daughter Eileithyia, the ...
