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Batdambang: town, western Cambodia. It is the second largest urban area in Cambodia and lies along the Sangke River northwest of Phnom Penh, the national capital. From 1794 to 1904 and ...
Bate, W. Jackson: American author and literary biographer known for his studies of the English writers John Keats and Samuel Johnson.
bateleur: (species Terathopius ecaudatus), small eagle of Africa and Arabia, belonging to the subfamily Circaetinae (serpent eagles) of the family Accipitridae. The name bateleur (French: "tumbler") comes from the birds' distinctive ...
Bateman, H L: actor and theatrical manager who made a great success touring the United States and England with two of his daughters, both child actresses.
Bateman, H M: cartoonist known for narrative cartoons and cartoons of situations involving social gaffes.
Bateman, Hester: silversmith noted particularly for her domestic silver of elegant simplicity.
Batemans Bay: coastal town and inlet of the Tasman Sea, southeastern New South Wales, Australia. The inlet, an estuary of the Clyde River, measures 4 by 5 miles (6 by 8 km). ...
Bates College: private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Lewiston, Maine, U.S. It is a liberal arts college that offers bachelor's degree programs in literature, languages, social sciences, life and physical sciences, ...
Bates, Daisy Gatson: American journalist and civil rights activist who withstood economic, legal, and physical intimidation to champion racial equality, most notably in the integration of public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Bates, Edward: lawyer and Whig politician who joined the Republican Party before the U.S. Civil War and served as Abraham Lincoln's attorney general.
Bates, H W: naturalist and explorer whose demonstration of the operation of natural selection in animal mimicry (the imitation by a species of other life forms or inanimate objects published in 1861, gave ...
Bates, H.E.: novelist and short-story writer of high reputation and wide popularity.
Bates, Katharine Lee: author and educator who wrote the text of the national hymn "America the Beautiful."
Bates, Marston: American zoologist whose studies of mosquitoes in the 1930s and '40s contributed greatly to the epidemiology of yellow fever in northern South America.
Bates, Sir Percy Elly, 4th Baronet: British shipowner who was responsible for outlining the policy that led to the construction of the largest passenger ships in the world, the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth.
Batesian mimicry: a form of biological resemblance in which a noxious, or dangerous, organism (the model), equipped with a warning system such as conspicuous coloration, is mimicked by a harmless organism (the ...
Bateson, William: biologist who founded and named the science of genetics and whose experiments provided evidence basic to the modern understanding of heredity. A dedicated Darwinist, he cited embryo studies to support ...
Batesville: city, seat (1821) of Independence county, north-central Arkansas, U.S., about 90 miles (145 km) northeast of Little Rock. It lies in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains on the White ...
batfish: any of about 60 species of fishes of the family Ogcocephalidae (order Lophiiformes), found in warm and temperate seas. Batfishes have broad, flat heads and slim bodies and are covered ...
Bath: city, unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, historic county of Somerset, England. Bath lies along the River Avon in a natural amphitheatre of steep hills. Built of local ...
Bath: town, Beaufort county, eastern North Carolina, U.S., on the Pamlico estuary. The first proprietary grant in the area (1684) embraced the town site, about 40 miles (65 km) southeast of ...
bath: process of soaking the body in water or some other aqueous matter such as mud, steam, or milk. The bath may have cleanliness or curative purposes, and it can have ...
Bath: town, seat (1820) of Morgan county, in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia, U.S., near the Potomac River. Probably the oldest spa in the nation, it was chartered in 1776 ...
Bath: city, port of entry (since 1789), seat (1854) of Sagadahoc county, southwestern Maine, U.S. The city lies along the Kennebec River near its mouth on the Atlantic coast, 36 miles ...
Bath and North East Somerset: unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Somerset, southwestern England. It lies southeast of the city of Bristol and encompasses the city of Bath, several small urban areas between Bath ...
bath chair: chair on wheels intended for use by ladies and invalids. It was devised by James Heath, of Bath, Eng., about 1750. For the next three-quarters of a century it rivaled ...
Bath, Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess Of: British nobleman who in 1949 turned Longleat House, his financially distressed family's 16th-century home, into a tourist attraction, setting a precedent that was followed by a number of his peers. ...
Bath, The Most Honourable Order of the: order of British knighthood established by King George I in 1725, conferred as a reward either for military service or for exemplary civilian merit. Like most chivalric orders, it has ...
Bath, Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of, Viscount Weymouth, Baron Thynne Of Warmister: politician who, as 3rd Viscount Weymouth, held important office in the British government during two critical periods in the reign of George III. Although he was an outstanding orator, his ...
Bath, William Pulteney, 1st Earl of, Viscount Pulteney Of Wrington, Baron Of Hedon: English Whig politician who became prominent in the opposition to Sir Robert Walpole (first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the Exchequer, 1721-42), after being staunchly loyal to him ...
batholith: large body of igneous rock formed beneath the Earth's surface by the intrusion and solidification of magma. It is commonly composed of coarse-grained rocks (e.g., granite or quartz diorite) with ...
Bathonian Stage: the seventh of eleven divisions (in ascending order) of the Jurassic System, representing all those rocks deposited worldwide during the Bathonian Age (176 to 169 million years ago). No global ...
Bathory, Sigismund: prince of Transylvania whose unpopular anti-Turkish policy led to civil war.
bathos: (from Greek bathys, "deep"), unsuccessful, and therefore ludicrous, attempt to portray pathos in art, i.e., to evoke pity, sympathy, or sorrow. The term was first used in this sense by ...
Bathsheba: in the Old Testament (2 Samuel 11, 12; 1 Kings 1, 2), wife of Uriah the Hittite; she later became one of the wives of King David and the mother ...
Bathurst: city, seat (1826) of Gloucester county, northeastern New Brunswick, Canada. It lies at the mouth of the Nepisiguit River, on Bathurst Harbour, a southern arm of Nepisiguit Bay. The original ...
Bathurst: city, east-central New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the south bank of the Macquarie River, west of the Blue Mountains. Founded in 1815 and named after the 3rd Earl ...
Bathurst Island: one of the Parry Islands in the Baffin region, Nunavut territory, northern Canada, between the islands of Cornwallis (east) and Melville (west) and north of Parry Channel. Bathurst Island is ...
Bathurst Island: island in the Timor Sea, Northern Territory, Australia, separated from Melville Island to the east by Apsley Strait. Densely wooded, it is triangular and has an area of about 1,000 ...
Bathurst, Allen Bathurst, 1st Earl, Baron Bathurst Of Battlesden: British statesman and Tory politician.
Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl, Baron Bathurst of Battlesden, Lord Apsley, Baron of Apsley: statesman, eldest surviving son of the 1st Earl Bathurst, whose title he inherited in 1775.
Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl, Baron Bathurst Of Battlesden, Lord Apsley, Baron Of Apsley: British statesman, elder son of the 2nd Earl Bathurst, who was a prominent Tory in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
bathyal zone: marine ecologic realm extending down from the edge of the continental shelf to the depth at which the water temperature is 4° C (39° F). Both of these limits are ...
Bathycles: ancient Greek sculptor whose only known work was a marble altar built around an ancient statue of Apollo at Amyclae. This work was commissioned by the Spartans and was described ...
bathymetry: measurement of ocean depth. The earliest technique involved lowering a heavy rope or cable of known length over the side of a ship, then measuring the amount needed to reach ...
bathyscaphe: navigable diving vessel developed by the Swiss educator and scientist Auguste Piccard (with assistance in later years from his son Jacques), designed to reach great depths in the ocean.
bathysphere: spherical steel vessel for use in undersea observation, provided with portholes and suspended by a cable from a boat. Built by the American zoologist William Beebe and the American engineer ...
bathythermograph: any of various oceanographic devices containing temperature- and pressure-sensitive elements and producing a continuous record of underwater temperature and pressure. Recoverable bathythermographs, lowered from a ship at rest or in ...
Bathyuriscus: genus of trilobites (extinct arthropods) that provide a useful index fossil for the Middle Cambrian epoch of North America (520 to 512 million years ago). In Bathyuriscus the head segment ...
batik: method of dyeing in which patterned areas are covered with wax so they will not receive the colour. The method is used mainly on cottons and in the traditional colours ...
Batinah, Al-: narrow, well-populated coastal plain, northeastern Oman, fronting the Gulf of Oman for about 150 miles (240 km) and extending from Oman's border with the United Arab Emirates near Shinas southeast ...
Batiniyah: Muslim sects-the Ismailis (Arabic: Isma'iliyah), in particular-that interpreted religious texts exclusively on the basis of their hidden, or inner, meanings (Arabic: batin) rather than their literal meanings (zahir). This type ...
Batista, Fulgencio: soldier and dictator who twice ruled Cuba-first in 1933-44, when he gave the nation a strong, efficient government, and again in 1952-59 as a dictator, jailing his opponents, using terrorist ...
Batlle Berres, Luis: Uruguayan journalist who became active in politics and served as president of his country from 1947 to 1951 and chief executive officer in 1953-54.
Batlle y Ordonez, Jose: statesman who, as president of Uruguay (1903-07 and 1911-15), is generally credited with transforming his country into a stable democratic welfare state.
Batman: town, southeastern Turkey, in the centre of the nation's oil-producing region. It is located about 5 miles (8 km) west of the town of Siirt and lies in a region ...
Batna: city, northeastern Algeria. It lies along the Wadi Tilatou and is situated on a well-watered plain that is bounded on the south by the Aures Massif and on the north ...
Batoche: unincorporated place, central Saskatchewan, Canada. It lies on the east bank of the South Saskatchewan River, 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Prince Albert. The site was settled about 1870 ...
Baton Rouge: city, capital of Louisiana, U.S., and seat (1811) of East Baton Rouge parish. Baton Rouge is a port situated at the head of deepwater navigation on the Mississippi River, in ...
Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo: Italian painter, who in his own time was ranked with Anton Raphael Mengs as a painter of historical subjects. Probably his portraits are now better known, as he invented the ...
Batrachospermum: genus of freshwater red algae ranging in colour from violet to blue-green. The alga's long, branched, threadlike filaments bear dense whorls of branchlets, the whorls themselves resembling beads on a ...
Batsanyi, Janos: Hungary's leading political poet during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods in Europe.
battalion: a tactical military organization composed basically of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar organizations and usually commanded by a field-grade officer. The term has been used ...
Battani, al-: Arab astronomer and mathematician who refined existing values for the length of the year and of the seasons, for the annual precession of the equinoxes, and for the inclination of ...
battement: (French: "beating"), in ballet, an extension of the leg to the front, side, or back, either repeatedly or as a single movement. Among representative types are battement tendu ("stretched beating"), ...
Batten, Jean: aviator who made record-breaking flights from 1933 to 1937 and was perhaps the most famous New Zealander of the 1930s.
Battenberg Family: a family that rose to international prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries, the name being a revival of a medieval title.
batter: mixture of flour and liquid with other ingredients, such as leavening agents, shortening, sugar, salt, eggs, and various flavouring materials, used to make baked products.
battering ram: medieval weapon consisting of a heavy timber with a metal knob or point at the front. Such devices were used to batter down the gates or walls of a besieged ...
Battersea: area on the south bank of the River Thames in the London borough of Wandsworth. It is known for its riverside park and its (now defunct) power station; in the ...
Battersea enamelware: type of painted enamelware considered the finest of its kind to be produced in England during the mid-18th century. It is especially noted for the high quality of its transfer ...
battery: in electricity and electrochemistry, any of a class of devices that convert chemical energy directly into electrical energy. Although the term battery, in strict usage, designates an assembly of two ...
Batthyany, Lajos, Count: statesman who during the revolution of 1848 was premier of the first Hungarian parliamentary government and a martyr for Magyar independence.
Batticaloa: town, eastern Sri Lanka. Lying on an island off the eastern coast, it is linked to the mainland by causeway, bridge, and ferry and by road and railway connections. Batticaloa ...
Battishill, Jonathan: English composer of church music and popular songs.
Battle: town (parish), Rother district, administrative county of East Sussex, historic county of Sussex, England, just inland from Hastings. A ridge to the southeast, called Senlac, was the site of the ...