opera singer whose rich dramatic voice, three-octave range, and command of the grand style made her the foremost American contralto for a decade in the late 19th century.
in classical architecture, draped female figure used instead of a column as a support. In marble architecture they first appeared in pairs in three small buildings (treasuries) at Delphi (550-530 ...
the pink family of flowering plants (order Caryophyllales), comprising some 89 genera and 2,070 species of herbaceous plants, mainly of north temperate distribution. The members are diverse in appearance and ...
subclass of flowering plants belonging to the class Magnoliopsida. The subclass consists of three orders, Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales, although the vast majority of its members are found in the ...
specialized type of dry, one-seeded fruit (achene) characteristic of grasses, in which the ovary wall is united with the seed coat, making it difficult to separate the two except by ...
pre-Columbian ruins in south-central Arizona, U.S., in the Gila River valley immediately north of Coolidge. Authorized as Casa Grande Ruins Reservation in 1889 and proclaimed as such in 1892, the ...
(January 12-23, 1943), meeting during World War II in Casablanca, Morocco, between U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and their respective military chiefs and aides, ...
town, Alessandria province, Piemonte (Piedmont) region, northwestern Italy, on the Po River in the Monferrato Hills east of Turin. It was founded in the 8th century on the site of ...
region of Senegal that lies south of The Gambia along the Casamance River. The region has ample rainfall, abundant in the south, and the lower course of the Casamance River ...
river in western Africa, rising in southern Senegal and flowing west through the Casamance region, which lies between The Gambia (north) and Guinea-Bissau (south). The river receives various small tributaries ...
departamento, north-central Colombia. It is located in the eastern Llanos (Plains) and is bounded on the west by the Cordillera Oriental, on the north by the Casanare River, and on ...
ecclesiastic, writer, soldier, spy, and diplomatist, chiefly remembered as the prince of Italian adventurers and as the man who made the name Casanova synonymous with "libertine." His autobiography, which perhaps ...
town on the Casas Grandes River, in the northwestern corner of Chihuahua estado ("state"), northern Mexico. When it was settled by the Spaniards in 1661 or 1662, ...
waterfall, especially a series of small falls, consisting of water descending over rocks or boulders. It may be natural or it may be artificial. The cascade has often been used ...
segment of the Pacific mountain system of western North America. The Cascades extend northward for more than 700 miles (1,100 km) from Lassen Peak, in northern California, U.S., through Oregon ...
one of the longest railroad tunnels in the United States, located in central Washington about 60 miles (100 km) east of Seattle. It carries a line of the Burlington Northern ...
town, Lisboa distrito ("district"), western Portugal. It lies on Cascais Bay, 17 miles (28 km) west of central Lisbon. The town, created (1364) by Pedro I, is now a fishing ...
(Spanish: "sacred bark"), the dried bark of the buckthorn Rhamnus purshiana (order Rhamnales) used in medicine as a laxative. The tree is cultivated in North America and Kenya. Cascara sagrada ...
town, Pisa provincia, Toscana (Tuscany) regione, central Italy. Local mineral springs are used to treat rheumatism. The town's Church of Santa Maria, built in Pisan style, dates from the 12th ...
independent, coeducational research university in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. The university operates professional schools of law, medicine, dentistry, and nursing, as well as Case School of Engineering, Mandel School of Applied ...
American entrepreneur who cofounded America Online, Inc. (AOL), the world's foremost Internet service provider (ISP), and negotiated the merger in 2001 of AOL and Time Warner Inc. to create a ...
any larva of the cosmopolitan moth family Coleophoridae (order Lepidoptera) of insects. The larvae are light brown with dark heads; they attack apple, birch, cherry, and willow trees, feeding first ...
any small, robust, cylindrical insect belonging to one of several subfamilies in the leaf beetle family Chrysomelidae-e.g., Clytrinae, Cryptocephalinae, Chalamisinae, and Lamprosomatinae. The female covers each egg with a layer ...
painting executed with colours ground in a solution of casein, a phosphoprotein of milk precipitated by heating with an acid or by lactic acid in souring. In the form of ...
earliest form of movable window, wood or metal framed, with hinges or pivots at the upright side of the vertically hung sash, so that it opens outward or inward along ...
distinguished British public servant who was executed for treason and became one of the principal Irish martyrs in the revolt against British rule in Ireland.
city, capital of Caserta provincia, Campania regione, southern Italy, north of Naples. The old town (Caserta Vecchia), founded by the Lombards in the 8th century, lies on hills 3 miles ...
business machine that usually has a money drawer and is designed to record sales transactions. The typical cash register of the mid-20th century, through a system of keys, levers, and ...
American singer, songwriter, and actress, who was a leading figure in country music, especially noted for her work with the Carter Family and Johnny Cash.
American author, editor, and journalist, best known for his single book, The Mind of the South (1941), a classic analysis of white Southern temperament and culture.
town and urban district, County Tipperary, southern Ireland, about 30 miles (50 km) east-southeast of Limerick. The town's landscape is dominated by the 358-foot (109-metre) Rock of Cashel, a limestone ...
the characteristically curved, edible seed or nut of the domesticated cashew tree. The tropical and subtropical evergreen shrub or tree is native to the New World, but commercially cultivated mainly ...
animal-hair fibre forming the downy undercoat of the Kashmir goat and belonging to the group of textile fibres called specialty hair fibres. Although the word cashmere is sometimes incorrectly applied ...
duke of Poland who reannexed the formerly Polish provinces of Silesia, Mazovia, and Pomerania (all now in Poland), which had been lost during his father's reign, and restored the Polish ...
duke of Krakow and of Sandomierz from 1177 to 1194. A member of the Piast dynasty, he drove his brother Mieszko III from the throne and spent much of his ...
king of Poland from 1333 to 1370, called "the Great" because he was deemed a peaceful ruler, a "peasant king," and a skillful diplomat. Through astute diplomacy he annexed lands ...
grand duke of Lithuania (1440-92) and king of Poland (1447-92), who, by patient but tenacious policy, sought to preserve the political union between Poland and Lithuania and to recover the ...
navigable waterway in southern Venezuela. It branches off from the Orinoco River downstream from La Esmeralda and meanders generally southwestward for approximately 140 miles (225 km), joining the Guainia River ...
the eight letters and a series of irregular sonnets asserted by James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton, to have been found by his servants in a silver casket in the ...
Czech gymnast, who won a total of 35 medals, including 22 gold medals, at the Olympic Games and at world and European championships in the 1950s and '60s.
English typefounder who, between 1720 and 1726, designed the typeface that bears his name. His work helped to modernize the book, making it a separate creation rather than a printed ...
Mexican archaeologist and government official who explored the early Oaxacan cultures and is best remembered for his excavation of Tomb Seven at Monte Alban, the earliest-known North American necropolis.
city, seat (1890) of Natrona county, east-central Wyoming, U.S., on the North Platte River. It originated around Fort Caspar at the site of a pioneer crossing on the Oregon Trail ...
Swedish cytologist and geneticist who initiated the use of the ultraviolet microscope to determine the nucleic acid content of cellular structures such as the nucleus and nucleolus.
flat lowland, Kazakstan and Russia, much of it below sea level at the north end of the Caspian Sea. It is one of the largest such areas in Central Asia, ...
world's largest inland body of water, lying to the east of the Caucasus Mountains and to the west of the vast steppe of Central Asia. Its name derives from the ...
perennial vine of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), native to the New World tropics and cultivated as an ornamental plant and for its sweet-smelling, edible fruit. The cassabanana vine is fleshy ...
in Greek mythology, the daughter of Priam, the last king of Troy, and his wife Hecuba. Cassandra was loved by the god Apollo, who promised her the power of prophecy ...
in music, 18th-century genre for orchestra or small ensemble that was written in several short movements. It was akin to the 18th-century serenade and divertimento and, like these, was often ...
(Manihot esculenta), tuberous edible plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae) from the American tropics. It is cultivated throughout the tropical world for its tuberous roots, from which cassava flour, breads, ...
in astronomical telescopy, an arrangement of mirrors to focus incoming light at a point close to the main light-gathering mirror. The design was proposed in 1672 by N. Cassegrain, a ...
porcelain produced by a factory at Kassel, Hesse, under the patronage of the Landgrave of Hesse. The factory fired hard-paste porcelain in 1766, though complete tea or coffee services were ...
Swedish economist who gained international prominence through his work on world monetary problems at the Brussels Conference in 1920 and on the League of Nations Finance Committee in 1921.
