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- (from the article "Oxygen Consumption of Various Animals and Its Variation with Rest and Activity") Carp raising, practiced worldwide, is a good example of advanced techniques. For the whole life cycle at least three different types of ponds are used in Europe. Special shallow and ...
- carp
- (species Cyprinus carpio), hardy, greenish brown fish of the family Cyprinidae. It is native to Asia but has been introduced into Europe, North America, and elsewhere. A large-scaled fish with ... [1 Related Articles]
- Carpaccio, Vittore
- greatest early Renaissance narrative painter of the Venetian school. [1 Related Articles]
- carpal bone
- any of several small angular bones that in humans make up the wrist (carpus), and in horses, cows, and other quadrupeds the "knee" of the foreleg. They correspond to the ... [4 Related Articles]
- carpal tunnel
- (from the article "wrist") The large number of bones in the wrist force blood vessels and nerves in the area to pass through a narrow opening, the carpal tunnel. In carpal tunnel syndrome, a ...
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- condition of numbness, tingling, or pain in the wrist caused by repetitive flexing or stressing of the fingers or wrist over a long period of time. Possibly the most common ... [2 Related Articles]
- Carpathian Mountains
- a geologically young European mountain chain forming the eastward continuation of the Alps. From the Danube Gap, near Bratislava, Slovakia, they swing in a wide crescent-shaped arc some 900 miles ... [7 Related Articles]
- Carpatho-Ukraine
- (from the article "Ukraine") In the wake of the Munich Agreement, which allowed Germany's annexation of a portion of western Czechoslovakia, in October 1938 Prague finally granted autonomy to Transcarpathia, officially renamed Carpatho-Ukraine. In ...
- carpe diem
- phrase used by the Roman poet Horace to express the idea that one should enjoy life while one can. The sentiment has been expressed in many literatures, especially in 16th- ...
- Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste
- the leading French sculptor of his time. His works, containing a lively realism, rhythm, and variety that were in opposition to contemporary French academic sculpture, form a prelude to the ... [2 Related Articles]
- carpel
- (from the article "angiosperm") A complete flower is composed of four organs attached to the floral stalk by a receptacle (Figure 11). From the base of the receptacle upward these four organs are the ...
- Carpentaria Basin
- (from the article "Australia") The Interior Lowlands are dominated by three major basins, the Carpentaria Basin, the Eyre Basin, and the Murray Basin. The Carpentaria and Eyre basins are separated by such minute residual ...
- Carpentaria, Gulf of
- shallow, rectangular inlet of the Arafura Sea (part of the Pacific Ocean), indenting the northern coast of Australia. Neglected for centuries, the gulf became internationally significant in the late 20th ... [1 Related Articles]
- carpenter ant
- (from the article "ant") Most ants live in nests, which may be located in the ground or under a rock or built above ground and made of twigs, sand, or gravel. Carpenter ants (Camponotus) ...
- carpenter bee
- any of a group of small bees in the family Anthophoridae (order Hymenoptera) that are found in most areas of the world. The small carpenter bee, Ceratina, is about six ...
- Carpenter Gothic
- style of architecture that utilized Gothic forms in domestic U.S. architecture in the mid-19th century. The houses executed in this phase of the Gothic Revival style show little awareness of ... [1 Related Articles]
- carpenter moth
- any member of a group of insects in the moth and butterfly order, Lepidoptera, whose pale, nearly hairless larvae bore in wood or pithy stems and can be highly destructive. ... [1 Related Articles]
- carpenter's brace
- (from the article "crank") ...but it has been reasonably well established that the first recognizable crank appeared in China early in the 1st century AD. The first cranks had two right-angle bends and were ...
- Carpenter, Chris
- (from the article "Baseball") Bartolo Colon, who led the AL with 21 victories for the Angels, was voted winner of the Cy Young Award. Cy Young honours in the NL went to Chris Carpenter, ...
- Carpenter, Edward
- English writer identified with social and sexual reform and the late 19th-century anti-industrial Arts and Crafts Movement.
- Carpenter, Humphrey William Bouverie
- British writer, editor, and radio broadcaster (b. April 29, 1946, Oxford, Eng.-d. Jan. 4, 2005, Oxford), was best known for his insightful "group biographies," notably The Inklings: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. ...
- Carpenter, John
- (from the article "Olympic Games") ...The track-and-field events were marked by bickering between American athletes and British officials. The 400-metre final was nullified by officials who disqualified the apparent winner, American John Carpenter, for deliberately ...
- Carpenter, John Alden
- American composer who was prominent in the 1920s and was one of the earliest to use jazz rhythms in orchestral music.
- Carpenter, Liz
- (from the article "Johnson, Lady Bird") Lady Bird used the three years of her husband's vice presidency to hire an expert staff, including Liz Carpenter, a seasoned reporter, who served as both staff director and press ...
- Carpenter, M. Scott
- second U.S. astronaut to make an orbital spaceflight. In Aurora 7 he made the fourth Mercury flight, circling the Earth three times on May 24, 1962. He directed part of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Carpenter, Mary
- British philanthropist, social reformer, and founder of free schools for poor children, the "ragged schools."
- Carpenter, Patricia
- (from the article "intelligence, human") ...have been concerned with other kinds of problems, such as how a text is comprehended or how people are reminded of things they already know when reading a text. The ...
- Carpenter, Pieter
- (from the article "Carpentaria, Gulf of") The eastern side of the gulf was first explored by the Dutch between 1605 and 1628, and the southern and western coasts were discovered by the explorer Abel Tasman in ...
- Carpenter, Thelma
- American performer who was a big-band singer during the 1930s and '40s and performed on Broadway in the '40s and '50s but then disappeared from show business until 1968, when ...
- carpenterworm moth
- (from the article "carpenter moth") The carpenterworm moth (Prinoxystus robiniae) has a wingspan of about 5 cm (2 inches) and is the most familiar North American cossid. The mahogany-coloured larvae of the goat moth (Cossus ...
- Carpentier, Alejo
- a leading Latin American literary figure, considered one of the best novelists of the 20th century. He was also a musicologist, an essayist, and a playwright. Among the first practitioners ... [2 Related Articles]
- Carpentier, Georges
- French boxer who was world light-heavyweight champion (1920-22) and a European champion at four weight classes. [1 Related Articles]
- Carpentier, Horace W.
- (from the article "Oakland") ...transit centre for goods and people. In 1849-50 Moses Chase, a squatter, and some associates leased and then purchased farmland and laid out the town of Clinton (later named Brooklyn). ...
- Carpentras
- (from the article "Comtat-Venaissin") ...Dauphine, on the south by the Durance River, on the east by Provence, and on the west by the Rhone River. It comprises the present departement of Vaucluse. Its capital ...
- carpentry
- the art and trade of cutting, working, and joining timber. The term includes both structural timberwork in framing and items such as doors, windows, and staircases. [2 Related Articles]
- carpet beetle
- (from the article "dermestid beetle") The red-brown or golden-brown carpet beetle larva (e.g., Anthrenus) is about 5 mm (0.197 in) long and very destructive; it attacks fur, furniture, rugs, carpets, and clothing. The oval adults ...
- carpet bugleweed
- (from the article "bugleweed") Carpet, or common, bugleweed (A. reptans) forms colonies of rosettes of dark green, oval leaves in damp meadows or woodlands. It produces short spikes of blue, occasionally pink or white, ...
- carpet grass
- (Axonopus affinis), mat-forming perennial grass of the family Poaceae, native to sandy soils in southeastern North America. Carpet grass reaches a height of 20-50 cm (8-20 inches). It is occasionally ...
- carpet moss
- any of the plants of the genus Hypnum (subclass Bryidae), which form dense green mats in many habitats throughout the world, especially on decaying wood in moist areas. A few ...
- carpet moth
- any of several small, delicate moths in the order Lepidoptera that settle with their broad, patterned carpetlike wings (span 2-4 cm; 0.8-1.6 inch) outstretched and flattened against the resting surface. ...
- carpet moth
- (from the article "tineid moth") ...infest woolens, furs, and other animal products. Well-known species include the webbing clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella), the casemaking clothes moth (Tinea pellionella), and the carpet, tapestry, or white-tip clothes moth ...
- carpet page
- (from the article "painting, Western") ...c. 680; the Echternach Gospels, c. 700). Artists in the British Isles also introduced other new elements, the most striking being richly ornamented cross-pages, commonly called "carpet pages," filled with ...
- carpet shark
- any of the approximately 25 species of sharks constituting the family Orectolobidae. They are found in all oceans but are concentrated in the Indo-Pacific and Australian regions. Many species are ...
- carpet sweeper
- (from the article "Bissell, Melville Reuben") U.S. inventor of the carpet sweeper.
- carpet wool
- (from the article "Karakul") ...chiefly for the skins of very young lambs, which are covered with glossy, tightly curled black coats and are called Persian lamb in the fur trade. The wool of mature ...
- carpetbagger
- during the Reconstruction period (1865-77) following the American Civil War, any Northern politician or financial adventurer accused of going South to use the newly enfranchised freedmen as a means of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Carpi
- town, Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, north of Modena city. Carpi is distinguished by its great piazza, the largest in the region. Notable landmarks include the Renaissance town hall, formerly ... [1 Related Articles]
- Carpi, Ugo da
- painter and printmaker, the first Italian practitioner of the art of the chiaroscuro woodcut, a technique involving the use of several wood blocks to make one print, each block cut ...
- Carpinus cordata
- (from the article "hornbeam") ...are white haired when unfolding; they are blue-green at maturity and become scarlet or orange-yellow in autumn. Because of its hard, heavy wood, the American hornbeam is commonly called ironwood. ...
- Carpocratian
- follower of Carpocrates, a 2nd-century Christian Gnostic, i.e., a religious dualist who believed that matter was evil and the spirit good and that salvation was gained through esoteric knowledge, or ...
- Carpodectes nitidus
- (from the article "Cotingidae") ...Cotingidae are the light blue Cotinga amabilis, found from Mexico to Costa Rica, and the reddish lavender Xipholena punicea of the Guiana Highlands and Brazil. The Carpodectes nitidus of Central ...
- carpogonium
- (from the article "red algae") The reproductive bodies of red algae are nonmotile. The female sex organ, called a carpogonium, consists of a uninucleate region that functions as the egg and a trichogyne, or projection, ...
- carpoid
- member of an extinct group of unusual echinoderms (modern echinoderms include starfish, sea urchins, and sea lilies), known as fossils from rocks of Middle Cambrian to Early Devonian age (the ... [1 Related Articles]
- carpometacarpal joint
- (from the article "bird") ...small wrist bones are present: the radiale, or scapholunar, and the ulnare, or cuneiform. The former lies between the distal end of the radius and the proximal part (the part ...
- carpooling
- (from the article "mass transit") ...a variety of forms of individualized ride sharing that put 2, 4, or even 10 people in a single vehicle. Some agencies provide rider matching services and better parking arrangements ...
- carpospore
- (from the article "algae") ...(the zygote) and the female gametophyte tissue around it develop into a basketlike or pustulelike structure called a carposporophyte. The carposporophyte eventually produces and releases diploid carpospores that develop into ...
- carposporophyte
- (from the article "algae") ...of a female carpogonium and the two gametes fuse. The fertilized carpogonium (the zygote) and the female gametophyte tissue around it develop into a basketlike or pustulelike structure called a ...
- Carr, Allan
- American film and television producer, theatre impresario, and publicist who, after breaking into show business as a creator of Playboy Penthouse Television, produced such hits as the movie Grease (1978) ...
- Carr, Bob
- (from the article "Australia") Following comments by the premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr, that Muslim suicide bombers might strike in Sydney, Howard attempted to bring Muslim citizens into the mainstream of Australian ...
- Carr, E H
- British political scientist and historian specializing in modern Russian history. [3 Related Articles]
- Carr, Emily
- painter and writer, regarded as a major Canadian artist for her paintings of western coast Indians and landscape. [2 Related Articles]
- Carr, Ian
- (from the article "Evans, Gil") ...and Sketches of Spain (1960), all arranged by Evans. The albums "rank with the finest orchestral music of the 20th century," according to jazz scholar Ian Carr, ...
- Carr, James
- American soul singer (b. June 13, 1942, Clarksdale, Miss.-d. Jan. 7, 2001, Memphis, Tenn.), was one of the most talented soul singers of the 1960s and '70s. Carr performed with ...
- Carr, Joe
- (from the article "football, gridiron") ...its first season, in 1920, the APFA had 14 teams, including George Halas's Decatur (Illinois) Staleys, who in 1922 became the Chicago Bears, the NFL's dominant team for much of ...
- Carr, John Dickson
- U.S. writer of detective fiction whose work, both intellectual and macabre, is considered among the best in the genre.
- Carr, Leroy
- influential African-American blues singer, pianist, and composer of songs noted for their personal, original lyrics; several became long-time standards.
- Carr-Saunders, Sir Alexander
- sociologist, demographer, and educational administrator who, as vice chancellor of the University of London, was largely responsible for establishing several overseas university colleges, some of which became independent universities. Among ... [1 Related Articles]
- Carra, Carlo
- one of the most influential Italian painters of the first half of the 20th century. He is best known for his still lifes in the style of Metaphysical painting. [1 Related Articles]
- Carracci family
- (from the article "comedy") It is through the art of caricature that the spirit of comedy enters most directly into painting. The style derives from the portraits with ludicrously exaggerated features made by the ...
- Carracci, Agostino
- Italian painter and printmaker whose prints after paintings by Federico Barocci, Tintoretto, and Titian circulated widely throughout Europe and were appreciated by Rembrandt, among other artists. [1 Related Articles]
- Carracci, Annibale
- Italian painter who was influential in recovering the classicizing tradition of the High Renaissance from the affectations of Mannerism. He was the most talented of the three painters of the ... [8 Related Articles]
- Carracci, Lodovico
- Italian painter and printmaker noted for his religious compositions and for the art academy he helped found in Bologna about 1585, which helped renew Italian art in the wake of ... [2 Related Articles]
- carrack
- (from the article "colonialism, Western") ...travel; these were light ships, having usually two but sometimes three masts, ordinarily equipped with lateen sails but occasionally square-rigged. When longer voyages began, the nao, or carrack, proved better ...
- carrack porcelain
- Chinese blue-and-white export pieces from the reign of the emperor Wan-li (1573-1620) during the Ming period. [1 Related Articles]
- Carradine, John
- American actor with gaunt features and a stentorian voice who appeared in more than 200 films, often portraying villains.
- Carradine, Keith
- (from the article "1975: Other Winners") ...for JawsScoring-Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Leonard Rosenman for Barry LyndonOriginal Song: "I'm Easy" from Nashville; music and lyrics by Keith CarradineHonorary Award: Mary Pickford
- carrageenan
- (from the article "Processing additives and their uses") ...a greenish yellow to a dark purple; when sun-dried and bleached it has a yellowish, translucent, hornlike aspect and consistency. The principal constituent of Irish moss is a gelatinous substance, ...
- Carrantuohill
- (from the article "Ireland") ...in the east (topped by Lugnaquillia, at 3,039 feet [926 metres]), the Knockmealdown and Comeragh mountains in the south, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks in the southwest, and the Twelve Pins in ...
- Carranza, Bartolome de
- Dominican theologian and archbishop of Toledo who was imprisoned for nearly 17 years by the Spanish Inquisition. [2 Related Articles]
- Carranza, Venustiano
- a leader in the Mexican civil war following the overthrow of the dictator Porfirio Diaz. He became the first president of the new Mexican Republic. A moderate who was tainted ... [10 Related Articles]
- Carrara
- city, Massa-Carrara provincia, Toscana (Tuscany) regione, in north-central Italy. It lies along the Carrione River in the foothills of the Apuan Alps, just northwest of Massa and east of La ... [2 Related Articles]
- Carrara Family
- a medieval Italian family who ruled first as feudal lords about the village of Carrara in the countryside of Padua and then as despots in the city of Padua. [1 Related Articles]
- Carrara marble
- (from the article "Carrara") ...the 12th- to 14th-century cathedral, built in the Pisan style, and the academy of fine arts, housed in the former ducal palace. The city is famous for some of the ...
- Carrara, Francesco, il Vecchio
- (from the article "Carrara Family") ...by Guglielmino and succeeded by his brother Jacopino di Niccolo (1350-55), and Jacopino in turn was dispossessed and imprisoned by his nephew Francesco il Vecchio (1355-87). The Carrara court was ...
- Carrara, Jacopo di
- (from the article "Carrara Family") ...exploited the feuds of urban politics first as Ghibelline and then as Guelf leaders and were thus able to found a new and more illustrious dominion. The latter began with ...
- Carrasquel, Chico
- Venezuelan professional baseball player who in 1951 became the first player born in Latin America to be selected to the American League (AL) All-Star team. [1 Related Articles]
- Carrasquilla, Tomas
- Colombian novelist and short-story writer who is best remembered for his realistic depiction of the people of his native Antioquia. His portrayal of the daily life and customs of the ...
- Carre, Ferdinand
- (from the article "refrigeration") ...examined the refrigerators used by Gorrie and Twinning and introduced vapour-compression refrigeration to the brewing and meat-packing industries. A somewhat more complex system was developed by Ferdinand Carre of France ...
- carrel
- cubicle or study for reading and literary work; the word is derived from the Middle English carole, "round dance," or "carol." The term originally referred to carrels in the north ...
- Carrel, Alexis
- French surgeon who received the 1912 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for developing a method of suturing blood vessels. [4 Related Articles]
- Carrell, Rudi
- Dutch-born German television personality (b. Dec. 19, 1934, Alkmaar, Neth.-d. July 7, 2006, Bremen, Ger.), became a major German television performer despite his initial inability to speak the language and ...
- Carreno de Miranda, Juan
- painter, considered the most important Spanish court painter of the Baroque period after Diego Velazquez. Influenced and overshadowed both by Velazquez and Sir Anthony Van Dyck, he was nonetheless a ... [1 Related Articles]
- Carreno, Teresa
- celebrated Venezuelan pianist who was a player of great power and spirit, known to her public as the "Valkyrie of the piano."
- Carrera, Jose Miguel
- aristocratic leader in the early struggle for the independence of Chile and first president of that country. [1 Related Articles]
- Carrera, Rafael
- dictator of Guatemala (1844-48 and 1851-65) and one of the most powerful figures of 19th-century Central America. [5 Related Articles]
- Carreras, Jose
- (from the article "Pavarotti, Luciano") ...following. He toured the world, performing to as many as 500,000 fans at a time in outdoor venues, as a solo performer or as one of the "Three Tenors" (with ...
- Carrere, Edward
- (from the article "1967: Other Winners") ...Rose for Guess Who's Coming to DinnerAdapted Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant for In the Heat of the NightCinematography: Burnett Guffey for Bonnie and ClydeArt Direction: Edward Carrere and John Truscott for ...
- Carrero Blanco, Luis
- (from the article "Spain") ...and head of state; Juan Carlos's designation was rejected by the democratic opposition as a continuation of the regime. To secure continuity, in June 1973 Franco abandoned the premiership to ...
- Carrey, Jim
- In 1997 comedian Jim Carrey again hit it big, this time with the film Liar Liar, in which he played a fast-talking lawyer forced--by a magic spell invoked by his ...
- Carrhae, Battle of
- (53 BC), battle that stopped the Roman invasion of Parthian Mesopotamia by the triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus. War was precipitated by Crassus, who wanted a military reputation to balance that ... [4 Related Articles]
- Carriacou
- (from the article "Grenada") ...(160 kilometres) north of the coast of Venezuela. Oval in shape, the island is approximately 21 miles (34 kilometres) long and 12 miles wide. The southern Grenadines-the largest of which ...
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