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- any of a group of Eastern Christian churches that trace their origins to various ancient national or ethnic Christian bodies in the East but have established union (hence Eastern rite ... [12 Related Articles]
- eastern rocket
- (from the article "rocket") ...that are common in waste areas and fields of the Northern Hemisphere and mountains in the Southern Hemisphere. Rockets have long, thin seedpods and usually coarse, deeply cut, dandelion-like leaves. ...
- Eastern Rumelia
- (from the article "Bulgaria") ...of the Sublime Porte, in the territory between the Danube and the Balkan Mountains and the region of Sofia, which soon became capital. To the south, the treaty created the ...
- Eastern Schelde
- channel extending about 30 miles (50 km) northwestward through the Delta Islands in southwestern Netherlands to the North Sea. A former estuary of the Schelde River (as well as of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Eastern Seaboard
- region of the eastern United States, fronting the Atlantic Ocean and extending from Maine in the north to Florida in the south. Not merely a geographic term, the Eastern Seaboard ...
- Eastern Shore
- (from the article "Maryland") The Eastern Shore, the area east of Chesapeake Bay, is flat with extensive wetlands. The maximum elevation there is 100 feet (30 metres) above sea level. The area west of ...
- eastern skunk cabbage
- (from the article "skunk cabbage") any of three species of plants that grow in bogs and meadows of temperate regions. In eastern North America the skunk cabbage is Symplocarpus foetidus, which belongs to the arum ...
- Eastern Slovakian Lowland
- (from the article "Slovakia") ...by valleys and intermontane basins. Two large lowland areas north of the Hungarian border, the Little Alfold (called the Podunajska, or Danubian, Lowland in Slovakia) in the southwest and the ...
- Eastern Solomons, Battle of the
- (from the article "World War II") ...Japanese cruisers and destroyers, attempting to hold Guadalcanal, sank four U.S. cruisers, themselves sustaining one cruiser sunk and one damaged and later sunk. On August 23-25, in the Battle of ...
- Eastern spotted skunk
- (from the article "skunk") ...Breeding occurs in the spring, except in the Western spotted skunk (S. gracilis), which breeds in the autumn but undergoes a period of delayed implantation lasting about 150 days. Eastern ...
- eastern spruce gall adelgid
- (from the article "aphid") The eastern spruce gall adelgid (Adelges abietis) produces pineapple-shaped galls 1 to 2.5 cm (0.4 to 1 inch) long composed of many cells, each containing about 12 aphid nymphs. The ...
- Eastern Steppe
- (from the article "Steppe, the") ...the Western Steppe, with greater seasonal extremes of temperature than are found anywhere else in the world. Some 1,500 miles from east to west and about 400 to 500 miles ...
- Eastern Sudanic languages
- a group of languages representing the most diverse of the major divisions within the Nilo-Saharan language family. These languages are spoken from southern Egypt in the north to Tanzania in ... [1 Related Articles]
- eastern tent caterpillar moth
- (from the article "tent caterpillar moth") The eastern tent caterpillar moth Malacosoma americanum of eastern North America deposits its eggs on a tree in midsummer. The egg mass appears as a shiny, tarlike band on a ...
- Eastern Townships
- (from the article "Quebec") The Appalachian region was first inhabited by Abenaki people. The southeastern corner of the province that includes the towns of Granby, Sherbrooke, and Magog is known as the Eastern Townships, ...
- Eastern Upland
- (from the article "Connecticut") The Eastern Upland resembles the Western in being a hilly region drained by numerous rivers. Their valleys come together to form the Thames River, which reaches Long Island Sound at ...
- Eastern Upland forest
- (from the article "North America") Also known as the Acadian forest in Canada, the Eastern Upland forest covers much of the central and northern Appalachians and New England; there, polar continental air is pronounced, while ...
- Eastern Uplands
- (from the article "Australia") The Eastern Uplands are a complex series of high ridges, high plains, plateaus, and basins that extend from Cape York Peninsula in the north to Bass Strait in the south, ...
- Eastern Utah, College of
- (from the article "Price") ...the arrival of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad in 1883. Coal production, livestock, and agriculture (sugar beets and grains) are major economic factors. Price is the seat of ...
- eastern wood pewee
- (from the article "pewee") ...Contopus (family Tyrannidae); it is named for its call, which is monotonously repeated from an open perch. In North America a sad, clear "pee-oo-wee" announces the presence of the eastern ...
- Eastern Woodlands Indians
- (from the article "Eastern Woodlands Indians") aboriginal peoples of North America whose traditional territories were east of the Mississippi River and south of the subarctic boreal forests.
- Eastern Yiddish language
- (from the article "Yiddish language") ...period (ending about 1350). It comprises Southwestern (Swiss-Alsatian-Southern German), Midwestern (Central German), and Northwestern (Netherlandic-Northern German) Yiddish. Eastern Yiddish, roughly equal in importance to its western counterpart during the Middle ...
- Eastern Zhou dynasty
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") The bronzes of the Tung (Eastern) Chou period, after 771 BC, show signs of a gradual renaissance in the craft and much regional variation, which appears ever more complex as ...
- Eastern-crested swift
- (from the article "crested swift") ...ranging from Southeast Asia eastward to the Celebes. It is about 20 cm (8 inches) long and has pale blue-gray upperparts, dark brown wings and tail, and reddish cheeks. The ...
- Eastham
- town (township), Barnstable county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It extends across the northern arm of Cape Cod and includes the village of North Eastham. In December 1620 a shore party of ...
- Eastlake, Charles Locke
- English museologist and writer on art who gave his name to a 19th-century furniture style.
- Eastlake, Sir Charles Lock
- English Neoclassical painter who helped develop England's national collection of paintings. [1 Related Articles]
- Eastleigh
- (from the article "Eastleigh") town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Hampshire, England. It lies north and east of Southampton, centred on the town of Eastleigh. The borough grew rapidly in the ...
- Eastleigh
- town and borough (district), administrative and historic county of Hampshire, England. It lies north and east of Southampton, centred on the town of Eastleigh. The borough grew rapidly in the ...
- Eastmain River
- river in Nord-du-Quebec region, western Quebec province, Canada, rising in the Otish Mountains of central Quebec, flowing nearly due west, and discharging into James Bay. Its course of about 500 ...
- Eastman Kodak Company
- American manufacturer of film, cameras, photographic supplies, and digital imaging products and processing services. Headquarters are in Rochester, N.Y. [9 Related Articles]
- Eastman School of Music
- (from the article "Hanson, Howard") ...Hanson taught in San Jose, Calif., and spent three years in Italy (1921-24) as winner of the American Prix de Rome. On his return to the United States he became ...
- Eastman, Crystal
- American lawyer, suffragist, and writer, a leader in early 20th-century feminist and civil liberties activism.
- Eastman, George
- American entrepreneur and inventor whose introduction of the first Kodak camera helped to promote amateur photography on a large scale. [6 Related Articles]
- Eastman, Mary Henderson
- 19th-century American writer whose work on Native Americans, though coloured by her time and circumstance, was drawn from personal experience of her subjects.
- Eastman, Max
- American poet, editor, and prominent radical before and after World War I. [3 Related Articles]
- Eastmancolor
- (from the article "motion picture, history of the") ...and Kodak simultaneously introduced a new multilayered film stock in which emulsions sensitive to the red, green, and blue parts of the spectrum were bonded together on a single roll. ...
- Easton
- town, seat of Talbot county, eastern Maryland, U.S. It is situated in the tidewater region along the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, near the head of Tred Avon River (estuary). ...
- Easton
- city, seat (1752) of Northampton county, eastern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Lehigh and Delaware rivers (bridged to Phillipsburg, New Jersey) and is part of the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Easton, David
- (from the article "political science") Systems analysis studies first appeared alongside behavioral and political culture studies in the 1950s. A groundbreaking work employing the approach, David Easton's The Political System (1953), conceived the political system ...
- Eastphalia
- (from the article "Germany") The storm broke in 1073. A group of Saxon nobles and prelates and the free peasantry of Eastphalia, who had borne the brunt of statute labour in the building of ...
- Eastpointe
- city, Macomb county, Michigan, U.S., adjacent to the northeast corner of the Detroit city limits. It is primarily a residential suburb of Detroit with a large retail sector but does ...
- Eastport
- easternmost city of the United States, in Washington county, eastern Maine. It is situated on Moose Island, along Passamaquoddy Bay (bridged to the mainland) of the Atlantic Ocean, 126 miles ...
- Eastwood, Clint
- American motion-picture actor who emerged as one of the most popular Hollywood stars in the 1970s and went on to become a prolific and respected director-producer. [8 Related Articles]
- Easy Club
- (from the article "Ramsay, Allan") Ramsay settled in Edinburgh about 1700 and in 1701 became an apprentice wigmaker. Established in this respected craft, he married in 1712. In the same year, he helped found the ...
- eating disorder
- (from the article "mental disorder") Two of the more common eating disorders involve not only abnormalities of eating behaviour but also distortions in body perception. Anorexia nervosa consists of a considerable loss in body weight, ...
- Eaton, Amos
- (from the article "Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute") The institute was founded in 1824 by Stephen Van Rensselaer and Amos Eaton; Eaton, its senior professor, was a pioneer of American scientific research and education. Rensselaer was one of ...
- Eaton, Cyrus S.
- U.S.-Canadian industrialist and philanthropist, founder of the Republic Steel Corporation (1930).
- Eaton, John H.
- (from the article "Eaton, Margaret") The daughter of a Washington tavernkeeper, Peggy O'Neale was married to a navy purser, John B. Timberlake. Throughout the 1820s her name was linked with Tennessee Senator John H. Eaton, ...
- Eaton, John, Jr.
- American educator, second U.S. commissioner of education (1870-86), and first U.S. superintendent of schools for public schools in Puerto Rico.
- Eaton, Margaret
- woman whose marriage in 1829 to a prominent Democratic politician caused the famous "cabinet crisis" of U.S. President Andrew Jackson (in which Jackson dismissed his entire cabinet) and led eventually ...
- Eaton, Theophilus
- merchant who was cofounder and colonial governor of New Haven colony. [1 Related Articles]
- Eaton, William
- U.S. Army officer and adventurer who in 1804 led an expedition across the Libyan Desert during the so-called Tripolitan War.
- Eaton, Wyatt
- U.S. painter whose portraits of many well-known 19th-century figures were noted for delicate feeling.
- Eatwell, Roger
- (from the article "fascism") ...fascist parties, such as paramilitary uniforms and Roman salutes, and many explicitly denounced fascist policies or denied that their parties were fascist. Noting this transformation, in 1996 Roger Eatwell cautioned: ...
- Eau Claire
- city, Eau Claire and Chippewa counties, seat (1857) of Eau Claire county, west-central Wisconsin, U.S. It lies at the confluence of the Eau Claire ("Clear Water," so named by 18th-century ...
- eau de Creole
- (from the article "mammee apple") ...is eaten raw and also used for preserves. Its one to four large, rough seeds are bitter and resinous and are used as an antiworming agent. An aromatic liqueur distilled ...
- Eau Gallie
- (from the article "Melbourne") ...on tourism, high-technology industries, the military, and services (especially health care). The city is the site of the Florida Institute of Technology (1958). In 1969 Melbourne consolidated with Eau Gallie, ...
- eau-de-vie de marc
- (from the article "brandy") ...Pisco, mainly produced in Peru, is distilled from muscat wines. Brandies distilled from grape pomace, or marc, the material remaining in the winepress after grape pressing, include the French eau-de-vie ...
- Eazy-E
- (ERIC WRIGHT), U.S. gangsta rapper and founding member of the influential group N.W.A (b. Sept. 7, 1963--d. March 26, 1995).
- Ebadi, Shirin
- Iranian lawyer, writer, and teacher, who received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2003 for her efforts to promote democracy and human rights, especially those of women and children in ...
- Ebal, Mount
- (from the article "Gerizim, Mount") ...it became part of the West Bank (territory known within Israel by its biblical names, Judaea and Samaria) under Israeli occupation. Rising to 2,890 feet (881 metres) above sea level, ...
- Eban, Abba
- foreign minister of Israel (1966-74) whose exceptional oratorical gifts in the service of Israel won him the widespread admiration of diplomats and increased support for his country from American Jewry. [1 Related Articles]
- eBay
- global online auction and trading company launched by American entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar in 1995. eBay was one of the first companies to create and market an Internet Web site to ... [8 Related Articles]
- ebb tide
- seaward flow in estuaries or tidal rivers during a tidal phase of lowering water level. The reverse flow, occurring during rising tides, is called the flood tide. See tide. [1 Related Articles]
- Ebb, Fred
- American lyricist (b. April 8, 1928?, New York, N.Y.-d. Sept. 11, 2004, New York City), collaborated with composer John Kander for more than 40 years, and together they created enduring ... [1 Related Articles]
- Ebbers, Bernard
- (from the article "Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement") Bernard Ebbers, the former WorldCom CEO who was alleged to have orchestrated the $11 billion accounting debacle that forced the company into bankruptcy in 2002, was found guilty in March ...
- Ebbet's Field
- (from the article "New York City") ...Field (now part of Gateway National Recreation Area). Brooklyn had something that Manhattan could never match, a beloved baseball team, the Dodgers, playing in a wonderfully intimate ball park, Ebbets ...
- Ebbinghaus, Hermann
- German psychologist who pioneered in the development of experimental methods for the measurement of rote learning and memory. [2 Related Articles]
- Ebbo of Reims
- archbishop whose pioneering missions to the North helped prepare the ground for the Christianization of Denmark and who exercised significant influence on contemporary arts. [1 Related Articles]
- Ebbw Vale
- industrial town, Blaenau Gwent county borough, historic county of Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy), Wales. It first developed as a coal-mining centre. Iron was processed there beginning in the late 18th century, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Ebed-melech
- (from the article "Jeremiah") ...was arrested on a charge of desertion and placed in prison. Subsequently he was placed in an abandoned cistern, where he would have died had it not been for the ...
- Ebeid, Atef
- (from the article "Egypt") Area: 997,739 sq km (385,229 sq mi) | Population (2004 est.): 69,261,000 | Capital: Cairo | Chief of state: President Hosni Mubarak | Head of government: Prime Ministers Atef ...
- Eben Emael
- (from the article "fortification") ...the Metaxas Line facing Bulgaria; and the Belgians erected a series of elaborate forts along the Albert Canal. German capture of the most elaborate and allegedly impregnable of the Belgian ...
- Eben Fardd
- Welsh-language poet, the last of the 19th-century bards to contribute works of genuine poetic distinction to the eisteddfods (poetic competitions). [1 Related Articles]
- Ebenaceae
- (from the article "Ericales") Ebenaceae, or the persimmon or ebony family, includes trees and shrubs placed in four genera, with about 490 species found throughout the tropics and some also in temperate regions. Diospyros ...
- Ebenebe
- (from the article "African dance") ...a distinct rhythm dictating its own movement pattern. As in most African dances, the rhythm gives the name to the dance steps: in the Ikpo Okme, the performers hop from ...
- Ebenezer Baptist Church
- (from the article "King, Martin Luther, Jr.") ...black ministry: both his father and maternal grandfather were Baptist preachers. His parents were college-educated, and King's father had succeeded his father-in-law as pastor of the prestigious Ebenezer Baptist Church ...
- Ebenezer Society
- (from the article "Amana Colonies") ...from the civil authorities because of its members' opposition to war, and in 1842 they emigrated to the United States, purchasing land near Buffalo, New York, where they established the ...
- ebeniste
- (from the article "interior design") ...a new, rare, and expensive wood-ebony. (In 17th century France, the craftsmen skillful enough to be entrusted with this wood-who were also makers of cabinets-came to be called ebenistes, a ...
- Ebensee
- town, north-central Austria, where the Traun River enters Lake Traun (Traunsee) in the Salzkammergut region, south of Gmunden. Feuer Peak (5,241 feet [1,598 metres]) of the Hollen Mountains overlooks the ...
- Eberbach, Heinrich
- German tank force commander in World War II.
- Eberhard
- duke of Franconia from 918. [1 Related Articles]
- Eberhard I
- count, later 1st duke of Wurttemberg (from 1495), administrative and ecclesiastic reformer who laid the foundations for Wurttemberg's role in German history. [1 Related Articles]
- Eberhard Louis
- (from the article "Wurttemberg") ...and fell prey to French invasions from 1688 until 1693 during the War of the Grand Alliance. Yet the country enjoyed progressive government. Compulsory education was introduced in 1649. Duke ...
- Eberhard of Gandersheim
- (from the article "Bad Gandersheim") The memory of Gandersheim is preserved by its literary memorials: the 10th-century poet, dramatist, and historian Hrosvitha was a member of the sisterhood at Gandersheim, and the priest Eberhard of ...
- Eberhard, Johann August
- German philosopher and lexicographer who defended the views of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz against those of Immanuel Kant and compiled a dictionary of the German language that remained in use for ...
- Eberhard, Martin, and Tarpenning, Marc
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- Eberhard, Martin, and Tarpenning, Marc
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- Eberhardt, Isabella
- (from the article "Oued, el-") ...with cube-shaped buildings of clay-stone topped by cupolas. The houses are clustered, creating the image of a "Town of a Thousand Domes," so-called by the French writer-adventuress Isabella Eberhardt (1877-1904). ...
- Eberhart, George M.
- (from the article "Redefining the Library in the Digital Age") By 2007 most libraries in the developed world had an online catalog, a Web site, dozens of public-access computers, and electronic resources that their patrons could use around the clock ...
- Eberhart, Nellie Richmond
- (from the article "Cadman, Charles Wakefield") By age 13 Cadman was studying the piano and organ. At about age 19 he met Nellie Richmond Eberhart, who would write most of his song lyrics and opera librettos. ...
- Eberhart, Richard
- American poet and teacher who was noted for his lyric verse and for his mentorship of aspiring poets. [2 Related Articles]
- Eberharter, Stephan
- (from the article "Skiing") ...Alpine skiing World Cup season: Bode Miller became the first American man to win a World Cup title, the giant slalom (GS), since Phil Mahre won the overall and GS ...
- Eberlein, Johann Friedrich
- (from the article "Swan Service") set of porcelain tableware made at the Meissen factory in Germany between 1737 and 1741 by Johann Joachim Kandler and Johann Friedrich Eberlein. Made for Heinrich, Count von Bruhl, the ...
- Ebers papyrus
- Egyptian compilation of medical texts dated about 1550 BC, one of the oldest known medical works. The scroll contains 700 magical formulas and folk remedies meant to cure afflictions ranging ... [3 Related Articles]
- Ebers, George Maurice
- (from the article "Ebers papyrus") ...accurate description of the circulatory system, noting the existence of blood vessels throughout the body and the heart's function as centre of the blood supply. The Ebers papyrus was acquired ...
- Eberswalde
- city, Brandenburg Land (state), northeastern Germany. It lies in the Thorn-Eberswalder glacial valley, approximately 30 miles (50 km) northeast of Berlin. Occupation of the area from the ...
- Ebert, Friedrich
- leader of the Social Democratic movement in Germany and a moderate socialist, who was a leader in bringing about the constitution of the Weimar Republic, which attempted to unite Germany ... [4 Related Articles]
- Ebert, G.
- (from the article "elastomer") ...by present-day standards, and after the war German manufacturers returned to the cheaper and more satisfactory natural product. Research and experiments continued, however, and in 1926 the German G. Ebert ...
- Ebetsu
- city, Hokkaido, Japan, on the lower Ishikari River. It originated as a colonial farm village settled by 10 families from the island of Honshu in the early Meiji period (1868-1912). ...
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