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- (from the article "Miami") In 1896 Henry M. Flagler extended his Florida East Coast Railway to the site after Tuttle and Brickell each gave him half of their landholdings for the project. Flagler had ...
- Florida gallinule
- (from the article "gallinule") ...blackish with a scarlet frontal shield, is called the moorhen or water hen where it occurs in Europe and Africa. Its North American race (G. chloropus cachinnans) is sometimes known ...
- Florida horse conch
- (from the article "conch") ...coast of the United States. Another melongenid is the Australian trumpet, or baler (Syrinx aruanus), which may be more than 60 cm long-the largest living snail. It is rivaled by ...
- Florida Keys
- island chain, Monroe and Miami-Dade counties, southern Florida, U.S. Composed of coral and limestone, the islands curve southwestward for about 220 miles (355 km) from Virginia Key in the Atlantic ... [1 Related Articles]
- Florida manatee
- (from the article "manatee") The Florida manatee (T. manatus latirostris), which is also found seasonally in the waters of nearby states, is one subspecies of the West Indian manatee (
- Florida Marlins
- (from the article "World Series") ...Blue Jays), bringing the number of American League teams to 14 in 1977. In 1993 the National League also was brought to 14 with the addition of teams in Denver ...
- Florida panther
- (from the article "conservation") This issue was at the heart of the management dilemma posed by the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi), a distinct subspecies of puma (P. ...
- Florida Parishes
- (from the article "Louisiana") ...the Territory of Orleans consisted of 77,000 people, and statehood proposals were beginning to be heard. When in 1812 the territory petitioned to enter the union, the eastern region now ...
- Florida Southern College
- (from the article "Architecture") ...to buy and restore it. The small building, built mostly of concrete blocks, was considered one of Louis Kahn's landmark designs. Frank Lloyd Wright's badly deteriorated 12-building campus for Florida ...
- Florida State University
- public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. It is part of the State University System of Florida and consists of eight schools and eight colleges, including a ... [2 Related Articles]
- Florida water rat
- (from the article "muskrat") The Florida water rat (Neofiber alleni) is sometimes called the round-tailed muskrat. It resembles a small muskrat (up to 38 cm in total length), but its tail is round rather ...
- Florida worm lizard
- pale or pinkish wormlike lizard characterized by the absence of limbs, external eyes, or ear openings, representing the only living member of the amphisbaenian family Rhineuridae. (Amphisbaenians are a group ...
- Florida, Calle
- (from the article "Buenos Aires") ...by colectivo. Though most city traffic is regulated by automatic traffic lights, the city's residents are notorious for ignoring them. For many years, two major streets, Calle Florida and Calle ...
- Florida, flag of
- U.S. state flag consisting of a white field (background) with a red saltire (diagonal cross) and, in the centre, the state seal.
- Florida, La
- (from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") New ceremonial centres showed considerable diversity. Examples include La Florida, a huge pyramid in Lima that formed the nucleus of a yet-unmapped building complex. The Tank site at Ancon consists ...
- Florida, Straits of
- passage connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean, extending for about 110 miles (180 km) between the Florida Keys, U.S., on the north and Cuba and the Bahamas ...
- Florida, University of
- public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Gainesville, Florida, U.S. It is a comprehensive research university with land-grant status and is part of the State University System of Florida. The ... [4 Related Articles]
- Floridablanca, Jose Monino y Redondo, conde de
- Spanish statesman and minister who became identified with the reform program of King Charles III. [4 Related Articles]
- Floridae
- (from the article "Thuret, Gustave-Adolphe") ...then in Antibes, where he continued his studies of algae and founded the botanical garden of Villa Thuret. In 1867 Thuret and Edouard Bornet determined the life cycle of the ...
- Floridean starch
- (from the article "algae") ...recticulum. Most Dinophyceae store starch outside the chloroplast, often as a cap over a bulging pyrenoid. The major carbohydrate storage product of red algae is a type of starch molecule ...
- Floridor
- French leading actor who headed the important troupe of the Theatre de l'Hotel de Bourgogne, in Paris, where he created many roles in plays by the French masters Pierre Corneille ... [1 Related Articles]
- florigen
- (from the article "plant development") ...developmental changes occur. One commonly accepted view is that, as a consequence of the photoperiodic experience, a specific flower-inducing hormone (as yet not isolated but referred to as "florigen") is ...
- Florina
- city, capital of the nomos (department) of Florina, western Macedonia, northwestern Greece. Originally a Byzantine foundation, it later passed to Ottoman control; by the 18th century, its ...
- Florio, John
- English lexicographer and translator of Montaigne.
- Floris V
- count of Holland (1256-96) and Zeeland, son of the German king William of Holland. Under him the territory of Holland greatly expanded and prospered. Floris succeeded his father as count ... [2 Related Articles]
- Floris, Cornelis II
- Flemish sculptor, engraver, and medalist whose Antwerp workshop contributed significantly to the Northern Renaissance by disseminating 16th-century Italian art styles. [1 Related Articles]
- Floris, Frans I
- Flemish painter, draftsman, and etcher who helped spread 16th-century Italian art styles and greatly influenced the Northern Renaissance.
- Florissant
- city, St. Louis county, east-central Missouri, U.S. A northern suburb of St. Louis, it lies in a valley near the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. Settled by the ...
- Florissant Formation
- division of middle and upper Oligocene rocks in central Colorado, U.S. (The Oligocene Epoch lasted from 33.7 to 23.8 million years ago.) It overlies the White River Group. Named for ... [2 Related Articles]
- Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
- fossil-rich mountain valley in central Colorado, U.S. It is located in the Rocky Mountains west of Pikes Peak and Colorado Springs. The monument preserves the fossil beds of the Florissant ... [1 Related Articles]
- florist's cyclamen
- (from the article "Cyclamen") genus of about 20 species of flowering perennial herbs of the myrsine family (Myrsinaceae) that are native to the Middle East and southern and central Europe. The florist's cyclamen (Cyclamen ...
- floristic region
- any of six areas of the world recognized by plant geographers for their distinctive plant life. These regions, which coincide closely with the faunal regions (q.v.) as mapped by animal ... [3 Related Articles]
- florists cineraria
- (from the article "groundsel") ...(S. jacobaea; see photograph); cineraria, or dusty miller (S. cineraria); and golden ragwort (S. aureus) are cultivated as border plants. German ivy (S. mikanoides) and florists cineraria (S. cruentus) are ...
- Florizel
- (from the article "Winter's Tale, The") ...girl, named Perdita, is brought up by a shepherd and his wife in Polixenes' kingdom of Bohemia. She appears in Act IV as a young and beautiful shepherdess who has ...
- Florus, Gessius
- (from the article "Herod Agrippa II") In 66, the procurator Gessius Florus permitted a massacre of Jews in Caesarea, and the Zealots at Jerusalem rose in revolt. When Agrippa supported Florus, urging moderation, the Zealots gained ...
- Florus, Publius Annius
- historian of Rome and poet, important as the first of a number of African writers who exercised considerable influence on Latin literature in the 2nd century. He was also the ...
- Flory, Paul J.
- American polymer chemist who was awarded the 1974 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of macromolecules." [1 Related Articles]
- Flosse, Gaston
- (from the article "Dependent States") In French Polynesia a new statute opened the way to greater autonomy from France. Elections in June saw the defeat of longtime Pres. Gaston Flosse and, for the first time, ...
- Flossenburg
- Nazi German concentration camp, established in 1937 in the market town of Flossenburg, near the Czech border in Bavaria, Germany. It was originally used for political prisoners but, by World ...
- flota
- (from the article "Cuba") ...bases in the Caribbean. By 1700, however, peace had returned, and the population reached about 50,000. Havana's status grew commercially and strategically because of the flota ("fleet") ...
- flotation
- in mineral processing, method used to separate and concentrate ores by altering their surfaces to a hydrophobic or hydrophilic condition-that is, the surfaces are either repelled or attracted by water. ... [9 Related Articles]
- flotation screen
- (from the article "tank") After the middle of World War II many other tanks were made amphibious by collapsible flotation screens, which, when erected, allowed even relatively heavy tanks to float. This method was ...
- flotilla
- (from the article "military unit") ...follow somewhat more flexible organizational guidelines. Administratively, several ships of the same type (e.g., destroyers) are organized into a squadron. Several squadrons in turn form a flotilla, several of which ...
- Flotow, Friedrich, Freiherr von
- German composer, active mainly in France, who was best known for his opera Martha (1847). [1 Related Articles]
- flounder
- any of numerous species of flatfishes belonging to the families Achiropsettidae, Pleuronectidae, Paralichthyidae, and Bothidae (order Pleuronectiformes). The flounder is morphogenetically unusual. When born it is bilaterally symmetrical, with an ... [2 Related Articles]
- flour
- finely ground cereal grains or other starchy portions of plants, used in various food products and as a basic ingredient of baked goods. Flour made from wheat grains is the ... [9 Related Articles]
- flour corn
- (from the article "corn") ...is characterized by a depression in the crown of the kernel caused by unequal drying of the hard and soft starch making up the kernel. Flint corn, containing little soft ...
- flour moth
- species of moth in the subfamily Phycitinae (family Pyralidae, order Lepidoptera) that is a cosmopolitan pest of cereal products and other stored foods. Sometimes also called Anagasta ... [3 Related Articles]
- Flourens, Gustave
- French radical intellectual and a leader of the Paris Commune revolt of 1871.
- Flourens, Marie-Jean-Pierre
- French physiologist who was the first to demonstrate experimentally the general functions of the major portions of the vertebrate brain. [1 Related Articles]
- Floury-2
- (from the article "cereal processing") ...been produced containing much less zein but possessing protein with higher than normal lysine and tryptophan contents, sometimes increased as high as 50 percent. These corns, called Opaque-2 and Floury-2, ...
- flow
- (from the article "landslide") A type of landslide in which the distribution of particle velocities resembles that of a viscous fluid is called a flow. The most important fluidizing agent is water, but trapped ...
- flow
- (from the article "production system") When viewed as a process, a production system may be further characterized by flows (channels of movement) in the process: both the physical flow of materials, work in the intermediate ...
- flow
- (from the article "deformation and flow") in physics, alteration in shape or size of a body under the influence of mechanical forces. Flow is a change in deformation that continues as long as the force is ...
- flow control
- (from the article "traffic control") ...air. After the 1981 air traffic controller strike in the United States and the subsequent dismissal of approximately 10,000 controllers, the Federal Aviation Administration instituted a policy of flow controls. ...
- flow control
- (from the article "computer science") ...on host computers to interpret the signals they receive and to engage in meaningful "conversations" in order to accomplish tasks on behalf of users. Network protocols also include flow control, ...
- flow law of ice
- (from the article "glacier") ...steady value, the shear-strain rate, is plotted against the stress for many different values of applied stress, a curved graph will result. The curve illustrates what is known as the ...
- flow meter
- (from the article "ultrasonics") ...can be used to determine the speed of a moving car, so can the speed of a moving submarine be determined by the Doppler shift of a sonar beam. An ...
- flow rate
- (from the article "nervous system") ...and down their concentration gradient-that is, from the fluid with the higher concentration to that with the lower concentration. The number of molecules moving per unit of time is called ...
- flow structure
- (from the article "igneous rock") These are planar or linear features that result from flowage of magma with or without contained crystals. Various forms of faintly to sharply defined layering and lining typically reflect compositional ...
- Flow-matic
- (from the article "computer") ...a FORTRAN-like language for UNIVAC computers. It was slower than FORTRAN and not particularly successful. Another language developed at Hopper's laboratory at the same time had more influence. Flow-matic used ...
- flow-till
- (from the article "glacial landform") ...was originally frozen into the ice commonly forms a rocky and/or muddy blanket over the glacier margin. This layer often slides off the ice in the form of mudflows. The ...
- flowbox
- (from the article "papermaking") ...the sheet, as stock is deposited on the screen. Equal quantities of properly dispersed stock should be supplied to all areas of the sheet-forming surface. The early headbox, more commonly ...
- flowchart
- graphical representation of a process, such as a manufacturing operation or computer operation, indicating the various steps that are taken as the product moves along the production line or the ... [1 Related Articles]
- flower
- the reproductive portion of any plant in the division Magnoliophyta (Angiospermae), commonly called flowering plants or angiosperms. As popularly used, the term "flower" especially applies when part or all of ... [43 Related Articles]
- flower bug
- any of at least 400 species of small insects in the true bug order, Heteroptera, that are black with white markings and are usually found on flowers, under loose bark, ... [1 Related Articles]
- flower chafer
- any of a group of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae (insect order Coleoptera) that are distributed worldwide and are brilliantly coloured, with the majority of the iridescent species occurring in ... [1 Related Articles]
- flower garden
- (from the article "gardening") Though flower gardens in different countries may vary in the types of plants that are grown, the basic planning and principles are nearly the same, whether the gardens are formal ...
- flower painting
- (from the article "arts, East Asian") Flower painting, previously associated chiefly with Buddhist art, came into its own as a separate branch of painting in the Five Dynasties. At Ch'eng-tu, the master Huang Ch'uan brought to ...
- Flower, Charles Edward
- (from the article "Royal Shakespeare Company") The company was founded in 1875 and was originally attached to Stratford's Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (opened 1879; destroyed by fire 1926), which had been built through the efforts of Charles ...
- Flower, Lucy Louisa Coues
- American welfare worker, a leader in efforts to provide services for poor and dependent children, to expand the offerings of public education, and to establish a juvenile court system. [1 Related Articles]
- Flower, Sir William Henry
- British zoologist who made valuable contributions to structural anthropology and the comparative anatomy of mammals.
- flowering
- (from the article "Poaceae") ...on stems that grow down into the soil. The common name of this plant, peanutgrass, reflects its habit of burying its own seed, but, unlike the peanut itself, peanutgrass burial ...
- flowering ash
- (from the article "ash") ...have been cultivated and used in landscaping for centuries. Notable among these are forms with dwarflike or weeping habits, variegated foliage, warty twigs and branches, and curled leaves. The flowering ...
- flowering dogwood
- (from the article "dogwood") ...the genus Cornus, in the dogwood family (Cornaceae), native to Europe, eastern Asia, and North America. The bunchberry (q.v.; C. canadensis) is a creeping perennial herb. Flowering dogwood (C. florida; ...
- flowering inch plant
- (from the article "spiderwort") ...slight differences, the former is green-leaved and the latter has purplish underleaves. White velvet, or white-gossamer (T. sillamontana), has leaves and stems covered with a whitish fuzz. Flowering inch plant ...
- flowering quince
- any shrub of the genus Chaenomeles within the rose family (Rosaceae). The three known species are native to eastern Asia but cultivated in other regions for the flowers that appear ...
- flowering spurge
- (from the article "spurge") Important as weeds are flowering spurge (E. corollata), of the middle and eastern United States; the leafy spurge (E. escula), naturalized from Europe in the northern United States and adjacent ...
- flowerpecker
- any of 47 species belonging to the songbird family Dicaeidae, order Passeriformes, that have a double-tubed and brush-tipped tongue and finely serrated bill. Flowerpeckers occur in southern Asia, western Pacific ... [1 Related Articles]
- flowerpot snake
- (from the article "blind snake") The typhlopids (true blind snakes) are even more diverse, with over 200 species in six genera. They occur naturally throughout the tropics; however, one species, the flowerpot snake (Ramphotyphlops braminus), ...
- flowers of tan
- (from the article "Fuligo") ...large fruiting body (compound sporangia), 5 centimetres (2 inches) or more long and about half as wide, occur commonly on decaying wood. The sporangia, on bursting, release fine black spores. ...
- Flowers, Thomas Harold
- British engineer who led the developers of Colossus, one of the first electronic digital computers, which broke complex codes used by the Germans during World War II and thus enabled ...
- Flowers, Vonetta
- (from the article "Olympic Games") ...Janica Kostelic, who captured three gold medals and a silver in Alpine skiing; and Samppa Lajunen of Finland, who won all three Nordic combined events. The Salt Lake Games also ...
- flowstone
- mineral deposit found in "solution" caves in limestone. Flowing films of water that move along floors or down positive-sloping walls build up layers of calcium carbonate (calcite), gypsum, or other ... [1 Related Articles]
- Floyd Collins' Crystal Cave
- (from the article "Flint Ridge Cave System") ...extensive sulfate mineral formations, stalactites, stalagmites, and archaeological artifacts (including the impression of a foot made more than 3,000 years ago). The system's hub and gateway is Floyd Collins' Crystal ...
- Floyd, John Buchanan
- American politician who served as governor of Virginia, secretary of war, and Confederate general.
- Floyd, Pretty Boy
- American gunman whose run-ins with police and violent bank robberies made newspaper headlines. [1 Related Articles]
- Fluckey, Eugene Bennett
- rear adm. (ret.), U.S. Navy was the daring submarine commander during World War II of the U.S.S. Barb and earned the moniker the "Galloping Ghost" because of his ability to ...
- flucytosine
- (from the article "drug") Flucytosine (5-FC) is unique in that it becomes active only when converted to 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) by an enzyme, cytosine deaminase, found in fungi but not present in human cells. Flucytosine ...
- Fludd, Robert
- British physician, author, and mystical philosopher remembered for his occultist opposition to science. [2 Related Articles]
- flue
- (from the article "chimney") ...blow smoke out into the room. The smoke chamber narrows uniformly toward the top; it slows down drafts and acts as a reservoir for smoke trapped in the chimney by ...
- flue curing
- (from the article "agricultural technology") Tobacco-harvesting aids may be classified in three principal ways, according to the harvesting and curing methods used, which depend on the type of tobacco and its use. Flue-cured tobacco, a ...
- flue gas desulfurization
- (from the article "environmental works") Sulfur dioxide in flue gas from fossil-fuel power plants can be controlled by means of an absorption process called flue gas desulfurization (FGD). FGD systems may involve wet scrubbing or ...
- flue pipe
- (from the article "keyboard instrument") There are two main categories of organ pipes: flue pipes and reed pipes. Flue pipes (made either of wood or metal; their construction is basically similar in principle) account for ...
- flue stop
- (from the article "keyboard instrument") ...Although the pedal department consisted mainly of its principal chorus, it could be coloured for solo and obbligato passages by 2-foot flute and reed stops. The reeds were not much ...
- fluent
- (from the article "mathematics") Unusually sensitive to questions of rigour, Newton at a fairly early stage tried to establish his new method on a sound foundation using ideas from kinematics. A variable was regarded ...
- flugelhorn
- brass musical instrument, the valved bugle used in European military bands. It has three valves, a wider bore than the cornet, and is usually pitched in B♭, occasionally in C. ... [1 Related Articles]
- fluid
- in physiology, a water-based liquid that contains the ions and cells essential to body functions and transports the solutes and products of metabolism. [1 Related Articles]
- fluid
- any liquid or gas or generally any material that cannot sustain a tangential, or shearing, force when at rest and that undergoes a continuous change in shape when subjected to ... [6 Related Articles]
- fluid amplifier
- (from the article "fluidics") In most fluidic devices, low-value input pressures or flows can control higher output pressures or flows. This is what is meant by the term fluid amplifier. A supply of fluid ...
- fluid and electrolyte disorder
- (from the article "human disease") It is the primary task of the kidneys to regulate the various ionic concentrations of the body. Any abnormality in these concentrations can produce serious disease; for instance, the normal ...
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