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- (from the article "Italy") Plains cover less than one-fourth of the area of Italy. Some of these, such as the Po valley and the Apulian Plain, are ancient sea gulfs filled by alluvium. Others, ...
- Lecco
- town, Lombardia (Lombardy) regione, northern Italy. It lies at the southern end of the eastern arm of Lake Como, at the outflow of the Adda River. Earlier the seat of ...
- Lech
- (from the article "Gniezno") Legend attributes Gniezno's origin to Lech, mythological founder of Poland, who supposedly made it his capital. Archaeological evidence indicates that a stronghold of the Polanie tribe existed there in the ...
- lechatelierite
- a natural silica glass (silicon dioxide, SiO2) that has the same chemical composition as coesite, cristobalite, stishovite, quartz, and tridymite but has a different crystal structure. Two varieties are included: ... [2 Related Articles]
- Leche Lagoon
- (from the article "Cuba") Cuban lakes are small and more properly classified as freshwater or saltwater lagoons. The latter include Leche ("Milk") Lagoon, which has a surface area of 26 square miles (67 square ...
- Lecher wire wavemeter
- (from the article "wavemeter") For measuring higher frequencies, wavemeters make use of such devices as coaxial lines or cavity resonators as tuned elements. One of the simplest is the Lecher wire wavemeter, a circuit ...
- Lechfeld, Battle of
- (from the article "Hungary") ...mode of life was not always profitable. Indeed, their raiding forces suffered a number of severe reverses, culminating in a disastrous defeat at the hands of the German king Otto ...
- Lechin Oquendo, Juan
- Bolivian trade union leader and revolutionary politician (b. May 19, 1914, Corocoro, Bol.-d. Aug. 27, 2001, La Paz, Bol.), was the key founder (1946) and longtime leader of the Trade ... [1 Related Articles]
- Lechner, Resl
- (from the article "pottery") ...reissued some of the old figures and services of Bustelli and Auliczek (appropriately marked). Attention was soon turned to services of fine quality in the modern idiom, and excellent figures ...
- Lechon, Jan
- poet, editor, diplomat, and political propagandist, considered one of the foremost Polish poets of his generation.
- Lechuguilla
- (from the article "Carlsbad Caverns National Park") ...Monarch, one of the world's tallest columns (89 feet [27 metres]), and a delicate rimstone dam (natural dam formed by the accumulation of calcium carbonate). Near the northern border of ...
- lechwe
- (from the article "lechwe") antelope species of the genus Kobus (q.v.).lechweLechwe (Kobus leche).PanBKLecidea
- (from the article "fungus") ...are prevalent in associations lacking a high degree of thalloid organization. On the other hand, superficial haustoria prevail among forms with highly developed thalli. Lecanora and Lecidea, for example, have ...
- lecithin
- any of a group of phospholipids (phosphoglycerides) that are important in cell structure and metabolism. Lecithins are composed of phosphoric acid, cholines, esters of glycerol, and two fatty acids; the ... [2 Related Articles]
- lecithotrophic larva
- (from the article "mollusk") Many mollusks develop into free-swimming larvae; these larvae are either feeding (planktotrophic) or nonfeeding (lecithotrophic). The larva in primitive bivalves is a pericalymma (test cell) larva in which the embryo ...
- Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
- Irish historian of rationalism and European morals whose study of Georgian England became a classic.
- Leclair, Jean-Marie, the Elder
- French violinist, composer, and dancing master who established the French school of violin playing.
- Leclanche cell
- (from the article "Common household batteries") These batteries are the most commonly used worldwide in flashlights, toys, radios, compact disc players, and digital cameras. There are three variations: the zinc-carbon battery, the zinc chloride battery, and ...
- Leclanche, Georges
- French engineer who in about 1866 invented the battery that bears his name. In slightly modified form, the Leclanche battery, now called a dry cell, is produced in great quantities ...
- Leclerc, Charles
- French general, brother-in-law of Napoleon, who attempted to suppress the Haitian revolt led by the former slave Toussaint Louverture. [3 Related Articles]
- Leclerc, Jacques-Philippe
- French general and war hero who achieved fame as the liberator of Paris. [2 Related Articles]
- Leclerc, Jean
- encyclopaedist and biblical scholar who espoused advanced principles of exegesis (interpretation) and theological method. [1 Related Articles]
- Leclercq, Patrick
- (from the article "Monaco") Area: 1.97 sq km (0.76 sq mi) | Population (2005 est.): 32,700 | Chief of state: Prince Rainier III and, from April 6, Prince Albert II | Head of government: ...
- LeClercq, Tanaquil
- versatile American ballet dancer, remembered largely for her work in association with George Balanchine, to whom she was married from 1952 to 1969. [1 Related Articles]
- Lecocq, Charles
- one of the principal French composers of operettas after Offenbach, especially known for his La Fille de Madame Angot.
- Lecompton Constitution
- (1857), instrument framed in Lecompton, Kan., by Southern pro-slavery advocates of Kansas statehood. It contained clauses protecting slaveholding and a bill of rights excluding free blacks, and it added to ... [1 Related Articles]
- Lecomte, Hippolyte
- (from the article "stage design") Auguste Garneray and Hippolyte Lecomte were leading French ballet designers in the 19th century. The former's work shows ingenuity in adapting contemporary dress to suggest different lands and other periods. ...
- Leconte de Lisle, Charles-Marie-Rene
- poet, leader of the Parnassians, who from 1865 to 1895 was acknowledged as the foremost French poet apart from the aging Victor Hugo. [1 Related Articles]
- LeConte, John
- (from the article "acoustics") The study of ultrasonics was initiated by the American scientist John LeConte, who in the 1850s developed a technique for observing the existence of ultrasonic waves with a gas flame. ...
- Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Paul-Emile
- French chemist who developed improved spectroscopic techniques for chemical analysis and discovered the elements gallium (1875), samarium (1880), and dysprosium (1886). [4 Related Articles]
- Lecour, Charles
- (from the article "savate") The pioneer of la boxe francaise, or modern savate, was Charles Lecour, who opened a school in Paris in the 19th century. Lecour developed a form in which both punching ...
- Lecouvreur, Adrienne
- leading French actress whose life inspired a tragic drama a century after her death.
- Lecreux, Nicolas
- (from the article "Tournai porcelain") ...always swirled rather than straight, which were inspired by the moldings of some Meissen ozier pattern borders. Figures in white-glazed (and occasionally coloured) porcelain were made, notably by Nicolas Lecreux. ...
- lectern
- originally a pedestal-based reading desk with a slanted top used for supporting liturgical books-such as Bibles, missals, and breviaries at religious services; later, a stand that supports a speaker's books ... [2 Related Articles]
- lectin
- (from the article "blood group") ...absorbed free of unwanted components and carefully standardized before use. Additional substances with specific blood group activity have been found in certain plants. Plant agglutinins are called lectins. Some useful ...
- lectionary
- in Christianity, a book containing portions of the Bible appointed to be read on particular days of the year. The word is also used for the list of such Scripture ...
- lectisternium
- (from Latin lectum sternere, "to spread a couch"), ancient Greek and Roman rite in which a meal was offered to gods and goddesses whose representations were laid upon a couch ... [2 Related Articles]
- lector
- in Christianity, a person chosen or set apart to read Holy Scripture in the church services. In the Eastern Orthodox churches lector is one of the minor orders in preparation ... [2 Related Articles]
- lecture
- (from the article "legal education") ...and, second, concentrating on a source of law that has become just one of many in modern statutory and regulatory legal systems. The traditional teaching techniques in English universities have ...
- Lecythidaceae
- (from the article "Ericales") Lecythidaceae, or the Brazil nut family, is a pantropical group of evergreen trees of about 25 genera and 310 species. There are several groups in the family with distinctive geographical ...
- Lecythis ollaria
- (from the article "monkey pot") any shrub or tree of the genus Lecythis, of the family Lecythidaceae, particularly L. ollaria of Brazil and L. zabucajo of northeastern South America. The name is also applied to ...
- Lecythis zabucajo
- (from the article "monkey pot") any shrub or tree of the genus Lecythis, of the family Lecythidaceae, particularly L. ollaria of Brazil and L. zabucajo of northeastern South America. The name is also applied to ...
- Led Zeppelin
- British rock band that was extremely popular in the 1970s. Although their musical style was diverse, they came to be well known for their influence on the development of heavy ... [1 Related Articles]
- Leda
- in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. Some ancient writers thought she was the mother by ... [1 Related Articles]
- Leda
- (from the article "Moons of Jupiter") ...orbital families (as can be seen in the table). The more distant group-made up of Ananke, Carme, Pasiphae, and Sinope- has retrograde orbits around Jupiter. The closer group-Leda, Himalia, Lysithea, ...
- Ledebour, Georg
- German socialist politician who was radicalized by the outbreak of war in 1914 and became a leader of the Berlin communist uprising of January 1919.
- Lederberg, Joshua
- American geneticist, pioneer in the field of bacterial genetics, who shared the 1958 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (with George W. Beadle and Edward L. Tatum) for discovering the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Lederer, Edgar
- (from the article "chromatography") ...published either in German botanical journals or in Russian works. In 1931 chromatography emerged from its relative obscurity when the German chemist Richard Kuhn and his student, the French chemist ...
- Lederman, Leon Max
- American physicist who, along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988 for their joint research on neutrinos. [3 Related Articles]
- Ledermanniella
- (from the article "Podostemaceae") The principal genera are Apinagia (50 species, tropical South America), Ledermanniella (43 species, tropical Africa and Madagascar), Rhyncholacis (25 species, northern tropical South America), Marathrum (25 species, Central America and ...
- Ledford Stable
- (from the article "Equestrian Sports") Driver Eric Ledford, an assistant trainer, and the Ledford Stable veterinarian were arrested in March by the New Jersey state police. Authorities also seized quantities of the drug Aranesp. The ...
- ledger
- (from the article "bookkeeping") Although bookkeeping procedures can be extremely complex, all are based on two types of books used in the bookkeeping process-journals and ledgers. A journal contains the daily transactions (sales, purchases, ...
- ledger
- (from the article "fishing") ...angler when the fish swallows it. Common baits are worms, the maggots of certain flies, small fish, bread paste, and cheese. The bait may be fished on the bottom, weighted ...
- Ledger, Heath
- Australian actor was renowned for his moving and intense performances in diverse motion-picture roles, in particular the taciturn and tormented cowboy Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain (2005), for which ... [1 Related Articles]
- Ledocarpaceae
- (from the article "Geraniales") The closely related Vivianiaceae and Ledocarpaceae are native to South America, especially the Andes. Vivianiaceae, with six species in either one (Viviania) or four genera, are herbs or small shrubs ...
- Ledoux, Claude-Nicolas
- French architect who developed an eclectic and visionary architecture linked with nascent pre-Revolutionary social ideals. [1 Related Articles]
- Ledra Street
- (from the article "Cyprus") ...unification efforts, was elected to the presidency shortly thereafter. Soon after his election, Christofias reached an agreement with Mehmet Ali Talat, the leader of the TRNC, to open a crossing ...
- Ledru-Rollin, Alexandre-Auguste
- French lawyer whose radical political activity earned him a prominent position in the French Second Republic; he helped bring about universal male suffrage in France. [1 Related Articles]
- Leduc, Violette
- (from the article "French literature") ...with innovative analyses of individual experience, focusing especially on hitherto taboo areas, such as female sexuality and the family and its discontents. Among writers in this vein were Violette Leduc ...
- Ledyard, John
- American adventurer and explorer who accompanied Captain James Cook on his voyage to find a Northwest Passage to the Orient (1776-79).
- Lee
- county, east-central South Carolina, U.S. The northern and northwestern portions lie within the sandhills of the Fall Line zone, while the remainder of the county consists of a generally flat ...
- Lee Commission
- body appointed by the British government in 1923 to consider the racial composition of the superior Indian public services of the government of India. The chairman was Lord Lee of ...
- Lee Hai Chan
- (from the article "Korea, Republic of") Area: 99,646 sq km (38,474 sq mi) | Population (2006 est.): 47,983,000 | Capital: Seoul | Head of state and government: President Roh Moo Hyun, assisted by Prime Ministers Lee ...
- Lee Hsien Loong
- On Aug. 12, 2004, Lee Hsien Loong formally assumed office as the new prime minister of Singapore, replacing the outgoing Goh Chok Tong in a ceremony that marked the culmination ... [4 Related Articles]
- Lee Hun Jai
- (from the article "Korea, Republic of") ...| Population (2004 est.): 48,199,000 | Capital: Seoul | Head of state and government: President Roh Moo Hyun (except Goh Kun [acting] from March 12 to May 14), assisted by ...
- Lee Jong Wook
- South Korean epidemiologist and public health expert (b. April 12, 1945, Seoul, Korea [now in South Korea]-d. May 22, 2006, Geneva, Switz.), became director general of the World Health Organization ... [2 Related Articles]
- Lee Kuan Yew
- politician and lawyer who was prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990. During his long rule, Singapore became the most prosperous nation in Southeast Asia. [3 Related Articles]
- Lee Kun Hee
- For South Korean businessman Lee Kun Hee, 1996 was a year of noteworthy events--both good and bad. As chairman of the Samsung Group of South Korea, he had left management ...
- Lee Myung-bak
- South Korean business executive and politician who was president of South Korea from 2008. [4 Related Articles]
- Lee Teng-hui
- first Taiwan-born president of the Republic of China (Taiwan; 1988-2000). [2 Related Articles]
- lee wave
- vertical undulation of airstreams on the lee side of a mountain. (The lee side is the side that is downstream from the wind.) The first wave occurs above the mountain ...
- Lee, Alan
- (from the article "2003: Other Winners") ...of the Rings: The Return of the KingCinematography: Russell Boyd for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the WorldArt Direction: Grant Major (art direction) and Dan ...
- Lee, Ang
- Taiwan-born film director who transitioned from directing Chinese films to major English-language productions. [6 Related Articles]
- Lee, Ann
- religious leader who brought the Shaker sect from England to the American Colonies. [2 Related Articles]
- Lee, Arthur
- diplomat who sought recognition and aid in Europe for the Continental Congress during the American Revolution.
- Lee, Arthur
- American singer-songwriter (b. March/May 7, 1945, Memphis, Tenn.-d. Aug. 3, 2006, Memphis), formed the influential interracial rock band Love, which bridged the gap between the shamanistic psychedelia of the Doors ... [1 Related Articles]
- Lee, Bruce
- (from the article "Chan, Jackie") ...into a position with a professional tumbling troupe and landed him bit roles as a child actor and, later, as a stuntman. The independent film producer Lo Wei, hoping to ...
- Lee, Byron
- Jamaican bandleader helped take ska and soca music to a global audience with his band Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, which also included reggae in its repertoire. Lee, who initially ...
- Lee, Chang-rae
- (from the article "American literature") ...Bay area during the 1960s. Other important Asian American writers included Gish Jen, whose Typical American (1991) dealt with immigrant striving and frustration; the Korean American Chang-rae Lee, who focused ...
- Lee, Charles
- (from the article "Monmouth, Battle of") ...a 40-hour halt at Monmouth Court House, the army moved out, leaving a small covering force. In order to strike a vigorous blow at the retreating enemy, American general George ...
- Lee, Christopher
- (from the article "Hammer Films") In the late 1950s Hammer signed two actors whose names became synonymous with the company: Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Lee played the Creature in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) ...
- Lee, David M.
- American physicist who, with Robert C. Richardson and Douglas D. Osheroff, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1996 for their joint discovery of superfluidity in the isotope helium-3. [4 Related Articles]
- Lee, Edmund
- (from the article "windmill") ...must face squarely into the wind, and in the early mills the turning of the post-mill body, or the tower-mill cap, was done by hand by means of a long ...
- Lee, George Washington Custis
- (from the article "Arlington National Cemetery") ...bodies of all soldiers dying in the Hospitals of the vicinity of Washington and Alexandria." However, ownership of the land remained in dispute, and, after the Civil War, Lee's eldest ...
- Lee, Gypsy Rose
- American striptease artist, a witty and sophisticated entertainer who was one of the first burlesque artists to imbue a striptease with grace and style.
- Lee, Harper
- American writer nationally acclaimed for her one novel, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).
- Lee, Henry
- American cavalry officer during the American Revolution. He was the father of Robert E. Lee and the author of the resolution passed by Congress upon the death of George Washington ... [3 Related Articles]
- Lee, Ivy Ledbetter
- American pioneer of 20th-century public-relations methods, who persuaded various business clients to woo public opinion. [1 Related Articles]
- Lee, Jason
- (from the article "Oregon") Beginning in 1830, thousands of people from the Midwest migrated to the Pacific Northwest. Missionaries played a role in settlement. In 1834 the Methodists, headed by Jason Lee, established the ...
- Lee, Jennie, Baroness of Asheridge
- British politician, member of Parliament and of the Labour Party, known for promoting the arts as a serious government concern.
- Lee, John Clifford Hodges
- U.S. Army logistics officer who oversaw the buildup of American troops and supplies in Great Britain in preparation for the Normandy Invasion (1944) during World War II.
- Lee, John Doyle
- (from the article "Mountain Meadows massacre") ...incensed in 1857 when a band of emigrants set up camp 40 miles (64 km) from Cedar City. On September 7 or 8, the travelers were attacked by a party ...
- Lee, Laurie
- English poet and prose writer best known for Cider with Rosie (1959), a memoir of the author's boyhood in the Cotswold countryside. [1 Related Articles]
- Lee, Madeleine
- (from the article "Adams, Henry") ...their attitude to the universe outside them was that of the deep-sea fish." His anonymously published novel Democracy, an American Novel (1880) reflected his loss of faith. The heroine, Madeleine ...
- Lee, Martin
- (from the article "China") Hong Kong democracy advocate Martin Lee continued his calls for the Chinese government to set a timetable for full democracy in the special administrative region. Lee voiced his concerns during ...
- Lee, Mary Ann
- one of the first American ballet dancers. Her 10-year career included the first American performance of the classic ballet Giselle (Boston, 1846).
- Lee, Mary Ann Randolph Custis
- (from the article "Arlington National Cemetery") In 1831 Lee married Custis's only daughter, Mary Ann Randolph, who inherited the Arlington estate upon her father's death in 1857. On April 22, 1861, at the onset of the ...
- Lee, Michele
- (from the article "Cambodia") ...to finance the tribunal. Despite this, most observers believed that the trials would begin in 2006. A venue was designated on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, and the UN named ...
- Lee, Nathaniel
- English playwright whose heroic plays were popular but marred by extravagance.
- Lee, Peggy
- American popular singer and songwriter, known for her alluring, delicately husky voice and reserved style. [2 Related Articles]
- Lee, Richard Henry
- American statesman. [1 Related Articles]
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