school of Buddhist moral discipline primarily concerned with vinaya, or the rules of monastic and religious practice. The school was founded in China in the 7th century by the monk ...
German physicist who discovered the ultraviolet region of the spectrum and thus helped broaden man's view beyond the narrow region of visible light to encompass the entire electromagnetic spectrum from ...
the performance of ceremonial acts prescribed by tradition or by sacerdotal decree. Ritual is a specific, observable mode of behaviour exhibited by all known societies. It is thus possible to ...
religious or magic ceremony involving the use of water to immerse or anoint a subject's body. The many forms of baptism (q.v.), ranging from total submersion to a symbolic sprinkling, ...
American comedy team of three brothers, celebrated for their parodies and energetic slapstick humour. Their true surname was Joachim, and the three were known as Al (Alfred; b. August 27, ...
first president of the Argentine republic. Although one of his country's ablest leaders, he was unable to unite the warring provinces or to control the provincial caudillos (bosses).
French publicist, journalist, and epigrammatist and a would-be nobleman whose works supported monarchy and traditionalism in the era of the French Revolution.
city, southwestern Nicaragua, on a narrow strip of land between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean. Founded in 1736 and formerly known as Nicaragua, Rivas gained fame as a town ...
South African writer, literary critic, and teacher whose short stories, which were dominated by the ironies and oppression of apartheid and by the degradation of slum life, have been extensively ...
a genus of 5 to 10 species of plants, native in tropical America and Southeast Asia, belonging to the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae). Of special interest is the woody stemmed ...
any natural stream of water that flows in a channel with defined banks (ultimately from Latin ripa, "bank"). Modern usage includes rivers that are multichanneled, intermittent, or ephemeral in flow ...
ornamental tree of the family Betulaceae, found on river and stream banks in the eastern one-third of the United States. Because the lower trunk becomes very dark with age, the ...
any of four or five species of small, usually freshwater aquatic mammals that are related to whales (order Cetacea). These dolphins are found in rivers of south-central Asia, China, and ...
village, Cook county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. A residential suburb of Chicago, River Forest lies on the Des Plaines River, about 12 miles (19 km) west of the city's downtown. A ...
city, adjacent to southwest Detroit, Wayne county, Michigan, U.S.. It lies along the Detroit and Rouge rivers. The site of an early French settlement, it grew in the 1920s with ...
bench or step that extends along the side of a valley and represents a former level of the valley floor. A terrace results from any hydrological or climatic shift that ...
city, northern Uruguay. It is built atop two hills in the basaltic Santa Ana Hills and is contiguous to Santana do Livramento, Brazil. One of Uruguay's largest cities, Rivera is ...
Colombian poet and novelist whose novel La voragine (1924; The Vortex), a powerful denunciation of the exploitation of the rubber gatherers in the upper Amazon jungle, is considered by many ...
predominantly rural region, south-central New South Wales, Australia. Occupying 26,509 square miles (68,658 square km), it is bounded on the north and northwest by the Lachlan and Murrumbidgee rivers, on ...
any spring, stream, or river viewed as an ecological unit of the biotic community and the physiochemical environment, within which mass and energy are exchanged. The waters are usually flowing ...
state, southern Nigeria, comprising the Niger River delta on the Gulf of Guinea. It is bounded by the states of Anambra and Imo on the north, Abia and Akwa Ibom ...
American painter whose works frequently combined the vigorous, painterly brushstrokes of Abstract Expressionism with the commercial images of the Pop art movement.
father-in-law of the Yorkist king Edward IV of England (reigned 1461-70, 1471-83). Nobles opposed to Rivers initiated the uprising that temporarily drove Edward into exile in 1470.
American virologist who, as chairman of the virus research committee of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (now the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation; 1938-55), organized the long-range research ...
English medical psychologist and anthropologist known principally for The Todas (1906), a model of precise documentation of a people, and the important History of Melanesian Society, 2 vol. (1914).
city, seat (1893) of Riverside county, southern California, U.S. The city lies on the Santa Ana River. With San Bernardino and Ontario it forms a metropolitan complex east of Los ...
any of numerous assemblages of fossils found at Riversleigh Station, in northwestern Queensland, Australia, which together constitute the richest and most diverse collection of fossils ever found on that continent. ...
city, Fremont county, west-central Wyoming, U.S. It lies along the Bighorn River at the mouth of the Wind River. Founded as Wadsworth in 1906, it was renamed Riverton because of ...
headed pin or bolt used as a permanent fastening in metalwork; for several decades it was indispensable in steel construction. A head is formed on the plain end of the ...
French ethnologist who suggested Australian and Melanesian origins for the Indians of South America and who founded (1937) a major anthropological museum, the Museum of Man (Musee de l'Homme), Paris.
Mediterranean coastland between Cannes (France) and La Spezia (Italy). The French section comprises part of the Cote d'Azur (which extends farther west), while the Italian section is known to the ...
writer, critic, and editor who was a major force in the intellectual life of France in the period immediately following World War I. His most important works were his thoughtful ...
city, Bas-Saint-Laurent region, southeastern Quebec province, Canada, about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Quebec city on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
city and administrative centre of Rivne oblast (province), Ukraine, on the small Ustye River. First mentioned in 1282, Rivne was long a minor Polish settlement. In 1795 it passed to ...
oblast (province), northwestern Ukraine. The northern part of the oblast is part of the great lowland of the Pripet Marshes, the terrain of which is flat, with extensive reed and ...
town, Torino provincia, Piemonte (Piedmont) regione, northwestern Italy, just west of Turin (Torino). Once the favourite resort of the counts of Savoy, the town is dominated by a castle begun ...
Egyptian diplomat who, as secretary-general of the Arab League (1972-79), was unable to prevent Egypt's 1979 expulsion from the league after that country signed a peace treaty with Israel.
city and capital of Saudi Arabia, in Najd region of the central Arabian Peninsula. It is situated on a high plateau in the midst of Wadi Hanifah, Wadi Aysan, and ...
in full Jose Protasio Rizal Mercado Y Alonso Realonda patriot, physician, and man of letters who was an inspiration to the Philippine nationalist movement.
any of numerous ethnic religious groups in the Philippines that believe in the divinity of Jose Rizal, the national hero martyred by the Spanish in 1896. Among many peasant cults ...
city, northeastern Turkey, on the Black Sea. The city lies on wooded hills stretching down to the sea, with its commercial section on the narrow strip of flat land around ...
former conglomerate corporation formed by the merger in 1985 of R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. (a diversified company specializing in tobacco and food products), and Nabisco Brands, Inc., an international manufacturer ...
American motion-picture studio that made some notable films in the 1930s and '40s. Radio-Keith-Orpheum originated in 1928 from the merger of the Radio Corporation of America, the Keith-Albee-Orpheum theatre chain, ...
complex compound of high molecular weight that functions in cellular protein synthesis and replaces DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) as a carrier of genetic codes in some viruses. RNA consists of ribose ...
(Tibetan: "The Old Order"), second largest Buddhist sect in Tibet; it claims to transmit the original teachings of the celebrated Indian Vajrayana (Tantric Buddhism) master Padmasambhava, who visited Tibet in ...
city, southwestern Cordoba provincia (province), north-central Argentina. It lies along the Cuarto River between the western reaches of the Pampas and the foothills of the Condores Mountains. ...
city, capital of Santa Cruz provincia (province), extreme southern Argentina. It lies on the southern (right) bank of the estuary of the Gallegos River, inland from the ...
in Japanese lacquerwork, technique of coating with black lacquer, involving two major methods. Hana-nuri (or nuritate-mono) uses black lacquer that contains oil in order to impart a glossy finish to ...
(Rutilus rutilus), common European sport fish of the carp family, Cyprinidae, widely distributed in lakes and slow rivers. A high-backed, yellowish green fish with red eyes and reddish fins, the ...
American motion-picture producer, director, and writer best known for his production of comedies of the 1920s and '30s featuring Harold Lloyd, Will Rogers, Snub Pollard, and Charley Chase, and for ...
the traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. In modern usage the term road describes a rural, lesser traveled way, while the word street denotes an urban ...
internationally agreed-on traffic regulations for ocean waters. They were most recently revised in accordance with recommendations of the International Conference on Safety of Life at Sea in 1965. They are ...
in bicycle racing, a contest run on a course marked out over open roads and highways. It may be several laps of a closed circuit, a point-to-point or town-to-town race, ...
chief town and port of Tortola Island and tourist centre for the British Virgin Islands, situated on the western side of Road Bay about halfway along the southern coast. The ...
either of two species of terrestrial cuckoos, especially Geococcyx californianus (see ), of the deserts of Mexico and the southwestern United States. It is about 56 cm (22 inches) long, ...
traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. In modern usage the term road describes a rural, lesser traveled way, while the word street denotes an urban roadway. ...
(Hippotragus equinus), African antelope, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), found in small groups on plains and scrublands. Related to the sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) and to the extinct blaauwbok, or bluebuck ...
town, Loire departement, Rhone-Alpes region, east central France, headquarters of an arrondissement, on the Loire River. Founded in the Romano-Gallic age, it was originally called Rodumna. The 11th-century castle-donjon is ...
city, administratively independent of, but located in, Roanoke county, southwestern Virginia, U.S. It lies on the Roanoke River, at the southern end of the Shenandoah Valley, between the Blue Ridge ...
private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Salem, Virginia, U.S. It is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and is also a member of Oak Ridge Associated Universities. ...
island in Dare county, off the coast of North Carolina, U.S. It lies south of Albemarle Sound, between the Outer Banks and the mainland. The island, 12 miles (19 km) ...
river rising in the Appalachian Valley in Montgomery County, southwestern Virginia, U.S., and flowing in a southeasterly direction for 380 mi (612 km) into Albemarle Sound, on the Atlantic coast ...
areas between latitudes 40° and 50° north or south, where the prevailing winds blow from the west. These areas are better developed in the Southern Hemisphere than in the Northern ...
the cooking, primarily of meats but also of corn ears, potatoes, or other vegetables thus prepared, by exposure to dry, radiant heat either over an open fire, within a reflecting-surface ...
