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- (species Satureia hortensis), aromatic annual herb of the mint family (Lamiaceae, or Labiatae), the dried leaves and flowering tops of which are used to flavour many foods, particularly poultry and ...
- Savot, Louis
- (from the article "fireplace") The fireplace itself was not subject to significant improvement-once the open central hearth was abandoned-until 1624, when Louis Savot, an architect employed in construction in the Louvre, Paris, developed a ...
- Savoy
- historic and cultural region encompassing the southeastern French departements of Haute-Savoie and Savoie and coextensive with the historic region of Savoy. [7 Related Articles]
- Savoy Alps
- northwestern spurs of the Graian Alps (q.v.) in southeastern France between Lake Geneva (north), the middle Rhone River (west), and the Arc and Isere river valleys (south). The highest peak ...
- Savoy Conference
- meeting held in 1661 at the Savoy Palace, London, attended by 12 Anglican bishops and 12 Puritan ministers, with nine assistants from each side, in order to decide on revisions ...
- Savoy Declaration
- statement of faith prepared in 1658 by a conference of English Congregationalists who met at Savoy Palace, London. The declaration consisted of three parts: a preface, a confession of faith, ...
- Savoy Theatre
- (from the article "Carte, Richard D'Oyly") ...by Jury (1875), he formed the Comedy Opera Company Ltd. (1876) for the production of operettas, introducing to England works by Charles Lecocq and Jacques Offenbach. In 1881 Carte founded ...
- Savoy, Gene
- American explorer and amateur archaeologist claimed to have discovered more than 40 Incan and pre-Incan cities in Peru and was credited with establishing the theory (now supported by most scholars) ...
- Savoy, House of
- historic dynasty of Europe, the ruling house of Italy from 1861 to 1946. During the European Middle Ages the family acquired considerable territory in the western Alps where France, Italy, ... [10 Related Articles]
- Savu Sea
- portion of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. It is bounded by the volcanic inner Banda Island arc (Flores, Solor, Lomblen, Pantar, and Alor) on ...
- Savusavu
- (from the article "Vanua Levu Island") ...one of several streams in the northwest with level valleys where sugarcane is cultivated. Labasa (Lambasa), on the north coast, is the main population and administrative centre and commercial port; ...
- Savvino Storozhevskiy Monastery
- (from the article "Zvenigorod") ...road. The Gorodok (Citadel), an earth fortification rising about 150 feet (46 metres) above the Moskva River, was built during this period. In 1398 the ruling prince, Yuri Zvenigorodsky, founded ...
- saw
- tool for cutting solid materials to prescribed lengths or shapes. Most saws take the form of a thin metal strip with teeth on one edge or a thin metal disk ... [5 Related Articles]
- saw grass
- (from the article "Everglades") The Everglades occupies a shallow limestone-floored basin that slopes imperceptibly southward at about 2.4 inches per mile (about 4 cm per km). Much of it is covered with saw grass ...
- Saw Maung
- Burmese general and politician who led the junta that took over the Burmese government in a bloody coup in 1988; he served as head of the repressive regime until 1992 ... [1 Related Articles]
- saw shark
- any of about four species of long-snouted marine sharks of the family Pristiophoridae. Saw sharks are found off South Africa, Australia, and eastern Asia and are characterized by a long, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saw, U
- also called Galon U Saw Burmese political leader who conspired in the assassination of Aung San, the resistance leader who negotiated Burma's independence from the British. [1 Related Articles]
- saw-scaled viper
- any of eight species of small venomous snakes (family Viperidae) that inhabit arid regions and dry savannas north of the Equator across Africa, Arabia, and southwestern Asia to India and ...
- Sawaguchi Kazuyuki
- (from the article "mathematics, East Asian") Various Japanese authors disseminated traditional Chinese methods for the solution of problems. Sawaguchi Kazuyuki's Kokon sanpoki (1671; "Ancient and Modern Mathematics") pointed out that "erroneous" problems could have more than ...
- Sawai Madhopur
- town, eastern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. Sawai Madhopur, a walled town, was laid out on a plan somewhat similar to that of Jaipur city by Madho Singh, maharaja of Jaipur ...
- Sawaki, Kin'ichi
- Japanese haiku poet (b. Oct. 6, 1919, Toyama, Japan-d. Nov. 5, 2001, Tokyo, Japan), was one of the preeminent Japanese haijin during the second half of the 20th century; he ...
- Sawakin
- town, northeastern Sudan, on the Red Sea coast south of Port Sudan. Originating in the 12th century as a rival port to 'Aydhab (Aidhab) to the north, where dues were ...
- Sawankhalok
- town, north-central Thailand, on the Yom River north of Sukhothai town. A few miles north of the present town are the remains of the ancient walled city of Sawankhalok. The ... [1 Related Articles]
- Sawara
- former city, Chiba ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the lower Tone River. In 2006 it merged with a number of nearby communities to form the new city of Katori. From ...
- Sawatch Range
- segment of the southern Rocky Mountains in central Colorado, U.S., extending southeastward for 100 miles (160 km) from the Eagle River to the city of Saguache (a variant spelling of ... [2 Related Articles]
- Sawchuk, Terry
- professional North American ice hockey goalie, who is considered one of the greatest in the game.
- Sawda', Qurnat as-
- (from the article "Lebanon Mountains") ...Beirut-Damascus railroad and highway run), is the widest and loftiest part of the mountains, which average 7,000 ft (2,100 m) above sea level, with a few snowcapped peaks, including Qurnat ...
- sawdust
- (from the article "papermaking") ...Until recently, lumbering and other wood-using industries were operated quite independently of the pulp industry. Since World War II, however, the waste from the wood-using industries, such as sawdust, has ...
- Sawdust War
- (from the article "Williamsport") ...to the arrival of Europeans. Founded in 1795, the settlement was supposedly named for William Russell, who had a boat landing on the river. It became a centre for lumbering ...
- Sawel
- (from the article "Northern Ireland") ...Lough Neagh is gentler, but the land rises to 1,886 feet (575 metres) in Slieve Gullion near the border with Ireland. West of Lough Neagh the land rises gently to ...
- sawfish
- any of several species of sharklike rays forming the genus Pristis and the family Pristidae. Sawfishes are found in shallow water in subtropical and tropical regions of the world. They ... [4 Related Articles]
- sawfly
- any of a large group of widely distributed insects that are thought to be the most primitive group within the order Hymenoptera. Adults are wasplike in appearance, although they do ... [3 Related Articles]
- Sawh, Satyadeow
- (from the article "Guyana") Guyana's crime situation reached new heights in April when Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh was murdered at his home, along with his brother and sister and a security guard. The motive ...
- Sawhaj
- muhafazah (governorate) in Upper Egypt, south of Asyut and north of Qina governorates. It is a ribbonlike stretch of the fertile Nile River valley about 60 miles (100 km) long. ...
- Sawhaj
- town and capital of Sawhaj muhafazah (governorate) in the Nile River valley of Upper Egypt. The town is located on the Nile's western bank between Asyut and Jirja, immediately across ...
- sawhorse
- (from the article "hand tool") Other arrangements came into use, including trestles for supporting wood to be sawed and specialized benches-horses-on which the leatherworker or coppersmith sat while facing a raised workpiece. A small workpiece ...
- sawing machine
- device for cutting up bars of material or for cutting out shapes in plates of raw material. The cutting tools of sawing machines may be thin metallic disks with teeth ...
- sawm
- (Arabic: "fasting"), in Islam, any religious fast, but particularly the fast of the month of Ramadan (q.v.).
- sawmill
- machine or plant with power-driven machines for sawing logs into rough-squared sections or into planks and boards. A sawmill may be equipped with planing, molding, tenoning, and other machines for ... [3 Related Articles]
- sawn wood
- (from the article "wood") Lumber is the main sawn wood product. Lumber of large dimensions-more than about 10 cm (4 inches) in width and thickness-and suitable for heavy constructions is called timber. This loose ...
- Sawos
- (from the article "art and architecture, Oceanic") The Sawos and the river-dwelling Iatmul, who historically derive from the Sawos, worked in styles totally different from those of the people to the north. Their ceremonial houses were long ...
- Sawrymowicz, Mateusz
- (from the article "Swimming") ...17, became South Korea's first swimming world champion when he outstroked Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia and Australian defending titlist Grant Hackett to win the 400-m freestyle in 3 min 44.30 ...
- Sawtooth Range
- (from the article "Boise National Forest") ...about 37 miles (60 km) north-south and 12 miles (19 km) east-west at its widest point; most of it, however, is much narrower. The main portion of the forest is ...
- sawtooth wave
- (from the article "sound") The synthesis of a complex wave from its spectral components is illustrated by the sawtooth wave in Figure 9. The wave to be synthesized is shown by the graph at ...
- Sawu Island
- island and island group in the Savu Sea, Nusa Tenggara Timur provinsi ("province"), Indonesia. The island group includes Sawu (160 square miles [414 square km]), Raijua (14 square miles [36 ...
- Sawu Islands
- (from the article "Sawu Island") island and island group in the Savu Sea, Nusa Tenggara Timur provinsi ("province"), Indonesia. The island group includes Sawu (160 square miles [414 square km]), Raijua (14 square miles [36 ...
- Sawwan, Tall
- (from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") About 1,000 years later are two villages that are the earliest so far discovered in the plain of Mesopotamia: Hassuna, near Mosul, and Tall Sawwan, near Samarra'. At Hassuna the ...
- Sawyer, Ruth
- (from the article "children's literature") ...Coatsworth, with her fine New England tale Away Goes Sally (1934); and the well-loved story of a New York tomboy in the 1890s, Roller Skates (1936), by the famous oral ...
- Sax, Antoine-Joseph
- also called Adolphe Sax Belgian-French maker of musical instruments and inventor of the saxophone. [4 Related Articles]
- Sax, Joseph L.
- (from the article "The Environment") The Asahi Glass Foundation awarded the two 2007 Blue Planet Prizes to Americans Joseph L. Sax and Amory B. Lovins. Sax was honoured for drafting the world's first modern environmental ...
- Saxe, Maurice, comte de
- (count of) general and military theorist who successfully led French armies during the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48). [3 Related Articles]
- Saxe-Altenburg, Duchy of
- (from the article "Saxon duchies") From 1826 there were four duchies: the grand duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach); the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen (Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen); the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg); and the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha). ...
- Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Duchy of
- (from the article "Saxon duchies") ...grand duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach); the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen (Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen); the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg); and the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha). The territories of the duchies were fragmented, ...
- Saxe-Lauenburg
- (from the article "Ascanian Dynasties") ...d. 1212), one of Albert's younger sons, had obtained those of Henry's territories in the Elbe region that carried the title duke of Saxony. In 1260 these lands were divided ...
- Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen, Duchy of
- (from the article "Saxon duchies") From 1826 there were four duchies: the grand duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach); the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen (Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen); the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg); and the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha). ...
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Grand Duchy of
- (from the article "Saxon duchies") From 1826 there were four duchies: the grand duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach); the duchy of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen (Sachsen-Meiningen-Hildburghausen); the duchy of Saxe-Altenburg (Sachsen-Altenburg); and the duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha). ...
- Saxe-Wittenberg
- (from the article "Ascanian Dynasties") ...sons, had obtained those of Henry's territories in the Elbe region that carried the title duke of Saxony. In 1260 these lands were divided into two duchies, Saxe-Lauenburg in the ...
- Saxecoburggotski, Simeon
- the last king of Bulgaria, reigning as a child from 1943 to 1946 as Simeon II. He later served as the country's prime minister (2001-05). [4 Related Articles]
- saxhorn
- any of a family of brass wind instruments patented by the Belgian instrument-maker Antoine-Joseph Sax, known as Adolphe Sax, in Paris in 1845. Saxhorns, one of many 19th-century developments from ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saxifraga paniculata
- (from the article "saxifrage") Saxifraga virginiensis, S. pennsylvanica, and S. oregana constitute a few of the species that can be found growing wild in North America. Saxifraga callosa, S. cotyledon, and S. granulata, from ...
- Saxifraga sarmentosa
- (from the article "Saxifragaceae") ...of Bergenia purpurascens are used in Chinese medicine to stop bleeding and to serve as a tonic. Tiarella cordifolia of North America is considered useful as a diuretic and tonic. ...
- Saxifragaceae
- the saxifrage family of flowering plants, in the order Rosales, comprising 36 genera of mostly perennial dicotyledonous herbs. The members are cosmopolitan in distribution but native primarily to northern cold ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saxifragales
- the saxifrage order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, consisting of 16 families, 112 genera, and nearly 2,500 species. It belongs to the core eudicots, and, although its phylogenetic position is not ...
- saxifrage
- any of a genus of flowering plants, of the family Saxifragaceae, native in temperate, subarctic, and alpine areas. About 300 species have been identified. Many of them are valued as ... [1 Related Articles]
- saxitoxin
- (from the article "algae") ...which are thereby rendered unsafe or poisonous for human consumption. The dinoflagellates (class Dinophyceae) are the most notorious producers of toxins. Paralytic shellfish poisoning is caused by saxitoxin or any ...
- Saxnot
- (from the article "Germanic religion and mythology") ...in the Saxon dialect, probably dating from the 8th century. The postulant is made to renounce the Devil and all his works, as well as three gods, Thunaer (Donar/Thor), Woden ...
- Saxo Grammaticus
- historian whose Gesta Danorum ("Story of the Danes") is the first important work on the history of Denmark and the first Danish contribution to world literature. [5 Related Articles]
- Saxon
- member of a Germanic people who in ancient times lived in the area of modern Schleswig and along the Baltic coast. The period of Roman decline in the northwest area ... [19 Related Articles]
- Saxon dialect
- (from the article "West Germanic languages") ...marking. These dialects have traditionally been called "Frankish"; the dialects of the northeastern part of The Netherlands (Overijssel, Drenthe, Groningen) have been called "Saxon" and show certain affinities with Low ...
- Saxon duchies
- several former states in the Thuringian region of east-central Germany, ruled by members of the Ernestine branch of the house of Wettin between 1485 and 1918; today their territory occupies ... [1 Related Articles]
- Saxon Dynasty
- ruling house of German kings (Holy Roman emperors) from 919 to 1024. It came to power when the Liudolfing duke of Saxony was elected German king as Henry I (later ... [5 Related Articles]
- Saxon People's Party
- (from the article "Bebel, August") ...associations into an alliance with the radical anti-Prussian democrats, for Bebel and Liebknecht, the workers' leaders, were implacable opponents of Bismarck. The Sachsische Volkspartei (Saxon People's Party) was thus brought ...
- Saxon Shore
- (from the article "United Kingdom") ...Carausius. This man had been in command against the Saxon pirates in the Channel and by his naval power was able to maintain his independence. His main achievement was to ...
- Saxon wheel
- (from the article "spinning wheel") The Saxon, or Saxony, wheel, introduced in Europe at the beginning of the 16th century, incorporated a bobbin on which the yarn was wound continuously; the distaff on which the ...
- Saxon, Arthur
- (from the article "weight lifting") The origins of modern competition are to be found in the 18th- and 19th-century strong men, such as Eugene Sandow and Arthur Saxon of Germany, George Hackenschmidt of Russia, and ...
- Saxony
- any of several major territories in German history. It has been applied: (1) before AD 1180, to an extensive far-north German region including Holstein but lying mainly west and southwest ... [23 Related Articles]
- Saxony
- Land (state), eastern Germany. Poland lies to the east of Saxony, and the Czech Republic lies to the south. Saxony also borders the German states of Saxony-Anhalt ...
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Land (state), east-central Germany. Saxony-Anhalt borders the German states of Brandenburg to the east, Saxony to the south, Thuringia to the southwest, and Lower Saxony to the ...
- saxophone
- any of a family of single-reed wind instruments ranging from soprano to bass and characterized by a conical metal tube and finger keys. The first saxophone was patented by Antoine-Joseph ... [4 Related Articles]
- Say's Law of Markets
- (from the article "economic stabilizer") Many writers before Keynes raised the question of whether a capitalist economic system, relying as it did on the profit incentive to keep production going and maintain employment, was not ...
- Say's phoebe
- (from the article "phoebe") ...Its call is a brisk "fee-bee" uttered over and over. It makes a mossy nest, strengthened with mud, on a ledge, often under a bridge. In the open country of ...
- Say, J.-B
- French economist, best known for his law of markets, which postulates that supply creates its own demand. [3 Related Articles]
- Say, Leon
- economist who served as finance minister in the Third Republic of France. [1 Related Articles]
- Say, Thomas
- naturalist often considered to be the founder of descriptive entomology in the United States. His work, which was almost entirely taxonomic, was quickly recognized by European zoologists.
- Sayan Mountains
- large upland region lying along the frontiers of east-central Russia and Mongolia. Within Russia the mountains occupy the southern parts of the Krasnoyarsk kray (region) and Irkutsk oblast (province), the ... [3 Related Articles]
- Sayana
- (from the article "Madhavacarya") His younger brother Sayana, the minister of four successive Vijayanagar kings, is famous as the commentator of the Vedas. Sayana's commentaries were influenced by Madhavacarya, who was a patron of ...
- Sayanogorsk
- (from the article "Khakassia") ...The forests of the republic are exploited for timber. Abakan (q.v.) is the administrative centre. In 1989 one of Russia's largest hydroelectric stations was completed on the Yenisey near Sayanogorsk, ...
- Sayao, Bidu
- Brazilian coloratura soprano whose technique, personality, and acting ability made her one of the most popular stars of New York City's Metropolitan Opera in the 1930s and '40s; in her ...
- Sayat-Nova
- Armenian troubadour known for his love songs. [2 Related Articles]
- Sayce, Archibald H
- British language scholar whose many valuable contributions to ancient Middle Eastern linguistic research included the first grammar in English of Assyrian. [1 Related Articles]
- Saye and Sele, William Fiennes, 1st Viscount, 8th Lord Saye And Sele
- English statesman, a leading opponent of James I and Charles I in the House of Lords and a supporter of Parliament in the English Civil Wars.
- Sayers, Dorothy L.
- English scholar and writer whose numerous mystery stories featuring the witty and charming Lord Peter Wimsey combined the attractions of scholarly erudition and cultural small talk with the puzzle of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Sayers, Gale
- American gridiron football player who in 1977 became the youngest player ever voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Though knee injuries shortened his career, Sayers showed in his ...
- Sayers, Tom
- boxer who participated in the first international heavyweight championship match and was one of England's best-known 19th-century pugilists. [1 Related Articles]
- Sayf ad-Din Ghazi I
- (from the article "Zangid Dynasty") ...After Zangi's death in 1146, his sons divided the state between them, Syria falling to Nureddin (Nur ad-Din Mahmud; reigned 1146-74) and al-Jazirah to Sayf ad-Din Ghazi I (reigned 1146-49). ...
- Sayf al-Dawlah
- ruler of northern Syria who was the founder and the most prominent prince of the Arab Hamdanid dynasty of Aleppo. He was famous for his patronage of scholars and for ... [5 Related Articles]
- Sayf ibn Sultan
- (from the article "eastern Africa, history of") ...with Pate, the imam of Oman sailed to East Africa with a fleet of more than 3,000 men to lay siege to Mombasa. Although Fort Jesus was reinforced, the great ...
- Sayginer, Semih
- (from the article "Billiard Games") ...of independently produced tournaments around the world. Once again, the most successful players were Dick Jaspers of The Netherlands, Sweden's Torbjorn Blomdahl, Spain's Danny Sanchez, Semih Sayginer of Turkey, Belgium's ...
- sayl al-'arim
- (from the article "Ma'rib") ...in it in the 5th and 6th centuries AD. Its final destruction, perhaps by earthquake or volcanic eruption, took place possibly in the 7th century. As the "flood of Arim" ...
- Sayle, William
- (from the article "Bahamas, The") ...Heath, however, made no effort to settle the Bahamas. Nevertheless, in the 1640s the religious disputes among English colonists in Bermuda came to involve the Bahamas. In 1647 Capt. William ...
- Sayn-Wittgenstein, Princess Carolyne
- (from the article "Liszt, Franz") In February 1847 Liszt met the princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein at Kiev and later spent some time at her estate in Poland. She quickly persuaded him to give up his career ...
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