any member of the invertebrate class Cestoda (phylum Platyhelminthes), a group of parasitic flatworms containing about 5,000 species. Tapeworms, which occur worldwide and range in size from about 1 mm ... [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "fungus") ...four classes.Parasitic or pathogenic on plants; naked asci; contains one order.Parasitic on plants, causing gall formation; naked asci; example genera include Taphrina and...
(from the article "fungus") ...on some plants; unicellular or filamentous; asci produced on the plant surface; ascocarp absent; contains four classes.Parasitic or pathogenic on plants; naked asci; contains one order.Parasitic on plants,...
(from the article "fungus") ...include some cup fungi, saddle fungi, and truffles; this phylum is sometimes included in the subkingdom Dikarya with its sister group, Basidiomycota.Pathogenic on some plants; unicellular or filamentous; asci ...
(from the article "geosyncline") Aside from the parts or segments of a geosyncline, several types of mobile zones have been recognized and named. Among the more common of these are the taphrogeosyncline, a depressed ...
(from the article "Rancho Cucamonga") ...kukamonga, meaning "sandy place"), was explored in 1769 by a Spanish expedition led by Gaspar de Portola. It became part of a land grant issued to Tiburcio Tapia (1839), who ...
Catalan artist who is credited with introducing contemporary abstract painting into Spain. Beginning as a Surrealist, he developed into an abstract artist under the influence of French painting and achieved ...
extinct genus of therapsids, relatives of mammals, found as fossils in Permian rocks of South Africa (the Permian Period occurred from 299 million to 251 million years ago). The genus ...
the Finnish god of the forest and ruler of the game therein. He was a personified form of the various forest spirits important to hunters dependent on the forest for ...
a preparation of cassava-root starch used as a food, in bread or as a thickening agent in liquid foods, notably puddings but also soups and juicy pies. [3 Related Articles]
any of four species of hoofed mammals, the only extant members of the family Tapiridae (order Perissodactyla), found in tropical forests of Malaysia and the New World. Heavy-bodied and rather ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "South American forest Indian") ...used in ceremonial dances, are restricted to the tribes of certain areas: the Guartegaya and Amniape (Amniepe) of the upper Madeira, the tribes of the upper Xingu, the Karaja and ...
(from the article "bivalve") ...windowpane oyster, Placuna placenta, has flat translucent valves that are used, primarily in the Philippines, in the manufacture of lampshades, trays, mats, and bowls, collectively called tapis. In developing countries, ...
(from the article "tapestry") In the late 15th and early 16th centuries, Brussels also became famous for its production of tapis d'or, or "golden carpets," so called because of the profuse use of gold ...
(from the article "massage") ...toward the heart; compression (petrissage), which includes kneading, squeezing, and friction and is useful in stretching scar tissue, muscles, and tendons so that movement is easier; and percussion (tapotement), in ...
Iranian archaeological site located near Damghan in northern Iran. Excavations made in 1931-32 by the University of Pennsylvania and in 1956 by the University of Tokyo demonstrated that the site ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Michigan, University of") ...in the sense of being a product of the Morrill Act of 1862, the University of Michigan profited from earlier federal grants of land in 1826 and 1836. Under the ...
(from the article "Amistad mutiny") The Spanish embassy's demand for the return of the Africans to Cuba led to an 1840 trial in a Hartford, Connecticut, federal court. New England abolitionist Lewis Tappan stirred public ...
(from the article "elastomer") When the bark of the Hevea tree is partially cut through (tapped), a milky liquid exudes from the wound and dries to yield a rubbery film. The biological function of ...
(from the article "tap dance") Though vaudeville was on the wane by the mid-1930s and dead by the 1940s, tap dancers continued to be popular acts in nightclubs and musical shows. Paul Draper and Georgie ...
(from the article "cabaret") ...Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich (1916-17) was the breeding ground of Dadaism, a platform for radical experimentation in poetry, fine art, and music. The English cabaret had its roots in the ...
(from the article "root") The primary root, or radicle, is the first organ to appear when a seed germinates. It grows downward into the soil, anchoring the seedling. In gymnosperms and dicotyledons, the radicle ...
river in central India, rising in the Gawilgarh Hills of the central Deccan Plateau in south-central Madhya Pradesh state. It flows westward between two spurs of the Satpura Range, across ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Jalgaon") The surrounding area occupies the Tapti River valley on the northern rim of the Deccan Plateau. To the north lies the Satpura Range of the Western Ghats, with peaks rising ...
(from the article "Iran, ancient") ...ambitious and celebrated architectural achievement of the dynasty is the vast palace at Ctesiphon, built by Khosrow II (590; 591-628), a part of which is still standing. It is known ...
(from the article "polymerase chain reaction") ...replenished after every cycle because it is not stable at the high temperatures needed for denaturation. This problem was solved in 1987 with the discovery of a heat-stable DNA polymerase ...
village in western Iran, just northeast of Kermanshah city. It is known for its rock carvings (bas-reliefs) of Sasanid origin (3rd to 7th century AD). The carvings, some of the ... [5 Related Articles]
prime minister of Iran in 1848-51, who initiated reforms that marked the effective beginning of the Westernization of his country. [1 Related Articles]
("self-protection"), in Islam, the practice of concealing one's belief and foregoing ordinary religious duties when under threat of death or injury to oneself or one's fellow Muslims. [5 Related Articles]
(from the article "Chronological systems of Noldeke, Henning, and Taqizadeh") ...of Noldeke's calculations by another German, Walter Bruno Henning, by which the principal events are dated about two years earlier. Another alternative was proposed by the Iranian scholar Sayyid Hasan ...
("covering with authority"), in Islamic law, the unquestioning acceptance of the legal decisions of another without knowing the basis of those decisions. There is a wide range of opinion about ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Gershom ben Judah") eminent rabbinical scholar who proposed a far-reaching series of legal enactments (taqqanot) that profoundly molded the social institutions of medieval European Jewry.
one of the principal instrumental genres of Arabic and Turkish classical music. A taqsim is ordinarily improvised and consists of several sections; it is usually (though not ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "Rio Grande do Sul") ...lie along the Atlantic coast. North of Porto Alegre, the cliffs turn westward and descend southward along the Jacui River valley. In the south the Jacui River and its tributary, ...
(Iranian: "string"), long-necked lute descended from the tanbur of Sasanian Iran and known in a variety of forms throughout the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "coal tar") Low-temperature tars result when coal, peat, lignite, or wood are carbonized at temperatures not exceeding 700° C (1,300° F). Tar acids, phenolic compounds that react with caustic soda to form ...
(from the article "coal tar") Tar bases are the alkaline constituents of distillate oils, remaining after tar acids have been removed. One of the bases that is recovered is pyridine, a colourless nitrogenous liquid that ...
deposit of loose sand or partially consolidated sandstone that is saturated with highly viscous bitumen. Oil recovered from tar sands is commonly referred to as synthetic crude and is a ... [3 Related Articles]
sticky tar doll, the central figure in black American folktales popularized in written literature by the American author Joel Chandler Harris. Harris' "Tar-Baby" (1879), one of the animal tales told ... [1 Related Articles]
Buddhist saviour-goddess with numerous forms, widely popular in Nepal, Tibet, and Mongolia. She is the feminine counterpart of the bodhisattva ("Buddha-to-be") Avalokitesvara. According to popular belief, she came into existence ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "cod") A North Pacific species of cod, G. macrocephalus, is very similar in appearance to the Atlantic form. In Japan this fish, which is found in both the eastern and western ...
(Irish: "Place of Assembly"), low hill (about 507 feet [154 m]) in County Meath, Ireland, occupying an important place in Irish legend and history. The earliest local remains consist of ...
(from the article "tannin") ...acid and sugars. Gallotannin, or common tannic acid, is the best known of the hydrolyzable tannins. It is produced by extraction with water or organic solvents from Turkish or Chinese ...
fine example of a Celtic ring brooch, found on the seashore at Bettystown, south of Drogheda, and now preserved in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. The Tara brooch, probably ... [1 Related Articles]
Sikh leader known chiefly for his advocacy of an autonomous Punjabi-speaking Sikh nation in the Punjab. He was a champion of Sikh rights against the dominant Hindus, Muslims, and British. [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "Islamic arts") ...Knowledge of music was obligatory for the cultured person. Skilled professional musicians were highly paid and were admitted to the caliphs' palaces as courtesans and trusted companions. The term tarab, ...
state, eastern Nigeria. It was created in 1991 from the southwestern half of former Gongola state. Taraba is bordered on the north and northeast by Bauchi and Adamawa states, on ...
(from the article "Wareru") ...on the Salween River in 1281. Since the reign of King Anawrahta of Pagan (1044-77), the Mon had been under Burmese rule; but after the Mongols sacked Pagan in 1287, ...
(from the article "1953: Best Director") ...he was also known for obtaining powerful and emotional performances from his actors: Eternity garnered a total of five acting nominations (and Oscars for Donna Reed and Frank Sinatra). Daniel ...
(from the article "India") ...authority-ostensibly of the crown but possibly his own as well-through a series of administrative reforms and political maneuvers. Up to the 1470s the kingdom had been divided into four provinces, ...
Arab poet, author of the longest of the seven odes in the celebrated collection of pre-Islamic poetry Al-Mu'allaqat. Some critics judge him to be the greatest of the pre-Islamic poets, ... [4 Related Articles]
Middle American Indians of Barranca de Cobre ("Copper Canyon"), southwestern Chihuahua state, in northern Mexico. Their language, which belongs to the Sonoran division of the Uto-Aztecan family, is most closely ... [5 Related Articles]
(from the article "Tarahumara") Middle American Indians of Barranca de Cobre ("Copper Canyon"), southwestern Chihuahua state, in northern Mexico. Their language, which belongs to the Sonoran division of the Uto-Aztecan family, is most closely ...
region of northern India and southern Nepal running parallel to the lower Himalayan ranges. A strip of undulating former marshland, it stretches from the Yamuna River (west) to the Brahmaputra ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "India") ...stones employed as rubbers or grinders, but in the absence of detailed research, no firm conclusions are possible. Related evidence does indicate that some contemporary sites, such as Lewan and ...
island in northern Kalimantan Timur provinsi (East Kalimantan province), northern Indonesia. It is situated in the eastern Celebes Sea, off the northeastern coast of Borneo. The island ...
adventuress and pretender to the Russian throne who claimed to be the daughter of the unmarried empress Elizabeth (reigned 1741-62) and Count Aleksey G. Razumovsky. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "obesity") ...of obesity has been controversial, primarily because the syndrome is viewed as stemming largely from behavioral influences that cannot be corrected by drugs alone. Two agents, rimonabant and taranabant, both ...
regional council, west North Island, northern New Zealand. It is centred on the Taranaki Peninsula and extends north to the Mokau River and south and east to include the Waitotara ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Taranaki") Taranaki's first European settlement was New Plymouth (1841), the name used when the area was made a province in 1853. Before the province was abolished in 1876, it had been ...
mountain, west-central North Island, New Zealand, on the Taranaki Peninsula. The symmetrical volcanic cone rises from sea level to 8,260 ft (2,518 m) and has a subsidiary cone, 6,438-ft Fanthams ... [2 Related Articles]
(Celtic: "Thunderer"), powerful Celtic deity that was one of three mentioned by the Roman poet Lucan in the 1st century AD; the other two were Esus ("Lord") and Teutates ("God ...
couple folk dance of Italy characterized by light, quick steps and teasing, flirtatious behaviour between partners; women dancers frequently carry tambourines. The music is in lively 68 time. Tarantellas for ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Weinstein, Harvey") ...public face of Miramax. In 1993 the Walt Disney Company purchased the company for an estimated $60 million, but the brothers continued as cochairmen. A string of acclaimed films followed, ...
(from the article "tarantella") ...women dancers frequently carry tambourines. The music is in lively 68 time. Tarantellas for two couples are also danced. The tarantella's origin is connected with tarantism, a disease or form ...
city, Puglia (Apulia) regione, southeastern Italy. The city lies at the base of the Salentine Peninsula on the northern inlet (Mare Grande) of the Gulf of Taranto. The old part ... [4 Related Articles]
arm, about 85 mi (140 km) long and wide, of the Ionian Sea in southern Italy. Lying between the Capes Santa Maria di Leuca (northeast) and Colonne (southwest), it forms ...
any of numerous hairy and generally large spiders found in the southwestern United States, Mexico, and tropical America. Many tarantulas make burrows in soil and feed mainly at night on ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "spider wasp") Among the best-known spider wasps are the tarantula hawks (Pepsis), steel-blue-bodied insects with orange wings; some of the largest members of the family belong to this genus. Especially common in ...
series of engagements that opened all of North India to Muslim control. The battles were fought between Mu'izz-ud-Din Muhammad of Ghur and Prthviraja III, the Cauhan (Cahamana), Rajput ruler of ... [4 Related Articles]
historic region, northern Chile, bordering Peru and Bolivia to the north and east and fronting the Pacific Ocean to the west. Tarapaca was ceded to Chile by Peru after the ...
(from the article "Pakistan") ...all laws other than the constitution would continue in force unless altered by military authority. Musharraf nevertheless did declare a Proclamation of Emergency, and on October 14 he announced that ...
(from the article "South American forest Indian") ...by ground burial within or without the house. Urn burial has also been known, especially among Tupi groups; some groups have been known to unearth bones, clean them, and then ...
(from the article "Kiev") Intersecting Khreshchatyk at right angles is the wide, poplar-lined Boulevard of Taras Shevchenko, on which stands the university with its eye-catching red-washed walls. There, too, is the cathedral of St. ...
American choreographer and ballet master (b. April 18, 1919, New York, N.Y.-d. April 2, 2004, New York City), gained international renown not only for creating imaginative ballets but also for ... [1 Related Articles]
Indian people of northern Michoacan state in central Mexico. The area in which the Tarasco live is one of high volcanic plateaus and lakes; the climate is arid and cool. ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Mesoamerican Indian languages") Tarasco has been linked genetically by some not only to Marco-Mayan but also to both Zuni (in North America) and Quechua (in South America), but without general scholarly acceptance.
town, Bouches-du-Rhone departement, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region, southeastern France, east of Nimes. Situated on the left bank of the Rhone opposite Beaucaire, the town is associated with a legendary monster, La Tarasque, ...
(from the article "arts, East Asian") ...(1883-1957), and Hayami Gyoshu (1894-1935), employed an eclectic assortment of earlier Japanese painting techniques. At Okakura's suggestion he studied rinpa. His use of tarashikomi, a classic rinpa technique that achieves ...
(from the article "Nicaea, Council of") ...initiated in 726 when Emperor Leo III issued a decree against the worship of icons. The council declared that icons deserved reverence and veneration but not adoration. Convoked by the ...
Russian ice hockey coach whose innovations in Soviet hockey established the country as the dominant force in international competition. Known as the "father of Russian hockey," he guided the Soviet ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Ha Long Bay") ...a dragon whose large tail tore up the earth, creating valleys and crevices that became flooded when the beast jumped into the nearby water. Both versions lent themselves to the ...
(from the article "Tarascon") ...Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region, southeastern France, east of Nimes. Situated on the left bank of the Rhone opposite Beaucaire, the town is associated with a legendary monster, La Tarasque, which was said ...
(from the article "tahini") paste of crushed sesame seeds that is widely used in Middle Eastern cooking. Tahini mixed with garlic, lemon juice, and salt and thinned with water constitutes taratoor, a sauce that ...
form of decompression sickness that is most frequently seen in pearl divers in Japan and the Polynesian islands. These skin divers acquire their pearls by making breath-holding dives down to ...
coral atoll of the Gilbert Islands and capital of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. It lies 2,800 miles (4,500 km) northeast of Australia and is the most populous atoll ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Islam") ...are encouraged, particularly during the latter half of the night. During the month of Ramadan (see below Fasting), lengthy prayers, called tarawih, are offered congregationally before retiring.
(from the article "Auliye-Ata") city, southern Kazakhstan. It lies at the junction of the Talas River and the Turk-Sib Railway. Auliye-Ata is one of the oldest towns of Kazakhstan. It stands on the site ...
(from the article "Kazakhstan") ...In the east and southeast, massifs (enormous blocks of crystalline rock) are furrowed by valleys. The Altai mountain complex to the east sends three ridges into the republic, and, farther ...
giant rock-fill dam on the Indus River, Pakistan. Built between 1968 and 1976, it has a volume of 138,600,000 cubic yards (106,000,000 cubic m). With a reservoir capacity of 11,098,000 ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Ten, The") ...to draw public attention to their paintings. The members of The Ten were Childe Hassam, John Henry Twachtman, J. Alden Weir, Thomas W. Dewing, Joseph De Camp, Frank W. Benson, ...
investigative journalist, lecturer, and chronicler of American industry, best known for her classic The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904). [2 Related Articles]
village at the head of East Loch Tarbert, an inlet on the west side of of Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute council area, historic county of Argyllshire, Scotland. Its name ...
town, capital of Hautes-Pyrenees departement, Midi-Pyrenees region, southwestern France. It lies on the left bank of the Adour River, which descends from the Pyrenees into a fertile plain.
close-fitting, flat-topped, brimless hat shaped like a truncated cone. It is made of felt or cloth with a silk tassel and is worn especially by Muslim men throughout the eastern ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Italian literature") ...and closely following a culture to which they had enslaved themselves, they rarely showed originality as poets. Toward the end of the 15th century there were notable exceptions in Giovanni ...
French sociologist and criminologist who was one of the most versatile social scientists of his time. His theory of social interaction ("intermental activity") emphasized the individual in an aggregate of ...
(from the article "Low Countries, history of") ...known. Among the culture groups of the period were the Maglemesians of the northern cultural sphere. Their implements are often decorated with designs. Another culture group of the period, the ...
