conical tent most common to the North American Plains Indians. Although a number of Native American groups used similar structures during the hunting season, only the Plains Indians adopted tepees ... [2 Related Articles]
Middle American Indians of southern Chihuahua, southern Durango, and northwestern Jalisco states in northwestern Mexico. The Tepehuan are divided into the Northern Tepehuan, of Chihuahua, and the Southern Tepehuan, of ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Tepehuan") ...Jalisco states in northwestern Mexico. The Tepehuan are divided into the Northern Tepehuan, of Chihuahua, and the Southern Tepehuan, of Durango. Both speak dialects of the same language, Tepehuan, a ...
(from the article "pre-Columbian civilizations") More substantial information on Late Pleistocene occupations of Meso-America comes from excavations near Tepexpan, northeast of Mexico City. The excavated skeletons of two mammoths showed that these beasts had been ...
(from the article "Shaw, Sir Napier") English meteorologist whose introduction of the millibar, a unit of measurement of air pressure, and the tephigram, a graphical representation of the first law of thermodynamics as applied to Earth's ...
(from the article "pyroclastic flow") The term tephra as originally defined was a synonym for pyroclastic materials, but it is now used in the more-restricted sense of pyroclastic materials deposited by falling through the air ...
(from the article "basanite") Basanites and tephrites occur as gray to black rocks in sheets and flows. Places where basanites are found include Spain, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, and the southwestern United States; tephrites ...
method of age determination that makes use of layers of ash (tephra). Tephra layers are excellent time-stratigraphic markers, but, to establish a chronology, it is necessary to identify and correlate ... [2 Related Articles]
olivine mineral found only in iron-manganese ore deposits and skarns and in metamorphosed manganese-rich sediments, such as those of Cornwall, Eng., and Franklin, N.J., in the United States. Tephroite (manganese ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "tephroite") ...manganese-rich sediments, such as those of Cornwall, Eng., and Franklin, N.J., in the United States. Tephroite (manganese silicate; Mn2SiO4) forms a solid solution series with the olivine fayalite in which ...
city, capital of Nayarit estado (state), west-central Mexico. It lies at an elevation of about 3,000 feet (900 metres) above sea level along the Mololoa River, at ...
city, northwestern Czech Republic, on a rocky spur below the Ore Mountains (Krusne hory). Local radioactive springs (82°-115° F [28°-46° C]) were, according to archaeological evidence, known to the Romans ...
(from the article "Moscow") ...there are a few small hills in and around the city centre. Only in the southwest of the city is there an upland area-on Cretaceous rocks, covered by glacial morainic ...
(from the article "Native American music") ...The Mixtec perform certain song genres in their native languages, while other Central Mexican groups sing in Spanish. The most widely known musical instruments from this area are the log ...
(from the article "Tatar language") ...and China. There are numerous dialectal forms. The major Tatar dialects are Kazan Tatar (spoken in Tatarstan), Western or Misher Tatar, as well as the minor eastern or Siberian dialects, ...
(from the article "Venezuela") ...the country's land area, it is the most remote and least explored part of Venezuela. Along the southern border with Brazil are groups of massive plateaus and steep-sided mesas, known ...
(from the article "Malvales") ...mentioned above and have relatively large fruits; genera in the group include: Gonystylus (20 species), which grows in Indo-Malesia (see Malesian subkingdom) and the western Pacific; and Tepuianthus (7 species), ...
waterfalls on the Bogota (Funza) River, which is a tributary of the Magdalena River, in the Andean Cordillera (mountains) Oriental, central Colombia. One of the country's major tourist attractions, the ...
(from the article "Miami") Spaniards in the 16th century found a village (perhaps 2,000 years old) of Tequesta Indians on the site. The name Mayaimi, probably meaning "big water" or "sweet ...
(from the article "tequila") ...Tequila contains 40-50 percent alcohol (80-100 U.S. proof). The beverage, which was developed soon after the Spaniards introduced distillation to Mexico, is named for the town of Tequila in the ...
distilled liquor, usually clear in colour and unaged, that is made from the fermented juice of the Mexican agave plant, specifically several varieties of Agave tequilana Weber. ... [1 Related Articles]
Indian people centred in the Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca estado ("state"), Mexico. Their subsistence is based on agriculture (staples are corn [maize], chilies, and beans), hunting, gathering, and ...
(from the article "Middle American Indian") ...superfamily includes the Yuman family (four surviving languages, two extinct); the Serian family (one surviving language, four extinct); the Coahuiltecan family (four extinct languages); the Tequistlatecan family, with one living ...
(from the article "Middle American Indian") ...the Middle American Indians were hunters who roamed the country in bands of four to ten persons. Their quarry were mammoths, llamas, bison, and wild horses, as can be seen ...
(from the article "Armenia") ...candidate to run against Sarkisyan in the presidential ballot due in early 2008 (Kocharyan was barred from seeking a third consecutive term), but they failed to reach any agreement. Former ...
(from the article "pulsar") ...than two decades. Discovered in 1982, it has a period of 0.00155 second, or 1.55 milliseconds, which means it is spinning 642 times per second. In 2006 an even faster ...
(from the article "synchrotron") ...achieved have been produced with the Tevatron-a superconducting proton synchrotron at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois-which accelerates protons to nearly one teraelectron volt (TeV; one trillion electron volts). ...
(from the article "Abraham") The saga of Abraham unfolds between two landmarks, the exodus from "Ur of the Chaldeans" (Ur Kasdim) of the family, or clan, of Terah and "the purchase of" (or "the ...
coral atoll of the Northern Line Islands, part of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. With a circumference of 9 miles (14 km), it rises to about 10 feet (3 ...
(from the article "Japan") ...even in the feudal period preceding the Meiji Restoration of 1868, a number of which had been subjected to Chinese cultural influences since ancient times. Numerous private temple schools (terakoya), ...
(from the article "South Picene language") ...to as Old Sabellic [Old Sabellian], or Central Adriatic) known from some two dozen short inscriptions (5th and 6th centuries BC) found in east-central Italy, primarily in the region of ...
city, Abruzzi regione, central Italy. It lies at the confluence of the Tordino and Vezzola rivers, between the Adriatic Sea and the Gran Sasso d'Italia mountain group, northwest of Pescara. ...
(from the article "poison") Teratogenesis is a prenatal toxicity characterized by structural or functional defects in the developing embryo or fetus. It also includes intrauterine growth retardation, death of the embryo or fetus, and ...
branch of the biological sciences dealing with the causes, development, description, and classification of congenital malformations in plants and animals and with the experimental production, in some instances, of these ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "stem cell") ...at the egg-cylinder stage, with embryonic stem cells inside an outer layer of endoderm. If embryonic stem cells are grafted into an adult mouse, they will develop into a type ...
(from the article "bird") ...that wing area varies as the square of linear proportions, and weight or volume as the cube. During the Pleistocene Epoch (1.8 million to 10,000 years ago) lived a bird ...
(Tb), chemical element, rare-earth metal of the lanthanoid series of the periodic table. One of the least abundant of the rare earths, terbium, when reduced to metallic form, is silvery ... [2 Related Articles]
Dutch Baroque painter who developed his own distinctive type of interior genre in which he depicted with grace and fidelity the atmosphere of well-to-do, middle-class life in 17th-century Holland. [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "divine office") ...hours. Matins, the lengthiest, originally said at a night hour, is now appropriately said at any hour of the day. Lauds and Vespers are the solemn morning and evening prayers ...
(from the article "inheritance") ...relictae to the widow. Until 1964 (in immovables) the widower was entitled to curtesy, a life rent in his wife's heritage (i.e., immovable) property, and the widow had the right ...
island, part of the Portuguese Azores archipelago, in the North Atlantic Ocean. It occupies an area of 153 square miles (397 square km). Terceira (The Third) was so called because ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Portugal") ...which they soon occupied. However, the rest of the country stood by Michael, who besieged the liberals in Porto for a year (July 1832-July 1833). By then enthusiasm for Michael ...
a unit or group of three lines of verse, usually containing rhyme, as in William Shakespeare's "The Phoenix and the Turtle": Death is now the phoenix' nest; And the turtle's ...
(from the article "Turkish literature") The tercibend and terkibbend are more-elaborate stanzaic forms. Both feature stanzas with the stylistic features of the gazel, but, unlike
(from the article "Italy") ...in offensive as well as defensive maneuvers. In the fighting against France for the Kingdom of Naples, Fernandez de Cordoba first developed the Spanish tercios, more-flexible units ...
(from the article "bullfighting") Act two begins when a trumpet call announces the tercio de banderillas, whereupon the picadors and matadors retire from the arena. The banderilleros alternate in planting three ...
(from the article "cruise missile") ...(550 miles per hour) and weighed from 1,200 to 1,800 kg (2,700 to 3,900 pounds) each. The missiles were guided by an inertial navigation system that was updated during flight ...
(from the article "annelid") ...surface of anterior end; body divided into thorax and abdomen; tube of mucoid substance to which sediment adheres; size, 1 to 40 cm; examples of genera: Amphicteis, ...
(from the article "annelid") ...divided lobed membrane; anterior segments long; dwelling tube mucoid, coated with sand or shell fragments; size, 0.2 to 10 cm; genera include Owenia.Sedentary; head concealed by filamentous tentacles; branchiae, ...
(from the article "thrips") ...the right mandible is atrophied, resulting in an asymmetrical mouthcone; wings, when present, bear long fringes. Extensible bladders on the tarsi of the adults.The 10th and last abdominal segment, ...
(from the article "lamp shells") ...spiral structure (brachidium); punctate or impunctate, usually biconvex; delthyrium open or closed; more than 300 genera; mid-Ordovician to Jurassic.Pedicle functional, cyrtomatodont teeth; lophophore supported wholly or in part by ...
(from the article "shipworm") The most economically important shipworms, i.e., those causing the most damage, are members of the genus Teredo, which includes about 15 species. Other genera are Bankia, Xylotrya, and Xylophaga. Teredo ...
any food, food product, or utensil that, according to the Jewish dietary laws (kashruth, q.v.), is not ritually clean or prepared according to law and is thus prohibited as unfit ... [2 Related Articles]
river that rises in northern Georgia and flows north and then east through Russia to empty into the Caspian Sea. It is one of the main streams draining northward from ... [3 Related Articles]
(from the article "Moscow") ...Square is a group of palaces of various periods. The Palace of Facets-so called from the exterior finish of faceted, white stone squares-was built in 1487-91. Behind it is the ...
after Plautus the greatest Roman comic dramatist, the author of six verse comedies that were long regarded as models of pure Latin. Terence's plays form the basis of the modern ... [9 Related Articles]
traditional region of northeastern West Malaysia (Malaya), bounded by those of Kelantan (north and northwest) and Pahang (south and southwest). It has a 200-mile- (320-kilometre-) long coastline along the South ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Plata, Rio de la") ...is the common language. In Brazil, however, miscegenation was less general, and some groups of indigenous peoples have remained relatively intact, forming isolated nuclei. Others, like the Bororo, Tereno, and ...
(from the article "Maecenas, Gaius") Maecenas shared Augustus' dynastic hopes and worked for the eventual succession of Marcellus, the emperor's nephew. Meanwhile, Maecenas had recently married the beautiful, petulant Terentia. Her brother by adoption, Varro ...
(from the article "carboxylic acid") ...of wasps). Tannins are used in making leather, and gallic acid is employed in the production of inks. Three of the most important aromatic dicarboxylic acids are called phthalic, isophthalic, ...
(from the article "Paraguay") ...sugar spirit, are popular drinks. Yerba mate, the local herbal tea, is consumed year-round-chilled in summer, hot in winter. A common pastime is drinking terere (a bitter ...
(from the article "Afonso I") ...Leon, had granted the county of Portugal to Afonso's father, Henry of Burgundy, who successfully defended it against the Muslims (1095-1112). Henry married Alfonso VI's illegitimate daughter, Teresa, who governed ...
Spanish nun, one of the great mystics and religious women of the Roman Catholic church, and author of spiritual classics. She was the originator of the Carmelite Reform, which restored ... [11 Related Articles]
founder of the Order of the Missionaries of Charity, a Roman Catholic congregation of women dedicated to the poor, particularly to the destitute of India. She was the recipient of ... [4 Related Articles]
Soviet cosmonaut, the first woman to travel into space. On June 16, 1963, she was launched in the spacecraft Vostok 6, which completed 48 orbits in 71 ... [3 Related Articles]
city, capital of Piaui estado (state), northeastern Brazil. The city lies along the Parnaiba River (there bridged to Timon in Maranhao state), 220 miles (354 km) upstream ... [1 Related Articles]
city, central Rio de Janeiro estado (state), southwestern Brazil. It lies in the Orgaos Mountains at 2,959 feet (902 metres) above sea level, about 35 miles (56 ...
in Greek legend, king of Thrace, or of Phocis, who married Procne, daughter of Pandion, king of Athens. Later Tereus seduced his wife's sister Philomela, pretending that Procne was dead. ...
(from the article "Easter Island") ...kilometres) east of Pitcairn Island and 2,200 miles west of Chile. Forming a triangle 14 miles long by seven miles wide, it has an area of 63 square miles (163 ...
The recording Something Wonderful, an album of the music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II as sung by the Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel, won accolades from both critics and ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Track and Field Sports") ...gold came up short in 2004, ran the fastest marathon of the year. In the Amsterdam Marathon in October, Gebrselassie passed through the half-marathon in 1 hr 2 min 3 ...
(from the article "Mongolia") ...the saline Lake Uvs, which is nearly 1,300 square miles in area, and the freshwater Lake Har Us, which drains into the saline Lake Hyargas. Many lakes are of volcanic ...
(from the article "French Polynesia") ...from the Marquesas migrated to the Hawaiian Islands about 300 CE and reached the Society Islands by about the 9th century. Large chieftainships were formed on Tahiti, Bora-Bora, and Raiatea. ...
(from the article "Himera") ...(modern Grande) River, on the northern coast of Sicily. It was founded in about 649 BC by Syracusan exiles and Chalcidian inhabitants of Zancle (Messana). Early in the 5th century ...
(Japanese: "glossy broil"), in Japanese cuisine, foods grilled with a highly flavoured glaze of soy sauce and sake or mirin (sweet wine). Garlic and fresh ginger are sometimes added to ...
(from the article "Uzun Hasan") ...By 1469 he had occupied all of Iran. Uzun Hasan's support of the Karamanids, however, precipitated war (1472) with the Ottomans (August 1473), who decisively defeated the Ak Koyunlu at ...
(from the article "climate") ...to human activity through what they may indicate about agricultural potential and natural environment, they cannot give any sense of how human beings would feel within the various climate types. ...
(from the article "climate") An interesting example of a method based on the energy balance of Earth's surface is the 1970 classification of Werner H. Terjung, an American geographer. His method utilizes data for ...
(from the article "Nizam al-Mulk") ...however, Malik-Shah had become less acquiescent. Nizam al-Mulk also antagonized the sultan's favourite courtier, Taj al-Mulk, and he made an enemy of the sultan's wife Terkhen-Khatun by preferring the son ...
(from the article "Turkish literature") The tercibend and terkibbend are more-elaborate stanzaic forms. Both feature stanzas with the stylistic features of the gazel, but, unlike
in the visual arts, element consisting of a sculptured figure or bust at the top of a stone pillar or column that usually tapers downward to a quadrangular base. Often ...
(from the article "spectroscopy") ...quantum number, mJ, specifies the orientation of the atom as a whole; mJ can take any value from +J to −J in integer steps. A term is the set of ...
in logic, the subject or predicate of a categorical proposition (q.v.), or statement. Aristotle so used the Greek word horos ("limit"), apparently by an analogy between the terms of a ... [6 Related Articles]
(from the article "life insurance") The four basic types of life insurance contracts are term life, whole life, variable life, and universal life. Under term insurance contracts, a set amount of coverage, such as $50,000 ...
(from the article "Algeria") ...29, the FLN won 30.5% of the seats, and its coalition partners won an additional 35.8%. Constitutional reform was again delayed. The proposed reform would extend the presidential term to ...
(from the article "business finance") A term loan is a business credit with a maturity of more than 1 year but less than 15 years. Usually the term loan is retired by systematic repayments (amortization ...
city and administrative centre of Surkhandarya oblast (province), Uzbekistan, and a port of the Amu Darya (river) on the frontier of Afghanistan. The ancient town of Termez, a little to ...
geologist known for his studies of the Eastern Alps. Termier was a professor at the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne from 1885 until 1894, when he became a professor of ...
(from the article "crustacean") ...from a few days in small forms to a year or more in some of the large forms. Some crustaceans, after passing through a series of molts, reach a stage ...
(from the article "ballistics") ...disciplines. Internal and external ballistics, respectively, deal with the propulsion and the flight of projectiles. The transition between these two regimes is called intermediate ballistics. Terminal ballistics concerns the impact ...
(from the article "respiration, human") ...of the bronchioles, devoid of cartilage, gain their stability from their structural integration into the gas-exchanging tissues. The last purely conductive airway generations in the lung are the terminal bronchioles. ...
(from the article "angiosperm") ...leafy shoots (branches) at the nodes, which arise from buds (dormant shoots). Lateral branches develop either from axillary, or lateral, buds found in the angle between the leaf and the ...
(from the article "caesura") ...most frequently in the middle of the line (medial caesura), but in modern verse its place is flexible; it may occur near the beginning of one line (an initial caesura) ...
