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Western Australia, University of: (from the article "Selected universities and colleges of the world") ...Australians increasingly filled faculty posts, although most who did so were graduates of either Oxford or Cambridge universities, while some of the most able native intellects worked overseas. The University ...
Western Australian Parliament: (from the article "Western Australia") Under the constitution adopted in 1890, the new Western Australian Parliament consisted of a Legislative Council (nominated by the governor until 1893 and thereafter elected on a restricted property franchise) ...
western balsam poplar: (from the article "Life Sciences") In 2006 a large international team of researchers finished a four-year project of sequencing the DNA code of the black cottonwood poplar (Populus trichocarpa). It was only the third plant ...
western bluebird: (from the article "conservation") On either side of North America's Great Plains are 35 pairs of sister taxa including western and eastern bluebirds (Sialia mexicana and S. sialis), ...
Western Boundary Undercurrent: (from the article "Gulf Stream") Beyond Cape Hatteras the Gulf Stream broadens and moves into deeper water. There it crosses the Western Boundary Undercurrent, which consists of cold, southward-flowing water that sinks to considerable depths ...
western brown snake: (from the article "brown snake") ...Brown snakes are found over most of Australia. The best-known species is the eastern brown snake (P. textilis), which grows to about 2 metres (7 feet). Other species in the ...
Western Bulgarian language: (from the article "Slavic languages") ...of other Balkan countries and Ukraine. There are two major groups of Bulgarian dialects: Eastern Bulgarian, which became the basis of the literary language in the middle of the 19th ...
Western Cape: province, South Africa, situated in the southern extremity of the African continent. The provincial capital, Cape Town, is also the country's legislative capital. Western Cape province was part of former ... [1 Related Articles]
Western Carpathians: (from the article "Europe") ...feet) in the Abruzzi Apennines, Bobotov Kuk (8,274 feet) in the Dinaric Alps, Mount Botev (7,795 feet) in the Balkan Mountains, Gerlachovsky Stit (Gerlach; 8,711 feet) in the Western Carpathians, ...
western chicken flea: (from the article "flea") ...gallinacea), and the jigger, or chigoe, flea (Tunga penetrans). Poultry may be parasitized by the European chicken flea (Ceratophyllus gallinae) and, in the U.S., by the western chicken flea (Ceratophyllus ...
Western Conference: (from the article "Ice Hockey") On the ice the NHL did enjoy a better competitive balance than it had shown in several years, however, owing to the ascent of Calgary and San Jose to the ...
Western Cordillera: (from the article "Canada") The Cordilleran region comprises a series of mountain belts some 500 miles (800 km) wide along Canada's Pacific coast. The great heights and angularity of the peaks, many of which ...
Western Desert: (from the article "Egypt") The Nile divides the desert plateau through which it flows into two unequal sections-the Western Desert, between the river and the Libyan frontier, and the Eastern Desert, extending to the ...
western diamondback rattlesnake: (from the article "rattlesnake") ...(Crotalus horridus) of the eastern United States, the prairie rattlesnake (C. viridis) of the western United States, and the eastern and western diamondbacks (
Western Docks: (from the article "harbours and sea works") Success in this form of construction cannot be guaranteed. In the case of the Western Docks at Southampton, Eng., constructed between World War I and World War II, it was ...
Western Duars: (from the article "Duars") region of northeastern India, at the foot of the west Assam Himalayas. Its 3,400-square-mile (8,800-square-kilometre) area is divided by the Sankosh River into the Western and Eastern Duars. Both were ...
Western Dvina River: major river of Latvia and northern Belarus. It rises in the Valdai Hills and flows 632 miles (1,020 km) in a great arc south and southwest through Russia and Belarus ... [1 Related Articles]
Western Electric Company Inc.: American telecommunications manufacturer that throughout most of its history was under the control of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T). The company was dissolved as a separate subsidiary in ... [8 Related Articles]
western European hedgehog: (from the article "hedgehog") any of 15 Old World species of insectivores possessing several thousand short, smooth spines. Most species weigh under 700 grams (1.5 pounds), but the common western European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) ...
Western European Union: association of 10 countries (Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom) that operates as a forum for the coordination of matters of European ... [2 Related Articles]
Western Federation of Miners: (from the article "organized labour") ...was a western brand of working-class radicalism forged by a decade of industrial war in the western mining states. The two groups proved incompatible, and the IWW, dominated by radicals ...
Western Front: (from the article "World War I") The war in the west, 1914World War IThe Western Front, June-December 1917Petain's decision to remain temporarily on the defensive after ...
Western Front: (from the article "World War II") During their campaign in Poland, the Germans kept only 23 divisions in the west to guard their frontier against the French, who had nearly five times as many divisions mobilized. ...
Western Ghats: (from the article "Anai Peak") peak in eastern Kerala state, southwestern India. Located in the Western Ghats range, it rises to 8,842 feet (2,695 m) and is peninsular India's highest peak. From this point radiate ...
western gray kangaroo: (from the article "kangaroo") The eastern gray kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) is found mostly in the open forests of eastern Australia and Tasmania. It is replaced by the western gray kangaroo (M. fuliginosus) along the ...
western grebe: (from the article "grebe") ...grebe (Podiceps cristatus), rednecked grebe (P. grisegena), horned grebe (P. auritus), eared grebe (P. nigricollis), and related species or the rushing display of the western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis). In nearly ...
Western Han dynasty: (from the article "China") Since at least as early as the Shang dynasty, the Chinese had been accustomed to acknowledging the temporal and spiritual authority of a single leader and its transmission within a ...
western hemlock: (from the article "hemlock") ...tannin, used in the tanning industry; and the soft, coarse-grained, splintery wood is used in construction and in the manufacture of boxes. Many varieties are used in ornamental plantings. The ...
Western Highlands: (from the article "Ethiopian Plateau") highlands covering much of Ethiopia and central Eritrea. They consist of the rugged Western Highlands and the more limited Eastern Highlands. The two sections are separated by the vast Eastern ...
Western Illinois University: public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Macomb, Illinois, U.S. It was established in 1899 as Western Illinois State Normal School. Instruction began in 1902. The school evolved into a ...
Western Indian bronze: any of a style of metal sculpture that flourished in India during the 6th to the 12th century and later, mainly in the area of modern Gujarat and Rajasthan states. ...
Western Indian painting: a highly conservative style of Indian miniature painting largely devoted to the illustration of Jaina religious texts of the 12th-16th century. Though examples of the school are most numerous from ... [1 Related Articles]
Western Inland Lock Navigation Company: (from the article "Erie Canal") Beginning in the 1780s, various plans were proposed to improve navigation on the Mohawk River. In 1792 the Western Inland Lock Navigation Company was incorporated by the state of New ...
Western Intermontane Plateau: (from the article "community ecology") Not all grasslands, however, are adapted to grazing by large mammals. In North America, although the grasslands of the Great Plains coevolved with large herds of bison, the grasslands of ...
Western Interprovincial Football Union: (from the article "Canadian Football League") major Canadian professional gridiron football organization, formed in 1956 as the Canadian Football Council, created by the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) and the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU). Though ...
Western Isles: council area of Scotland, in the Atlantic Ocean off the northwestern coast of the Scottish mainland, comprising the islands of the Outer Hebrides. Lewis, the northern part of the principal ... [1 Related Articles]
western jumping mouse: (from the article "jumping mouse") ...are rarely seen because they are completely nocturnal. The woodland jumping mouse (Napaeozapus insignis) lives in moist forests of eastern North America. The meadow, Pacific, and western jumping mice (Zapus ...
Western Kentucky University: public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Bowling Green, Kentucky, U.S. It comprises five colleges: Potter College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Gordon Ford College of Business; the College ...
western kingbird: (from the article "kingbird") ...Canada; it is dark slate gray above and white below, with a white tail tip. It is common along roads in open country and may also raid apiaries, hence its ...
western larch: (from the article "larch") ...are hidden by the scales. Eastern larch trees mature in 100 to 200 years. This species may grow 12 to 20 metres (about 40 to 65 feet) tall and have ...
Western literature: history of literatures in the languages of the Indo-European family, along with a small number of other languages whose cultures became closely associated with the West, from ancient times to ...
Western Longmyndian: (from the article "Longmyndian") ...Plateau region, Longmyndian rocks consist of steeply angled and even overturned unfossiliferous mudstones, sandstones, conglomerates, and volcanic rocks. Two major subdivisions are recognized: the Western Longmyndian and the underlying Eastern ...
western lowland gorilla: (from the article "The Environment") In April 2004, for the first time in more than 50 years, a newborn western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) was seen in the Lefini Reserve, Republic of the Congo. Its ...
Western Lowlands: (from the article "Ethiopia") Although Ethiopia's complex relief defies easy classification, five topographic features are discernible. These are the Western Highlands, Western Lowlands, Eastern Highlands, Eastern Lowlands, and Rift Valley. The Western Highlands are ...
western lubber grasshopper: (from the article "short-horned grasshopper") ...include some of the most destructive species. In North America the eastern lubber grasshopper (Romalea microptera) is 5-7 cm long and has large red wings bordered in black. The western ...
Western Madurese: (from the article "Madurese language") an Austronesian language of the Indonesian subfamily, spoken on Madura Island, some smaller offshore islands, and the northern coast of Java, Indonesia. Dialects include Eastern, or Sumenep, and Western, including ...
Western Malayo-Polynesian languages: (from the article "Austronesian languages") Although Western Malayo-Polynesian is a convenient cover term for the Austronesian languages of the Philippines, western Indonesia (Borneo, Sumatra, Java-Bali-Lombok, Sulawesi), mainland Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and at least Chamorro and ...
Western Mayan languages: (from the article "Maya languages") ...Eastern Maya languages are Quiche and Cakchiquel; but there are also Mam, Teco, Aguacatec, Ixil, Uspantec, Sacapultec, Sipacapa, Pocomam, Pocomchi, and Kekchi. The largest Western Maya language is Tzeltal, spoken ...
western meadowlark: (from the article "meadowlark") ...above, with yellow breast crossed by a black V and a short tail with distinctive white outer feathers. The eastern, or common, meadowlark (S. magna) ranges from eastern Canada to ...
Western Michigan University: public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Kalamazoo, Mich., U.S. It comprises Haworth College of Business, the Graduate College, Lee Honors College, and colleges of arts and sciences, aviation, education, ...
Western Mongolian languages: (from the article "Mongolian languages") The split between Eastern Mongolian (Khalkha, Buryat, and the dialects of Inner Mongolia) and Western Mongolian (Oyrat and Kalmyk) occurred at a later stage than that between the peripheral, archaizing ...
Western Mono: (from the article "Mono") ...American Indian groups, originally from what is now central California, U.S., who spoke a language belonging to the Numic group of the Uto-Aztecan family and were related to the Northern ...
western native cat: (from the article "native cat") ...or D. quoll), surviving chiefly in the forests and open country of Tasmania, is 55 to 75 centimetres (22 to 30 inches) long, including its 20- to 30-cm tail. The ...
Western Niantic: (from the article "Niantic") Algonquian-speaking woodland Indians of southern New England. The Eastern Niantic lived on the western coast of what is now Rhode Island and on the neighbouring coast of Connecticut. The Western ...
Western Numic languages: (from the article "Great Basin Indian") Western Numic languages are spoken by the Owens Valley Paiute (Eastern Mono), several Northern Paiute groups, and the Bannock. Central Numic languages are spoken by the Panamint (Koso) and several ...
Western Oder River: (from the article "Oder River") ...the Oder valley contains numerous cross branches and parallel channels. About 50 miles from its outflow into the Baltic, the Oder splits into two main branches; the left canalized branch, ...
Western Pacific Order in Council: (from the article "Pacific Islands") ...to the Solomons, where again there was violence, including the murder of the Anglican bishop in the Santa Cruz group, from which five men had been taken by recruiters. The ...
Western Pacific Railroad: (from the article "railroad") ...Southwest, the Pacific Northwest, and northern California; only the Union Pacific succeeded. The American rail network was essentially complete by 1910 when the last transcontinental line, the Western Pacific Railroad ...
Western Pahari languages: (from the article "Pahari languages") ...is Hindi for "of the mountains"). Three divisions are distinguished: Eastern Pahari, represented by Nepali of Nepal; Central Pahari, spoken in the north of Uttar Pradesh state; and Western Pahari, ...
western paper birch: (from the article "paper birch") The western paper birch (B. papyrifera variety commutata) of Canada and the western U.S. is about 30 m tall, with orange-brown to nearly white bark; the smaller northwestern paper birch ...
Western Pennsylvania Medical College: (from the article "Pittsburgh, University of") ...university began in 1787, in a three-room log schoolhouse, as Pittsburgh Academy. In 1819 it became the Western University of Pittsburgh. The School of Medicine, originally chartered in 1886 as ...
western pipistrelle: (from the article "pipistrelle") ...bats in the evening and sometimes even fly about during the day. Representatives include P. pipistrellus of Eurasia and the eastern (P. subflavus) and western (P. hesperus) ...
Western Plains Zoo: (from the article "Taronga Zoo") In 1977 the Zoological Parks Board opened a drive-through park, the Western Plains Zoo, near Dubbo, about 300 miles (480 km) from Sydney. This zoo exhibits large marsupials, herds of ...
Western Port: circular bay, about 20 miles (32 km) across, indenting the south coast of Victoria, Australia, southeast of Melbourne. An inlet of Bass Strait, it is separated from Port Phillip Bay ...
Western Pyrenees: (from the article "Pyrenees") ...the south) that derive from the geographic situation of the chain, the Pyrenees have been divided into three natural regions: the Eastern (or Mediterranean), Pyrenees, the Central Pyrenees, and the ...
Western Region: (from the article "Paraguay") ...River. The Paraguay River, which runs from north to south, divides Paraguay into two distinct geographic regions-the Region Oriental (Eastern Region) and the Region Occidental (Western Region), also called the ...
Western Reserve: in American history, territory of some 6,000 square miles (15,500 square km) along the southern shore of Lake Erie in what is now northeastern Ohio. After the Revolutionary War, when ... [3 Related Articles]
Western Rift Valley: (from the article "Western Rift Valley") (Africa), branch of the East African Rift System (q.v.).physiography of AfricaAfricaReliefThe western branch, or West
Western saddle: (from the article "saddle") Modern saddles for horses are broadly of two types. The Western, sometimes called the Moorish, saddle has a high horn on the pommel, in front of the rider, which is ...
Western Sahara: former overseas province of Spain occupying an extensive desert Atlantic-coastal area (97,344 square miles [252,120 square km]) of northwest Africa. It is composed of the geographic regions of Rio de ... [15 Related Articles]
Western Scheldt: estuary, flowing westward for about 30 miles (50 km) through the Delta Islands in southwestern Netherlands to the North Sea. The former islands of Walcheren and Zuid-Beveland (now a peninsula) ... [3 Related Articles]
Western Schism: in the history of the Roman Catholic church, the period from 1378 to 1417, when there were two, and later three, rival popes, each with his own following, his own ... [35 Related Articles]
Western sclerophyllous scrub forest: (from the article "North America") In the hills of southern California and throughout much of the American Southwest, the Western sclerophyllous scrub forest occurs. There, the small trees and shrubs must be adapted both to ...
western scrub-bird: (from the article "scrub-bird") ...allied to lyrebirds. Both species are brown, with a longish, pointed tail-rather like the brown thrasher of the United States. The 22-centimetre (9-inch) western, or noisy, scrub-bird (Atrichornis clamosus), discovered ...
Western sculpture: three-dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non-European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages to the present. [51 Related Articles]
Western Shore: (from the article "Maryland") The Eastern Shore, the area east of Chesapeake Bay, is flat with extensive wetlands. The maximum elevation there is 100 feet (30 metres) above sea level. The area west of ...
western skunk cabbage: (from the article "skunk cabbage") ...puant ("stinking cabbage"). It is a fleshy, herbaceous plant with large leaves, purple-brown spathes, and a skunklike odour; a variety grows in northeastern Asia. The ill-smelling western, or yellow, skunk ...
Western Somali Liberation Front: (from the article "eastern Africa, history of") The Somalian president, Maxamed Siyaad Barre, was able to muster 35,000 regulars and 15,000 fighters of the Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF). His forces began infiltrating into the Ogaden in ...
Western spotted skunk: (from the article "skunk") ...the male is driven off, and the female raises the litter of 2 to 12 offspring (kits) alone. Kits are born from about the end of April through early June. ...
Western State College of Colorado: public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Gunnison, Colorado, U.S. A liberal arts college, Western State offers bachelor's degree programs. The college provides a general education program that includes requirements ...
Western State Normal School: (from the article "Maine, University of") The campus at Farmington became Maine's first institution of higher education when it was opened as Western State Normal School in 1864. Notable graduates of this school include the twin ...
Western Steppe: (from the article "Steppe, the") The lay of the land divides the Eurasian Steppe into two major segments. The first of these may be called the Western Steppe. It extends from the grassy plains at ...
Western swing: (from the article "Wills, Bob") American bandleader, fiddler, singer, and songwriter whose Texas Playboys popularized western swing music in the 1930s and '40s.style of country music
western tanager: (from the article "tanager") The three species of tanagers breeding in temperate North America are the scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea), summer tanager (P. rubra), and western tanager (P. ludoviciana). A less showy bird, the ...
Western tarsier: (from the article "tarsier") ...Bangka, Belitung, the Natuna Islands, and Sumatra. Species differ so much across this range that some authorities are inclined to classify them in different genera. In Indonesia and Malaysia the ...
Western Tatar language: (from the article "Tatar language") ...in the republic of Tatarstan in west-central Russia and in Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and China. There are numerous dialectal forms. The major Tatar dialects are Kazan Tatar (spoken in Tatarstan), ...
Western Turkmenistan: (from the article "Turkmenistan") ...be seen: an oasis region-characterized by adequate water supply, cultivated lands, and developed industry-composed of the Kopet-Dag and other oases; and a desert region, subdivided into western Turkmenistan, with a ...
Western Ukrainian National Republic: (from the article "Ukraine") Even before the collapse of Austria-Hungary, an assembly of western Ukrainian political leaders in October 1918 declared the formation of a state, shortly thereafter named the Western Ukrainian National Republic, ...
Western Union Corporation: former telecommunications company that was the largest provider of telegraphic services in the United States. [8 Related Articles]
Western Uplands: (from the article "Tynedale") ...fertile valleys of the Rivers North Tyne and South Tyne, which merge to form the River Tyne in the southeastern part of the district. The central and northwestern limestone area ...
western variant: (from the article "China") ...which is spoken to the north of the Qin Mountains-Huai River line; as the most widespread Chinese tongue, it has officially been adopted as the basis for a national language. ...
Western Wall: in the Old City of Jerusalem, a place of prayer and pilgrimage sacred to the Jewish people. It is the only remains of the Second Temple of Jerusalem, held to ... [5 Related Articles]
western wallflower: (from the article "wallflower") ...southern Europe, is naturalized in Great Britain. It is biennial to perennial, with erect, 70-cm (28-inch) stalks bearing spikelike, fragrant clusters of golden to brown, four-petaled flowers. The western wallflower ...
Western Washington University: public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Bellingham, Washington, U.S. It comprises Fairhaven College (an interdisciplinary studies program); Woodring College of Education; Huxley College of Environmental Studies; colleges of business ...
western wheatgrass: (from the article "wheatgrass") The most important forage species are bluebunch wheatgrass (A. spicatum) and western wheatgrass (A. smithii). Crested wheatgrass (A. cristatum), desert wheatgrass (A. desertorum), and slender wheatgrass (A. trachycaulum) are good ...
western white pine: (from the article "pine") ...for so long that by the second half of the 20th century very few old trees remained. On deep rich soil P. strobus attains a height of 60 metres and ...
western wood pewee: (from the article "pewee") ...an open perch. In North America a sad, clear "pee-oo-wee" announces the presence of the eastern wood pewee (C. virens), while a blurry "peeurrr" is the call of the western ...
Western Yiddish language: (from the article "Yiddish language") Western Yiddish, the only form of Yiddish that was used during the earliest history of the language, remained the dominant branch during the Old Yiddish period (ending about 1350). It ...
Western Zhou dynasty: (from the article "education") This was the feudal age, when the feudal states were ruled by lords who paid homage to the king of Zhou and recognized him as the "Son of Heaven."pottery
Westernization: (from the article "Shari'ah") During the 19th century the impact of Western civilization upon Muslim society brought about radical changes in the fields of civil and commercial transactions and criminal law. In these matters ...
Westernizer: in 19th-century Russia, especially in the 1840s and '50s, one of the intellectuals who emphasized Russia's common historic destiny with the West, as opposed to Slavophiles, who believed Russia's traditions ... [7 Related Articles]