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- (from the article "interplanetary dust particle") ...filtered from large volumes of melted polar ice. Spacecraft missions have been developed to retrieve dust particles directly from space. The U.S. Stardust spacecraft, launched in 1999, flew past Comet ...
- wild animal act
- (from the article "circus") The introduction of wild animals to the circus dates from about 1831, when the French trainer Henri Martin, performing in Germany, presumably entered a cage with a tiger. He was ...
- wild bean
- (from the article "groundnut") ...members of the family Fabaceae (or Leguminosae): Arachis hypogaea, the peanut (q.v.), the fruit of which is a legume or pod rather than a true nut; Apois americana, also called ...
- wild bleeding heart
- (from the article "bleeding heart") ...feet) tall. There is also a white form, D. spectabilis alba. The deeply cut leaf segments are larger than those of other cultivated species of Dicentra, such as the shorter ...
- Wild Bunch
- a collection of cowboy-outlaws who flourished in the 1880s and '90s in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and surrounding states and territories. Their chief hideouts were Hole in the Wall, a nearly ...
- wild cane
- (from the article "sugarcane") ...thick, barrel-shaped internodes, or segments; large, soft-rinded, juicy stalks; and high sugar content. Original noble canes were susceptible to some serious cane diseases; their hybridization with wild canes was successful ...
- wild card
- (from the article "poker") In social play, especially in "dealer's choice," certain cards may be designated wild cards. A wild card stands for any other card its holder wishes to name. There are many ...
- wild cashew
- a tall, tropical forest tree of Central and South America closely related to the domesticated cashew, A. occidentale. The wild cashew grows to a height of over 30 metres (100 ...
- wild cinnamon
- (from the article "Canellales") The family Canellaceae is of relatively little economic importance. The leaves and bark of the West Indian Canella alba (wild cinnamon), known sometimes by the synonym C. winterana, have some ...
- Wild Coast
- (from the article "Guyana") ...by hunting. Christopher Columbus sighted the Guyana coast in 1498, and Spain subsequently claimed, but largely avoided, the area between the Orinoco and Amazon deltas, a region long known as ...
- wild coffee
- (from the article "feverwort") ...of the genus are East Asian. The common names feverwort, wild ipecac, and horse gentian resulted from former medicinal uses of the plant. Other names for certain of the plants ...
- wild columbine
- (from the article "columbine") ...chysantha, both native to the Rocky Mountains, have been developed many garden hybrids with showy long-spurred flowers in a variety of colours ranging from white to yellow, red, and blue. ...
- wild cucumber
- (species Echinocystis lobata), climbing plant of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), native to eastern North America. The true balsam apple is Momordica balsamina.
- wild flax
- (from the article "community ecology") The best-studied example is that of wild flax (Linum marginale) and flax rust (Melampsora lini) in Australia. Local populations of flax plants and flax rust harbour multiple matching genes for ...
- wild ginger
- any of about 75 species of the genus Asarum, perennial herbs of the birthwort family (Aristolochiaceae), distributed throughout North Temperate areas of the world. The leaves and underground stems (rhizomes) ...
- wild horse
- (from the article "equine") Wild horses once inhabited much of northern Eurasia, primarily in open areas. They were rather small, short-legged animals, compared with their domesticated descendants, standing only about 120 to 130 cm ...
- wild hyacinth
- (from the article "bluebell") any plant of the genus Hyacinthoides of the family Hyacinthaceae, native to Eurasia. The bell-shaped blue flower clusters of bluebell, or wild hyacinth (H. nonscriptus or Endymion nonscriptus), and Spanish ...
- wild lupine
- (from the article "lupine") Wild lupine (L. perennis) and Nuttal's lupine (L. nuttallii), both with blue flower spikes, are found in dry open woods and fields of eastern North America. Spreading lupine (L. diffusa) ...
- wild mango
- (Irvingia gabonensis), tropical African tree, of the family Irvingiaceae, notable for its edible yellow fruit, which somewhat resembles the mango. The seed is rich in a fat used locally to ...
- wild marjoram
- (from the article "marjoram") ...genera Origanum and Majorana of the Lamiaceae family are called marjoram. Pot marjoram, Majorana onites, is also cultivated for its aromatic leaves and is used to flavour food. Wild marjoram, ...
- wild mint
- (from the article "Mentha") ...(M. pulegium) is a low plant with small, oval, scented leaves and bluish lilac flowers. All four species, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, are common in moist ...
- wild oat
- any of several tufted annual grasses of the genus Avena (family Poaceae), native to Eurasia. Wild oats are sometimes cut for hay, and young plants provide forage for grazing animals.
- wild pansy
- (from the article "pansy") The wild pansy, also known as johnny-jump-up, heartsease, and love-in-idleness, has been widely naturalized in North America. The flowers of this form are usually purple and yellow and less than ...
- wild passion-flower
- (from the article "passion-flower") The wild passion-flower, passion vine, or maypop (P. incarnata) climbs about 3 to 9 m (10 to 30 feet) high and has pink and white flowers about 4 to 7.5 ...
- wild radish
- (species Raphanus raphanistrum), widespread annual weed of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America. It is believed by some authorities to be the ancestor of ...
- Wild Reef
- (from the article "Shedd Aquarium") ...seals, sea otters, penguins, and sea horses. In 2000 the aquarium opened Amazon Rising: Seasons of the River, an exhibit recreating a year in the life of the Amazon River ...
- wild rice
- (species Zizania aquatica or Zizania palustris), coarse annual grass of the family Poaceae whose grain, now often considered a delicacy, has long been an important food of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Wild Rose
- (from the article "New England Glass Company") ...doorknobs and tableware in imitation of silver. It is from the last decades of its production that some of the company's most successful art glasses date: a peachblow glass (q.v.), ...
- wild rye
- any of a group of about 50 species of perennial forage grasses in the family Poaceae that are native to temperate and cool parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Giant wild ...
- wild sarsaparilla
- (from the article "Araliaceae") Wild sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) has an aromatic root that is used as a substitute for sarsaparilla. Ginseng root, from Panax ginseng, has long been used by the Chinese in the ...
- wild spikenard
- (from the article "spikenard") ...relative of spikenard, are used as a substitute for sarsaparilla flavouring. Smilacina racemosa, one of the false Solomon's seals in the family Liliaceae (order Liliales), is sometimes called wild spikenard.
- wild thyme
- (from the article "Lamiaceae") ...40 to 50 species of the genus Lamium are known as dead nettles; they are low weedy plants that are sometimes cultivated. There are about 350 species in the genus ...
- Wild Tiger Corps
- (from the article "Vajiravudh") ...isolated him from the life of his people; moreover, his uncritical love of English traditions led to such unwise actions as the founding of a royal paramilitary force under his ...
- wild tobacco
- (from the article "Solanales") ...The tobacco smoked, sniffed, and chewed is from Nicotiana tabacum, a species of tobacco not known in the wild. Its closest relatives are found in western South America. Another species, ...
- wild type
- (from the article "heredity") ...code. Mutation is the random process whereby genes change from one allelic form to another. Scientists who study mutation use the most common genotype found in natural populations, called the ...
- wild water buffalo
- (from the article "water buffalo") The wild water buffalo is sometimes referred to as a different species (B. arnee). It can interbreed with domestic water buffalo. This wild form is a huge ...
- Wild West show
- theatrical extravaganza begun in 1883 by William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Cody, an Indian scout and Western hero, first turned to acting and then to producing and promoting his own ... [4 Related Articles]
- wild yak
- (from the article "yak") Wild yaks are sometimes referred to as a separate species (Bos mutus) to differentiate them from domestic yaks, although they are freely interbred with various kinds of ...
- Wild, Jack
- British actor (b. Sept. 30, 1952, Royton, Lancashire, Eng.-d. March 1, 2006, Tebworth, Bedfordshire, Eng.), achieved international fame as a teenager for his spirited portrayal of the Artful Dodger in ...
- Wild, Jonathan
- master English criminal of early 18th-century London, leader of thieves and highwaymen, extortionist, and fence for stolen goods. [1 Related Articles]
- wild-man-of-the-woods cycle
- (from the article "Celtic literature") ...learning had comparatively little effect until the next period. Stories of Finn, whose traditions went back to an early period, only really developed when the fili were no longer in ...
- wild-water racing
- competitive canoe or kayak racing down swift-flowing, turbulent streams called wild water (often "white water" in the United States). The sport developed from the riding of rapids in small boats ... [1 Related Articles]
- wildcat
- (species Felis silvestris), a small wild member of the cat family (Felidae) native to Eurasia. The name wildcat is also used as a general term for feral domestic cats and ... [1 Related Articles]
- Wildcat
- (from the article "roller coaster") ...the Philadelphia Toboggan Company turned the local Coney Island park near Cincinnati, Ohio, into its test bed with the introduction of the Wild Cat and the completely enclosed Twister. Indeed, ...
- wildcat bank
- unsound bank chartered under state law during the period of uncontrolled state banking (1816-63) in the United States. Such banks distributed nearly worthless currency backed by questionable security (e.g., mortgages, ...
- wildcat strike
- (from the article "strike") ...(intended to improve work conditions). Other strikes can stem from sympathy with other striking unions or from jurisdictional disputes between two unions. Illegal strikes include sit-down strikes, wildcat strikes, and ...
- Wilde, Cornel
- American actor and filmmaker who attained stardom with his sensitive portrayal of composer Frederic Chopin in the motion picture A Song to Remember (1945), for which he received an Academy ...
- Wilde, F. A.
- (from the article "birth control") ...choice for birth control since the second half of the 19th century. The use of vaginal barriers (diaphragms and caps, which are commonly used with spermicides) was recorded by the ...
- Wilde, Jimmy
- Welsh professional boxer, world flyweight (112 pounds) champion from 1916 to 1923. [1 Related Articles]
- Wilde, Oscar
- Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose reputation rests on his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) ... [15 Related Articles]
- Wilde, William R.
- (from the article "otolaryngology") ...when Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard and Prosper Meniere made ear physiology and disease a matter of systematic investigation. The scientific basis of the specialty was first formulated by William R. Wilde of ...
- Wildenstein, Daniel Leopold
- French-born art historian, art dealer, and thoroughbred race horse owner (b. Sept. 11, 1917, Verrieres-le-Buisson, France-d. Oct. 23, 2001, Paris, France), was the head of Wildenstein & Co., a secretive ...
- Wildenvey, Herman
- Norwegian poet whose sunny songs of simple sensual pleasure are unusual in the sombre history of Norwegian verse.
- Wilder, Billy
- Austrian-born American motion-picture scenarist, director, and producer known for films that humorously treat subjects of controversy and offer biting indictments of hypocrisy in American life. [13 Related Articles]
- Wilder, Douglas
- American politician, the first popularly elected African American governor in the United States. He received a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Virginia Union University (1951) and a law degree from ... [1 Related Articles]
- Wilder, Gene
- American comic actor best known for his portrayals of high-strung neurotic characters.
- Wilder, Laura Ingalls
- American author of children's fiction based on her own youth in the American Midwest. [2 Related Articles]
- Wilder, Russel M.
- (from the article "Ricketts, Howard T") In 1909 Ricketts and his assistant, Russel M. Wilder, went to Mexico City to study epidemic typhus. They found that it was transmitted by the body louse (Pediculus humanus) and ...
- Wilder, Thornton
- American writer, whose innovative novels and plays reflect his views of the universal truths in human nature. He is probably best known for his plays. [1 Related Articles]
- Wilderness Road
- (from the article "Cumberland Gap") ...near the point where Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee meet between Middlesboro, Kentucky, and the town of Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. The pass was discovered in 1750 by Thomas Walker, and the ...
- Wilderness Society
- (from the article "hiking") For regular and intensive walkers there are available services offered by such associations as the Ramblers' Association in Great Britain and the Wilderness Society in the United States. These organizations ...
- Wilderness, Battle of the
- (May 5-7, 1864), in the American Civil War, first stage of a carefully planned Union campaign to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia. Crossing the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, ... [1 Related Articles]
- Wilders, Geert
- (from the article "Netherlands, The") ...endangered. The murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh, threats against politicians Ayaan Hirsi Ali (van Gogh's collaborator on Submission, a film some people considered derisive of Islam) and Geert Wilders ...
- Wilderspin, Samuel
- (from the article "preschool education") Buchanan's school was imitated by others, notably by the British educator Samuel Wilderspin, who wrote some of the earliest and most widely disseminated monographs on infant education.
- wildfire
- (from the article "Some bacterial diseases of plants") While a student at St. Petersburg University, Ivanovsky was asked in 1887 to investigate "wildfire," a disease that was infecting tobacco plantations of the Ukraine and Bessarabia. In 1890 he ...
- wildflower
- any flowering plant that has not been genetically manipulated. Generally the term applies to plants growing without intentional human aid, particularly those flowering in spring and summer in woodlands, prairies, ...
- wildfowl
- (from the article "anseriform") ...Anatidae comprises about 147 species of medium to large birds, usually associated with freshwater or marine habitats. This family is known collectively as waterfowl (in the United States) or wildfowl ...
- Wildfowl Trust, The
- centre of the world's largest collection of waterfowl. It was established in 1946 by Sir Peter Scott on 418 acres (169 hectares) along the River Severn near Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, Eng. ... [2 Related Articles]
- Wildgans, Anton
- Austrian dramatist and poet known for his mystical dramas charged with the symbolic messages typical of German Expressionism.
- Wilding, Michael
- (from the article "Australian literature") ...was fact, apart from impressing the reader that the world is a very strange place, put him completely at odds with the following generation of short-story writers as, for example, ...
- Wilding, Tony
- (from the article "All-England (Wimbledon) Tennis Championships—doubles") ...Brookes, the first in a long line of Australian champions and the first left-hander to reach the top. He won at Wimbledon in 1907 and again on his next visit, ...
- wildland fire
- uncontrolled fire in a forest, grassland, brushland, or land sown to crops.
- Wildlife Conservation Society
- (from the article "zoo") ...few societies have established special research institutions. In the United States the Penrose Research Laboratory, of the Philadelphia Zoo is particularly concerned with comparative pathology. The New York Zoological Society ...
- Wildman, Sir John
- English agitator and Leveler associate who outlasted vicissitudes under three British kings and two protectors.
- Wildspitze
- (from the article "Otztal Alps") ...di Resia, west-southwest), the Inn River valley (north), the Zillertal Alps and Brenner Pass (east), and the Adige River valley (south). Many of the peaks are snow- and glacier-covered, including ...
- Wiler, Lake
- (from the article "lake") ...Sweden, long prized as a national wildlife refuge, became the subject of an investigation in 1967. Lake Trummen, also in Sweden, was treated by dredging its upper sediments. In Switzerland, ...
- Wiles, Andrew John
- British mathematician who proved Fermat's last theorem; in recognition he was awarded a special silver plaque-he was beyond the traditional age limit of 40 years for receiving the gold Fields ... [4 Related Articles]
- Wiles, Gordon
- (from the article "1931/32: Other Winners") Original Story: Frances Marion for The ChampAdaptation: Edwin Burke for Bad GirlCinematography: Lee Garmes for Shanghai ExpressArt Direction: Gordon Wiles for TransatlanticHonorary Award: Walt Disney
- Wiles, Michele
- (from the article "Performing Arts") ...several casts leading ABT's performances of this French- and Hungarian-styled ballet set to the music of Aleksandr Glazunov were some of the troupe's most gifted young dancers: David Hallberg and ...
- Wilfrid, Saint
- also called Wilfrid Of York one of the greatest English saints, a monk and bishop who was outstanding in bringing about close relations between the Anglo-Saxon Church and the papacy. ... [7 Related Articles]
- Wilfridian
- (from the article "Faber, Frederick William") British theologian, noted hymnist, and founder of the Wilfridians, a religious society living in common without vows.
- Wilgus, William John
- (from the article "immersed tube") technique of underwater tunneling used principally for underwater crossings. The method was pioneered by the American engineer W.J. Wilgus in the Detroit River in 1903 for the Michigan Central Railroad. ...
- Wilhelm Ernst
- (from the article "Bach, Johann Sebastian") Bach was, from the outset, court organist at Weimar and a member of the orchestra. Encouraged by Wilhelm Ernst, he concentrated on the organ during the first few years of ...
- Wilhelm zu Wied
- (from the article "Albania") The great powers also appointed a German prince, Wilhelm zu Wied, as ruler of Albania. Wilhelm arrived in Albania in March 1914, but his unfamiliarity with Albania and its problems, ...
- Wilhelm, C.
- (from the article "stage design") ...historical dress in the ballet extravaganzas of the 1880s (forerunners of the Folies-Bergere revues of Paris) that played at La Scala in Milan and the London Alhambra. The ingenious designer ...
- Wilhelm, Gustav
- (from the article "Liechtenstein") ...of the Virgin, and works by Jan Brueghel the Elder, Raphael, and Rembrandt. The Austrian museum had been closed since 1938 after the Nazis had claimed the collection. Then museum ...
- Wilhelm, Hoyt
- American baseball player (b. July 26, 1923, Huntersville, N.C.-d. Aug. 23, 2002, Sarasota, Fla.), pitched knuckleballs that fluttered over the plate, baffling major league batters for 21 seasons. Unfortunately, his ...
- Wilhelmina
- sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia and margravine of Bayreuth (from 1735).
- Wilhelmina
- queen of The Netherlands from 1890 to 1948, who, through her radio broadcasts from London during World War II, made herself the symbol of Dutch resistance to German occupation. [2 Related Articles]
- Wilhelmina
- (from the article "Netherlands, The") ...in Holland and other provinces. Holland began organizing its own army, distinct from that under the prince's command, and civil war seemed in the offing. William V fled to Gelderland ...
- Wilhelmina Gebergte
- mountain range in central Suriname, forming part of South America's granitic Precambrian Guiana Shield, extending about 70 mi (113 km) from west to east. The range divides Suriname's western district ... [1 Related Articles]
- Wilhelmj, August
- German violinist whose most famous work is his arrangement of the air from J.S. Bach's orchestral Suite in D major, which became known as the "Air on the G String."
- Wilhelmshaven
- city and port, Lower Saxony Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies on Jade Bay (Jadebusen), a North Sea inlet on the coast of East Friesland (Ostfriesland). Founded ... [2 Related Articles]
- Wilkes Land
- region in Antarctica, bordering the Indian Ocean between Queen Mary and George V coasts (100°-142°20' E). The region is almost entirely covered by the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), averaging ... [3 Related Articles]
- Wilkes, Charles
- U.S. naval officer who explored the region of Antarctica named for him. [4 Related Articles]
- Wilkes, John
- outspoken 18th-century journalist and popular London politician who came to be regarded as a victim of persecution and as a champion of liberty because he was repeatedly expelled from Parliament. ... [8 Related Articles]
- Wilkes, Maurice
- (from the article "computer") At the University of Cambridge, meanwhile, Maurice Wilkes and others built what is recognized as the first full-size stored-program computer to provide a formal computing service for users. The Electronic ...
- Wilkes-Barre
- city, seat (1786) of Luzerne county, northeastern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies in the Wyoming Valley and along the Susquehanna River, 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Scranton. Wilkes-Barre is the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Wilkie, Sir David
- British genre and portrait painter and draftsman known for his anecdotal style. [1 Related Articles]
- Wilkin, Marijohn
- American songwriter (b. July 14, 1920, Kemp, Texas-d. Oct. 28, 2006, Nashville, Tenn.), was hailed as one of the greatest female country composers and lyricists. Wilkin wrote two hits in ...
- Wilkins, John
- (from the article "dictionary") The "conceptual dictionary," in which words are arranged in groups by their meaning, had its first important exponent in Bishop John Wilkins, whose Essay Towards a Real Character and a ...
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