the most important reformer in the Swiss Protestant Reformation and the only major reformer of the 16th century whose movement did not evolve into a church. Like Martin Luther, he ... [21 Related Articles]
(from the article "Hubmaier, Balthasar") ...and Ingolstadt, and he was appointed cathedral preacher at Regensburg in 1516. In 1521 he arrived in Switzerland, where he soon became a leader of the fledgling Anabaptists. Persecuted even ...
(German: "gold between glasses"), drinking glasses decorated with engraving in gold leaf laminated between two pieces of glass. The term is usually applied to beakers, goblets, and tumblers produced in ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "liquid") ...in physiology. Many molecules that occur in biological systems bear electric charges; a large molecule that has a positive electric charge at one end and a negative charge at the ...
gemeente (municipality), north-central Netherlands, on the Zwarte Water (river). Chartered in 1230, it was a member of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages and a stronghold until its ramparts ... [1 Related Articles]
Soviet shot-putter and javelin thrower who set eight consecutive world records in the shot put between 1952 and 1956 and won three Olympic medals. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "lepidopteran") ...Central and South America; larvae similar to those of Limacodidae, but with normal prolegs and traces of additional ones; setae very toxic and nettling. More ...
(from the article "lepidopteran") ...hairy and brightly coloured, some living gregariously in silk nests; adults medium-size, stout-bodied, short-winged, and exceptionally hairy.Approximately 2,500 species worldwide; wings broad to very broad with short fringes; some ...
(from the article "snake") ...surfaces that lie above and below; and finally the zygosphenes and zygantra, found almost exclusively in snakes, the zygosphene being a projecting shelf on the upper part of the vertebra ...
Polish-born mathematician who exerted a major influence on 20th-century mathematics, particularly in harmonic analysis, a field utilized in science and technology for the formulation of descriptions of periodic phenomena such ...
(from the article "cuckoo") ...have long (sometimes extremely long), graduated tails, usually with the individual feathers tipped with white. The legs vary from medium to rather long (in the terrestrial forms) and the feet ...
(from the article "Canellales") ...new genus, Tasmannia (with about 40 species), which extends from the Philippines to Australia (including Tasmania) and reaches its greatest diversity in New Guinea. The circumscription of Zygogynum is still ...
bridge of bone extending from the temporal bone at the side of the head around to the maxilla (upper jawbone) in front and including the zygomatic (cheek) bone as a ... [2 Related Articles]
diamond-shaped bone below and lateral to the orbit, or eye socket, at the widest part of the cheek. It adjoins the frontal bone at the outer edge of the orbit ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "humour") ...produced by the coordinated contraction of 15 facial muscles in a stereotyped pattern and accompanied by altered breathing. Electrical stimulation of the main lifting muscle of the upper lip, the ...
(from the article "nervous system, human") ...of the maxillary sinus, (3) the nasal and palatine nerves, which serve portions of the nasal cavity and the mucosa of the hard and soft palate, and (4) the infraorbital, ...
(from the article "nervous system, human") ...and gingiva and the lining of the maxillary sinus, (3) the nasal and palatine nerves, which serve portions of the nasal cavity and the mucosa of the hard and soft ...
(from the article "flower") ...(see photograph), as in roses and petunias, in which case it is termed regular or actinomorphic. A bilaterally symmetrical flower, as in orchids (see photograph) and snapdragons, is irregular or ...
genus of about 15 species of tropical American orchids, family Orchidaceae, that are cultivated as ornamentals. All species grow on other plants and have egg-shaped pseudobulbs (swollen stems) that bear ...
(from the article "Zygopetalum") Zygopetalum flowers have green petals and sepals, spotted with purple or brown, and a white lip streaked with purple. Two similar species, Z. mackayi and Z. intermedium, are commonly cultivated ...
(from the article "Zygopetalum") Zygopetalum flowers have green petals and sepals, spotted with purple or brown, and a white lip streaked with purple. Two similar species, Z. mackayi and Z. intermedium, are commonly cultivated ...
(from the article "Zygophyllales") Zygophyllaceae, or the bean caper family, is a loose-knit assemblage of 22 genera and 285 species that mainly grow in the desert or saline environments of temperate and tropical regions. ...
the creosote bush order of dicotyledonous flowering plants, consisting of 2 families (Zygophyllaceae and Krameriaceae), 27 genera, and about 300 species. Members are herbs or shrubs, rarely hemiparasites, and largely ...
(from the article "snake") ...(prezygapophyses and postzygapophyses) from the centra, with articulating surfaces that lie above and below; and finally the zygosphenes and zygantra, found almost exclusively in snakes, the zygosphene being a projecting ...
(from the article "algae") In freshwater organisms especially, the fertilized egg, or zygote, often passes into a dormant state called a zygospore. Zygospores generally have a large store of food reserves and a thick, ...
(from the article "development") ...of the diploid parents; gametes from the two parents immediately reunite to form a diploid embryo, without an intervening haploid generation. The male sperm fertilizes a female ovum to form ...
(from the article "Holocaust") ...camps, the Nazis used mobile gas vans. Elsewhere, they built permanent gas chambers linked to the crematoria where bodies were burned. Carbon monoxide was the gas of choice at most ...
any of a group of proteins that display no catalytic activity but are transformed within an organism into enzymes, especially those that catalyze reactions involving the breakdown of proteins. Trypsinogen ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "gastric gland") The intermediate gastric glands produce most of the digestive substances secreted by the stomach. These glands are narrow tubules composed of three major cell types: zymogenic, parietal, and mucous neck ...
city, eastern Kazakhstan, on the Beryozovka River in the southern Altai Mountains. Zyryan is an important centre of the lead- and zinc-mining industry, which first came into being when rich ...
Of the independent nations that emerged after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia had appeared to be among the most eager to embrace the free market. For many, however, ... [1 Related Articles]
town, Slaskie wojewodztwo (province), south-central Poland, in the Carpathian Mountains on the Sola River near the border with Slovakia. It lies at the foot of Grojec Mountain, ...
(from the article "Chopin, Frederic") ...mother or eldest sister playing the piano. By six he was already trying to reproduce what he heard or to make up new tunes. The following year he started piano ...
(from the article "MTV") ...wave icons Duran Duran, who used increasingly sophisticated techniques to make the visual elements of the video as important as the music. MTV also gave renewed life to veteran performers ...
