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- compositional style, taking inspiration from the works of Béla Bartók and ... including Fritz Reiner, who conducted the premiere of the Symphonietta ...5 KB (687 words) - 14:08, 17 May 2021
- In common terminology, wind is the flow of air. In a broader sense ... spatial scale, speed, geographic location, the types of forces producing ...17 KB (2,718 words) - 10:56, 15 May 2023
- The aeolian harp (also æolian harp or wind harp) is a musical instrument ... The aeolian harp takes its name from the Greek god of the wind, Aeolus ...11 KB (1,668 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- in 1937 for her immensely successful novel, Gone with the Wind, that was published in 1936. The novel is one of the most popular books of all time, selling ...11 KB (1,758 words) - 04:02, 6 November 2022
- A wind tunnel is a research tool developed to assist with studying ... apparatus to determine drag and did some of the first experiments in aviation ...21 KB (3,348 words) - 10:57, 15 May 2023
- performed by a small number of performers with one performer to a part. The word "chamber" signifies that the music can be performed ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- Harpy is the singular form for the mythical creatures called Harpies ... The word Harpy in English comes from Old French harpie from the Latin ...9 KB (1,453 words) - 22:03, 14 December 2022
- The solar wind is a stream of charged particles — a plasma — ejected ... The solar wind creates the heliosphere, a vast bubble in the interstellar ...23 KB (3,443 words) - 00:46, 4 February 2023
- A windmill is a machine with rotating blades that is designed to convert ... Most modern windmills, more appropriately called wind turbines, are ...16 KB (2,438 words) - 10:59, 15 May 2023
- lines, on mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas, on temples or homes ... in a kindred relationship throughout the history of Buddhist expansion ...13 KB (1,933 words) - 20:32, 8 September 2023
- Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the ... Flutes produce sound by directing a focused stream of air below the ...17 KB (2,413 words) - 21:52, 26 December 2023
- non-tropical coasts and in inland areas, the most common constituent is ... harmless, and children have fun playing in the sand. One must take appropriate ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 03:11, 23 December 2022
- classical music that has been performed at the Imperial court for several ... Komagaku and togaku arrived in Japan during the Nara period (710-794 ...5 KB (702 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- A sedimentary rock is one of the three main rock groups, the other ... of rock that covers about 75 percent of the Earth's land area. They ...11 KB (1,524 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- The Adriatic Sea is part of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Italian ... The sea's western coast runs the length of Italy, while the eastern ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- Literature. She is considered to be one of the most prominent writers of ... both southern Presbyterian missionaries. The family was sent to Zhenjiang ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- sophisticated musical works. Serenades of the eighteenth and nineteenth ... a type of cantata performed outdoors. From the Classical period until now ...10 KB (1,496 words) - 09:55, 26 January 2023
- object, whether it is a planet (like the earth), a planet’s moon ... Human knowledge of the magnetosphere dates from 1958 when the first ...23 KB (3,695 words) - 05:21, 5 November 2022
- hill of sand formed by eolian (aeolian, or wind-related) processes. Dunes ... Some coastal areas have one or more sets of dunes running parallel ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 17:21, 12 February 2024
- c.e.) was a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher, the third of the philosophers ... Thales, the first philosopher of Ionia, conceived the original being ...7 KB (1,024 words) - 19:08, 26 July 2023
- The Arapaho tribe of Native Americans historically lived on the eastern ... After adopting the Plains culture, Arapaho bands separated into two ...23 KB (3,297 words) - 21:30, 11 August 2023
- being struck, shaken, rubbed, and scraped with an implement, or by any other ... The word, "percussion," has evolved from the Latin terms: ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 00:31, 24 November 2022
- In Mesopotamian religion Shamash was the Akkadian name of the sun ... In addition to being the god of the sun, Shamash was also the deity ...13 KB (2,138 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
- Sediment is any particulate matter that is transported by the flow ... Sediments may be transported by the action of streams, rivers, glaciers ...10 KB (1,554 words) - 17:44, 25 January 2023
- An aurora is a natural display of glowing light in the night sky, ... as aurora borealis or northern lights, and the southern counterpart is called ...25 KB (3,925 words) - 17:52, 22 August 2023
- Typha is a genus of perennial herbaceous plants in the Typhaceae family ... provide important ecological values. The plants are often home to many ...10 KB (1,542 words) - 15:57, 11 November 2022
- :This article is about the wooden implement. [[Image:Boomerang.jpg ... or tribal origin and intended function. The most recognizable type is ...18 KB (2,904 words) - 19:33, 20 November 2023
- A turbine is a rotary engine that extracts energy from a fluid flow ... Turbines are often part of a larger machine. Nearly all of the electrical ...17 KB (2,749 words) - 00:22, 3 May 2023
- mathematician and aerospace engineer at the National Advisory Committee ... After 34 years as a NASA engineer, she become manager of both the ...16 KB (2,224 words) - 08:41, 10 March 2023
- of Fire"), is an archipelago at the extreme southern tip of South ... The total area is 73746|km2|sqmi|0|lk=on|abbr=on about two-thirds of ...14 KB (2,164 words) - 23:33, 30 April 2023
- The Van Allen radiation belt (or Van Allen belt) is a torus of energetic ... uniformly distributed around its surface. On the Sun side, it is compressed ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 14:17, 3 May 2023
- essays, and short stories, most notably in the fantasy and science fiction ... Le Guin was one of the pioneers of a sub-genre of science fiction ...24 KB (3,578 words) - 13:45, 3 May 2023
- In geology and environmental science, erosion is the displacement ... a certain degree of erosion is healthy for the ecosystem. Excessive erosion ...24 KB (3,723 words) - 21:23, 20 March 2024
- The Namib Desert is a coastal desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola ... The desert's aridity is caused by the descent of dry, warm air ...11 KB (1,703 words) - 01:13, 11 November 2022
- Outer space (often called space) consists of the relatively empty ... For practical purposes, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale ...19 KB (2,762 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- Acer pseudoplatanus, and all members of the genus Platanus. These trees ... Ficus sycomorus is the sycamore (or sycomore) of the Bible. It is ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 01:53, 27 February 2023
- were as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and as Blanche ... #039;s best-selling historical novel Gone with the Wind. She heard that a film ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 17:29, 16 August 2023
- The flugelhorn (also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or Flügelhorn—from ... It resembles a trumpet, and the tube has the same length but a wider ...12 KB (1,704 words) - 20:41, 28 December 2023
- Snow is a type of precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice ... Snow can act as an insulator that conserves the heat of the Earth ...18 KB (2,780 words) - 21:42, 30 January 2023
- Enûma Eliš (also transliterated Enuma Elish) is the Babylonian or ... on seven clay tablets. This epic is one of the most important sources for ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- The piccolo (Italian for 'small') url= http://www.merriam ... is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical ...12 KB (1,743 words) - 20:24, 26 December 2023
- The Great Plains are the broad expanse of prairie and steppe that ... The region covers almost 500|mi|km east to west and 3000|mi|km ...26 KB (3,847 words) - 07:33, 4 January 2024
- A wind instrument (or aerophone) is a musical instrument that contains ... without the use of strings or membranes (which are respectively chordophones ...37 KB (5,471 words) - 15:52, 11 March 2024
- also known as Cyclonic Storm Akash) marked the first named tropical cyclone ... The storm initially brought heavy rainfall to the Andaman and Nicobar ...14 KB (1,970 words) - 06:52, 12 January 2024
- :This article is about the astronomical term. [[Image:Solar eclips ... A corona is a type of plasma "atmosphere" of the Sun or ...16 KB (2,478 words) - 03:34, 8 January 2024
- The didgeridoo (also known as a didjeridu or didge) is a wind instrument ... in length with most instruments measuring around 1.2|m|ft|abbr=on ...18 KB (2,678 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- [[Image:Nez-perce-couple-teepee-1900.jpg|right|thumb|200 px|A tipi ... skins or birch bark and popularized by the Native Americans of the Great ...15 KB (2,483 words) - 23:39, 30 April 2023
- films that featured elaborate performances with swimming, diving and "water ... skills. The film was second only to Gone with the Wind as the most successful ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 04:22, 22 March 2024
- The igloo or iglu is the traditional shelter of Inuit living in the ... A similar construction is the quinzhee, which is a shelter made by ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 13:41, 4 February 2023
- The Arabian Sea is located in the northwestern part of the Indian ... The Sea provides an important link between the neighboring areas of ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting ... habitable but to serve other functions using the height of the tower. For example ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 16:19, 29 April 2024
- Hickory is the common name for any of the deciduous trees comprising ... Reflecting the concept of bi-level functionality, members of this ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:46, 25 January 2023
- one of Hollywood's legendary figures, with leading roles in more than ... Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind but the teaming failed ...9 KB (1,222 words) - 21:24, 20 March 2024
- The scientific definition of a machine is any device that transmits ... available. Generally these devices decrease the amount of force required to ...16 KB (2,145 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- is an example of a gravity current--that is, the material falls or slides under ... An avalanche is one of the major dangers faced in the mountains. A ...28 KB (4,333 words) - 07:09, 23 August 2023
- artists like James Brown and Sly and the Family Stone in the late 1960s ... driven by sixteenth-note divisions of the beat; crisp and active rhythm ...12 KB (1,982 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- that act on any celestial body exposed to the harsh space environment. Airless ... == History: Space weathering on the Moon == [[Image:Weatheredrim.jpg ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 17:14, 14 October 2022
- is a form of hydropower that exploits the rise and fall in sea levels ... generation and is more predictable than wind energy and solar power. In ...18 KB (2,762 words) - 23:26, 30 April 2023
- and Romanian physicist, whose writings in the 1920s sparked a surge of interest ... Oberth was the son of Dr. Julius Oberth, the head of a Saxon family ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 10:20, 22 January 2024
- a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent ... The coastal area of Provence was settled by Greeks and Phoenicians ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 08:21, 2 December 2022
- Bel and the Dragon is an apocryphal Jewish story which appears as ... Bel and the Dragon and other deuterocanonical books were included ...11 KB (1,817 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- was a celebrated pre-Islamic Arabian poet of the sixth century, circa 500-535 ... but he was also the subject of condemnation because of the content ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 12:38, 4 March 2024
- Rhett Butler in the 1930 epic film, Gone With the Wind, in which he starred ... the role of Miss Pittypat in Gone With the Wind) who encouraged him ...25 KB (3,981 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting ... Formerly, most parachuting was performed by the military forces of ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- The conifers, division Pinophyta, also known as division Coniferae ... in gardens and enjoyed in nature around the world for their quiet beauty ...19 KB (2,759 words) - 20:26, 15 May 2020
- 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French group Les Six. He composed ... com Grove Music] Retrieved January 3, 2008. the keyboard dominated much of ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- Ryōkan (良寛) (1758-1831) was a Zen Buddhist monk of the Edo period ... Ryōkan (良寛) was born at Izumozaki in Echigo Province, on the ...10 KB (1,696 words) - 18:27, 22 December 2022
- The Takla Makan (also Taklamakan or Taklimakan) is China's largest ... The constantly shifting sands and extreme weather conditions of the ...10 KB (1,621 words) - 00:52, 21 April 2023
- some type of marching or other movement with musical performance. Instrumentation ... Marching bands are generally categorized by function and by the style ...19 KB (2,908 words) - 03:09, 6 November 2022
- :This article is about arid terrain. It should not be confused with ... mineral deposits that were formed in the arid environment or exposed ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 09:55, 29 January 2024
- The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, encompasses ... The Thar Desert's name derives from the word t'hul, the ...14 KB (2,193 words) - 15:08, 30 April 2023
- Ragweed is the common name for any of the various wind-pollinated ... The scientific name of this genus is sometimes claimed to be derived ...14 KB (2,083 words) - 17:20, 16 April 2023
- The Shoshone (also spelled Shoshoni) are a Native American tribe with ... Possibly the most famous member of the Shoshone tribe was Sacagawea ...26 KB (4,027 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
- Pollination, an important step in the reproduction of seed plants ... Plants, being immobile, normally require agents for the transport ...25 KB (3,659 words) - 00:17, 12 April 2023
- attach a ship or boat to a specific point at the bottom of a body of water ... of a large mass, such as a rock, resting on the seabed, and it is usually ...30 KB (5,219 words) - 01:04, 9 January 2023
- 3, 1931) was a conductor, violinist, and the most internationally known ... in a poor peasant family in Sortelung on the Danish island of Funen, not ...14 KB (2,062 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- Khayyám contributed a number of insights to the development of geometry, algebra ... known as a poet, and particularly for the volume The Rubaiyat of Omar ...11 KB (1,780 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- name is Yongshu, also self nicknamed The Old Drunkard 醉翁, or The ... In his prose works, Ouyang followed the example of Han Yu, promoting ...18 KB (2,877 words) - 05:59, 18 November 2022
- 1190) was a Japanese Buddhist priest-poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura ... and other seasonal and miscellaneous topics. The Mimosusogawa utaawase (“Poetry ...14 KB (2,344 words) - 18:56, 22 December 2022
- The reed organ is a keyboard instrument that operates via bellows ... Most pressure wind type reed organs were built in Europe, although ...24 KB (3,811 words) - 03:00, 8 December 2022
- Holst is most famous for his orchestral suite The Planets. Having studied at the Royal College of Music in London, ...22 KB (3,380 words) - 18:13, 24 July 2023
- generally using electromagnetic induction. The source of mechanical energy ... and have led to many modern advances. In the future, we may see electrical ...16 KB (2,450 words) - 15:52, 13 February 2024
- The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Babylonia and arguably ... The essential story tells of the spiritual maturation of the heroic ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- She is probably best known, however, as the sister of famous English Romantic ... Dorothy Wordsworth was born in Cockermouth, Cumberland. She was the ...12 KB (1,881 words) - 21:07, 13 August 2020
- "lap organs," which were built in the United States around 1840 ... The melodeon is the forerunner of the more familiar pump organ reminiscent ...14 KB (2,056 words) - 04:20, 9 November 2022
- 1866 – March 1, 1912) is considered to be the first world-level Russian ... Moscow High Engineering College. Alhough the career of civil engineering ...6 KB (842 words) - 03:37, 7 December 2022
- Aerodynamics is a branch of fluid dynamics concerned with studying ... Aerodynamics forms the scientific basis for heavier-than-air flight ...26 KB (3,914 words) - 06:23, 15 June 2023
- rapidly and repeatedly changes in pitch from the vocal or chest register (or ... In Alpine folk music, it was probably developed in the Swiss Alps ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- or thermal energy generated and stored in the Earth) or naturally replenished ... The term renewable energy is often used interchangeable with alternative ...57 KB (8,258 words) - 20:49, 29 April 2020
- known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the VOC (United ... The Enlightenment had placed humanity at the center of the world, ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- The oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family ... Because the oboe's penetrating sound and expressive abilities ...18 KB (2,745 words) - 19:53, 17 November 2022
- Weasel is the common name for various carnivorous mammals in the genus ... Originally, the name "weasel" was applied to one species ...13 KB (1,923 words) - 18:44, 17 April 2023
- Pecan is the common name for a large, North American deciduous hickory ... The pecan provides an important food resource for many animals, including ...12 KB (1,631 words) - 07:10, 23 November 2022
- forms of diagonal bracing (called "wind braces") to stabilize ... standardized dimensional lumber has become the dominant construction method ...26 KB (4,085 words) - 06:40, 1 April 2024
- The respiratory system is an integrated network of organs and tubes ... Harmony is seen in the fact that the respiratory system in animals ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 19:44, 16 April 2023
- A fishing reel is a device used for the deployment and retrieval of ... is generally given credit for inventing the first fishing reel in America ...18 KB (3,010 words) - 00:51, 30 July 2022
- and piano miniatures, and founder of the American Academy in Rome and ... MacDowell is considered among the first American composers to achieve ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 23:45, 12 February 2024
- The Crab Nebula (catalog designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a ... This nebula was the first astronomical object identified with a historical ...23 KB (3,450 words) - 06:15, 11 January 2024
- ; named after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands) is the southernmost ... Cape Horn is widely considered to be the most southerly point of South ...25 KB (3,990 words) - 19:32, 25 November 2023
- The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name ... of differing sizes and pitches. It is the largest such instrument family ...30 KB (4,861 words) - 10:42, 19 December 2023
- "forethought") is the Titan honored chiefly for ... ===Place among the gods=== Prometheus was a son of the Titan Iapetus ...12 KB (1,993 words) - 23:54, 1 December 2022
- Energy independence is self-sufficiency in terms of the availability ... having useful energy available in adequate amounts to meet the needs ...14 KB (1,937 words) - 20:52, 8 February 2023
- global coupled ocean-atmosphere phenomenon. The Pacific Ocean signatures, ... The atmospheric signature, the Southern Oscillation (SO) reflects ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 00:07, 13 February 2024
- into useful mechanical power or motion. If the engine produces kinetic energy ... ==Usage of the term "engine"== Originally, an engine was ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- Dà Xué (大學 or 大学), usually translated as The Great Learning ... Prior to this popularization, the Da Xue had previously been a single ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 14:25, 13 May 2020
- Surf fishing is the sport of catching fish while standing on the shoreline ... including tide, moon phase, current, wind, weather, water temperature ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 23:52, 26 February 2023
- recordings, Winston came to prominence with his 1980 album Autumn, which ... recordings brought him acclaim, and allowed the world to enjoy his music, ...27 KB (3,773 words) - 21:17, 29 October 2023
- Ski jumping is a winter sport in which skiers go down an inrun with ... Ski jumping, like skydiving, is a sport practiced by those who enjoy ...18 KB (2,601 words) - 22:45, 29 January 2023
- ], pentekostē [hēmera], "the fiftieth day") is one of ... Pentecost is also called Whitsun, Whitsunday, or Whit Sunday in the ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- The Sanskrit word dvaita means "dualism". For definition ... This school was established as a new development in the Vedanta exegetical ...14 KB (2,041 words) - 17:24, 12 February 2024
- flat surfaces which revolve or oscillate. The most common applications of ... climate control, cooling systems, personal wind-generation (such as an electric ...28 KB (4,570 words) - 00:41, 25 March 2024
- composer, and pianist. John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and ... over 100 million singles, making him one of the most successful artists of ...19 KB (3,014 words) - 17:42, 13 February 2024
- The Holy Spirit refers to the third person of the Trinity in Christianity ... The Trinitarian doctrine of the Holy Spirit as a distinct "person ...27 KB (4,354 words) - 11:19, 2 February 2024
- The Sunshine Policy was the foreign policy of South Korea towards ... policy in a vastly improved climate from the authoritarian South Korean ...14 KB (2,030 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- The ozone layer is a layer in Earth's atmosphere that contains ... The ozone in this layer absorbs most of the Sun's high-frequency ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- The grass family, Poaceae, is one of the largest plant families, and ... While the Poaceae family comprises those species that are botanically ...14 KB (2,146 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United ... in both the novel and the movie Gone With The Wind. That myth argued that ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- The Earth's atmosphere is a layer of gases surrounding our planet ... The atmosphere protects and sustains life on Earth in a variety of ...24 KB (3,540 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- The Liezi (列子 in Chinese characters, Lièzĭ in pinyin) is a Daoist ... The text is divided into eight thematically-organized chapters, each ...18 KB (2,907 words) - 22:49, 25 October 2022
- A season is one of the major divisions of the year, generally based ... In some tropical and subtropical regions, where the amount of precipitation ...16 KB (2,431 words) - 17:37, 25 January 2023
- The Tripitaka Koreana (lit. Goryeo Tripitaka) or Palman Daejanggyeong ... Buddhist scholars consider the Tripitaka Koreana the best preserved ...7 KB (985 words) - 17:42, 2 May 2023
- Populus is a genus of deciduous trees in the flowering plants family ... The Populus genus is native to most of the Northern Hemisphere, including ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (original: The Rime of the Ancyent ... The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was the first poem in the volume; ...18 KB (2,959 words) - 15:42, 30 April 2023
- This article is about the Roman philosopher. For the Native American ... [[Image:Seneca.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Seneca the Younger]] ...18 KB (2,996 words) - 09:45, 26 January 2023
- Buddhism. Hinduism's oldest scripture, the Rig Veda, contains hymns of ... The word Deva likely derives from the Proto-Indo-European deiwos, ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 10:11, 29 January 2024
- #039;s atmosphere. Almost 90 percent of all the incoming cosmic ray particles ... sources--ranging from energetic processes on the Sun all the way to the farthest ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- flos), also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found ... The flower structure contains the plant's reproductive organs ...22 KB (3,368 words) - 15:42, 21 January 2023
- The Black Hills are a small, isolated mountain range rising from the ... The Hills, which cover an area 125 miles long and 65 miles wide, include ...27 KB (4,267 words) - 18:05, 31 October 2023
- woodlands, and lakes, preserving much of the Mount Desert Island associated ... Acadia National Park is the only national park in New England and ...12 KB (1,894 words) - 07:17, 14 June 2023
- Dinosaur Provincial Park is located in the valley of the Red Deer ... park is well known for being one of the largest known dinosaur fossil ...13 KB (1,881 words) - 15:24, 29 January 2024
- The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all ... Trombones are usually characterized by a telescopic slide with which ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 17:59, 2 May 2023
- Hanuman (from the Sanskrit "having a large jaw") is an important ... Hanuman is one of the more popular deities in the Hindu pantheon, ...19 KB (3,063 words) - 19:40, 29 January 2022
- Shaanxi province, China) was one of the greatest Chinese strategists ... Zhuge Liang is considered the most popular Chinese hero and statesman ...18 KB (2,855 words) - 06:03, 13 June 2023
- conductor, band leader, and author of the late nineteenth and early ... effects that became emblematic of the genre. Among his best known ...15 KB (2,115 words) - 07:04, 3 August 2022
- His most famous works is Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)... The Little ... Saint-Exupéry disappeared on the night of July 31, 1944 while flying ...18 KB (2,919 words) - 06:45, 31 July 2023
- was a Scottish broadcasting executive. As the general manager of the BBC ... in Scotland John Charles Walsham Reith was the youngest, by ten years, of ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 00:36, 10 February 2023
- Shoshone National Forest was the first federally protected National ... Three major mountain ranges are partially in the forest: the Absaroka ...41 KB (6,175 words) - 20:03, 21 April 2023
- The San Juan Archipelago is a group of islands in the Pacific Northwest ... The islands were named by the Spanish Francisco Eliza who explored ...22 KB (3,191 words) - 03:09, 23 December 2022
- Aesop (also spelled Æsop, from the Greek Αἴσωπος – Aisōpos) is the figure traditionally credited with the collection ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- Tracy is still widely considered one of the most skillful actors of his ... In 1999, the American Film Institute named Tracy among the Greatest ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 19:15, 7 February 2023
- they have been and are still flown all over the world. See also gliding and ... A "glider" is an unpowered aircraft. The most common types ...22 KB (3,495 words) - 08:00, 24 January 2023
- The Scopes Trial (often called the Scopes Monkey Trial) was a highly ... The Scopes Trial (Scopes v. State, 152 Tenn. 424, 278 S.W. 57 (Tenn ...29 KB (4,801 words) - 17:27, 25 January 2023
- The World Trade Center in New York City (sometimes informally referred ... The center was initiated in 1960 by a Lower Manhattan Association ...31 KB (4,719 words) - 11:15, 19 May 2023
- addition to charting more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs ... Travis is considered a pivotal figure in the history of country music ...14 KB (2,016 words) - 00:35, 8 December 2022
- The America’s Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta ... During the year of the first World's Fair, American boatbuilders ...31 KB (4,811 words) - 02:52, 24 July 2023
- ions that gush into space from regions near the Earth's poles. The faint ... An ion is an atom, group of atoms, or subatomic particle with a net ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
- Willow is the common name for any of the deciduous trees and shrubs ... moist soils in cold and temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Some ...16 KB (2,517 words) - 21:53, 25 November 2022
- known under various other names, including the stage name Lan Ping (Chinese: ... watching foreign movies, especially Gone with the Wind. It also revealed that ...14 KB (2,214 words) - 20:36, 3 April 2024
- of Jeju Special Self-Governing Province) is the only self-governing province ... For most of the island's history, Jeju-do had little contact ...15 KB (2,191 words) - 18:01, 2 April 2024
- As a member of the angiosperms or flowering plants, monocots (and ... Monocots dominate great parts of the earth and comprise the majority ...8 KB (1,275 words) - 13:12, 10 March 2023
- A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose ... has existed since prehistoric times. Though the human voice is likely to have ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- brass, woodwind, and percussion sections. The term orchestra derives from ... In the history of Western musical tradition, the evolution of symphony ...22 KB (3,200 words) - 00:24, 30 May 2023
- is known as an airbase or air station. The terms airfield, airstrip, ... one runway or helipad (for helicopters), with other components such as terminal ...33 KB (5,029 words) - 20:47, 27 October 2023
- 1984) was an American writer, best known for the novel Trout Fishing in America ... Brautigan's work captured the zeitgeist of the 1960s youth culture ...15 KB (2,156 words) - 20:54, 16 April 2023
- The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched of the brass instruments ... Among the instrumental groups of definite pitch in the modern symphony ...17 KB (2,861 words) - 18:39, 2 May 2023
- form, source, or technology differing from the current popular forms, sources ... The term alternative energy also is used for energy derived from sources ...73 KB (10,796 words) - 08:37, 23 July 2023
- of folk music and rock music. Originally the term referred to a genre that ... Folk rock had antecedents in the labor movement of the 1930s, notably ...14 KB (2,208 words) - 06:14, 1 April 2024
- Bird migration refers to the regular (and often seasonal) journeys ... The most common pattern among the migratory birds of Europe and North ...22 KB (3,318 words) - 17:57, 31 October 2023
- Weathering is the process of disintegration of rocks and soils and ... and chemical. Mechanical weathering involves the breakdown of rocks and soils ...18 KB (2,677 words) - 22:02, 11 June 2020
- chalk-like sedimentary rock. It consists of the fossilized remains of diatoms ... Given that diatomite is produced from the remains of waterborne diatoms ...8 KB (1,106 words) - 12:00, 29 January 2024
- officer and explorer. Fremont mapped most of the Oregon Trail and climbed the ... Fremont was the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office ...16 KB (2,336 words) - 16:59, 5 April 2024
- The Pacific Ocean (from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful ... With Asian countries on the western Pacific rim projected to continue ...29 KB (4,365 words) - 06:11, 18 November 2022
- The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the opening ... The Golden Gate Bridge was the largest suspension bridge in the world ...15 KB (2,265 words) - 13:23, 19 December 2022
- Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from ... . He is considered one of the best pitchers ever to have played the game. ...22 KB (3,298 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- recorded over 40 live and studio albums, the biggest body of her work being ... rhythm and blues singing to a higher level with her ease at storytelling through ...29 KB (4,661 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- Percy Bysshe Shelley (August 4, 1792 – July 8, 1822) was one of ... figure in his own time, but he became the idol of later generations ...20 KB (3,154 words) - 00:32, 24 November 2022
- Catamarans can be sail- or engine-powered. The catamaran was first discovered ... Catamarans are a relatively recent introduction to the design of boats ...20 KB (3,218 words) - 17:50, 30 November 2023
- in the United States since Gone with the Wind (1936) and still at ... seller in the United States since Gone with the Wind. Both the novel and ...24 KB (3,406 words) - 16:05, 28 November 2023
- The General Electric Company, or GE ( GE and services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York. ...27 KB (3,816 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- Korea. Korean folk dancers perform Geom-mu with special costumes, dance motions ... Geom-mu originated during the later portion of the Three Kingdoms ...7 KB (1,083 words) - 06:54, 18 April 2024
- bonghwang; Vietnamese: Phượng Hoàng) is the name of two Chinese mythological ... Often viewed as the sacred union of male and female, Feng being male ...9 KB (1,360 words) - 17:17, 26 March 2024
- Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system, ... This planet is heavily cratered and appears similar to the Moon. It ...35 KB (5,451 words) - 16:12, 9 November 2022
- The State of Wyoming is a state in the western region of the United ... Wyoming has the distinction of being a state that provided several ...36 KB (5,337 words) - 14:13, 20 May 2023
- Poppy is the common name for any of the plants comprising the Papaver ... The flower color of poppy species include: white, pink, yellow, orange ...16 KB (2,490 words) - 11:58, 13 February 2022
- A tornado is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact ... Most tornadoes have wind speeds of 110 miles per hour (mph) (175 kilometers ...56 KB (8,507 words) - 00:50, 20 February 2024
- The Spanish Armada or Great Armada was the Spanish fleet that sailed ... The Armada was sent by King Philip II of Spain, who had been king ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- The most common design today uses a thin membrane that vibrates in ... In a condenser microphone, also known as a capacitor microphone, the ...49 KB (7,389 words) - 10:39, 10 March 2023
- The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a federally ... The Crow had migrated west to the plains where they adopted the lifestyle ...27 KB (4,037 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- measure atmospheric pressure. It can measure the pressure exerted by the atmosphere ... pressure predicts stormy weather" is the basis for a primitive weather ...9 KB (1,410 words) - 08:09, 20 September 2023
- The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife refuge in northeastern ... on Alaska's North Slope. It extends from the Beaufort Sea on ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- Mauritania is a land dominated by sand and barren soil, located on ... Once magnificent settlements, these ksour began their decline in the ...17 KB (2,566 words) - 04:37, 4 March 2023
- enterprises he conducted in Paris: The Banque Générale and the ... A gambler, banker, murderer, royal adviser, exile, and adventurer ...21 KB (3,378 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
- best known for his invention of the barometer. In addition he ... Torricelli was born in Faenza Papal States, near Ravenna, Italy. The ...8 KB (1,143 words) - 04:50, 23 March 2024
- The Solar system (or solar system) Capitalization of the name varies ... is the home stellar system for human beings and all known forms of ...60 KB (9,448 words) - 15:09, 27 April 2023
- politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to ... His main focus as Prime Minister was on the economy, but in the end ...20 KB (2,989 words) - 09:22, 19 January 2024
- poems. He is best known for his books about the teddy bear, Winnie the Pooh ... Milne's generosity lives beyond him. Royalties from the Pooh ...15 KB (2,362 words) - 06:49, 13 June 2023
- The Sun is the star at the center of the Earth's solar system ... About 74 percent of the Sun's mass is hydrogen, 25 percent is ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- Date palm or date is the common name for a palm tree, Phoenix dactylifera ... While the term "date palm" by itself typically is associated ...25 KB (3,862 words) - 22:43, 28 March 2023
- The Arctic Circle is the parallel of latitude that runs 66° 33' ... ==The Geometry of the Circle== The Arctic Circle marks the southern ...9 KB (1,433 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the Sun and ... from a nebula that collapsed to produce the solar system, about five billion ...28 KB (4,322 words) - 00:05, 8 January 2024
- and actor. He is generally regarded as the most influential filmmaker ... Tarkovsky, son of the prominent poet Arseny Tarkovsky, was a product ...16 KB (2,516 words) - 20:10, 26 July 2023
- In Western tonal music a key is the central aural reference point ... Although the key of a piece may be named in the title (e.g. Symphony ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 03:32, 6 October 2022
- eroded buttes, pinnacles and spires blended with the largest protected mixed ... The Badlands Wilderness, designated by Congress in 1976, is located ...20 KB (3,121 words) - 05:36, 26 August 2023
- had been constructed on a site that had been the scene of much suffering. First ... were added. In addition, features making the temple convenient and safe ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- to more than 100 micrometers in diameter. The field of aerosol science and ... and sea spray. Human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, also ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 08:57, 18 November 2022
- in a garden, lawn, or agricultural field. The term often is used to describe ... Weeds may be unwanted because they are unsightly, or they limit the ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 22:25, 11 June 2020
- as "Kan-Yu" which means 'The Law of Heaven and Earth.’ ... Feng shui is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement ...33 KB (4,875 words) - 13:00, 21 January 2023
- excess salt and other minerals from water. The term desalination may also ... or irrigation, or, if almost all of the salt is removed, for human ...20 KB (2,876 words) - 09:52, 29 January 2024
- :This article is about the aviation term. [[Image:FA-18 Hornet breaking ... In aerodynamics, the sound barrier usually refers to the point at ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- on their mineral and chemical composition, the texture of the constituent ... The Earth's crust (including the lithosphere) and mantle are ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 02:25, 16 December 2022
- He was founder of the Woodcraft Indians and one of the founding pioneers ... Seton is also recognized, along with William Bartram, John Audubon ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 19:33, 13 February 2024
- Soil is the mixture of minerals, organic matter, liquids, and gases ... and shelter to many animals, and it is the home to bacteria, fungi, and ...27 KB (4,112 words) - 15:59, 14 October 2022
- company of Dutch and British origins. It is the second largest private sector ... The company's main business is the exploration for and the production ...44 KB (6,285 words) - 21:48, 16 April 2023
- Telemetry is a technology that allows the remote measurement and reporting ... using a radio frequency system to implement the data link), but can also refer ...8 KB (1,232 words) - 05:33, 27 February 2023
- part of Scarlett in the epic film Gone with the Wind, director David O. ... *Lambert, Gavin. GWTW: The Making of Gone with the Wind. Bantam, 1976 ...25 KB (3,800 words) - 03:56, 27 February 2023
- A lichen is a composite organism composed of a fungus (the mycobiont ... The body (thallus) of most lichens is quite different from that of ...19 KB (2,789 words) - 22:35, 25 October 2022
- The Aleuts (Unangax, Unangan or Unanga) are the indigenous people ... They received assistance and support from the Russian Orthodox missionaries ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- Tokelau is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific ... 40 to 55 miles (60km to 90km) of open sea. The three atolls are located in ...17 KB (2,411 words) - 03:53, 1 May 2023
- structure traditionally used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia. The ... a modern tent, apart from its portability—the structure packs up small ...18 KB (2,825 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the ... The honorees are selected based on excellence in music, dance, theater ...22 KB (2,997 words) - 16:12, 20 July 2023
- The history of the flag dates back to at least Roman times. The study ... National flags can be important patriotic symbols with varying interpretations ...25 KB (3,938 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- was an Italian composer. As a student of the Neapolitan School and a follower ... who became a Dominican monk and helped the composer in his old age, and ...9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- (born June 17, 1882, Oranienbaum (in the Soviet times Lomonosov) near ... Russian period: L'Oiseau de feu ("The Firebird") (1910), Petrushka ...32 KB (4,790 words) - 16:04, 12 February 2024
- The Dutch Empire is the name given to the various territories controlled ... With Dutch naval power rising rapidly as a major force from the late ...20 KB (2,997 words) - 18:52, 24 August 2020
- and thunderstorms that produces strong wind and flooding rain. A tropical ... The adjective "tropical" refers to both the geographic origin ...68 KB (9,719 words) - 18:20, 2 May 2023
- of Sino-Japanese Buddhism, especially among the Chinese school of Hua-Yen ... Derived largely from the teachings of the Mahavairocana Sutra and ...10 KB (1,419 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- Welsh poet who is widely considered one of the most influential English-language ... Dylan Thomas was born in the coastal city of Swansea, Wales. His father ...9 KB (1,416 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- ) is an ancient Greek word meaning the "right or opportune moment ... Kairos time is usually perceived as a time of crisis. With this in ...9 KB (1,381 words) - 22:33, 4 October 2022
- The Baltic Sea is a semi-enclosed inland sea located in Northern Europe ... Similar to the Black Sea, the Baltic is one of the most brackish bodies ...25 KB (3,903 words) - 03:20, 17 September 2023
- Dendroclimatology is the science of determining past climate conditions ... By combining multiple tree-ring studies (sometimes with other climate ...10 KB (1,555 words) - 00:41, 27 July 2022
- born pianist, composer and champion of the saxophone and the Concert ... not otherwise be well known. By utilizing the music of cultures other than ...9 KB (1,396 words) - 00:35, 24 November 2022
- Atmospheric chemistry involves study of the chemistry of the atmospheres ... for photosynthesis, and water vapor for the precipitation that replenishes ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- A lake (from the Latin word lacus) is an inland body of water, not ... Some have defined a lake as a water body with a minimum surface area of ...31 KB (4,835 words) - 05:36, 4 March 2023
- aesthetician, actor and playwright. At the age of 12 he attracted the ... Zeami wrote more than 50 plays for the Noh theater, as well as Fūshi ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 05:44, 13 June 2023
- Wang Xizhi (Wang Hsi-chih, 王羲之) (303 – 361) was the most celebrated ... Wang Xizhi’s most famous work is Lantingji Xu (Preface to the Poems ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 22:52, 3 May 2023
- The Griffin (sometimes spelled gryphon or griffen, gryphos in Ancient ... Griffins have had a rather consistent physiology throughout the ages ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 19:20, 31 January 2023
- The Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica in Portuguese) is a region of ... Because of its isolation from the Amazon Basin by a drier region to ...10 KB (1,472 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- called an airplane or aeroplane, (from the Greek: aéros- "air" ... large airliners and military cargo aircraft. The term also embraces aircraft ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- Sedimentology encompasses the study of modern sediments such as sand, ... and understanding the processes that deposit them. Gary Nichols, Sedimentology ...11 KB (1,469 words) - 17:45, 25 January 2023
- The trio of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash are a folk ... was an instant hit. When Neil Young joined the supergroup, their first album ...21 KB (3,245 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- 6, 1542) was a poet and ambassador in the service of Henry VIII. Although ... While the Renaissance in literature began centuries earlier in Italy ...9 KB (1,558 words) - 22:57, 30 April 2023
- writer who lived in Chang'an during the Tang dynasty. Liu Zongyuan ... Born in Chang'an, Liu Zongyuan was promoted very rapidly in the ...10 KB (1,465 words) - 20:53, 3 November 2022
- lines called a "ballad meter" with simple repeating rhymes, often ... In traditional and preliterate societies, the ballad served to carry ...9 KB (1,452 words) - 05:56, 26 August 2023
- more effective action of one domain on the other. The most basic tools are simple machines. For example, a hammer typically ...10 KB (1,479 words) - 17:21, 18 April 2023
- forms when separate drops of water fall to the Earth's surface from ... Rain plays a role in the hydrologic cycle in which moisture from the ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 00:07, 8 December 2022
- Recreation Area are adjacent to it on the southwest and south, respectively ... The park, which lies along the northwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau ...19 KB (2,793 words) - 22:09, 25 November 2023
- A balloon is a flexible bag normally filled with a gas, such as helium ... tapped from rubber trees and can be filled with air, helium, water, or any ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- Lincoln. He was a staunch supporter of the Union and of the emancipation ... Chi. In 1861, he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Illinois ...10 KB (1,420 words) - 06:55, 8 April 2024
- The Sahara, located in Northern Africa, is the world's largest ... Immediately after the last ice age, the Sahara was a much wetter place ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western ... scenes depicted in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind). Union troops occupied ...22 KB (3,369 words) - 11:49, 14 November 2021
- of air in a tubular resonator in sympathy with the vibration of the player ... vibratory length of tubing, thus changing the available harmonic series ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- Japanese 公案) is a story, dialog, question, or statement from the ... some aspect of Zen teaching, and a test of the student’s understanding; ...33 KB (5,103 words) - 03:57, 4 March 2023
- The Taiping Rebellion was a large-scale revolt, waged from 1851 until ... Most accurate sources put the total deaths during the fifteen years ...20 KB (2,973 words) - 00:49, 21 April 2023
- The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari, 平家物語) is an epic ... The Tale of the Heike was compiled in 1240 by an unknown author from ...10 KB (1,591 words) - 17:35, 30 April 2023
- ) is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in Hindu and Buddhist ... beauty and elegance that are proficient in the art of dancing. They are the ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- The climate of India comprises a wide range of weather conditions ... influence its climate, particularly in the Himalayas in the north and ...54 KB (7,582 words) - 22:06, 7 January 2024
- a Hindu god. He is in close communication with Nature, and is said to rule ... However, in the post-Vedic period, as Hindu religion became more internalized ...11 KB (1,709 words) - 22:13, 30 November 2022
- It can have a substantial impact on the ecosystem and agriculture ... and harm the local economy. [http://www.lilith-ezine.com/articles/environmen ...11 KB (1,569 words) - 09:42, 15 January 2023
- The Serengeti Plain, located in north-central Tanzania, (Africa) is ... A significant portion of the Serengeti Plain is protected and preserved ...11 KB (1,686 words) - 09:56, 26 January 2023
- Ivy (plural ivies) is the common name for any of the evergreen woody ... The term ivy also is used more broadly to refer to any climbing or ...11 KB (1,636 words) - 03:54, 13 March 2024
- or “spiritual energy” that pervades the natural world. It constitutes ... The idea of qi represents one of the unique and foundational elements ...20 KB (2,999 words) - 20:26, 20 February 2024
- Micheri, Italy) was a marine biologist with a great interest in anthropology ... Heyerdahls's voyages across the Atlantic and across the Pacific ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- bar. Pole jumping competitions date back to the ancient Greeks, as well as ... over natural obstacles in places such as the marshy provinces of Friesland ...22 KB (3,728 words) - 00:14, 12 April 2023
- book, Silent Spring, is often credited with having launched the global ... Her first three books, “Under the Sea Wind”, “The Sea Around ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- 544 – 496 B.C.E.) was a Chinese author of The Art of War (Chinese: 兵, ... The Art of War is a systematic guide to strategy and tactics for rulers ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 13:53, 28 April 2023
- perennial and aromatic herbs and shrubs in the daisy family Asteraceae, characterized ... Many of the plant components that are so vital to the survival and ...26 KB (3,665 words) - 12:12, 7 November 2021
- Wellington is the capital of New Zealand, the country's second ... Like many cities, Wellington's urban area extends well beyond ...30 KB (4,384 words) - 20:30, 18 January 2024
- winning Italian-American film director and the creative force behind a string ... after=Victor Flemingfor Gone with the Wind |- before=Billy Wilderfor ...21 KB (3,350 words) - 05:01, 9 April 2024
- (0.2 - 2 inches) in diameter, and with even larger stones coming ... golf ball. They form inside thunderclouds as the result of updraft and down ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- mystic and poet who is now revered as one of the most influential Persian poets ... have had a good education, or instead found the means to educate himself. ...10 KB (1,669 words) - 16:39, 21 January 2024
- Stephen, located in Bourges, France. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Bourges. It is based on the Notre-Dame in Paris but with significant differences ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 19:58, 20 November 2023
- body of poetry, Gray is considered to be the most important poet of the ... to a number of other poets; most notably the Romantics Coleridge and Wordsworth ...10 KB (1,574 words) - 21:15, 30 April 2023
- A prominent figure in popular music during the latter half of the twentieth ... Blind from infancy, Wonder signed with Motown Records as a pre-adolescent ...21 KB (3,235 words) - 00:45, 26 February 2023
- In Norse mythology, Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of ... The mother of these two gods was, according to the Heimskringla (a ...22 KB (3,533 words) - 02:30, 16 November 2022
- was a popular US jazz saxophonist and one of the premier saxophonists of the ... in his own right) grew up jamming regularly with their father (Segell 2005 ...11 KB (1,729 words) - 16:53, 9 November 2022
- :This article is about plasma in the sense of an ionized gas. The ... In physics and chemistry, a plasma is one of the four principal states ...35 KB (5,311 words) - 07:58, 24 November 2022
- Moss is the common name for any of the small, green, non-vascular ... or seeds, and their simple leaves cover the thin wiry stems. At certain ...21 KB (3,181 words) - 01:43, 11 March 2023
- In general terms, geothermal energy is thermal energy (the energy ... In terms of alternative energy, geothermal energy is the energy that ...43 KB (6,456 words) - 20:26, 13 December 2023
- day Bratislava, Slovakia. His music reflects the transition from the Classical ... As the bridge between the classical and romantic eras, Hummel showed ...12 KB (1,784 words) - 14:45, 1 August 2022
- Her family was artistically talented and the four siblings included brothers ... Although Rossetti's poetry was largely overlooked in the wake ...11 KB (1,551 words) - 21:11, 10 December 2023
- A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa. There are more than ... Roses are members of the family Rosaceae, which is one of the largest ...22 KB (3,504 words) - 21:40, 15 August 2022
- and public figure. He is considered among the most influential figures in ... Yeats came to maturity at the beginning of the twentieth century and ...21 KB (3,324 words) - 15:42, 6 May 2023
- Flight is the process by which an object achieves sustained movement ... In eighth century Cordoba, Ibn Farnas studied the dynamism of flight ...11 KB (1,730 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- The Yi Jing ("Book of Changes" or "Classic of Changes ... Though the Yi Jing is often cryptic to the point of obscurity (especially ...32 KB (4,741 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
- Albatrosses are large seabirds in the biological family Diomedeidae ... Albatrosses range widely in the Southern Ocean (South Pole Ocean or ...44 KB (6,634 words) - 04:58, 17 June 2023
- 16, 1880 - August 7, 1921), was probably the most gifted lyrical poet produced ... He was the one of the leading figures of the Russian Symbolist movement ...11 KB (1,565 words) - 05:13, 17 June 2023
- :This article is about the device. [[Image:Apollo 15 descends to splashdown ... A parachute is a device used to slow the descent of a person or object ...30 KB (4,644 words) - 07:42, 18 November 2022
- The plow (British spelling plough) is a tool used in farming for initial ... by horses. In industrialized countries, the first mechanical means of ...30 KB (5,003 words) - 08:06, 24 November 2022
- are used to harden, burn, or dry materials. The firing of kilns requires a ... Primitive kilns date back to the early days of civilization and are ...23 KB (3,896 words) - 23:03, 3 March 2023
- or contracts to a certain extent, and when the force is released, the spring ... Simple, non-coiled springs, such as the bow (used with an arrow), ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 16:14, 8 February 2023
- Iowa is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America ... A north central state, it forms a bridge between the forests of the ...28 KB (4,107 words) - 18:56, 7 February 2023
- In chemistry, isomers are molecules that share the same chemical formula ... fulminic acid (prepared by Justus von Liebig the previous year), its properties ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 05:56, 11 March 2024
- " meaning "to burn from the Sun"), are circular raised ... The Zoroastrians place a great deal of importance on maintaining ritual ...11 KB (1,659 words) - 04:48, 1 May 2023
- Han Shan, was a legendary figure associated with a collection of poems from ... on tree trunks or rock faces, or written on the walls of caves or houses. ...19 KB (3,199 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2021
- Hydroelectricity is electricity produced by hydropower—that is, ... about 715,000 megawatts (or 19 percent) of the world's electricity ...23 KB (3,052 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2024
- Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 11, 1957) was the pseudonym ... quot; after death; and, hence, liberation from the world. ...12 KB (1,797 words) - 07:38, 15 April 2024
- The bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that ... As music in the Christian Church in Europe evolved, the practice of ...40 KB (6,257 words) - 11:08, 20 September 2023
- entity mentioned several times in the Hebrew Bible, and in the Christian ... The correct plural can be written as cherubim or cherubs; the former ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 18:30, 8 December 2023
- The potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping of round ... The techniques of jiggering and jolleying can be seen as an extension ...12 KB (2,032 words) - 05:56, 30 November 2022
- New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern ... In one of the earliest English settlements in the New World, English ...32 KB (4,620 words) - 09:13, 11 March 2023
- less than standard atmospheric pressure. The root of the word vacuum is ... The quality of a vacuum is measured by how closely it approaches a ...37 KB (5,624 words) - 20:38, 21 April 2020
- and was once its state religion. It involves the worship of kami, which can ... (a form of drawing lots), visitation to the shrine celebrating the New ...32 KB (5,118 words) - 14:16, 27 January 2023
- which will takes precedence over intellect. The will is traditionally understood ... Voluntarism (from the Latin: voluntas, meaning ‘will’) is a theory ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 21:03, 3 May 2023
- having directed several great classic films, The Maltese Falcon, The Asphalt ... put it. Paul Newman once called Huston "the eccentric's eccentric ...23 KB (3,526 words) - 06:02, 3 August 2022
- wore black dresses and posed for a portrait with his statue following his death ... The sequence in the book and film of Gone with the Wind in which the heroine ...23 KB (3,744 words) - 01:46, 11 March 2023
- Mount Everest--also known as Sagarmatha or Chomolungma--is the highest ... The most famous of the previous challengers was the British adventurer ...31 KB (4,841 words) - 17:06, 10 November 2022
- Enlil (EN = Lord+ LIL = Air, "Lord of the Wind") ... was the name of a major Mesopotamian deity. In early Sumerian inscriptions ...12 KB (1,974 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- The Arabic word Surah (or "Sura" ar|سورة sūrah ... ) is used in Islam to mean a "chapter" of the Holy Qur& ...13 KB (1,852 words) - 23:51, 26 February 2023
- for his flowing melodic lines, Bellini was the quintessential composer of ... a highly musical family, not unusual for the child of an organist and both ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 21:07, 8 May 2020
- The Brooklyn Bridge (originally the New York and Brooklyn Bridge) ... Construction began in January 3, 1870. The Brooklyn Bridge was completed ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 04:35, 22 November 2023
- using his photojournalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York ... reforms toward better living conditions for the thousands of people living ...11 KB (1,754 words) - 01:12, 8 February 2023
- and a Grammy Award nomination―making him the only Canadian recipient of ... time top-grossing film, eclipsing Gone with the Wind. He said he disliked ...51 KB (7,432 words) - 21:43, 10 December 2023
- from fixed-wing aircraft (or airplanes). The word "helicopter" ... land vertically, and fly in reverse or to the side. Their range is subject ...42 KB (6,643 words) - 23:04, 3 February 2022
- Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve is a U.S. National ... The Monument was established on May 2, 1924. A Presidential proclamation ...35 KB (5,657 words) - 06:16, 11 January 2024
- An inuksuk, plural inuksuit, (from the Inuktitut: ᐃᓄᒃᓱᒃ ... When Nunavut became a separate Canadian territory in 1999, the people ...13 KB (1,928 words) - 11:05, 6 March 2024
- The sea in a general sense refers to the ocean or world ocean, the ... algae, plants, fungi, and animals, lives in the sea, which offers a wide range ...69 KB (10,326 words) - 23:04, 22 April 2023
- ::Note: For the Roman god Jupiter please click here. : Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar ...33 KB (5,055 words) - 06:44, 28 February 2023
- The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948 ... The brothers' fundamental breakthrough was their invention of ...67 KB (10,436 words) - 14:04, 20 May 2023
- used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group contains the ... air through nearly-closed lips (called the player's embouchure) ...34 KB (5,196 words) - 19:49, 28 June 2023
- ) was the clandestine copying and distribution of government-suppressed ... Essentially, the samizdat copies of texts, such as Mikhail Bulgakov ...12 KB (1,682 words) - 02:12, 23 December 2022
- a woman, and yet becoming president of both the American Psychological Association ... In her early work in psychology she developed the paired-associate ...14 KB (1,967 words) - 16:15, 7 November 2022
- ) is generally considered the last of three great Romantic poets of ... years were spent in Moscow, where he joined the classicist academy of Professor ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 07:26, 15 April 2024
- Korean mythology represents Dangun Wanggeom as the founder of Gojoseon ... Although myth shrouds the origins of the Korean people, the message ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- myths and legends, and myths concerning the founding of Chinese culture ... Chinese myths are thought to have originated around the twelfth century ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when ... music, even jazz and swing. Dylan performs with the guitar, keyboard, and ...41 KB (6,363 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- The American film industry, often referred to as Hollywood (from the ... such classics as The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Stagecoach, Mr. Smith ...22 KB (3,307 words) - 22:38, 4 July 2022
- Ice is the name given to water in the solid state. In nature, it is ... (phases) and several amorphous forms of ice. The most abundant type of ice ...24 KB (3,832 words) - 17:09, 10 February 2024
- Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system and is ... Like the Earth, Mars has a rocky surface and polar ice caps. Its rotational ...47 KB (7,206 words) - 16:13, 6 November 2022
- mythology and Jewish folklore, associated with sexual temptation, storms ... Historically, the figure of Lilith first appeared in a class of wind ...47 KB (7,623 words) - 08:39, 8 March 2023
- 15, 1888) was an English poet and critic of the Victorian age. He is often ... Arnold was also a major cultural critic, and his views on the moral ...12 KB (1,996 words) - 16:55, 7 November 2022
- Pressure (symbol "p") is the force applied to a surface ... Our understanding of the concept of pressure and our ability to manipulate ...14 KB (2,183 words) - 22:39, 30 November 2022
- and blues and gospel music and originated in the late 1950s in the United States. Rhythm and blues (a combination of blues and jazz) arose in the 1940s ...11 KB (1,733 words) - 01:19, 4 February 2023
- , ostrov Vrangelya) is an island in the Arctic Ocean, between the ... Humans lived as early as 1700 B.C.E. in the region, at the end of ...21 KB (3,205 words) - 14:01, 20 May 2023
- The North Sea is a marginal, epeiric sea on the European continental ... wide, with an area nearing 750000|km2|sqmi . A large part of the European ...64 KB (9,669 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- 29 1888) was a French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists ... and a brief visit to Metz on family matters in the 1840s. ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 00:36, 5 December 2023
- Earth is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance ... Since its formation, the Earth has been transformed through various ...38 KB (5,592 words) - 17:34, 12 February 2024
- in the Italian town from which he takes his name, now Abano Terme ... D’Abano charged exorbitant fees for his services, and this, along ...12 KB (1,811 words) - 05:30, 24 November 2022
- ethnographer who gained prominence in 1962 with his idealized, lyrical book ... of various disadvantaged people, much to the consternation of various relatives ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- – 708 or 710 C.E.), was a Japanese poet of the Nara period who featured prominently ... As an official poet to the court of three successive rulers, Hitomaro ...13 KB (2,022 words) - 02:25, 5 October 2022
- Barley is any annual cereal grass of the genus Hordeum, and in particular ... in health food. Barley ranks fourth among the cereals in terms of total ...12 KB (1,885 words) - 08:08, 20 September 2023
- religion, nature, science, math, and the ethnic origins of man. He ... topics that are not often associated with modern music of the early ...42 KB (6,502 words) - 00:25, 18 November 2022
- 29, 1934) was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in ... profound tragedies. His first wife, unhappy with her marriage and with his ...12 KB (1,882 words) - 07:04, 15 April 2024
- Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the largest tree in the world ... Trees are the largest plants. They are not a single taxon (unit of ...33 KB (4,675 words) - 12:40, 18 April 2023
- Ilaiyaraaja had been the most prominent composer of film music in ... broader Western musical sensibilities into the South Indian musical mainstream ...25 KB (3,368 words) - 16:17, 12 February 2024
- The dizi ( c=笛子]]|p=dízi of bamboo. It is also sometimes known as the di (笛) or hengdi (橫笛 ...13 KB (2,031 words) - 09:18, 15 January 2023
- The Gospel of Matthew (literally, "according to Matthew"; ... The Christian community traditionally ascribes authorship to Matthew ...26 KB (3,813 words) - 14:10, 30 December 2022
- dance artist and theorist, whose work laid the foundations for Laban Movement ... One of the founders of European Modern Dance, Laban raised the status ...13 KB (1,986 words) - 17:40, 22 December 2022
- The Vedic Period (or Vedic Age) (c. 1500 – c. 500 B.C.E.) is ... The literary legacy, however, does take us back to one of very earliest ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- first modern world heavyweight champion and the last of the great bare-knuckle ... a turning point in boxing history. It was the final world-title bout fought ...13 KB (1,938 words) - 06:07, 3 August 2022
- of composition, he was widely known as "the dean of American composers ... Much of the greatness of Copland's art is due to the ways he ...13 KB (1,822 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- |Origin= The term was invented by researcher Colin Andrews in the ... |Definition= A Geometric or abstract pattern formed by the flattening ...27 KB (4,030 words) - 06:27, 11 January 2024
- coastal areas. However, some boats, such as the whaleboat, were historically ... Notable exceptions to this size concept are the Great Lakes freighter, riverboat ...13 KB (1,916 words) - 05:44, 16 November 2023
- jen; Japanese: Daiman Konin) (601 - 674) was the fifth Chan (Buddhist) patriarch ... Hongren emphasized meditation practice, teaching that the Pure Mind ...14 KB (1,945 words) - 17:46, 15 May 2020
- vehicle powered by an engine. It is among the least expensive and most widespread ... uses. They have been a source of unity in the formation of motorcycle clubs ...41 KB (6,307 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- a mountainous equatorial rainforest setting. The Sarawak chamber, in Gua Nasib ... The park, famous for its caves, has been renown for the expeditions ...13 KB (1,774 words) - 17:58, 12 July 2023
- of Lake Huron, located in Ontario, Canada. The main body of the bay lies ... Georgian Bay was the first area of the Great Lakes to be visited by ...13 KB (1,913 words) - 20:21, 13 December 2023
- 6, 1492) was a French composer and poet of the early Renaissance era and ... largely conjectural, he was probably from the vicinity of Béthune in the ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- The Battle of Trafalgar (/trə'fælɡər/, formerly /træfəl ... A Royal Navy fleet of 27 ships of the line destroyed an allied French ...36 KB (5,789 words) - 01:40, 26 September 2023
- Structural engineering is a field of engineering dealing with the ... Structural engineers are most commonly involved in the design of buildings ...56 KB (8,392 words) - 21:05, 26 February 2023
- Ayurveda (Devanāgarī: आयुर्वॆद, the 'science ... system of medicine in South Asia. The earliest literature of Ayurveda ...26 KB (3,585 words) - 06:06, 10 January 2023
- A harmonica is a free reed wind instrument which has roots that may ... The harmonica's first large-scale success came at the hands of ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- athletic dancing style, his good looks and the likable characters that he ... Gene was the third son of James Kelly, a phonograph salesman, and ...40 KB (6,390 words) - 06:42, 18 April 2024
- in Central Africa that is estimated to be the second largest freshwater ... Located at the southern end of the Western Rift Valley, the lake is ...12 KB (1,887 words) - 23:20, 21 October 2022
- Anne Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 - February 7, 2001) was the wife ... Living in the shadow of both fame and tragedy, Lindbergh found her ...12 KB (1,917 words) - 06:54, 28 July 2023
- Parque Nacional Los Glaciares (The Glaciers) is a national park in ... Its name refers to the giant ice cap in the Andes mountain range that ...12 KB (1,865 words) - 02:47, 4 November 2022
- Tengriism (Tengerism, Tengrianism, or Tengrianizm) was the major belief ... The other deities were Umai (a life-giving deity), Erlik (god of the ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- is made up of two electrodes, each coated with a catalyst, separated by an ... on hydrogen can be compact and lightweight, with no major moving parts. In ...40 KB (5,810 words) - 07:10, 15 April 2024
- and teacher who efficiently perfected the art of composition as well ... Alexander's entire family converted to the religion of his grandfather ...12 KB (1,584 words) - 06:31, 20 July 2023
- related materials. It is found on Earth, the Moon, some asteroids, and ... it is found to host many minerals and is the zone through which aquifers ...13 KB (1,996 words) - 03:04, 8 December 2022
- Land pollution is the degradation of earth's land surfaces often ... The Industrial Revolution set in motion a series of events which impinged ...12 KB (1,940 words) - 21:14, 22 October 2022
- :This article is about the astronomical object. [[Image:Pleiades large ... that is held together by its own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
- integration of rock and pop elements into the country genre has earned him ... and live performances, Brooks dominated the country charts in the early ...30 KB (4,330 words) - 07:48, 23 January 2023
- person or “immortal." References to the term “xian” appeared in ... their own concepts of physical immortality. The Eight Immortals ( ...38 KB (6,009 words) - 14:30, 20 May 2023
- Ethylene (or IUPAC name ethene) is a chemical compound with the formula ... Ethylene acts as a hormone in plants, regulating the ripening of fruit ...26 KB (3,781 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- deity whose cult originated at Thebes, in the Upper Kingdom of classical ... cosmological belief system that developed in the Nile river basin from earliest ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- A graphic novel is a type of comic book. As the name suggests, it ... formats than familiar comic magazines, using the same materials and methods ...26 KB (4,043 words) - 12:19, 24 January 2023
- of his day, who coined such phrases as "the great unwashed," "pursuit ... He was the youngest son of General William Earle Bulwer of Heydon ...12 KB (1,914 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2024
- The Paleolithic Age, also known as the Stone Age, encompasses the ... not have records of individual lives or of the achievements of individual ...14 KB (2,116 words) - 06:20, 18 November 2022
- The era of Romantic music is defined as the period of European classical ... #039;s lush score for the film, Gone with the Wind provides an example ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 17:43, 20 December 2022
- ) was a Indian philosopher-sage who founded the Dvaita (dualistic) school ... Little is known about the actual life of Shri Madhvacharya, save for ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 04:55, 5 November 2022
- Goldwyn-Mayer who became popular during the Second World War for her portrayal ... role, but lost to Vivien Leigh for Gone with the Wind. She received critical ...27 KB (3,873 words) - 22:37, 26 July 2022
- The yeti is an alleged ape-like animal said to inhabit the Himalayan ... Nevertheless, the yeti remains one of the most famous creatures of ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 09:58, 23 May 2023
- Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from ... The development of transport vehicles has had an incredible impact ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 02:08, 2 May 2023
- Miyamoto Bennosuke or Miyamoto Musana), was the best-known Japanese swordsman ... but he gradually came to realize that the strategic principles and practical ...36 KB (6,131 words) - 19:22, 9 November 2022
- The Treaty of Shimonoseki (Japanese: 下関条約, "Shimonoseki ... ) in China, was signed at the Shunpanrō Hotel on April 17, 1895, ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 14:58, 2 May 2023
- The evacuation from Dunkirk was the large evacuation of Allied soldiers ... -were rescued from Dunkirk, France, and the surrounding beaches by a hastily ...14 KB (2,148 words) - 15:36, 30 April 2023
- Fossil fuels or mineral fuels are hydrocarbon fuels found within the ... The term "fossil fuels" is based on the widely accepted ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 06:36, 1 April 2024
- gambling, sandy beaches, spectacular view of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the ... Native Lenape inhabited the area prior to the arrival of English settlers ...28 KB (3,984 words) - 06:06, 21 August 2023
- ), the capital city of Bavaria, Germany, is the third largest city ... politics, similar to which Adolf Hitler and the National Socialism emerged ...26 KB (3,859 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- was a well-known mime. He performed all over the world in order to spread the ... paint, soft shoes and a battered hat topped with a red flower. Marceau showed ...13 KB (1,960 words) - 03:05, 6 November 2022
- an emphasis on timbre and rhythm. He was the inventor of the term "organized ... raised by his great-uncle's family in the small town of Villars, in ...13 KB (2,028 words) - 01:30, 16 January 2023
- The Great Wall of China ( t=萬里長城|s=万里长城|p=Wànlǐ Chángchéng ... built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 3rd century B.C.E. and the ...14 KB (2,322 words) - 07:41, 4 January 2024
- Monticello, located near Charlottesville, Virginia, was the estate ... An image of the west front of Monticello was featured on the reverse ...14 KB (2,117 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- Yankari National Park is a large wildlife park located in the south ... The park, at an elevation of about 500 meters (1,600 ft) in the heartland ...13 KB (1,893 words) - 00:54, 17 April 2023
- :This page is about the number and digit 0 or "zero." ... It plays a central role in mathematics as the identity element of the integers ...30 KB (4,810 words) - 06:25, 13 June 2023
- Antigua and Barbuda is a three-island nation located in the eastern ... The islands' indigenous people became virtually extinct not long ...27 KB (3,940 words) - 06:23, 31 July 2023
- and dramatist who is widely considered to be the most important Spanish poet ... In his early years, García Lorca's poetry was marked by the ...13 KB (2,000 words) - 01:58, 26 March 2024
- The First War of Indian Independence was a period of rebellions in ... Mangal Pandey, a Sepoy in the colonial British army, was the spearhead ...43 KB (6,818 words) - 17:25, 28 March 2024
- The Yoeme or Yaqui are a border Native American people who originally ... Throughout their history, the Yaqui remained separate from the Aztec ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- [[image:Moon.crater.arp.750pix.jpg|thumb|right|275px|Lunar astronomy: ... = astron + nomos, literally, "law of the stars") is the science ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 18:26, 19 August 2023
- Magdeburg, the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany ... The city also enjoyed frequent periods of prosperity. The current ...14 KB (2,050 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- The Globe Theatre normally refers to one of three theaters in London ... # The original Globe Theatre, built in 1599 by the playing company ...14 KB (2,143 words) - 08:02, 24 January 2023
- Arches National Park preserves over 2,000 natural sandstone arches—the ... The area, administered by the National Park Service, was originally ...13 KB (1,918 words) - 06:16, 12 August 2023
- , Syriac: ܒܝܪܘܬ) is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. ... Prior to 1975, the country was considered the banking capital of the ...27 KB (4,043 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- This article is about the form of dwelling {{multiple image|perrow ... concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and ...27 KB (3,923 words) - 00:12, 4 February 2024
- was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese School along ... reality in a corporeal world. Along with Schoenberg and Webern he was ...13 KB (1,953 words) - 18:49, 1 January 2023
- The Delaware Crossing was declared to be the moment of George Washington’s ... General Washington was faced with overwhelming military odds and the ...16 KB (2,582 words) - 23:10, 3 May 2023
- The Faeroe Islands (or Faroe Islands, sometimes simply called Faroes ... The Faroes have close traditional ties to Iceland, Shetland, Orkney ...28 KB (4,130 words) - 00:27, 25 March 2024
- [[Image:642px-John Bauer 1915.jpg|thumb|256px|Trolls with an abducted ... The troll is a mythical creature of Scandinavian origin that has become ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name. Nestled in the ... years after its founding, it became known as the "Birthplace of Confederation ...27 KB (3,922 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- The Curse of Ham (also called the curse of Canaan) refers to the curse ... The "curse of Ham" had been used by some members of Abrahamic ...14 KB (2,307 words) - 02:17, 15 January 2023
- The Song of Solomon (Hebrew title שיר השירים, Shir ha-Shirim ... the Tanakh (and Christian Old Testament), which celebrates and interprets ...30 KB (4,683 words) - 01:14, 4 February 2023
- photograph was taken by Maria Reiche, one of the first archaeologists to study ... | Region = Latin America and the Caribbean | Year = 1994 ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:59, 11 November 2022
- Ozone (molecular formula O3) is a minor constituent of the Earth& ... About 90 percent of the ozone in our atmosphere is contained in the ...30 KB (4,607 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- The Dialogue of the Saviour is one of the ancient works of the New ... The Dialogue of the Saviour teaches that the physical body and the ...17 KB (2,741 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- mystic whose writings about salvation and the nature of the cosmos influenced ... Böhme’s ideas about the process of Creation, the primacy of will ...15 KB (2,409 words) - 12:46, 6 November 2021
- Tengri is the supreme god of the old Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic, Bulgar ... Tengri is a probable precursor of the Chinese deity Tian, which became ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 05:42, 27 February 2023
- His trademark was physical comedy with a stoic, deadpan expression ... His career as a performer and director is widely regarded to be among ...28 KB (4,366 words) - 18:53, 22 November 2023
- The term concerto (plural is concerti or concertos) usually refers ... The etymology of the word "concerto" is somewhat problematic ...16 KB (2,475 words) - 16:41, 14 November 2021
- major German lyric poet whose work draws on the classical style of Johann ... Hölderlin was a profoundly spiritual man. The stresses of being a ...14 KB (2,228 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines "planet" ... :(a) is in orbit around the sun; :(b) has sufficient mass for its self ...37 KB (5,416 words) - 07:49, 24 November 2022
- ::For the Roman god Neptune please click here. : Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in our solar ...30 KB (4,444 words) - 16:20, 11 November 2022
- Acorn is the fruit (a nut) of the oak tree (the flowering plant genus ... The acorn provides an important food resource for many animals, including ...14 KB (2,247 words) - 17:31, 16 February 2023
- and a specific period of jazz, known as the Swing Era (roughly the 1930s ... a form of jazz music that developed during the 1920s and had solidified as ...14 KB (2,375 words) - 01:51, 27 February 2023
- Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224 ... planet” or “Earth’s twin,” as the two are similar in size and ...45 KB (7,026 words) - 17:37, 3 May 2023
- William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was the ... against Darwinism, which culminated in the Scopes Trial in 1925. Like ...37 KB (5,377 words) - 11:07, 10 May 2023
- The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. Natural satellites ... The average distance from the Moon to the Earth is 384,403 kilometers ...39 KB (6,162 words) - 13:13, 10 March 2023
- Abuja is both a Federal Capital Territory within the nation of Nigeria ... city. When Nigeria's independence from the United Kingdom necessitated ...14 KB (2,053 words) - 07:06, 14 June 2023
- Sir Moses Haim Montefiore (October 24, 1784-July 28, 1885) was one ... Europe. A devout Jew and defender of the Jewish position, he was a ...14 KB (2,182 words) - 16:59, 10 November 2022
- The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known ... ==History of the Recorder== The recorder was popular from medieval ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- Technology is a broad concept that deals with a species' usage ... today's global economy) and has allowed the rise of a leisure class. Many ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 17:50, 14 November 2022
- Jewish men, although some men and women in the egalitarian Conservative and ... According to the Talmud, a Jewish man is required to cover his head ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- in Chinese, is a volcanic mountain on the border between North Korea ... The Korean name, Baekdu-san, means "white-headed mountain." ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- material of commercial importance and for the common names of two trees ... People have learned to harvest cork in a way that is not harmful to ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:36, 23 May 2020
- radioactive noble gas. It is formed by the disintegration of radium and ... isolated it in 1908 and named it niton (from the Latin word nitens, meaning ...15 KB (2,200 words) - 22:50, 7 December 2022
- popular "Pistachio nut." The term also is used for this ... The pistachio plant has been known and appreciated for centuries as ...15 KB (2,243 words) - 06:19, 24 November 2022
- The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April ... On April 5, the IV Corps of Brigadier General Erasmus D. Keyes was ...15 KB (2,213 words) - 01:43, 26 September 2023
- Uisang (의상625 - 702) was one of the most eminent early Silla scholar ... peopkye to (An Explanatory Diagram on the Garland World System.) He ...15 KB (2,310 words) - 11:28, 18 April 2023
- bulk goods, materials, or equipment. The word "truck" comes ... Lorry is a British term for a truck, but it is used only for the medium ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- South American herb, Chenopodium quinoa in the goosefoot genus (Chenopodium ... Quinoa has been a popular food for people of the higher Andes since ...14 KB (2,175 words) - 15:58, 7 December 2022
- ; also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the People's Republic ... Guizhou sat on the fringe of the Chinese empire until the Ming dynasty ...15 KB (2,085 words) - 08:18, 8 January 2024
- Surfing is a surface water sport in which the participant is carried ... James Cook during his third expedition to the Pacific, that led the group ...15 KB (2,531 words) - 23:54, 26 February 2023
- The Bay of Fundy ( Baie de Fundy ) is located on the Atlantic Ocean coastline of North America, at ...16 KB (2,540 words) - 03:10, 26 September 2023
- Chrysanthemum is the common name and genus name for a group of erect ... in China over 3,000 years ago and reaching the importance of serving as the ...17 KB (2,581 words) - 21:54, 10 December 2023
- are a protected area of IUCN category II. The largest national park in the ... The first national park to be established in the world was Yellowstone ...17 KB (2,403 words) - 02:28, 19 December 2022
- A ceiling fan is a device suspended from the ceiling of a room, with ... In the summer, the direction of rotation of the blades is set to blow ...35 KB (5,762 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- historic national treasure that covers the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains ... of 311 square miles (805 square km) in the northern Virginia Blue Ridge ...14 KB (2,152 words) - 19:57, 21 April 2023
- education of any sort, Carter became one of the foremost archaeologists of ... practices of preservation, which together with respect for descendants of ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- The Gospel of Mark is an ancient koine Greek document that describes ... According to early Church tradition, c. 140 C.E., the author of the ...15 KB (2,392 words) - 20:38, 17 May 2023
- struggled to unite his spiritual yearnings with his love of poetry, and the ... Hopkins was born in Stratford, Essex, as the eldest of nine children ...14 KB (2,348 words) - 20:30, 13 December 2023
- weht(German loosely translated to "The wind of freedom blows") ... Stanford, California. Situated adjacent to the city of Palo Alto, California ...29 KB (4,059 words) - 19:49, 9 February 2023
- , which is often cited as a forerunner to the surrealist theater of the ... Alfred Jarry was born in Laval, Mayenne, France, not far from the ...14 KB (2,108 words) - 08:15, 20 July 2023
- ), a city and a municipal board in Agra district in the state of Uttar ... through architecture. He stands as one of the greatest Mughal leaders in ...14 KB (2,150 words) - 00:44, 25 March 2024
- and civil-rights leader who served in the United States House of Representatives ... Lewis fulfilled many critical roles in the civil rights movement and ...59 KB (8,105 words) - 02:31, 9 February 2023
- of playing Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939). Olivier found ... Academy Award for Best Actress for Gone with the Wind, and the couple suddenly ...43 KB (6,624 words) - 17:52, 25 October 2022
- of functional group that contain nitrogen as the key atom. Structurally amines ... As displayed in the images below, primary amines arise when one of ...18 KB (2,577 words) - 07:02, 25 July 2023
- fields and traveled widely throughout the Roman Empire. His school in ... Posidonius was the first Stoic to admit that passions were an inherent ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- | 3He || 0.000137%* || colspan="4" | He is stable with 1 neutron ... Helium (chemical symbol He, atomic number 2) is a minor component ...32 KB (4,897 words) - 15:19, 25 January 2023
- The Grand Banks is a large area of submerged highlands southeast of ... Extensive marine life flourishes in the Grand Banks, whose range extends ...15 KB (2,318 words) - 20:24, 13 September 2021
- Ephrem the Syrian (306 – 373) was a deacon, prolific writer of hymns ... These were works of practical theology for the edification of the Church ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 19:05, 13 February 2024
- well-known mainly for his world-famous novel The Good Soldier Švejk, an unfinished ... Hašek was born in Prague, Bohemia (then within Austria-Hungary, now ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 22:09, 8 February 2023
- South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United ... Located in the north-central United States, South Dakota is bisected ...41 KB (6,101 words) - 15:37, 4 February 2023
- St. Lawrence Island is an island in the Bering Sea just south of the ... Many believe St. Lawrence Island is one of the last remaining non ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 15:46, 27 April 2023
- that uses radio waves to determine and map the location, direction, and/or ... The term RADAR was coined in 1941 as an acronym for Radio Detection ...32 KB (4,862 words) - 22:43, 7 December 2022
- The monarch butterfly is a large butterfly, Danaus plexippus, that ... The monarch butterfly is perhaps the most well-known of all the butterflies ...17 KB (2,556 words) - 19:53, 9 November 2022
- The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic ... and from the Pacific by the 147° east meridian. The northernmost ...15 KB (2,187 words) - 18:45, 7 February 2023
- ::This article is about the traditional culture of Korea. For the ... The traditional culture of Korea has its mythical beginnings 5000 ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- Cloud seeding, a form of weather modification, is the attempt to change ... Silver iodide and dry ice (solid carbon dioxide) are the most commonly ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- and economist. His monumental History of the Italian Republics in the Middle ... and all his ancestors seem to have borne the name Simonde, at least from ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 17:18, 2 April 2024
- theorist and publisher, and was probably the most influential man outside ... Firmly believing in the importance of education and the acquisition ...17 KB (2,582 words) - 07:16, 15 April 2024
- from premise to conclusion) is drawn on the basis of that similarity. ... An analogy is either the cognitive process of transferring information ...19 KB (2,812 words) - 18:56, 26 July 2023
- refers to an act or event that goes against the ordinary laws of physics, ... proven to be fraudulent, others (such as the Paschal Fire in Jerusalem ...43 KB (6,326 words) - 11:08, 10 March 2023
- Iðunn (romanized "Idun") is one of the goddesses of the ... Despite the lack of any evidence of extensive cultic worship, Idun ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- – March 31, 1855) was an English novelist, the eldest sister of the remarkable ... nineteenth-century England, acutely aware of the limitations of Romantic thought ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 00:38, 5 December 2023
- Flemish composer and music theorist of the late Medieval music/early ... From the evidence of his will, he was probably born in Beersel, in ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 03:20, 25 February 2023
- strings, and vocalists may also be included. The term refers more to the set ... The word "gamelan" comes from the Javanese word "gamel ...37 KB (5,930 words) - 04:08, 18 April 2024
- a rock and roll classic that illustrates the close relationship between ... After the huge success of "Blue Suede Shoes," Perkins was ...15 KB (2,405 words) - 19:21, 26 November 2023
- author and a court lady who is known as the author of The Pillow Book ... Japanese scholars regard The Pillow Book as a model of linguistic ...16 KB (2,769 words) - 02:46, 21 April 2023
- Loon is the common name for fish-eating, aquatic birds comprising ... taxonomic group also provides a function for the ecosystem and for humans. ...16 KB (2,427 words) - 07:53, 9 March 2023
- (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical ... Chemical weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction by ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- (McLean & Elkind, 2003) and was one of the world's leading electricity ... At the end of 2001 it was revealed that Enron’s reports of high ...31 KB (4,550 words) - 18:56, 13 February 2024
- a shortened form of Amasiah, meaning "the Lord carries") is one ... Amos is regarded as the first of the "literary prophets," ...15 KB (2,479 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
- The Wilmot Proviso was introduced on August 8, 1846, in the House ... Texas by treaty had failed to receive the necessary two-thirds approval ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 10:55, 15 May 2023
- The South Pole, also known as the geographic South Pole or Terrestrial ... The South Pole is a central site for environmental research and provides ...23 KB (3,208 words) - 15:38, 4 February 2023
- A Turtle ship was a large warship belonging to the Panokseon class ... and army, Korea had little to oppose him with. The Korean army lacked the ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 00:27, 3 May 2023
- droplets, frozen crystals suspended in the atmosphere above the surface ... On Earth, clouds play an important part in the water cycle (hydrologic ...17 KB (2,628 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- building covered partially or completely with earth, best known from the ... Earth lodges are well-known from the more sedentary tribes of the ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 17:35, 12 February 2024
- The Belize Barrier Reef is a series of coral reefs straddling the ... offshore in the north and 40|precision=0 in the south within the country ...15 KB (2,336 words) - 08:54, 27 September 2023
- The music of China dates back to the dawn of Chinese civilization ... With the establishment of the Republic of China in 1911, there was ...33 KB (4,845 words) - 16:58, 24 October 2023
- Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh ( t=水滸傳|s=水浒传|p=Shuǐhǔ ... ) is one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature ...17 KB (2,616 words) - 23:16, 3 May 2023
- :This article is about tides in the Earth's oceans. ... Tides are the cyclic rising and falling of the Earth's ocean ...37 KB (5,992 words) - 23:32, 30 April 2023
- The English word spirit comes from the Latin "spiritus" ... In Christian theology, the term spirit is used to describe God, or ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- In Greek mythology, Zeus was the highest ranking god among the pantheon ... Zeus is arguably the most identifiable character in all the world ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system ... The Great Barrier Reef can be seen from space and is sometimes referred ...18 KB (2,736 words) - 01:04, 21 January 2023
- and composer, considered to be one of the foremost exponents of progressive ... * Gone with the Wind (1959) Columbia Records * Time Out (1959) Columbia ...37 KB (5,167 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- kingdom by around fourth century B.C.E. in the basins of the Liao and Taedong ... " distinguishes Gojoseon from the later Joseon Dynasty, also ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- to a very high speed and maintaining the energy in the system as rotational ... Most FES systems use electricity to accelerate and decelerate the ...17 KB (2,549 words) - 06:12, 1 April 2024
- Mauna Loa is the largest volcano on earth. It is an active shield ... Kea, another of five volcanoes that form the Island of Hawaii. The Hawaiian ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- such as Stagecoach, My Darling Clementine, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ... | before=Victor Flemingfor Gone with the Wind | after=William Wylerfor ...32 KB (5,047 words) - 05:09, 3 August 2022
- The Río de la Plata (Spanish: "Silver River") — which ... from the rivers' confluence to the Atlantic Ocean. ...17 KB (2,604 words) - 01:41, 15 December 2022
- 11, 1913 – September 3, 1970) was one of the most successful coaches in ... , a butcher, and Brooklyn-born Matilda Izzo, the daughter of a barber, whose ...16 KB (2,531 words) - 20:23, 3 May 2023
- The kinetic energy of an object is the extra energy it possesses due ... a non-moving observer has kinetic energy in the reference frame of this observer ...22 KB (3,694 words) - 14:17, 5 October 2022
- also Man Tin Cheung, Duke of Xingguo, "The Song Dynasty's Top Ranking ... Yangzhou. Wen Tianxiang is considered one of the most famous symbols of loyalty ...16 KB (2,591 words) - 19:07, 21 November 2022
- record-setting test pilot. In 1947 he became the first pilot in history confirmed ... In recognition of his achievements he was awarded the Harmon Trophy ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- "amber") is a general term for the variety of phenomena resulting ... Human ability to harness electricity is one of the keys for the establishment ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- The Glorious First of June (also known as the Third Battle of Ushant ... was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between ...60 KB (9,430 words) - 18:53, 31 December 2023
- of Shinano and Kai Provinces, was one of the preeminent daimyo (feudal ... by Tokugawa Ieyasu and incorporated in the Tokugawa shogunate which united ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 03:54, 27 February 2023
- The City of Rocks is a U.S. National Reserve and state park at the ... The City of Rocks is an extraordinary granite encirclement of rock ...16 KB (2,492 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was one of the ... and almost mystical love of nature. Like the Arts and Crafts Movement, ...16 KB (2,277 words) - 05:05, 9 April 2024
- said about God. This approach, often called the via negativa, is a favorite ... based on two common presuppositions: Given the vast magnitude of divinity ...18 KB (2,832 words) - 16:09, 11 November 2022
