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- Swan is any of various large, long-necked water birds of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely related geese in the subfamily ...16 KB (2,404 words) - 00:35, 27 February 2023
- A weighing scale ("scale" in common usage) is a device for measuring weight, often of a person. Balances measure the mass of an object and are used in science to obtain ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 18:33, 17 April 2023
- The Book of Micah (Hebrew: ספר מיכה) is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, traditionally attributed to Micah the prophet. It presents ...12 KB (1,872 words) - 00:26, 19 November 2023
- Red panda is the common name for a mostly herbivorous, bamboo specialized mammal, Ailurus fulgens, that has soft, thick, reddish or reddish brown fur, a large, bushy, faintly ...17 KB (2,708 words) - 02:48, 8 December 2022
- Vinegar is a sour liquid produced from the fermentation of diluted alcohol products, which yields the organic compound acetic acid, its key ingredient. Used in many cultures as ...21 KB (3,152 words) - 20:25, 3 May 2023
- The word Amen (Hebrew: אמן, meaning "Firm" or "Verily," Arabic آمين ’Āmīn) is a declaration of positive affirmation found in the Hebrew Bible, the ...6 KB (852 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- An acid-base reaction is a chemical reaction that occurs between an acid and a base. Several concepts exist which provide alternative definitions for the reaction mechanisms involved ...18 KB (2,642 words) - 07:40, 14 June 2023
- Saint Seraphim of Sarov (Russian: Серафим Саровский) (July 19, 1759 – January 2, 1833), born Prokhor Moshnin (Прохор Мошнин), is one of the most ...6 KB (862 words) - 09:54, 26 January 2023
- Samarkand ( Samarqand, Самарқанд ), is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. One of the oldest cities of Central Asia, the city ...15 KB (2,116 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- Abydos (Arabic: أبيدوس, Greek Αβυδος), is one of the most ancient cities of Upper Egypt, dating back to the late prehistoric era. About 11 km (6 miles) west of the ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
- Hanukkah ( חנוכה ), the Jewish Festival of Rededication (also known as the Festival of Lights) is an eight-day Jewish holiday marking the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem ...28 KB (4,314 words) - 19:38, 29 January 2022
- Pecan is the common name for a large, North American deciduous hickory tree, Carya illinoinensis, characterized by alternate, pinnately compound leaves, deeply furrowed bark, ...12 KB (1,631 words) - 07:10, 23 November 2022
- The term potash has more than one meaning. In a narrow sense, it refers to the salt potassium carbonate (K2CO3). In a broader sense, it is a generic term for various water-soluble ...6 KB (830 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- Crotalinae, whose members are commonly known as pit vipers (or pitvipers, pit-vipers), is a subfamily of venomous vipers (family Viperidae) characterized by the presence of a ...19 KB (2,781 words) - 19:53, 7 May 2020
- Tick is the common name for any of the small, bloodsucking, parasitic arachnids (class Arachnida) in the families Ixodidae (hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks), as well as ...25 KB (3,763 words) - 17:14, 18 April 2023
- Class Branchiopoda :Subclass Phyllopoda :Subclass Sarsostraca Class Remipedia Class Cephalocarida Class Maxillopoda :Subclass Thecostraca :Subclass Tantulocarida :Subclass Branchiura ...12 KB (1,751 words) - 19:04, 4 June 2020
- Gamma rays (γ rays) is the popular name applied to gamma radiation, the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation and thus the electromagnetic radiation with the shortest ...16 KB (2,549 words) - 04:20, 18 April 2024
- Basalt is a common, gray to black volcanic rock. It is usually fine-grained due to rapid cooling of lava on the Earth's surface. It may be porphyritic containing larger crystals ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 03:22, 1 January 2022
- Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain (Arabic: مملكة البحرين Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn), is an island country in the Persian Gulf and is the smallest Arab nation. ...38 KB (5,603 words) - 05:46, 26 August 2023
- Cumin (IPA pronunciation [ˈkʌmɪn] The pronunciations /ˈkuːmɪn/ and /ˈkjuːmɪn/ are becoming increasingly common. sometimes spelled cummin) is the common name for a small ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
