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- category:fix cite refs category:image wanted Flann O'Brien (October 5, 1911 – April 1, 1966) is a pseudonym of the twentieth century Irish ...13 KB (2,105 words) - 17:36, 28 March 2024
- Rust is the material formed when iron or its alloys corrode in the presence of oxygen and water. It is a mixture of iron oxides and hydroxides ...8 KB (1,283 words) - 18:22, 22 December 2022
- Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula NO2. It is one of the several nitrogen oxides. At ordinary temperatures and atmospheric ...7 KB (934 words) - 02:27, 16 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Destruction of Leviathan.png|right|300px|thumb ...15 KB (2,465 words) - 22:16, 25 October 2022
- 2, omit if not a solid --> -3276.75 189.53 not listed |- | NFPA 704 | Health=1 |- non-flammable {{Chembox/OtherAnions|Sodium aluminate ...10 KB (1,388 words) - 19:37, 20 November 2023
- In chemistry, radicals (or free radicals) are atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons in an otherwise open shell configuration. These ...18 KB (2,651 words) - 22:44, 7 December 2022
- Ether is the general name for a class of organic chemical compounds characterized by molecules that contain an ether functional group—an oxygen ...15 KB (2,285 words) - 04:31, 22 March 2024
- If a chemical element can exist in two or more different forms, the forms are known as allotropes of the element, and this type of behavior is ...5 KB (685 words) - 08:09, 23 July 2023
- Ammonium sulfate is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula (NH4)2SO4. It contains 21 percent nitrogen in the form of ammonium ...6 KB (752 words) - 07:39, 25 July 2023
- Redox (shorthand for reduction/oxidation reaction) describes all chemical reactions in which atoms have their oxidation number (oxidation state ...12 KB (1,809 words) - 02:49, 8 December 2022
- The Cyrillic script, Slavonic script, or the Slavic script, is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated ...61 KB (8,412 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- Fluorescein (chemical formula C20H12O5) is a highly fluorescent substance, absorbing light mainly in the blue range and emitting light mainly ...6 KB (892 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2024
- |- | align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Image:Nitric-oxide-2D.png|150px|Nitric oxide]] ...12 KB (1,673 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (August 20, 1778 - October 24, 1842), South American independence leader, was one of the commanders--together ...15 KB (2,196 words) - 17:13, 29 September 2023
- Ultramafic (or ultrabasic) rocks are dark-colored igneous and meta-igneous rocks that are rich in minerals containing magnesium and iron ("mafic ...7 KB (892 words) - 01:30, 3 May 2023
- Feldspar is the name of a group of rock-forming minerals that make up as much as 60 percent of the Earth's crust. Feldspars crystallize ...5 KB (690 words) - 01:58, 26 March 2024
- Donald David Dixon Ronald O’Connor (August 28, 1925 – September 27, 2003) was a dancer, singer, and actor who was discovered at the age of ...17 KB (2,571 words) - 17:21, 30 January 2024
- Ferrites are a class of ferrimagnetic ceramic chemical compounds consisting of mixtures of various metal oxides, usually including iron oxides ...7 KB (1,039 words) - 17:27, 26 March 2024
- José Miguel Carrera Verdugo (October 15, 1785 – September 4, 1821) was a Chilean general, considered one of the founders of independent Chile ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 19:38, 9 May 2024
- Ethylene oxide (chemical formula C2H4O) is an important industrial chemical. It is also known as epoxyethane (IUPAC name), oxirane, and dimethylene ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Mythical creatures [[Image:Banshee.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Banshee. photo by ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 07:29, 20 September 2023
- In zoology, skipper or skipper butterfly is the common name for any of the butterflies comprising the family Hesperiidae, characterized by antennae ...12 KB (1,517 words) - 22:59, 23 April 2023
- The word "acid" comes from the Latin acidus meaning "sour." In chemistry, however, the term acid has a more specific meaning. ...16 KB (2,510 words) - 07:38, 14 June 2023
- A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the interconversion of chemical substances. [http://goldbook.iupac.org/C01033.html Chemical reaction ...12 KB (1,710 words) - 14:43, 5 December 2023
- O ahu (usually Oahu outside Hawaiian and Hawaiian English) is the third-largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 19:38, 17 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Ponzo illusion.gif|250px|thumb|right|An example of the Ponzo ...4 KB (658 words) - 08:51, 24 November 2022
- Birefringence, or double refraction, is the splitting of a ray of light into two rays when it passes through certain types of material, such ...9 KB (1,136 words) - 17:57, 31 October 2023
- In chemistry, chemical synthesis is the purposeful execution of one or more chemical reactions in order to get a product, or several products ...10 KB (1,522 words) - 14:47, 5 December 2023
- Yttrium (chemical symbol Y, atomic number 39) is a lustrous, silvery metal that is found in most rare-earth minerals. It is relatively stable ...12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- Robert O'Hara Burke (1821 - June 28, 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer, who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was ...8 KB (1,267 words) - 01:46, 16 December 2022
- In chemistry, an amide is one of two kinds of compounds: * the organic functional group characterized by a carbonyl group (C=O) linked to a nitrogen ...10 KB (1,423 words) - 06:58, 25 July 2023
- The term xylene refers to a group of three benzene derivatives, each of which has two methyl functional groups attached to the benzene ring. ...10 KB (1,443 words) - 09:56, 22 May 2023
- Wilella Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is among the most eminent American authors. She is known for her depictions of life ...10 KB (1,563 words) - 12:02, 5 May 2023
- Carbonic acid (ancient name acid of air or aerial acid) is a weak acid with the formula H2CO3. It is formed in small amounts when carbon dioxide ...13 KB (2,013 words) - 19:10, 26 November 2023
- Nitroglycerin (NG)—also known as nitroglycerine, trinitroglycerin, and glyceryl trinitrate—is a heavy, colorless, oily liquid obtained by ...11 KB (1,527 words) - 02:27, 16 November 2022
- The veriform appendix or appendix is a narrow, elongated, blind-ended extension of the large intestine of certain mammals. This worm-like tube ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 18:01, 3 May 2023
- <!-- Submit to get this template or go to :Template:Chembox_simple_organic. --> {| id="bioChemInfoBox" align="right" ...9 KB (1,271 words) - 23:04, 30 April 2023
- The tourmaline mineral group is chemically one of the most complicated groups of silicate minerals. It is a complex silicate of aluminum and ...15 KB (2,235 words) - 04:46, 1 May 2023
- Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer whose ground-breaking technical advances and attention to principles ...14 KB (2,015 words) - 18:19, 20 July 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Phi_phenomenom_no_watermark.gif|thumb|right|250 px|Lights ...5 KB (719 words) - 02:33, 21 January 2022
- Ethyl acetate is an organic compound that is an ester derived from the combination of ethanol and acetic acid. Its chemical formula may be written ...8 KB (1,113 words) - 04:36, 22 March 2024
- Polyester is the name for a class of polymers that contain the ester functional group in their main chain. Although some types of polyesters ...8 KB (1,111 words) - 17:38, 9 October 2021
- Wade-Giles ( ˌweɪdˈʤaɪlz ; s=威妥玛拼音 or 韦氏拼音|t=威妥瑪拼音 or 韋氏拼音|p=wēituǒmǎ pīnyīn ), sometimes abbreviated ...13 KB (1,871 words) - 22:05, 3 May 2023
- 0 (zero) is both a number and a numerical digit used to represent that number in numerals. As a number, zero means nothing—an absence of other ...30 KB (4,810 words) - 06:25, 13 June 2023
- Francis Russell O'Hara (March 27, 1926 – July 25, 1966) was an American poet who, along with John Ashbery, James Schuyler and Kenneth ...22 KB (3,437 words) - 05:07, 9 April 2024
- An illuminated manuscript is a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 21:22, 25 February 2018
- Phosgene is the chemical compound with the formula COCl2. This highly toxic gas gained infamy as a chemical weapon during World War I, but it ...10 KB (1,416 words) - 22:44, 28 March 2023
- Balsa is the common name for a fast-growing, tropical American tree, Ochroma pyramidale (synonym O. lagopus), characterized by soft and light ...6 KB (941 words) - 04:22, 11 January 2023
- Category:Public {{Infobox_Biography | subject_name=Georgia Totto O'Keeffe | image_name=Georgiaokeefe.jpg| image_caption=Georgia O’Keeffe ...23 KB (3,732 words) - 07:37, 24 January 2023
- Adolphe Charles Adam (July 24, 1803 – May 3, 1856) was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is ...7 KB (994 words) - 06:12, 15 June 2023
- Oregano is the common name for a perennial herbaceous plant, Origanum vulgare of the mint family (Lamiaceae), characterized by opposite, aromatic ...11 KB (1,590 words) - 01:11, 18 November 2022
- Jadeite is one of the minerals recognized as the gemstone jade. The other mineral recognized as "jade" is nephrite, a green amphibole. ...7 KB (945 words) - 12:38, 6 November 2021
- In chemistry, a base is thought of as a substance which can accept protons or any chemical compound that yields hydroxide ions (OH-) in solution ...21 KB (3,307 words) - 11:03, 20 September 2023
- Abduction, or inference to the best explanation, is a method of reasoning in which one chooses the hypothesis that would, if true, best explain ...14 KB (2,177 words) - 04:43, 14 June 2023
- A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems. The suppers are normally held on ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- José de Sousa Saramago, GColSE ( ʒuˈzɛ sɐɾɐˈmagu ; November 16, 1922 - June 18, 2010) was a Nobel-laureate Portuguese writer, playwright ...13 KB (1,795 words) - 07:37, 27 February 2023
- An acid-base reaction is a chemical reaction that occurs between an acid and a base. Several concepts exist which provide alternative definitions ...18 KB (2,642 words) - 07:40, 14 June 2023
- Category:Politicians and reformers Category:Social workers Category:Biography Mary Morton Kimball Kehew (September 8, 1859 – February 13, 1918 ...8 KB (1,107 words) - 16:13, 7 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Phi_phenomenom_no_watermark.gif|thumb|250px|right|This example ...6 KB (828 words) - 03:00, 24 November 2022
- An aldehyde is an organic compound containing a terminal carbonyl group. This functional group, called an aldehyde group, consists of a carbon ...11 KB (1,651 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- ( sa|देवनागरी , ˈdeɪvəˌnɑgəri ) is an abugida script used to write several Indian languages, including Sanskrit, Hindi, ...27 KB (3,705 words) - 10:12, 29 January 2024
- category:image wanted {{Infobox Writer | name = Flannery O'Connor | image = Flannery-O'Connor 1947.jpg | image size = 150px ...24 KB (3,778 words) - 17:36, 28 March 2024
- Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is the common name for a species of burrowing, heavily built, insectivorous mammal found in Africa. Also known as ...9 KB (1,488 words) - 00:41, 17 December 2022
- O. aries (domestic sheep) O. canadensis (bighorn sheep) O. dalli (dall sheep) O. musimon or O. ammon musimon (European mouflon) O. nivicola (snow ...15 KB (2,449 words) - 21:23, 6 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Linguistics Slang is a set of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard ...15 KB (2,298 words) - 22:49, 29 January 2023
- Amaterasu (天照), Amaterasu-ōmikami (天照大神 or 天照大御神, Japanese: “Great Divinity Illuminating Heaven”) or Ōhiru-menomuchi ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:45, 24 July 2023
- Submit to get this template or go to Template:Chembox_simple_organic. --> {|class="infobox" width="225" style="float:right; ...5 KB (742 words) - 07:29, 12 January 2024
- Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov ( Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов , December 10|1821|November 28 – January 8|1878|December ...7 KB (1,036 words) - 04:13, 15 November 2022
- Uracil is one of the five main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA. The others are adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine. However ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:37, 12 November 2022
- O. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 - June 5, 1910). O. Henry short stories are known for wit ...22 KB (3,541 words) - 10:13, 11 March 2023
- Currier and Ives was an American printmaking firm, headed by Nathaniel Currier (1813–1888) and James Merritt Ives (1824–1895), and based ...14 KB (2,141 words) - 06:47, 12 January 2024
- Protactinium (chemical symbol Pa, atomic number 91) is a member of the actinide series of chemical elements. It is a toxic, highly radioactive ...9 KB (1,150 words) - 08:16, 2 December 2022
- Pyruvic acid (C3H4O3 (CH3COCO2H)) is a three-carbon, keto acid that plays an important role in biochemical processes. At the pH levels of the ...14 KB (1,901 words) - 15:37, 18 June 2015
- Terbium (chemical symbol Tb, atomic number 65) is a silvery-white rare earth metal. The term "rare earth metals" (or "rare earth ...9 KB (1,141 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- |- | align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Image:Phosphoric-acid-2D-dimensions.png|160px|Phosphoric acid]] ...23 KB (3,466 words) - 04:24, 24 November 2022
- Nitric acid (chemical formula HNO3) is one of the most important inorganic acids. Eighth-century alchemists called it aqua fortis (strong water ...19 KB (2,942 words) - 02:25, 16 November 2022
- Category:Public number=8 | symbol=O | name=oxygen | left=nitrogen | right=fluorine | above=- | below=S | color1=#a0ffa0 | color2=green ...23 KB (3,469 words) - 06:02, 18 November 2022
- Aquamarine (Lat. aqua marina, "water of the sea") is a gemstone-quality transparent variety of beryl, having a delicate blue or turquoise ...5 KB (716 words) - 15:58, 11 August 2023
- Panthera is a genus of large, wild cats in the mammalian family, Felidae, and includes the four, well-known living species of the lion (Panthera ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- Lysine is an α-amino acid that is present in many proteins, has low available concentration in certain popular agricultural crops, such as wheat ...10 KB (1,432 words) - 04:39, 5 November 2022
- Pliosaurs were carnivorous, aquatic, Mesozoic-era (251-65 million years ago) reptiles comprising the suborder Pliosauroidea of the Plesiosauria ...11 KB (1,490 words) - 08:04, 24 November 2022
- Leucine is an α-amino acid that is found in most proteins and is essential in the human diet. It is similar to isoleucine and valine in being ...8 KB (1,156 words) - 22:03, 25 October 2022
- Authority control is a term used in library and information science to refer to the practice of creating and maintaining headings for bibliographic ...12 KB (1,766 words) - 19:17, 22 August 2023
- Loyset Compère (c. 1445 – August 16, 1518) was a French composer of the Renaissance period. From the same generation as Josquin des Prez, ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2022
- Shema Yisrael (or Sh'ma Yisroel or just Shema) (Hebrew: שמע ישראל; "Hear, [O] Israel") refers to the most important prayer ...14 KB (2,261 words) - 13:27, 27 January 2023
- Butane, also called n-butane (normal butane), is an unbranched alkane with four carbon atoms in each molecule. Its molecular formula may be written ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 18:43, 23 November 2023
- 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 ...6 KB (830 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- In organic chemistry, functional groups (or moieties) are specific groups of atoms within molecules, that are responsible for the characteristic ...13 KB (1,621 words) - 07:19, 15 April 2024
- Magnetite is a ferromagnetic mineral with the chemical formula Fe3O4and the common chemical name ferrous-ferric oxide, which indicates the mineral ...8 KB (1,145 words) - 05:09, 5 November 2022
- Granite is a hard, tough, igneous rock that is widely distributed in the Earth's continental crust. It is medium- to coarse-grained and ...12 KB (1,794 words) - 12:17, 24 January 2023
- The Book of Nahum is one of the Books of the Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament), and was ostensibly written by the ...15 KB (2,280 words) - 20:35, 17 May 2023
- Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide ...61 KB (8,753 words) - 02:22, 16 December 2022
- Salmonella (plural salmonellae, salmonellas, or salmonella) are any of the various rod-shaped, gram-negative bacteria that comprise the genus ...11 KB (1,577 words) - 01:52, 23 December 2022
- Squids are marine cephalopods (class Cephalopoda, phylum Mollusca) with ten arms and tentacles (at some point in life), secondary armature on ...13 KB (1,807 words) - 15:45, 27 April 2023
- Acetaldehyde, sometimes known as ethanal, is an organic chemical compound with the formula CH3CHO (or MeCHO). It is a flammable liquid with a ...10 KB (1,279 words) - 07:33, 14 June 2023
- Category:Public [[Image:Elektrolyse1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|An apparatus called a Hoffman voltameter is being used for the electrolysis of water ...7 KB (1,039 words) - 04:29, 27 November 2020
- For a chemical reaction to take place, it requires a certain minimum amount of energy, called its activation energy. If a substance can lower ...12 KB (1,789 words) - 17:49, 30 November 2023
- The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes — whistle-like instruments which ...34 KB (5,330 words) - 01:45, 8 December 2022
- |- | align="center" colspan="2" bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Image:Nitrous-oxide-3D-vdW.png|150px|Nitrous oxide - space ...20 KB (2,927 words) - 02:28, 16 November 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Media Organizations The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company ...19 KB (3,020 words) - 05:48, 27 September 2022
