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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
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- 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
- The categorical proposition is a basic concept in Aristotelian or traditional logic (also sometimes called syllogistic or categorical logic) ...12 KB (1,791 words) - 18:00, 30 November 2023
- A space elevator is a proposed structure intended to transport material from the surface of a celestial body, particularly Earth, into space ...39 KB (5,875 words) - 15:17, 27 April 2023
- A covalent bond is a type of chemical bond characterized by the sharing of a pair of electrons between two atoms. In general, a chemical bond ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 06:13, 11 January 2024
- Carboxylic acids are organic acids characterized by the presence of one or more carboxyl groups in their molecules. A carboxyl group consists ...13 KB (1,872 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- Talc (derived from the Persian via Arabic talq) is a mineral composed of magnesium silicate hydroxide. It is extremely soft, with a greasy feel ...8 KB (1,172 words) - 03:55, 27 February 2023
- An electrolyte (or lyte, in abbreviated jargon) is a material containing free ions that can conduct an electrical current. Most electrolytes ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 08:06, 29 December 2021
- Glycine is one of the 20 most common, natural, "proteinogenic" (literally, protein building) standard amino acids. It is the simplest ...10 KB (1,540 words) - 08:03, 24 January 2023
- Diarmaid Mac Murchadha (later known as Diarmaid na nGall or "Dermot of the Foreigners"), anglicized as Dermot MacMurrough (1110 - May ...16 KB (2,466 words) - 01:09, 2 July 2020
- Zhang Guo Lao (張果老) (Chang Kuo Lao in Wade-Giles) is one of the Eight Daoist Immortals who is generally thought to have lived during the ...10 KB (1,682 words) - 15:18, 3 December 2022
- Garnet is a group of minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives. Garnets are most often seen in red, but are ...18 KB (2,682 words) - 04:33, 18 April 2024
- Category:Public {| class="toccolours" border="1" style="float: right; clear: right; margin: 0 0 1em 1em; border-collapse: ...30 KB (4,607 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- Camphor is a waxy, white or transparent solid with a strong, aromatic odor. J. Mann, et al., Natural Products: Their Chemistry and Biological ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 18:58, 25 November 2023
- Formic acid (systematic name methanoic acid) is the simplest carboxylic acid. Its formula is HCOOH or CH2O2. In nature, it is found in the stings ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- Silicones (more accurately called polymerized siloxanes or polysiloxanes) are mixed inorganic-organic polymers. Their general chemical formula ...15 KB (2,090 words) - 22:06, 29 January 2023
- Category:Economists Leontief, Wassily Wassily Leontief (August 5, 1905 – February 5, 1999) has been associated with the quantitative economics ...15 KB (2,137 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- The term supersonic is used to define a speed that exceeds the speed of sound—a speed that is referred to as Mach 1. However, supersonic airflow ...7 KB (968 words) - 23:49, 26 February 2023
- Box jellyfish is the common name for any of the radially symmetrical, marine invertebrates comprising the Cnidarian class Cubozoa, characterized ...18 KB (2,631 words) - 20:04, 20 November 2023
- Category:Public [[Image:plasma fountain.gif|thumb|300px|right|The Earth's "plasma fountain," showing oxygen, helium, and hydrogen ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 11:09, 6 March 2024
- Rubidium (chemical symbol Rb, atomic number 37) is a soft, silvery-white metallic element of the alkali metal group. Rb-87, a naturally occurring ...14 KB (1,892 words) - 20:57, 21 December 2022
- In organic chemistry, an alkene, olefin, or olefine is an unsaturated chemical compound containing at least one carbon-to-carbon double bond ...13 KB (1,908 words) - 22:30, 4 January 2023
- The carbon cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged between the biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere of the ...17 KB (2,593 words) - 23:46, 20 April 2023
- John Blow (1649 – October 1, 1708) was an English composer and organist and is known as the most significant English composer of his time. ...6 KB (993 words) - 16:55, 5 April 2024
- Gerard Manley Hopkins (July 28, 1844 – June 8, 1889) was a British Victorian poet and Jesuit priest. Hopkins sought and struggled to unite ...14 KB (2,348 words) - 20:30, 13 December 2023
- The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a New World mammal of the Felidae family and one of four "big cats" in the Panthera genus, along with ...38 KB (5,659 words) - 01:30, 8 February 2023
- Pyridine is a fundamentally important chemical compound with the formula C5H5N. It is a liquid with a distinctively putrid, fishy odor. Its molecules ...11 KB (1,458 words) - 03:38, 7 December 2022
- Hibiscus is the common name and genus name for a group of about 250 species of shrubs, trees, and herbaceous plants in the mallow family (Malvaceae ...12 KB (1,815 words) - 23:37, 12 February 2022
- Amines are organic compounds and a type of functional group that contain nitrogen as the key atom. Structurally amines resemble ammonia, wherein ...18 KB (2,577 words) - 07:02, 25 July 2023
- Indra is the most important deity in ancient Vedic Hinduism and the supreme deva (god) of the Rigveda scripture. Known as the god of storms and ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 20:00, 4 March 2024
- Dysprosium (chemical symbol Dy, atomic number 66) is a rare earth element that has a metallic, bright silver luster. The term "rare earth ...10 KB (1,193 words) - 17:27, 12 February 2024
- The Hail Mary or Ave Maria (Latin) is a traditional Christian prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. In ...12 KB (1,964 words) - 16:45, 21 January 2024
- A cube English cube from Old French, Latin cubus, Greek kubos, "a cube, a die, vertebra." In turn from PIE *keu(b)-, "to bend, ...8 KB (1,139 words) - 06:42, 11 January 2024
- John Lyly (Lilly or Lylie) (c. 1553 – 1606) was an English writer and playwright, best known for his prose romance Euphues and his comedic ...11 KB (1,875 words) - 06:20, 3 August 2022
- Sulfur or sulphur (see spelling below) (chemical symbol S, atomic number 16) is a yellow crystalline solid at ordinary temperatures and pressures ...22 KB (3,269 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was the American author who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for her immensely ...11 KB (1,758 words) - 04:02, 6 November 2022
- Apatosaurus (Greek ἀπατέλος or ἀπατέλιος, meaning "deceptive" and σαῦρος meaning "lizard"), also ...12 KB (1,721 words) - 01:59, 9 January 2023
- Chloral hydrate is a colorless, solid chemical compound with the formula C2H3Cl3O2. It is soluble in both water and alcohol, readily forming ...12 KB (1,697 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- In geology, the term crust is used for the outermost solid shell of a planet or moon. It is chemically and mechanically different from underlying ...13 KB (1,961 words) - 23:42, 5 May 2022
- Europium (chemical symbol Eu, atomic number 63) is the most reactive of the rare earth elements. The term "rare earth elements" (or ...10 KB (1,254 words) - 04:34, 23 March 2024
- Pumpkin is the common name for large-fruited varieties of several species of trailing and climbing plants of the genus Cucurbita, characterized ...20 KB (2,919 words) - 14:19, 2 July 2022
- The ozone layer is a layer in Earth's atmosphere that contains relatively high concentrations of ozone (O3). It is mainly located in the ...14 KB (2,217 words) - 06:05, 18 November 2022
- The Abbey Theatre, also known as the National Theatre of Ireland, is located in Dublin, Ireland. The Abbey first opened its doors to the public ...16 KB (2,546 words) - 04:42, 14 June 2023
- Sulfuric acid (or sulphuric acid in British English) is a strong mineral acid with the chemical formula H2SO4. It is soluble in water at all ...31 KB (4,778 words) - 21:53, 26 February 2023
- A space habitat, also called a space colony, orbital colony, space city, or space settlement, is a space station intended as a permanent settlement ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 19:03, 7 February 2023
- 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 ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 03:22, 1 January 2022
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- Wang Xizhi (Wang Hsi-chih, 王羲之) (303 – 361) was the most celebrated Chinese calligrapher, traditionally referred to as the Sage of Calligraphy ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 22:52, 3 May 2023
- Scandium (chemical symbol Sc, atomic number 21) is a soft, silvery-white metal. Scandium ore occurs in rare minerals from Scandinavia and elsewhere ...12 KB (1,615 words) - 17:06, 25 January 2023
- Roman Witold Ingarden (February 5, 1893 - June 14, 1970), a Polish philosopher and one of the most important philosophers for phenomenological ...16 KB (2,359 words) - 04:50, 16 December 2022
- Sandra Day O'Connor (March 26, 1930 - December 1, 2023) was an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme ...45 KB (6,555 words) - 21:58, 19 December 2023
- Chlorine (chemical symbol Cl, atomic number 17) is a nonmetal that belongs to a group of chemical elements known as halogens. At ordinary temperatures ...15 KB (2,040 words) - 17:07, 10 December 2023
- The Book of the Dead is the common name for the ancient Egyptian funerary text known as The Book of Coming [or Going] Forth By Day. This text ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- Bill Haley (July 6, 1925 - February 9, 1981) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians, brought this form of music into the American ...21 KB (3,146 words) - 16:05, 31 October 2023
- Asbestos describes any member of a group of minerals that can be fibrous, many of which are hydrous magnesium silicates. It is mined from metamorphic ...20 KB (2,941 words) - 18:08, 16 August 2023
- Trigonometry (from Greek Τριγωνομετρία "tri = three" + "gon = angle" + "metr[y] = to measure") is ...19 KB (2,702 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- category:image wanted Soul music is a musical genre that combines rhythm and blues and gospel music and originated in the late 1950s in the United ...11 KB (1,733 words) - 01:19, 4 February 2023
- Sulfur dioxide (also sulphur dioxide) is the chemical compound with the formula SO2. This important gas is the main product from the combustion ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 21:44, 26 February 2023
- Propane is a three-carbon alkane, normally a gas, but compressible to a liquid that is transportable. It is derived from other petroleum products ...13 KB (1,941 words) - 00:08, 2 December 2022
- Category:Image wanted Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (January 7, 1899 – January 30, 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French group ...8 KB (1,187 words) - 05:16, 30 September 2022
- Gypsum is a very soft mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. It is widespread in nature and is ...8 KB (1,054 words) - 21:52, 28 July 2023
- <!-- Submit to get this template or go to :Template:Chembox simple organic. --> {|class="infobox" style="float:right;" ...11 KB (1,600 words) - 16:26, 9 November 2022
- The gas constant (also known as the molar, universal, or ideal gas constant) is a physical constant that is featured in a number of fundamental ...9 KB (1,458 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- Hydrogen cyanide is a chemical compound with the formula HCN. It is a colorless, very poisonous, and highly volatile liquid that boils slightly ...12 KB (1,685 words) - 13:19, 4 February 2023
- category:image wanted Collation is the assembly of written information into a standard order. This is commonly called alphabetization, though ...17 KB (2,611 words) - 22:32, 7 January 2024
- pH is a measure of the acidity and the basicity/alkalinity of a solution in terms of activity of hydrogen (H+) (strictly speaking, there is no ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 15:20, 29 August 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Mach band.svg|frame|right|Notice the dark band that appears ...4 KB (546 words) - 04:49, 5 November 2022
- Simplicius (c. 470 – c. 560), a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and of Damascius, was one of the last of the Greek Neoplatonists and polymaths ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- Rhodium (chemical symbol Rh, atomic number 45) is a rare, silvery-white, inert metal. It is a member of the platinum group of elements and is ...13 KB (1,685 words) - 20:04, 8 December 2022
- The Tale of Igor's Campaign (Old East Slavic language: Слово о плъку Игоревѣ, Slovo o plŭku Igorevě; Modern Ukrainian: ...10 KB (1,577 words) - 17:34, 30 April 2023
- |- | colspan="6" align="center" | *Boron-10 content may be as low as 19.1% and ashigh as 20.3% in natural samples. Boron-11 ...16 KB (2,239 words) - 19:45, 20 November 2023
- Saint Bridget or Bridgid of Sweden (1303 – July 23, 1373), born as Birgitta Birgersdotter and Birgitta of Vadstena, was a Christian mystic ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 23:04, 20 November 2023
- Propylene glycol, also known by the systematic name propane-1,2-diol, is an organic compound with the chemical formula C3H8O2. Under standard ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 00:24, 2 December 2022
- Valine is an α-amino acid that is found in most proteins and is essential in the human diet. It is similar to leucine and isoleucine in being ...8 KB (1,183 words) - 14:14, 3 May 2023
- Carolina, Baroness Nairne (August 16, 1766 – October 26, 1845), Scottish songwriter, was born in the auld hoose of Gask, Perthshire to Jacobite ...8 KB (1,337 words) - 22:46, 21 October 2022
- Allosaurus was a large (up to 9.7 m long) bipedal (moving on two legs), carnivorous dinosaur that lived during the late Jurassic period, 155 ...11 KB (1,532 words) - 08:09, 23 July 2023
- Stegosaur is the common name for any of the various extinct, plated tetrapods (four-legged vertebrates) comprising the taxonomic group Stegosauria ...16 KB (2,303 words) - 17:18, 21 October 2022
- Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a very pale blue liquid which appears colorless in a dilute solution, slightly more viscous than water. It is a weak ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- Olexandr Petrovych Dovzhenko ( Олександр Петрович Довженко , Александр Петрович Довженко ...12 KB (1,532 words) - 00:07, 18 November 2022
- Alexander Blok Александр Александрович Блок, (November 16, 1880 - August 7, 1921), was probably the most gifted lyrical ...11 KB (1,565 words) - 05:13, 17 June 2023
- Niobium or columbium (chemical symbol Nb, atomic number 41) is a rare, soft, gray metal. It was discovered in a variety of columbite (now called ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 04:59, 15 November 2022
- François Boucher (September 29, 1703 – May 30, 1770) had an unparalleled career as a French painter. His versatility in the popular style ...11 KB (1,576 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- Nikolai Onufriyevich Lossky (Russian: Николай Онуфриевич Лосский) ( December 6|1870|November 24 – January 24, 1965) ...12 KB (1,405 words) - 04:12, 15 November 2022
- Gadolinium (chemical symbol Gd, atomic number 64) is a silvery white metallic element and a member of the lanthanide series of chemical elements ...13 KB (1,750 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- In chemistry, isomers are molecules that share the same chemical formula but differ in the arrangement of atoms. (Isomers in chemistry should ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 05:56, 11 March 2024
- The greenhouse effect is the process in which long wave radiation (infrared) emitted by the earth surface is absorbed by atmospheric gases only ...23 KB (3,592 words) - 23:26, 17 February 2023
- Allan David Bloom (September, 14, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana – October 7, 1992 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American philosopher, essayist ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 18:25, 21 July 2023
- Play is an amusing interaction with people, animals, or things. Play may involve pretend or imaginary interpersonal and intrapersonal interactions ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 01:53, 10 April 2023
- Vanadium (chemical symbol V, atomic number 23) is a rare, silver-gray metal. It is found combined in several minerals and is one of the 26 elements ...15 KB (2,022 words) - 14:18, 3 May 2023
- category:image wanted {{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox |horsename= Seabiscuit |image= [[Image:Seabiscuit statue.png|right|thumb|350px]] ...19 KB (3,089 words) - 17:34, 25 January 2023
- Carlo Gesualdo, known as Gesualdo da Venosa (March 8, 1566 – September 8, 1613), Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, was an Italian composer ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 15:23, 27 November 2023
- John Langshaw Austin (more commonly known as J.L Austin) (March 28, 1911 – February 8, 1960) was a philosopher of language and the main figure ...17 KB (2,638 words) - 06:11, 3 August 2022
- Mezuzah (Heb. מזוזה, literally "doorpost"; pl. mezuzot) refers to a small kosher parchment inscribed with two sections from the ...13 KB (2,058 words) - 16:32, 9 November 2022
- Weathering is the process of disintegration of rocks and soils and the minerals they contain through direct or indirect contact with the atmosphere ...18 KB (2,677 words) - 22:02, 11 June 2020
- A ketone (pronounced as key tone) is either the functional group characterized by a carbonyl group (O=C) linked to two other carbon atoms or ...9 KB (1,318 words) - 03:31, 6 October 2022
- Kate Chopin (born Katherine O'Flaherty) (February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly ...17 KB (2,711 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- Category:Public number=74 | symbol=W | name=tungsten | left=tantalum | right=rhenium | above=Mo | below=Sg | color1=#ffc0c0 | color2=black ...17 KB (2,431 words) - 18:45, 2 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Barber-pole-01.gif|thumb|150px|A Classic Barbershop Pole]] ...4 KB (677 words) - 02:22, 1 January 2022
- Vivien Mary, Lady Olivier (November 5, 1913 – July 8, 1967), known as Vivien Leigh, was an English actress who won two Academy Awards for her ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 17:29, 16 August 2023
- Igneous rocks form when magma (molten rock) cools and solidifies. The solidification process may or may not involve crystallization, and it may ...25 KB (3,680 words) - 13:42, 4 February 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Benham's_Disc.svg|thumb|right|250px|A sample of a Benham ...4 KB (639 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- Othniel Charles Marsh (October 29, 1831 - March 18, 1899) was one of the pre-eminent paleontologists of the nineteenth century, who discovered ...12 KB (1,930 words) - 04:44, 18 November 2022
- Daniel O'Connell (August 6, 1775 – May 15, 1847) (Irish: Dónal Ó Conaill), known as The Liberator, [http://www.irish-society.org/Hedgemaster ...44 KB (6,781 words) - 18:16, 24 January 2024
- The term "Web 2.0" describes the changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aim to enhance creativity ...39 KB (5,412 words) - 23:24, 3 May 2023
- Once thought of as a single mineral species, lepidolite has been recently redefined as a series of minerals in the mica group. [http://www.mindat ...4 KB (543 words) - 00:47, 7 March 2023
- John Byron Nelson, Jr. (February 4, 1912 – September 26, 2006) was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946. A Texas native, Nelson ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 19:11, 24 November 2023
- Bentonite is an absorbent clay consisting mostly of the mineral montmorillonite. It is formed by the weathering of volcanic ash, most often in ...9 KB (1,324 words) - 10:17, 28 September 2023
- Electrical resistivity (also known as specific electrical resistance) is a measure of how strongly a material opposes the flow of electric current ...10 KB (1,366 words) - 04:13, 8 December 2022
- The Book of Habakkuk represents the visionary output of Habakkuk, one of the twelve minor prophets whose works were canonized in the Hebrew Bible ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 00:09, 19 November 2023
- Ethane is a chemical compound with the chemical formula C2H6. It is classified as an alkane, that is, an aliphatic hydrocarbon. It is the only ...16 KB (2,309 words) - 01:40, 19 March 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology Category:Illusion [[Image:Impossible_cube_illusion_angle.svg|200px|thumb|right|An impossible ...5 KB (696 words) - 15:30, 4 February 2023
- Alfonso VIII (November 11, 1155 – October 5, 1214), called the Noble or Él de las Navas, was the King of Castile from 1158 to his death and ...13 KB (2,041 words) - 06:52, 20 July 2023
- The solubility of a chemical substance is a physical property referring to the ability of that substance, called the solute, to dissolve in a ...23 KB (3,483 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- A complex in chemistry usually is used to describe molecules or ensembles formed by the combination of ligands and metal ions. Originally, a ...21 KB (3,125 words) - 00:21, 8 January 2024
- A continent is one of several large landmasses on Earth. Seven areas are commonly considered as continents: Asia, Africa, North America, South ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 19:07, 19 May 2020
- Category:Public {{Infobox_Philosopher | region = Western Philosophy | era = 20th-century philosophy | color = #B0C4DE | image_name = | ...30 KB (4,587 words) - 06:50, 13 June 2023
- Phenol, also known under an older name of carbolic acid, is a toxic, colorless crystalline solid with a distinctive sweet tarry odor. Its chemical ...8 KB (1,204 words) - 02:56, 24 November 2022
- Zircon is a mineral belonging to a subgroup of silicate minerals called nesosilicates. Chemically, it is known as zirconium silicate, with the ...9 KB (1,181 words) - 06:08, 13 June 2023
- Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, most familiarly known as Pearl Buck (birth name Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker) (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973), was ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- The walrus is a large, semi-aquatic mammal that lives in the cold Arctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere and is the only non-seal pinniped (Pinnipedia ...11 KB (1,787 words) - 18:47, 17 April 2023
- Chromium (chemical symbol Cr, atomic number 24) is a hard, shiny, steel-gray metal that takes a high polish and does not tarnish. It is therefore ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 21:52, 10 December 2023
- Spencer Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor who appeared in 74 films from ...13 KB (2,011 words) - 19:15, 7 February 2023
- Cao Yu ( c=曹禺|p=Cáo Yǔ|w=Ts'ao Yü ) (September 24, 1910 - December 13, 1996), born as Wan Jiabao (萬家寶), was a renowned Chinese ...15 KB (2,264 words) - 00:35, 13 January 2023
- Tammuz (also known as Dumuzi) was the name of an ancient Near Eastern deity who was best known for his patronage of herdsmen and his romantic ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
- Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii (September 2, 1838 – November 11, 1917), originally named Lydia Kamakaeha, also known as Lydia Kamakaeha Paki ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 15:42, 7 December 2022
- Methanol, also known as methyl alcohol, carbinol, wood alcohol, wood naphtha, or wood spirits, is the simplest alcohol. Its chemical formula ...20 KB (2,894 words) - 16:26, 9 November 2022
- Mica is an important group of rock-forming silicate minerals, belonging to the subgroup called phyllosilicates. The group consists of more than ...9 KB (1,317 words) - 16:34, 9 November 2022
- The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is situated in the Tongan archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean, about a ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- The Oregon boundary dispute (often called the Oregon question) arose as a result of competing British and American claims to the Oregon Country ...14 KB (2,192 words) - 01:12, 18 November 2022
- Chief Joseph (March 3, 1840 – September 21, 1904) was the chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce Native Americans during ...16 KB (2,627 words) - 15:25, 10 December 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology The term Attitude as well as the concepts "attitude formation" and "attitude ...26 KB (3,918 words) - 18:25, 21 August 2023
- The term acid rain is commonly used to mean the deposition of acidic components in rain, snow, fog, dew, or dry particles. The more accurate ...13 KB (1,971 words) - 07:41, 14 June 2023
- A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single ...42 KB (6,679 words) - 22:00, 26 December 2023
- Bāguàzhǎng is one of the major internal (Nèijiā) Chinese martial arts. Bāguà zhǎng literally means "eight trigram palm," referring ...25 KB (3,699 words) - 06:17, 10 January 2023
- Barite (British spelling Baryte), also called heavy spar, is a mineral that is widely distributed around the globe. Chemically, it consists of ...4 KB (639 words) - 08:06, 20 September 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education [[Image:Tee-ball wity Peace Corps volunteer, Honduras.jpg|thumb|250 px|A volunteer teaches ...26 KB (3,814 words) - 19:49, 21 April 2023
- Biochemistry (once known as physiological chemistry or biological chemistry) is the study of chemicals and chemical processes that occur in living ...24 KB (3,603 words) - 23:47, 11 January 2023
- Category:Public [[Image:Weatheringcartoon.jpg|thumb|right|400px|This illustration shows various components of space weathering]] Space weathering ...10 KB (1,503 words) - 17:14, 14 October 2022
- Jöns Jakob Berzelius (August 20, 1779 – August 7, 1848) was a Swedish chemist. Adversity in childhood fostered within Berzelius an independent ...9 KB (1,392 words) - 21:46, 4 October 2022
- Atmospheric chemistry involves study of the chemistry of the atmospheres of Earth and other planets. It is a branch of atmospheric science and ...11 KB (1,481 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- The Aro Confederacy was a large slave trading network and league of Igbo and Cross River allies led by the Aro people which flourished in the ...15 KB (2,314 words) - 03:57, 15 August 2023
- Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or improve its taste and appearance. Some additives have been used for centuries—for ...5 KB (720 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- Chemical bond is the term used to describe the linkages between atoms joined together to form molecules or crystals. Chemical bonds are the result ...25 KB (3,936 words) - 14:39, 5 December 2023
- Antoine Busnois (also Busnoys) (c. 1430 – November 6, 1492) was a French composer and poet of the early Renaissance era and a member of the ...11 KB (1,745 words) - 06:42, 31 July 2023
- Diethyl ether, also known as ether and ethoxyethane, is a clear, colorless, and highly flammable liquid with a low boiling point and a characteristic ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:33, 29 January 2024
- Electrochemistry is a branch of chemistry involving the study of interrelationships between electricity and chemical reactions. The chemical ...56 KB (8,590 words) - 15:53, 13 February 2024
- Category:Image wanted Category:Psychologists category:biography Hebb, Donald O. Donald Olding Hebb (July 22, 1904 – August 20, 1985) was a prominent ...24 KB (3,670 words) - 17:22, 30 January 2024
- Habakkuk or Havakuk (Hebrew: חֲבַקּוּק, Standard Ḥavaqquq Tiberian Ḥăḇaqqûq ) was a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He was the eighth ...13 KB (2,086 words) - 00:31, 30 July 2023
- Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (November 15, 1891 – October 14, 1944) was one of the most distinguished field marshals of World War II. He was ...24 KB (3,681 words) - 21:24, 20 March 2024
- Corn syrup is any of a variety of forms of syrup (thick, viscous liquid, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars, with little tendency ...18 KB (2,609 words) - 23:23, 6 April 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Life sciences Category:Lifestyle Category:Food [[Image:Baklava - Turkish special, 80-ply.JPEG|thumb ...10 KB (1,501 words) - 05:50, 26 August 2023
- Manifest Destiny is a nineteenth-century belief that the United States had a mission to expand westward across the North American continent, ...40 KB (6,026 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
