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- f008v - Forth horseman.jpg|thumb|400px|The Pale Horse]] ... The pale color of the fourth horse is thought to represent fear, sickness ...13 KB (2,133 words) - 06:38, 1 April 2024
- and it may be shiny or dull. This mineral is the chief ore of zinc, the fourth ... within the gray-black crystals. The pale yellow and red varieties ...5 KB (693 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- Benham's top, also called Benham's disk, is named after ... Although the cause of this illusion is not clearly understood, our ...4 KB (639 words) - 09:14, 27 September 2023
- The liger is a hybrid cross between a male Panthera leo (lion), and ... While there is a great deal of diversity in nature, the rarity of ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 01:15, 26 October 2022
- recently redefined as a series of minerals in the mica group. ... fluoride. Its lithium content can vary, but the lithium-rich varieties form ...4 KB (543 words) - 00:47, 7 March 2023
- Axolotl (or ajolote) is the common name for the salamander Ambystoma ... Although the axolotl is limited in distribution to just one small ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 06:05, 10 January 2023
- Shallot is the common name for an edible, bulbous, herbaceous plant ... However, the term shallot also is used for other plants. The French ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 12:22, 27 January 2023
- Louse (plural: Lice) is any of the small, wingless, dorsoventally ... However, they are not found on monotremes (the platypus and the echidnas ...10 KB (1,538 words) - 09:08, 9 March 2023
- Rosemary is the common name for a woody, perennial herbaceous plant ... dressings, and stuffings. As reflected by the name officinalis, it is known ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 19:17, 16 December 2022
- Fauvism got both its start and its name at a 1905 exhibition held ... Fauvism was the first of the major avant-garde movements in European ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 01:43, 26 March 2024
- Cedar is the common name for a number of trees in different genera ... and include many with scented wood, such as the genera Calocedrus ("incense ...10 KB (1,494 words) - 23:43, 3 December 2023
- Faience or faïence is the conventional name in English for fine tin-glazed earthenware on a delicate pale buff body. The invention of a pottery ...10 KB (1,425 words) - 00:28, 25 March 2024
- the Irish were regarded as "beyond the pale". They needed to be ... yet established was known as "beyond the pale." Irish who lived beyond ...13 KB (2,063 words) - 15:58, 17 May 2024
- Lavender is the common name for any of the various plants of the flowering ... While the flowers of the lavender serve the plant's need of reproduction ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 17:55, 25 October 2022
- radioactive metallic element, belonging to the actinide series. It is the ... and the first member of this group to be produced synthetically. Its ...11 KB (1,451 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- that is applied from an acidic solution. In the home or art studio, the acid ... level dyeing properties, and economy. The classes overlap and generally ...5 KB (844 words) - 07:40, 14 June 2023
- for Jewish students (10 percent within the Pale of Settlement, five percent ... of laws restricing Jews to confinement in the Pale. In the capital he met the ...11 KB (1,625 words) - 18:50, 7 March 2024
- his first literary works in Russian under the pseudonym of Sirin, but rose ... #039;s affair with a 12-year-old girl, and the uniquely structured Pale Fire ...22 KB (3,112 words) - 20:47, 3 May 2023
- In philosophy, essence is the attribute (or set of attributes) that ... (ousia) or sometimes substantial form. The essence is what makes the ...7 KB (1,146 words) - 21:31, 20 March 2024
- to 8 percent, and being greatest in the pale opaque or bony varieties ... The variety most valued in the East is the pale straw-colored, slightly ...17 KB (2,724 words) - 02:46, 24 July 2023
- Jadeite is one of the minerals recognized as the gemstone jade. ... Its color commonly ranges from white through pale apple green to deep ...7 KB (945 words) - 12:38, 6 November 2021
- to its intense radioactivity, it glows in the dark with a pale blue light ... more commonly made in milligram amounts by the neutron irradiation of 226Ra ...7 KB (911 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- in Fujian Province, widely considered one of the best grades of white tea]] White Tea is the least processed form of tea, made only from buds ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 18:15, 4 May 2023
- Acer pseudoplatanus, and all members of the genus Platanus. These trees ... age and breaks up in scales, exposing the pale-brown-to-pinkish inner bark. ...16 KB (2,282 words) - 01:53, 27 February 2023
- as Diarmaid na nGall or "Dermot of the Foreigners"), anglicized ... yet established was known as "beyond the pale." Irish who lived beyond ...16 KB (2,466 words) - 01:09, 2 July 2020
- Silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of various species of moths, ... Silkworm species vary in terms of the quality of silk they produce ...16 KB (2,383 words) - 23:22, 7 October 2022
- Pyrite (or iron pyrite) is the most common of the sulfide minerals ... of jewelry. In addition, it is used for the manufacture of sulfuric acid ...8 KB (1,190 words) - 21:08, 14 April 2023
- Turmeric is the common name for a herbaceous perennial plant, Curcuma ... orange juice, and yellow cakes. It gives the bright yellow color to American ...16 KB (2,344 words) - 19:02, 6 November 2022
- Flamingo (plural: flamingos or flamingoes) is the common name for ... extant species is recognized, with four of the species native to the Americas ...17 KB (2,382 words) - 17:35, 28 March 2024
- of quartz often used as an ornamental stone. The name comes from the Greek ... Amethyst was used as a gemstone by the ancient Egyptians and was largely ...8 KB (1,216 words) - 06:54, 25 July 2023
- Dolomite is the name for a mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate ... For instance, it is a raw material for the manufacture of cement, and ...8 KB (1,190 words) - 16:38, 29 January 2024
- luster and occurs in a range of colors. The purplish or lilac variety ... The name spodumene is derived from the Greek word spodoumenos, meaning ...8 KB (1,146 words) - 21:42, 7 February 2023
- The Keoladeo National Park, or Keoladeo Ghana National Park, formerly ... The crisis facing the Keoladeo National Park has been endemic to wildlife ...24 KB (3,401 words) - 03:29, 6 October 2022
- Cucumber is the common name for a widely cultivated creeping vine ... humans have spread their cultivation, over the past 3,000 years, from Asia ...17 KB (2,539 words) - 06:43, 11 January 2024
- herbaceous plant, Dianthus caryophyllus, of the Caryophyllaceae family, widely ... Although particularly applied to the species Dianthus caryophyllus ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 00:27, 29 November 2023
- denote polytheistic faiths. Since the term was typically used as ... ethnologists and anthropologists avoid the term "paganism" ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- discoloration of a person's skin, the whites of the eyes (the conjunctival ... processes that occurs at some point along the normal physiological pathway ...21 KB (3,036 words) - 10:01, 1 April 2024
- Melaleuca is a genus of shrubs and trees in the myrtle family Myrtaceae ... Melaleuca provides various values for the ecosystem and for humans ...18 KB (2,562 words) - 04:18, 9 November 2022
- Anhinga is the common name for members of the bird species Anhinga ... anhingas also contribute value to the ecosystem and to humans. They ...10 KB (1,445 words) - 01:45, 9 January 2023
- Cosmetics are substances used to enhance or protect the appearance ... The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which regulates cosmetics ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- Albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is one of the eight tuna species belonging ... tunny, or even just tuna. In some parts of the world, there are other species ...9 KB (1,355 words) - 17:46, 19 December 2022
- He pioneered exobiology and promoted the Search for Extra-Terrestrial ... science books and co-writing and presenting the award-winning 1980 television ...18 KB (2,690 words) - 12:47, 27 November 2023
- Mountain Press, 2003), 286. ISBN 0878420630 The colorful agate and other chalcedonies ... after volatile materials have separated from the molten mass, they leave behind ...9 KB (1,311 words) - 06:10, 16 June 2023
- The leopard (Panthera pardus) is an Old World mammal of the Felidae ... In the light-colored leopards, the pale yellow, deep gold, or tawny ...20 KB (3,062 words) - 21:56, 25 October 2022
- Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) is the common name for a species of burrowing ... The aardvark has an unusual appearance. Knöthig (2005) states that ...9 KB (1,488 words) - 00:41, 17 December 2022
- Hazel is the common name for any of the large shrubs and small trees ... Two European species, the filbert, Corylus maxima, and the common ...10 KB (1,460 words) - 15:08, 25 January 2023
- Anodizing is a technique used to coat the surface of a metal with ... Anodization changes the microscopic texture of the surface and can ...10 KB (1,610 words) - 05:12, 31 July 2023
- Dobsonfly is the common name for any of the insects comprising the ... The dobsonflies include some of the largest and most impressive of ...11 KB (1,495 words) - 09:21, 15 January 2023
- Forsythia is the genus and common name for a taxon of deciduous shrubs ... The beautiful yellow flowers of forsythia not only serve the plant ...11 KB (1,635 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- Mulberry is the common name for any of the deciduous trees comprising ... While the Morus genus comprises the "true mulberries," there ...11 KB (1,544 words) - 16:13, 10 November 2022
