(Encyclopedia) nettle, common name for the Urticaceae, a family of fibrous herbs, small shrubs, and trees found chiefly in the tropics and subtropics. Several genera of nettles are covered with small…
(Encyclopedia) African swine fever (ASF), highly contagious, deadly viral disease of swine. Its acute form, which is typically fatal, is characterized by high fever, loss of appetite, lethargy, and…
(Encyclopedia) brigandagebrigandagebrĭgˈəndĭj [key] [Ital. brigare=to fight], robbery and plundering committed by armed bands, often associated with forests or mountain regions. Social and political…
(Encyclopedia) supply-side economics, economic theory that concentrates on influencing the supply of labor and goods as a path to economic health, rather than approaching the issue through such…
(Encyclopedia) Villepin, Dominique de (Dominique Marie François René Galouzeau de Villepin)Villepin, Dominique dedômēnēkˈ märēˈ fräNswäˈ rənāˈ gäl&oomacr;zōˈ də vēlpănˈ [key], 1953–, French…
(Encyclopedia) Weinberger, Caspar WillardWeinberger, Caspar Willardwīnˈbûrgər [key], 1917–2006, U.S. government official, U.S. secretary of defense (1981–87), b. San Francisco, grad. Harvard (1938),…
(Encyclopedia) Schuyler, Philip JohnSchuyler, Philip Johnskīˈlər [key], 1733–1804, American Revolutionary general, b. Albany, N.Y. He was a member of one of the wealthiest colonial New York families…
(Encyclopedia) stem cells, unspecialized human or animal cells that can produce mature specialized body cells and at the same time replicate themselves. Embryonic stem cells are derived from a…
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