(Encyclopedia) charcoal, substance obtained by partial burning or carbonization (destructive distillation) of organic material. It is largely pure carbon. The entry of air during the carbonization…
(Encyclopedia) Homo erectusHomo erectushōˈmō ērĕkˈtəs [key], extinct hominin living between 1.6 million and 250,000 years ago, possibly as late as c.110,000 years ago. Homo erectus is thought to have…
(Encyclopedia) ice skating, gliding along an ice surface on keellike runners known as ice skates.
The earliest skates (c.9th cent.), made of bone, were found in Sweden. Wooden skates with iron…
(Encyclopedia) immunology, branch of medicine that studies the response of organisms to foreign substances, e.g., viruses, bacteria, and bacterial toxins (see immunity). Immunologists study the…
(Encyclopedia) SulawesiSulawesis&oomacr;ˌläwāˈsē [key], formerly CelebesSulawesisĕlˈəbēz [key], island (1990 pop. 12,511,163), c.73,000 sq mi (189,070 sq km), largest island in E Indonesia, E of…
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A. Upper and lower teeth of an adult
B. Cross section of a molar
teeth, hard, calcified structures embedded in the bone of the jaws of vertebrates that perform the primary…
Part 13Allons! to that which is endless as it was beginningless,
To undergo much, tramps of days, rests of nights,
To merge all in the travel they tend to, and the days and nights
they…
ile The north and south wings of a church. Latin, ala (axilla, ascella), through the French, aile, a wing. In German the nave of a church is schiff, and the aisle flügel (a wing). In some…
Large, of gigantic size. Certain large bones of antediluvian animals were at one time said to be the bones of the heroes who fell with Roland in Roncesvalles. “Rounceval peas” are those…
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