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Missionary Ridge
(Encyclopedia)Missionary Ridge: see Chattanooga campaign. ...East Ridge
(Encyclopedia)East Ridge, town (2020 pop. 22,167), Hamilton co., SE Tenn., a suburb of Chattanooga, near the Ga. border; inc. 1921. It is chiefly residential. ...Prussian blue
(Encyclopedia)Prussian blue, pigment widely used for laundry bluing, in dyeing compounds, and in the manufacture of inks and paints. Several varieties are known, one of which consists of the chemical compound ferri...blue laws
(Encyclopedia)blue laws, legislation regulating public and private conduct, especially laws relating to Sabbath observance. The term was originally applied to the 17th-century laws of the theocratic New Haven colon...Blue Nile
(Encyclopedia)Blue Nile, Arab. Bahr el Azraq, river, c.1,000 mi (1,600 km) long, the chief headstream of the Nile, rising in Lake Tana, NW Ethiopia, at an altitude of c.6,000 ft (1,800 m). It flows generally S from...Blue Rider
(Encyclopedia)Blue Rider: see Blaue Reiter, der. ...blue shift
(Encyclopedia)blue shift or blueshift, in astronomy, the systematic displacement of individual lines in the spectrum of a celestial object toward the blue, or shorter wavelength, end of the visible spectrum. The am...blue vitriol
(Encyclopedia)blue vitriol, the pentahydrate of cupric sulfate. ...blue whale
(Encyclopedia)blue whale, a baleen whale, Balaenoptera musculus. Also called the sulphur-bottom whale and Sibbald's rorqual, it is the largest animal that has ever lived. Blue whales have been known to reach a leng...blue baby
(Encyclopedia)blue baby, infant born with a congenital heart defect that causes a bluish coloration of the skin as a result of cyanosis (deoxygenated blood). The color is most noticeable around the lips and at the ...Browse by Subject
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