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(Encyclopedia) verb, part of speech typically used to indicate an action. English verbs are inflected for person, number, tense and partially for mood; compound verbs formed with auxiliaries (e.g.,…abacus, in architecture
(Encyclopedia) abacusabacusăbˈəkəs [key], in architecture, flat slab forming the top member of a capital. In classical orders it varies from a square form having unmolded sides in the Greek Doric, to…Cleophas
(Encyclopedia) CleophasCleophasklēˈōfəs [key], in the New Testament, husband of one of the Marys who stood at the foot of the Cross. This is apparently Mary the mother of St. James the Less, but the…Hildebrand, Adolf von
(Encyclopedia) Hildebrand, Adolf vonHildebrand, Adolf vonäˈdôlf fən hĭlˈdəbränt [key], 1847–1921, German sculptor and author. He studied in Munich and in Italy, where he spent 18 years. He is best…gargoyle
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Gargoyle gargoylegargoylegärˈgoil [key], waterspout used in medieval Europe to draw rainwater from church and cathedral roofs. Gargoyles were fashioned imaginatively in the…Gass, William Howard
(Encyclopedia) Gass, William Howard, 1924–2017, American author, b. Fargo, N.Dak., grad. Kenyon College, 1947; Ph.D. Cornell, 1954. From 1969 to 1999 he was a professor of philosophy at Washington…blood clotting
(Encyclopedia) blood clotting, process by which the blood coagulates to form solid masses, or clots. In minor injuries, small oval bodies called platelets, or thrombocytes, tend to collect and form…Muslim
(Encyclopedia) MuslimMuslimmŭzˈlĭm [key] [Arab.,=one who surrenders (himself to God), an agent form of the verb of which Islam is a verbal noun], one who has embraced Islam, a follower of Muhammad.…morality play
(Encyclopedia) morality play, form of medieval drama that developed in the late 14th cent. and flourished through the 16th cent. The characters in the morality were personifications of good and evil…collagen
(Encyclopedia) collagencollagenkŏlˈəjən [key], any of a group of proteins found in skin, ligaments, tendons, bone and cartilage, and other connective tissue. Cells called fibroblasts form the various…Trending
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