Search
Search results
Displaying 51 - 60
Artemisium
(Encyclopedia) ArtemisiumArtemisiumärˌtəmĭshˈēəm [key], cape, N Euboea (now Évvoia), Greece, named for a great temple of Artemis. Off the cape in 480 b.c. was fought a naval battle of the Persian…Justinian II
(Encyclopedia) Justinian II (Justinian Rhinotmetus), 669–711, Byzantine emperor (685–95, 705–11), son and successor of Constantine IV. He successfully invaded Arab territory but lost the advantage…cautery
(Encyclopedia) cautery, searing or destruction of living animal tissue by use of heat or caustic chemicals. In the past, cauterization of open wounds, even those following amputation of a limb, was…Frisian Islands
(Encyclopedia) Frisian IslandsFrisian Islandsfrĭzhˈən [key], chain of low-lying islands, off the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, in the North Sea. The West Frisian Islands, also…Garabogazkol
(Encyclopedia) GarabogazkolGarabogazkolgəräˌbəgäzˌkôlˈ [key] or Kara-Bogaz-GolGarabogazkolkəräˌ-bəgäzˌ-gôlˈ [key], shallow bay,, in Turkmenistan. An arm of the Caspian Sea, it acts as a natural…Montclair
(Encyclopedia) Montclair. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,434), San Bernardino co., SE Calif.; inc. 1956. It has some light manufacturing. 2 Town (1990 pop. 37,729), Essex co., NE N.J., a suburb of…surfperch
(Encyclopedia) surfperch, any member of the family Embiotocidae, a large family of spiny-finned, carnivorous fishes of the perch order. Also known as seaperches and surf fish, most surfperches are…Rooke, Sir George
(Encyclopedia) Rooke, Sir GeorgeRooke, Sir Georger&oobreve;k [key], 1650–1709, English admiral. In the War of the Grand Alliance he defeated a French fleet under the comte de Tourville in the…hysteresis
(Encyclopedia) hysteresishysteresishĭsˌtərēˈsĭs [key], phenomenon in which the response of a physical system to an external influence depends not only on the present magnitude of that influence but…Ganymede, in Greek mythology
(Encyclopedia) Ganymede, in Greek mythology, a youth of great beauty. He was carried off by Zeus to be cupbearer to the gods.Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
