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Chin Hills
(Encyclopedia) Chin Hills mountain range, W Myanmar, along the boundary between Myanmar and Assam, India, part of the Arakan (or Rakhine) Mts. It rises to 10,016 ft (3,053 m) in Mt. Victoria. The…Gad
(Encyclopedia) Gad, in the Bible, son of Jacob and Zilpah and eponymous founder of one of the 12 tribes of Israel. Its allotment was half of Gilead; this was the land best suited to the pastoral life…body language
(Encyclopedia) body language, nonverbal communication by means of facial expessions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like. Body language expresses emotions, feelings, and attitudes,…Surgeon General, United States
(Encyclopedia) Surgeon General, United States, former head of the U.S. Public Health Service, which is responsible for protecting the people's health (see public health). Since a 1986 reorganization…Shekinah
(Encyclopedia) ShekinahShekinahshēkīˈnə [key] [Heb.,=dwelling, presence], in Judaism, term used in the Targum (Aramaic translation of the Hebrew Bible) and elsewhere to indicate the manifestation of…Kananga
(Encyclopedia) KanangaKanangakənängˈgə [key], formerly LuluabourgLuluabourgl&oomacr;lwäb&oomacr;rˈ [key], city (1984 pop. 298,693), capital of Kasai-Central prov., S central Congo (Kinshasa…Nemtsov, Boris Yefimovich
(Encyclopedia) Nemtsov, Boris Yefimovich, 1959–2015, Russian physicist and politician. He worked at the Gorky Radiophysics Research Institute (1981–90) before he was elected to the Soviet Congress of…mammoth
(Encyclopedia) mammoth, name for several large prehistoric relatives (genus Mammuthus) of modern elephants which ranged over Eurasia and North America in the Pleistocene epoch. The shoulder height of…White Huns
(Encyclopedia) White Huns or HephthalitesWhite Hunshĕfˈthəlītsˌ [key], people of obscure origins, possibly of Tibetan or Turkish stock. They were called Ephthalites by the Greeks, and Hunas by the…trachoma
(Encyclopedia) trachomatrachomatrəkōˈmə [key], infection of the mucous membrane of the eyelids caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Trachoma affects at least 86 million people worldwide. An…Trending
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