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- Animal shell (2105 bytes)
1: [[Image:Shells.jpg|right|]]
3: ...onsidered to be shells. It is sometimes said that shells are made of [[chitin]], but these are unrelated ...
5: The shell is usually made of [[nacre]], an organic mixture ...
7: ...er of pearl]]''), both as a means to smoothen the shell itself and as a defense against [[parasite|parasi...
11: ... Shells that wash up on [[beach]]es are called seashells, and are collected by some enthusiasts.
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- Periodic table (7298 bytes)
6: ...up have similar configurations of their [[valence shell]] electrons, which gives them similar properties.
36: ... belongs. Each shell is divided into different subshells, which as atomic number increases are filled in ... - Mary I of England (24813 bytes)
8: ... remembered for her attempt to return [[England]] from [[Protestantism]] to [[Roman Catholicism]]. To ...
13: ... who presumably would have contracted the disease from Mary's father. Whether or not he had the disea...
15: ..., [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[French language|French]] and [[Italian language|Italian]], as well a...
17: ...ovided that the Princess Mary should marry either Francis or his second son, [[Henry, Duke of Orl顮s]...
19: ... with the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. All appeals from the decisions of English ecclesiastical courts ... - Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
1: [[Image:VirginiaWoolf.jpeg|frame|right|Virginia Woolf]]
11: ...s of characters, and the various possibilities of fractured narrative and chronology. She has, in the ...
13: ... Lily Briscoe; "The Waves" present a group of six friends whose reflections (closer to recitatives tha...
20: ...er fiction is also studied for its insight into [[shell shock]], [[war]], [[social class|class]], and mod...
22: ...ayal of Woolf in the movie. The film was adapted from [[Michael Cunningham]]'s Pulitzer Prize-winning... - Maria Goeppert-Mayer (4176 bytes)
3: .... [[Joseph Edward Mayer]], the assistant of James Franck. The couple moved to the [[United States]], M...
5: ...llege. Here she developed a model for the nuclear shell structure. For this work she received a Nobel Pri...
7: ...time, that the nucleus is like a series of closed shells and pairs of neutrons and protons like to couple...
11: ...ysics]] "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure". Maria was quoted as saying, "winning ... - Apple (20408 bytes)
16: ...]], and is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. Table apples are of the species ''M. domesti...
27: ...ples, picked in late autumn and stored just above freezing have been an important food in [[Asia]] and...
32: ... allow [[pesticide]]s to penetrate the top of the fruit), and popular flavor.
34: ...around the world to preserve such local heirlooms from extinction.
39: ...e]]s are typically too tart and astringent to eat fresh, but they give the beverage a rich flavor that... - Testicle (6183 bytes)
3: ...c muscle relaxes and the testicle is lowered away from the warm body and are able to cool. This phenom...
5: ...olutionary development which protects each testis from hitting against the other.
19: .... The tubes are lined with a layer of cells that, from [[puberty]] into old-age, produce sperm cells. ...
30: ... normal adult human males, testicular size ranges from the lower end of around 14 cm? to the upper end...
48: ...or example, to produce a high-voiced [[castrato]] from the castration of a pre-[[puberty|pubescent]] b... - Skeleton (2955 bytes)
3: ...tic skeletal systems may be classified separately from the other two since they lack hardened support ...
5: ...insects: the skeleton forms a hard [[animal shell|shell]]-like covering protecting the internal organs.
7: ...eous shells and as they grow, the diameter of the shell is enlarged without altering its shape. On the o...
11: ...s to change their body shape as they move forward from long and skinny to short and stumpy. - Bone (11388 bytes)
3: ...ion]]ary alternatives to bones are [[animal shell|shell]]s and [[chitin]].
27: Osteocytes originate from osteoblasts which have migrated into and become...
29: ...d'' surfaces. Because the osteoclasts are derived from a [[monocyte stem-cell lineage]], they are equi...
40: ... in long bones, such as limbs; the bone is formed from [[cartilage]].
46: ...of calcium and the repair of micro-damaged bones (from everyday stress). Repeated stress results in th... - Mandible (13717 bytes)
9: ...al vessels and nerve. Running backward and upward from each mental tubercle is a faint ridge, the obli...
12: ...c]]. Extending upward and backward on either side from the lower part of the symphysis is the mylohyoi...
15: ...rounded, longer than the superior, and thicker in front than behind; at the point where it joins the l...
24: ...d is surmounted by two processes, the coronoid in front and the condyloid behind, separated by a deep ...
25: ...s a thin, triangular eminence, which is flattened from side to side and varies in shape and size. Its ... - Exoskeleton (3839 bytes)
1: ...tons. [[Lobster]]s, for example, have tough outer shell systems which provide rigidity and shape to their...
30: ...g part of the limb. If the prosthesis is a hollow shell and self-carrying, it is exoskeletal. If internal... - Middle Ages (21063 bytes)
1: ... Middle Ages of Western Europe are commonly dated from the end of the [[Western Roman Empire]] ([[5th ...
6: ...ern European historians. That term has now fallen from favor, partly to avoid the entrenched stereotyp...
8: ... lost. Administrative, educational and military infrastructure quickly vanished, leading to the rise o...
12: ...oon converted, following the example of the pagan Frank [[Clovis I]]. The interaction between the cult...
14: ...ying cultural influence, preserving its selection from Latin learning, maintaining the art of writing,... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
3: ... a shield are described from the top to the base, from dexter to sinister. Dexter ("right" in [[Latin]...
14: ...huthatswana]] and some Algerian civic heraldry of French colonial origin, specific shapes of shield ar...
28: ...The names of the tinctures mainly come to us from French. The first rule of heraldry is the rule of ti...
69: ...he blazon, but the College of Arms has moved away from this practice in recent years.
75: ...shares their shape. (It should be noticed that [[French heraldry]] takes a different approach in many... - Illuminated manuscript (5973 bytes)
1: ... manuscript)|miniature]] of [[Christ in Majesty]] from the [[Aberdeen Bestiary]] (folio 4v), would be ...
3: ...s are the most common type of artifact to survive from the middle ages. They are also the best survi...
13: Illumination was a complex and frequently costly process. As such, it was usually ...
35: | Plant-based colors, such as [[saffron]]; yellow earth colors ([[ochre]]); [[orpiment]...
41: | Ultramarine (made from the mineral [[lapis lazuli]]); [[azurite]]; [[... - Brass instrument (5234 bytes)
6: (not necessarily made from brass)
21: * [[French horn]]
41: ...l brass instrument prior to about 1795, and the [[French horn]] before about 1820. Natural instruments...
55: ...tary values. Rotary valves are the norm for the [[French horn]] and are also prevalent on the [[tuba]]...
66: * [[conch]] ([[animal shell|shell]]) - Conch (4541 bytes)
2: ...e = [[image:conch.jpg|240px]] | caption = A conch shell}}
24: ...pending on species (or aberrant growth patterns), shell growth can be sinistral (left-handed) or dextral ...
26: ... horny operculum. They grow a flared lip on their shells upon reaching [[sexual maturity]].
31: ... either raw, as in [[salad]]s, or cooked, as in [[fritter]]s, [[chowder]]s, [[gumbo]]s, and burgers.
33: ...ude [[bugle]]s by removal of the small tip of the shell to form a [[mouthpiece]], as decoration, as decor... - Geology (12007 bytes)
1: '''Geology''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] γη- (''ge-''...
3: ... which includes the [[Crust (geology)|crust]], is fragmented into [[tectonic plates]] that move over a...
10: ...gical [[stratum]] in a mountain hundreds of miles from the ocean, he inferred that the land was formed...
12: ...her languages of Europe such as [[French language|French]]. [[Georg Bauer]] (Georg Agricola), a physic...
16: ... the [[Volcano|volcanic]] origins of this part of France. [[James Hutton]] recorded his ''Theory of th... - Lithosphere (1918 bytes)
1: ...reek]] for "rocky" sphere) is the solid outermost shell of a rocky [[planet]]. On the [[Earth]], the lith...
3: ...plastic asthenosphere. The crust is distinguished from the mantle, and hence the upper mantle, by the ...
5: The thickness of the lithosphere varies from around 1.6 km (1 mi) at the mid-ocean ridges to...
7: ...system, the lithosphere thickens over time. It is fragmented into relatively strong pieces, called [[t... - Netherlands (35958 bytes)
12: ...motto = ''Je Maintiendrai''<br>([[French language|French]]: "I will maintain")|
14: ...es = [[Dutch language|Dutch]], [[Frisian language|Frisian]] <sup>1</sup> |
40: established_dates = [[Eighty Years' War|From Spain]]<br/>[[May 23]], [[1568]]<br/>[[January ...
64: After gaining formal independence from the [[Spanish Empire]] under [[Philip IV of Spa...
68: ...xembourg seceded because its laws prevented women from becoming Head of State. Luxembourg turned to th... - Marshall Islands (8760 bytes)
59: ...ng until the [[1960s]]. Many Marshallese suffered from high [[radiation]] levels because of this, and ...
61: ...rshall Islands was established and a [[Compact of Free Association]] with the U.S. government was sign...
66: ... government. The president, who is elected by and from the members of the ''Nitijela'' (parliament), a...
78: ... May to November. The islands occasionally suffer from [[typhoon]]s.
118: ...ceed exports. Under the terms of the [[Compact of Free Association]], the US provides roughly $65 mill... - Boat (6417 bytes)
69: ...ype competitive sport, "boat" means the crew and "shell" means the craft. So a [[university]] might refer...
72: ... In [[cockney rhyming slang]], "boat" means face, from "boat race".
74: ...e one of the massive cars manufactured in America from the 1950s through the 1970s.
85: ...nd stern, respectively and are used only when the frame of reference is within the vessel. Outside the...
89: ...owing is the windward The side of the vessel away from the wind is termed the lee side side. The direc...
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