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- Iris (plant) (13374 bytes)
28: ...rden soil, the smaller and more delicate species only needing the aid of turfy ingredients, either pea...
41: ...acking out of the flower it will come in contact only with the non-receptive lower face of the stigma....
62: ... perfumery. From the flowers of Iris florentina a pigment, the "verdelis," "vert d'iris," or iris-green, fo... - Retina (13061 bytes)
5: ...axon]]s form the [[optic nerve]]. The retina not only detects light, it also plays a significant part ...
22: ...e macula has a yellow pigmentation from screening pigments and is known to ophthalmologists as the macula l...
27: ...while other mammals lack cones with red sensitive pigment and therefore have poorer (dichromatic) colour vi...
29: ...hotopigment is bleached away in bright light and only replaced as a chemical process, so in a transiti...
35: ...re than 130 million retinal receptors, there are only approximately 1.2 million fibres (axons) in the ... - Skin (8340 bytes)
4: ...erous [[radiation]] contained therein. Human skin pigmentation varies across populations in a visually dram...
6: ...icient density is called [[fur]]. The [[hair]] mainly serves to augment the insulation the skin provid...
8: ...issue]], often giving rise to discoloration and depigmentation of the skin.
40: ...der to facilitate the evaporation of the sweat. Sunlight, water and air play an important role in keep... - Oil painting (1776 bytes)
1: ...) ]]'''Oil painting''' is done on surfaces with [[pigment]] ground into a medium of oil - especially in ear... - Pineal gland (4403 bytes)
11: The pineal gland consists mainly of [[pinealocyte]]s, but four other cell types h...
19: ...s have been found to express the phototransducing pigment [[melanopsin]] in the pineal gland. Avian pineal ... - Hair (11457 bytes)
4: ...[camouflage]] an individual; in some mammals, the pigmentation changes with the seasons, becoming white dur...
6: In modern Western societies, it is considered manly for men to have hair on their faces, arms, chest...
8: The hair of non-human animal species is commonly referred to as ''[[fur]]''.
15: Unlike other animals, human beings often have their [...
27: ...ir typically has 6-8 layers of cuticle. Wool has only one, and other animal hair may have many more la... - Iconography (7643 bytes)
2: ...' is the traditional art of portraying figures in pigment that [[symbolism|symbolically]] mean more than a ...
15: ...figures in [[icon]]s are shown with serene, passionless faces, never smiling or angry. This stylized a... - Painting (4567 bytes)
2: '''Painting''' is the practice of applying [[pigment]] suspended in a carrier (or [[medium (bearer)|me...
8: ...ngraved and painted using [[red ochre]] and black pigment and show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, and ...
34: ...int are usually identified by the medium that the pigment is suspended or embedded in, which determines the... - Fresco (1692 bytes)
3: ...s is that the wet plaster as it dries absorbs the pigment and the painting becomes part of the wall surface...
5: ...n one day. In [[Renaissance]] Italy this was commonly called a ''giornata'' or a "daily amount." Thes... - Dye (6033 bytes)
1: ...stness of the dye on the fibre. In contrast, a [[pigment]] generally has no affinity for the substrate, an...
3: ...s]], [[bark]], [[leaf|leaves]] and [[wood]], but only a few have ever been used on a commercial scale.
13: ...]s''' are water-soluble cationic dyes that are mainly applied to [[acrylic fibre]]s, but find some use...
42: * [[Oxidation base]]s, for mainly hair and fur - Didgeridoo (7516 bytes)
1: ... in the [[1950s]]. It has been painted in earth [[pigment]]s called [[ochre]]s and the designs represent im...
5: ...ing the didgeridoo's exact age, though it is commonly claimed to be the world's oldest wind instrument...
32: ...en handed down for generations upon generations. Only men play the didgeridoo and sing during ceremoni... - Chameleon (4625 bytes)
38: ...for hours and wait for a prey to pass by. They mainly feed on different [[arthropod]]s and small [[ver...
44: ... these different pigment cells can relocate their pigments, thereby influencing the colour of light which i... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
9: * 400 KYA: [[Pigment]]s in [[Zambia]]
110: * [[1510]]: [[Pocket watch]]: [[Peter Henlein]]
311: ...ormer]]: [[William Stanley (physicist)|William Stanley]]
321: ... [[1888]]: [[Pneumatic tube tire]]: [[John Boyd Dunlop]]
394: * [[1914]]: [[Tank]], military: [[Ernest Dunlop Swinton]] - Cave (10592 bytes)
47: ...anean life. Among these characters are a loss of pigment (often resulting in a pale or white coloration), ...
49: ... Free-tailed Bat]], are trogloxenes, and are commonly found in caves, but forage outside of the caves....
58: ...States|USA]]) at 579km in length. This record is unlikely to be surpassed in the near future as the ne... - Watercolor painting (4393 bytes)
10: ...uon fresco painting]] — wall-painting using pigments in a water medium on wet [[plaster]]. One well-k...
25: ...d to bond the colorant to the painting surface. Unpigmented filler is added to gouache to lend opacity to t...
33: ... [[20th century]], the white of the paper is the only white used in transparent watercolor. Opaque pai... - Caste (32815 bytes)
5: ...part of the Rig Veda (the "family books," (2-7). Only the Purusha Sukta hymn (Rig Veda 10:90) mentions...
7: ...2381;ण ''varṇa'' "colour, tint, dye, pigment", or faith (faithless), preference, religious aff...
20: ...e Brahman the privilege of reading the Veda, but only so far as it is taught and explained to them by ...
39: ...eir caste duty was to slay enemies.They were the only caste allowed to rule.
60: ...''[[Manusmriti]]'' it is asserted that there are only four varnas, which leads one to the conclusion t... - Vacuole (5544 bytes)
24: *Storage of [[pigment]]s (e.g., red and blue pigments in [[flower]]s). - Chloroplast (2430 bytes)
3: ... to [[mitochondrion|mitochondria]] but are found only in plants. Both organelles are surrounded by a d...
15: ...hyll]], which is present with various accessory [[pigment]]s. These give chloroplasts their green colour. ... - Barbecue (24807 bytes)
6: ... the U.S., many consider "barbecuing" to include only relatively indirect methods of cooking, with the...
40: [[Bulgogi]] (불고기) is thinly sliced [[beef]] (and sometimes [[pork]]) marinat...
51: ...ant in [[Tuscaloosa]], there are no side dishes, only ribs, bread, and sauce.
69: ...e meat, though not always used in cooking. The Moonlight Inn in [[Owensboro, Kentucky|Owensboro]] is t...
91: ...le hog is typically used; in the west, sometimes only pork shoulders are used for barbecue. - William Shakespeare (28915 bytes)
6: ...ly impressive in light of the fact that he lived only 52 years.
14: ... and, perhaps appropriately for a playwright commonly considered to be [[England]]'s greatest, it is a...
35: ...er, Belott sued his father-in-law for delivering only part of the dowry. Shakespeare was called to tes...
41: ...of some, he took a neutral position, making sure only that his own income from the land was protected....
63: ...n an expensively produced folio in [[1623]] (the only precedent being [[Ben Jonson]]'s ''Workes'' of [...
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