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- Feather (5296 bytes)
2: ...distinguishes the Class [[Aves]] from all other living groups. Other [[Theropoda]] also had feathers (...
5: ...as a means of visual communication. Although individual feathers are very light, a bird's plumage wei...
7: ...ers'' which are underneath the vaned feathers, providing an insulating layer. The [[pennaceous feathe...
13: ... a similar purpose to [[eyelash|eyelashes]] and [[vibrissae]] in [[mammal|mammals]].
17: ...sts doubt on this [[homology]] (see ''Quarterly Review of Biology'' 77:3 (September 2002): 261-95). Ex... - Koala (10686 bytes)
3: Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip...
12: ...uthor = [[Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville|Blainville]] | date = 1816}}
22: ...ince been repopulated with [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]n stock.
26: ...and there are substantial differences between individual Koalas in any given region such as hair color...
30: ... in appearance to the [[wombat]] (their closest living relative), but have a thicker, softer coat, muc... - Thoth (5655 bytes)
1: ...Image:Ancient_eygpt-1.jpg|thumb||170px|Clipart provided by <br> [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom...
3: ...f the Moon organized much of Egyptian society's civil and religious rituals and events, so Thoth was a...
7: ...appears in a few tales as a background figure; he aids [[Horus]] and [[Isis]] against [[Set (god)|Set]] ...
20: The online community environment oriented towards people interested in the ...
24: ...SG-1]], Thoth is a [[Goa'uld]] engineer in the service of the [[System Lord]] [[Anubis_(Stargate)|Anub... - Solar system (21174 bytes)
5: ...hought. This encyclopedia employs the following divisions:
27: ...cant part of non-volatile minerals. They are subdivided into [[asteroid group]]s and [[:Category:Aster...
31: ...ces and have highly eccentric orbits, generally having a [[perihelion]] within the orbit of the inner ...
33: ...es]] lie beyond Neptune's. These are further subdivided:
36: ...bit extending from about 76 to 928 AU, does not obviously fit in either category, although its discove... - Dictionary (22415 bytes)
2: ...ds in other languages. Many dictionaries also provide [[pronunciation]] information, word derivations...
23: ...implest dictionary, a [[defining dictionary]], provides a [[core glossary]] of the simplest meanings o...
31: ...ough to provoke outrage among many with prescriptivist leanings, who branded the dictionary as, "permi...
33: ... [[Encarta Webster's Dictionary|''Encarta]]'' provides similar notes, but is more prescriptive, offer...
35: ...degree, even the most descriptive dictionaries providing conservative continuity. In the long run, ho... - Cave (10592 bytes)
2: ...ge:Lavacaveexit.jpg|thumb|300px|The outside world viewed from a cave]]
3: ...ge, the term includes smaller spaces like cliff cavities, rock shelters and sea caves.
11: ...[[Lava tube]]s''' are formed through volcanic activity. They are the most common primary caves. Lava f...
15: ...ter caves''' are also formed through volcanic activity.
42: ...vered is widely skewed toward countries where [[caving]] is popular (such as the [[United States]], [[... - Human (48024 bytes)
15: {{Taxobox_section_subdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Subspecies}} ...
27: ... is responsible for the complexity of human [[behaviour]], especially [[language]]. [[Curiosity]] and ...
30: ...] and [[science]] as a social, rather than an individual, enterprise. These [[institution]]s have give...
54: ...iens''. They are usually considered the only surviving species in the genus ''[[Homo (genus)|Homo]]'',...
56: The closest surviving relatives of humans are [[chimpanzee]]s, the se... - Francis Bacon (16741 bytes)
2: ...d '''Baron Verulam''' in [[1618]], and created '''Viscount St Albans''' in [[1621]]; both peerage titl...
10: ...College, Cambridge]], in 1573 at the age of 13, living for three years there with his older brother [[...
18: ...ncis was left with only a fifth of that money. Having started with insufficient means, he borrowed mo...
21: ... next two years he worked quietly at Gray's Inn giving himself seriously to the study of law, until ad...
23: ...in his rapid progress at the Bar, and in his receiving, in 1589, the reversion to the Clerkship of the... - Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
21: ...ttier composition and blood more suited to deep-diving.
23: ... bones or muscle. The animal propels forward by moving the flukes up and down. The pectoral flippers (...
25: ==Behavior and life==
33: ...jured diver by raising them to the surface, a behaviour they also show towards injured members of thei...
35: ... dolphins, during the mating season, compete very vigorously with each other through showing toughness... - United States Senate (35505 bytes)
2: ...aties and make important appointments "with the Advice and Consent of the Senate" ([[Article One of th...
4: ...ly represented in the Senate. The Constitution provides that the approval of both houses is necessary ...
12: ...r preserve the authority of the states, it was provided that state legislatures, rather than the peopl...
14: ...short of the two-thirds majority requisite for conviction.
16: ...ons arose between [[1866]] and [[1906]]. Many individuals, furthermore, perceived the Senate as a bast... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
7: ...[auto racing]]. It is a worldwide [[sport]], involving an annual World Drivers Championship and World ...
16: ...ands Prix]] for results from past seasons and individual races.''
30: ...introduced [[ground effect]] aerodynamics that provided enormous downforce and greatly increased corne...
32: ...[[Formula One Constructors Association]] over television profits.
35: ... them a share of the profits from the sale of television rights, bringing an end to the [[FISA-FOCA wa... - Crossword (24761 bytes)
1: ... (or word phrases) reading across and down, by solving clues which yield the words. The black squares...
8: ...re, with a higher percentage of black squares, leaving up to half the letters in an answer unchecked. ...
16: ...ul solver must deduce not only the answers to individual clues, but how to fit together partially buil...
23: ...r with certainty. A key point to remember when solving crosswords is that '''crossword answers and the...
25: ... '''DEL''', but until a ''check'' is filled in, giving at least one of the letters, the correct answer... - List of common diseases (5000 bytes)
8: ...e notable for other reasons (for example, [[Ebola virus|Ebola]]), please remove rare diseases from thi...
21: * [[AIDS]]
145: * [[Myasthenia gravis]]
163: * [[Pelvic inflammatory disease]]
213: * [[Synovitis]] - Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (14006 bytes)
2: ...Order of St Michael and St George|GCMG]], [[Royal Victorian Order|GCVO]], [[Order of the Bath|KCB]]'''...
5: ... ten children of a [[Savilian chair of geometry|Savilian professor]] of [[geometry]] at [[Oxford]]. In...
7: ...ictly out-of-bounds. He also played the piano and violin, was an ambidextrous artist of some talent, a...
11: ...s]] in [[India]]. In [[1895]] he held special service in [[Africa]] and returned to India in [[1897]]...
13: ... he was soon transferred to the British secret service. He frequently travelled disguised as a butterf... - Softball (19057 bytes)
4: * The ball is larger, less dense, and heavier than a baseball.
20: ... the competitive aspects of the game. The pitcher aids the batter by attempting to give the easiest pitc...
28: ...d ''foul territory''. Fair territory is further divided into the ''infield'', the ''outfield'', and th...
40: ...stop play in the infield. The basemen play in the vicinity of their bases, while the shortstop plays b...
60: ...ure, or another approved material. In 2002, high-visibility yellow "optic" softballs were introduced ... - Swimming (22854 bytes)
1: ...recautions are needed to participate in water activities.
28: ...[1902]] the ''trudgen'' was improved by Richard Cavill, using the flutter kick. In [[1908]], the world...
36: ...ternately, and pull through under the water to provide motive power, with a flutter kick. Events are h...
45: *[[Medley swimming|Individual Medley]], where one swimmer swims Butterfly, ...
50: ...Kieren Perkins]] is reminiscent of Australia's previous golden age of swimming in the [[1950s]] and [[... - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
10: subdivision_type = [[City-County]] |
11: subdivision_name = [[San Francisco]] |
13: leader_name = [[Gavin Newsom]] |
42: ...[[Miwok]] Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [[Point Sur]] and t...
48: ...r, fuel and food to the site. The first of many environmental transformations was the city's reliance ... - Ronald Reagan (52721 bytes)
16: | vicepresident=George H.W. Bush
25: In [[1920]], after years of moving from town to town, the family settled in [[Dixo...
29: ... lifeguard for the next seven years, reportedly saving 77 people from drowning. Reagan would later jok...
31: ...]] game, the wire went dead. Reagan smoothly improvised a fictional play-by-play (in which hitters on ...
35: ... the starring role in the [[1937 in film|1937]] movie ''[[Love Is On the Air]]''. By the end of [[1939... - March 20 (10075 bytes)
19: ...Albert Einstein]] publishes his [[theory of relativity]].
26: ..., [[Italy]], [[France Gall]] wins the tenth [[Eurovision Song Contest]] for [[Luxembourg]] singing "Po...
34: ... [[Food and Drug Administration]] approves anti-[[AIDS]] drug [[AZT]].
36: *[[1993]] – A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb explodes in [[...
44: *[[43 BC]] - [[Ovid]], Roman poet - Leaf (20580 bytes)
8: ...parts. In some species, paired stipules are not obvious or are absent altogether; a petiole may be abs...
29: ...erns and most flowering plants the mesophyll is divided into two layers:
30: ...tribution. In order to adapt to their different environment (such as sun or shade), plants had to adap...
70: ...ese relationships. The formulae themselves can provide clues to the underlying physiological processes...
77: === Divisions of the ''lamina'' (blade) ===
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