| | - Anthony, Earl Roderick
- American professional bowler, who helped to make bowling a major television sport in the United States during the 1970s, when he was frequently a tournament finalist. He was the first bowler to earn more than $1 million in prizes. [1 Related Articles]
- Anthony, Katharine
- American biographer best known for The Lambs (1945), a controversial study of the British writers Charles and Mary Lamb. The greater portion of her work examined the lives of notable American women. [1 Related Articles]
- Anthony, Kenny
- (from the article "Saint Lucia") ...km (238 sq mi) | Population (2006 est.): 165,000 | Capital: Castries | Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Dame Pearlette Louisy | Head of government: Prime Ministers Kenny Anthony and, from December 15, Sir John Compton | BRITANNICA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2006Saint Lucia
- Anthony, Michael
- (from the article "Van Halen") ...drummer Alex Van Halen (b. May 8, 1955 Nijmegen), bassist Michael Anthony (b. June 20, 1955Chicago, Ill., U.S.), and lead singer David Lee...
- Anthony, Michael
- West Indian author of novels, short stories, and travelogues about domestic life in his homeland of Trinidad. Written in a sparse style, his works were often coming-of-age stories featuring young protagonists from his native village of Mayaro.
- Anthony, Susan B.
- pioneer crusader for the woman suffrage movement in the United States and president (1892-1900) of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. Her work helped pave the way for the Nineteenth Amendment (1920) to the Constitution, giving women the right to vote. [11 Related Articles]
- Anthony, William Arnold
- physicist and pioneer in the teaching of electrical engineering in the United States.
- Anthophoridae
- (from the article "bee") ...Melittidae, bees that mark a transitional form between the lower and the higher bees; Megachilidae (leaf-cutting [see photograph] and mason bees), noted for their elaborate nest structures; Anthophoridae (including carpenter bees and cuckoo bees), a large family that includes three subfamilies that were once considered to be subfamilies of Apidae; ...
- anthophyllite
- an amphibole mineral, a magnesium and iron silicate that occurs in altered rocks, such as the crystalline schists of Kongsberg, Nor., southern Greenland, and Pennsylvania. Anthophyllite is commonly produced by regional metamorphism of ultrabasic rocks. Because its fibres have a low tensile strength, anthophyllite asbestos is not as important as ... [2 Related Articles]
- Anthophysis
- (from the article "protomonad") Protomonads, such as the solitary Monas or the colonial Anthophysis, are oval and amoeboid with one to three flagella; they inhabit foul water and feces and also may be found in human and animal intestines. The choanoflagellates, which sometimes are placed in a separate order, have a food-catching collar surrounding ...
- anthoxanthin
- (from the article "flavonoid") ...Extensively represented in plants, the flavonoids are of relatively minor and limited occurrence in animals, which derive the pigments from plants. Many members of this group, notably the anthoxanthins, impart yellow colours, often to the petals of flowers. The anthocyanins are largely responsible for the red colouring of buds and ...
- Anthozoa
- (from the article "cnidarian") The phylum Cnidaria is made up of four classes: Hydrozoa (hydrozoans); Scyphozoa (scyphozoans); Anthozoa (anthozoans); and Cubozoa (cubozoans). All cnidarians share several attributes, supporting the theory that they had a single origin. Variety and symmetry of body forms, varied coloration, and the sometimes complex life histories of cnidarians fascinate layperson ...
- anthracene
- a tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon found in coal tar and used as a starting material for the manufacture of dyestuffs and in scintillation counters. Crude anthracene crystallizes from a high-boiling coal-tar fraction. It is purified by recrystallization and sublimation. Oxidation yields anthraquinone (q.v.), an intermediate in the production of dyes and ... [1 Related Articles]
- anthracite
- the most highly metamorphosed form of coal. It contains more fixed carbon (86 percent or greater on a dry, ash-free basis) than any other form of coal and the least amount of volatile matter (14 percent or less on a dry, ash-free basis), and it has calorific values near 35 ... [3 Related Articles]
- Anthracite Belt
- (from the article "Carboniferous Period") ...and it is generally held that one metre of coal equals the compaction of approximately five times as much plant material. Some coals exhibit remarkable thicknesses. The Mammoth coal bed of the Anthracite Belt in eastern Pennsylvanian has an average thickness of 10-12 metres (35-40 feet) throughout its extent. The ...
- anthracnose
- plant disease of warm humid areas that infects a variety of plants from trees to grasses. It is caused by certain fungi (usually Colletotrichum or Gloeosporium) producing spores in tiny, sunken, saucer-shaped fruiting bodies (acervuli). Symptoms include sunken spots of various colours in leaves, stems, fruits, or flowers. The spots ...
- Anthracobia
- (from the article "cup fungus") ...about 50 widespread species, produces in summer a cup-shaped fruiting body or mushroomlike structure on rotting wood or manure. Fire fungus is the common name for two genera (Pyronema and Anthracobia) of the order that grow on burned wood or steamed soil.
- Anthracosauria
- (from the article "amphibian") ...and anthracosaurs lived from Late Mississippian and Pennsylvanian times. The true amphibians included edopoids, eryopoids, colosteids, trimerorhachoids, and microsaurs. The representatives of the anthracosaurs included the embolomers, baphetids, and limnoscelids. Nectrideans and aistopods are often identified as amphibians, but they might be better grouped with the anthracosaurs or listed...
- anthraquinone
- the most important quinone derivative of anthracene and the parent substance of a large class of dyes and pigments. It is prepared commercially by oxidation of anthracene or condensation of benzene and phthalic anhydride, followed by dehydration of the condensation product. [4 Related Articles]
- anthraquinone dye
- any of a group of organic dyes having molecular structures based upon that of anthraquinone. The group is subdivided according to the methods best suited to their application to various fibres. [1 Related Articles]
- anthrax
- acute, infectious, febrile disease of animals and humans caused by Bacillus anthracis, a bacterium that under certain conditions forms highly resistant spores capable of persisting and retaining their virulence for many years. Although anthrax most commonly affects grazing animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, horses, and mules, humans can develop ... [8 Related Articles]
- Anthrax anale
- (from the article "bee fly") ...Hemisphere and one of the earliest to appear in spring, are parasitic on solitary bees. Larvae of several species of Villa destroy grasshopper eggs; others are parasitic on caterpillars. Anthrax anale is a parasite of tiger beetle larvae, and the European A. trifasciata is a parasite of the wall bee. ...
- Anthrax trifasciata
- (from the article "bee fly") ...solitary bees. Larvae of several species of Villa destroy grasshopper eggs; others are parasitic on caterpillars. Anthrax anale is a parasite of tiger beetle larvae, and the European A. trifasciata is a parasite of the wall bee. Several African species of Villa and Thyridanthrax are parasitic on the covering of ...
- Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed
- (from the article "anthrax") Several effective vaccines have been developed to protect against possible anthrax infection, including Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), the vaccine developed to protect United States military personnel. The anthrax vaccine can provide protection to most recipients, although a small percentage do not acquire complete immunity. However, if vaccinated military personnel were ...
- Anthrenus musaeorum
- (from the article "dermestid beetle") Anthrenus verbasci and A. musaeorum are two important museum pests. The larvae feed on and have destroyed collections of stuffed mammals, birds, and insects. Museums and private collectors must either have pestproof display shelves or continuously apply pesticides to protect their collections. The larvae of carrion-feeding species are sometimes used ...
- Anthrenus verbasci
- (from the article "dermestid beetle") Anthrenus verbasci and A. musaeorum are two important museum pests. The larvae feed on and have destroyed collections of stuffed mammals, birds, and insects. Museums and private collectors must either have pestproof display shelves or continuously apply pesticides to protect their collections. The larvae of carrion-feeding species are sometimes used ...
- anthropocentrism
- (from the article "environmentalism") ...This division has been described in other terminology as "shallow" ecology versus "deep" ecology and as "technocentrism" versus "ecocentrism." Anthropocentric approaches focus mainly on the negative effects that environmental degradation has on human beings and their interests, including their interests in health, recreation, and quality of...Foucault
- anthropogenic scrubland
- (from the article "scrubland") In areas in which climate clearly has been influential in the development of scrubland, human impact in such forms as fire or grazing also has been important. Anthropogenic scrublands-those arising from human impact on the vegetation-may be at least as widespread as natural scrublands. They occur where humans have altered ...
- anthropoid
- (from the article "primate") ...way. Although there are a few highly specialized species among the lower primates (the aye-aye, the tarsier, the potto, and the lorises, for instance), the higher primates, collectively known as the anthropoids, are extremely conservative in their structure; morphologically speaking, they have maintained a position in the evolutionary midstream and ...
- anthropological linguistics
- study of the relationship between language and culture; it usually refers to work on languages that have no written records. In the United States a close relationship between anthropology and linguistics developed as a result of research by anthropologists into the American Indian cultures and languages. Early students in this ... [1 Related Articles]
- anthropology
- "the science of humanity," which studies human beings in aspects ranging from the biology and evolutionary history of Homo sapiens to the features of society and culture that decisively distinguish humans from other animal species. Because of the diverse subject matter it encompasses, anthropology has become, especially since the middle ... [30 Related Articles]
- Anthropology and Archaeology
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- anthropology of religion
- (from the article "anthropology") The anthropology of religion is the comparative study of religions in their cultural, social, historical, and material contexts.
- anthropometry
- the systematic collection and correlation of measurements of the human body. Now one of the principal techniques of physical anthropology, the discipline originated in the 19th century, when early studies of human biological and cultural evolution stimulated an interest in the systematic description of populations both living and extinct. In ... [4 Related Articles]
- anthropomorphic mask
- (from the article "mask") The morphological elements of the mask are with few exceptions derived from natural forms. Masks with human features are classified as anthropomorphic and those with animal characteristics as theriomorphic. In some instances, the mask form is a replication of natural features or closely follows the lineaments of reality, and in ...
- anthropomorphic polytheism
- (from the article "religions, classification of") ...emotions. At a higher stage of nature religions is therianthropic polytheism, in which the deities are normally of mixed animal and human composition. The highest stage of nature religion is anthropomorphic polytheism, in which the deities appear in human form but have superhuman powers. These religions have some ethical elements, ...
- anthropomorphism
- the interpretation of nonhuman things or events in terms of human characteristics, as when one senses malice in a computer or hears human voices in the wind. Derived from the Greek anthropos ("human") and morphe ("form"), the term was first used to refer to ... [8 Related Articles]
- anthroponomastics
- (from the article "name") ...names, are discerned on the one hand, and names of places, or place-names, on the other. In the most precise terminology, a set of personal names is called anthroponymy and their study is called anthroponomastics. A set of place-names is called toponymy, and their study is called toponomastics. In a ...
- anthroponymy
- (from the article "name") ...names of persons, or personal names, are discerned on the one hand, and names of places, or place-names, on the other. In the most precise terminology, a set of personal names is called anthroponymy and their study is called anthroponomastics. A set of place-names is called toponymy, and their study ...
- Anthroposophical Society
- (from the article "Steiner, Rudolf") ...perception independent of the senses, he called the result of his research "anthroposophy," centring on "knowledge produced by the higher self in man." In 1912 he founded the Anthroposophical Society.views on anthroposophyanthroposophy...claimed that an enhanced consciousness can again perceive spiritual ...
- anthroposophy
- philosophy based on the premise that the human intellect has the ability to contact spiritual worlds. It was formulated by Rudolf Steiner (q.v.), an Austrian philosopher, scientist, and artist, who postulated the existence of a spiritual world comprehensible to pure thought but fully accessible only to the faculties of knowledge ... [2 Related Articles]
- Anthrosol
- one of the 30 soil groups in the classification system of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Anthrosols are defined as any soils that have been modified profoundly by human activities, including burial, partial removal, cutting and filling, waste disposal, manuring, and irrigated agriculture. These soils vary widely in their ...
- Anthurium
- genus of tropical American herbaceous plants, comprising about 825 species in the arum family (Araceae), many of which are popular foliage plants. A few species are widely grown for the florist trade for their showy, long-lasting blossoms, which consist of colourful leathery, shiny spathes surrounding or subtending a central rodlike ... [1 Related Articles]
- Anti-Atlas
- mountain range in Morocco running parallel to and southward of the central range of the Atlas Mountains of North Africa. Although it has a mean elevation of 5,000 feet (1,500 metres), some peaks and passes exceed 6,000 feet (1,800 metres). This rugged, arid region, which encloses the Sous lowland and ... [2 Related Articles]
- Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
- arms control treaty ratified in 1972 between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit deployment of missile systems that could theoretically be used to destroy incoming intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) launched by the other superpower. Negotiations to prohibit ballistic missile defenses were first proposed by the United States ... [8 Related Articles]
- Anti-Booker Prize
- (from the article "Russia") ...its footing in the conditions of a market economy. Nonetheless, private foundations began awarding annual literary prizes, such as the Russian Booker Prize and the Little Booker Prize. The so-called Anti-Booker Prize-its name, a protest against the British origins of the Booker Prize, was selected to emphasize that it was ...
- Anti-Comintern Pact
- agreement concluded first between Germany and Japan (Nov. 25, 1936) and then between Italy, Germany, and Japan (Nov. 6, 1937), ostensibly directed against the Communist International (Comintern) but, by implication, specifically against the Soviet Union. [2 Related Articles]
- Anti-Corn Law League
- (from the article "United Kingdom") As the economic skies darkened after 1836 and prophets such as Carlyle anticipated cataclysmic upheaval, the two most disgruntled groups in society were the industrial workers and their employers. Each group developed new forms of organization, and each turned from local to national extra-parliamentary action. The two most important organizations ...
- Anti-Corruption Commission
- (from the article "Indonesia") ...institutions, decide on electoral appeals, and advise the parliament about abuses of office by the president. Its establishment was welcomed by most legal observers in Indonesia. Soon after the Anti-Corruption Commission was formed, it took action against several prominent figures accused of corruption, including Abdullah Puteh, the governor of Aceh.
- Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia
- umbrella organization established during World War II by the Communist Party of Yugoslavia to coordinate the military campaigns of Josip Broz Tito's Partisans and the administrative activities of local "liberation committees." [1 Related Articles]
- Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
- (from the article "Than Tun, Thakin") ...established in 1942, Than Tun served as minister of land and agriculture. In 1943, however, he became a leader of the underground resistance movement. After the war he was general secretary of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League (AFPFL).establishment by Aung San
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