| | - Ame no minaka-nushi no Kami
- (from the article "musubi") ...no Kami ("Exalted Musubi Deity"), who is later related to the gods of the heaven; Kami-musubi no Kami ("Sacred Musubi Deity"), related to the gods of the earth; and Ame no Minaka-nushi no Kami ("Heavenly Centre-Ruling Deity"). Some Shinto scholars hold that all Shinto deities are manifestations of Ame no ...
- amebic dysentery
- (from the article "nutrition common microbes that") Amebic dysentery, or intestinal amebiasis, is caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. This form of dysentery, which traditionally occurs in the tropics, is usually much more chronic and insidious than the bacillary disease and is more difficult to treat because the causative organism occurs in two forms, a motile one ...
- Ameche, Don
- (DOMINIC FELIX AMICI), U.S. actor (b. May 31, 1908, Kenosha, Wis.--d. Dec. 6, 1993, Scottsdale, Ariz.), was a versatile performer who was at home on radio, on television, and in films but was best remembered for two standout motion-picture roles; his performance in the title role in The Story of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Ameghino, Florentino
- paleontologist, anthropologist, and geologist, whose fossil discoveries on the Argentine Pampas rank with those made in the western United States during the late 19th century.
- Ameixal, Battle of
- (from the article "Spain") ...again had declared bankruptcies in 1647 and 1653. Once more the Council of Finance issued a debased coinage to pay for the Portuguese campaign. But the Portuguese routed the last Spanish armies at Ameixial (1663) and at Villaviciosa on the northern coast of Spain (1665). Spain finally formally recognized Portugal's ...
- Amelanchier
- genus of flowering shrubs and small trees of the rose family (Rosaceae), several species of which have entered cultivation as ornamental plants. Most species are North American; exceptions include the shrubby A. ovalis, which ranges over Europe, and A. asiatica, a small tree of East Asia. A number of amelanchiers ...
- amelia
- (from the article "agenesis") ...of the long bones of the arms or legs also may occur, called variously meromelia (absence of one or both hands or feet), phocomelia (normal hands and feet but absence of the long bones), and amelia (complete absence of one or more limbs).peromelia
- Amelia Island
- (from the article "Sea Islands") ...family also secured most of Cumberland Island for the same purpose. Jekyll Island was bought by the state of Georgia and since 1947 has been the site of a state park (see photograph). Amelia Island, first settled by Oglethorpe in 1735, became part of East Florida; it became Spanish in ...
- Amelineau, Emile-Clement
- (from the article "Abydos") ...of Abydos is intimately associated with the political and religious development of Egypt itself and dates to the beginnings of Egyptian history. Excavations there at the end of the 19th century by Emile-Clement Amelineau and Sir Flinders Petrie uncovered a series of pit tombs, the stelae (standing stone slabs) of ...
- Amelio, Gilbert
- (from the article "Jobs, Steven P.") In late 1996, Apple, saddled by huge financial losses and on the verge of collapse, hired a new chief executive, semiconductor executive Gilbert Amelio. When Amelio learned that the company, following intense and prolonged research efforts, had failed to develop an acceptable replacement for the Macintosh's aging operating system, he ...
- Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, Convention for the
- (from the article "Geneva Conventions") ...Red Cross conference in Stockholm in 1948 extended and codified the existing provisions. The conference developed four conventions, which were approved in Geneva on August 12, 1949: (1) the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, (2) the Convention ...
- Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, Convention for the
- (from the article "Geneva Conventions") ...developed four conventions, which were approved in Geneva on August 12, 1949: (1) the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, (2) the Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of Armed ...
- Amelioration of the Wounded in Time of War, Convention for the
- (from the article "Geneva Conventions") The development of the Geneva Conventions was closely associated with the Red Cross, whose founder, Henri Dunant, initiated international negotiations that produced the Convention for the Amelioration of the Wounded in Time of War in 1864. This convention provided for (1) the immunity from capture and destruction of all establishments ...
- Amelung glass
- American glass produced from 1784 to about 1795 by John Frederick Amelung, a native of Bremen in Germany. Financed by German and American promoters, Amelung founded the New Bremen Glassmanufactory near Frederick, Md., U.S., and attempted to establish a self-sufficient community, importing glassworkers and other craftsmen from Germany. The enterprise ...
- Amelung, John Frederick
- (from the article "Amelung glass") American glass produced from 1784 to about 1795 by John Frederick Amelung, a native of Bremen in Germany. Financed by German and American promoters, Amelung founded the New Bremen Glassmanufactory near Frederick, Md., U.S., and attempted to establish a self-sufficient community, importing glassworkers and other craftsmen from Germany. The enterprise ...
- amen
- expression of agreement, confirmation, or desire used in worship by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The basic meaning of the Semitic root from which it is derived is "firm," "fixed," or "sure," and the related Hebrew verb also means "to be reliable" and "to be trusted." The Greek Old Testament usually ...
- Amenabar, Alejandro
- (from the article "2004: Best Foreign-Language Film") Other Nominees
- amendment
- in government and law, an addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution. Amendments can be made to existing constitutions and statutes and are also commonly made to bills in the course of their passage through a legislature. Since amendments to a national constitution can ... [6 Related Articles]
- Amendola, Giovanni
- journalist, politician, and, in the early 1920s, foremost opponent of the Italian Fascists.
- Amenemhet I
- king of ancient Egypt (reigned 1938-08 BCE) and founder of the 12th dynasty (1938-c. 1756 BCE) who, with a number of powerful nomarchs (provincial governors), consolidated Egyptian unity after the death of his predecessor, under whom he had served as vizier. [2 Related Articles]
- Amenemhet II
- king of ancient Egypt (reigned 1876-42 BCE), grandson of Amenemhet I (founder of the 12th dynasty [1938-c. 1756 BCE]). He furthered Egypt's trade relations and internal development. [1 Related Articles]
- Amenemhet III
- king of ancient Egypt (reigned 1818-1770 BCE) of the 12th dynasty, who brought Middle Kingdom Egypt (c. 1938-1630 BCE) to a peak of economic prosperity by completing a system to regulate the inflow of water into Lake Moeris, in the Al-Fayyum depression southwest of Cairo. The resulting stabilization of the ... [4 Related Articles]
- Amenemhet IV
- (from the article "Egypt, ancient") The reigns of Amenemhet III and Amenemhet IV (c. 1770-60 BC) and of Sebeknefru (c. 1760-56 BC), the first certainly attested female monarch, were apparently peaceful, but the accession of a woman marked the end of the dynastic line.
- Amenemope
- ancient Egyptian author of The Instruction of Amenemope, probably composed during the late New Kingdom (1300-1075 BCE). Amenemope's text, similar in content to most of the instruction or wisdom literature written earlier, was a collection of maxims and admonitions setting forth practical injunctions for living. In particular, many parallels have ...
- Amenhotep
- (from the article "Egypt, ancient") The burials of King Psusennes I (ruled c. 1045-c. 997 BC) and his successor, Amenemope (ruled c. 998-c. 989 BC), were discovered at Tanis, but little is known of their reigns. This was a period when statuary was usurped and the material of earlier periods was reused. At Karnak, Pinudjem ...
- Amenhotep I
- king of ancient Egypt (reigned 1514-1493 BCE), son of Ahmose I, the founder of the 18th dynasty (1539-1292 BCE). He effectively extended Egypt's boundaries in Nubia (modern Sudan). [2 Related Articles]
- Amenhotep II
- king of ancient Egypt (reigned c. 1426-00 BCE), son of Thutmose III. Ruling at the height of Egypt's imperial era, he strove to maintain his father's conquests by physical and military skills. [4 Related Articles]
- Amenhotep III
- king of ancient Egypt (reigned 1390-53 BCE) in a period of peaceful prosperity, who devoted himself to expanding diplomatic contacts and to extensive building in Egypt and Nubia. [10 Related Articles]
- Amenhotep, son of Hapu
- high official of the reign of Amenhotep III of ancient Egypt (reigned 1390-53 BCE), who was greatly honoured by the king within his lifetime and was deified more than 1,000 years later during the Ptolemaic era. [2 Related Articles]
- amenity bed
- (from the article "hospital") ...limited number of beds for private patients within a large general hospital otherwise financed to some degree by public funds. In the United Kingdom and, for example, in West Africa, these so-called amenity beds usually form part of the ward unit, the patient being required to pay for certain amenities ...
- amenorrhea
- failure to menstruate. Menstruation is the normal cyclic bleeding from the uterus in the female reproductive tract that occurs at approximately four-week intervals. Primary amenorrhea is the delay or failure to start menstruating upon reaching the age of 16, while secondary amenorrhea is the abnormal cessation of cycles once they ... [7 Related Articles]
- Amenouzume
- in Japanese mythology, the celestial goddess who performed a spontaneous dance enticing the sun goddess Amaterasu out of the cave in which she had secluded herself and had thus deprived the world of light. [1 Related Articles]
- amensalism
- association between organisms of two different species in which one is inhibited or destroyed and the other is unaffected. There are two basic modes: competition (q.v.), in which a larger or stronger organism excludes a smaller or weaker one from living space or deprives it of food, and antibiosis, in ... [1 Related Articles]
- Amenta
- (from the article "dema deity") ...widely quoted example of the dema deity complex is the version of the Ceramese myth of Hainuwele, by the Danish anthropologist Adolf E. Jensen. According to this myth, a dema man named Amenta found a coconut speared on a boar's tusk and in a dream was instructed to plant it. ...
- Amentiferae
- (from the article "Fagales") Because of the presence of catkins, or aments, Fagales, plus a number of unrelated families, were previously classified in an artificial group called Amentiferae. The chief features of the members of Amentiferae were staminate flowers, and frequently also pistillate flowers, in catkins, reduced or absent sepals and petals, and a ...
- Amer
- (from the article "Tigre") The largest federation of Tigre is that of the Amer (Beni Amer), a branch of the historically important Beja peoples. These Muslims all recognize the religious supremacy of the Mirghaniyah family of eastern Sudan. Another group, the Bet-Asgade (Bet Asgede), converted from Ethiopic Christianity to Islam. The life of the ...
- Amer
- town, east-central Rajasthan state, northwestern India. Amer is part of the Jaipur urban agglomeration and is noted for its magnificent palace. The town is entirely surrounded by hills and stands at the foot of a rocky gorge. Amer was made the capital of the state of the Kachwaha Rajputs (warrior ...
- Amerada Hess Corporation
- integrated American petroleum company involved in exploration and development of oil and natural-gas resources, and the transportation, production, marketing, and sale of petroleum products. Headquarters are in New York City. The company was incorporated in 1920 as Amerada Corporation. It became Amerada Petroleum Corporation in 1941, upon merging with a ... [1 Related Articles]
- Amerasia Basin
- (from the article "Arctic Ocean") ...under the edge of the Asian continent, from which a narrow splinter of its northern continental margin was separated and translated northward to form the present Lomonosov Ridge. The origin of the Amerasia Basin is far less clear. Most researchers favour a hypothesis of opening by rotation of the Arctic-Alaska ...
- amercement
- in English law, an arbitrary financial penalty, formerly imposed on an offender by his peers or at the discretion of the court or the lord. Although the word has become practically synonymous with "fine," there is a distinction in that fines are fixed by statute, whereas amercements are decided by ...
- Ameretat
- (from the article "amesha spenta") ...Order and Good Mind. Spenta Armaiti (Beneficent Devotion), the spirit of devotion and faith, guides and protects the believer. She presides over Earth. Haurvatat (Wholeness or Perfection) and Ameretat (Immortality) are often mentioned together as sisters. They preside over water and plants and may come to the believer as a ...
- America First Committee
- influential political pressure group in the United States (1940-41) that opposed aid to the Allies in World War II because it feared direct American military involvement in the conflict. The committee claimed a membership of 800,000 and attracted such leaders as General Robert E. Wood, the aviator Charles A. Lindbergh, ...
- America NT & SA, Bank of
- (from the article "America NT & SA, Bank of") subsidiary of BankAmerica Corporation (q.v.).for more general content on this topicBank of America Corporation
- America West Airlines
- (from the article "Economic Affairs") ...Airlines had much of its fuel needs hedged at a set price of $26 a barrel. There was some positive news for legacy U.S. airlines; US Airways gained federal approval to merge with low-cost carrier America West Airlines and emerged in late September from its second round of bankruptcy protection ...
- America's Cup
- one of the oldest and best-known trophies in international sailing yacht competition. It was first offered as the Hundred Guinea Cup on Aug. 20, 1851, by the Royal Yacht Squadron of Great Britain for a race around the Isle of Wight. The cup was won by the America, a 100-foot ... [7 Related Articles]
- America, Bank of
- (from the article "China") ...were encouraged to list their shares abroad. Bank of Communications became the second Chinese bank-following the Bank of China-to list its operations on the Hong Kong exchange market. Bank of America acquired a 9% stake in the country's third largest lender, China Construction Bank. Dutch bank ING Group and British ...
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- honorary society incorporated on May 4, 1780, in Boston, Mass., U.S., for the purpose of cultivating "every art and science." Its membership-some 3,300 fellows in the United States and about 550 foreign honorary fellows (all scholars and national leaders)-is divided into four classes: the physical sciences, the biological sciences, the ... [2 Related Articles]
- American Airlines
- major American airline serving cities in several states of the continental United States and in Canada, Hawaii, Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the western Pacific. Its parent, or holding, company, AMR Corp. (created in 1982), also has holdings in food-catering services, hotels and inns, airport ground-transportation ... [4 Related Articles]
- American alligator
- (from the article "alligator") The American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), the larger of the two species, is found in the southeastern United States. It is black with yellow banding when young and is generally brownish when adult. The maximum length is about 5.8 metres (19 feet), but it more typically ranges from ...
- American Amateur Baseball Congress
- (from the article "baseball") ...national amateur baseball program was the American Legion Junior League, founded in 1926 and later called the American Legion Baseball League, with an upper age limit of 19 years for players. The American Amateur Baseball Congress (founded 1935) conducts programs for youths age 8 to 19 and adults in seven ...
- American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
- (from the article "Tappan, Arthur") Tappan then created a new organization, the American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society. He advocated trying to achieve abolition through the political process and backed the Liberty Party in the 1840s. With the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, however, both of the Tappan brothers became more radical. Arthur ...
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