Biography Category
(j z p´p ärch mbôl´d ) (KEY) , 1537–93, Italian painter. Court painter to the Hapsburg kings, Arcimboldo is celebrated for his grotesque, reali...
natural radioactive decay series beginning with uranium-235 (also called actinouranium) and ending with lead-207. See radioactivity....
(äkäh t´lä) (KEY) , town (1993 17,233), SW El Salvador, on the Pacific Ocean. It is a coffee and fishing port, a railroad terminus, and a resort. ...
( b´ sh g) (KEY) , in the Bible, Shunammite woman, David’s attendant in his old age and the indirect cause of Adonijah’s murder....
(äbr t´ts ) (KEY) , region (1991 pop. 1,249,054), 4,167 sq mi (10,793 sq km), central Italy, bordering on the Adriatic Sea in the east. L’Aquila i...
( kt n´ m) (KEY) [Gr.,=like a ray], radioactive chemical element; symbol Ac; at. no. 89; at. wt. 227.0278; m.p. about 1,050°C; b.p. 3,200°C±300Â...