Biography Category
( j´´ l ´d s) (KEY) , c.540–c.460 B.C., Greek sculptor of the Argive school, famous for his statues of gods and Olympian athletes. Some modern au...
( s ´t k) (KEY) , CH3CO2H, colorless liquid that has a characteristic pungent odor, boils at 118°C, and is miscible with water in all proportions; i...
(äk´r , äk´r ) (KEY) , state (1990 est. pop. 1,125,100), 58,915 sq mi (152,590 sq km), W Brazil, on the borders of Peru and Bolivia. Rio Branco is...
( k´ l r n´sh ,–sh ) (KEY) or Acca Larentina (–t ´n ) (KEY) , in Roman mythology, wife of the shepherd Faustulus and foster mother of Romulu...
[Lat.,=sucking from], taking of molecules of one substance directly into another substance. It is contrasted with adsorption, in which the molecules a...
(äp´sälôn) (KEY) or Axel (äk´s l) (KEY) , c.1128–1201, Danish churchman, archbishop of Lund (1178–1201). He had great influence on politica...