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- (from the article "euchre") Cutthroat euchre is for three players: the maker plays alone against the other two. Call-ace euchre is a cutthroat variant for four to six players. In call-ace euchre, bidding rules follow the basic game. Before play, the maker names any ...
- call-number dialing
- (from the article "telephone and telephone system") Call-number dialing
- calla
- either of two distinct kinds of plants of the arum family (Araceae). The genus Calla contains one species of aquatic wild plant, C. palustris, which is known as the arum lily, water arum, or wild calla. As a common name ...
- calla lily
- (from the article "calla") ...contains one species of aquatic wild plant, C. palustris, which is known as the arum lily, water arum, or wild calla. As a common name calla is also generally given to several species of Zantedeschia, which are often called calla ...
- Callado, Antonio
- Brazilian novelist and leading journalist whose masterpiece, Quarup (1967), tells the story of an idealistic priest who undergoes a religious and political transformation in light of events in Brazil, notably the advent of liberation theology and the 1964 military coup ...
- Callaeidae
- songbird family, order Passeriformes, collectively called wattlebirds (a name also applied to certain honeyeaters). [1 Related Articles]
- Callaghan, James Callaghan, Baron
- British Labour Party politician, who was prime minister from 1976 to 1979. [3 Related Articles]
- Callaghan, Morley
- Canadian novelist and short-story writer.
- Callahan, Gene
- (from the article "1963: Other Winners") ...Screenplay: John Osborne for Tom JonesCinematography, Black-and-White: James Wong Howe for HudCinematography, Color: Leon Shamroy for CleopatraArt Direction, Black-and-White: Gene Callahan for America AmericaArt Direction, Color: Herman Blumenthal, Hilyard Brown, John DeCuir, Boris Juraga, Maurice Pelling, Jack Martin Smith, Elven ...
- Callahan, Harry
- American photographer noted for his innovative photographs of commonplace objects and scenes. [2 Related Articles]
- Callander
- small burgh (town), Stirling council area, historic county of Perthshire, Scotland, on the River Teith. It is a tourist centre on an important entry point into the Highlands, near the Trossachs, Loch Katrine, and the mountain Ben Ledi, which has ...
- Callanish Circle
- (from the article "Outer Hebrides") The Outer Hebrides have been inhabited for at least 4,000 years, and prehistoric remains are numerous, including the fine megalithic stone circle at Callanish (Lewis). Equal in importance to Stonehenge, the Callanish megaliths are aligned to make a rough Celtic ...
- Callanna group
- (from the article "Australia") ...succession crops out in the region of South Australia between Adelaide and the Flinders Ranges and contains an almost complete sedimentary record of the late Proterozoic. The early Adelaidean Callanna and Burra groups are confined to troughs faulted down into ...
- Callao
- city and principal commercial seaport of Peru, located within the 57-square-mile (147-square-kilometre) Callao constitutional provincia (province), directly west of Lima. The mostly urbanized area of the constitutional province is part of the Lima-Callao metropolitan area. Callao's port ... [1 Related Articles]
- Callas, Maria
- American-born Greek operatic soprano who revived classical coloratura roles in the mid-20th century with her lyrical and dramatic versatility.
- Callaway Gardens
- (from the article "LaGrange") ...mansion-one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in the state and now a national landmark-are popular attractions. Warm Springs, Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park, and the Callaway Gardens are among several nearby recreational facilities. LaGrange College, the state's ...
- Callaway, Ely Reeves
- American golf-equipment manufacturer (b. June 3, 1919, La Grange, Ga.-d. July 5, 2001, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), founded the Callaway Golf Co. in 1982; under his leadership the company became the world's leading manufacturer of golf equipment. His most popular ...
- Callejas, Rafael Leonardo
- (from the article "Honduras") ...American democracy, but that image was tarnished in 1986 when another Liberal, Jose Azcona Hoyo, succeeded Suazo despite having received far fewer votes than the National Party candidate, Rafael Leonardo Callejas. In 1989, however, Callejas won election and took office ...
- Callendar's Consolidated Spectacular Colored Minstrels
- (from the article "minstrel show") Minstrel troupes composed of black performers were formed after the Civil War. Some, like the Hicks and Sawyer Minstrels, had black owners and managers; some, including Callendar's Consolidated Spectacular Colored Minstrels, were popular in both the United States and England ...
- Callendar, H L
- British physicist who made notable contributions to thermometry, calorimetry, and knowledge of the thermodynamic properties of steam. Callendar in 1886 described a precise thermometer based on the electrical resistivity of platinum; since then, platinum resistance thermometers have been prescribed for ...
- Callender, James
- (from the article ""Tom and Sally": the Jefferson-Hemings paternity debate") The story has its origins in 1802, when a journalist of disreputable credentials, James Callender, published the initial accusation in The Richmond Recorder. Callender's motives were hardly pure. Jefferson had hired him to libel John Adams in the presidential campaign ...
- Calles, Plutarco Elias
- military and political leader who modernized the revolutionary armies and later became president of Mexico. He was the founder of the Partido Nacional Revolucionario (PNR; National Revolutionary Party), which became the major Mexican political party (renamed in 1938 the Partido ... [3 Related Articles]
- Calleva Atrebatum
- (from the article "Silchester") ...in the northern part of the administrative and historic county of Hampshire, England, southwest of Reading. Near the small modern village is the deserted site of the important Roman-British town of Calleva Atrebatum, a node of the Roman road system ...
- Calley, William
- (from the article "My Lai Massacre") ...few villagers survived. The incident was initially covered up by high-ranking army officers, but it was later made public by former soldiers. In the ensuing courts-martial, platoon leader Lieutenant William Calley was accused of directing the killings, and in 1971 ...
- Calliactis
- (from the article "sea anemone") Sea anemones often live in close association with other organisms. The hermit crab Pagurus arrosor carries a single anemone of the genus Calliactis on the snail shell it uses as a "house." When the hermit crab grows too large for ...
- Callias
- diplomat and a notable member of one of the wealthiest families of ancient Athens.
- Callias
- Athenian ridiculed by the comic poets for his youthful extravagance; later in life he was a successful military commander and diplomat. The grandson of the Callias described above, he was the butt of jokes in the plays of Aristophanes and ...
- Callias, Peace of
- (from the article "Iran, ancient") ...or of the troubles faced by their adversaries. Artaxerxes I faced several rebellions, the most important of which was that of Egypt in 459, not fully suppressed until 454. An advantageous peace (the Peace of Callias) with Athens was signed ...
- Callicebus moloch
- (from the article "animal communication") ...display. Specialized touches with the hands are now suspected to be precopulatory signals in female rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). Individuals of the South American monkey Callicebus moloch rest together in trees with their tails intertwined, a tactile display that probably ...
- Callicles
- (from the article "Plato") ...men, it should be most of all serviceable to an offender, who would employ it to move the authorities to inflict the penalties for which the state of his soul calls. All of this is in turn denied by Callicles, ...
- Callicrates
- Athenian architect who designed the Temple of Athena Nike on the Athenian Acropolis and, with Ictinus, the Parthenon. [3 Related Articles]
- Callide Valley
- valley in eastern Queensland, Australia, a southeast-northwest corridor extending for 70 miles (110 km) west of the Calliope Range. Its principal settlement is Biloela. Cotton, grains, and dairy pastures are irrigated from subartesian sources and dams on the seasonal Callide ...
- Callieres, Francois de
- French diplomat and author whose book De la maniere de negocier avec les souverains (1716; The Practice of Diplomacy) was considered a model introduction to the subject of diplomacy. [1 Related Articles]
- Calliergon
- (from the article "bryophyte") ...trees, killing the forest and replacing it with bog. Peatland can also develop on calcareous terrain through the growth of other mosses, including species of the genera Drepanocladus and Calliergon. These mosses also build up a moss mat that, through ...
- calligraphy
- the art of beautiful handwriting. The term may derive from the Greek words for "beauty" (kallos) and "to write" (graphein). It implies a sure knowledge of the correct form of letters-i.e., the conventional signs ... [56 Related Articles]
- Callimachus
- (from the article "Miltiades the Younger") ...A conflict then arose among the 10 Athenian generals over whether to wait or to attack the Persians immediately. The deciding vote was cast by the polemarchos (supreme military commander) Callimachus, whom Miltiades was able to persuade to immediate action. ...
- Callimachus
- Greek poet and scholar, the most representative poet of the erudite and sophisticated Alexandrian school. [8 Related Articles]
- Callimachus
- Greek sculptor, perhaps an Athenian, reputed to have invented the Corinthian capital after witnessing acanthus leaves growing around a basket placed upon a young girl's tomb. [1 Related Articles]
- Callinectes sapidus
- (from the article "crab") ...are eaten by humans. The most important and valuable are the edible crab of the British and European coasts (Cancer pagurus; see photograph) and, in North America, the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) of the Atlantic coast and the Dungeness crab ...
- calling
- (from the article "hunting") Sitting up, usually in blinds, is the most popular method of hunting waterfowl, with or without calling. It is called flighting in Great Britain. Hunting by calling involves waiting in hiding and making imitative noises by voice or with a ...
- Callinicum, Battle of
- (from the article "Iran, ancient") ...by the Hephthalites in the east compelled him to ratify a peace treaty with the Byzantines. Toward the end of his reign, in 527, he resumed the war and defeated the Byzantine general Belisarius at Callinicum (531) with the support ...
- Callinicus Of Heliopolis
- architect who is credited with the invention of Greek fire, a highly incendiary liquid that was projected from "siphons" to enemy ships or troops and was almost impossible to extinguish.
- Callinus
- Greek elegiac poet, the few surviving fragments of whose work reflect the troubled period when Asia Minor was invaded by the Cimmerians, a race originating in what was later South Russia. The longest fragment is an appeal to young men ...
- Calliope
- in Greek mythology, according to Hesiod's Theogony, foremost of the nine Muses; she was later called the patron of epic poetry. At the behest of Zeus, the king of the gods, she judged the dispute between the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Calliope
- (from the article "rocket and missile system") A development of the U.S. Army was the Calliope, a 60-tube launching projector for 4.5-inch rockets mounted on a Sherman tank. The launcher was mounted on the tank's gun turret, and both azimuth (horizontal direction) and elevation were controllable. Rockets ...
- calliope
- in music, a steam-whistle organ with a loud, shrill sound audible miles away; it is used to attract attention for circuses and fairs. It was invented in the United States about 1850 by A.S. Denny and patented in 1855 by ... [1 Related Articles]
- Calliphlox amethystina
- (from the article "hummingbird") ...and hovering flight. It varies with the size of the bird-the larger the bird, the lower the rate. Consequently, the smallest hummingbirds have extremely rapid wing-beat rates. In Calliphlox amethystina, one of the tiniest species, the male has a wing-beat ...
- Callippus
- (from the article "calendar") The Metonic cycle was improved by both Callippus and Hipparchus. Callippus of Cyzicus (c. 370-300 BC) was perhaps the foremost astronomer of his day. He formed what has been called the Callippic period, essentially a cycle of four Metonic periods. ...
- Callirrhoe
- (from the article "Alcmaeon") ...had never shone at the time he slew his mother. Such a spot he found at the mouth of the Achelous River, where an island had recently been formed. There he settled and, forgetting his wife, married Callirrhoe, the daughter ...
- Callistemon
- genus of shrubs and trees, of the family Myrtaceae, native to Australia. They have spikes of showy flowers and are commonly called bottlebrushes. The plants are often cultivated outdoors in western North America and in colder regions in greenhouses. C. ...
- Callisthenes of Olynthus
- ancient Greek historian best known for his influential history of Greece. Callisthenes was appointed to attend Alexander the Great as historian of his Asiatic expedition on the recommendation of his uncle Aristotle, who was Alexander's former tutor. In 327 BC ... [2 Related Articles]
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