structure that was deposited in the northeastern United States during the Middle and Late Devonian Period (the Devonian Period began about 408 million years ago and lasted about 48 million years); it is named for exposures studied in the Catskill ...
privately owned zoo opened in 1933 in Catskill, New York, U.S. It occupies more than 914 acres (370 hectares), of which 135 acres (55 hectares) are open to the public from May to October. The remainder of the zoo grounds ...
dissected segment of the Allegheny Plateau, part of the Appalachian Mountain system, lying mainly in Greene and Ulster counties, southeastern New York, U.S. Bounded north and east by the valleys of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers, respectively, the mountains are ...
spicy liquid condiment widely used in the United States and Great Britain. U.S. catsup is a sweet puree of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers flavoured with vinegar and pickling spice that is eaten with meats, especially beef, and frequently with ...
American feminist leader who led the women's rights movement for more than 25 years, culminating in the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment (for woman suffrage) to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.
Italian publicist and intellectual whose writings significantly shaped the Risorgimento and whose journal, Il Politecnico ("The Polytechnic"), not only served as a vehicle for his political views but also was influential in introducing new scientific and technical improvements into Italy.
county, southwestern New York state, U.S., consisting of a ruggedly hilly region bounded by Cattaraugus Creek to the north and Pennsylvania to the south. It is drained by the Allegheny River and Ischua and Great Valley creeks. Surrounding Allegheny Reservoir ...
U.S. psychologist who oriented U.S. psychology toward use of objective experimental methods, mental testing, and application of psychology to the fields of education, business, industry, and advertising. He originated two professional directories and published five scientific periodicals.
Old Irish epiclike tale that is the longest of the Ulster cycle of hero tales and deals with the conflict between Ulster and Connaught over possession of the brown bull of Cooley. The tale was composed in prose with verse ...
any orchid plant of the genus Cattleya (family Orchidaceae), comprising about 65 species of air plants or rock plants that are commercially important as ornamentals and florists' plants. They are native to tropical America and are widely grown in greenhouses ...
Roman poet whose expressions of love and hatred are generally considered the finest lyric poetry of ancient Rome. In 25 of his poems he speaks of his love for a woman he calls Lesbia, whose identity is uncertain. Other poems ...
Roman commander, victor in the final battle of the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage (264-241). As consul in 242, he blockaded the Sicilian cities of Lilybaeum and Drepanum with a fleet of 200 ships. On March 10, 241, ...
probably the most powerful Belgic tribe in ancient Britain; it occupied the area directly north of the River Thames. The first capital of the Catuvellauni was located near Wheathampstead, but after their defeat by Julius Caesar in 54 BC, they ...
department, southwestern Colombia, stretching eastward from the Pacific Ocean across the Andean Cordilleras (mountains) Occidental and Central, which are separated by the fertile valley of the upper Rio Cauca. The department, 11,316 sq mi (29,308 sq km), is rich in ...
river, western and northwestern Colombia, rising in the Andes near Popayan and flowing northward between the Cordilleras (mountains) Occidental and Oriental for 838 mi (1,349 km) to join the Rio Magdalena north of Mompos. In its middle reaches, the Cauca ...
group of languages indigenous to Transcaucasia and adjacent areas of the Caucasus region, between the Black and Caspian seas. As used in this article, the term excludes the Indo-European (Armenian, Ossetic, Talysh, Kurdish, Tat) and Turkic languages (Azerbaijani, Kumyk, Noghay, ...
various ethnic groups living in the Caucasus, a geographically complex area of mountain ranges, plateaus, foothills, plains, rivers, and lakes, with grasslands, forests, marshes, and dry steppes. The complex of regions harbours more than 50 separate peoples, ranging from language ...
French mathematician who pioneered in analysis and the theory of substitution groups (groups whose elements are ordered sequences of a set of things). He was one of the greatest of modern mathematicians.
one of the major extant orders of the class Amphibia. It includes salamanders and newts. The relatively small and inconspicuous salamanders are important members of north temperate and some tropical ecosystems, in which they are locally abundant and play important ...
narrow mountain pass near Beneventum in ancient Samnium (near modern Montesarchio, Campania, southern Italy). In the Battle of Caudine Forks the Samnites under Gavius Pontius defeated and captured a Roman army in 321 BC, during the Second Samnite War. The ...
small, two-handled silver cup, usually with a cover, originally made in England during the second half of the 17th century and possibly used for caudle-warm ale or wine mixed with bread or gruel, eggs, sugar, and spices-which was administered to ...
porcelain produced by the Caughley China Works, a factory in Caughley, Shropshire, England. A local earthenware pottery was extended in 1772 by Thomas Turner to make soaprock (steatitic) porcelain; a close connection existed with the Worcester porcelain factory, and from ...
French general, diplomat, and ultimately foreign minister under Napoleon. As the Emperor's loyal master of horse from 1804, Caulaincourt was at Napoleon's side in his great battles, and his Memoires provide an important source for the period 1812 to 1814.
(Brassica oleracea, Botrytis group), form of cabbage (q.v.), of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), consisting of a compact terminal mass of greatly thickened, modified, and partially developed flower structures, together with their subtending fleshy stalks.
distortion of the cartilage of the outer ear as the result of an injury. If the injury causes bleeding between the cartilage and the skin, it produces a smooth and rounded purplish swelling. Accumulated clotted blood, if not removed, is ...
in pottery, creamware modelled and glazed in green and yellow to simulate a cauliflower, the term also applying to other fruit or vegetable forms. About 1760, William Greatbach undertook the potting and modelling, jobbed out to him by Josiah Wedgwood, ...
ancient Greek city in southern Italy, southernmost of the colonies founded in Italy by the Achaeans. Established perhaps in the first half of the 7th century BC, Caulonia was an outpost of Croton. Judging from its copious and beautiful coinage ...
British bare-knuckle prizefighter, one of the first to aspire to a world championship in addition to national honours. Caunt held the English heavyweight championship from 1838 to 1845, losing the title briefly in 1841 to Nick Ward.
in literature, a short, informal essay, often on a literary topic. This sense of the word is derived from the title of a series of essays by the French author Charles-Augustin Sainte-Beuve entitled Causeries du lundi.
gorge-gouged limestone plateaus of southwestern France. The name is from cau, local form of chaux, meaning "lime." At elevations of from 3,000 to 4,000 ft (900 to 1,200 m), the Grands-Causses form part of the Massif Central and occupy parts ...
river in Granma and Santiago de Cuba provinces, eastern Cuba. The island's longest river, it flows for 230 mi (370 km) from its source in the Sierra Maestra westward through alluvial swamps into the Golfo (gulf ) de Guacanayabo. Its ...
sacred river of southern India. It rises on Brahmagiri Hill of the Western Ghats in southwestern Karnataka state, flows in a southeasterly direction for 475 miles (765 km) through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, and descends the Eastern ...
town and episcopal see, Salerno province, Campania region, southern Italy, in a rich cultivated valley surrounded by hills, just northwest of Salerno city. Cylindrical towers on the hills are used for shooting pigeons, a tradition derived from Lombardy. Just southwest ...
Greek poet who developed his own consciously individual style and thus became one of the most important figures not only in Greek poetry but in Western poetry as well. He lived most of his life in Alexandria, loved English and ...
French general and chief executive during the Revolution of 1848, known for his harsh reprisals against rebelling Parisian workers in June of that year.
