(Aix sponsa), small colourful North American perching duck (family Anatidae), a popular game bird. Once in danger of extinction from overhunting and habitat destruction, the species has been saved by diligent conservation efforts. Wood ducks nest in tree cavities up ...
a printmaking technique in which a print is made from a design incised on the transverse section, or end, of a hardwood block. The technique was developed in England in the last half of the 18th century, and its first ... [6 Related Articles]
celebrated English family of Staffordshire potters, a major force in the development of Staffordshire wares from peasant pottery to an organized industry. The family's most prominent members were Ralph Wood (1715-72), the "miller of Burslem"; his brother Aaron (1717-85); and ...
(Rana sylvatica), terrestrial frog (family Ranidae) of forest and woodlands. It is a cool-climate species, occurring from the northeastern quarter of the United States throughout most of Canada to central and southern Alaska. [1 Related Articles]
any of eight species of tropical African birds included in two genera, Rhinopomastus and Phoeniculus, order Coraciiformes. They range in length from 22 to 38 cm (8.5 to 15 inches), and all are predominately greenish or purplish black, with long ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "horsetail") ...branches arise from below the sheaths, circling the shoots like spokes on a wheel. Stems that bear terminal spore cones are often flesh-coloured and are present only for a short time in the spring. Wood horsetail (E. sylvaticum) grows in ...
(from the article "lemming") ...Northern Hemisphere. They have short, stocky bodies with short legs and stumpy tails, a bluntly rounded muzzle, small eyes, and small ears that are nearly hidden in their long, dense, soft fur. The wood lemming (Myopus schisticolor) and steppe lemming ...
(from the article "wood louse") either of two related terrestrial crustaceans, the pill bug (q.v.) and the sow bug (q.v.).characteristicscrustaceanDistribution and abundance<
(from the article "Saskatchewan") ...Saskatchewan, include the provincial summit: 4,816 feet (1,468 metres) above sea level. The hills constitute the only part of the area to escape glaciation and contain unique plant and animal life. Wood Mountain (3,275 feet) and the Vermilion Hills (2,500 ...
any of about 20 species of small-bodied rodents found from northern Europe eastward to southern China and the Himalayas. Body size varies; different species weigh from 15 to 50 grams (0.5 to 1.8 ounces) and measure from 6 to 15 ...
any of 11 species of birds of prey of the genus Strix, family Strigidae, characterized by a conspicuous facial disk but lacking ear tufts. Wood owls occur in woodlands and forests in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The name wood ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "piddock") The wood piddock (Martesia striata), up to 2.5 centimetres long, commonly occurs in waterlogged timbers cast up on the beach and ranges from North Carolina to Brazil. M. pusilla and M. cuneiformis have similar habits and distribution. Smith's martesia (M. ...
(species Columba palumbus), bird of the subfamily Columbinae (in the pigeon family, Columbidae), found from the forested areas of Europe, North Africa, and western Asia east to the mountains of Sikkim state in India. It is about 40 cm (16 ... [4 Related Articles]
(from the article "quail") ...of Central America, has a musical call. The tree quail, or long-tailed partridge (Dendrortyx macroura), of Mexico, is a 33-centimetre (13-inch) bird of almost grouselike proportions. Wood quail-large birds of the genus Odontophorus-are the only phasianids widely distributed in South ...
city, Madison county, southwestern Illinois, U.S. Part of the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area, it lies on the Mississippi River near the confluence of the Wood and Missouri rivers. It was from this site that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark ...
(from the article "rot") Wood rot destroys more timber each year than fire does: some 20,000,000,000 board feet in the United States alone. It is caused by hundreds of fungi, including species of Daedalea, Fomes, Lenzites, Polyporus, Poria, and Stereum. Affected wood is often ...
(from the article "germander") ...Lamiales. American germander (T. canadense) of North America has slender spikes of purple to cream flowers on stems 90 cm (3 feet) tall. Native in Europe but naturalized in North America, wood sage (T. scorodonia) bears yellow flowers. Tree germander ...
(from the article "snake") ...present. Lays eggs. 35 species in 4 genera from Mexico to Ecuador and the West Indies. Size small, 30-60 cm. Terrestrial. Pelvic vestiges present. Tracheal lung present, left...description
any plant of the genus Oxalis, numbering several hundred species, within the family Oxalidaceae. The name is chiefly used for O. montana, a stemless trifoliate (i.e., with three leaflets) herb native to North America from southern Canada southward to Tennessee ... [2 Related Articles]
(from the article "ciconiiform") ...of the five or six families of storklike birds: herons and bitterns (Ardeidae), the shoebill (sole species of the Balaenicipitidae), the hammerhead (sole species of the Scopidae), typical storks and wood storks (Ciconiidae), ibis and spoonbills (Threskiornithidae), and, according to ...
liquid obtained as one of the products of the carbonization, or destructive distillation, of wood. There are two types: hardwood tars, derived from such woods as oak and beech; and resinous tars, derived from pine wood, particularly from resinous stumps ... [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "nightingale thrush") ...18 cm (7 inches) long, a famous singer that is found in Canadian and U.S. coniferous woodlands. Common in eastern broadleaf forests of the United States is a spotted, rusty-headed form, the wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), 20 cm (8 inches) ...
(from the article "Colorado tick fever") acute, febrile viral infection usually transmitted to humans by the bite of the tick Dermacentor andersoni. The virus is classified as an orbivirus of the family Reoviridae, a grouping of viruses that is characterized by the lack of a lipid ...
(from the article "turpentine") ...Sulfate turpentine, used widely in the chemicals industry, is obtained as a by-product of the kraft, or sulfate, process of cooking wood pulp in the course of the manufacture of kraft paper. Wood turpentine is obtained by the steam distillation ...
(Clemmys insculpta), a woodland streamside turtle of the family Emydidae, found from Nova Scotia through the northeastern and north-central United States. The rough upper shell of the wood turtle is about 15-20 cm (6-8 inches) long and bears concentrically grooved ... [1 Related Articles]
any of about 120 species in the songbird subfamily Parulinae, within the huge family Emberizidae. Wood warblers are New World birds, distinct from the true warblers of the Old World (family Sylviidae). Because most wood warblers are brightly coloured and ... [1 Related Articles]
primitive insect belonging to any of three families in the suborder Symphyta (order Hymenoptera): Xiphydriidae, Orussidae (sometimes spelled Oryssidae), and Anaxyelidae. Orussidae are known as parasitic wood wasps; Anaxyelidae are known as cedar wood wasps. Xiphydriids, found in Europe and ...
(from the article "Ireland") ...first quarter of the 18th century, resentment at this subordination had grown sufficiently to enable the celebrated pamphleteer Jonathan Swift to whip up a storm of protest over the affair of "Wood's halfpence." William Wood, an English manufacturer, had been ...
(from the article "alloy") ...at 90-100° C (194-212° F); for example, Darcet's alloy (50 parts bismuth, 25 lead, 25 tin) melts at 98° C. By replacing half the tin in Darcet's alloy with cadmium, the alloy Wood's metal, which melts at 70° C, is ...
(from the article "Wood Family") ...of Staffordshire wares from peasant pottery to an organized industry. The family's most prominent members were Ralph Wood (1715-72), the "miller of Burslem"; his brother Aaron (1717-85); and his son Ralph, Jr. (1748-95). Through his mother, Ralph, Jr., was related ...
American ceramicist who was dubbed the "mama of Dada" as a result of her relationship with the artist Marcel Duchamp; she gained celebrity for both her colourful lifestyle and her pottery and inspired a character in the book and film ...
(from the article "Lugosi, Bela") ...In 1955 he voluntarily committed himself to the state hospital in Norwalk, California, as a drug addict; he was released later that year. About the same time, Lugosi began an association with Ed Wood, Jr., the man regarded by many ...
(from the article "Wood Family") William Wood (1746-1808), son of Aaron, was employed as a modeler by Wedgwood. His brilliant younger brother, Enoch (1759-1840), apprenticed with Wedgwood for a time and later with Humphrey Palmer. By 1783 Enoch was established in Burslem as an independent ...
On Jan. 25, 2005, British-born Australian plastic surgeon Fiona Wood was honoured as Australian of the Year at a ceremony in Canberra. Prime Minister John Howard presented the award to Wood, a 47-year-old mother of six who had earned an ...
American painter who was one of the major exponents of Midwestern Regionalism, a movement that flourished in the United States during the 1930s. [1 Related Articles]
(from the article "Wood Family") For some years Ralph, Jr., was in partnership with his brother John (1746-97), but in 1787 John started his own pottery at Brownhills; 10 years later he was murdered by a rejected suitor for his daughter's hand. Ralph Wood III ...
(from the article "Ephesus") J.T. Wood, working at Ephesus for the British Museum between 1863 and 1874, excavated the odeum and theatre. In May 1869 he struck a corner of the Artemiseum. His excavation exposed to view not only the scanty remains of the ...
English architect and town planner who fixed the physical character of the resort city of Bath. Though some of his individual buildings were noteworthy exercises in Palladianism (a kind of 16th-century Italian Renaissance classicism), he was most highly regarded for ... [2 Related Articles]
British architect whose work at Bath represents the culmination of the Palladian tradition initiated there by his father, John Wood the Elder. Bath is one of the most celebrated achievements in comprehensive town design. [1 Related Articles]
American librarian and missionary, whose efforts brought numerous libraries to China and established a strong program in that country to train librarians.
Australian rower and police commissioner (b. April 30, 1917, Sydney, Australia-d. Aug. 19?, 2006, Australia), won three medals at four Olympic Games over a 20-year career; he was the only person to carry the Australian national flag in the opening ...
English novelist who wrote the sensational and extremely popular East Lynne (1861), a melodramatic and moralizing tale of the fall of virtue. Translated into many languages, it was dramatized with great success, and its plot has been frequently imitated in ...
(from the article "Wood Family") ...Jr., was in partnership with his brother John (1746-97), but in 1787 John started his own pottery at Brownhills; 10 years later he was murdered by a rejected suitor for his daughter's hand. Ralph Wood III (1781-1801) continued the firm ...
(from the article "Staffordshire figure") ...grays-was used. Musicians, animals, shepherds, classical deities, allegorical figures, and portraits were in the repertoire. Among known artists are the potters Ralph Wood, Sr., and Ralph Wood, Jr., and the modeler Jean Voyez. Nineteenth-century figures, mostly portraits of English and ...
(from the article "pottery") Coloured glazes were also used by Ralph Wood I (1715-72) of Burslem, Staffordshire, for decorating an excellently modelled series of figures in a creamware (lead-glazed earthenware) body, the finest, perhaps, a mounted Hudibras in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Many ...
(from the article "Western architecture") ...stream of similar works followed from Piranesi's workshop. The first of a long and significant list of publications of measured drawings and picturesque views of Roman and Greek antiquities was Robert Wood's Ruins of Palmyra (1753), which was followed in ...
