Andean Condor The Andean Condor, Vultur gryphus, is a species of bird in one of the vulture families. It is in many regards the largest flying land bird in the Western Hemisphere and is the heaviest, but not the lengthiest, member of the order Ciconiiformes. This condor inhabits the Andes mountains.
	Anders Celsius Anders Celsius was a Sweden astronomy. Celsius was born in Uppsala in Sweden. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting notable observatories in Germany, Italy and France.
	Andes The Andes is the world's longest mountain range, forming a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. It is over 7,000 km long, 500 km wide in some parts , and of an average height of about 4,000 m . The Andean range is composed principally of two great ranges, the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera Occidental, often separated by a deep intermediate depression , in which arise other chains of minor importance, the chief of which is Chile's Cordillera de la Costa
	Andesite Andesite is an igneous rock, volcanic rock, of intermediate composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. Its mineral assembly is usually quartz and plagioclase. Biotite, hornblende and pyroxene are common accessory minerals. Alkali feldspar is absent.
	Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh : , is a States and territories of India in South India. It lies between 1241' and 22N latitude and 77 and 8440'E longitude, and is bordered by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the East, Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka to the west.
	Andorra The Principality of Andorra is a small, landlocked country principality in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by France and Spain. Once isolated, it is currently a prosperous country mainly because of tourism and its status as a tax haven.
	André Derain Andr Derain was a France painter and an illustrator. Derain was born on 1880 in Chatou, le-de-France , France. He attended the Acadmie Camillo and studied with Eugne Carrire. At the acadmie he would become friends with Henri Matisse, alongside whom he was considered one of the leaders of the Fauvism movement.
	André Eglevsky Andr? Eglevsky was a Russian-born United States ballet dancer and teacher. Eglevsky was born in Moscow, but was taken to live in France when he was eight, his mother having decided that his talent as a dancer demanded that he be properly trained.
	André Gide Andr Paul Guillaume Gide was a France author and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947. Gide's career spanned from the Symbolism movement to the advent of anticolonialism in-between the two World Wars. Gide's work can be seen as an investigation of freedom and empowerment in the face of moralistic and puritan constraints, and gravitates around his continuous effort to achieve intellectual honesty.
	André Le Nôtre Andr Le Ntre was a landscape architect and the gardener of King Louis XIV of France from 1645 to 1700. He was most notably responsible for the construction of the park of the Palace of Versailles. Le Ntre's other work included the design of many gardens and parks, including those of Chantilly, Chateau Fontainebleau, Racconigi, Saint-Cloud, Saint-Germain-en-Laye and St. James's Park.
	André Maginot Andr? Maginot was a France civil servant, soldier, and Member of Parliament. He is undoubtedly best known for his advocacy for the string of forts that would be known as the Maginot Line.
	André Malraux Andr Malraux was a France author, adventurer and statesman preeminent in the world of French politics and culture during his lifetime.
	Andrea Mantegna Andrea Mantegna was the first truly Renaissance artist of Northern Italy. A serious student of Roman archaeology and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini, Mantegna is credited with inventing the techniques of foreshortening and Trompe l'oeil. He was also the first artist to manipulate Perspective as he thought best, e.g., by lowering the horizon in order to render his figures more monumental.
	Andrea Palladio Category:1508 births Category:1580 deaths Category:Natives of Padua Category:Italian architecture writers bs:Andrea Palladio de:Andrea Palladio es:Andrea Palladio fr:Andrea Palladio hr:Andrea Palladio it:Andrea Palladio he:?????? ?????
	Andrei Sakharov Dr. Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov , was an eminent Russian SFSR Nuclear physics physicist, dissident and human rights activist. Sakharov was an advocate of civil liberties and reforms in the Soviet Union.
	Andrei Tarkovsky Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Russian movie director, opera director, writer, and actor. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of the Soviet Union era in Russia and one of the greatest in the history of film.
	Andrenidae The family Andrenidae is a large cosmopolitan bee family, with most of the diversity in temperate and/or arid areas, including some truly enormous genera. One of the subfamilies, Oxaeinae, are so different in appearance that they were typically accorded family status, but careful phylogenetic analysis reveals them to be an offshoot within the Andrenidae, very close to the Andreninae.
	Andrés Segovia Andrs Torres Segovia, Marques de Salobrea was a Spain Classical guitar born in Linares, Spain who is considered to be the father of the modern classical guitar movement by most modern scholars. Segovia claimed that he "rescued the guitar from the hands of flamenco gypsies," and built up a classical repertoire to give it a place in concert halls.
	Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish people-born American List of business people, a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company which later became U.S. Steel. He is known for having built one of the most powerful and influential corporations in United States history, and, later in his life, giving away most of his riches to fund the establishment of many libraries, schools, and universities in Scotland, America and worldwide.
	Andrew Dickson White Andrew Dickson White was a United States diplomat, author, and educator, best known as the co-founder of Cornell University. White was born in Homer, New York and educated at Yale University. At Yale, he was a classmate of Daniel Coit Gilman, who would later serve as first president of Johns Hopkins University.
	Andrew Huxley Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley, Order of Merit, Royal Society is a United Kingdom physiology and biophysics, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Alan Lloyd Hodgkin on the basis of nerve action potentials, the electrical impulses that enable the activity of an organism to be coordinated by a central nervous system.
	Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States , List of governors of Florida of Florida , general of the Battle of New Orleans , a co-founder of the Democratic Party , and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy.
	Andrew Jackson Downing Andrew Jackson Downing was an American landscape designer and writer, a prominent advocate of the Gothic Revival style in the United States, and editing and publisher of The Horticulturist magazine. Downing was born in Newburgh, New York, United States, to Samuel Downing and Becky Crandall.
	Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the seventeenth President of the United States , succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was a United States Senate from Tennessee at the time of the secession of the southern states. He was the only Southern Senator not to quit his post upon secession.
	Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is a highly successful England composer of musical theatre. He was the most popular theatre composer of the late 20th century and is arguably the most popular theatre composer of all time, with multiple showpieces that have run for more than a decade both on Broadway theatre and in the West End theatre.
	Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell was an England Metaphysical poets, and the son of an Anglican clergyman. As a metaphysical, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert. He was the first assistant of John Milton. Marvell was born in Winestead-in-Holderness, Yorkshire.
	Andrew W. Mellon Andrew William Mellon was an United States banker, industrialist, philanthropist, art collector and United States Secretary of the Treasury from March 4, 1921 until February 12, 1932.
	Andrew Wyeth Andrew Newell Wyeth is an United States realism painter, one of the best-known of the 20th century. He is sometimes referred to as the "Painter of the People" due to his popularity with the American public. Wyeth's favorite subject is the land and inhabitants around his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, and those near his summer home in Cushing, Maine.
	Andrija Mohorovicic Andrija Mohorovicic was a notable Croatia meteorologist and seismologist born in Volosko near Opatija, where his father, also named Andrija, was a blacksmith making anchors. The younger Andrew himself loved the sea and he married a captain's daughter, Silvija Verni.
	Android n android is a robot artificial to resemble a human, usually both in appearance and behavior. The word derives from the Greek language andr-, " meaning "man, male", and the suffix -eides, used to mean "of the species; alike" . The word droid, a robot in the Star Wars universe, is derived from this meaning.
	Andromeda Galaxy name = | image = | epoch = J2000.0 | type = SA(s)b I-II | ra =
	Andropogon Andropogon is a genus of grasses. Andropogon gerardii, big bluestem, is the official state grass of Illinois.
	Androsterone Androsterone(ADT) is a steroid hormone with weak androgenic activity. It is made in the liver from the metabolism of testosterone. It was first isolated in 1931, by Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt and Kurt Tscherning. They distilled over 17000 liters of male urine, from which they got 50 milligrams of crystalline androsterone, which was sufficient to find that the chemical formula was very similar to estrone.
	Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Wajda is a Poland film director, laureate of an honorary Academy Awards, one of the most prominent members of the Polish Film School.
	Andy Warhol Andy Warhol , was an United States artist, avant-garde filmmaker, writer and social figure. Warhol also worked as a publisher, music producer and actor. With his background and experience in commercial art, Warhol was one of the founders of the Pop Art movement in the United States in the 1950s.
	Anechoic chamber An anechoic chamber is a room that is isolated from external sound or electromagnetic radiation sources, sometimes using sound proofing, and prevents the reflection of wave phenomena. In rooms such as these, the only sounds which exist are emitted directly from their source, and not reflected from another part of the chamber.
	Aneides lugubris Aneides lugubris is a species of Arboreal salamanders. They are large, 5.1 to 8.1 cm, with plain purplish-brown coloring, usually spotted dorsally with gold or yellow, although they may also be unspotted. These salamanders have a large, triangular shaped head and large squared off toes.
	Anemometer An anemometer is a device for measuring the wind speed or the pressure of the wind, and is one instrument used in a weather station. The term is derived from the Greek word "anemos" meaning wind. Different classes of anemometer are available, which measure either velocity or pressure.
	Anemone Anemone, is a genus of about 120 species of flowering plants in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae in the north and south temperate zones. They are closely related to Pasque flower and Hepatica; some botanists include both of these genera within Anemone. The plants are perennial herbs with an underground rootstock, and radical, more or less deeply cut, leaves.
	Anemone canadensis Anemone canadensis is an early-spring flowering plant in the Genus Anemone. Common names include Canada Anemone. Flower has five prominent sepals with a flower diameter off 1.5 - 2 inches. It grows about 1-2 feet tall in meadows, along roadsides, and in low shrubby areas.
	Anemone nemorosa Anemone nemorosa is an early-spring flowering plant in the Genus Anemone. Common names include Wood Anemone, Windflower, European Thimbleweed and Smell Fox. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing in early spring to 5-15 cm tall, and dying back down to the root-like rhizome by mid summer.
	Anemone quinquefolia Anemone quinquefolia is an early-spring flowering plant in the genus Anemone, native to North America. It is commonly called Wood Anemone, though it is not to be confused with Anemone nemorosa, a European species. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing in early spring to 10-30 cm tall, and dying back down to the root-like rhizomes by mid summer.
	Anemone sylvestris Anemone sylvestris is a herb perennial flowering plant found in dry deciduous woodlands of Central and Western Europe. It prefers soils with a high nutrient content. It flowers in early spring, often before the trees get their Leaf.
	Anencephaly Anencephaly is a cephalic disorder that results from a neural tube defect that occurs when the cephalic end of the neural tube fails to close, usually between the 23rd and 26th day of pregnancy, resulting in the absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp. Infants with this disorder are born without a forebrain - the largest part of the brain consisting mainly of the telencephalon - which is responsible for thinking and coordination.
	Anesthesia Anesthesia or anaesthesia has traditionally meant the process of blocking the perception of pain and other tactil sensations. This allows patients to undergo surgery and other procedures without the distress and pain they would otherwise experience. It comes from the Greek roots an-, "not, without" and aesthetos, "perceptible, able to feel".
	Angara The Angara is a river, 1840 km long, in Irkutsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai, south-east Siberia, Russia. It is the only river flowing out of Lake Baikal, and is a headwater of the Yenisei River. After leaving the southwestern end of Lake Baikal near the settlement of Listvyanka, it flows north past the cities of Irkutsk and Bratsk, then turns west after receiving the Ilim River and flows into the Yenisei near Strelka.
	Angel An angel is a supernatural being found in many religions. In scripture, they typically act as messengers, as held by the three prominent monotheistic faiths, Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
	Angel Falls Angel Falls or Salto ngel is the world's highest free-leaping waterfall at 979 m with an uninterrupted drop of 807 m. It is located on the Auyantepui. The river that culminates in the drop is the Kerepakupay, in the Canaima National Park, Venezuela at .
	Angel shark The angel sharks are an unusual group of sharks with flattened bodies and broad pectoral fins that give them a strong resemblance to skates and batoidea. The 16-odd known species are all classified in a single genus, Squatina, belonging to its own family, Squatinidae, and order Squatiniformes.
	Angelica Angelica is a genus of about 50 species of tall biennial and perennial herbs in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere, reaching as far North as Iceland and Lapland. They grow to 1-2 m tall, with large bipinnate leaf and large compound umbels of white or greenish-white flowers.
	Angered Angered is a suburb outside Gothenburg in Sweden. Angered is the biggest Million Programme area in Gothenburg, and one of the biggest in the country with 40 000 inhabitants. Angered is multi-ethnic and is isolated from the rest of Gothenburg, therefore it is sometimes referred to as a slum, but it is also known for its beautiful nature reserves.
	Angers Angers is a city in France in the dpartement in France of Maine-et-Loire, 191 miles south-west of Paris. Angers is an urban city housing 150,000 people in the city and close to 270,000 for the metropolitan area. The city traces its roots to early ancient Rome times.
	Angiogram Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique in which an X-ray picture is taken to visualize the inner opening of blood filled structures, including artery, veins and the heart chambers. Its name comes from the Greek language words angeion, "vessel", and graphien, "to write or record".
	Angioplasty Angioplasty is the mechanical alteration of a narrowed or totally obstructed vascular lumen, generally caused by atheroma. The term derives from the roots "Angio" or vessel and "plasticos" fit for molding. The term has come to include all manner of vascular interventions typically performed in a minimally invasive or percutaneous method.
	Angiotensin Angiotensin is an oligopeptide in the blood that causes vasoconstriction, increased blood pressure, and release of aldosterone from the adrenal cortex. It is a powerful dipsogen. It is derived from the precursor molecule angiotensinogen, a serum globulin produced in the liver.
	Angle An angle is the figure formed by two Ray sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the angle. Angles provide a means of expressing the difference in slope between two rays meeting at a vertex without the need to explicitly define the slopes of the two rays. Angles are studied in geometry and trigonometry.
	Angle of attack Angle of attack is a term used in aerodynamics to describe the angle between the airfoil's chord and the direction of airflow wind, effectively the direction in which the aircraft is currently moving. It can be described as the angle between where the wing is pointing and where it is going.
	Angle of incidence An angle of incidence is the angle between a beam incident on a surface and the line perpendicular to the surface at the point of incidence, called the surface normal. The beam can be formed by any wave: light, acoustical, microwave, X-ray etc. In Fig. 1 the red line representing a ray makes an angle ? with the normal.
	Angle of refraction Angle of refraction refers to the angle a wave makes to the line of Surface normal incidence when a wave passes from one medium to another. The line of normal incidence is a line perpendicular to the medium the light is passing into. Or in common terms, the wave is heading directly towards the material.
	Angle of view In photography, angle of view is the amount of a given scene shown on the film or de:Bildwinkel ru:???? ??????????? ????????? sl:Zorni kot sv:Bildvinkel
	Anglerfish Anglerfishes are bony fishes in the order Lophiiformes. Anglerfishes are also sometimes known as monkfishes, the name is used about the fish as food. There is a type of shark that is commonly called a monkfish, because it looks similar, but this fish is unrelated to the anglerfish.
	Angles The Angles is a modern English word for a Germanic-speaking people who took their name from the cultural ancestor of Angeln, a modern district located in Schleswig, Germany. Ancient Angeln preceded all modern national distinctions and was probably not coterminous with the modern. For more information, see under Angeln.
	Anglesey Anglesey , is an island and county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales. It is separated from the mainland by a narrow stretch of water known as the Menai Strait. It is connected to the mainland by two bridges, the original Menai Suspension Bridge , built by Thomas Telford in 1826 as a road link, and the newer, twice reconstructed Britannia Bridge, carrying the A55 road and the North Wales Coast Line.
	Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is a world-wide affiliation of Anglican Churches. There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal juridical authority, since each national or regional church has full autonomy. As the name suggests, the Anglican Communion is an association of these churches in full communion with the Church of England , and specifically with its primate , the Archbishop of Canterbury.
	Anglicanism The term Anglican is used to describe the people, institutions, and churches as well as the liturgical traditions and theological concepts developed by the state religion Church of England, the Anglican Communion and the Continuing Anglican Churches . In some parts of the world, an Anglican is known as an Episcopalian.
	Angling Angling is a form of fishing. It is often used synonymously with the terms sport fishing and recreational fishing, although subtle semantic distinctions exist among the three terms. Specifically, angling is the practice of catching fish by means of an "angle". The hook is usually attached by a fishing line to a fishing rod.
	Anglo-Indian The Anglo-Indian community is a distinct minority community originating in India consisting of people of mixed United Kingdom and Indian ancestry whose native language is English language. An Anglo-Indian's British ancestry is bequeathed paternally. Article 366(2) of the Constitution of India defines an Anglo-Indian as "...a person whose father or any of whose other male progenitors in the male line is or was of European descent but who is domiciled within the territory of Indi
	Anglo-Norman The Anglo-Normans were the descendants of the Normans who ruled England following the conquest by William I of England in 1066. They spoke the Anglo-Norman language. Following the Battle of Hastings, the invading Normans and their descendants formed a distinct population in England.
	Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxons is a collective term usually used to describe culturally and linguistically related groups of people living in Great Britain from around the mid-5th century Common Era. They spoke Germanic languages and included people known as Angles, Saxons, Frisians and Jutes.
	Anglophobia Anglophobia is a hatred or fear of the English people or English culture; its antonym is Anglophile. In a wider context Anglophobia can be a prejudice against British people as a whole or against English speaking people, i.e. both British and American people.