Albina (given name)
Albina is a feminine Tatar, Italian, Polish, Galician, Kyrgyz , and Slovene given name from the Roman cognate Albinus, derived from the Latin albus, meaning "white" or "bright". There are masculine variants including Albin in Poland, Scandinavia, and Slovenia; and Aubin in France

Albine
Albine is a commune of the Tarn department in southern France.

Albino (comics)
Albino is a fictional character, a supervillain in the in the Marvel Comics universe. Her first appearance was in Hawkeye: Earth's Mightiest Marksman #1 and was created by Tom DeFalco and Jeff Johnson.-Publication history:

Albino (film)
Albino is a 1976 German thriller directed by Jürgen Goslar and starring Christopher Lee, James Faulkner and Sybil Danning filmed on location during the Rhodesian bush war

Albinus (cardinal)
Albinus was an Italian Cardinal of the late twelfth century. An Augustinian regular canon, he was Bishop of Albano from 1189 to 1197.

Albinus (cognomen)
Albus or Albinus is a Latin surname, or cognomen, best known as the name of the main branch of the patrician gens Postumia. Albus, Albinus, the original form of the name, means "foreign", "someone of ofther jurisdiction" unlike, Album, Albus, which means "white"

Albinus (philosopher)
Albinus was a Platonist philosopher, who lived at Smyrna, and was teacher of Galen. A short tract by him, entitled Introduction to Plato's dialogues, has come down to us. From the title of one of the extant manuscripts we learn that Albinus was a pupil of Gaius the Platonist

Albion
Albion is the oldest known name of the island of Great Britain. Today, it is still sometimes used poetically to refer to the island or England in particular. It is also the basis of the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland, Alba

Albion (Amtrak station)
Albion Station is an Amtrak station in Albion, Michigan. It is served by the Wolverine. Baggage cannot be checked at this location; however, up to two suitcases in addition to any "personal items" such as briefcases, purses, laptop bags, and infant equipment are allowed on board as carry-ons .The current Albion Station house was built in 1882 by the Michigan Central Railroad, which

Albion (Astronomy)
The Albion is the name of an astronomical instrument constructed by Richard of Wallingford, Abbot of St. Albans, in 1326.The device is described in a manuscript and in drawings by the Abbot. It consisted of several rotating disks, showing the courses of the sun, moon and stars. These disks were operated manually. It was not a clockwork mechanism.

Albion (novel series)
Albion is a trilogy of historical novels set in Arthurian Britain by British author Patrick McCormack.-Series:*The Last Companion *The White Phantom *The Lame Dancer -Overview:

Albion (wherry)
The Albion is a Norfolk wherry. Built in 1898, she served as a trading vessel and then as a lighter until being acquired by the Norfolk Wherry Trust for restoration and preservation in 1949. Since 1981 she has been moored at the Norfolk Wherry Trust wherry base at Womack Water near Ludham

Albite
Albite is a plagioclase feldspar mineral. It is the sodium endmember of the plagioclase solid solution series. As such it represents a plagioclase with less than 10% anorthite content. The pure albite endmember has the formula NaAlSi3O8. It is a tectosilicate. Its color is usually pure white, hence its name from Latin albus.Albite crystallizes with triclinic pinacoidal forms

Albugo
Albugo is a genus of oomycetes which are not true fungi , although many discussions of this organism still treat it as a fungus. The taxonomy of this genus is incomplete, but several species are plant pathogens

Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album

Album (film)
Album is a 2002 Indian Tamil romantic drama film written and directed by Vasanthabalan, starring Aryan Rajesh and Shruthika. The story portrays the love and affection between two families. The film, produced by Kavithalayaa Productions, was Vasanthabalan's directorial debut and became a commercial failure, remainaing his only unsuccessful venture

Album (Joan Jett album)
Album is the third studio album by Joan Jett and the second to feature her backing band The Blackhearts. The album was originally released in 1983. The Cassette Tape version had 2 different issues, the first one was issued in a regular black plastic box MCA MCAC-5437] and a second later version issued in a red plastic box [MCA MCAC-5445]

Albumen (disambiguation)
Albumen is the white of an egg. It contains albumin proteins.Albumin is a class of several hundred proteins.Albumen or Albumin may also refer to:* Serum albumin, a protein, encoded by the ALB gene in humans

Albumin
Albumin refers generally to any protein that is water soluble, which is moderately soluble in concentrated salt solutions, and experiences heat denaturation. They are commonly found in blood plasma, and are unique to other blood proteins in that they are not glycosylated

Alburquerque
-People:* Afonso de Albuquerque , a Portuguese fidalgo and naval general officer* Cássio Albuquerque dos Anjos , a Brazilian Goalkeeper* Filipe Albuquerque , a Portuguese race car driver

Albus
Albus, meaning white in Latin, may refer to:* Albus, a family name of ancient Rome, later lengthened to AlbinusIn biology:* a rosemary cultivar* Canis lupus albus, the tundra wolf, a mammal species* Corvus albus, the pied crow

Alcachofa
Alcachofa may refer to:* The Spanish word for Artichoke* Alcachofa , an album by Ricardo Villalobos

Alcaic verse
The Alcaic stanza is a Greek lyrical meter, an Aeolic verse form traditionally believed to have been invented by Alcaeus, a lyric poet from Mytilene on the island of Lesbos, about 600 BC

Alcalde
Alcalde , or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town

Alcatraz (album)
-Performers:* Dr. Frank – vocals, guitar* Joel Reader – bass* Jim "Jym" Ruzicka – drums* Eric Noyes – hammond organ on tracks 1, 3, 8, & 10, piano on tracks 1 & 4* Gabe Meline – hammond organ on track 13, piano on track 10, ARP on track 5

Alcatraz (disambiguation)
Alcatraz Island, or simply Alcatraz, is the historical site of the Alcatraz penitentiary, in San Francisco Bay, California.Alcatraz may also refer to:*Alcatraz , a 1992 sequel to the Infogrames game Hostages

Alcatraz (Horse-Ecuador 1967)

Alcazar (disambiguation)
Alcázar is a Spanish word meaning castle, palace or fortress, from Arabic القصر al qasr.Alcázar or Alcácer may refer to:* Alcácer do Sal, a city in Setúbal, Portugal.

Alchemist
An alchemist is a person who practices alchemy. Alchemist may also refer to:-People and groups:*The Alchemist , a hip hop music producer and rapper*Alchemist , an Australian progressive metal band

Alchemy
Alchemy is an influential philosophical tradition whose early practitioners’ claims to profound powers were known from antiquity. The defining objectives of alchemy are varied; these include the creation of the fabled philosopher's stone possessing powers including the capability of turning base metals into the noble metals gold or silver- as well as an elixir of life conferring youth

Alchemy (Leah Andreone album)
Alchemy is Leah Andreone's second full length album. It contains the song "Lamentation", which was featured on the popular FOX network television show So You Think You Can Dance.- Track listing :All songs by Leah Andreone, except where noted

Alchemy (Richard Lloyd album)
Alchemy is the debut solo album of Television guitarist, Richard Lloyd. It was released in 1979, one year after the breakup of Television and the release of their second album, Adventure

Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms.

Alcohol (Barenaked Ladies song)
"Alcohol" is a song by the Alternative rock group Barenaked Ladies released as the last single and sixth track on their 1998 album Stunt. Although it did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100 or the UK Singles Chart, it received some airplay on the US Modern Rock Tracks charts, peaking at #33 on the chart.-Charts:

Alcohol (Brad Paisley song)
"Alcohol" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in May 2005 as the first single from Paisley's 2005 album Time Well Wasted, reaching number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. It also peaked at number 28 on the U.S

Alcohol (CSS song)
"Alcohol" is a single by Brazilian band CSS from their first album Cansei de Ser Sexy.-Tracklisting:#"Alcohol" #"Knife" ¹¹ A cover song of Grizzly Bear

Alcohol (disambiguation)
An alcohol is an organic compound in which a hydroxyl functional group is bound to a carbon atom.Alcohol may also refer to:*Specific alcohols:**Ethanol, the chemical compound commonly known as alcohol

Alcoholic (song)
"Alcoholic" is the third single from the album Love Is Here by British pop band Starsailor, released in 2001. Often wrongly credited as "Daddy Was an Alcoholic", it is one of their most popular songs so far, and also their first single to be in the UK top ten

Alcoholic beverage
An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol, commonly known as alcohol. Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and spirits. They are legally consumed in most countries, and over 100 countries have laws regulating their production, sale, and consumption

Alcoholism
Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing

Alcove
Alcove , a vault) is an architectural term for a recess in a room, usually screened off by pillars, balustrades or drapery.In geography and geology, the term Alcove is used for a wind-eroded depression in the side of a cliff of a homogenous rock type, famous from sandstones of the Colorado Plateau like the Navajo Sandstone.

ALCS (disambiguation)
ACLS commonly refers to the American League Championship Series in American baseballALCS may also refer to:* Abundant Life Christian School, a K4-12 school in Madison, Wisconsin

Alcyon (cycling team)
Alcyon is a former French professional cycling team that was active from 1906 to 1955. It was owned by Alcyon, a French bicycle, automobile and motorcycle manufacturer.- History :

Alcyone
In Greek mythology, Alcyone was the daughter of Aeolus, either by Enarete or Aegiale. She married Ceyx, son of Eosphorus, the Morning Star.

Alcyone (disambiguation)
Alcyone, in Greek mythology, is the daughter of Aeolus and wife of CeyxAlcyone may also refer to:*Other figures in Greek mythology:** Alcyone , one of the Pleiades** Cleopatra Alcyone, Meleager’s wife

Alcyone (opera)
Alcyone is an opera by the French composer Marin Marais. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Antoine Houdar de la Motte, is based on the Greek myth of Ceyx and Alcyone as recounted by Ovid in his Metamorphoses. The opera was first performed at the Académie royale de musique, Paris on 18 February 1706

Alcyone (Pleiades)
Alcyone in Greek mythology is the name of one of the Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione or, more rarely, Aethra. She attracted the attention of the god Poseidon and bore him several children, variously named in the sources: Hyrieus, Lycus, Hyperenor, and Aethusa; Hyperes and Anthas; Glaucus; and Epopeus

Ald (length)
Ald is an old Mongolian measure equal to the length between a man's outstretched arms. An ald is therefore approximately equal to 160 cm.- History :

Aldcliffe
Aldcliffe is a small village south-west of Lancaster in Lancashire, England.-Etymology:The name of the village can be split into two parts, 'ald' which roughly means 'old', and 'clif' which means 'high ground'.-History:

Aldea
Aldea may refer to:* Aurel Aldea , a Romanian general and anti-communist resistance leader* Bogdan Aldea , a Romanian football player

Aldebaran
Aldebaran is a red giant star located about 65 light years away in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. With an average apparent magnitude of 0.87 it is the brightest star in the constellation and is one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky

Aldehyde
An aldehyde is an organic compound containing a formyl group. This functional group, with the structure R-CHO, consists of a carbonyl center bonded to hydrogen and an R group.

Alder
Alder is the common name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the birch family . The genus comprises about 30 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, few reaching large size, distributed throughout the North Temperate Zone and in the Americas along the Andes southwards to Argentina.-Etymology:The common name alder is derived from an old

Alderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council member elected by voters.The title is derived from the Old English title of ealdorman,

Alderman (disambiguation)
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions.Alderman may also refer to:* Alderman Lesmond , West Indian cricketer* Ariel Alderman, a fictional Neo-Nazi character in Nip/Tuck

Aldimine
In organic chemistry, an aldimine is an imine that is an analog of an aldehyde.As such, aldimines have the general formula R–CH=N–R. Aldimines are similar to ketimines, which are analogs of ketones.An important subset of aldimines are the Schiff bases,

Aldina
Aldina is a genus of plant from Venezuelan Amazonia, of the family Fabaceae.A new species from the Amazonian lowland forest. Located in lowland humid forests.

Aldose
An aldose is a monosaccharide that contains only one aldehyde group per molecule. The chemical formula takes the form Cnn. The simplest possible aldose is the diose glycolaldehyde, which only contains two carbon atoms.

Aldosterone
Aldosterone is a hormone that increases the reabsorption of sodium ions and water and the release of potassium in the collecting ducts and distal convoluted tubule of the kidneys' functional unit, the nephron. This increases blood volume and, therefore, increases blood pressure. Drugs that interfere with the secretion or action of aldosterone are in use as antihypertensives

Ale
Ale is a type of beer brewed from malted barley using a warm fermentation with a strain of brewers' yeast. The yeast will ferment the beer quickly, giving it a sweet, full bodied and fruity taste

Ale (woreda)
Ale is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Illubabor Zone, Ale is bordered on the south by the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, on the west by Nono, on the northwest by Bure, and on the northeast by Metu. Towns in Ale include Ale, Gore and Leka.Rivers in Ale include the Moro Kala and Waffa, both part of the drainage area of the Baro

Alea (Greek soldier)
Alea was a Greek soldier who reputedly invented the dicing game Tabula.This is the origin of the name aléatoire, meaning random.The assertion appears dubious however, not least because it is somewhat unlikely that "a Greek soldier" would be named with the Latin word for "chance" Alea was a Greek soldier who reputedly invented the dicing game Tabula.This is the origin of the name aléatoire, meaning random.The assertion appears dubious however, not least because it is somewhat unlikely that "a Greek soldier" would be named with the Latin word for "chance" Alea was a Greek soldier who reputedly invented the dicing game Tabula.This is the origin of the name aléatoire, meaning random.The assertion appears dubious however, not least because it is somewhat unlikely that "a Greek soldier" would be named with the Latin word for "chance" (cf

Aleatory
Aleatoricism is the incorporation of chance into the process of creation, especially the creation of art or media. The word derives from the Latin word alea, the rolling of dice

Alec
Alec is the Scottish form of Alex, a given name related to Alexander. Alec may refer to:-People:*Alec Baldwin, American actor*Alec Bedser , English cricketer*Alec Berg, American television writer*Alec Bregonzi , English actor

Alecrim
Alecrim is a municipality in the state Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Alectoria
Alectoria can refer to:*Alectoria – a genus of lichenized fungi*Alectoria – a genus of bush crickets or katydids in the family Tettigoniidae subfamily Phaneropterinae

Aleksis
Aleksis is a given name, and may refer to:* Aleksis Dreimanis , award winning Quaternary geologist* Aleksis Kivi , Finnish author-See also:* Aleksy * Alexey * Alexis

Alembic
An alembic is an alchemical still consisting of two vessels connected by a tube

Alen (disambiguation)
Alen is a Bosniak and Croatian given name and may refer to:* Alen Avdić , Bosnian football player* Alen Bajkusa , soccer player* Alen Bokšić , former football striker* Alen Floričić , modern Croatian artist

Aleph
* Aleph or Alef is the first letter of the Semitic abjads descended from Proto-Canaanite, Arabic alphabet, Phoenician alphabet, Hebrew alphabet, Syriac alphabet-People:*Aleph , an Italo disco artist and alias of Dave Rodgers