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Abby (film)
Abby is a 1974 blaxploitation horror film about a woman who is possessed by an African sex spirit. The film starred William H. Marshall, best known for portraying the lead role in Blacula, Terry Carter, and Carol Speed as the title character

Abby (TV series)
Abby is an American sitcom shown on UPN from January 6, 2003 to March 4, 2003. The show's original title, Abby Walker, was soon changed.-Overview:

ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin alphabet. They may refer to:- Broadcasting media :* American Broadcasting Company, a private US broadcaster* Australian Broadcasting Corporation, national publicly funded broadcaster of Australia

ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulations UK)
In the United Kingdom and Ireland, ABC has two roles:* To manage and uphold standards which reflect media industry needs

ABC (block cipher)
In cryptography, ABC is a block cipher designed in 2002 by Dieter Schmidt.ABC is a substitution-permutation network comprising 17 rounds with 3 different kinds of round functions. The first 8 rounds use XORs, modular multiplications as in MMB, and an expanded version of the pseudo-Hadamard transform from SAFER. The middle round uses just XORs and multiplications

ABC (Jin album)
ABC is a 2007 album by Chinese-American rapper Jin. ABC is Jin's fourth overall album, which was released on February 20, 2007. In 2008 the album was re-released by Universal Music Hong Kong with different album art.-Background:

ABC (Jin album)
ABC is a 2007 album by Chinese-American rapper Jin. ABC is Jin's fourth overall album, which was released on February 20, 2007. In 2008 the album was re-released by Universal Music Hong Kong with different album art.-Background:

ABC (Swedish news programme)
ABC is the name of a regional news programme for the Stockholm County and Uppsala County in Sweden broadcast by Sveriges Television . The programme was started in 1987, making Stockholm and Uppsala the last counties in Sweden to receive regional television news.The programme is broadcast from the SVT news studio in Stockholm and has a local office in Uppsala.The name comes from

ABC (TV station)
ABC is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's television station in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The station began broadcasting on 18 December 1962 and broadcasts from studios in Dickson and its main transmitter is at Black Mountain.

ABCC11
ATP-binding cassette transporter sub-family C member 11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ABCC11 gene.- External links :

Abcoulomb
The abcoulomb or electromagnetic unit of charge is the basic physical unit of electric charge in the cgs-emu system of units

ABD
ABD is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:* ACCO Brands * Abadan Airport, in Abadan, Iran * ABD , the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Darwin TV station

Abd (Arabic)
Abd is an Arabic word meaning one who is totally subordinated; a slave or a servant.Abid is a given name meaning "worshipper". It is based on the Arabic word "Ibadah", i.e. worship

Abderites
Abderites or the School of Abdera was a Pre-Socratic school of thought, founded in Abdera, Thrace around 440 to 430 BC. Its proponents, Leucippus and Democritus, were the earliest atomists.

Abdication
Abdication occurs when a monarch, such as a king or emperor, renounces his office.-Terminology:The word abdication comes derives from the Latin abdicatio. meaning to disown or renounce

Abdomen
In vertebrates such as mammals the abdomen constitutes the part of the body between the thorax and pelvis. The region enclosed by the abdomen is termed the abdominal cavity

Abdominal (rapper)
- Biography :He grew up in Toronto and attended Northern Secondary School in the late 80s and early 90s, gaining a reputation there for his cartoons and graphic design work. Using the name Abdominal, he formed his first rap crew with DJ Serious and Scott C. called Rushholme and they started recording tracks. A chance meeting in 1998 with DJ Fase led to them teaming up as Abs & Fase

Abdominoplasty
Abdominoplasty or "tummy tuck" is a cosmetic surgery procedure used to make the abdomen more firm. The surgery involves the removal of excess skin and fat from the middle and lower abdomen in order to tighten the muscle and fascia of the abdominal wall

Abdu
Abdu is a masculine Arabic given name.-Given name:* Ali Abdu Ahmed, Eritrean politician* Abdou Alassane Dji Bo , Nigerien judoka* Abdou Cherif, Moroccan singer

Abducent
Abducent can refer to:* As a anatomical terms of motion, the term abducent is applied to a structure that is "abducting." This term is often applied to abducting away from the median plane.* The abducent nerve.

Abduction
-Of a person or people:* Kidnapping, the taking away of a person against the person's will** Alien abduction, memories of being taken by apparently nonhuman entities** Bride kidnapping, a practice in which a man abducts the woman he wishes to marry

Abduction (kinesiology)
Abduction, in functional anatomy, is a movement which draws a limb away from the median plane of the body. It is thus opposed to adduction.-Upper limb:* of arm at shoulder ** Supraspinatus** Deltoid* of hand at wrist

Abduction (novel)
-Synopsis:A team of researchers in a remote region of the Atlantic become trapped inside an ancient undersea volcano when their submersible is inexplicably drawn in. They discover a technologically advanced world of genetically engineered, physically near-perfect humans living comfortably in an enclosed city within the Mohorovičić discontinuity

ABE
Abe or ABE may refer to:* Abe , an English given name**Abe Lincoln , the 16th United States president* Abe , a Japanese surname* Abe , a musical based on the life of Abraham Lincoln

Abe (Oddworld)
Abe is a fictional character and protagonist in the Oddworld video game series, created by Oddworld Inhabitants. Abe was introduced in the 1997 game Abe's Oddysee and his character has changed and developed throughout the subsequent games, Abe's Exoddus and Munch's Oddysee.Abe, a creature known as a Mudokon, works as a slave for the meat-processing plant RuptureFarms

Abe (surname)
Abe is one of several Japanese surnames and can refer to:* The Abe clan, one of the oldest Japanese clans, which was particularly prominent in the Heian period* Asami Abe , Japanese J-pop singer

Abe Lincoln (musician)
Abram "Abe" Lincoln was an American Dixieland jazz trombonist.Lincoln began playing trombone at age five, and worked professionally from the early 1920s

Abecedar
The Abecedar was a school book first published in Athens, Greece in 1925. The book became the subject of controversy with Bulgaria and Serbia when cited by Greece as proof it had fulfilled its international obligations towards Slavic-speaking minority, because it had been printed in the Latin alphabet rather than the Cyrillic alphabet used by the Slavic languages of the southern

Abecedarian
Abecedarians were a 16th century German sect of Anabaptists who affected an absolute disdain for all human knowledge, contending that God would enlighten his elect from within themselves, giving them knowledge of necessary truths by visions and ecstasies, with which human learning would interfere.They rejected every other means of instruction, and claimed that to be saved one must even

Abecediary
An Abecediary or Abecedary is the full alphabet carved in stone or written in book form, historically found in churches, monasteries and other ecclesiastical buildings.- Purpose :

Abed
Abed as an Arabic name means "worshipper". It may refer to:Given name* Abed Khan, Bangladeshi journalist* Abed Mahfouz, Lebanese fashion designer* Abed Rabah, Israeli footballer* Abed Nadir, character on the TV series Community.Surname

Abeille
Abeille may refer to:people* Scipion Abeille , French physician* Gaspard Abeille , French poet* Johann Christian Ludwig Abeille , German pianist and composer*Rafael Nieto Abeillé, Puerto Rican lawyerother uses

Abel (album)
Abel is an EP released by Unsraw on August 29, 2007. It is part of a dual-album release campaign with Kein. The pair of EPs are named after the biblical story of Cain and Abel.-Track listing:#"Social Faker" – 4:18#"Starving Moon" – 3:26

Abelard (disambiguation)
Peter Abelard was a 12th century French scholastic philosopher and logician.Abelard may also refer to:* The Abelard School, Toronto-based private school, named after Peter Abélard* Abelard of Hauteville, Italian noble

Abele
Abele is a small village or hamlet in the city of Poperinge, in the Belgian province of West-Flanders. The village is located on the territory of Poperinge proper and its "deelgemeente" Watou, but is also partly located on French territory. Abele has about 600 inhabitants, of whom about 100 are French

Abele (disambiguation)
Abele is a small village or hamlet in the city of Poperinge, in the Belgian province of West-Flanders.Abele may also refer to:* Abele * Abelé, a Champagne house* USS Abele , an American Ailanthus-class net laying ship

Abelia
Abelia is a genus of about 15-30 species and many hybrids in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae Some authors, including the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, considers Abelia and related genera to belong instead in the segregate family Linnaeaceae, also including such genera as Linnaea, Abelia, Dipelta, Kolkwitzia, and Zabelia, but not such others as

Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of .

Aberdeen (Amtrak station)
Aberdeen Station is an Amtrak station in Aberdeen, Maryland on the Northeast Corridor and MARC Penn Line. It is served by Amtrak's Northeast Regional train.. The station was originally built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad approximatley in 1900, and inherited by the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Railroad

Aberg
Åberg is a surname of Swedish origin. In English-speaking countries it may appear as Aberg. Åberg or Aberg may refer to various people:-Aberg:*Aleksander Aberg , Estonian wrestler*Charles Aberg , American artist

Aberrant
Aberrant is a role-playing game created by White Wolf Game Studio in 1999, set in 2008 in a world where super-powered humans started appearing one day in 1998. It is the middle setting in the greater Trinity Universe timeline, chronologically situated about 90 years after Adventure!, White Wolf's Pulp era game, and over a century before the psionic escapades of Trinity/Aeon

Aberration
An aberration is something that deviates from the normal way.Aberration may refer to:In optics and physics:*Optical aberration, an imperfection in image formation by an optical system

Abet
Abet may refer to:* Abet Guidaben , former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player* ABET, Inc., a non-profit organization that accredits higher education programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology.

Abettor
Abettor , is a legal term implying one who instigates, encourages or assists another to commit an offence.An abettor differs from an accessory in that he must be present at the commission of the crime; all abettors Abettor (from to abet, Old French abeter, á and beter, to bait, urge dogs upon any one; this word is probably of Scandinavian origin, meaning to cause to bite), is a legal term implying one who instigates, encourages or assists another to commit an offence.An abettor differs from an accessory in that he must be present at the commission of the crime; all abettors Abettor (from to abet, Old French abeter, á and beter, to bait, urge dogs upon any one; this word is probably of Scandinavian origin, meaning to cause to bite), is a legal term implying one who instigates, encourages or assists another to commit an offence.An abettor differs from an accessory in that he must be present at the commission of the crime; all abettors (with

Abey
Abey also spelled Aabey is a Druze village located in Mount Lebanon, in Aley District of Mount Lebanon Governorate . It is located from Beirut and has an altitude of 800 m . It is bordered by Kfarmatta , Bennay , Damour , and Ain Ksour .It overlooks Damour and the capital Beirut and the sea can be seen from virtually any point in the village

Abeyance
Abeyance is a state of expectancy in respect of property, titles or office, when the right to them is not vested in any one person, but awaits the appearance or determination of the true owner. In law, the term abeyance can only be applied to such future estates as have not yet vested or possibly may not vest

Abhorrence
- History :Abhorrence was formed in early 1989, by guitarist Tomi Koivusaari and guitarist Kalle Mattsson, vocalist Jukka Kolehmainen, and bassist Jussi Ahlroth , as well as drummer Kimmo Heikkinen

Abia (genus)
Abia is a genus of sawflies belonging to the family Cimbicidae. This genus includes several stout sawflies commonly encountered in Europe.

Abia (mythology)
Abia was in Greek mythology, known as nursemaid of Glenus son of Heracles.She was honoured by Heraclid Cresphontes for having built a temple to Heracles in Ira, by the changing of the name of the town of Ira to Abia.

Abidjan
Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and Kinshasa but before Montreal

Abietin
Abietin is a resin obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol , in strong acetic acid, and in ether.

Abigail (disambiguation)
Abigail may refer to:*Abigail, wife of David*Abigail *Abigail , a female given name*Abigail , an English-Australian actress*Abigail , a female English dance musician and singer

Abigail (name)
Abigail is a female given name. The name comes from the Hebrew name אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל Avigail, meaning "father rejoice" or "father's joy".

Abigail (village)
Abigail is an Israeli settlement located adjacent to Ma'on in the Judean Hills of the West Bank. The village receives its municipal services from the Har Hebron Regional Council

Abilene
-Places:Syria*Abilene , a plain in Syria, on the east slope of Anti-Lebanon mountain rangeUnited States*Abilene, Georgia*Abilene, Kansas*Abilene, Texas*Abilene, Virginia-Movies:*Abilene Town, a 1946 western film starring Randolph Scott.

Abilene (song)
Abilene is the title of a song written by Bob Gibson and John D. Loudermilk, and recorded by American country music artist George Hamilton IV. The song reached number one on the U.S. country music chart for four weeks, and peaked at number 15 on the pop music charts

Ability
Ability may be:* Aptitude* Intelligence* SkillAbility may also refer to:* Ability score, in role-playing games* Ability Plus Software, makers of the office suite Ability Office* Ability grouping* ABILITY Magazine* Ability Magazine

Abin
Abin may refer to:* Abin Sur, a fictional character* R. Abin I, Jewish Talmudist* R. Abin II, Jewish Talmudist* Jose ben Abin, Jewish Talmudist* Abin Naggara, Jewish Talmudist* Idi b. Abin Abin Naggara, Jewish Talmudist

Abingdon Boys School discography
The discography of Japanese rock band Abingdon Boys School includes two studio albums, eight singles, three video albums, one compilation album, eight soundtracks, and seven other appearances in releases not under its name

Abington (MBTA station)
Abington is a passenger rail station on MBTA Commuter Rail's Plymouth/Kingston Line. It is officially located at 231 Center Avenue east of Park Avenue, but the main entrance to the station's parking lot is located west of Park Avenue. Another one is located south of the parking lot from Summer Street

Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis or biopoesis is the study of how biological life arises from inorganic matter through natural processes, and the method by which life on Earth arose

Abit
Abit may refer to:*Universal abit, a Defunct Taiwanese computer firm*Abit, Burma, a village in Burma*Abit , an asphalt production company in Surenavan, Armenia

Abitanti
Abitanti is a small settlement in the Koper Municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.Abitanti is accessible by road from Črni Kal, past Gračišče and Gradin. It is a greatly deserted village with only 12 permanent residents left, but becomes busy in May, when it hosts an international fine art colony.- External links :*

Abitare (magazine)
Abitare, published in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's best known design magazines, devoted to architecture, interior design, furniture, product design and graphic arts. It is bilingual in Italian and English.

Abjection
The term abjection literally means "the state of being cast off". In usage it has connotations of degradation, baseness and meanness of spirit.-In critical theory:

Abjuration
Abjuration is the solemn repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath, often the renunciation of citizenship or some other right or privilege. .-Abjuration of the realm:

Abkhaz
Abkhaz and Abkhazian may refer to:* Something of, from, or related to Abkhazia, a de facto independent region with partial recognition as a sovereign state, otherwise recognized as part of Georgia

Abkhazi
Abkhazi was a princely family in Georgia, a branch of the Shervashidze family from Abkhazia.According to the genealogical treatise by Prince Ioann of Georgia , the ancestors of the family fled the Islamicization of Abkhazia to the eastern Georgian kingdom of Kakheti were they were elevated, in 1636, to the princely dignity and enfeoffed by the king Teimuraz I with the estate

Abkhazia
Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny

Ablak
Ablak is a saint of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. His feast day is kept on May 30.-References:*Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.