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Political philosophy and movement
Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including nation states, and capitalism. Anarchism advocates for the replacement... | 12 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12 | Anarchism | 20925888 |
Ratio of how much light is reflected back from a body
Albedo (; from la " albedo" 'whiteness') is the fraction of sunlight that is diffusely reflected by a body. It is measured on a scale from 0 (corresponding to a black body that absorbs all incident radiation) to 1 (corresponding to a body that reflects all incident ... | 39 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39 | Albedo | 6941696 |
First letter of the Latin alphabet
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is "a" (pronounced ), plural "aes". It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek lett... | 290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=290 | A | 37857296 |
U.S. state
Alabama () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered by Tennessee to the north; Georgia to the east; Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south; and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states.
Alabama is nicknamed the... | 303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=303 | Alabama | 53396 |
Greek mythological hero
In Greek mythology, Achilles ( ) or Achilleus (Greek: ) was a hero of the Trojan War, the greatest of all the Greek warriors, and the central character of Homer's "Iliad". He was the son of the Nereid Thetis and Peleus, king of Phthia.
Achilles' most notable feat during the Trojan War was the sl... | 305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=305 | Achilles | 1175870157 |
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the Union through the American Civil War to defend the n... | 307 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=307 | Abraham Lincoln | 32589484 |
Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath (384–322 BC)
Aristotle (; Greek: "Aristotélēs", ; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology and the arts. As the founder of the Per... | 308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=308 | Aristotle | 23471211 |
Symphonic tone poem by George Gershwin
An American in Paris is a jazz-influenced symphonic poem (or tone poem) for orchestra by American composer George Gershwin first performed in 1928. It was inspired by the time that Gershwin had spent in Paris and evokes the sights and energy of the French capital during the "".
Ge... | 309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=309 | An American in Paris | 53396 |
Academy Award which recognizes achievement for art direction in film
The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted from the ... | 316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=316 | Academy Award for Best Production Design | 1634146 |
Annual awards for cinematic achievements
The Academy Awards, mainly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), in recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Ac... | 324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=324 | Academy Awards | 656385 |
Actresses (Catalan: Actrius) is a 1997 Catalan language Spanish drama film produced and directed by Ventura Pons and based on the award-winning stage play "E.R." by Josep Maria Benet i Jornet. The film has no male actors, with all roles played by females. The film was produced in 1996.
Synopsis.
In order to prepare he... | 330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=330 | Actrius | 16477971 |
1986 picture book by Graeme Base
Animalia is an illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. It was originally published in 1986, followed by a tenth anniversary edition in 1996, and a 25th anniversary edition in 2012. Over four million copies have been sold worldwide. A special numbered and signed anniversary edition w... | 332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=332 | Animalia (book) | 1172679598 |
Time standard based on atomic clocks
International Atomic Time (abbreviated TAI, from its French name ) is a high-precision atomic coordinate time standard based on the notional passage of proper time on Earth's geoid. TAI is a weighted average of the time kept by over 450 atomic clocks in over 80 national laboratories... | 334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=334 | International Atomic Time | 7007500 |
Principle or practice of concern for the welfare of others
Altruism is the principle and practice of concern for the well-being and/or happiness of other humans or animals. While objects of altruistic concern vary, it is an important moral value in many cultures and religions. It may be considered a synonym of selfless... | 336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=336 | Altruism | 217661 |
American writer and philosopher (1905–1982)
Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (), was a Russian-born American writer and public philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system sh... | 339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=339 | Ayn Rand | 327763 |
French mathematician (born 1947)
Alain Connes (; born 1 April 1947 in Draguignan) is a French mathematician, known for his contributions to the study of operator algebras and noncommutative geometry. He is a professor at the , , Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1982.
C... | 340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=340 | Alain Connes | 917354 |
American film director & screenwriter (1885–1981)
Allan Dwan (born Joseph Aloysius Dwan; April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer, and screenwriter.
Early life.
Born Joseph Aloysius Dwan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dwan was the younger son of comm... | 344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=344 | Allan Dwan | 40134685 |
Country in North Africa
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in North Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by t... | 358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=358 | Algeria | 36709523 |
This is a list of characters in Ayn Rand's 1957 novel "Atlas Shrugged."
Major characters.
The following are major characters from the novel.
Protagonists.
Dagny Taggart.
Dagny Taggart is the protagonist of the novel. She is vice-president in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, under her brother, James Ta... | 359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=359 | List of Atlas Shrugged characters | 36595729 |
Scientific study of humans, human behavior, and societies
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavior, while cultural ant... | 569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=569 | Anthropology | 44120587 |
Academic field within biology
Agricultural science (or agriscience for short) is a broad multidisciplinary field of biology that encompasses the parts of exact, natural, economic and social sciences that are used in the practice and understanding of agriculture. Professionals of the agricultural science are called agri... | 572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=572 | Agricultural science | 703908 |
Branch of ancient protoscientific natural philosophy
Alchemy (from Arabic: "al-kīmiyā"; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, "khumeía") is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practiced in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe. In its Western form, alc... | 573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=573 | Alchemy | 1177555729 |
Alien primarily refers to:
Alien(s), or The Alien(s) may also refer to:
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Topics referred to by the same term
This page lists associated with the title . | 579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=579 | Alien | 43113873 |
Scientist in the field of astronomy
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either observational (by analyzing the data) or theor... | 580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=580 | Astronomer | 7903804 |
American character encoding standard
ASCII ( ), abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices. Because of technical limitations of computer syst... | 586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=586 | ASCII | 248739 |
Austin is the capital of Texas in the United States.
Austin may also refer to:
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This page lists associated with the title . | 590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=590 | Austin (disambiguation) | 40221902 |
Method of creating moving pictures
Animation is the method that encompasses myriad filmmaking techniques, by which still images are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets (cels) to be photographed and exhibited on film. Animatio... | 593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=593 | Animation | 7903804 |
Greek god of music, prophecy and healing
Apollo or Apollon is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. One of the most i... | 594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=594 | Apollo | 27693686 |
American tennis player (born 1970)
Andre Kirk Agassi ( ; born April 29, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He is an eight-time major champion and an Olympic gold medalist, as well as a runner-up in seven other majors. Agassi is widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
Agassi... | 595 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=595 | Andre Agassi | 7903804 |
Language family concentrated in Southeast Asia
The Austroasiatic languages are a large language family spoken throughout mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia. These languages are natively spoken by the majority of the population in Vietnam and Cambodia, and by minority populations scattered throughout part... | 597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=597 | Austroasiatic languages | 20542576 |
Large language family of Africa and West Asia
The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic, sometimes Afrasian), also known as Hamito-Semitic or Semito-Hamitic, are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of the Sahara and Sahel... | 599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=599 | Afroasiatic languages | 33341051 |
Country in Western Europe
Andorra, officially the Principality of Andorra, is a sovereign landlocked country and microstate on the Iberian Peninsula, in the eastern Pyrenees, bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south. Believed to have been created by Charlemagne, Andorra was ruled by the count of Urgell un... | 600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=600 | Andorra | 2766075 |
Sum of a collection of numbers divided by the count of numbers in the collection
In mathematics and statistics, the arithmetic mean ( ), arithmetic average, or just the "mean" or "average" (when the context is clear) is the sum of a collection of numbers divided by the count of numbers in the collection. The collection... | 612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=612 | Arithmetic mean | 27015025 |
One of two conferences in the National Football League
The American Football Conference (AFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL), the highest professional level of American football in the United States. The AFC and its counterpart, the National Football Conference (NFC), each contain 1... | 615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=615 | American Football Conference | 1177540673 |
1945 novella by George Orwell
Animal Farm is a beast fable, in the form of a satirical allegorical novella, by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. It tells the story of a group of anthropomorphic farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals c... | 620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=620 | Animal Farm | 90622 |
Class of ectothermic tetrapods
Amphibians are four-limbed and ectothermic vertebrates of the class Amphibia. All living amphibians belong to the group Lissamphibia. They inhabit a wide variety of habitats, with most species living within terrestrial, fossorial, arboreal or freshwater aquatic ecosystems. Thus amphibians... | 621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=621 | Amphibian | 46169970 |
U.S. state
Alaska ( ) is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. It borders British Columbia and Yukon in Canada to the east and it shares a western maritime border in the Bering Strait with Russia's Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. The Chukchi and Beaufort Seas of the Arctic Ocean lie to the... | 624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=624 | Alaska | 46638247 |
Cultivation of plants and animals to provide useful products
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, fisheries and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food su... | 627 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=627 | Agriculture | 5846 |
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
Aldous Leonard Huxley ( ; 26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer and philosopher. His bibliography spans nearly 50 books, including novels and non-fiction works, as well as essays, narratives, and poems.
Born into the prominent Huxley family, he graduated from ... | 628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=628 | Aldous Huxley | 92074 |
Ada may refer to:
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Topics referred to by the same term
This page lists associated with the title . | 630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=630 | Ada | 19276505 |
Aberdeen is a city in Scotland.
Aberdeen may also refer to:
* Aberdeen Proving Ground, a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland
* Aberdeen Lake (Mississippi), a lake in northeast Mississippi on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, close to Aberdeen, Mississippi
* Aberdeen Historic District (Aberdeen,... | 632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=632 | Aberdeen (disambiguation) | 122305 |
Diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms
Algae (, ; singular form: alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular microalgae, such a... | 633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=633 | Algae | 7903804 |
Collection of statistical models
Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a collection of statistical models and their associated estimation procedures (such as the "variation" among and between groups) used to analyze the differences among means. ANOVA was developed by the statistician Ronald Fisher. ANOVA is based on the law ... | 634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=634 | Analysis of variance | 46449804 |
Type of saturated hydrocarbon compound
In organic chemistry, an alkane, or paraffin (a historical trivial name that also has other meanings), is an acyclic saturated hydrocarbon. In other words, an alkane consists of hydrogen and carbon atoms arranged in a tree structure in which all the carbon–carbon bonds are single.... | 639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=639 | Alkane | 8570870 |
National rules of court appeals
United States appellate procedure involves the rules and regulations for filing appeals in state courts and federal courts. The nature of an appeal can vary greatly depending on the type of case and the rules of the court in the jurisdiction where the case was prosecuted. There are many ... | 640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=640 | Appellate procedure in the United States | 7903804 |
In law, an answer was originally a solemn assertion in opposition to someone or something, and thus generally any counter-statement or defense, a reply to a question or response, or objection, or a correct solution of a problem.
In the common law, an answer is the first pleading by a defendant, usually filed and served... | 642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=642 | Answer (law) | 45789152 |
Court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal
An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. In much of the world, court systems are divided in... | 643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=643 | Appellate court | 95921 |
Formal reading of the offence to a criminal defendant
Arraignment is a formal reading of a criminal charging document in the presence of the defendant, to inform them of the charges against them. In response to arraignment, in some jurisdictions, the accused is expected to enter a plea; in other jurisdictions, no plea ... | 649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=649 | Arraignment | 1168344402 |
American patriotic song
"America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. The two never met.
Bates wrote the words as a poem, originally entitl... | 651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=651 | America the Beautiful | 7903804 |
Assistive devices for people with disabilities
Assistive technology (AT) is a term for assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and the elderly. Disabled people often have difficulty performing activities of daily living (ADLs) independently, or even with assistance. ADLs are self-ca... | 653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=653 | Assistive technology | 9332553 |
Calculating tool
The abacus (plural form: abaci or abacuses), also called a counting frame, is a hand-operated calculating tool of unknown origin used since ancient times in the ancient Near East, Europe, China, and Russia, millennia before the adoption of the Hindu-Arabic numeral system.
The abacus consists of a two-d... | 655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=655 | Abacus | 44120587 |
Chemical compound giving a proton or accepting an electron pair
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.
The first category of acids are the proton donors, or Brønste... | 656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=656 | Acid | 29539620 |
Form of petroleum primarily used in road construction
Bitumen (, ) is a sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum. In the U.S., it is commonly referred to as asphalt. It may be found in natural deposits or may be a refined product, and is classed as a pitch. Before the 20th century, the term ... | 657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=657 | Bitumen | 43227955 |
American non-profit organization that develops standards
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI ) is a private nonprofit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organization also coordinates ... | 659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=659 | American National Standards Institute | 21894337 |
In logic and philosophy, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, or give evidence or reasons for accepting a particular conclusion.
Argument may also refer to:
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This page lists associated with the title . | 661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=661 | Argument (disambiguation) | 1172152545 |
First crewed Moon landing
Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module "Eagle" on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, and Armstrong became the first person to step onto the Moon's surfa... | 662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=662 | Apollo 11 | 458237 |
First crewed space mission to orbit the Moon
Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth. These three astronauts—Frank Borman, James... | 663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=663 | Apollo 8 | 1175352556 |
Commander, pilot, or crew member of a spacecraft
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally reserved for professional space tr... | 664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=664 | Astronaut | 41878018 |
1729 satirical essay by Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Sw... | 665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=665 | A Modest Proposal | 4310523 |
Group of highly reactive chemical elements
The alkali metals consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). Together with hydrogen they constitute group 1, which lies in the s-block of the periodic table. All alkali metals have their outermost ... | 666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=666 | Alkali metal | 46391111 |
Set of letters used to write a given language
An alphabet is a standardized set of basic written graphemes (called letters) representing phonemes, units of sounds that distinguish words, of certain spoken languages. Not all writing systems represent language in this way; in a syllabary, each character represents a syll... | 670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=670 | Alphabet | 46363832 |
Number of protons found in the nucleus of an atom
The atomic number or nuclear charge number (symbol "Z") of a chemical element is the charge number of an atomic nucleus. For ordinary nuclei composed of protons and neutrons, this is equal to the proton number ("n"p) or the number of protons found in the nucleus of ever... | 673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=673 | Atomic number | 712163 |
Study of the structure of organisms and their parts
Anatomy (from grc " "" ()" 'dissection') is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having ... | 674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=674 | Anatomy | 13006032 |
Type of fallacious argument (logical fallacy)
In propositional logic, affirming the consequent, sometimes called converse error, fallacy of the converse, or confusion of necessity and sufficiency, is a formal fallacy of taking a true conditional statement (e.g., "if the lamp were broken, then the room would be dark") u... | 675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=675 | Affirming the consequent | 462702 |
Russian filmmaker (1932–1986)
Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky (Russian: , ; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian film director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinema history, Tarkovsky's films explore spiritual and metaphysical themes, and are noted for t... | 676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=676 | Andrei Tarkovsky | 21047869 |
Type of uncertainty of meaning in which several interpretations are plausible
Ambiguity is the type of meaning in which a phrase, statement, or resolution is not explicitly defined, making several interpretations plausible. A common aspect of ambiguity is uncertainty. It is thus an attribute of any idea or statement wh... | 677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=677 | Ambiguity | 1170519542 |
Biblical figure
Abel is a Biblical figure in the Book of Genesis within Abrahamic religions. He was the younger brother of Cain, and the younger son of Adam and Eve, the first couple in Biblical history. He was a shepherd who offered his firstborn flock up to God as an offering. God accepted his offering but not his br... | 678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=678 | Abel | 46330333 |
An animal is a multicellular, eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa.
Animal, Animals, or The Animal may also refer to:
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Topics referred to by the same term
This page lists associated with the title . | 679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=679 | Animal (disambiguation) | 24050972 |
Medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa
The aardvark ( ; Orycteropus afer) is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, although other prehistoric species and genera of Tubulidentata are known. Unlike most other insectivore... | 680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=680 | Aardvark | 44230401 |
Insectivorous African mammal
The aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) is an insectivorous species of hyena, native to East and Southern Africa. Its name means "earth-wolf" in Afrikaans and Dutch. It is also called the maanhaar-jackal (Afrikaans for "mane-jackal"), termite-eating hyena and civet hyena, based on its habit of se... | 681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=681 | Aardwolf | 1176121592 |
Building material made from earth and organic materials
Adobe ( ; ) is a building material made from earth and organic materials. is Spanish for "mudbrick". In some English-speaking regions of Spanish heritage, such as the Southwestern United States, the term is used to refer to any kind of earthen construction, or var... | 682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=682 | Adobe | 6908984 |
Exciting or unusual experience
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme sports. Adventures are often undertaken to crea... | 683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=683 | Adventure | 44920675 |
Continent
Asia (, ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometers, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which has long been home to the majority of the human population, was the sit... | 689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=689 | Asia | 44120587 |
Caribbean constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba (; ), is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of Paraguaná and northwest of Curaçao. It measu... | 690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=690 | Aruba | 45594638 |
First constitution of the United States of America (1781–1789)
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 states of the United States, formerly the Thirteen Colonies, that served as the nation's first frame of government. It was debated by the Second Continental Congress at Independ... | 691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=691 | Articles of Confederation | 7903804 |
Asia Minor is an alternative name for Anatolia, the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey.
Asia Minor may also refer to:
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This page lists associated with the title . | 694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=694 | Asia Minor (disambiguation) | 44062 |
Ocean between Europe, Africa and the Americas
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the "Old World" of Africa, Europe, and Asia from the "New World" of t... | 698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=698 | Atlantic Ocean | 31263187 |
German philosopher (1788–1860)
Arthur Schopenhauer ( , ; 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work "The World as Will and Representation" (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as the manifestation of a blind and irrational noumenal will. Bu... | 700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=700 | Arthur Schopenhauer | 42677165 |
Country on the west coast of Southern Africa
Angola ( ; ; , ), officially the Republic of Angola (), is a country on the west-central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) country in both total area and population (behind Brazil in both cases), and is the seventh-largest cou... | 701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=701 | Angola | 43923646 |
Demographic features of the population of Angola include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects.
According to 2014 census data, Angola had a population of 25,789,024 inhabitants in 2014.
Ethnically, there are three main groups,... | 704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=704 | Demographics of Angola | 2810812 |
Organized society in the African state
The current political regime in Angola is presidentialism, in which the President of the Republic is also head of state and government; it is advised by a Council of Ministers, which together with the President form the national executive power. Legislative power rests with the 22... | 705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=705 | Politics of Angola | 36480034 |
National economy
The economy of Angola remains heavily influenced by the effects of four decades of conflict in the last part of the 20th century, the war for independence from Portugal (1961–75) and the subsequent civil war (1975–2002). Despite extensive oil and gas resources, diamonds, hydroelectric potential, and ri... | 706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=706 | Economy of Angola | 1173394347 |
Transport systems and services in Angola
Transport in Angola comprises:
Railways.
There are three separate railway lines in Angola:
Reconstruction of these three lines began in 2005 and they are now all operational. The Benguela Railway connects to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
"country comparison to the world:... | 708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=708 | Transport in Angola | 1019695 |
Military of Angola
The Angolan Armed Forces () or FAA is the military of Angola. The FAA consist of the Angolan Army (), the Angolan Navy () and the National Air Force of Angola (). Reported total manpower in 2021 was about 107,000. The FAA is headed by the Chief of the General Staff António Egídio de Sousa Santos sinc... | 709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=709 | Angolan Armed Forces | 36064032 |
The foreign relations of Angola are based on Angola's strong support of U.S. foreign policy as the Angolan economy is dependent on U.S. foreign aid.
From 1975 to 1989, Angola was aligned with the Eastern bloc, in particular the Soviet Union, Libya, and Cuba. Since then, it has focused on improving relationships with We... | 710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=710 | Foreign relations of Angola | 7447121 |
Texian, United States, and Confederate States army general
Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) served as a general in three different armies: the Texian Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. He saw extensive combat during his 34-year military career, fighting actions in th... | 711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=711 | Albert Sidney Johnston | 31293544 |
Robot resembling a human
An android is a humanoid robot or other artificial being often made from a flesh-like material. Historically, androids were completely within the domain of science fiction and frequently seen in film and television, but advances in robot technology now allow the design of functional and realist... | 713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=713 | Android (robot) | 44690822 |
Province of Canada
Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories (NWT) to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to... | 717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=717 | Alberta | 42056547 |
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Class of ray-finned bony fishes
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webs of skin supported by radially extended bony spines, as ... | 734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=734 | Actinopterygii | 1176484588 |
German-born scientist (1879–1955)
Albert Einstein ( ; ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist, widely held to be one of the greatest and most influential scientists of all time. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, he also made important contributions to quantum mechanics... | 736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=736 | Albert Einstein | 42099195 |
Country in Central and South Asia
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan ... | 737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=737 | Afghanistan | 46005432 |
Country in Southeastern Europe
Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. The country is located in the Balkans on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia ... | 738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=738 | Albania | 44595120 |
Arabic word for God
Allah (; , , ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. The word is thought to be derived by contraction from "al-ilāh", which means "the god", and is linguistically related to the Aramaic words Elah and Syriac (ʼAlāhā) and the Hebrew wor... | 740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=740 | Allah | 46069583 |
Algorithms is a monthly peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal of mathematics, covering design, analysis, and experiments on algorithms. The journal is published by MDPI and was established in 2008. The founding editor-in-chief was Kazuo Iwama (Kyoto University). From May 2014 to September 2019, the editor-in-chi... | 742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=742 | Algorithms (journal) | 17843555 |
Country straddling West Asia and Eastern Europe in the Caucusus
Azerbaijan (, ; , ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia (Republic of ... | 746 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=746 | Azerbaijan | 372290 |
Hobby of watching the sky and stars
Amateur astronomy is a hobby where participants enjoy observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes. Even though scientific research may not be their primary goal, some amateur astronomers make contributions in doing citizen scienc... | 748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=748 | Amateur astronomy | 7903804 |
Modern Japanese martial art
Aikido (Shinjitai: , Kyūjitai: , , ) is a modern Japanese martial art that is split into many different styles, including Iwama Ryu, Iwama Shin Shin Aiki Shuren Kai, Shodokan Aikido, Yoshinkan, Renshinkai, Aikikai and Ki Aikido. Aikido is now practiced in around 140 countries. It was origina... | 751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=751 | Aikido | 15511692 |
Creative work to evoke aesthetic response
Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
There is no generally agreed definition of what constitutes art, and its interpretati... | 752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=752 | Art | 24247980 |
Extinct order of arthropods
Agnostida are an order of extinct arthropods which have classically been seen as a group of highly modified trilobites, though some recent research has doubted this placement. Regardless, they appear to be close relatives as part of the Artiopoda. They are present in the Lower Cambrian fossi... | 764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=764 | Agnostida | 44441878 |
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