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(Encyclopedia) CE5 Harp harp, stringed musical instrument of ancient origin, the strings of which are plucked with the fingers. Harps were found in paintings from the 13th cent. b.c. at Thebes.…harpsichord
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Harpsichord harpsichord, stringed musical instrument played from a keyboard. Its strings, two or more to a note, are plucked by quills or jacks. The harpsichord originated in…glycine
(Encyclopedia) CE5 glycineglycineglīˈsēn [key], organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Glycine is the only one of these amino acids that is not optically…arachnid
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Internal anatomy of a spider, representative of the class Arachnida arachnidarachnidərăkˈnĭd [key], mainly terrestrial arthropod of the class Arachnida, including the spider,…barberry
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Barberry, Berberis vulgaris barberrybarberrybärˈbĕrˌē [key], common name for the family Berberidaceae, and specifically for the spiny barberries (Berberis species). The family…phase diagram
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Phase diagram for a substance, like water, which expands on freezing phase diagram, graph that shows the relation between the solid, liquid, and gaseous states of a substance (…proline
(Encyclopedia) CE5 prolineprolineprōˈlēn [key], organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Only the l-stereoisomer appears in mammalian protein. It is not…bagpipe
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Scottish bagpipe bagpipe, musical instrument whose ancient origin was probably in Mesopotamia from which it was carried east and west by Celtic migrations. It was used in…basilica
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Floor plan of a basilica basilicabasilicabəsĭlˈĭkə [key], large building erected by the Romans for transacting business and disposing of legal matters. Rectangular in form with…amaranth
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Green amaranth, Amaranthus retroflexus amaranthamaranthămˈərănthˌ [key] [Gr.,=unfading], common name for the Amaranthaceae (also commonly known as the pigweed family), a family…Trending
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