Términos

Species of tree found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is valued for heavy, black, ebony-like wood used for furniture and highly resistant to insect attack. Recent genetic tests indicate it is highly similar to Connarus conchocarpus.

Species of medium-sized tree (35 feet in height) having a smooth gray bark, extending from southern Mexico through Central America to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. It has also been introduced to the Caribbean, the Antilles, Florida, and Africa. The tree is valued for its attractively variegated lumber and the bark, which is used as a narcotic, laxative, and insecticide. The tree has many names due to its wide distribution and multiple uses. The wood of the angelin was at first thought to belong to the partridge pea, thus the Caribbean French name for the partridge pea, bois perdrix, was misinterpreted as partridge wood.

The style and culture of Andorra, an ancient principality located in the Pyrenees between France and Spain.

A type of garnet composed of a calcium iron silicate. Colors include yellow, red, green, brown, and black. Gemstone quality andradite is mined in the Ural Mountains, Italy, Switzerland, Norway, France, and in the United States (Arkansas and New Jersey). It is valued because of its high dispersion (separation of light into colors), which is even greater than that of diamond, and refractive index.

Robots and robotic systems with the appearance and/or behavior similar to that of humans. To refer to machines with human parts, use "cyborgs."

Partes de las antiguas casas griegas usadas sólo por los hombres. A los espacios reservados para las mujeres, use "gineceo".

Refers to the Neolithic culture established in the steppes of the Minusinsk basin during the 2nd and 1st millennia BCE. Sites have revealed earth houses designed for permanent habitation, with hearths for heating purposes and cooking. Bronze objects were also numerous, and workshops existed for working copper.

Material derivado de los tallos de diversas especies de los géneros Scirpus, utilizado para la fabricación de esteras fuertes, asientos de sillas, sombreros y canastas. Para el material de la especie del género Typha, use "totora".

Material derivado de las hojas largas y planas de plantas de pantano del género Typha como peine en altura, utilizado en la fabricación de esteras y asientos de sillas, y ya que se hinchan cuando está mojado, las hojas se utilizan para calafatear grietas en barriles y botes.

Narratives of a detached incident, or of a single event, told as being in itself interesting or striking.

Instrumentos que miden la inclinación del viento respecto del plano horizontal.

Instrumentos diseñados para medir la velocidad o fuerza del viento.

Escalas graduadas asociadas a miras traseras de armas de fuego, en su mayoría fusiles, por lo que el tirador ajusta la vista para permitir el efecto del viento.

Genus containing around 100 species of periennial flowering plants.