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| Victoria Woodhull Victoria Claflin Woodhull (September 23, 1838 June 9, 1927) was an American suffragist who was described by Gilded Age newspapers as a leader of the American woman's suffrage movement in the 19th century. She became a colorful and notorious symbol for women's rights, free love, fighting corruption, and labor reforms. Victoria_Woodhull | |
| Venus Venus | |
| William Shakespeare William_Shakespeare | |
| Writing Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system). It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and the recording of language via a non-textual medium such as magnetic tape audio.In Eurasia writing began as a consequence of the burgeoning needs of accounting. Writing | |
| Water Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or state, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam. Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface. Water | |
| White dwarf A white dwarf, also called a degenerate dwarf, is a small star composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. Because a white dwarf's mass is comparable to that of the Sun and its volume is comparable to that of the Earth, it is very dense. Their faint luminosity comes from the emission of stored heat. White_dwarf | |
| William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (; 13 June 1865–28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. William_Butler_Yeats | |
| Wine Talk:Wine | |
| Westminster system Westminster system is a democratic parliamentary system of government modelled after the politics of the United Kingdom. This term comes from the Palace of Westminster, the seat of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The system is a series of procedures for operating a legislature. Westminster_system | |
| Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (May 31, 1819 American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist. He was a part of the transition between Transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. Walt_Whitman | |
| World Trade Organization The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an international organization designed by its founders to supervise and liberalize international trade. The organization officially commenced on 1 January 1995, under the Marrakesh Agreement, succeeding the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).The World Trade Organization deals with regulation of trade between participating countries; it provides a framework for negotiating and formalising trade agreements, and a dispute resolution process aimed at enforcing participants' adherence to WTO agreements which are signed by representatives of member governments and ratified by their parliaments. World_Trade_Organization | |
| William Herschel Sir Frederick William Herschel, FRS KH, German Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, (15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German-born British astronomer, technical expert and composer who became famous for discovering Uranus. He also discovered infrared radiation and made many other discoveries in astronomy. William_Herschel | |
| Wart Wart | |
| Williams College Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Williams was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams as a men's college, located in the Berkshires in northwestern Massachusetts, at the foot of Mount Greylock. Williams_College | |
| William Lipscomb William Nunn Lipscomb, Jr. (born December 9, 1919) is an American inorganic chemist, working in experimental and theoretical chemistry and biochemistry.He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but his family moved to Lexington, Kentucky when he was an infant, and he lived there until he received his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Kentucky in 1941. He went on to earn his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1946. William_Lipscomb | |
| Xenon Xenon ( or Xenon | |
| Yiddish language Yiddish ( yidish or idish, literally "Jewish") is a non-territorial High German language of Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. Unlike other Germanic languages, Yiddish is written with the Hebrew alphabet as opposed to a Latin alphabet.The language originated in the Ashkenazi culture that developed from about the 10th century in the Rhineland and then spread to central and eastern Europe and eventually to other continents. Yiddish_language | |
| Yellow Yellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M (long and medium wavelength) cone cells of the retina about equally, with no significant stimulation of the S (short-wavelength) cone cells. Light with a wavelength of 570–580 nm is yellow, as is light with a suitable mixture of somewhat longer and shorter wavelengths. Yellow | |
| Zinc Zinc (, from and also known as spelter) is a metallic chemical element with the symbol Zn and atomic number 30. It is a first-row transition metal in group 12 of the periodic table. Zinc is chemically similar to magnesium because its ion is of similar size and its only common oxidation state is +2. Zinc | |
| Zodiacal light The zodiacal light is a faint, roughly triangular, whitish glow seen in the night sky which appears to extend up from the vicinity of the sun along the ecliptic or zodiac. In mid-northern latitudes, the zodiacal light is best observed in the western sky in the spring after the evening twilight has completely disappeared, or in the eastern sky in the autumn just before the morning twilight appears. Zodiacal_light | |
| Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism () is the religion and philosophy based on the teachings ascribed to the prophet Zoroaster, after whom the religion is named. The term Zoroastrianism is, in general usage, essentially synonymous with Mazdaism, i.e. the worship of Ahura Mazda, exalted by Zoroaster as the supreme divine authority.Zoroastrianism is uniquely important in the history of religion because of its possible formative links to both Western and Eastern religious traditions. Zoroastrianism | |
| 1 petametre distances this page lists lengths starting at 1015 m (1 Pm or 1,000,000 million km or 6,700 astronomical units (AU) or 0.11 light years).Distances shorter than 1 Pm 1.9 Pm ± .5 Pm = 12,000 AU = 0.2 light year radius of Cat's Eye Nebula's inner core 4.7 Pm = 30,000 AU = half light year diameter of Bok globule Barnard 68 7.5 Pm — 50,000 AU — Possible outer boundary of Oort cloud (other estimates are 75,000 to 125,000 or even 189,000 AU (1.6, 2, and 3 light years, respectively)) 7.7 Pm — 52,00 1_petametre | |
| 100 petametres distances this page lists lengths between 1017 m (100 Pm or 11 light years) and 1018 m (110 light years).Distances shorter than 100 Pm 110 Pm — 12 light years — Distance to Tau Ceti 240 Pm — 25 light years — Distance to Vega 260 Pm — 27 light years — Distance to Chara, a star approxim 100_petametres | |
| 1 exametre To help compare different distances this page lists lengths between 1018 m (1 Em or 110 light years) and 1019 m (1100 light years).Distances shorter than 1 Em 1_exametre | |
| 61 Cygni 61_Cygni | |
| Svante Arrhenius Svante August Arrhenius (19th February 1859 scientist, originally a physicist, but often referred to as a chemist, and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. The Arrhenius equation, lunar crater Arrhenius and the Arrhenius Labs at Stockholm University are named after him. Svante_Arrhenius | |
| Mount St. Helens Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is south of Seattle and northeast of Portland, Oregon. Mount St. Helens takes its English name from the British diplomat Lord St Helens, a friend of explorer George Vancouver who made a survey of the area in the late 18th century. Mount_St._Helens | |
| Bucharest Bucharest ( ) is the capital city, industrial and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmboviţa River.Bucharest was first mentioned in documents as early as 1459. Bucharest | |
| Beef Beef is the culinary name for meat from bovines, especially domestic cattle (cows). Beef is one of the principal meats used in the cuisine of Australia, Europe and the Americas, and is also important in Africa, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Beef is a taboo food in some cultures. Its consumption is forbidden by some sects of Hinduism, as bovines are revered. It is also discouraged among some Buddhists. Beef | |
| Emissions trading Emissions trading (or emission trading) is an administrative approach used to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants. It is sometimes called cap and trade. government or international body) sets a limit or cap on the amount of a pollutant that can be emitted. Emissions_trading | |
| Medieval Warm Period Talk:Medieval_Warm_Period | |
| Openlaw Openlaw | |
| Lithium Talk:Lithium | |
| List of Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists A number of noted people have considered themselves Unitarians, Universalists, and following the merger of these denominations in the United States and Canada in 1961, Unitarian Universalists. Additionally, there are persons who, because of their writings or reputation, are considered to have held Unitarian or Universalist beliefs. List_of_Unitarians,_Universalists,_and_Unitarian_Universalists | |
| Kannada language Kannada_language | |
| 433 Eros 433_Eros | |
| Nuclear photonic rocket nuclear photonic rocket, a nuclear reactor would generate such high temperatures that the blackbody radiation from the reactor would provide significant thrust. The disadvantage is that it takes a lot of power to generate a small amount of thrust this way, so acceleration, and, even with efficient nuclear fuel, specific impulse, are very low. Nuclear_photonic_rocket | |
| Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer. His music embraces elements of rock and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz.As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet", Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound. Herbie_Hancock | |
| Space Shuttle program NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States government's current manned launch vehicle and is scheduled to be retired from service in 2010. The winged Space Shuttle orbiter is launched vertically, usually carrying five to seven astronauts (although eight have been carried) and up to 50,000lb (22kg) of payload into low earth orbit. Space_Shuttle_program | |
| Natalie Portman Natalie Portman (; born Natalie Hershlag June 9, 1981) is an Israeli American actress. Her first role came in the 1994 independent film Léon. She became very widely known when she was cast as Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Natalie_Portman | |
| Gravitation Gravitation is a natural phenomenon by which objects with mass attract one another. In everyday life, gravitation is most commonly thought of as the agency which lends weight to objects with mass. Gravitation compels dispersed matter to coalesce, thus it accounts for the very existence of the Earth, the Sun, and most of the macroscopic objects in the universe. Gravitation | |
| World World is a common name for the planet Earth but is also often used to mean the sum of human civilization living on it, specifically human experience, history, or the 'human condition' in general. In a metaphysical context, World may refer to the Universe, everything that constitutes reality:World (philosophy) World | |
| Unpowered aircraft Unpowered_aircraft | |
| Jupiter Jupiter | |
| Cosmological constant In physical cosmology, the cosmological constant (usually denoted by the Greek capital letter lambda:Albert Einstein as a modification of his original theory of general relativity to achieve a stationary universe. Einstein abandoned the concept after the observation of the Hubble redshift indicated that the universe might not be stationary, as he had based his theory on the idea that the universe is unchanging. Cosmological_constant | |
| McLean Hospital McLean Hospital (; also known as Somerville Asylum or Charlestown Asylum) is a psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts.It is noted for its clinical staff expertise and ground-breaking neuroscience research. It is also known for the large number of famous people who have been treated there, including mathematician John Nash, poets Robert Lowell and Sylvia Plath, singer-songwriters James Taylor McLean_Hospital | |
| Zodiac Talk:Zodiac | |
| Large Magellanic Cloud Large_Magellanic_Cloud | |
| SN 1604 Supernova 1604, also known as Kepler's Supernova, Kepler's Nova or Kepler's Star, was a supernova which occurred in the Milky Way, in the constellation Ophiuchus. , it is the last supernova to have been unquestionably observed in our own galaxy, occurring no farther than 6 kiloparsecs or about 20,000 light-years from Earth. Visible to the naked eye, it was brighter at its peak than any other star in the night sky, and all the planets (other than Venus), with apparent magnitude SN_1604 | |
| SN 1987A Talk:SN_1987A |
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