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- American diver who won four Olympic medals.
- Galiwinku
- island in the Arafura Sea, 2 miles (3 km) across Cadell Strait from Napier Peninsula, a part of Northern Territory, Australia, and of the Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reserve. It is low-lying, 30 miles (48 km) long by 7 miles (11 ...
- Gall
- Hunkpapa Sioux war chief, who was one of the most important military leaders at the Battle of the Little Bighorn (June 25, 1876). [1 Related Articles]
- gall
- (from the article "gall") an abnormal, localized outgrowth or swelling of plant tissue caused by infection from bacteria, fungi, viruses, and nematodes or irritation by insects and mites. See black knot; cedar-apple rust; clubroot; crown gall.Antron douglasii: galls of cynipid wasp Antron douglasii on ...
- gall flower
- (from the article "Rosales") ...hard-shelled fruit termed the achene. The fig itself is actually a collection of many of these achenes surrounded by the fleshy tissue of the syconium. The short-styled flowers are called gall flowers; they do not develop fruits but are used ...
- gall fly
- any of several different species of insects that cause swelling (galls) in the tissues of the plants they feed on. This group includes gall midges and certain fruit flies (order Diptera), gall wasps (order Hymenoptera), some aphids (order Homoptera), and ...
- gall midge
- any minute, delicate insect (order Diptera) characterized by beaded, somewhat hairy antennae and few veins in the short-haired wings. The brightly coloured larvae live in leaves and flowers, usually causing the formation of tissue swellings (galls). A few live in ... [2 Related Articles]
- gall wasp
- any of a group of wasps in the family Cynipidae (order Hymenoptera) that are notable for their ability to stimulate the growth of galls (tissue swellings) on plants. Some gall wasp species are gall inquilines, meaning they do not cause ... [2 Related Articles]
- Gall, Franz Joseph
- German anatomist and physiologist, a pioneer in ascribing cerebral functions to various areas of the brain (localization). He originated phrenology, the attempt to divine individual intellect and personality from an examination of skull shape. [2 Related Articles]
- Gall, Saint
- Irish monk who helped spread Irish influence while introducing Christianity to western Europe. [1 Related Articles]
- Galla Placidia, Mausoleum of
- (from the article "Ravenna") One of the earliest of Ravenna's extant monuments is the mausoleum of Galla Placidia, built in the 5th century AD by Galla Placidia, the sister of the emperor Honorius. Its building technique is Western, but its Latin cross layout, with ...
- Gallacini, Teofilo
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...before he died) did not appear until well into the 18th century. Other Italian publications tended to be repetitions of earlier ideas with the exception of a tardily published manuscript of Teofilo Gallaccini, whose treatise on the errors of Mannerist ...
- Gallagher and Shean
- celebrated American vaudeville team especially known for their patter song Absolutely, Mr. Gallagher? Positively, Mr. Shean! Ed Gallagher (in full Edward Gallagher; b. 1863?, San Francisco, Calif., U.S., -d. May 28, 1929, Astoria, N.Y., ) and Al ...
- Gallagher, Ed
- (from the article "Gallagher and Shean") Both men began separate careers as comedy and variety troupers in small-time burlesque and vaudeville before joining in 1910 to form the act of "Gallagher and Shean." They went separate ways from 1914 to 1920, but in the latter year ...
- Gallagher, John Patrick
- Canadian geologist and industrialist who founded (1950) Dome Petroleum Ltd., built it into a large, successful oil and gas company, and pioneered in exploration in the Beaufort Sea area; he left the company in 1983 as accumulated debt threatened it, ...
- Gallagher, Liam
- (from the article "Britpop") ...(in full Noel Thomas David Gallagher; b. May 29, 1967Manchester) and singer Liam Gallagher (byname of William John Paul Gallagher; b. Sept. 21, 1972Manchester). They were...
- Gallagher, Noel
- (from the article "Britpop") Oasis stood for authenticity. At heart the band was two brothers from Manchester, guitarist-songwriter Noel Gallagher (in full Noel Thomas David Gallagher; b. May 29, 1967Manchester) and singer Liam Gallagher (byname of William John Paul Gallagher;...
- Gallagher, Rory
- Irish blues-rock guitarist, singer, and composer (b. March 2, 1948--d. June 14, 1995).
- Gallagher, Tess
- American poet, author of naturalistic, introspective verse about self-discovery, womanhood, and family life.
- Gallagher, Tom
- (from the article "Tony Blair: A 10-Year Retrospective") On May 10, 2007-almost exactly 10 years after he became Britain's youngest prime minister since the Napoleonic wars-Tony Blair announced that he would officially tender his resignation in June. Blair's long-anticipated departure triggered deliberation over his place in British history ...
- Galland, Adolf
- German fighter ace and officer who commanded the fighter forces of the Luftwaffe (German air force) during World War II. [1 Related Articles]
- Galland, Antoine
- French Orientalist and scholar, best known for his adaptation of the Middle Eastern tales Les Mille et une nuits (1704-17; The Thousand and One Nights). [1 Related Articles]
- Gallant Fox
- (foaled 1927), American racehorse (Thoroughbred) who in 1930 won the U.S. Triple Crown-the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. A bay colt sired by Sir Gallahad III (bred in France) out of Marguerite, he raced for only ... [3 Related Articles]
- Gallant, Mavis
- Canadian-born writer of essays, novels, plays, and especially short stories, almost all of which were published initially in The New Yorker magazine. In unsentimental prose and with trenchant wit she delineated the isolation, detachment, and fear that ... [2 Related Articles]
- Gallas, Matthias, Count Von Campo, Duke Von Lucera
- imperial general whose ineffectiveness severely damaged the Habsburg cause in the latter stages of the Thirty Years' War. [1 Related Articles]
- Gallatin
- city, seat of Sumner county, north-central Tennessee, U.S., near the Cumberland River, about 25 miles (40 km) northeast of Nashville. Founded in 1802, the city was named for Albert Gallatin, secretary of the treasury under two U.S. presidents, Thomas Jefferson ...
- Gallatin River
- river rising in the Gallatin Range in the northwestern corner of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S., and flowing 120 miles (193 km) north to Three Forks, in southwestern Montana. There it joins with its tributary, the East Gallatin (which rises ...
- Gallatin School of Individualized Study
- (from the article "New York University") ...school; a college of dentistry; a law school; a school of social work; a school of the arts, with training in the performing and visual arts; and a school of continuing education. The university's Gallatin School of Individualized Study was ...
- Gallatin, Albert
- fourth U.S. secretary of the Treasury (1801-14). He insisted upon a continuity of sound governmental fiscal policies when the Republican (Jeffersonian) Party assumed national political power, and he was instrumental in negotiating an end to the War of 1812. [4 Related Articles]
- Gallaudet University
- (from the article "Washington") ...and is supported largely by federal appropriations. The University of the District of Columbia, which had its origins in 1851, was formed by a merger of several municipal institutions in 1977. Gallaudet University (1857), for the education of the deaf, ...
- Gallaudet, Thomas Hopkins
- educational philanthropist and founder of the first American school for the deaf.
- gallbladder
- a muscular membranous sac that stores and concentrates bile, a fluid that is received from the liver and is important in digestion. Situated beneath the liver, the gallbladder is pear-shaped and has a capacity of about 50 ml (1.7 fluid ... [4 Related Articles]
- Galle
- port and city, Sri Lanka, situated on a large harbour on the island's southern coast. Galle dates from the 13th century, possibly much earlier, but it became the island's chief port during the period of Portuguese rule (1507-c. 1640). Under ... [2 Related Articles]
- Galle, Emile
- celebrated French designer and pioneer in technical innovations in glass. He was a leading initiator of the Art Nouveau style and of the modern renaissance of French art glass. [2 Related Articles]
- Galle, Johann Gottfried
- German astronomer who on Sept. 23, 1846, was the first to observe the planet Neptune. [2 Related Articles]
- galleass
- (from the article "naval ship") The coming of mighty men-of-war did not mean the immediate end of oared warships. In fact, some types of galleys and oared gunboats continued to serve well into the 19th century. Indeed, the Battle of Lepanto (1571), in which a ...
- Gallegos
- (from the article "Patagonia") ...permanent streams of Andean origin (the Colorado, Negro, Chubut, Senguerr, Chico, and Santa Cruz rivers). Most of the valleys either have intermittent streams-such as the Shehuen, Coig, and Gallegos rivers, which have their sources east of the Andes-or contain streams ...
- Gallegos, Blasco
- (from the article "Rio Gallegos") Founded in 1885, it was named for Blasco Gallegos, one of Ferdinand Magellan's pilots, who is credited with discovering the river. Prehistoric cave paintings near the city are reminiscent of the Lascaux cave paintings in Dordogne, France.
- Gallegos, Romulo
- president of Venezuela (in 1948) and novelist, best known for his forceful novels that dramatize the overpowering natural aspects of the Venezuelan Llanos (grasslands), the local folklore, and such social events as alligator hunts. [3 Related Articles]
- Gallehus Horns
- pair of gold, horn-shaped artifacts from 5th-century Scandinavia that constituted the most notable examples of goldwork of that period. They were unearthed at Gallehus, Jutland, Den., in 1639 and 1734 and were stolen and melted down in 1802. Replicas made ... [1 Related Articles]
- galleon
- full-rigged sailing ship that was built primarily for war, and which developed in the 15th and 16th centuries. The name derived from "galley," which had come to be synonymous with "war vessel" and whose characteristic beaked prow the new ship ... [5 Related Articles]
- Galleria Umberto I
- (from the article "Naples") ...Naples has no modern parallel, the San Carlo remains an important element of Europe's musical life. Across the busy intersection from the San Carlo, the late 19th-century arcades of the cruciform Galleria Umberto I serve, under their glass cupola, as ...
- Galleriinae
- (from the article "lepidopteran") ...wing venation; small subfamily Nymphulinae has aquatic larvae with tracheal gills for living in still or running fresh water; larvae of subfamily Pyralinae are mostly scavengers, as are those of the Galleriinae, many of which live in bee or wasp ...
- gallery
- in architecture, any covered passage that is open at one side, such as a portico or a colonnade. More specifically, in late medieval and Renaissance Italian architecture, it is a narrow balcony or platform running the length of a wall. ...
- gallery camera
- (from the article "photoengraving") ...on a plane surface, without the distortions common (though usually unnoticed) in the average portrait or amateur camera lens. Process cameras are designated as gallery or darkroom types. The gallery camera is freestanding and may be installed in any convenient ...
- gallery grave
- long chamber grave, a variant of the collective tomb burials that spread into western and northwestern Europe from the Aegean area during the final stage of the northern Stone Age (c. 2000 BC). In the Severn-Cotswold area of Britain, the ... [1 Related Articles]
- galleta
- (from the article "Hilaria") in botany, genus of perennial grasses in the family Poaceae, consisting of about seven species native primarily to warm, dry areas of southern North America. They are known variously as galleta, big galleta, and curly mesquite.
- galley
- (from the article "proofreading") ...publication. Proofreading dates from the early days of printing. A contract of 1499 held the author finally responsible for correction of proofs. In modern practice, proofs are made first from a galley, a long tray holding a column of type, ...
- galley
- large seagoing vessel propelled primarily by oars. The Egyptians, Cretans, and other ancient peoples used sail-equipped galleys for both war and commerce. The Phoenicians were apparently the first to introduce the bireme (about 700 BC), which had two banks of ... [4 Related Articles]
- Galley Hill man
- (from the article "primate") While new discoveries have clarified the human story, older ones, which had served only to cloud it, have been repudiated. Piltdown man was shown unequivocally to be a fake in 1953; and Galley Hill man in England, the Olmo remains ...
- galley proof
- (from the article "proofreading") ...A contract of 1499 held the author finally responsible for correction of proofs. In modern practice, proofs are made first from a galley, a long tray holding a column of type, and hence are called galley proofs; the term is ...
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