BA decorative work of art, or panel, directly behind an altar.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBantennaeB
Filamentous sensory appendages on the head of an insect; the singular form is IantennaI.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBarchitectureB
The science, art, or profession of designing and constructing buildings or other structures.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBAustria
BOne of the nations that was much involved in the revolutions of 1848. Earlier, Austria had joined with Russia against Napoleon Bonaparte in the early 1800s.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBerlin
BPrussian city that was the site of one of the revolutions of 1848. Berlin was also the capital of Germany during both world wars. In 1945, the city was divided into four sectors: Russian, American, British, and French. It was reunited after the collapse of Communist East Germany in 1989.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBilly Yank
BThe term used for a Union soldier.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBBritain
BAnother name for the United Kingdom. Britain sided with Russia against Napoleon in the early 1800s and against Germany and the Central Powers in World War I. In between, Britain and France defeated Russia in the Crimean War in the 1850s. This war was fought to contain the further Ec[000000]f[16]LFwestward expansion of the Russian Empire, which threatened Britain's Mediterranean and overland routes to India.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcadaverB
A dead body; a corpse.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcamouflageB
A protective coloration used by individuals in order to appear disguised as part of their natural surroundings.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcathedralB
The church containing the cathedral, or official chair, of a bishop.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcelestial
BHaving to do with the sky or the heavens. Objects in the sky, such as sun, moon, stars, and planets are called celestial bodies.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchoirB
An organized group of singers, especially in a church. Haydn spent much of his childhood singing in a boys choir.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBIChoral SymphonyBI
A musical work composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBchrysalisB
The outer case of insect pupa.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBCivil WarB
The war that occurred from 1861-1865 in the United States between the Northern states and the Southern states; the war was fought over slavery and other economic and political issues.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBclassicalB
Pertaining to the art, architecture, and literature of ancient Greece, especially those works created during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcocoonB
A protective covering for insect eggs or pupa form.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBComedy
BBranch of drama or fiction in which the characters are treated humorously and that has a happy ending.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcorruptionB
Decay; also, dishonest or illegal practices.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBcultureB
A specific stage or period in the development of civilization.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBeggsB
The stage of life from which young develop. Some animals, like fishes and amphibians, must lay their eggs in water or they will dry out. The eggs of reptiles and birds have a shell that keeps them from drying out. These animals can lay their eggs on land. Mammals do not lay eggs; Ec[000000]f[16]LFthe young develop in the mother's body and are born alive.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBembellishments
BAdded decorations or adornments.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBEnglandB
An island nation adjacent to the European continent; England, as part of Great Britain, founded the original thirteen colonies in the United States. Ec[000000]f[16]LBrestorationB
The act of returning something to its original condition.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBenvironment
BThe living and nonliving surroundings that act upon organisms.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBesteemB
To regard highly.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBfilamentousB
Having a threadlike structure.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBflowering
BThe blooming of something, especially used when referring to the flowering of culture or art.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBFrance
BA nation in Europe. Its borders are shared with Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, and Belgium. The French leader Napoleon Bonaparte tried to conquer much of Europe in the early 1800s and was finally defeated in 1815. The revolutions of 1848 started in France, particularly Paris.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBfreshwaterB
A word used to describe something that either is in itself or lives in water that is not salty. Freshwater streams, lakes, and rivers have a low salt content. Freshwater fish live in this kind of water.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBgeneration
BCollectively, a generation is all the people who are born about the same time. Individually, a mother, daughter, and granddaughter are three generations in the succession of natural descent. In humans, approximately thirty years is the time interval between generations, or the birth of parents and the birth of their children.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBhallelujah
BFrom the Hebrew, "Praise be the Lord."
Ec[000000]f[16]LBheredity
BThe transmission of characteristics genetically from parents to progeny; the tendency of offspring to resemble parents or ancestors.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBHollywood
BThe district of Los Angeles, California, where most movies and network television programs are produced.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBimpending
BAbout to take place.
B Ec[000000]f[16]BLintuition
BWithout conscious reasoning; the instantaneous knowledge or understanding of something.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBItaly
BSouthern European nation that was the center of the Roman Empire. Italy, not yet a unified nation, suffered from the uprisings of 1848 in Milan and elsewhere. Italy became unified in 1860.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBJohnny Reb
BThe term used for a Confederate soldier.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBknightB
In medieval times, a feudal tenant serving his superior as a mounted soldier; also a gentleman, usually of the nobility, trained for mounted combat and raised to honorable military rank and the order of chivalry through special ceremonies.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlearningB
Gaining skill or knowledge as a result of experience, and using that skill or knowledge to change behavior patterns.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBlegend
BA story, sometimes of a national or folk hero, that is based on fact but also includes imaginative material. The story of Paul Bunyan is regarded as a legend based on a real character, whereas IThe Legend of Sleepy HollowI is more an imaginative work of fiction.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmass
BA measure of the quantity of matter something contains. Weight is mass multiplied by the acceleration due to gravity.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmelodrama
BA literary work with stereotyped characters and highly charged emotion, usually with a romantic plot and a happy ending. The term can also be used to describe a thrilling play that evokes horror.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmembranousB
Dry, pliable, and semitransparent.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBMessiah
BAny leader expected to save a people; especially used for Jesus Christ.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmetamorphosisB
Change of form and structure.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBMexican War
BWar between the United States and Mexico in 1846-48. The Mexican peasants were no match for U.S. soldiers, but held out well in defending their homeland. After an armistice was arranged and a new Mexican government formed that was more subservient to the Ec[000000]f[16]LFwishes of its northern neighbor, hostilities ceased. Mexico relinquished its claim to land north of the Rio Grande and peace was once again in place, although some militant congressman wanted the United States to annex the entire Mexican nation.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmimicryB
Superficial resemblance to another organism.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBmusic
BAn arrangement of, or the art of, combining sounds that please the ear.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBnation
BPeople, often of common descent, under the same government.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBnation
BPeople, often of common descent, under the same government.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBINinth SymphonyBI
A piece of music written by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBnocturnalB
Occurring at night.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBNorth America
BOne of the great land masses of the globe, located in the northern and western hemispheres.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBoceanography
BThe science that studies the oceans, including their physical, chemical, and geological characteristics and the organisms that live in them.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBOtto von Bismarck
BPrussian statesman (1815-1898) who brought about the unification of Germany and the installation of Kaiser Wilhelm I. He was known as the "Iron Chancellor" for his vigorous pursuit of his objectives.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBparadiseB
The home of righteous souls after death; Heaven.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBIPastoral SymphonyBI
A piece of music written by Ludwig van Beethoven.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBperspectiveB
View of objects within three-dimensional space; a technique of depicting three-dimensional space on a flat surface.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBpilgrimage
BThe journey of a pilgrim to visit a holy place.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBpreyB
An animal that is hunted for food by another animal.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBprinciple
BA fundamental truth, doctrine, or law upon which other ideas or principles are based.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBproboscisB
Any elongated, tubular process.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBprogeny
BOffspring, children, or descendants.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBprotectionB
Defending, keeping from harm, or preventing injury. Defensive weapons, such as claws, size, and speed, enable animals to protect themselves and their young from attacks by other animals.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBprovidence
BThe care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBPrussia
BNation in Europe at the time of the French Revolution. Much of Prussia makes up the modern-day Germany.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBRaphaelB
The youngest of the three great artists of the High Renaissance (including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo) in the early sixteenth century.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBregion
BAn area of the earth defined by common landforms, climate, and resources.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBreligionB
The beliefs, attitudes, emotions, behaviors, etc. constituting man's relationship with the powers and principles of the universe, especially with a deity or deities.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBreproduction
BThe process by which animals and plants produce offspring or others of its kind. This process can be sexual or asexual.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBrevolutionaries
BPeople who plan and/or participate in the overthrow and replacement of a government or political system.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBrhythmsB
Movements or procedures with a patterned recurrence of beat, accent, or the like.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBritualB
The observance of formalized ceremonies, especially in public worship.
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BThe region of the United States consisting of the states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Colorado.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBsalvationB
Derived from the Latin word meaning "to save"; in religion, salvation can refer to any belief that considers there to be a need for humanity to be saved from something.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBSargasso SeaB
An area of quiet water in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Large beds of seaweed float in the Sargasso Sea.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBSargassum fishB
A kind of fish that lives among the seaweed in the Sargasso Sea. The bodies of Sargassum fish are camouflaged to look like the seaweed around them, so that their enemies cannot see them.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBschoolsB
Large groups of the same kinds of fish that swim together through the water.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBsea levelB
The level of the ocean's surface.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBshort story
BA brief narrative whose form is ancient in origin and includes fables, parables, tales, and anecdotes. The modern short story began to appear in the nineteenth century in the works of Hawthorne, Poe, and Balzac, whose short stories are carefully organized and written for a calculated effect on the reader.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBspecies
BThe basic unit of classification. A group of closely related organisms capable of mating and producing offspring who are also capable of reproducing.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBspiritualB
Pertaining to the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBstrain
BA group of the same species that share distinctive characteristics, such as the garden pea plant that has red flowers.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBsymmetry
BBeauty of form arising from balanced proportions; the property of being symmetrical, especially when regarding a correspondence in size, shape, and relative position of parts on opposite sides of a dividing line or median plane or about a center or axis. Renaissance artists' Ec[000000]f[16]LFinterest in symmetry related to the popularity with the Platonic principle that all elements of a work of art must contribute to the harmony of the whole.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBtheme
BA group of notes constituting (by repetition, recurrence, development, etc.) an important element in the construction of a piece.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBvaluesB
The ideals and customs valued by a society or group.
Ec[000000]f[16]LBWorld War I
BMajor war of the early twentieth century. It was fought between the Allies (France, England, Russia, the United States, and Italy) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire) from 1914-1918. Many factors led to World War I. Among these were the rise Ec[000000]f[16]LFof nationalism in Europe, a nationalism that was rooted in the revolutions of 1848, and the struggle among European countries for imperialist control of Africa. By the end of World War I, the czarist government had given rise to communism in Russia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Hapsburg family were destroyed. Although it was known as "the Ec[000000]f[16]LFwar to end wars," World War I helped set off World War II. Following World War I, Germany was crippled socially and economically in part because of the repercussions of the peace agreement drawn up by the Allies.
