Retrogression
31Regressive metamorphism — Regressive Re*gress ive (r?*gr?s ?v), a. [Cf. F. r[ e]gressif.] [1913 Webster] 1. Passing back; returning. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by retrogression; retrogressive. [1913 Webster] {Regressive metamorphism}. (a) (Biol.) See {Retrogression} …
32Jodo Shinshu — nihongo|Jōdo Shinshū|浄土真宗| True Pure Land School , also known as Shin Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran Shonin. Today, Shin Buddhism is considered the most widely practiced… …
33Madden-Julian oscillation — The Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO) is an equatorial traveling pattern of anomalous rainfall that is planetary in scale. The mechanism and cause of the MJO is as yet not well understood and is a subject of ongoing study.The MJO is characterized… …
34List of soil topics — *Atriplex (saltbush) *saline seep *salinity in Australia *salting the earth *(saltbush) Atriplex *soil amendment *(soil and water conservation district) conservation district *Soil Association *soil classification *soil conditioner *soil… …
35Johann Gottlob Carpzov — (September 26, 1679, Dresden mdash;April 27, 1767, Lübeck) was a German Christian Old Testament scholar, a nephew of Johann Benedict Carpzov II and a son of Samuel Benedict Carpzov. He was the most famous and most important Biblical scholar of… …
36Gibbon, Edward — born May 8, 1737, Putney, Surrey, Eng. died Jan. 16, 1794, London British historian. Educated at the University of Oxford and in Switzerland, Gibbon wrote his early works in French. In London he became a member of Samuel Johnson s brilliant… …
37metamorphic rock — Any of a class of rocks that result from the alteration of preexisting rocks in response to changing geological conditions, including variations in temperature, pressure, and mechanical stress. The preexisting rocks may be igneous, sedimentary,… …
38corpus — 1. SYN: body. 2. Any body or mass. 3. The main part of an organ or other anatomic structure, as distinguished from the head or tail. SEE ALSO: body, diaphysis, soma. [L …
39Abdul Qadeer Khan — HI, NI (twice) Abdul Qadeer Khan, 1999. Born 1 April …
40Jōdo Shinshū — Japanese Buddhism …
