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101Lepsiella scobina albomarginata — Taxobox name = Lepsiella scobina albomarginata regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Gastropoda subclassis = Orthogastropoda infraclassis = Apogastropoda superordo = Caenogastropoda ordo = Sorbeoconcha infraordo = Neogastropoda… …
102Leaf — For other uses, see Leaf (disambiguation). The leaves of a Beech tree …
103asperous — adj. [L. dim. asper, rough] (MOLLUSCA) Used to denote very distinct elevated dots, more uneven than scabrous; rough to the touch …
104scabrously — See scabrous. * * * …
105satire — /sat uyeur/, n. 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3 …
106Amis, Martin — born Aug. 25, 1949, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Eng. British writer and critic. The son of writer Kingsley Amis, he graduated from Oxford University in 1971. He worked for the Times Literary Supplement and the New Statesman before becoming a full time… …
107Islamic arts — Visual, literary, and performing arts of the populations that adopted Islam from the 7th century. Islamic visual arts are decorative, colourful, and, in religious art, nonrepresentational; the characteristic Islamic decoration is the arabesque.… …
108Jackson, Andrew — born March 15, 1767, Waxhaws region, S.C. died June 8, 1845, the Hermitage, near Nashville, Tenn., U.S. Seventh president of the U.S. (1829–37). He fought briefly in the American Revolution near his frontier home, where his family was killed in… …
109English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
110Goncourt, Edmond and Jules — ▪ French authors in full Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt and Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt Respectively, born May 26, 1822, Nancy, France died July 16, 1896, Champrosay born December 17, 1830, Paris died June 20, 1870, Auteuil French …
