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A peak or projection from the top of a hill or mountain, or any rounded protrusion of land, especially a small but prominent or isolated hill with steep sides; a boulder or an area of resistant rock protruding from the side of a hill or mountain. The term is used primarily in the southern United States. [5] knoll.
0.44. Letter frequency is the number of times letters of the alphabet appear on average in written language. Letter frequency analysis dates back to the Arab mathematician Al-Kindi ( c. 801 –873 AD), who formally developed the method to break ciphers. Letter frequency analysis gained importance in Europe with the development of movable type ...
Algedonics – science of pleasure and pain. Algology ( botany) – study of algae. Algology ( medicine) – study of pain. Allergology - study of causes and treatment of allergies. Anaesthesiology – study of anaesthetics. Anatomy – study of the structure of the body. Andragogy – theory and practice of education of adults.
Chwee kueh – Chinese steamed rice cake [39] Cinnamon roll – Sweet pastry [40] [41] Buttered crumpet. Coffee cake. Dosa – served as a breakfast dish in India. Collops – Meat dish [42] Conecuh sausage, waffle-wrapped sausage on a stick invented in Alabama [4] Congee – Asian savoury rice porridge dish [43] Cottage cheese.
The following list shows a compact version of the colors in the list of colors A–F, G–M, and N–Z articles. The list shows the color swatch and its name. Hovering over the color box shows the HSV, RGB, and #hex values for the color in the tool tip.
This list includes those recognised minerals beginning with the letters Y and Z.The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names; however, minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date.
Zika Virus. Zimmerman–Laband syndrome. Zinc deficiency. Zinc toxicity. Zlotogora syndrome. Zollinger–Ellison syndrome. Zonular cataract and nystagmus. Zori–Stalker–Williams syndrome. Zunich–Kaye syndrome.
The idea of ordering information by the order of the alphabet also met resistance from the compilers of encyclopaedias in the 12th and 13th centuries, who were all devout churchmen. They preferred to organise their material theologically – in the order of God's creation, starting with Deus (meaning God).