241. PRIDE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) I. pride 1 S3 W3 /praɪd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: pryde , from prud 'proud' ] 1 . FEELING OF PLEASURE [uncountable] a feeling that you are proud of something that you or ...
242. RIVER(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English) riv ‧ er S2 W2 /ˈrɪvə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: rivere , from Latin riparius 'of a river bank' , from ripa 'bank, shore' ] 1 . a natural ...
243. SECONDARY SOURCE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary) noun a book or other source of information where the writer has taken the information from some other source and not collected it himself or herself —compare primary source ...
244. BURUNDI, FLAG OF(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) red and green national flag with a white saltire (diagonal cross) and a central white disk incorporating three large stars. Its width-to-length ratio is 3 to 5. The leading traditional symbol of Burundi ...
245. EGYPT(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Feluccas on the Nile River, near Luxor in Upper Egypt. officially Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic Misr or Jumhuriyah Misr al-'Arabiyah country located in the northeastern corner of Africa. It has a total ...
246. ELOHIST SOURCE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) also called E Source, biblical source and one of four that, according to the documentary hypothesis, comprise the original literary constituents of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible. It ...
247. ENGLISH LITERATURE: MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) Modern English literature: the 20th century From 1900 to 1945 The Edwardians The 20th century opened with great hope but also with some apprehension, for the new century marked the onset of a new millennium. ...
248. INDIAN PHILOSOPHY(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) the systems of thought and reflection that were developed by the civilizations of the Indian subcontinent. Three basic concepts form the cornerstone of Indian philosophical thought: the self, or soul (atman), ...
249. ISLAMIC WORLD(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islam is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to 40 countries, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and along a belt that stretches ...
250. ITASCA, LAKE(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) lake regarded as the main source of the Mississippi River, in Clearwater county, northwestern Minnesota, U.S. Of glacial origin, it covers an area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 square km) and has an average ...
251. MINAS GERAIS(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) inland estado (state) of Brazil. It is the storehouse of the mineral riches of that country, as is indicated by its name, which means general mines. The state is bounded on the north by the states of Gois ...
252. MISSISSIPPI RIVER(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) the largest river of North America, draining with its major tributaries an area of approximately 1,200,000 square miles (3,100,000 square km), or about one-eighth of the entire continent. The Mississippi ...
253. ODER RIVER(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) ... second only to the Vistula in discharge and length. For the first 70 miles (112 kilometres) from its source, it passes through the Czech Republic. For a distance of 116 miles in its middle reach, it constitutes ...
254. SAGITTARIUS A(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) strongest source of cosmic radio waves from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. The source has been identified as the nucleus of the Milky Way Galaxy. Most of the radio radiation is from a ...
255. SOUTH ASIAN ARTS(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) the literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Despite a history of ethnic, linguistic, and political fragmentation, the Hindu majority population of the Indian ...
256. SPEKE, JOHN HANNING(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) ... a source of the Nile. Commissioned in the British Indian Army in 1844, he served in the Punjab and travelled in the Himalayas and Tibet. In April 1855, as a member of Richard Burton's party attempting ...
257. ZAMBEZI RIVER(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) ... the continent. The river flows eastward for about 2,200 miles (3,540 kilometres) from its source on the Central African Plateau to empty into the Indian Ocean. With its tributaries, it drains an area of ...
258. ACOUSTIC INTERFEROMETER(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) ... placed accurately parallel to the crystal source. The waves are then reflected back to the source. The strength of the standing wave pattern set up between the source and the reflector as the distance ...
259. COMMERCIAL FISHING(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) the taking of fish and other seafood from oceans, rivers, and lakes for the purpose of marketing them. Fishing is considered one of the primary forms of food production; it ranks with farming and probably ...
260. CONSERVATION(Английские словари. English dictionaries./Britannica English vocabulary) planned management of a natural resource or the total environment of a particular ecosystem to prevent exploitation, pollution, destruction, or neglect and to ensure the future use of the resource. Although ...