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ADAMNAN, or ADOMNAN (c. 624-704)

ANDREW LEITH ADAMS (1827-1882)

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS (1807-1886)

HENRY ADAMS (1838— )

HENRY CARTER ADAMS (1852— )

HERBERT ADAMS (i858— )

HERBERT BAXTER ADAMS (1850—1901)

JOHN ADAMS (1735–1826)

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848)

SAMUEL ADAMS (1722-1803)

THOMAS ADAMS (d. c. 1655)

WILLIAM ADAMS (d. 162o)

PATRICK ADAMSON (1537-1592)

ROBERT ADAMSON (1852-1902)

MICHEL ADANSON (1727-1806)

ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

ADAPTIVE TYPES OF LIMBS AND FEET

ADDA (anc. Addua)

JANE ADDAMS (186o- )

JOSEPH ADDISON (1672-1719)

ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES

ADDITIONS TO BOOK OF ESTHER

ADDITIONS TO DANIEL

ADELAER, or ADELER (Norwegian for " eagle ")

ADELAIDE (Ger. Adelheid) (931-999)

ADELAIDE KEMBLE (1814-18i9)

ADELARD (or AETHELARD)

ADELSBERG (Slovene Postojina)

JOHANN CHRISTOPH ADELUNG (1732-1806)

ADEMPTION (Lat. ademptio, from adimere, a taking away)

ADENES (ADENEZ or ADANS)

ADENOIDS, or ADENOID GROWTHS (from Gr. Abevoetbi7s,glandular)

ADEPT (if used as a substantive pronounced adept, if as an adjective adept; from Lat. adeptus, one who has Attained)

ADHEMAR (ADEMAR, AIMAR, AELARZ) DE MONTEIL (d. 1098)

ADHEMAR DE CHABANNES (c. 988-c. 1030)

ADHESION (from Lat. adhaerere, to adhere)

ADIAPHORISTS (Gr. a&ac6opos, indifferent)

ADIGE (Ger. Etsch, anc. Athesis)

ADIPOCERE (from the Lat. adeps, fat, and cera, wax)

ADIS ABABA (" the new flower ")

ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

ADJOURNMENT (through the French from the Late Lat. adjurnare, to put off until or summon for another day)

ADJUDICATION (Lat. adjudicatio; adjudicare, to award)

ADJUNCT (from Lat. ad, to, and jungere, to join)

ADJUSTMENT (from late Lat. ad juxtare, derived from juxta, near, but early confounded with a supposed derivation from justus, right)

ADJUTAGE (from Fr, ajutage, from ajouter, to join on; an older English form was " adjustage ")

ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

FELIX ADLER (r851- )

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

ADMIRALTY ADMINISTRATION

ADMIRALTY ISLANDS

ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION

HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY

ADOBE (pronounced a-db-be; also corrupted to dobie; from the Span. adobar, to plaster, traceable through Arabic to an Egyptian hieroglyph meaning " brick ")

ADOLESCENCE (Lat. adolescentia, from adolescere, to grow up, past part. adultus, grown up, Eng. " adult ")

ADOLPH OF NASSAU (a. 1255-1298)

ADOLPHUS FREDERICK

ADOLPHUS FREDERICK (1710-177.1)

JOHN LEYCESTER ADOLPHUS (1795-1862)

ADONIJAH (Heb. Adoniyyah or Adoniyyahu, " Yah is Lord ")

ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

ADORATION (Lat. ad, to, and os, mouth; i.e. " carrying to one's mouth ")

ADOUR (anc. Aturrus or Adurus, from Celtic dour, water)

ADOWA (properly ADUA)

ADRA (anc. Abdera)

ADRAR (Berber for "uplands ")

ADRIA (anc. Atria; the form Adria or Hadria is less correct: Hatria was a town in Picenum, the modern Atri)

GIOVANNI BATTISTA ADRIANI (1513-1579)

ADRIANOPLE (anc. Hadrianopolis; Turk. Edirne, or Edreneh; Slay. Odrin)

ADRIATIC SEA (ancient Adria or Hadria)

ADSCRIPT (from Lat. ad, on or to, and scribere, to write)

ADULTERATION (from Lat. adulterare, to defile or falsify)

ADULTERATION OF DAIRY PRODUCE

ADULTERY (from Lat. adulterium)

ADVENT (Lat. Adventus, sc. Redemptoris, " the coming of the Saviour ")

SECOND ADVENTISTS

ADVENTITIOUS (from Lat. adventicius, coming from abroad)

ADVENTURE (from Lat. res adventura, a thing about to happen)

ADVERTISEMENT, or ADVERTISING (Fr. avertissement, warning, or notice)

ADVICE (Fr. avis, from Lat. ad, to, and visum, viewed)

ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

FACULTY OF ADVOCATES

ADVOCATUS DIABOLI

SIR JOHN MILLER ADYE (1819-19oo)

ADZE (from the Old Eng. adesa, of which the origin is unknown)

AEDESIUS (d. A.D. 355)

AEDICULA (diminutive of Lat. aedis or aedes, a temple or house)

AEDILE (Lat. aedilis)

AEGADIAN ISLANDS (Ital. Isole Egati; anc. Aegates Insulae)

AEGEAN CIVILIZATION

AEGINA (EGINA or ENGIA)

PAULUS AEGINETA

AEGIS (Gr. Aigis)

AEGOSPOTAMI (i.e. " Goat Streams ")

AELIA CAPITOLINA

AELIAN (AELIANUS TACTICUS)

AELIAN (CLAUDIUS AELIANUS)

AEMILIA VIA, or AEMILIAN WAY

PAULUS AEMILIUS (PAOLO Ea111.io) (d. 1529)

AENEAS TACTICUS (4th century B.C.)

AEOLIAN HARP (Fr. harpe eolienne; Ger. Aolsharfe, Windharfe; Ital. arpa d' Eolo)

AEOLIS (AEOLIA)

FRANZ ULRICH THEODOR AEPINUS (1724-1802)

AERARII (from Lat. aes, in its subsidiary sense of " poll-tax ")

AERARIUM (from Lat. aes, in its derived sense of " money ")

AEROTHERAPEUTICS

AERT VAN DER NEER

AERTSZEN (or AARTSEN), PIETER (1507-1573)

AESCHINES (389-314 B.C.)

AESCHINES (5th century B.C.)

AESCHYLUS (525–456 B.c.)

AESCULAPIUS (Gr. 'AoKXiprtos)

AESERNIA (mod. Isernia)

AESOP (Gr. Aivwvros)

CLODIUS AESOPUS

AESTIVATION (from Lat. aestivare, to spend the aestas, or summer; the word is sometimes spelled " estivation ")

AETHER, or ETHER (Gr. deli p, probably from caeca, I burn, though Plato in his Cratylus (410 B)

AETHICUS (=ETHICUS) ISTER

AETIOLOGY, or ETIOLOGY (from Gr. atria, cause, and Xo yia, discourse)

AETION, or EETION

AETIUS (d. 454)

AETIUS (fl. 350)

AFARS (DANAK;L)

AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

AFFIDAVIT (Med. Lat. for " he has declared upon oath," from afftdare, fides, faith)

AFFILIATION (from Lat. ad filiare, to adopt as a son)

AFFINITY (Lat. affinitas, relationship by marriage, from offinis, bordering on, related to; finis, border, boundary)

CHEMICAL AFFINITY

AFFIRMATION (from Lat. affirmare, to assert)

DENIS AUGUSTE AFFRE (1793-1848)

AFFREIGHTMENT (from " freight," q.v.)

AFGHAN TURKESTAN

LUCIUS AFRANIUS

AFRICAN LILY (Agapanthus umbellatus)

SEXTUS JULIUS AFRICANUS

AFT UAMUJ ST4NTA RUNAR

ADAM AFZELIUS (1750-1837)

ARVID AUGUST AFZELIUS (1785-1871)

AGAIAMBO, or AGAUMBU

AGAPE (Gr. ay&lrfl, " Love ")

AGAPEMONITES, or COMMUNITY OF THE SON OF MAN

ARTHUR AGARDE (1540--1615)

AGAS, RADULPH, or RALPH (c. 1540-1621)

ALEXANDER EMANUEL AGASSIZ (1835-191o)

JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE AGASSIZ (1807-1893)

AGATHANGE AGATHANGELUS

AGATHARCHIDES, or AGATHARCHUS

AGATHIAS (c. A.D. 536—582)

AGATHOCLES (361—289 B.C.)

AGATHON (c. 448–400 B.c.)

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

AGELADAS, or (as the name is spelt in an inscription) HAGELAIDAS

AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

AGGLOMERATE (from the Lat. agglomerare, to form into a ball, glomus, glomeris)

AGGLUTINATION (Lat. ad, and gluten, glutinare, literally to fasten together with glue)

AGGRAVATION (from Lat. ad, increasing, and gravis, heavy)

AGGREGATION (from the Lat. ad, to, gregare, to collect together)

AGINCOURT (AZINCOURT)

AGIO (Ital. aggio, exchange, discount, premium)

AGIRA (formerly SAN FILIPPO D'ARGIRO)

AGITATORS, or ADJUTATORS

ANTONIO AGLIARDI (1832– )

AGNATES (Agnati)

AGNES OF MERAN (d. 1201)

MARIA GAETANA AGNESI (1718–1799)

DAVID HAYES AGNEW (1818–1892)

AGNOETAE (Gr. ayvoEw, to be ignorant of)

AGNOIOLOGY (from Gr. ayvot-a, ignorance)

AGOBARD (c. 779-840)

AGONIC LINES (from Gr. a-, privative, and ywvia, an angle)

AGORA OF MANTINEIA

LEONARDO AGOSTINI

AGOSTINO, or AGOSTINI [AUGUSTINUS], PAOLO (1593-1629)

COMTESSE MARIE CATHERINE SOPHIE DE FLAVIGNY AGOULT

AGRAM (Hungarian Zagreb, Croatian Zagreb)

AGRAPHA (i.e. ` .` unwritten ")

AGRARIAN LAWS (Lat. ager, land)

ABBESS OF MARIA FERNANDEZ CORONEL AGREDA

AGRICOLA (originally SCHNEIDER, then SCHNITTER), JOHANNES (1494-1566)

AGRICOLA (the Latinized form of the name BAUER), GEORG (1490-1555)

CHRISTOPH LUDWIG AGRICOLA (1667-1719)

GNAEUS JULIUS AGRICOLA (A.D. 37-93)

JOHANN FRIEDRICH AGRICOLA (1720-1774)

MARTIN AGRICOLA (c. 1500-1556)

RODOLPHUS AGRICOLA (properly ROELOF HUYSMANN) (1443-1485)

AGRICULTURAL GANGS

AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)

AGRICULTURE IN THE UNITED

BOARD OF AGRICULTURE

AGRIGENTUM (Gr. 'Arcpayas, mod. Girgenti (q.v.))

AGRIMONY (from the Lat. agrimonia, a transformation of apye,uUwn, a word of unknown etymology)

HENRY CORNELIUS AGRIPPA VON NETTESHEIM (1486-1535)

I HEROD AGRIPPA

II HEROD AGRIPPA

MARCUS VIPSANIUS AGRIPPA

AGROTERAS THUSIA

ALEXANDRE MARIE AGUADO

AGUE (from Lat. acuta, sharp; sc. febris, fever)

HENRI FRANCOIS AGUESSEAU

GRACE AGUILAR (1816-1847)

AGUILAR, or AGUILAR DE LA FRONTERA

VENTURA RUIZ AGUILERA (182o-1881)

AGUILLON (AGUILONIUs), FRANCOIS

AHAB (in Heb. 'ah'(ib, " father's brother ")

AHASUERUS (the Latinized form of the Hebrew siSi nte; in LXX. 'AQ rofrgpos, once in Tobit 'Ao o pos)

AHAZ (Heb. for "[Yahweh] holds ")

AHAZIAH (" he whom Yahweh sustains ")

AHENOBARBUS (" brazen-bearded ")

AHITHOPHEL (Heb. for " brother of foolishness, " i.e. foolish!)

AHMAD IBN HANBAL (78o-855)

AHMAD SHAH (1724-1773)

PASHA AHMED TEWFIK (1845– )

PASHA AHMED VEFIK (1819-1891)

AHMEDABAD, or AHMADABAD

AHMEDNAGAR, or AHMADNAGAR

FRANZ HEINRICH LUDOLF AHRENS (1809–1881)

AHRIMAN (Gr. 'Apecµavios in Aristotle, or 'Apeiµav+7s in Agathias; in the Avesta, Angr3 Mainyush)—" the Destructive Spirit ")

AHTENA (" ice people ")

AIB4 (AiB2+A1Bs+B4) (—Bs—A1B2B3 —ATB4)

JEAN FRANCOIS VICTOR AICARD (1848- . )

GREGOR AICHINGER (c. 1565-1628)

FRANCIS AICKIN (d. 18o5)

AIGRETTE (from the Fr. for egret, or lesser white heron)

AIGUILLE (Fr. for needle)

AIGUILLETTE (Fr. diminutive of aiguille, a needle; the obsolete English form is " aglet ")

EMMANUEL ARMAND DE WIGNEROD DU PLESSIS DE RICHELIEU AIGUILLON

DUCHESSE MARIE MADELEINE DE WIGNEROD DU PONT DE COURLAY AIGUILLON

ARTHUR AIKIN (1773-1854)

JOHN AIKIN (1747-1822)

WILLIAM AIKMAN (1682-1731)

AILANTHUS (more correctly ailantus, from ailanto, an Amboyna word probably meaning " Tree of the Gods," or " Tree of Heaven ")

AIMOIN (c. 96o-c. ioro)

ALFRED AINGER (1837–1904)

MAXIMILIAN EMMANUEL AINMULLER (1807–1870)

HENRY AINSWORTH (1571–1622)

ROBERT AINSWORTH (166o-1743)

WILLIAM HARRISON AINSWORTH (1805-1882)

AINTAB (anc. Doliche)

AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")

HENRY AIRAY (1560?-1616)

THOMAS AIRD (1802-1876)

BARON RICHARD AIREY AIREY (1803-1881)

SIR GEORGE BIDDELL AIRY (1801-1892)

JOHN AISLABIE (1670-1742)

AISLE (from Lat. ala, a wing)

MADEMOISELLE AISSB [a corruption of HAIDEE] (c. 1694-1733)

WILLIAM AITON (1731-1793)

LIEUWE AITZEMA (LEO) VAN (1600-1669)

AIVALI (Gr. Kydonia)

SIR SHESHADRI AIYAR (1845-1901)

SIR TIRUVARUR MUTUSWAMY AIYAR (1832-1895)