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Ábrahám Ganz
Ábrahám Ganz (November 6, 1815, Unter-Embrach - December 15, 1867, Pest) was a Swiss-born Hungarian iron manufacturer, machine and technical engineer, father of Ganz companies. On 1844, he opened an ironworks in Buda. His company produced various technical devices based on his patents. Ábrahám..

Ábraham Olano
Ábraham Olano Manzano (born on January 22, 1970 in Anoeta, Spain) was a professional cyclist from Spain. He gained international fame in 1995 when he became World Road Champion and in 1998 he won the World Time Trial Championship. An accomplished stage racer, Olano placed third in the Giro d'Italia..

B. R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891 - December 6, 1956) was one of the most prominent Indian leaders of the 20th century. He was born in Mhow of Madhya Pradesh state in central India, the fourteenth child of parents who belonged to the very lowest stratum of Hindu society, known as Untouchables ..

B. Radhakrishnan
B. Radhakrishnan is a International Carrom champion from India. He was the Member of the Indian team that won the Team Event at the third SAARC Carrom Championship (1999) at Male, Maldives. He secured Fourth place in the Singles event in the same Championship. External links [B. Radhakrishnan ..

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Bra
Bra may refer to: Brassiere, an undergarmentBra (CN), a city in ItalyBra cheese, a protected designation of origin cheese from ItalyBra-ket notation, used for describing quantum states in the theory of quantum mechanicsBra (Dragon Ball), a fictional character in the manga Dragon Ball Z, the anime D..

BRA
As a three letter acronym, BRA can be: Bougainville Revolutionary Army, a revolutionary army in Papua New GuineaBelfast Royal Academy, a co-educational, non-denominational independent school situated in north BelfastIn Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) technology, Basic Rate AccessBentley ..

Bra'tac
In the Stargate universe, Bra'tac [ˈbɹeɪˌtæk] is a former First Prime of the Goa'uld System Lord Apophis played by Tony Amendola; as of Season Nine, he is also a Progressive member of the High Council of the Free Jaffa Nation. He is a legendary Jaffa warrior, Teal'c's former teacher a..

Bra-ket notation
Bra-ket notation is the standard notation for describing quantum states in the theory of quantum mechanics. It can also be used to denote abstract vectors and linear functionals in pure mathematics. It is so called because the inner product of two states is denoted by a bracket, [\langle\phi|\p..

Braai
The braaivleis or braai (pronounced "bry" and rhymes with "cry" is Afrikaans for "roasted meat") is a social custom in South Africa. It originated with the Afrikaner people, but since has been adopted by South Africans of many ethnic backgrounds The word has been adopted by English-speaking South A..

Braakman
The Braakman was a large tidal inlet in the middle of Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, on the south bank of the Westerschelde west of Terneuzen. Over the centuries it steadily spread, drowning at least 15 villages between 1200 and 1601: see list of settlements lost to floods in the Netherlands#Drowned villages in..

Braal
Braal may refer to one of three different usages: Braal Castle, in Caithness, ScotlandBraal (planet), a fictional world from the DC Comics Legion of Super-Heroes series.Braal (band), a comedy rock band from San Francisco, California. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list o..

Braal (band)
Braal, a comedy rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, has achieved a small but loyal fanbase, due primarily to their unique blend of humorous and oftentimes vulgar lyrics, catchy music that spans many musical genres from reggae to black metal, and a creative stageshow featuring cartoonish props..

Braal (planet)
Planet Braal is a fictional planet in the DC Comics universe. It is the homeworld of a race of magnokineticists, people who can manipulate magnetic fields. It's most famous member is Cosmic Boy, a DC Comics' superhero and founding member of the Legion of Super-Heroes. On this imaginary planet, the n..

Braal Castle
Braal Castle, which rests near the River Thurso in Scotland, dates back to the mid-14th Century. Originally entitled the "Castle of Brathwell", it was granted by Robert II of Scotland to his son, David Stewart, and eventually fell under the ownership of George, Earl of Caithness. In 1450, the castle..

Braamfontein
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa. It is well located, straddling Jan Smuts Avenue and Empire Road. Braamfontein explosion On February 16 1895, a train containing 56 tonnes of dynamite exploded in Braamfontein, killing 78 people. ..

Braastad
Braastad (also known as Tiffon) is a brand of cognac. The name Braastad was introduced when Sverre Braastad (1879 – 1979) from Gjøvik, Norway, married the daughter of cognac producer Tiffon, Edith Rousseau, in 1913, and took over Tiffon, founded by Médéric Rousseau in 1875. The home of Bra..

Braathens
Braathens airline , until 1997 known as Braathens S.A.F.E or Braathens South American and Far East Air Transport A/S merged with the Norwegian part of Scandinavian Airlines to become SAS Braathens in 2004. The airline was based in Oslo, first at Fornebu, later at Gardermoen. The airline was the la..

Brabant
Historically, Brabant has been the name of several administrative entities in the Low Countries with quite different geographical extent: The Carolingian shire pagus Bracbatensis, located between the rivers Scheldt and Dijle between the 9th and 11th century;Brabant (landgraviat), the part of the shi..

Brabant, West Virginia
Brabant is an unincorporated community in Wayne County, West Virginia, USA. Brabant is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649. External links ..

Brabantian
Position of Brabantian within the Dutch speaking area Brabantian or Brabantic (Brabantic: Braobans Dutch: Brabants) is a dialect of the Dutch language spoken in Noord-Brabant and in the Belgian provinces of Antwerpen and Vlaams-Brabant and small parts in the West of Limburg. In the northwest..

Brabantio
Brabantio is a character in the play Othello by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare calls Brabantio a "senator of Venice"; that is, he is a member of the Venetian Senate. He is also the father of Desdemona. At the beginning of the play Iago and Roderigo inform him of Othello's marriage with his daugh..

Brabantse Stedenrij
Brabantse Stedenrij (Brabantine City Row) is a (little) metropolitan area in the province of North Brabant, Netherlands. Its population is about 2.3 million. The main cities are 's-Hertogenbosch, Breda, Eindhoven and Tilburg. Other municipalities of the area are Bergen op Zoom, Helmond, Oss and Roos..

Brabant (landgraviat)
The Landgraviat of Brabant shall be distinguished from the Duchy of Brabant. The Duchy of Brabant was initially a feudal elevation of the landgraviat, but its name was applied to the entire country under control of the Dukes of Brabant from the 13th century on. This imperial fief was assigned to ..

Brabant Island
Brabant Island is the second largest island of the Palmer Archipelago, lying between Anvers Island and Liège Island. Brabant Island is located at [64.25° S 62.33° W]. Brabant Island is 33 miles long in a north-south direction, 16 miles wide, and rises to 2,520 m in Mount Parry..

Brabazon Committee
The Brabazon Committee was a committee formed in 1943 to investigate the future needs of the British civilian airliner market. It was the result of concerns about the United Kingdom's commercial aircraft position after the end of the Second World War. Background In 1942 during World War II, the Uni..

Brabham BT44
The Brabham BT44 was an F1 car designed by Gordon Murray, Brabham's chief designer. An update of the partially successful BT37 of 1973, the BT44 was a simple design with a standard Ford DFV/Hewland gearbox combination, but was very clean aerodynamically. Murray had an eye for clean lines, and the B..

Brabham BT46
Brabham BT46 Category Formula One Constructor Motor Racing Developments Ltd. Team/s Brabham Designer Gordon Murray Drivers Niki Lauda John Watson Nelson Piquet Chassis Aluminium monocoque Suspension (front) Pullrod double wishbone Suspension (rear) Pushrod double wi..

Brabham BT49
The Brabham BT49 was a ground effect Formula 1 car designed by Gordon Murray as a comeback from the uncompetitiveness of the Alfa Romeo powered cars. The car was an extemely simple and uncomplicated design, based around the Cosworth DFV. The first two chassis were built up from cut down chassis fr..

Brabham Racing Organisation
Brabham Full name Brabham Racing Organisation Base Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Team principal Jack Brabham Bernie Ecclestone Technical director Ron Tauranac Gordon Murray Race drivers Eric van de Poele Damon Hill Test drivers none Chassis Brabham BT60B Engine Judd G..

Brabourne
Brabourne is a village and civil parish in the Ashford district of Kent, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,442. The village (centre) is just under 5 miles east of Ashford town centre itself geographically. By road this is a journey of about 5.5 miles. The pari..

Brabourne Stadium
Brabourne Stadium Established 1937 First Test India v West Indies - Dec 9-13, 1948 First ODI Australia v Pakistan - October 23, 1989 Capacity 20,000 Floodlights No End Names Pavilion End, Church Gate End Last Test match India v England - Feb 6-11, 1973 Last..

Brabrand
Brabrand is a town 6 km west of Aarhus which became a suburb of Århus in 1970. South of the town lies the lakes "Brabrand Sø" and "Aarslev Engsoe", which is the largest recreational areas of Aarhus County. The town was founded in the 18th century by means of burning the forest (the name reflects..

Brabrand IF
Brabrand IF is a Danish sport club located in Brabrand near Århus. They have a football team there currently are playing in the Danish 1st Division. Current squad ''As of February 6, 2006 External links () [Brabrand IF] - official team site() &#..

BRABUS
A Brabus SLR awaiting delivery. A typical SLR produces around 620 horsepower; this one produces 660 thanks to an open exhaust system (illegal in the United States) and racing camshafts. This car also has a custom carbon fiber undertray and racing alloys. BRABUS is a high-performance aftermark..

Brač
Not to be confused with BRAC Location Brač Brač (Latin Bratzis, Italian: Brazza) is an island in the Adriatic Sea within Croatia, with an area of 396 km², making it the third largest island in the Adriatic, and thus the largest in Dalmatia. Its tallest peak, Vidova Gora, or Mount St. Vid, st..

BRAC
BRAC may stand for: Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (now formally called only BRAC)Base Realignment and Closure for U.S. military basesBrotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks, a United States labor union now formally known as the Transportation Communications International Unionbasic rest ..

Braca
Farscape character Meeklo Braca Title Lieutenant, then Captain Homeworld Unknown Race Sebacean Gender Male Affiliation Peacekeepers Portrayer David Franklin Meeklo Braca is a fictional character in the television science fiction series Farscape played by David Franklin. &..

Braçanj
Braçanj is a small village located in the Albanian district of Devoll. Agriculture The sole employment in the village is agriculture. This agriculture is primarily subsistence farming with some cash crops being sold to private market traders from the Albanian capital Tirana. Specifically, the main..

Bracari
The Bracari were an ancient Celtiberian tribe of Lusitania, akin to the Lusitanians and Calaicians or Gallaeci, living in the north of modern Portugal, in the province of Minho, between the rivers Tâmega and Cávado, around the area of the modern city of Braga. External links [Detailed map of..

Braccae
Braccae is the Latin term for trousers, and in this context is today used to refer to a style of pants, made from wool and apparently invented by the ancient Celts. Braccae were typically made with a drawstring, and tended to reach from just above the knee at the shortest, to the ankles at the long..

Bracciano
Bracciano is a town and commune located north-west of Rome, Italy, famous for its lake of volcanic origin (Lago di Bracciano or "Sabatino") and its medieval castle. Bracciano as seen from Castello Orsini-Odescalchi. The town is a popular tourist destination for Italians as it is situated on..

Braccio da Montone
Braccio da Montone, byname of Andrea Fortebracci (July 1, 1368 - June 1424) was an Italian condottiere. A condottiere, he was exiled from his own lands of Montone, and fought in the service of various states and seigniories. In 1416 he became lord of Perugia, and later of Umbria as well. During his..

Brace
Brace may mean: Curly brackets, the symbols, often used to define sets.Brace (grouping), a pair, two.Brace (architecture), a reinforcement or stabilizer in building.Brace (armor) or bracer, a wrist or forearm protector.Brace (drum), a slide for adjusting tension of a drum.Brace (musical notation)..

Braceborough
Braceborough is a small hamlet in Lincolnshire, England, just west off the A15 as it runs between Market Deeping and Bourne, tucked out of the way on the A6121. Braceborough was once Braceborough Spa, a magnet for Victorian era hypochondriacs to come and bathe in the natural spring waters. A Bath H..

Braceborough and Wilsthorpe
Braceborough and Wilsthorpe is a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 268. The parish covers Braceborough and Wilsthorpe. ..

Bracebridge, Lincolnshire
Bracebridge is a suburb of Lincoln, situated approximately two miles south of the city centre on the main A1434 Newark Road, stretching approximately from St Catherine's to Swallowbeck, and uphill to the more upmarket Bracebridge Heath External links Bracebridge is located at [53°12′07″N,..

Bracebridge, Ontario
''This article is about Bracebridge in Ontario, Canada. See Bracebridge Heath for the Bracebridge in Lincolnshire, UK. Bracebridge is also a suburb of Lincoln (also in Lincolnshire, UK). Bracebridge (2001 population 13,751) is a town and the seat of the Muskoka District Municipality of Ontario, Can..

Bracebridge dinner
Bracebridge dinner is an annual Christmas event held at Yosemite's Ahwahnee Hotel. Started in 1927, the first year of operation for the Ahwahnee, the dinner is inspired by Squire Bracebridge's Yule celebration in a story from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving. The event is a si..

Bracebridge Hall
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley was written by Washington Irving in 1819 and published by ..

Bracebridge Heath
Bracebridge Heath is a commuter village approximately 4 km (2.5 miles) south of Lincoln, Lincolnshire. It lies at the junction of two Roman Roads - Ermine Street (the modern A15), and Grantham Road (the modern A607), and was (until modern systems of local government were introduced in the 19th centu..

Braceby
Braceby is a small hamlet in Lincolnshire, England, lying south of the A52 and west of the A15, south west of Sleaford. Many of the buildings here, especially those of 16th and 17th-century origin, include locally produced limestone in their construction as this was once a centre of quarrying and ma..

Braceby and Sapperton
Braceby and Sapperton is a civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 47. The parish consists of Braceby and Sapperton. ..

Braceface
Braceface was a Canadian animated series formerly broadcasted on Teletoon in Canada, and on the Disney Channel and ABC Family in the United States. It is produced by American actress Alicia Silverstone, and made by the Canadian company Nelvana. It is aimed at pre-teens and teenagers, and presents s..

Bracelet
Bead and wire styled Bracelet Metal and silicone "awareness" style bracelets Woman wearing charm bracelet in support of Texas Longhorn Athletics A bracelet is an article of jewelry which is worn around the wrist. Bracelets can be manufactured from leather, cloth or metal, and somet..

Bracelet Bay
Bracelet Bay is a bay on the south side of the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, just to the southwest of Swansea Bay. It is a small bay surrounded by limestone cliffs. There is a large carpark above the beach, with restaurants and a bar. Tutt Hill, adjacent to the bay has a coastguard lookout statio..

Bracer
A bracer is a leather or plastic strap or sheath that covers the inside of an archer's arm to protect it from the moving bowstring. It is also known as an arm-guard, due to its purpose. External links [Encyclopedia of historical weapons][Archer's Gear: The bracer] – from L..

Bracero Program
The Bracero Program was originally a binational temporary contract labor program initiated in August, 1942 by an exchange of diplomatic notes between the United States and Mexico after a series of negotiations. The program was designed initially to bring a few hundred experienced Mexican agricultura..

Braces (sailing)
The braces on a square-rigged ship are lines used to rotate the yards around the mast, to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind. The braces are fixed to the outer ends of the yards, and are led to the deck as far aft as possible. to allow the crew to haul on them. The lower yards..

Braceville
Braceville can refer to: Braceville, IllinoisBraceville Township, Trumbull County, OhioThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended arti..

Braceville, Illinois
Braceville is a village in Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The population was 792 at the 2000 census. Geography Braceville is located at [41°13′35″N, 88°15′55″W] (41.226340, -88.265141)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau,..

Braceville Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
Braceville Township is one of twenty-four civil townships in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the southwestern portion of the county, and borders or touches the following other townships and municipalities: Newton Township, on the south;The city of Newton Falls, on the south-so..

Bracewell & Giuliani
Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP is an American law firm that was formed on March 31, 2005 when former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani joined the prior firm of Bracewell & Patterson, LLP, as a name partner. The firm is based in Houston, Texas, and dates back to its initial founding on Nov. 1, 1945..

Bracewell and Brogden
Bracewell and Brogden is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 238. The parish includes Bracewell and Brogden, both historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire. ..

Bracewell probe
A Bracewell probe is a hypothetical concept for an autonomous interstellar space probe dispatched for the express purpose of communication with one or more alien civilizations. It was proposed by Ronald N. Bracewell in a 1960 paper, as an alternative to interstellar radio communication between widel..

Bracewell Smith
Sir Bracewell Smith (29 June 1884 - 12 January 1966) was a British businessman and politician. Born in Keighley, Yorkshire, Smith made his fortune in property before turning to politics. He was a member of Holborn Borough Council from 1922, serving as Mayor 1931-32, and served on the London County..

Bracey Wright
Bracey Wright (born July 1, 1984) is a professional basketball player. He was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2005 NBA Draft, after a college career at Indiana University. The Timberwolves designated him to the Florida Flame of the D-League for the 2005-06 season. The Timberwolves exer..

Brace (cricket)
A brace is the act of taking two wickets with two successive deliveries of the ball. The term brace is not very commonly used, especially compared to a hat-trick, and after a bowler has taken two wickets in a row, it is more common to say that they are On a Hat-Trick. ..

Brace (grouping)
A brace of something is a way of defining the quantity of them as there being two of the items. Much like a dozen of something (12) or a score (20). Thus it is similar the use of the word couple in a mathematical context, although more specific. 'Couple' might sometimes be used to mean 'few'. Typi..

Brace (orthopaedic)
An orthopaedic brace (also orthosis or orthotic) is a device used to: immobilise a joint or body segment,restrict movement in a given direction,assist movement,reduce weight-bearing forces, orcorrect the shape of the body.(adapted from Rehabilitation Medicine, ISBN 0-397-50764-X) Most often in the..

Brace (theatre)
In theater, a brace is a piece of wood or metal used to stabalize a set piece such as a flat. Usually, a brace is painted black to make it less noticable to the audience. Braces are often used to form a triangle between two perpendicular items (like a vertical flat and a stage. They can also make a ..

Brace (tool)
A Brace or Brace and bit is a hand tool used to drill holes, usually in wood. Pressure is applied to the top and the tool is rotated with a U-shaped grip. The U-shaped part is a kind of crankshaft. The front part of the brace consists of a chuck spindle with v-shaped brackets or clamps inside. ..

Brace Beemer
'Brace Beemer' (December 9, 1903 - March 1, 1965) was an American radio actor and announcer at radio station WXYZ, Detroit, Michigan. He served as the announcer for The Lone Ranger from its first broadcast in 1933. Beemer took over as the voice of The Lone Ranger (alias John Reid), from 1941 to th..

Brace Notation
In several Programming languages, Brace Notation is a faster way to extract bytes from a string variable. Typically, rather than writing: a_byte=MID(a_string,82,1) , one can write: a_byte=a_string However this notation, while being much faster, is also more dangerous because it does not per..

Brace position
To brace or crash position can be an instruction to prepare for a crash, such as on an aircraft, the instruction to brace for impact is often given if the aircraft must make an emergency landing over land or water. The brace procedure for the forward facing seat consists of the person tucking their..

Brace Yourself for the Mediocre
Brace Yourself for the Mediocre is the first album of the band Roper, released October 19, 2004. It was put together by lead singer Reese Roper before he had put the rest of the band together. Contents 1 Track listing2 Personnel3 Charts4 External links Track listing "Hello ..

Brach's
Brach's Confections is a candy/sweets company which produces and invented many modern icons of the sugary world. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Brach's Confections was founded in 1904 by Emil J. Brach, a son of German immigrants who had recently invested in a candy factory which had failed...

Bracha van Doesburgh
Bracha van Doesburgh (born September 2 1981 in Enschede) is a Dutch actress. Van Doesburgh studied theater in Amsterdam and took acting lessons in New York City. She is one of the fresh faces of the Dutch cinema. Filmogrpahy Het Schnitzelparadijs (2005) - Agnes MeermanVet Hard (2005) - Katja Wielaa..

Brache Sparta F.C.
Brache Sparta F.C. are a football club based in Luton, England. They were established in 1960 and joined the South Midlands League in 1975. In the 1997-98 season, they reached the 4th round of the FA Vase. For the 2005-06 season, they are members of the Spartan South Midlands Football League Divisio..

Brachialis muscle
Brachialis (Brachialis anticus) is a flexor muscle in the upper arm. It lies deep to biceps brachii, and is a more powerful flexor of the elbow. It covers the front of the elbow-joint and the lower half of the humerus. It arises from the lower half of the front of the humerus, commencing above a..

Brachial artery
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Brachial plexus
Brachial plexus The brachial plexus (Latin name "Plexus brachialis") is an arrangement of nerve fibres (a plexus) running from the spine (vertebrae C5-T1), through the neck, the axilla (armpit region), and into the arm. All nerves of the arm stem form the brachial plexus (with the exception of..

Brachial plexus injury
The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that conducts signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm and hand. Brachial plexus injuries are caused by damage to those nerves. Symptoms may include a limp or paralyzed arm, lack of muscle control in the arm, hand, or wrist, and lack of feeling or sensat..

Brachial vein
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Brachiation
Brachiation (to brachiate) means to move by swinging with the arms from one hold to another (like one maneuvers on an Overhead ladder); for example through a tree, using branches as holds. Many primates use this method to move through forest quickly. True brachiation is only seen in lesser apes (gib..

Brachiator
Brachiators are a type of primates mostly from the family Hylobatidae, which includes gibbons. Brachiators use their arms to move from tree branch to tree branch, through a process called brachiation. Their arms are longer than their legs, and are much more powerful. "Brachiation was traditional..

Brachiocephalic artery
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Brachiocephalic vein
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Brachiolaria
Brachiolaria is a stage of larval development of Asterias; it follows the Bipinnaria. Brachiolaria have bilateral symmetry, unlike the adult starfish, which have a pentaradial symmetry. ..

Brachiomon
Brachiomon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise,an Ultimate Level Dinosaur Digimon that resembles a Brachiosaurus. He is a heavyweight Digimon. His Japanese name is Brachimon. Contents 1 Evolution1.1 Special evolution2 Abilities2.1 Attacks Evolution Special ..

Brachiopod
Brachiopods (from Latin bracchium, arm + New Latin -poda, foot) make up one of the major animal phyla, Brachiopoda. Also known as lamp shells, they are sessile, two-shelled, marine animals with an external morphology resembling pelecypod mollusks (i.e. "clams") of phylum Mollusca to which they are..

Brachioradialis
Brachioradialis is a muscle located in the forearm, that acts to flex the forearm. Attached to the distal radius and the lateral supracondylar ridge of the humerus, its body can be made visible in certain types of flexion. The brachioradialis is a stronger elbow flexor when the radioulnar joint (..

Brachiosauridae
Brachiosauridae is a family of dinosaurs, whose members are known as Brachiosaurids. They were herbivorous quadrupeds with longer forelegs than hind legs (hence the name, Greek for arm lizard), and long, near-vertical necks. Despite their apparently distinctive features, there is some dispute as ..

Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus /bræ.kiː.əʊ'sʊə.rʊs/, meaning "Arm Lizard", from the Greek brachion/βραχιων meaning 'arm' and sauros/σαυρος meaning 'lizard', was a genus of sauropod dinosaur which lived during the Late Jurassic period. It was thus named because its forelimbs were longer than i..

Brachioteuthis
Species Brachioteuthis beaniiBrachioteuthis behniiBrachioteuthis bowmani *Ornate Arm Squid, Brachioteuthis pictaCommon Arm Squid, Brachioteuthis riisei The species listed above with an asterisk (*) is questionable and needs further study to determine if it is a valid species or a synonym. Externa..

Brachistochrone curve
A Brachistochrone curve, or curve of fastest descent, is the curve between two points that is covered in the least time by a body that starts at the first point with zero speed and passes down along the curve to the second point, under the action of constant gravity and ignoring friction. Conten..

Brachtenbach
Brachtenbach (Luxembourgish: Bruechtebaach) is a small town in the commune of Wincrange, in northern Luxembourg. As of 2005, the town has a population of 149. ..

Brachycephalus didactylus
The Brazilian Gold Frog (Brachycephalidae didactylus), also known as Izecksohn's Toad, is the smallest frog in the Southern Hemisphere. It was previously called Psyllophryne didactyla. Adult Brazilian Gold Frogs measure to only 9.8 millimeters in body length. Many have a beautiful golden color, f..

Brachycephaly
Brachycephaly is a type of Cephalic disorder. This occurs when the coronal suture fuses prematurely, causing a shortened front-to-back diameter of the skull. The coronal suture is the fibrous joint that unites the frontal bone with the two parietal bones of the skull. The parietal bones form the to..

Brachycera
Brachycera is a suborder of Diptera. It is a major suborder consisting of around 120 families. The most distinguishing characteristic of the suborder is reduced antenna segmentation. A summary of main physiological characteristics follows: Reduced antenna size (with 8 or fewer flagellomeres).A ma..

Brachyceratops
Brachyceratops ("short horn-face" - derived from Greek "brachy-/βραχυ-" =short, "cerat-/κερατ-" =horn, "-ops/ωψ" = face)) was a ceratopsian dinosaur. It lived during the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils have been found in Alberta and Montana. Contents 1 Discoveries and species2&nb..

Brachychiton
Brachychiton (Kurrajong, Bottletree) is a genus of 31 species of trees and large shrubs, native to Australia (the centre of diversity, with 30 species), and New Guinea (one species). They grow to 4-30 m tall, and are dry-season deciduous. Several species (though not all) are pachycaul plants with ..

Brachychiton rupestris
The bottle tree (Brachychiton rupestris) of the family Malvaceae is native of Tropical Australia. Its grossly swollen trunk gives it a remarkable appearance and gives rise to the name. ..

Brachycome
Brachycome is a daisy plant, also known as Swan River Daisy. Botanically called either: Brachycome iberidifolia or Brachycome multifida. Native to Australia, it likes full sun. Derivation brachycome means short hair, iberidifolia means leaves like the iberis External links [Brachycome ib..

Brachycrus
Brachycrus is an extinct genus of mammal. The 1 m (3 ft 4 in) long creature resembled its bigger relative Merycoidodon, but was more specialized. Brachycrus's jaws were short and somewhat resembled those of monkeys, and because the nostrils were placed far to the back the creature is presumed to h..

Brachydactyly
Brachydactyly is a medical term which literally means "shortness of the fingers and toes" (digits). The shortness is relative to the length of other long bones and other parts of the body. Brachydactyly is an inherited, usually dominant trait. It most often occurs as an isolated physical difference,..

Brachydont
Brachydont is a type of dentition characterized by low-crowned teeth. Human teeth are brachydont. In some brachydonts, the teeth continue to grow throughout life as in rodents. The opposite of brachydont dentition is hypsodont. External links http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/topics/mammal..

Brachyelytrum
Brachyelytrum is a small grass genus that occurs in eastern North America and eastern Asia. It is one of several grass species that displays this classic floristic disjunction pattern. There are three species recognized currently in Brachyelytrum: B. aristosum (distributed in southeastern Canada ..

Brachylaima
Brachylaima is a newly discovered human trematode helminth infection that causes diarrhoea. Contents 1 Epidemiology and transmission2 Clinical features3 Diagnosis4 Treatment Epidemiology and transmission The first documented case of Brachylaima infection in a human was in 199..

Brachylaimiasis
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } Brachylaimiasis is a parasitic disease caused by Tre..

Brachylogus
Brachylogus (from Greek brachys, short, and Greek logos, word), title applied in the middle of the 16th century to a work containing a systematic exposition of the Roman law, which some writers have assigned to the reign of the emperor Justinian I, and others have treated as an apocryphal work of th..

Brachylophosaurus
Brachylophosaurus (brak-ee-LOH-fo-sawr-us) meaning "short-crested lizard" (Greek brachy = short + lophos = crest + sauros = lizard, referring to its small crest) was a mid-sized member of the hadrosaurid family of dinosaurs. It is known from several skeletons and bonebed material from the Judith ..

Brachylophus
Classification of Genus Brachylophus Brachylophus fasciatusBrachylophus vitiensis References Frost, D.E. and R.E. Etheridge (1989) A Phylogenetic Analysis and Taxonomy of Iguanian Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata). Univ. Kansas Mus. Nat. Hist. Misc. Publ. 81Frost, D.R., R. Etheridge, D. Janies and T...

Brachylophus fasciatus
Brachylophus fasciatus is an arboreal iguana commonly known as the Fiji Banded Iguana. It is found in Fiji, Tonga, and on other pacific islands. It is believed to have evolved from the Green Iguana from the Americas. Males of the species are emerald green with lighter blueish bands. Females are s..

Brachymeles
Classification Genus Brachymeles Brachymeles apusBrachymeles bicolorBrachymeles bonitaeBrachymeles boulengeriBrachymeles cebuensisBrachymeles eleraeBrachymeles gracilisBrachymeles hilongBrachymeles minimusBrachymeles pathfinderiBrachymeles samarensisBrachymeles schadenbergiBrachymeles talinisBrach..

Brachyology
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A brachyology is a figure of speech that is an abbreviated expression. Examples: the omission of "good" in "good morning" ..

Brachyophidium rhodogaster
Palni Shieldtail Snake Brachyophidium rhodogaster is a species of snake. Distribution: India (Shembaganur, Kodaikanal, Palnis) Type locality: Palnai HiIls", S India (probably vicinity of Shembanagur). External links [EMBL reptile database] References Wall,F. 1921 A new snake of the fa..

Brachypelma
Brachypelma is a genus of the family Theraphosidae containing various species of tarantulas. Contents 1 Characteristics2 Life cycle3 See also4 External links Characteristics The species are native to parts of South and Central America. They are docile tarantulas whose indi..

Brachypelma vagans
Brachypelma vagans is a species of tarantula known commonly as the Mexican red rump or Mexican black velvet. It ranges predominantly in Mexico, but can be found as far south as Belize, El Salvador and Guatemala. They are terrestrial, burrowing spiders. The reason for the name red rump is because o..

Brachypodium distachyon
Brachypodium distachyon, commonly called Purple False Brome, is a grass species native to southern Europe, northern Africa and southwestern Asia east to India. It is related to the major cereal grain species wheat, barley, oats, maize, rice, rye, sorghum, and millet. It has many qualities that mak..

Brachypodosaurus
Brachypodosaurus gravis (meaning "short-footed lizard") was a thyreophoran dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils were found in India. ..

Brachysaura
Classification of genus Brachysaura Brachysaura minor ..

Brachysaura minor
An Agamid lizard found in Pakistan (Sind) and India. External links [EMBL reptile database] References Blyth,E. 1856, Proceedings of the Society. Report of the Curator. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 25:448-449Boulenger, G.A. 1885 Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. G..

Brachystegia
Brachystegia is genus of tree of the sub-family Caesalpinioideae that is native to tropical Africa. Trees of the genus are commonly known as Miombo, and are the predominant tree in the Miombo woodlands of central and southern Africa. Species Brachystegia alleniiBrachystegia angustistipulataBrachy..

Brachystegia boehmii
Brachystegia boehmii is a tree native to eastern and southern Africa. It forms and an important component of miombo woodland. This particular species of Brachystegia occurs as far southwest as Botswana. Common names: Mufuti (Zimbabwe), Prince of Wales feathers. Uses The wood is medium reddish br..

Brachystegia glaucescens
Brachystegia glaucescens is a tree with smooth grey bark, bluish-green leaves, small, creamy-white flowers, and purplish fruit with a woody pod. It grows predominantly in rocky places, in tropical and south eastern Africa. It is often misnamed the Mountain Acacia. Other common names: Muuhze (Zimb..

Brachytaenius
Brachytaenius was a non-dinosaurian reptile discovered in 1842. It is little-known. See Geosaurus. References [link] [link] [link] ..

Brachytherapy
Brachytherapy for prostate cancer is administered using "seeds," small radioactive rods implanted directly into the tumour. Brachytherapy, also known as sealed source radiotherapy or endocurietherapy, is a form of radiotherapy where a radioactive source is placed inside or next to the area re..

Brachytrachelopan
Brachytrachelopan was a short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the late Jurassic period of Argentina. It was described by Oliver Rauhut, et al., in 2005. References http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/06/0601_050601_stubby_dino.htmlhttp://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20050530/shortdino.ht..

Brachyury
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Braciole
Braciole is the name of an Italian dish. They are thin slices of meat (typically pork, chicken, or beef) that are rolled with cheese and bread crumbs and fried; in Italian American cuisine (where the word is commonly pronounced /bra'zhol/ from the Sicilian pronunciation) the bread crumbs are often ..

Brack
Brack may refer to Brackish water. Other uses include: In people, as a surname: Bill Brack, race car driverJohn Brack, Australian painterKenny Bräck, race car driverViktor Brack, Nazi physician See also Bracke This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated w..

Bracken
Brackens (Pteridium) are a genus of about ten species of large, coarse ferns, in the family Hypolepidaceae. The genus has probably the widest distribution of any fern genus in the world, being found on all continents except Antarctica and in all environments except for hot and cold deserts. In th..

Bracken's World
Bracken's World was a television program broadcast on NBC from 1969-1970. It was centered on a powerful producer and his studio's group of up-and-coming starlets. During the first season, Eleanor Parker received top billing as Sylvia Caldwell, executive secretary to studio head John Bracken, who wa..

Brackenborough with Little Grimsby
Brackenborough with Little Grimsby is a civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Statistics According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 78, including both Brackenborough and Little Grimsby. ..

Brackendale, British Columbia
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Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park
Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ..

Brackenfell, Cape Town
Brackenfell is one of the northern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It is mainly a residential area, with some large shopping centres. ..

Brackenfield
Brackenfield is a village and civil parish in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. The village is about 5 miles east of Matlock and 4½ miles north-west of Alfreton. It is also close to Clay Cross. Set in farming country, the village is located around a large village green. ..

Brackenheim
Brackenheim is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 14 km southwest of Heilbronn. ..

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania
Brackenridge is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 23 miles (37 km) from Pittsburgh along the Allegheny River. The town is named for Henry Marie Brackenridge. The borough once upon a time featured glass factories and steel mills. The population stood at 3,421 in 1910 and at 6,400 in 1940..

Brackenwood
Brackenwood is the creation of Adam Phillips, webmaster of the [Bitey Castle] website. It is a continuing series of short Flash animations about the inhabitants of a small fictional forest planet called Brackenwood. There are currently 5 official Brackenwood animations, with one unofficial..

Bracken (TV series)
Bracken was an Irish television soap opera broadcast from 1978 to 1982 on RTÉ One in Ireland. It mainly centered about rural life in and around County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland. The main stars of the show were Gabriel Byrne and Niall Toibin. The show was created and written by Wesley Burro..

Bracken Cave
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Bracken County, Kentucky
Bracken County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1797. As of 2000, the population is 8,279. Its county seat is Brooksville, Kentucky6. Contents 1 History2 Geography2.1 Adjacent counties3 Demographics4 External links5 Cities and town..

Bracken Ridge, Queensland
Bracken Ridge is a middle class suburb north of the Brisbane central business district. Contents 1 Location2 History3 Demographics4 Landmarks5 External links Location The suburb is located in the northern fringe of Brisbane suburbs, about 20km north of the CBD. The sou..

Bracket
For other senses of this word, see bracket (disambiguation). For technical reasons, some emoticons redirect here. Punctuation apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) brackets ( ( ) ) ( [ ] ) ( ) ( 〈〉 ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) (..

Bracketing
For the literary device, see inclusio. In photography, bracketing is the general technique of taking several shots of the same subject using different camera settings. Bracketing is useful and often recommended in situations that make it difficult to obtain a satisfactory image with a single shot, ..

Bracketing paradox
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } In linguistic morphology, the term bracketing parado..

Bracketology
redirect [[Template:Mergeto]] Bracketology is a slang term for predicting the field of the NCAA Basketball Tournament, named as such because it is commonly used to fill in tournament brackets for the postseason. It incorporates some method of predicting what the NCAA Selection Committee will use as..

Brackett
Bracket may refer to: Joseph Brackett (1797–1882) American songwiter; author of the Shaker dancing song "Simple Gifts".Charles Brackett (1892–1969) American movie screenwriter and producer.Frederick Sumner Brackett (1896–1972), American physicist and spectroscopist.Leigh Brackett (1915–1978..

Brackettville, Texas
Brackettville is a city in Kinney County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,876 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Kinney County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links History Founded in 1852 as La..

Brackett (crater)
Crater characteristics Coordinates ..

Brackett Field
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Brackett series
In atomic physics, the Brackett series is a series of absorption or emission lines that are due to electron transitions between the fourth and higher energy levels of the hydrogen atom. These lines lie in the infrared, with wavelengths from 4.05 micrometres (Brackett-alpha) to 1.46 micrometres (the ..

Bracket (band)
Bracket is a pop punk band from Forestville, California, formed in 1992. Their unique style of melodic and emotional, yet catchy songs (many of which are written about Warren Rake, a friend of Zack Charlos) have made them a fairly popular band in the independent pop-punk scene. Contents 1 H..

Bracket (disambiguation)
A bracket is one of a class of punctuation marks used in pairs to set apart or interject text within other text. Bracket may also refer to: Square Bracket, one type of bracket (primarily American usage).Parenthesis, another type of bracket (primarily British usage).Bracket (tournament), a diagramm..

Bracket (tournament)
A 16-player, single-elimination tournament bracket. The quarterfinals have been completed, and the semifinal games will be Lisa vs. Ernie, and Andrew vs. Robert. Then the finals will be a game between the two people who win in the semifinals. A double elimination bracket from the 2004 nati..

Bracket clock
Bracket clocks were developed in last quarter of the 17th century. They are composed of two matching pieces created as an ensemble: clock and small decorative shelf. Bracket clocks are usually about one 1'H x 9"W. They are almost always made of wood and often ornamented with ormolu mounts, brass ..

Bracket fungus
A bracket fungus(Pycnoporus sp.) with a tough, woody cap ''A bracket fungus, this one grooved and hairy, especially at the margins Bracket fungi, or shelf fungus, are fungi of the family Polyporaceae, notable for bearing fruiting bodies (conk) as or in a "bracket": a grouping of indi..

Bracket notation
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since July 2006. } Bracket notation is a text-based method of tracking ..

Bracket polynomial
In the mathematical theory of knots, the bracket polynomial (also known as the Kauffman bracket) is used in the construction of the Jones polynomial, as well as other knot polynomials. The bracket polynomial was discovered by L. H. Kauffman in 1987. Unlike other knot polynomials the bracket polynom..

Bracket turn
A bracket turn is a kind of one-foot turn in figure skating. Unlike a three turn, where the cusp of the turn points into the curve of the arc on which it is skated, a bracket turn is counterrotated so that the cusp points outward. The tracing of the turn on the ice resembles a curly bracket "}". ..

Brackin Karauria-Henry
Brackin Karauria-Henry (born July 31, 1988 in Auckland, New Zealand) is an Australian Rugby League player for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League competition. Brackin previously played senior level rugby league in New Zealand, his position of choice is at five-eighth. Career..

Brackish (song)
Brackish was the first single released by all-women alternative metal band Kittie from their album Spit. ..

Brackish water
"Brackish" redirects here. For the Kittie song, see Brackish (song). Brackish water is water that is saltier than fresh water, but not as salty as sea water. It may result from mixing of seawater with fresh water, as in estuaries, or it may occur as in brackish fossil aquifers. Technically, brackis..

Brackla
Brackla (Welsh: Bragle (standard Welsh) or Bracla (Glamorganshire Welsh)) is a suburb of the South Wales town of Bridgend. It is a massive private housing estate built on farmland to the east of Bridgend town centre and is home to approximately 12,000 of the 40,000 or so residents of Bridgend. It i..

Bracklesham Bay
Bracklesham Bay is the name of a coastal bay on the Manhood Peninsula in West Sussex, England. The bay looks out onto the English Channel and the Isle of Wight is visible from the beach. The bay is sandy and backed with shingle. The beach is popular with windsurfers, divers, surfers and fossil hun..

Bracklesham Beds
Bracklesham Beds, in geology, are a series of clays and marls, with sandy and lignitic beds, in the Middle Eocene of the Hampshire Basin, England. They are well developed in the Isle of Wight and on the mainland opposite; and receive their name from their occurrence at Bracklesham in Sussex. The th..

Brackley
Brackley is a town in south Northamptonshire, England. In the 2001 census Brackley had a population of 13,331. Historically a market town based on the wool and lace trade, it was built on the intersecting trade routes from London to Birmingham (and the general north of England) and Cambridge to Oxf..

Brackley, Prince Edward Island
Brackley Beach, Prince Edward Island is a community located in the North Shore of Prince Edward Island. It is approximately 10 km from the Charlottetown Airport and 15 minutes from downtown Charlottetown. There are many cottages located in this area and it is a popular destination for many Canadia..

Brackley Town F.C.
Brackley Town F.C. are a football club based in Brackley, England. They were established around the late 1890s. They have never reached the FA Cup First Round proper. However they won the Hellenic League twice in their history. They are currently playing in the Southern League Division One Midlands...

Bracknell
redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]] Bracknell is a town in the Bracknell Forest borough of the English county of Berkshire. It lies 12 miles (20 km) to the east of Reading and 9 miles (14 km) south-west of Windsor. The town is surrounded, on the east and south, by the vast expanse of Swinle..

Bracknell, Tasmania
Bracknell is a small rural town in northern Tasmania, Australia. It was originally established to service the needs of the forestry industry. It now is a centre for the local farming community. Mostly dairy, livestock, and poppy production for the pharmaceutical industry. Nearby towns are Bis..

Bracknell (UK Parliament constituency)
Bracknell County constituency Bracknell shown within Berkshire, and Berkshire shown within England Created: 1997 MP: Andrew MacKay Party: Conservative Type: House of Commons County: Berkshire EP constituency: South East England Bracknell is a constituency represented in the House ..

Bracknell Bees
Bracknell Bees League: EPIHL Founded: 1987 Home Ice: John Nike Leisuresport Complex Capacity: 3100 Ice Size: 197ft x 98ft City: Bracknell, Berkshire, England Colours: Black, Yellow, and White Head Coach: Mike Ellis Ownership: David Taylor Bracknell Bees are tra..

Bracknell Forest
Geography Status: Unitary, Borough Region: South East England Ceremonial County: Berkshire Area:- Total Ranked 238th109.38 km² Admin. HQ: Bracknell ONS code: 00MA Demographics Population:- Total ()- Density ..

Bracknell Forest local elections
Bracknell Forest Council is elected every four years. Contents 1 Political control2 Council elections3 By-election results4 External links Political control Conservative 1997 - Council elections Bracknell Forest Council election 2000 Bracknell Forest Council election 2003 ..

Bracknell railway station
Bracknell railway station is a railway station in the town of Bracknell in Berkshire in England. The station is served by services operated by South West Trains from Reading station to London Waterloo station. External links [Train times] and [station information] for from Nati..

Bracknell Town F.C.
Bracknell Town Football Club are a football club in Bracknell, England. The club as formed in 1896. The ground is called "Larges Lane" and can hold 2,500 people. The team are nicknamed "The Robins". The team are currently in the Southern League Division One South and West. Contents 1 Squad1...

Bracondale Hill
Bracondale Hill is a neighbourhood located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1900, from the development of the Turner estate, Bracondale Hill is referred to the area in the western end of midtown Toronto which stretches above Davenport Rd. and below Tyrell Ave. and between Christie St. and Hi..

Braconidae
Braconidae is a family of parasitoid wasps and one of the richest family of insects. From the approximate 12,000 described species (the braconids), it is extrapolated that between 40,000 and 50,000 species exist worldwide. The species are grouped into about 45 subfamilies and 1,000 genera, some im..

Bracon Ash
Bracon Ash is a village and civil parish in the South Norfolk district of Norfolk, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 446. The village is about 6½ miles south of Norwich. ..

Braco Dimitrijević
Braco Dimitrijević is an artist, born in Sarajevo on June 18 1948 in former Yugoslavia. He graduated from the Zagreb Academy in 1971, continuing at St Martin's School of Art in London. Braco lives and works in Paris, France. Selected solo exhibitions Galerie Michael Jansen, Cologne, 1999Kunsthal..

Bract
Toothed bracts on Rhinanthus minor In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, from the axil of which a flower or flower stalk arises; or a bract may be any leaf associated with an inflorescence. Usually bracts are green and resemble the other leaves. However, some bracts are bright..

Bracteate
A bracteate (from the Latin bractea, a thin piece of metal) is a flat, thin, single-sided gold coin produced in Northern Europe predominantly during the Migration Period of the Germanic Iron Age (in Sweden this includes the Vendel era), but the name is also used for later produced coins of silver pr..

Bracy Walker
Bracy Walker (born November 28, 1970) is a current American Football safety for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League. In his 12 year career that started in 1994, Walker played for the Cincinnati Bengals, the Miami Dolphins, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Lions. Walker played college fo..

BRAC (NGO)
BRAC's logo BRAC (Bengali: ), formerly known as the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, is a non-governmental organization based in Bangladesh. It was established by Fazle Hasan Abed in 1972. It is also the world's largest non-governmental organization [[Citing sources citation&nb..

BRAC University
BRAC University is a private university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The University was established by BRAC in 2001. BRAC University had its first convocation in January, 2006. The University offers undergraduate courses in CSE, CS, ECE, Architecture, Economics, BBA, English, Law and Physics. I..

Bracław Voivodship
The Bracław Voivodship (Polish: Województwo Bracławskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 14th century till 1569 and of the Kingdom of Poland since 1569 till 1793/1795. Together with the Podole Voivodship it formed the historical pro..

Brad
Brad can refer to: Brad is a shortened form of the name Bradley, Bradly, Bradie, Bradford or Braddeus.Brad is also used as a full name and not a shortened version of another.Brad (fastener), a traditional name for a kind of fastener. It is now used for a variety of different fasteners, including: ..

Brad, Romania
Brad (Hungarian: Brád) is a city in Hunedoara County in Romania. Its name comes from the Romanian word [[Wiktionary:brad|brad]], "fir". Romanians - 15.945Hungarians - 299Romas - 157Germans - 53Others - 31 ..

Bradamante
Bradamante is the sister of Rinaldo, and one of the heroines of Orlando Furioso, Ludovico Ariosto's handling of the Charlemagne legends, also called the Matter of France. Bradamante is one of the greatest female knights in literature. She is an expert fighter, and wields a magical lance that unh..

Bradawl
A bradawl is a tool. It is an awl with a beveled tip. It is normally used to make small holes in a piece of wood in preparation for the insertion of brads or screws. Its handle is either made of wood or plastic. ..

Bradbourne
Bradbourne is a village and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England. The village is just outside the Peak District National Park, and is 5 miles north of Ashbourne. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 116. ..

Bradburn, Manitoba
Bradburn is a ghost town in Manitoba, Canada near the town of Carman. Founded in 1906, it was a stop on the Midland Railway, and the town died after the railway closed and the tracks were taken up, in 1926. External links [Bradburn ghost town website] ..

Bradbury
Bradbury can refer to several places and people. Contents 1 People2 Places3 Things4 Companies People Baron Bradbury, a peerage title in the United KingdomEdward Kinder Bradbury, a soldier and recipient of the Victoria CrossJack Bradbury, an animator and comic book artistNorris..

Bradbury, California
Bradbury is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains below Angeles National Forest. The city of Monrovia is to the west, and Duarte is to the south and east. The population was 855 at the 2000 census. Almost all of the community i..

Bradbury, County Durham
Bradbury is a village in the Sedgefield borough of County Durham, in England. It is situated between Sedgefield and Newton Aycliffe, close to the A1(M) and A689, and is approximately 16 km (10 miles) from Middlesbrough. Bradbury is a small agricultural village. The moorland around it is of glac..

Bradbury, New South Wales
Bradbury is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The suburb was previously known as Sherwood Hills and is one of the more established suburbs of Campbelltown, with large-scale residential development beginning in the 1960s. External links Suburbs of the City of Cam..

Bradbury Building
Front entrance of Bradbury The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in Los Angeles, California, in the United States. The building was built in 1893 and is located at 304 South Broadway. Contents 1 History2 Architecture3 Construction4 The building today5 ..

Bradbury Country Fire Service
Bradbury Country Fire Service are the volunteer fire service for the small country town of Bradbury in the Adelaide Hills. Brigades in Mt Lofty group Aldgate Country Fire ServiceBurnside Country Fire ServiceBridgewater Country Fire ServiceBradbury Country Fire ServiceIronbank Country Fire Service..

Bradbury Science Museum
The Bradbury Science Museum is the chief public facility of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, located in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in the United States. It was founded in 1963, and was named for the Laboratory's second director (1945-1970), Norris E. Bradbury. Among the museum's early exhibits, arti..