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Tufa
This article is about the geological formation. For the Xianbei clan that was active during China's Sixteen Kingdoms period, see Southern Liang. Tufa is the name for an unusual geological formation. Tufa is a rough, thick, rock-like calcium carbonate deposit that forms by precipitation from bodi..
Tufahije
Tufahije (Singular: Tufahija, Serbian Cyrillic: Туфахије) is a Bosnian and Serbian dessert made of sugary walnut-stuffed apples. Tufahije was introduced in Bosnia and Serbia during the Ottoman rule, the dessert probably originating from Persia. ..
Tufail ibn Abdullah
this is a sahaba of Muhammad Her mother Um Ruman married a man from her tribe named Abd-Allah ibn Harith bin Sakhbarah Azdi. They moved to Mecca, where his father became the partner and companion of Abu Bakr. Soon after this his father died, and he and his widowed mother were left with no support..
Tufail Mohammad
Tufail Mohammad (Urdu: طفيل محمد, was born in 1914, died 7 August, 1958) was born at Hoshiarpur, Punjab. Major Tufail Mohammad was commissioned in the 16th Punjab Regiment in 1943. In August 1958, Major Tufail, a Company Commander in the East Pakistan Rifles, encircled an illegal Indian p..
Tufail Muhammad Shaheed
Major Tufial Muhammad was born on 1914, in Hoshiarpur and he took commission in 1943, 13th Punjab Regiment. In August 1958, Major Tufail, was company commander in the East Pakistan Rifles, encircled an illegal Indian post, which violated the internationally recognized boundary between the two countr..
Tufanbeyli
Tufanbeyli is a district of Adana Province of Turkey. Adana Metropolitan Districts: Seyhan | Yüreğir External Districts: Aladağ | Ceyhan | Feke | İmamoğlu | Karaisalı | Karataş | Kozan | Pozantı | Saimbeyli | Tufanbeyli | Yumurtalık ..
Tufanganj
Tufanganj is a city and a municipality in Koch Bihar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Tufanganj is located at [26.32° N 89.67° E][Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tufanganj]. It has an average elevation of 70 metres (229 feet). Demograph..
Tufayl ibn Amr
Al-Tufayl ibn Amr al-Dawsi (d. 633) was the chief of the Banu Daws tribe from Tihama in pre-Quranic times. He accepted Islam before the hijrah and helped propagate Islam among his fellow tribesmen. During the Riddah wars, he led a contingent of his people against the impostor Mosailima. In the battl..
Tufa Lilugu
Hexi Kangwang (河西康王) Family name: Tufa (禿髮; tū fǎ) Given name: Lilugu (利鹿孤, lì lù gū) Posthumous name: Kang (康, kāng)literary meaning: "joyful" Tufa Lilugu (禿髮利鹿孤) (d. 402), formally Prince Kang of Hexi (河西康王), was a prince of the Chinese/Xianbei s..
Tufa Rutan
(Nan) Liang Jingwang ((南)涼景王) Family name: Tufa (禿髮; tū fǎ) Given name: Rutan (傉檀, rǔ tán) Posthumous name: Jing (景, jǐng)literary meaning: "decisive" Tufa Rutan (禿髮傉檀) (365-415), formally Prince Jing of (Southern) Liang) ((南)涼景王), was the last prince o..
Tufa Wugu
Wuwei Wuwang (武威武王) Family name: Tufa (禿髮; tū fǎ) Given name: Wugu (烏孤, wū gū) Temple name: Liezu (烈祖, liè zǔ) Posthumous name: Wu (武, wǔ)literary meaning: "martial" Tufa Wugu (禿髮烏孤) (d. 399), formally Prince Wu of Wuwei (武威武王), was the founding ..
Tuff
Welded tuff at Golden Gate in Yellowstone National Park Tuff (from the Italian "tufo") is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption. (Note that tuff is a type of rock entirely different from tufa.) Contents 1 Volcanic ash2&n..
Tuff-E-Nuff (truck)
Tuff-E-Nuff Owner Jack Koberna Driver Brian Christensen Style Ford F-150 Engine Chevy BB Blown 468 ci Home city Edgewood, NM Year created unknown Tuff-E-Nuff is a monster truck that races on the USHRA circuit. Brian Christensen is the son of Dragon Slayer's Kreg Chri..
Tuffeau stone
Tuffeau is a marine sedimentary stone, found in the Loire Valley of France. The Loire Valley formed the floor of a vast sea 90 million years ago. Over the millennia, sediment from the sea floor, comprising fossilized living organisms and sand particles, became compressed to form what is now know..
Tuffet
The OED defines a tuffet[[Citing sources citation needed]] as either: 1. A mound or hillock 2. A footstool or hassock Tuffets are uncommon in current popular culture[[Citing sources citation needed]], with the exception of the well-known nursery rhyme..
Tuffi
Tuffi was a female circus elephant. On 21 July 1950 the circus director Franz Althoff had Tuffi, then 3 years old, take the Schwebebahn (a suspended monorail) in Wuppertal, Germany, as a marketing gag. The elephant apparently did not enjoy the ride, trumpeted wildly and ran through the wagon, broke ..
Tuffley Rovers F.C.
Tuffley Rovers F.C. are a football club based in England. In the 1988-89 season, they joined the Gloucestershire County League and were champions in 1991. In 1993, they were Hellenic Football League Division One champions and were promoted to the Premier Division However, in the 2005-06 season, they..
Tuffy\Nibbles (MGM)
Tuffy is a Tom And Jerry character given the name Nibbles in the 1940's and 1950. He appeared in The Milky Waif, The Little Orphan, Safety Second, The Two Mouseketeers, Two little Indians, Life With Tom, Little School Mouse, Touche Pussy Cat, Tom And Cherie, Feedin' The Kiddle, Royal Cat Nap and Ro..
Tuffy Rhodes
Karl Derrick "Tuffy" Rhodes (born August 21, 1968, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a retired professional baseball player. He played 6 years in Major League Baseball before playing 10 seasons of Japanese baseball beginning in 1996. In 2006, he tried to return to Major League Baseball with the Cincinnati Red..
Tuff Country (truck)
Tuff Country Dragon Slayer Tuff Country racing in Arizona Owner Kreg Christensen Driver Kreg Christensen Style Hummer Engine 540 Keith Black Oldsmobile Home city Clearfield, UT Year created Unknown Unknown Tuff Country Dragon Slayer is a monster truck currently racing ..
Tuff Crew
The Tuff Crew, composed of LA Kid, Ice Dog, Tone Love, Monty G, and DJ Too Tuff, is a hip hop quintet from Pennsylvania. They released four albums. Most of their music was auto-produced; however, their debut LP included production by the Ultramagnetic MCs' Kool Keith and Ced Gee among others. Disco..
Tuff fish
"tuff_fish" is the username of a famous online poker player living in San Diego. His real name is Tony and he gained his fame among the online poker community in June of 2006 after posting videos on [his website] of himself playing no limit texas holdem online. The videos were viewed tho..
Tuff Gong
Tuff Gong is a record label that was formed by the reggae group The Wailers Band in 1970 and named after Bob Marley's nickname. The first single on the label was "Run For Cover" by The Wailers. The Tuff Gong headquarters were located at 56 Hope Road, in Kingston, Jamaica, Bob Marley's home. The loca..
Tuff Monks
Tuff Monks was a short-lived band consisting of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey and Rowland S. Howard (each a member of The Birthday Party) with Robert Forster, Lindy Morrison and Grant McLennan (each a member of The Go-Betweens). Their only release was the 1982 7" single "After The Fireworks" on the Austral..
Tuff ring
A tuff ring is a wide, low-rimmed, well-bedded accumulation of debris built around a volcanic vent located in a lake, coastal zone, marsh or an area of abundant groundwater. Tuff itself is an igneous rock formed by the airfall of volcanic ash or pumice. See also Maar ..
Tuff Trax
Tuff Trax was a popular syndicated television show featuring monster trucks and tractor pulling. The show first aired in 1989 and was one hour long, split between TNT Motorsports' pulling and monsters. The original hosts were Army Armstrong and Scott Douglass, with Kris Chapman later added as a pi..
Tufillo
Tufillo is a comune and town in the Province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy Abruzzo · Communes of the province of Chieti Altino | Archi | Ari | Arielli | Atessa | Bomba | Borrello | Bucchianico | Canosa Sannita | Carpineto Sinello | Carunchio | Casacanditella | Casalanguida ..
Tufi Duek
Tufi Duek was born in Rio de Janeiro but moved to Sao Paulo as a child. He is one of the most famous Brazilian designers and is responsible for the Forum, Triton and Tufi Duek brands, which have an international following. He commands a fashion empire based in Brazil, but his designs have internatio..
Tufnell
Tufnell is a surname, and may refer to Henry Tufnell, British politicianNeville Tufnell, English cricketerPhil Tufnell, English cricketer See also Tufnell ParkNigel Tufnel, fictional character from Spinal Tap ..
Tufnell Park
Tufnell Park is a place in London which straddles the border of the London Borough of Islington and the London Borough of Camden. The Boston Arms at the centre of Tufnell Park looking towards Archway on the right Tufnell Park Road runs along the line of an old Roman road and for centuries the..
Tufnell Park tube station
Tufnell Park tube station is a London Underground station in Islington close to its boundary with Camden (see Tufnell Park). It is on the High Barnet branch of the Northern Line, between Archway and Kentish Town, and in Travelcard Zone 2. It has distinctive Edwardian red tiling and has two lifts b..
Tufo
Tufo is a town (commune) in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy. Campania · Communes of the province of Avellino Aiello del Sabato | Altavilla Irpina | Andretta | Aquilonia | Ariano Irpino | Atripalda | Avella &#..
Tuft's Cove, Nova Scotia
Tuft's Cove is a community on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in North Dartmouth, Nova Scotia near the harbour narrows which borders on Albro Lake Road in the south to Nova Scotia Highway 111 in the North and Victoria Road Extension in the east. In Tuft's Cove is a power station which belon..
Tufte
Tufte IL is a Norwegian football teamEdward Tufte is the graphics design expert and author of The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to..
Tuftedcheek
The Tuftedcheeks are passerine birds in the genus Pseudocolaptes of the ovenbird family. The three species occur in the mountains of the tropical New World from Costa Rica to Bolivia. They are: Streaked Tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes boissonneautiiBuffy Tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes lawrenciiPacific ..
Tufted Capuchin
The Tufted Capuchin (Cebus apella), also known as Brown Capuchin or Black-capped Capuchin is a New World primate from South America. It is one of the more widespread species of primates in the neotropics. Tufted Capuchins are omnivorous animals, mostly feeding on fruits and invertebrates, althou..
Tufted Coquette
The Tufted Coquette ( Lophornis ornatus ) is a tiny hummingbird that breeds in eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana and northern Brazil. It is an uncommon but widespread species, which appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, although its movements are not well understood. This small bird inh..
Tufted Deer
The Tufted Deer is a close relative of the muntjac, living somewhat further north over a wide area of central China and northeastern India and Myanmar. It is restricted to forested mountain habitat up to 4500 m above sea level making study difficult, and, although suffering from habitat loss, is n..
Tufted Duck
The Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) is a medium-sized diving duck with a population close to one million birds. Contents 1 Description2 Distribution3 Habitat4 Food5 References Description The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an..
Tufted Hair-grass
Tufted Hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa) is a wild plant from the grass family (Poaceae). ..
Tufted Puffin
The Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) is a medium-sized pelagic seabird about 30 cm in length and weighing about three quarters of a kilogram. It is mostly black with a white facial patch, and a very large bill. The yellow tufts for which it is named are on the side of the head when the bir..
Tufted Saxifrage
The Tufted Saxifrage (Saxifraga cespitosa) is a flower common all over the high arctic. It stretches further south in mountainous areas of the Alps, Norway, Iceland, Siberia and Alaska. Densely tufted from a stout taproot. Stems very short with withered, dead leaves at the base. Leaves with 3-..
Tufted Titmouse
The Tufted Titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor, is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. These birds have grey upperparts and white underparts with a white face, a grey crest, a dark forehead and a short stout bill; they have rust-coloured flanks. The Black-crested Titmouse, which..
Tufted Vetch
Tufted Vetch Vicia cracca, also occasionally known as Cow Vetch or Bird Vetch, is a common species of vetch native throughout most of Europe and Asia. It occurs in grassy fields and meadows, and roadside ditches. Tufted Vetch is similar to a pea in growth habit, sending out noose-like tendrils fr..
Tuftelin
Tuftelin is an acidic phosphorylated glycoprotein found in tooth enamel. This protein is formed for a short time during amelogenesis. The function of tuftelins is under contention, but it is proposed that it acts to start the mineralization process of enamel during tooth development. Other signif..
Tufte IL
Tufte IL is a Norwegian football team which was spawned from a series of advertisements by Norsk Tipping (Norwegian betting - The Norwegian National Lottery). Tufte IL is made for the TV reality show "Heia Tufte!" (Go Tufte!), shown on the commercial TV channel TVNorge, about 16 nerds learning to ..
Tufting
Tufting is an ancient technique for making warm garments, especially mittens. After the knitting is done, short U-shaped loops of extra yarn are introduced through the fabric from the outside so that their ends point inwards (e.g., towards the hand inside the mitten). Usually, the tuft yarns form ..
Tuftonboro, New Hampshire
Tuftonboro is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA. The population was 2,148 at the 2000 census. Bounded on the southwest by Lake Winnipesaukee, Tuftonboro includes the villages of Tuftonboro Corner, Center Tuftonboro, Melvin Corner, Melvin Village and Mirror Lake. Contents 1 Hist..
Tufton Beamish
Tufton Beamish could refer to: Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish (1874–1951) Rear Admiral in the Royal Navy and member of Parliament for Lewes (1924–1932 and 1936–1945)Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood of Lewes (1917-1989) son of the above; British Army officer and member of Parliament for Lewes (194..
Tufton Beamish, Baron Chelwood of Lewes
Tufton Victor Hamilton Beamish, Baron Chelwood of Lewes (27 January 1917 - 6 April 1989) was a British Army officer and member of Parliament for Lewes (1945-1974). During the Second World War, he served in France, Belgium (1940), Malaya (1942), India and Burma (1942-43), North Africa and Italy (1943..
Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish
Rear Admiral Tufton Percy Hamilton Beamish, RN (1874-1951) was an English naval officer and politician. Tufton Beamish led a distinguished naval and political career. He was twice Member of Parliament for Lewes (1924-1931) and (1936-1945). His son Tufton succeeded him in 1945 and represented the se..
Tufts University
Coordinates: [42°24′3.17″N, 71°7′22″W] Tufts University is a private university located in Medford, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. The school's stated emphasis is on active citizenship and public serviceBacow, Lawrence S. ["How Universities Can Teach Public Service."..
Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences
The School of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is the largest of the eight schools and colleges that comprise Tufts University. Together with the School of Engineering, it offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts, sciences, and engineering. The two schools occupy the university's main ca..
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine is a private dental school and one of the eight schools that comprise Tufts University. Located in downtown Boston in the Chinatown district, it is one of three dental schools in the Boston area. It is commonly cited as having a strong clinical program. Th..
Tufts University School of Engineering
The School of Engineering is one of the eight schools and colleges that comprise Tufts University . The school offers undergraduate and professional degrees in several fields of engineering and computer science. Along with the School of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and the Fletcher School of Law and Dipl..
Tufts University School of Medicine
The Tufts University School of Medicine is one of the eight schools that comprise Tufts University. Located on the university's health sciences campus in the Chinatown district of Boston, Massachusetts, the medical school has clinical affiliations with thousands of doctors and researchers in the Uni..
Tufty Mann
Tufty MannSouth Africa (RSA) Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling type Slow left-arm orthodox Tests First-class Matches 19 73 '''Runs scored 400 1446 Batting average 13.33 17.42 100s/50s -/1 -/3 Top score 52 97 Balls bowled 5796 20373 Wickets ..
Tuf tuf club
The Tuff Tuff Club are a Dutch Group of driving fanatics whose purpose in life is to remove the speed cameras of the Netherlands using entertaining methods. They have been made famous by Jeremy Clarkson on BBC2's QI after he referred to a stunt in which a hole in the back of a speed camera was fille..
Tuf Voyaging
Tuf Voyaging is a science fiction novel by George R. R. Martin, first published in 1987. It is a darkly comic meditation on environmentalism and absolute power, and is regarded by many fans as being among Martin's best early work. The novel is a collection of short stories published over several ye..
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