Headwords in volume 1 of the 14th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica (London and New York, 1929–1930)
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Aa
edit- A
- A1 at Lloyd's
- Aa
- Aabenraa
- Aachen
- Aahmes
- Aahmes, see Amasis
- Aal
- Aalborg
- Aalen
- Aalesund
- Aali, Mehemet
- Aalsmeer
- Aar or Aare
- Aarau
- Aardvark
- Aardwolf
- Aargau
- Aarhus
- Aaron (by Theodore Henry Robinson)
- Aaron's rod
- Aarssens, Francis van
- Aasen, Ivar
- Aasvogel
Ab
edit- A battery
- Ab
- Aba
- Ababda
- Abaca or Abaka
- Abacus
- Abacus
- Abadan
- Abaddon
- Abadeh
- Abae
- Abakansk
- Abalone
- Abana
- Abancourt, Charles Xavier Joseph de Franqueville d'
- Abandonment
- Abano, Pietro d'
- Abano Terme
- Abantes
- Abated
- Abatement
- Abati, Niccolo
- Abatis
- Abattoir
- Abauzit, Firmin
- 'Abba 'Arika
- Abbadides
- Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d' and Arnaud Michel d'
- 'Abbahu
- Abba Mari
- 'Abbas I
- Abbas I
- Abbas II
- Abbasids
- 'Abbas Mirza
- Abbas-Tuman
- Abbaye
- Abbazia
- Abbe, Cleveland
- Abbe, Ernst
- Abbess
- Abbeville
- Abbeville
- pages 13-20 missing in this copy
- Abbotsford
- Abbott, Edwin Abbott
- Abbott, Emma
- Abbott, George
- Abbott, Grace
- Abbott, Jacob
- Abbott, Sir James
- Abbott, John Stevens Cabot
- Abbott, Lyman
- Abbott, Wilbur Cortez
- Abbottabad
- Abbreviation
- Abbreviators
- A.B.C. Powers
- Abdallatif
- 'Abd-ar-Rahman
- Abd-el-Aziz IV
- Abd-el-Kader
- Abdel Krim
- Abdera
- Abdera
- Abdication
- Abdomen
- Abdomen, surgery of
- Abduction
- Abdul Aziz
- Abdul-Hamid I
- Abdul-Hamid II
- Abdulino
- Abdul Mejid
- Abdur Rahman Khan
- Abecedarians
- à Beckett, Gilbert Abbott
- Abednego
- Abeken, Heinrich
- Abel
- Abel
- Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus
- Abel, John Jacob
- Abel, Karl Friedrich
- Abel, Niels Henrik
- Abel, Thomas
- Abelard, Peter
- Abelin, Johann Philipp
- Abell, Sir Westcott Stile
- Abel test
- Abencerrages
- Abendana
- Abenezra
- Abensberg
- Abeokuta
- Aberavon: see Port Talbot
- Abercarn
- Abercorn, James Hamilton, 1st Earl of
- Abercrombie, Lascelles
- Abercromby, David
- Abercromby, Patrick
- Abercromby, Sir Ralph
- Aberdare, Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron
- Aberdare
- Aberdeen, George Gordon, 1st Earl of
- Aberdeen, George Gordon, 4th Earl of
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeen
- Aberdeen and Temair, John Campbell Gordon, 1st Marquess of
- Aberdeenshire
- Aberdour
- Aberdovey
- Aberfoyle
- Abergavenny
- Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert
- Abernethy, John
- Abernethy, John
- Aberration in optical systems
- Aberration of light
- Abersychan
- Abertillery
- Aberystwyth
- Abetti, Antonio
- Abettor
- Abeyance
- Abgar
- Abgesang: see Aufgesang
- Abhidhamma
- Abhorrers
- Abiathar
- Abich, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von
- Abigail
- Abijah
- Abila
- Abildgaard, Nikolaj Abraham
- Abilene
- Abilene
- Abilities, general and special
- Abimelech
- Abingdon
- Abinger, James Scarlett, 1st Baron
- Abington, Francis
- Abington
- Abiogenesis
- Abipones
- Abitibbi
- Abjuration
- Abkhasia
- Ablation
- Ablative
- Ablution (by Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare
- Abnaki
- Abner
- Abney, Sir William de Wiveleslie
- Abnormalities and deformities
- Abnormal psychology
- Åbo: see Turku
- Abo-Bjorneborg: see Turki-Pori
- Abode
- Abolitionist
- Abomasum
- Abomey
- Abomination
- Abor
- Abor Hills
- Aboriginal languages
- Aborigines
- Abortion
- Abortion, Contagious
- Aboukir
- About, Edmond François Valentin
- Abrabanel, Isaac
- Abracadabra
- Abraham
- Abraham a Sancta Clara
- Abraham, William
- Abraham ibn Daud
- Abraham, The Plains of
- Abrahamites
- Abraham-men
- Abrams, Leroy
- Abrantes
- Abrasives (by Leonard James Spencer)
- Abraum salts
- Abraxas
- Abrogation
- Abron
- Abruzzi e Molise
- Abruzzi, Duke of the
- Absalom
- Absalon
- Abscess
- Abscissa
- Abscission
- Abscond
- Absence
- Absenteeism
- Absinthe
- Absolute
- Absolute differential calculus: see Tensor analysis
- Absolute music
- Absolute temperature scale
- Absolute units
- Absolution
- Absolutism
- Absorption of light: see Light
- Absorption spectrum
- Abstemii
- Abstinence
- see Temperance
- see Fasting
- in economics
- Abstract and Abstraction
- Abstract of title
- Abt, Franz
- Abu
- Abu-Bekr
- Abu Hamed
- Abū Hanīfa an-Nu'man ibn Thabit
- Abu Klea
- Abu-l-'Ala ul-Ma'arri
- Abu-l-'Atahiya
- Abulfaraj
- Abulfaraj: see Bar-Hebraeus
- Abul Fazl
- Abulfeda
- Abu'l Kasim Mansur: see Firdusi
- Abū-l-Qāsim
- Abû'l Wafā or Albuzdschani
- Abundantia
- Abu Nuwas
- Abu Simbel
- Abū Tammām
- Abutilon
- Abutment
- Abu Ubaida
- Abydos
- Abydos
- Abyss
- Abyssinia
Ac
edit- Acacia
- Académie Nationale de Musique
- Academies
- Dissenting academies
- Scientific academies
- Academies of belles lettres
- Academies of archaeology and history
- Academies of medicine and surgery
- Academies of the fine arts
- Academy, Greek
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
- Academy, Royal
- Acadia
- Acajutla
- Acanthocephala
- Acanthopterygii
- Acanthus
- A cappella
- A capriccio
- Acapulco
- Acarnania
- Acarus
- Acastus
- Acatalepsy
- Acaulescent
- Accadian
- Acca Larentia
- Accelerando
- Acceleration
- Accelerator
- Accelerometer
- Accent
- Acceptance
- Acceptilation
- Access
- Accession
- Accessory
- Acciaccatura
- Acciajuoli, Donato
- Accidence
- Accident
- Accidentalism
- Accidentals
- Accident insurance, personal
- Accidents, industrial: see Industrial accidents
- Accius, Lucius
- Acclamation
- Acclimatization
- Accolade
- Accolti, Benedetto
- Accolti, Bernardo
- Accommodation
- Accommodation bill
- Accompaniment
- Accomplice
- Accoramboni, Vittoria
- Accord
- Accordion
- Accorso Mariangelo
- Account
- Accountancy and accountants
- Accountant-General
- Accountants' Societies
- Account current
- Account rendered
- Account sales
- Accounts payable
- Accounts payable ledger
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts receivable ledger
- Accoutrement
- Accra
- Accretion
- Accrington
- Accrued dividends
- Accrued expenses
- Accrued income
- Accrued interest
- Accumulated dividend
- Accumulation
- Accumulative stock: see Cumulative stock
- Accumulator (storage cell)
- Accursius, Franciscus
- Accusation
- Accusative
- Ace
- Aceldama
- Acenaphthene
- Acephali
- Acephalous
- Acerenza
- Acerra
- Acetabulum
- Acetaldehyde
- Acetals
- Acetamide: see Amides
- Acetanilide
- Acetic acid
- Aceto-acetic ester
- Acetone
- Acetophenone
- Acetylene
- Achaea
- Achaean League
- Achaeans
- Achaemenes
- Achaemenidae
- Achard, Franz Carl
- Acharius, Erik
- Achates
- Achelous
- Achenbach, Andreas
- Achernar
- Acheron
- Acheson, Edward Goodrich
- Achiacharus
- Achill
- Achilles
- Achilles, tendon of
- Achilles Tatius
- Achillini, Alessandro
- Achimenes
- Achin
- Achinese
- Achinsk
- Acholi
- Achromatic lens
- Achurch, Janet
- Acid
- Acidalius, Valens
- Acid base equilibrium: see Diet and dietetics
- Acidimetry
- Acinaces
- Acireale
- Acis
- Acker, Charles Ernest
- Ackerman, Francis
- Ackermann, Louise Victorine Choquet
- Ackermann, Rudolph
- Acknowledgement
- Ackté-Jalander, Aïno
- Acland, Sir Henry Wentworth
- Acme
- Acmite
- Acne
- Acoelomata
- Acoemeti
- Acolyte
- Acoma
- Acominatus, Michael
- Aconcagua
- Aconcagua
- Aconcio, Giacomo
- Aconite
- Chemistry
- Pharmacology
- Therapeutics
- Toxicology
- Acontius
- Acorn
- Acorn shells
- Acorus calamus
- Acosmism
- Acosta, Joaquin
- Acosta, José de
- Acosta, Uriel
- Acoustics of buildings (by A. H. Davis and G. W. C. Kaye)
- Acqui
- Acraniata
- Acre
- Acré
- Acre
- Acridine
- Acriflavine
- Acro or Acron, Helenius
- Acroliths
- Acromegaly
- Acron
- Acropolis
- Acropolita (Akropolites), George
- Acrostic
- Acroterium or Akroterion
- Act
- Acta Diurna
- Actaeon
- Acta Sanctorum
- Acta Senatus
- Acting
- Actinic rays
- Actinium
- Actinometer
- Actinomycosis
- Actinotherapy: see Light and radiation in relation to health
- Actinozoa
- Action: see Practice and procedure
- Actium
- Activism
- In psychology: see Attention, Conation, Psychology
- In philosophy: see Pragmatism, Actuality theory, Schopenhauer, Spinoza
- In science: see Bacon
- Act of Parliament
- Act of State
- Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron
- Acton, Sir John Francis Edward
- Acton
- Act on petition
- Acts of the Apostles
- Actuality theory
- Actuary
- Acuminate
- Acuña, Christoval de
- Acupressure
- Acupuncture
Ad
edit- Ada
- Ada
- Adab
- Adabazár
- Adad
- Adaev
- Adagio
- Adair, John
- Adalberon or Ascelin
- Adalbert
- Adalbert
- Adalbert
- Adalia
- Adam (by Theodore Henry Robinson)
- Adam
- Adam, Adolphe Charles
- Adam, Alexander
- Adam, Sir Frederick
- Adam, Juliette
- Adam, Melchior
- Adam, Paul
- Adam, Robert
- Adam, William
- Adamant
- Adamawa
- Adam (or Adan) de le Hale
- Adamites
- Adamnan
- Adam of Bremen
- Adams, Abigail Smith
- Adams, Andrew Leith
- Adams, Charles Christopher
- Adams, Charles Follen
- Adams, Charles Francis
- Adams, Charles Kendall
- Adams, Clement
- Adams, Ephraim Douglass
- Adams, Frederick Upham
- Adams, George Burton
- Adams, Hannah
- Adams, Henry
- Adams, Henry Carter
- Adams, Herbert
- Adams, Herbert Baxter
- Adams, John
- Adams, John Couch
- Adams, John Quincey
- Adams, Maude
- Adams, Oscar Fay
- Adams, Roger
- Adams, Samuel
- Adams, Samuel Hopkins
- Adams, Sarah Flower
- Adams, Thomas
- Adams, Walter Sydney
- Adams, William
- Adams, William Taylor
- Adams
- Adam's apple
- Adam's Bridge or Rama's Bridge
- Adam Scotus
- Adamsen, Amandus Heinrich (sic)
- Adamson, Patrick
- Adamson, Robert
- Adam's Peak
- Adana
- Adanson, Michel
- Adapa, Myth of
- Adaptation
- Adda
- Addams, Jane
- Addax
- Adder
- Addict, drug: see Drug addiction
- Adding machine: see Office appliances
- Addis Ababa
- Addison, Joseph
- Addison's disease
- Addled Parliament
- Address, The
- Addressing machine: see Office appliances
- Ade, George
- Adelaer
- Adelaide
- Adelaide
- Adelard or Aethelard
- Adelie Land
- Adelsberg: see Posthumia Grotte
- Adelung, Johann Christoph
- Ademption, a taking away (see Legacy)
- Aden
- Adenès, Adenez or Adans
- Adenine
- Adenoids
- Adept
- Aderno
- Ades
- Adevism
- Adhan: see Azān
- Adhémar de Chabannes
- Adhemar (Ademar, Aimar, Aelarz) de Monteil
- Adhesive cements: see Cement
- Adiabatic change, a change in the physical state of a body (see Thermodynamics)
- Adiabatic lapse
- Adiaphorists
- Adige
- Adigei
- Adipocere
- Adipose tissue
- Adirondacks
- Adit
- Adjective
- Adjective law
- Adjournment
- Adjudication
- Adjunct
- Adjustment: see Average; Bonds
- Adjutant
- Adjutant bird
- Adjutant-General
- Adler, Cyrus
- Adler, Felix
- Adler, Friedrich
- Adler, Hermann
- Adler, Nathan Marcus
- Adler, Viktor
- Ad libitum
- Admetus
- Administration
- Admirable Crichton: see Crichton, James
- Admiral
- Admiralty
- Admiralty, High Court of
- Admiralty Islands
- Admiralty jurisdiction
- Ado
- Adobe
- Adobe soil
- Adolescence
- Adolph of Nassau
- Adolphus Frederick
- Adolphus, John Leycester
- Adoni
- Adonijah
- Adonis
- Adonis
- Adoptianism
- Adoption
- Ador, Gustave
- Adoration
- Adorf
- Adour
- Adra
- Adrar
- Adrastus: see Oedipus
- Adrenal glands
- Adrenalin
- Adria
- Adrian or Hadrian
- Adrian, Saint
- Adrian
- Adriani, Giovanni Battista
- Adrianople
- Adriatic Sea
- Adscript
- Adsorption
- Adulis
- Adullam
- Adult education (Wiki version needs improvement)
- Adulteration
- Adultery
- Aduwa
- Ad valorem
- Advanced guard
- Advancement
- Advantage
- Advantage, mechanical
- Advent
- Adventists, Second
- Adventitious
- Adventure
- Adverb
- Advertising
- Advertising agent
- Advice
- Advocate
- Advocates, Faculty of
- Advocatus diaboli
- Advowson
- Adwan
- Ady, Endre
- Adye, Sir John Miller
- Adytum
- Adze
- Adzhar
Ae
edit- Aeacus
- Aeclanum
- Aedesius
- Aedicula
- Aediles
- Aedui
- Aegadian Islands
- Aegean civilization
- Aegean Sea
- Aegeus
- Aegina
- Aegineta, Paulus
- Aegirite: see Acmite
- Aegis
- Aegisthus
- Aegospotami
- Aehrenthal, Aloys Lexa von
- Aelfric
- Aelia Capitolina
- Aelian
- Aelian
- Aelred
- Aemilia Via
- Aemilius, Paulus
- Aeneas
- Aeneas Silvius: see Pius II
- Aeneas Tacticus
- Aenesidemus
- Aeolian harp
- Aeolina
- Aeolis
- Aeolodion
- Aeolus
- Aeon
- Aepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodor
- Aepyornis
- Aequi
- Aerarii
- Aerarium
- Aerated bread
- Aerated waters
- Aerial
- Aerial law
- Aerial navigation
- Aerodrome
- Aerodynamics
- Aero engines
- Aerofoil
- Aeronautics
- Aeroplane
- Aerotherapeutics
- Aerschot, Philippe de Croy, Duke of
- Aertszen, Pieter
- Aeschines
- Aeschylus
- Aesculapius
- Aesernia
- Aesop
- Aesopus
- Aesopus, Clodius
- Aesthesiometer: see Experimental psychology
- Aesthetics
- Aesthetics, experimental
- Aestivation
- Aeta
- Aethelbald
- Aethelbald
- Aethelbert
- Aethelbert
- Aethelflaed
- Aethelfrith
- Aetheling
- Aethelnoth
- Aethelred
- Aethelred I
- Aethelred II
- Aethelstan
- Aethelweard
- Aethelwulf
- Aether:see Ether
- Aethicus Ister
- Aetiology
- Aetion
- Aetius
- Aetius
- Aetius
- Aetna
- Aetolia
Af
edit- Afars
- Afer, Domitius
- Affection
- Affettuoso
- Affidavit
- Affiliation
- Affine geometry
- Affinity
- Affinity, chemical
- Affirmation
- Afforestation: see Forestry
- Affray
- Affre, Denis Auguste
- Affreightment
- Affretando
- Afghanistan
- Afghan language: see Pushtu
- Afghan Turkistan
- Afiun Qarahisar
- A fortiori
- Afranius, Lucius
- Afranius, Lucius
- Africa
- Geography
- Climate
- Fauna
- Flora
- Geology
- Anthropology and ethnology
- Archaeology and antiquities
- History
- Modern exploration
- Partition among European powers
- Africa, Roman
- African Languages
- African lily
- Africanus, Sextus Iulius
- Afrīdi
- Afrikander Bond
- Afterbirth
- After-damp
- Afterglow
- After-image
- After-work: see Dopolavoro
- Afzelius, Adam
- Afzelius, Arvid August
Ag
edit- Aga
- Agade
- Agadir
- Agaiambo
- Aga Khan I
- Agalmatolite
- Agamedes
- Agamemnon
- Agaña
- Agapé
- Agapemonites
- Agapetae
- Agapetus
- Agapetus
- Agar-agar
- Agarde, Arthur
- Agardh, Karl Adolf
- Agaric: see Fungi
- Agas, Radulph or Ralph
- Agasias
- Agassiz, Alexander Emanuel
- Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe
- Agate
- Agatha, St.
- Agathangelos
- Agatharchides
- Agatharchus
- Agathias
- Agatho
- Agathocles
- Agathodaemon
- Agathodaemon
- Agathon
- Agathyrsi
- Agave
- Agde
- Age [corresponds to age of majority, marriageable age and age of candidacy]
- Age-grades
- Ageladas
- Agema
- Agen
- Agenais
- Agent: see Principal and agent
- Agent-General
- Agents in business
- Manufacturers' Agents
- Factors
- Brokers
- Agency as a career
- Agents of production
- Agesander
- Agesilaus II
- Agglomerate
- Agglutination
- Aggravation
- Aggregate
- Aggregates, theory of
- Aggregation
- Aggtelek
- Agincourt
- Agio
- Agira
- Agis
- Agistment
- Agitation, thermal
- Agitato
- Agitators
- Agnano, Lago di
- Agnates – on the Roman law concept of family relationship through males only, which is not mentioned in our article
- Agnes, Saint
- Agnesi, Maria Gaetana
- Agnes of Meran
- Agnew, David Hayes
- Agni
- Agni
- Agnoiology
- Agnosticism
- Agnus Dei
- Agobard
- Agonalia
- Agonothetes
- Agony column – Elements of Classified advertising and Personal advertisement (rather than Advice column)
- Agora
- Agoracritus
- Agoranomi
- Agordat
- Agostino da Siena
- Agostino or Agostini (Augustinus), Paolo
- Agoult, Marie Catherine Sophie de Flavigny
- Agouti
- Agra
- Agra canal
- Agram: see Zagreb
- Agrapha
- Agrarian laws
- Agrarian movement
- Agreda, Maria Fernandez Coronel, Abbess of
- Agréments
- Agrianes
- Agricola, Georg
- Agricola, Gnaeus Julius
- Agricola, Johannes
- Agricola, Rodolphus
- Agricultural business methods: see Farm equipment; Farm management
- Agricultural co-operation
- Agricultural credit
- Agricultural economics
- Agricultural education
- Agricultural engineering
- Agricultural gangs
- Agricultural insurance
- Agricultural labourer
- Agricultural machinery and implements
- Agricultural organization
- Agricultural prices
- Agricultural research
- Agricultural Revolution
- Agricultural societies and shows – Wikipedia has no article for Agricultural society (just a disambiguation page) but does have Agricultural show
- Agricultural statistics
- Agricultural wages
- Agriculture: a general survey
- The war period
- The post-war depression (on British agriculture between the World Wars: a period not well covered on Wikipedia, where the article says "1850 to 1939" but effectively stops in 1919)
- Agricultural co-operation
- British farming systems
- In the United States
- Experiment stations
- Agriculture, Census of
- Agriculture, Chambers of
- Agriculture, Primitive
- Agri Decumates
- Agrigentum
- Agrimony
- Agriology
- Agrionia
- Agrippa
- Agrippa, Herod I
- Agrippa, Herod II
- Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius
- Agrippa von Nettesheim, Henry Cornelius
- Agrippina the Elder
- Agrippina the Younger
- Agronomy
- Agroteras Thusia
- Aguadilla
- Aguascalientes
- Ague
- Aguesseau, Henri François d'
- Aguilar, Grace
- Aguilar
- Águilas
- Aguinaldo, Emilio
- Aguirre, Lope de
- Agujari, Lucrezia
Ah
edit- Aha
- Ahab (by Theodore Henry Robinson)
- Ahasuerus
- Ahaz
- Ahaziah
- Ahenobarbus
- Ahithophel
- Ahlen
- Ahmadabad
- Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
- Ahmadnagar
- Ahmad Shah
- Ahmed I
- Ahmed II
- Ahmed III
- Ahmed Vefik Pasha
- Ahom
- Ahrens, Franz Heinrich Ludolf
- Ahriman
- Ahrweiler
- Aht
- Ahtena
- Ahura Mazda
- Ahwaz
Ai
edit- Ai
- Aicard, Jean François Victor
- Aichinger, Gregor
- Aidan
- Aidan
- Aide-de-camp
- Aidin
- Aidone
- Aids
- Aigrette
- Aigues-Mortes
- Aiguille (rock formation)
- Aiguillon, Emmanuel Armand de Wignerod du Plessis de Richelieu, Duc d'
- Aiguillon, Marie Madeleine de Wignerod du Pont de Courlay, Duchesse d'
- Aigun
- Aiken
- Aikin, John
- Ailanthus
- Ailanthus moth
- Aileron
- Ailly, Pierre d'
- Ailsa Craig
- Aimak
- Aimard, Gustave
- Aimoin
- Ain
- Ainger, Alfred
- Ainmüller, Maximilian Emmanuel
- Ainsworth, Henry
- Ainsworth, Robert
- Ainsworth, William Harrison
- Aintab
- Ainu
- Air
- Air or Asben
- Airay, Henry
- Air-bladder
- Airbrush
- Air combat
- Air conditioning
- Air co-operation
- Aircraft carrier
- Aird, Sir John
- Aird, Thomas
- Airdrie
- Aire
- Aire
- Air-engine
- Airey, Richard Airey, Baron
- Air forces
- Air-gas
- Air-gun
- Air-lift
- Air-lock
- Air log or Air distance recorder
- Air port: see Aerodrome
- Air-pump
- Air raids
- Air routes
- Airscrew
- Airship
- Airship sheds
- Air sickness: see Anoxaemia
- Air warfare
- Airway
- Airy, Sir George Biddell
- Aislabie, John
- Aisle
- Aisne
- Aïssé, Mademoiselle
- Aitkin, Robert Grant
- Aiton, William
- Aitzema, Lieuwe (Leo) van
- Aivali
- Aix
- Aix-la-Chapelle: see Aachen
- Aix-la-Chapelle, Congresses of
- Aix-les-Bains
- Aiyar, Sir Sheshadri
- Aiyar, Sir Tiruvarur Mutuswamy
Aj
editAk
edit- Aka Hills
- Akalkot
- Akan
- Akbar, Jellaladin Mohammed
- Akcha
- Akee
- Akeman Street
- Aken
- Akenside, Mark
- Akhaltsikh
- Akhenaten
- Ak-hissar
- Akhmim
- Akhtal
- Akhtyrka
- Akka
- Akkad
- Akkadian: see Accadian
- Akkerman
- Akmolinsk
- Akola
- Akron
- Aksakov, Sergei Timofeyevich
- Akshak
- Ak-Shehr
- Aksu: see Turkistan
- Aksum
- Aktubinsk
- Akyab
Al
editAla
edit- Ala
- Alabama
- Alabama Arbitration
- Alabama City
- Alabama River
- Alabaster or Arblastier, William
- Alabaster
- Alabastros (a type of Greek urn)
- Alacaluf
- Alacoque, Marguerite Marie
- Alagoas
- Alain de Lille
- Alais: see Ales
- Alajuela
- Alamanni
- Alamanni or Alemanni, Luigi
- Alambagh
- Alameda
- Alamo, The
- Åland Islands
- Alani
- Alanine
- Alansi (typo?)
- Alapaevsk
- Alarcon, Hernando de
- Alarcon, Juan Ruiz de
- Alarcon, Pedro Antonio
- Alard, Jean Delphin
- Alaric
- Alaric II
- Ala-Shehr
- Alas, Leopoldo
- Alaska
- Alastor
- Ala-Tau
- Alatyr
- Alauna
- Alava, Don Miguel Ricardo de
- Álava
Alb
edit- Alb
- Alba
- Albacete
- Albacete
- Albacore
- Alba Fucens
- Alba Iulia
- Al-Baladhuri
- Alba Longa
- Alban, Saint
- Albani, Dame Emma
- Albani or Albano, Francesco
- Albania (by Marion I. Newbigin)
- Social and economic conditions (by Albert Calmes)
- Mediaeval and modern history (by Joseph Swire)
- Albania
- Albanian language (by Antoine Meillet)
- Albanus Lacus
- Albanus Mons
- Albany, Dukes of
- Albany, Louise Maximilienne Caroline
- Albany, Western Australia
- Albany, Georgia
- Albany, New York
- Albany, Oregon
- Albany River
- Albany Congress
- Albany Regency
- Albategnius (Mohammed ben Gebir al Batani)
- Albatross
- Albay
- Albedo
- Albemarle, William de Fors or de Fortibus, Earl of
- Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal
- Albemarle Sound
- Albenga
- Albeniz, Isaac
- Alberoni, Giulio
- Albert I, king of the Belgians
- Albert I, German king
- Albert II, German king
- Albert, Frederick Augustus
- Albert, prince of Bayreuth
- Albert, Prince Consort of England
- Albert, last grand master of the Teutonic Order
- Albert III, duke of Saxony
- Albert, Duke of Württemberg
- Albert I, margrave of Brandenburg
- Albert III, elector of Brandenburg
- Albert, elector and archbishop of Mainz
- Albert (Friedrich Rudolf Albrecht), archduke
- Albert
- Albert, Madame
- Albert, Lake (A. Nyanza)
- Albert of Aix
- Alberta
- Albert Edward Nyanza: see Edward, Lake
- Alberti, Domenico
- Alberti, Leone Battista
- Albertinelli, Mariotto
- Albertini, Luigi
- Albertite
- Albert Lea
- Albert Medal
- Albert Pike Highway
- Albertus Magnus
- Alberus, Erasmus
- Albi
- Albia
- Albigenses
- Albinism: see Pigmentation
- Albino
- Albinovanus Pedo
- Albinus, Bernard Siegfried
- Albion
- Albion
- Albion
- Albite
- Albo-carbon: see Naphthalene
- Alboin
- Alboni, Marietta
- Alborada
- Albornoz, Gil Alvarez de
- Albrechtsberger, Johann Georg
- Albret
- Albuera, La
- Albula Pass
- Album
- Albumazar
- Albumin or Albumen
- Albuminoids: see Proteins
- Albumins: see Proteins
- Albuminuria
- Albuquerque, Alphonso d'
- Albuquerque, Mathias de
- Albuquerque
- Alburnum
Alc
edit- Alcaeus
- Alcaics
- Alcaide
- Alcalá
- Alcala de Henares
- Alcalde
- Alcamenes
- Alcamo
- Alcantara
- Alcantara
- Alcavala
- Alcazar, B. del
- Alcázar de San Juan
- Alcester, Frederick Beauchamp Seymour
- Alcester
- Alcestis
- Alchemy (by Hugh Munro Ross)
- Alciati, Andrea
- Alcibiades
- Alcidamas
- Alcinous, in ancient Greek legend
- Alcinous, Platonic philosopher
- Alciphron
- Alcira
- Alcmaeon
- Alcmaeonidae
- Alcman
- Alcmene
- Alcobaça
- Alcock, John
- Alcock, Sir John William
- Alcock, Sir Rutherford
- Alcoforado, Marianna
- Alcohol
- Alcohol, pathological effects of
- Alcohol in industry
- Alcoholism: see Drunkenness
- Alcohols
- Alcott, Amos Bronson
- Alcott, Louisa May
- Alcoy
- Alcuin
- Alcyone
Ald
edit- Aldabra Islands
- Aldanov, Mark Alexandrovich
- Aldborough
- Aldebaran
- Aldeburgh
- Aldegrever or Aldegraf, Heinrich
- Aldehydes
- Alden, Isabella (Macdonald)
- John Alden
- Alder
- Alder-fly
- Alderman
- Alderney
- Aldershot
- Aldhelm
- Aldine Press
- Aldred or Ealdred
- Aldrich, Henry
- Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth
- Aldrich, Richard
- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
- Aldringer (Altringer, Aldringen), Johann
- Aldrovandi, Ulissi
Ale
edit- Ale
- Aleandro, Girolamo (Hieronymus Aleander)
- Aleardi, Aleardo
- Ale-conner
- Alecsandri or Alexandri, Vasile
- Alekhine, Alexander
- Alemán, Mateo
- Alembert, Jean le Rond d'
- Alembic
- Alençon, Counts and Dukes of
- Alençon
- Alenio, Giulio
- Alentejo
- Aleppo
- Ales or Alesius, Alexander
- Alès
- Alesia
- Alessandri, Alessandro
- Alessandria
- Alessi, Galeazzo
- Alethiology
- Aletrium
- Aleurites
- Aleut
- Aleutian Islands
- Alewife
- Alexander: the name of eight popes
- Alexander I (Aleksander Pavlovich)
- Alexander II, emperor of Russia
- Alexander III, emperor of Russia
- Alexander I, king of Epirus
- Alexander II, king of Epirus
- Alexander, king of the Hellenes
- Alexander III, known as The Great
- Alexander, king of Poland
- Alexander I, king of Scotland
- Alexander II, king of Scotland
- Alexander III, king of Scotland
- Alexander (Alexander Obrenovich)
- Alexander I, king of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
- Alexander (Alexander of Battenberg), first prince of Bulgaria
- Alexander, despot of Pherae
- Alexander, son of Numenius, Greek rhetorician
- Alexander, Sir George
- Alexander, Sir James Edward
- Alexander, Jerome
- Alexander, John White
- Alexander, William
- Alexander, William Lindsay
- Alexander Aetolus
- Alexander Balas
- Alexander Cornelius
- Alexander John: see Cuza, Alexander John
- Alexander Nevski
- Alexander of Aphrodisias
- Alexander of Hales
- Alexander of Tralles (Alexander Trallianus)
- Alexander Severus
- Alexander the Paphlagonian
- Alexander Archipelago
- Alexanders
- Alexandersbad
- Alexanderson, Ernst F.W.
- Alexandra
- Noël Alexandre|Alexandre, Noël (Natalis Alexander)]]
- Alexandretta
- Alexandria
- Alexandria
- Alexandria
- Alexandria
- Alexandrian School
- Alexandria Troas
- Alexandrina, Lake
- Alexandrine Verse
- Alexandrists
- Alexandrite
- Alexandropol: see Leninakan
- Alexandrov, Todor
- Alexandrovsk
- Alexandrovsk: see Zaporozhe
- Alexeyev, Mikhail
- Alexis
- Alexis, Willibald
- Alexisbad
- Alexius I
- Alexius II
- Alexius III
- Alexius IV
- Alexius V
- Alexius Mikhailovich
- Alexius Petrovich
Alf–Ali
edit- Alfa or Halfa: see Esparto
- Alfalfa: see Lucerne
- Alfalfa weevil
- Alfano, Franco
- Alfeld
- Alfieri, Vittorio
- Alford, Henry
- Alfred or Ælfred
- Alfred Ernest Albert
- Alfred of Beverley
- Alfreton
- Alfurs
- Algae
- Algardi, Alessandro
- Algaroth, Powder of
- Algarotti, Francesco
- Algarve or Algarves
- Algäu or Allgäu
- Algebra
- Algebraic Forms
- Algebraic numbers: see Numbers
- Algeciras or Algeziras
- Algeciras Conference
- Alger, Horatio
- Alger, Russell Alexander
- Algeria
- Alghero
- Algidus Mons
- Algiers
- Algoa Bay
- Algol
- Algonkin
- Algorism
- Alguazil
- Algum or Almug tree
- Alhama de Granada
- Alhambra, The
- Alhambra
- Alhazen
- Ali
- Ali, known as Ali Bey
- Ali Pasha
- Aliaga
- Alias
- Alibi
- Alicante, capital
- Alicante, seaboard province
- Alice Maud Mary
- Alice Springs
- Alidade
- Alien
- Alienation
- See also Insanity
- Alien corporation
- Alien-houses
- Alienist
- Aligarh
- Alignment
- Aliment
- Alimentary canal
- Alimentary system, diseases of
- Alimony
- Alin, Oscar Josef
- Alington, Cyril Argentine
- Aliquot part
- Alirajpur
- Alismaceae
- Alison, Sir Archibald
- Aliwal
- Aliwal North
- Alizarin
Alk-All
edit- Alkahest
- Alkali
- Alkali manufacture
- Alkalimetry
- Alkaline earths
- Alkaline soils
- Alkaloids
- Alkanet
- Al-Kasr al Kebir: see Kasr al, al Kebir
- Alkmaar
- Allacci, Leone
- Allah
- Allahabad
- Allamanda
- Allan, David
- Allan, Sir Hugh
- Allan, Sir William
- Allan-Despréaux, Louise Rosalie
- Allantoin
- Allargando
- Allbutt, Sir Thomas Clifford
- Alleghany Mountains
- Allegheny River
- Allegiance
- Allegory
- Allegri, Gregorio
- Allegro
- Alleine, Joseph
- Alleine, Richard
- Allemande
- Allen, Ethan
- Allen, Frederick Madison
- Allen, Glover Merrill (sic)
- Allen, Grant
- Allen, Sir Hugh Percy
- Allen, Sir James
- Allen, James Lane
- Allen, Joel Asaph
- Allen, John
- Allen, Richard
- Allen or Alleyn, Thomas
- Allen, Viola
- Allen, William
- Allen, William
- Allen, Zachariah
- Allen, Bog of
- Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman
- Allenstein
- Allenstein-Marienwerder
- Allentiacan
- Allentown
- Alleppey
- Allergy
- Allerton, Isaac
- Allestree or Allestry, Richard
- Alleyn, Edward
- All Fools' Day: see April Fools' Day
- All Fours
- Allgemeine-Elektizitäts-Gesellschaft (by Hugh Quigley)
- Allia
- Alliance
- Alliance
- Alliance
- Alliaria officinalis: see Garlic mustard
- Allibone, Samuel Austin
- Allied Maritime Transport Council
- Allier
- Allier
- Allifae
- Alligator
- Alligator pear: see Avocado pear
- Allingham, William
- Allison, William Boyd
- Alliteration
- Allium
- Allman, George James
- Allmers, Hermann
- Alloa
- Allobroges
- Allocatur
- Allocution
- Allodium
- Allomerism
- Allon, Henry
- Allonge
- Allophane
- Allori, Cristofano
- All or none
- All-or-none law
- Allosaurus
- Allotment
- Allotments
- Allotments Organization Society
- Allotropy
- Allouez, Claude Jean
- Allowance
- Alloway
- Alloxan or Mesoxalyl urea
- Alloxantin
- Alloys (by Zay Jeffries)
- Allport, Sir James Joseph
- Allport, Samuel
- All risks insurance: see Insurance, miscellaneous
- All Saints Bay or Bahia de Todos o Santos
- All Saints, Festival of
- All Souls' Day
- Allspice
- Allston, Joseph
- Allston, Robert Francis Withers
- Allston, Washington
- All the Talents, Ministry of
- Alluvion
- Alluvium
- Allyl alcohol
Alm-Alo
edit- Alma, city
- Alma, river
- Including Battle of the Alma
- Alma Ata
- Almacantar
- Almack's
- Almadén or Almaden del Azogue
- Almagest
- Almagro, Diego de
- Alma mater
- Almanac
- Almansa
- Al-Mansūr
- Alma-Tadema, Sir Laurence or Laurens
- Alme or Almai
- Almeida, Dom Francisco de
- Almeida
- Almelo
- Almendralejo
- Almería
- Almería
- Almery
- Almodóvar del Campo
- Almogávares
- Almohades
- Almon, John
- Almond
- Almond oil
- Almoner
- Almonry
- Almora
- Almoravides
- Almqvist, Karl Jonas Ludwig
- Alms
- Almshouse
- Almuce
- Alnage
- Alnwick
- Aloe
- Aloidae
- Alompra, Aloung P'Houra
- Álora
- Alost
- Aloysia: see Verbena
Alp
edit- Alp
- Alpaca
- Alp Arslan
- Alpena
- Alpenhorn
- Alpes Maritimes
- Alpha and Omega
- Alphabet (by Basil Atkinson)
- Alpha particles
- 'Al-Phasi, Isaac
- Alphege
- Alpheus (including Alpheus)
- Alphonse I
- Alphonse
- Alphonsine tables
- Alphonso
- Alphonso I, King of Aragon
- Alphonso I, King of Portugal
- Alphonso I, King of Spain
- Alphonso XII
- Alphonso XIII (by E. J. Dillon)
- Alphonsus a Sancta Maria
- Alpini, Prospero
- Alps (by John Isaac Platt)
- Alpujarras
Alq-Als
edit- 'Alqama ibn 'Abada
- Alsace-Lorraine (by Frédéric Braesch)
- Alsatia
- Carl Lucas Alsberg
- Alsen
- Alsietinus Lacus
- Alsike
- Alsium
- Alsop, Vincent
- Alsted, Johann Heinrich
- Alston
- Alstonite
- Alströmer, Jonas
Alt
edit- Altissimo
- Altai
- Altair
- Altamura
- Altar
- Altazimuth
- Altdamm
- Altdorf, Uri
- Altdorfer, Albrecht
- Alten, Sir Charles
- Altena
- Altenburg
- Altenstein
- Alterative
- Alternating current
- Alternation (more of dictionary definition)
- Alternator
- Altgeld, John Peter
- Althaea
- Althiburos
- Althing
- Altichiero da Zevio
- Altimeter
- Altinum
- Altitude
- Altman, Bnjamin
- Altmühl
- Alto
- Alton
- Alton
- Altona
- Altoona
- Alto-relievo
- Altötting
- Altranstädt
- Altrincham
- Altruism
- Altus
- Altwasser
- Altyn Tagh
Alu-Alz
edit- Aludel
- Alum (by Howard Spence)
- Alumina
- Aluminium (by Richard Seligman)
- Aluminium bronze (by Richard Seligman)
- Alum shales
- Alundum
- Alunite or Alumstone
- Aluntium
- Alur
- Alure
- Alva or Alba, Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of
- Alva
- Alvarado, Pedro de
- Alvarez, Don José
- Alvarez, Don Manuel
- Alvarez do Oriente, Fernão