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Ku K'ai-chih
(Encyclopedia)Ku K'ai-chih go͞o kī-jûr [key], c.344–c.406, Chinese painter, one of the most eminent painters before the T'ang dynasty. He was especially noted for his portraits but also painted landscapes. Non...Ku
(Encyclopedia)Ku, formerly the suggested symbol for the element kurchatovium, now called rutherfordium. ...Play Ku
(Encyclopedia)Play Ku, Vietnam: see Pleiku.Ku Klux Klan
(Encyclopedia)Ku Klux Klan ko͞oˌ klŭks klăn [key], designation mainly given to two distinct secret societies that played a part in American history, although other less important groups have also used the name....Tsin
(Encyclopedia)Tsin or Chin both: jhĭn [key], dynasty of China that ruled from 265 to 420, after the period of the Three Kingdoms. It was divided into two phases: the Western Tsin (265–317) and the Eastern Tsin (...Pleiku
(Encyclopedia)Pleiku or Play Ku both: plāko͞oˈ [key], town, central Vietnam. A highway junction for roads going east (to Quy Nhon), west (to Cambodia), north (to Da Nang), and south (to Ho Chi Minh City), it was...Knights of the White Camellia
(Encyclopedia)Knights of the White Camellia: see Ku Klux Klan. ...kurchatovium
(Encyclopedia)kurchatovium kûrˌchətōˈvēəm [key], symbol Ku, former suggested name for element 104, now called rutherfordium. ...Itzamna
(Encyclopedia)Itzamna ētsämˈnä [key], chief deity of the Maya. Son of Hunab Ku, the creator, he was believed to be lord of the heavens, day, and night. Thought by the Maya to have been the inventor of writing a...Diels, Otto Paul Hermann
(Encyclopedia)Diels, Otto Paul Hermann, 1876–1954, German chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Berlin, 1899. From 1899 to 1915, Diehls was on the faculty at the Univ. of Berlin. In 1916, he joined the Univ. of Kiel, where he ...Browse by Subject
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