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still term applied to the apparatus used in distillation , referring either to the flask in which a liquid to be distilled is evaporated, or to other pieces of equipment, or to the entire apparatus. ... Read more
still life
still life a pictorial representation of inanimate objects. The term derives from the 17th-century Dutch still-leven, meaning a motionless natural object or objects. Evolution of Still Life Until the Renaissance, elements of still life, often imbued with symbolic or ritual significance,... Read more
Clyfford Still
Clyfford Still 1904-80, American painter, b. Grandin, N.Dak. Still was a pioneer in the use of the mural-sized canvas. He painted vast, thick curtains of intense color, jaggedly torn to reveal other equally intense color areas. His work combines the gesture of abstract expressionism with a relian... Read more
William Grant Still
William Grant Still 1895-1978, American composer, b. Woodville, Miss. Still was of Native American, African-American, and European ancestry. He studied music at Oberlin, with Chadwick at the New England Conservatory, and with Edgar Varèse. Much of his music reflects his African heritage. Amo... Read more
Willem Claasz Heda
Willem Claasz Heda , 1594-c.1678, Dutch still-life painter. His excellent studies of tables laden with food, called ontbijt [breakfast piece] still life, are seen in many important European galleries. They are characterized by delicate lighting effects and somber colors. ... Read more
Bryozoa
Bryozoa , name of a phylum, in older systems of classification, that included the invertebrate animals now classified in the phyla Entoprocta and Ectoprocta . The term bryozoan (or moss animal) is still commonly used for members of the Ectoprocta. ... Read more
Amilcare Ponchielli
Amilcare Ponchielli , 1834-86, Italian composer of several very successful operas. Only La Gioconda (1876), with libretto by Boito after Hugo's Angelo, is still performed. ... Read more
Jan van Huysum
Jan van Huysum , 1682-1749, Dutch painter of still life and landscapes. His father was Justus van Huysum (1659-1716), a successful landscape and genre painter of Amsterdam. Although he painted landscapes in a classical style, Jan is best known for his flower and fruit still lifes in oil and in water... Read more
Aijalon
Aijalon , in the Bible. 1 Town, on the border between Philistia and Israel, the modern Yalo (Israel), NW of Jerusalem. In the Tel-el-Amarna letters it is called Aialuna. 2 Town in Zabulon. 3 Valley over which Joshua commanded the moon to stand still. ... Read more
Bollandists
Bollandists , group of Jesuits in Belgium, named for their early leader, Jean Bolland, a Flemish Jesuit of the 17th cent. They were charged by the Holy See with compiling an authoritative edition of the lives of the saints, the monumental Acta sanctorum, which is still in progress. ... Read more

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SIC 2023 Dry, Condensed, and Evaporated Dairy Products
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...The small companies that had pioneered condensed and evaporated milk technology and production in the nineteenth century were still in business more than 100 years later, producing the same products with which they had started out—and many, many...
SIC 2341 Women's, Misses', Children's, and Infants' Underwear and Nightwear
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...affected by the growing consolidation among retailers. Threatening to push out smaller, independent firms, the industry may yet still feel the reverberations of the tough economic climate of 2001 and 2002. Additionally, some makers of bras, underwear, robes...
SIC 2397 Schiffli Machine Embroideries
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...million in 2000. The value of shipments in this category was $271.5 million in 2001, up from $179.9 million in 1997, but still less than the $320 million worth of good shipped in 1995. Following an almost continuous decline since 1988, employment in...
SIC 2512 Wood Household Furniture, Upholstered
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...more upscale lifestyles." In the late 1990s the economy was still going strong—unemployment was low, the stock market and consumer confidence levels were high. Housing starts were still strong, and low interest rates spurred refinancing of homes...
SIC 2677 Envelopes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...uncoated freesheet produced by U.S. mills. Specialty Envelopes. While standard business and commercial stationery envelopes still account for the majority of envelopes produced in the United States, in the mid-1990s specialty envelopes emerged as the...
SIC 2741 Miscellaneous Publishing
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...publication can therefore allow publishers to quickly update information without necessitating costly reprintings, and revenue can still be garnered from advertisers. Other sectors, such as trading cards or calendars, were not likely to be directly affected...
SIC 2759 Commercial Printing, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...dynamic plateless and filmless process still had no firm nomenclature in early 1997...manipulated in real-time, while the press was still running. A memory buffer in the system...moved into line" while the press was still printing a previous piece. The transition...
SIC 2821 Plastic Materials and Resins
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...but are instead combined with other materials by mixing or melt-state blending. The end result is a plastic compound, still in the form of pellets, granules, or powder, that is ready to be delivered to a processor. There are two basic kinds of...
SIC 2841 Soap and Other Detergents, Except Specialty Cleaners
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...stated "the caveman who fell into the river with his fur still on quickly learned that water is an excellent aid in the removal...formulations. By the turn of the twentieth century, many people still made soap by boiling fats and lye to produce solid cakes. In...
SIC 3011 Tires and Inner Tubes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...distribution channels; while manufacturers have made substantial inroads into the retail distribution market, this area is still dominated by independent dealerships. The tire and inner tube industry depends chiefly on rubber suppliers for raw materials...

Dictionary entries related to "Still,"

Abandonment
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...exclusion. His book Verwahrloste Jungend (1925) ( Wayward Youth , 1935), prefaced by Freud, recounts this experiment, which still retains much of its pertinence. Psychoanalysis must never underestimate the importance of objective reality either in theory...
Alcoholism
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...myths associated with alcohol, from Dionysus to the Eucharist. The situation in terms of a psychoanalytic classification is still the subject of controversy. It is a narcissistic disorder, closer to manic-depression and paranoia than to neurosis, psychosis...
Allgemeine Ärztliche Gesellschaft Für Psychotherapie
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...Wilhelm Stekel. In this regard, it was ironic that under National Socialism the society, for largely political reasons but still in keeping with Freud's view of the dangers of the medicalization of psychoanalysis, opened its membership to lay practitioners...
Attention
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...danger of caring too little about the meaning, and as soon as fatigue sets in I am reading in such a way that the listener can still understand, but I myself no longer know what I have been reading. These are phenomena of divided attention which are of particular...
Baranger, Willy (1922-1994)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...Psychoanalytic Association at the congress of Edinburgh in 1961. The Revista uruguaya de psicoan á lisis , which is still in print, published its first issue in May 1956. Willy Baranger was a constant presence at the Latin American congresses of...
Berliner Psychoanalytisches Institut
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...four in the fall of 1932 to eight in July 1934. The demand for treatment remained constant, however. In 1935 there were still fourteen analysts in Germany. A series of state interventions, forced resignation of Jewish analysts, and concessions made...
Bisexuality
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...considered the difficulty in connecting the concept to the theory of drives as a serious lacuna in psychoanalytic theory. Thus the "theory of bisexuality is still surrounded by many obscurities" (1930a [1929], p. 106). Finally, a s
Brun, Rudolf (1885-1969)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...1911-1912 and studied neurology in London and Paris from 1912 to 1913. Under the influence of August Forel, while Brun was still a student, he began studying the behavior of ants, and his research soon attracted the attention of the scientific community...
Brunswick, Ruth Mack (1897-1946)
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...Ruth had fallen in love with a man five years younger than herself, Mark Brunswick, at the time a music student. Ruth was still in analysis with Freud in 1924 when Mark as well began to consult Freud. According to Mark, Freud later admitted that it had...
Capacity to be alone
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis ...continued presence within oneself amounts to a further step still. To be able to tell oneself "I am alone" without feeling...continuity as between oneself and the other person, or, better still, to perceive discontinuity in a permanent bond, or even its...

Thesaurus entries related to "Still,"

youthful
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...means childish or emotionally underdeveloped and usually pertains to behavior and attitudes rather than to physical appearance (still immature despite the fact that he was almost thirty). Juvenile suggests immaturity of mind or body and is applied especially...
valid
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...authentic, bona fide, effective, cogent, powerful, convincing, credible, forceful, weighty.   2. the ruling is still valid synonyms : lawful, legal, licit, legitimate, legally binding, binding, contractual, in force, in effect, effective...
though
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English though • adverb  I don't know; I'll find out though synonyms : even so, however, but, still, yet, be that as it may, for all that, nonetheless, all the same, notwithstanding.
time
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...xA0; 2. he is wealthy; at the same time, he lives frugally synonyms : nevertheless, nonetheless, however, but, still, yet, just the same. at times   synonyms : from time to time, every now and then, periodically, on occasion...
sway
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...control, domination, power, authority, influence, guidance, direction. phrase: hold sway   the aged emperor still holds sway synonyms : be most powerful, hold power, rule, be in control, predominate, have ascendance, have the greatest...
still
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English still • noun  in the still of the night synonyms : quietness, quiet, silence, hush, soundlessness, noiselessness, calmness, calm, tranquillity, peace, peacefulness, serenity.
stormy
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English stormy • adjective  stormy weather | a stormy day synonyms : blustery, blustering, windy, gusty, squally, rainy, wild, tempestuous, turbulent. antonyms: calm; still.
serene
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English serene • adjective   synonyms : calm, composed, tranquil, peaceful, placid, still, quiet, unperturbed, imperturbable, undisturbed, unruffled, unworried, unexcited, unexcitable, unflappable.
silent
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English silent • adjective   1. in their silent surroundings synonyms : still, quiet, hushed, peaceful, tranquil, noiseless, soundless.   2. silent in the face of the opposition synonyms...
sketchy
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English sketchy • adjective   1. plans still a bit sketchy synonyms : preliminary, provisional, unfinished, unrefined, unpolished, rough, crude.   2. sketchy...

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