{Sculptured tortoise} (Zo["o]l.), a common North American wood tortoise ({Glyptemys insculpta}). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
sculpturing — sculp·ture || skÊŒlptʃə n. art of forming three dimensional works using any of several techniques (such as welding, modeling, carving, etc.); three dimensional work of art v. form a three dimensional work of art using any of several techniques … English contemporary dictionary
sculpturing — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of sculpture (II) 1. : the action of one who sculptures 2. : the occupation of a sculptor 3 … Useful english dictionary
Nemuri-neko — [眠猫] or Nemuri no neko [眠り猫] sleeping cat, from nemuri meaning sleeping or peaceful , and neko meaning cat is a famous wood carving by Hidari Jingorō located in the East corridor at Tōshō gū Shrine in Nikkō, Japan. 「日光東照宮」 translation Nikkō Tōshō … Wikipedia
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
Alexei Savrasov — Alexei Kondratyevich Savrasov ( ru. Алексей Кондратьевич Саврасов) (May 24, 1830 ndash;October 8, 1897) was a Russian landscape painter and creator of the lyrical landscape style.BiographySavrasov was born into the family of a merchant. He began… … Wikipedia
Konstantin Korovin — Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (Russian: Константин Алексеевич Коровин , the first name often spelled Constantin) (OldStyleDate|November 23|1861|December 5, Moscow September 11, 1939, Paris) was a leading Russian Impressionist painter.… … Wikipedia
Victor Borisov-Musatov — Victor Elpidiforovich Borisov Musatov ( ru. Виктор Эльпидифорович Борисов Мусатов), (OldStyleDate|April 14|1870|April 2 OldStyleDate|November 8|1905|October 26) was a Russian painter, prominent for his unique Post Impressionistic style that mixed … Wikipedia
Gandhara Kingdom — Gandhara is a kingdom grouped among the western kingdoms in the epic Mahabharata. The epic Ramayana also mentions it as a western kingdom. Gandhara prince Sakuni was the root of all the conspiracies of Duryodhana against the Pandavas, which… … Wikipedia
John William Kitson — (1845 ndash; 1888) was an English born architectural sculptor.Early lifeKitson, the third child and the first born son of John McWhire and Emma Jaggar Kitson was born in 1845 in Berry Brow Huddersfield West Yorkshire England. He was sent to… … Wikipedia
reptile — reptilelike, adj. reptiloid /rep tl oyd /, adj. /rep til, tuyl/, n. 1. any cold blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia, comprising the turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians, tuatara, and various extinct members including the… … Universalium
