Ammonite (novel) — Ammonite is Nicola Griffith s first novel, it was published in 1993 (ISBN 0 345 37891 1). It won both the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered) fiction, and the James Tiptree, Jr. Award for science fiction or… … Wikipedia
ammonite — [am′ə nīt΄] n. [ModL ammonites < L ( cornu) Ammonis, (horn) of Ammon < Jupiter AMMON1, whose statues were represented with ram s horns] any of the flat, usually coiled fossil shells of an extinct order (Ammonoidea) of cephalopod mollusks… … English World dictionary
Ammonite — For other uses, see Ammonite (disambiguation). Ammonites Temporal range: 400–65.5 Ma … Wikipedia
ammonite — n. any extinct cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, with a flat coiled spiral shell found as a fossil. Etymology: mod.L ammonites, after med.L cornu Ammonis, = L Ammonis cornu (Pliny), horn of (Jupiter) Ammon … Useful english dictionary
Classical order — An illustration of the five orders engraved for the Encyclopédie, vol. 18, showing the Tuscan and Doric orders (top row); two versions of the Ionic order (center row); Corinthian and Composite orders (bottom row). A classical order is one of the… … Wikipedia
Craspedodiscus (ammonite) — Craspedodiscus Temporal range: mLCretaceous Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class … Wikipedia
Noritaceae — Nortitaceae Conservation status Fossil Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Ophioceratidae — Nortitaceae Conservation status Fossil Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Cleistosphinctes — Temporal range: MJurassic[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Architecture parlante — The phrase architecture parlante (“speaking architecture”) refers to the concept of buildings that explain their own function or identity.The phrase was originally associated with Claude Nicolas Ledoux, and was extended to other Paris trained… … Wikipedia
