Términos

Impedir que pase algo indeseable, o a alguien de hacer algo indeseable.

Actividades y precauciones destinadas a evitar un conato de incendio, reducir el potencial de fuego que se propague, y para proteger a las personas, la vida silvestre, propiedad, y la flora en caso de incendio.

Medidas tomadas para prevenir actos criminales o de delincuentes.

Schemes or executed designs that are past or earlier than the present or final design; the concept may be used in reference to a wide range of creative products, including art, architecture, decorative arts, engineering, and software design.

Past restoration, preservation, or conservation process, especially as it affects present condition and appearance of artifacts and their future treatment.

Phylum of 15 species of predatory, marine, mud-inhabiting, unsegmented worms. They are sometimes classified as a class.

Tags, tickets, or labels attached to an item for sale, to show its price. The tag may be attached to the item with a cord or string, or it may be attached to the item by an adhesive backing.

A high or excessively high opinion of one's own worth or importance, which gives rise to a feeling or attitude of superiority over others.

Bench-like pieces of furniture for the use of a person at prayer, consisting of a kneeler with a narrow upright front surmounted by a ledge for books or for resting the elbows, and often a shelf below this for storing books. For similar pieces that are in the form of a low chair, use "prie-dieu chairs."

Female clergy, particularly in ancient times, who perform sacrificial, ritualistic, mediatorial, interpretative, or ministerial functions. In modern usage, females who perform the duties of priests are often called "priests."

Breast ornaments worn by Jewish high priests. Traditionally comprising a folded piece of embroidered linen worn on the breast, and adorned with twelve precious stones, representing the twelve tribes.

Small ice sleds that accommodate one seated person, and that are propelled with hand-held iron-tipped prods or poles.

Designation indicating something, someone, a characteristic, or an activity is the most important or fundamental, is occurring or existing first in a sequence, belonging to the beginning or earliest stage,is the original, or not subordinate to or derived from anything else.

General term for political entities that are typically but not always independent, usually nations or empires, and considered of the highest order or level in a political hierarchical arrangement.

The chief supporting substances used in the fabrication of works created by applying media to a support. The distinction of "primary support" is often reserved for situations where a mount or other "secondary support" is also employed. For example, chalk may be applied to a primary support, paper, to make a drawing; and the paper support could then be mounted to a secondary support, cardboard.

Works that are the main focus or most important in a complex work or project; used to distinguish primary works from auxiliary or accessory works; the concept may apply to a wide variety of disciplines. In cataloging, the work is typically assumed to be a primary work, requiring clarification only when there is also an ancillary work. An example would be an office building, which is a primary architectural work having as an ancillary work the heating system. The concept may also refer to the status of separate, independent works, which may be grander or more important than other separate, independent "secondary works."

Orden que contiene cerca de 300 o más especies de animales, en 16 familias, que incluye humanos, simios, monos, lémures y otros parientes, que se caracterizan por tener cráneos relativamente redondeados, caras planas, narices y mandíbulas cortas, ojos dirigidos hacia adelante, dedos pulgares oponibles en manos y pies (excepto humanos), y la mayoría son descendientes de ágiles habitantes de árboles, lo que se demuestra en sus caras, dientes y extremidades. Varias especies, incluidas el Homo sapiens, ya no viven en los árboles, pero conservan estas características. Los cerebros de los primates tienen una fisura única, llamada cisura calcarina, que separa las dos áreas visuales, una a cada lado del cerebro. Solo los primates tienen uñas planas, en vez de garras o pezuñas como los demás mamíferos, y dígitos oponibles. La mayoría de las especies de primates modernos viven en los trópicos o subtrópicos, aunque algunos habitan también en regiones templadas. Los primeros primates datan del Eoceno temprano (54,8 millones a 49 millones de años atrás) o quizá del Paleoceno tardío (57,9 millones a 54,8 millones de años atrás).

La estación del año entre invierno y verano, durante la cual el tiempo se entibia y las plantas reviven.

Madera firme, ligera, de textura fina obtenida de la especie Tabebuia donnell-smithii nativa de México y América Central. Aunque el árbol no está relacionado con la verdadera caoba, la madera se parece al ser fácil de trabajar, brillante, y libre de tendencia a deformarse. Al primer corte, que es de color amarillo pálido; al exponerse al aire y la luz se oscurece a un color amarillento rosa con vetas de color rojo, naranja y marrón. Primavera es utilizada, ya sea en madera fina o forma de chapa, para paneles, muebles, chapeados, incrustaciones y ebanistería.

The principal ministers of a sovereign, ruler, or state. In modern contexts, the head of an elected government who is the chief officer of the executive branch of government in countries which have a parliamentary system.