Términos

Language family of Papuan languages spoken in far western New Guinea and the island of Halmahera.

A wind blowing from the west.

Género literario, oral o de película cinematográfica que trata la vida de la frontera occidental de Norte América, particularmente en el siglo XIX.

Género de películas cinematográficas, de televisión y programas de radio caracterizado por su ambientación en el Oeste de Estados Unidos durante el periodo de expansión del país hacia la costa oeste, usualmente entre 1850 y 1900. También puede aplicarse a temáticas similares ambientadas en Australia, Argentina, y otros lugares.

Cultures and styles of the western nations of Europe. In modern times, as defined by the United Nations, it includes Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweeden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Branch of Romance languages that includes Castilian, Astur-Leonese, and modern descendants of Galician-Portuguese.

Wood of the Thuja plicata species, having a reddish to dull brown heartwood with a faint, sweetish odor. The wood is used for shingles, boat making, and other purposes for which resistance to moisture, decay, and insect damage is important.

Group of related Romance languages, including Spanish, Asturian-Leonese, Aragonese, Catalan, Portuguese, French, Franco-Provençal, Gascon, Provençal, Gallo-Wallon, Romansh, and Ladin.

Peoples dwelling on the fringe of the Western Sudan region.

Se refiere al estilo de cerámica alemana producido en una área que incluye Höhr-Grenzhausen y Grenzau después de 1590. Se caracteriza por un cuerpo gris, decorado con figuras regularmente incisas o estampadas o escudos de armas y parcialmente colorada con cobalto azul o manganeso púrpura.

Any of various aqueous treaments to remove dirt or other unwanted surface materials. In commercial garment cleaning, the term is used interchangeably with "green cleansing" to describe gentle, environmentally friendly aqueous cleansing. In conservation context: washing of textiles.

Pigment made available in liquid form.

Attaching a drawing, print, photograph, or other work of art done on paper to a cardboard or other backing by using a water-based adhesive.

Painting technique in which wet paint is applied to a dry ground. Given that this is the more usual way of applying paint, the term is typically used only when needed to distinguish it from painting techniques that apply wet paint to a wet ground or wet paint. For example, with the art of Jackson Pollock, where the artist used both methods.

Painting technique in which paint is applied to a wet ground or onto wet paint.

Screening wet sediment in plastic state for aggregate particles larger than a certain size. In construction, refers to removal of particles from fresh concrete. In archaeology, a method of recovering animal and plant remains from archaeological deposits.

In archaeology, refers to all water-saturated archaeological sites.

Refers to a natural or manmade soil moisture regime and its effects on the physical, chemical, and biological properties of irrigated soils.