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Aden
Seaport city (pop., 1995: 562,000), S Yemen, on the Gulf of Aden. It was a principal terminus of the spice road of W Arabia for about 1,000 years before the 3rd cent. AD. It then became a trading center under Yemeni, Ethiopian, and Arab control. The Turks captured the city in 1538, and the British governed it as part of India 1839-1937. It grew in importance as a coaling station and transshipment point after the opening of the Suez Canal. It was separated from India and made a crown colony in 1937, incorporated in the Federation of South Arabia (1963-67), and served as the capital of S. Yemen until that republic's merger with N. Yemen in 1990.
adenine
Organic compound of the purine family, often called a base, consisting of two rings, each containing both nitrogen and carbon atoms, and an amino group. It occurs free in tea and in combined form in nucleic acids, ATP, vitamin B12, and several coenzymes. In DNA its complementary base is thymine. It or its corresponding nucleoside or nucleotide may be prepared from nucleic acids by selective techniques of hydrolysis.
Baden
Former German state, S Germany. The name (meaning "baths") refers to the warm mineral springs, particularly in the town of Baden-Baden (pop., 1989: 51,000), valued since Roman times. Baden first became a political unit when Frederick, son of the margrave of Verona, took the title of Margrave of Baden in 1112. Subsequently split up many times, the territory was finally reunited under Margrave Charles Frederick in 1771. A center of 19th-cent. liberalism, it was active in the revolutions of 1848-50. It joined the German empire in 1871, and it became part of the Weimar Republic in 1919. The S part became a state of W. Germany in 1949, while the N part was incorporated into the W. German state of W\u00fc rttemberg-Baden. Following a referendum, the two states merged to form Baden-W\u00fc rttemberg in 1952.
codeine
Heterocyclic compound, a naturally occurring alkaloid found in opium. Chemically it is methylmorphine, the methyl ether of morphine, an alkaloid of the phenanthrene type; its action is weaker than that of morphine, and it is less likely to lead to drug addiction. It is given by mouth or injected for pain relief or sedation; it is a common ingredient in cough syrups, since it suppresses the cough reflex.
jadeite
Gem-quality silicate mineral in the pyroxene family that is one of the two forms of jade. Jadeite (imperial jade), sodium aluminum silicate (NaAlSi2O6), may contain impurities that give it a variety of colors: white, green, red, brown, and blue. The most highly prized variety is emerald green. Jadeite occurs only in metamorphic rocks, most often in those that have been subjected to the high pressures deep below the earth's surface. The area around the city of Mogaung in N Myanmar has long been the main source of gem-quality jadeite.
Kachin
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