Random Image

You are here: Random Image > Words beginning with x > Random Image for xpdc

Possible definitions for xpdc

Apache
Amer. Indians of the SW U.S. Culturally, the Apache are divided into Eastern Apache, which include the Mescalero, Jicarilla, Chiricahua, and Lipan, and Western Apache, which include the Cibecue. The Eastern Apaches were predominantly hunting and gathering societies, while their Western counterparts relied more on farming. Their ancestors had come down from the north to settle the Plains, but with the introduction of the horse they were pressed south and west by the Comanche and Ute. They attempted to be friends of the Spanish, the Mexicans, and later the Americans. In 1861, however, there began a quarter-century confrontation between U.S. military forces and the Apache and Navajo. The Apache wars were among the fiercest fought on the frontier. The last ended in 1886 with the surrender of Geronimo. The Chiricahua Apache were evacuated from the West and held successively in Florida, Alabama, and Oklahoma. The Apache today total about 11,000 and live largely on or near reservations in Arizona and New Mexico. See also Cochise.


APEC
Trade group established in 1989 to promote the economic development of its members. The original members were Australia, Brunei, Canada, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, S. Korea, Thailand, and the U.S, as well as Taiwan and Hong Kong (since membership was based on "economies" rather than nations). The original 15 represented nearly 2 billion people and the world's leading exporters. APEC's first summit was held in Seattle in 1993. Mexico, Chile, and Papua New Guinea joined APEC in 1994. The APEC group now represents about 40% of the world's population, 40% of global trade, and 50% of the world's gross national product. See also N. Amer. Free Trade Agreement, trade agreement, World Trade Organization.


epic
Long narrative poem in an elevated style that celebrates heroic achievement and treats themes of historical, national, religious, or legendary significance. Primary (or traditional) epics are shaped from the legends and traditions of a heroic age and are part of oral tradition; secondary (or literary) epics are written down from the beginning, and their poets adapt aspects of traditional epics. The poems of Homer are usually regarded as the first important epics and the main source of epic conventions in Western Europe. These conventions include the centrality of a hero, sometimes semidivine; an extensive, perhaps cosmic, setting; heroic battle; extended journeying; and the involvement of supernatural beings.


epoch
Unit of geologic time during which a rock series is deposited. It is a subdivision of a geologic period. Additional distinctions can be made by adding relative time terms, such as early, middle, and late. The use of the term is usually restricted to divisions of the Tertiary and Quaternary periods.


ipecac
Dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical New World ...

Top words beginning with X: xylocopid, xeruses, xerography, xanthogen, xylulokinase, xenia, xanthocephalum, xenagogy, xanthoxenite, xanthelasmoidea, xenosaurus, xanthocobaltic, xylans, xiphoidian, xxyy, xylenes, xyloplastic, xiphister, xenisma, xanthomata

More words beginning with X.

Browse the alphabet: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z