snood, either of two types of hair ornament worn by women. The Scottish snood was a narrow circlet or ribbon fastened around the head and worn primarily by unmarried women, as a sign of chastity. During the Victorian era, hairnets worn for decoration were called snoods, and this term came to mean a

snook, any of about eight species of marine fishes constituting the genus Centropomus and the family Centropomidae (order Perciformes). Snooks are long, silvery, pikelike fishes with two dorsal fins, a long head, and a rather large mouth with a projecting lower jaw. Tropical fishes, they are found

Succession: Cast and characters: …Roy, played by Australian actress Sarah Snook, at first seems driven to find success outside the family confines as a political consultant but eventually owns up to her desire to take the reins at Waystar. She keeps everyone, including her husband, at an emotional distance. Logan’s youngest child, Roman Roy,…

snooker, popular billiards game of British origin, played on a table similar in size and markings to that used in English billiards. The game arose, presumably in India, as a pastime for soldiers in the 1870s. Snooker is played with 22 balls, made up of one white ball (the cue ball); 15 red balls,

Snoop Dogg is an American rapper and songwriter who became one of the best-known figures in gangsta rap in the 1990s and is for many the epitome of West Coast hip-hop culture. Snoop Dogg’s signature drawled lyrics took inspiration from his early encounters with the law. After high school he was in

Snoop Dogg: Other musical projects: …double album of gospel music, Snoop Dogg Presents Bible of Love (2018). After that detour, he released the rap album I Wanna Thank Me (2019). In 2022 Snoop was among a group of hip-hop stars—which included Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Mary J. Blige—who performed at the Super Bowl halftime show.

Snoop Dogg is an American rapper and songwriter who became one of the best-known figures in gangsta rap in the 1990s and is for many the epitome of West Coast hip-hop culture. Snoop Dogg’s signature drawled lyrics took inspiration from his early encounters with the law. After high school he was in

Snoop Dogg is an American rapper and songwriter who became one of the best-known figures in gangsta rap in the 1990s and is for many the epitome of West Coast hip-hop culture. Snoop Dogg’s signature drawled lyrics took inspiration from his early encounters with the law. After high school he was in

Snoopy, comic-strip character, a spotted white beagle with a rich fantasy life. The pet dog of the hapless Peanuts character Charlie Brown, Snoopy became one of the most iconic and beloved characters in the history of comics. Although Charlie Brown was ostensibly the main character in Charles

Snopes family, recurring characters in the Yoknapatawpha novels and stories of William Faulkner, notably The Hamlet (1940), The Town (1957), and The Mansion (1959). Snopes family members also appear in Sartoris (1929), As I Lay Dying (1930), and The Unvanquished (1938). Faulkner contrasted the

Snoqualmie River: Snoqualmie Falls (268 feet [82 metres] high) is the site of a hydroelectric power plant. The place name is that of an Indian tribe that once dominated the region; the name is Nisqually and means “people of little account, but strong.”

Snoqualmie River, river in west-central Washington, U.S. It rises in the Cascade Range east of Seattle at the juncture of North Fork, Middle Fork, and South Fork and flows 45 miles (72 km) west and northwest, joining the Skykomish River to form the Snohomish River near Monroe. Snoqualmie Falls (268

snoring, a rough, hoarse noise produced upon the intake of breath during sleep and caused by the vibration of the soft palate and vocal cords. It is often associated with obstruction of the nasal passages, which necessitates breathing through the mouth. Snoring is more common in the elderly because

snorkel, ventilating tube for submerged submarines, introduced in German U-boats during World War II. A basic problem of submarines powered by internal-combustion engines was that of recharging the batteries, which were used for propelling the boat when it was fully submerged. Because the generator

skin diving, swimming done underwater, usually with a face mask and flippers but without portable oxygen equipment. See underwater

Gustaf Hellström: …Lekholm får en idé (1927; Lacemaker Lekholm Has an Idea), considered his masterpiece, is a family chronicle covering three generations of life in a provincial garrison town. He also wrote a fictionalized autobiography, Stellan Petreus: en man utan humor (1921–52; “Stellan Petreus: A Man Without Humour”).

elf: In the Prose, or Younger, Edda, elves were classified as light elves (who were fair) and dark elves (who were darker than pitch); these classifications are roughly equivalent to the Scottish seelie court and unseelie court. The notable characteristics of elves were mischief and volatility. They were…

Thorfinn Karlsefni: Thorfinn’s and Gudrid’s son, Snorri, born in Vinland about 1005, was the first European born in North America (excluding North America-associated Greenland).

Snorri Sturluson was an Icelandic poet, historian, and chieftain, author of the Prose Edda and the Heimskringla. Snorri, a descendant of the great poet and hero of the Egils saga, Egill Skallagrímsson, was brought up at Oddi from the age of three in the home of Jón Loptsson, the most influential

Art Restoration: Beyond Canvas: In 2007 a painting called Snorting Copper, which adorned the sidewall of a public toilet in London’s East End, was spray-painted, whitewashed, and covered with wooden boards by local government officials. The controversial and provocative work, which was created by enigmatic guerrilla graffiti artist and political activist Banksy, depicts a…

Nottingham, city and unitary authority, geographic and historic county of Nottinghamshire, England. The city lies along the River Trent. The original site, on a sandstone hill commanding a crossing of the Trent, was occupied by the Anglo-Saxons in the 6th century. Colonizing the area by river, they

midshipman, title used in the Royal Navy from about 1660 for “young gentlemen” in training at sea to qualify for service as commissioned officers. Continental and U.S. navies adopted the title and system. The equivalent French title is aspirant, and the Spanish is guardia marina. In the early 21st

Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje was a professor and Dutch colonial official, a pioneer in the scientific study of Islam. While serving as a lecturer at the University of Leiden (1880–89), Snouck Hurgronje visited Arabia (1884–85), stopping at Mecca. His classic work Mekka, 2 vol. (1888–89),

beaked whale: …whales that have an extended snout, including the bottlenose whales. Little is known about this family of cetaceans; one species was first described in 1995, two others are known only from skeletal remains, and the bodies of undescribed species occasionally drift ashore.

weevil, (family Curculionidae), true weevil of the insect order Coleoptera (beetles and weevils). Curculionidae is one of the largest coleopteran families (about 40,000 species). Most weevils have long, distinctly elbowed antennae that may fold into special grooves on the snout. Many have no wings,

Lepidoptera: Annotated classification: …rear; spin crude cocoons; the Libytheinae (snout butterflies) are so named because of their long protruding palps; the very large Brassolinae and iridescent Morphinae are Neotropical, as are the highly distasteful, aposematic Heliconiinae and Ithomiinae that, with the worldwide Danainae, are models in many mimicry complexes; most of the pantropical…

pyralid moth: …of these species are called snout moths because their larvae are characterized by elongated snoutlike mouthparts. The larval stage of the European corn borer (Pyrausta nubilalis; also called Ostrinia nubilalis) is the most important insect pest of maize throughout the world. It also infests other plants, including hemp, potatoes, and…

John Banville: Benjamin Black books and mystery series: …series, beginning with the novel Snow (2020), published under Banville’s name. Strafford also appeared in April in Spain, and the book is considered to be the second in the Strafford and Quirke series (as well as the eighth in the Quirke series), in which the two popular characters partner up…

noise: …static and in television as snow.

snow, the solid form of water that crystallizes in the atmosphere and, falling to the Earth, covers, permanently or temporarily, about 23 percent of the Earth’s surface. A brief treatment of snow follows. For full treatment, see climate: Snow and sleet. Snow falls at sea level poleward of latitude

snow and ice climate, major climate type of the Köppen classification characterized by bitterly cold temperatures and scant precipitation. It occurs poleward of 65° N and S latitude over the ice caps of Greenland and Antarctica and over the permanently frozen portion of the Arctic Ocean. It is

Paul Cézanne: Impressionist years: …two landscapes from this time, Snow at Estaque (1870–71) and The Wine Market (1872), the composition is that of his early style, but already more disciplined and more attentive to the atmospheric, rather than dramatic, quality of light.

goggles: …the Inuit to protect against snow blindness. Typically made of bone or walrus ivory, they fit tightly to the face and had a slit to allow a minimum of light for vision. Modern goggles are worn in winter sports to protect against snow blindness and glare, against cold and wind,…

bunting: They include the snow bunting (P. nivalis), sometimes called “snowflake,” as their flocks seem to swirl through the air and then settle on winter fields. The whitest North American songbird, McKay’s bunting (P. hyperboreus), nests on the remote Bering Sea islands of St. Matthew and Hall.

refrigeration: Wealthy families made use of snow cellars, pits that were dug into the ground and insulated with wood and straw, to store the ice. In this manner, packed snow and ice could be preserved for months. Stored ice was the principal means of refrigeration until the beginning of the 20th…

Snow Country, short novel by Kawabata Yasunari, published in Japanese in 1948 as Yukiguni. The work was begun in 1935 and completed in 1937, with a final version completed in 1947. It deals with psychological, social, and erotic interaction between an aesthete and a beautiful geisha and is set

metaverse: …term metaverse in his novel Snow Crash (1992), in which characters enjoy themselves as digital avatars in the “Metaverse” as an escape from the grim reality of the 21st century. The concept of an immersive digital world became popular in late 20th- and early 21st-century science fiction, such as Lana…

snow: Snowflakes are formed by crystals of ice that generally have a hexagonal pattern, often beautifully intricate. The size and shape of the crystals depend mainly on the temperature and the amount of water vapour available as they develop. At temperatures above about −40 °C (−40…

Ethan Hawke: Before Sunrise, Training Day, and Boyhood: …robbers in 1920s Texas; and Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), a love story set against the backdrop of Japanese-American internment during World War II. He then starred as the title character in Hamlet (2000), a modern adaptation of the Shakespeare play.

snow: Snowflakes are formed by crystals of ice that generally have a hexagonal pattern, often beautifully intricate. The size and shape of the crystals depend mainly on the temperature and the amount of water vapour available as they develop. At temperatures above about −40 °C (−40…

springtail: Certain springtails known as snow fleas are active at near-freezing temperatures and may appear in large numbers on snow surfaces. Springtails live in soil and on water and feed on decaying vegetable matter, sometimes damaging garden crops and mushrooms. The small (2 mm long), green-coloured lucerne flea (Sminthurus viridis),…

Wayne Wang: Career: …other works include the dramas Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011), While the Women Are Sleeping (2016), and Coming Home Again (2019).

snow goose, (Chen caerulescens), a species of North American goose that may be either white or dark with black wingtips and pink legs and a bill with black gape (“grin”), belonging to the family Anatidae (order Anseriformes). Two subspecies are recognized. The lesser snow goose (Chen caerulescens

snow leopard, large long-haired Asian cat, classified as either Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia in the family Felidae. The snow leopard inhabits the mountains of central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, ranging from an elevation of about 1,800 metres (about 6,000 feet) in the winter to about 5,500

Peter Matthiessen: The Snow Leopard (1978), set in remote regions of Nepal, won both the National Book Award for nonfiction and the American Book Award.

solar system: Differentiation into inner and outer planets: …astronomers have dubbed the “snow line”—i.e., the minimum radius from the Sun at which water ice could have condensed, at about 150 K (−190 °F, −120 °C). The effect of the temperature gradient in the solar nebula can be seen today in the increasing fraction of condensed volatiles in…

snow line, the lower topographic limit of permanent snow cover. The snow line is an irregular line located along the ground surface where the accumulation of snowfall equals ablation (melting and evaporation). This line varies greatly in altitude and depends on several influences. On windward

snow mold, plant disease that attacks cereals, forage grasses, and turf grasses in northern areas of North America, Europe, and Asia. It is caused by soilborne fungi and is associated with melting snow or prolonged cold drizzly weather. Snow mold is most damaging on golf courses and other turf

primate: Distribution and abundance: …most remarkable, however, is the Japanese macaque (M. fuscata), which in the north of Honshu lives in mountains that are snow-covered for eight months of the year; some populations have learned to make life more tolerable for themselves by spending most of the day in the hot springs that bubble…

snow mold, plant disease that attacks cereals, forage grasses, and turf grasses in northern areas of North America, Europe, and Asia. It is caused by soilborne fungi and is associated with melting snow or prolonged cold drizzly weather. Snow mold is most damaging on golf courses and other turf

Maoke Mountains, westernmost segment of the central highlands of New Guinea. It is located in the Indonesian province of Papua. The range extends for 430 miles (692 km), and much of it lies above 12,000 feet (3,660 metres), with a number of peaks rising above the 14,500-foot (4,400-metre) snow

cup fungus: The edible snow mushroom (Helvella gigas) is found at the edge of melting snow in some localities. Caution is advised for all Helvella species. H. infula has a dull yellow to bay-brown, saddle-shaped cap. It grows on rotten wood and rich soil from late summer to early…

C.P. Snow was a British novelist, scientist, and government administrator. Snow was graduated from Leicester University and earned a doctorate in physics at the University of Cambridge, where, at the age of 25, he became a fellow of Christ’s College. After working at Cambridge in molecular physics

partridge: The snow partridge (Lerwa lerwa) of high mountains of south-central Asia resembles a ptarmigan in appearance and habits.

Derek Mahon: Other collections include Night-Crossing (1968), The Snow Party (1975), The Hunt by Night (1982), Harbour Lights (2005), Life on Earth (2008), and New Selected Poems (2016).

pea: …varieties, including sugar peas and snow peas, produce pods that are edible and are eaten raw or cooked like green beans; they are popular in East Asian cuisines. The plants are fairly easy to grow, and the seeds are a good source of protein and dietary fibre.

climate: Hail: The first is soft hail, or snow pellets, which are white opaque rounded or conical pellets as large as 6 mm (0.2 inch) in diameter. They are composed of small cloud droplets frozen together, have a low density, and are readily crushed.

petrel: The snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea), 35 cm, a pure white species, and the Antarctic petrel (Thalassoica antarctica), 42 cm, a brown-and-white-pied species, are rarely seen outside Antarctic waters.

poppy: Other poppies: …their large cut leaves; the snow poppy (Eomecon chionantha), a perennial from China, with white cuplike flowers in sprays; and the flaming poppy (Stylomecon heterophylla), with purple-centred brick-red flowers on an annual plant from western North America. The genus Meconopsis includes the Welsh poppy.

snow sheep, (Ovis nivicola), wild sheep belonging to the subfamily Caprinae (family Bovidae, order Artiodactyla), which is distributed throughout the mountain regions of eastern Siberia and is closely related to North American species such as the bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis). As in all wild

Uragami Gyokudō: His Snow Sifted Through Frozen Clouds is considered a masterpiece.

Snow Storm—Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth, oil painting created about 1842 by English seascape artist J.M.W. Turner. Turner’s increasingly experimental work drew heavy criticism during the 1840s, and this painting was damned by some critics as “soapsuds and whitewash.” Influential contemporary

tire: Snow tires: Snow tires have an extra-deep tread for better traction on snow and ice. They are reputed to have 50 percent more pulling ability than regular tires on loosely packed snow and nearly 30 percent more on glare ice. In stopping on glare ice,…

American literature: Realism and metafiction: … mocked the fairy tale in Snow White (1967) and Freudian fiction in The Dead Father (1975). Barthelme was most successful in his short stories and parodies that solemnly caricatured contemporary styles, especially the richly suggestive pieces collected in Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts (1968), City Life (1970), and Guilty Pleasures

Gal Gadot: …the Evil Queen in Disney’s Snow White, a live-action remake of the original 1937 animated film.

Chris Hemsworth: Other roles: …in the reimagined fairy tale Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), a character he repeated in the less-successful The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016). Other notable roles include that of Formula One race driver James Hunt in Ron Howard’s critically praised Rush (2013), a computer hacker in Michael Mann’s crime thriller…

Winthrop Ames: …at the Booth (1926–29), and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1913), the first play designed especially for children and which Ames himself wrote under a pseudonym. Ames also directed the plays he produced. He retired in 1932 because of ill health.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, American animated musical film, released in 1937, that established Walt Disney as one of the world’s most innovative and creative moviemakers. Along with Pinocchio (1940), it is widely considered to be Disney’s greatest film achievement. Loosely based on the famous

C.P. Snow was a British novelist, scientist, and government administrator. Snow was graduated from Leicester University and earned a doctorate in physics at the University of Cambridge, where, at the age of 25, he became a fellow of Christ’s College. After working at Cambridge in molecular physics

Edgar Snow was an American journalist and author who produced the most important Western reporting on the Communist movement in China in the years before it achieved power. Snow attended the University of Missouri and the Columbia School of Journalism before landing his first job as a newspaper

Eliza Roxey Snow Smith was an American Mormon leader and poet, a major figure in defining the role of Mormon women through her work in numerous church organizations. Eliza Snow grew up from the age of two in Mantua, Ohio. Her family was deeply religious and in the 1820s joined the Campbellite sect

John Snow was an English physician known for his seminal studies of cholera and widely viewed as the father of contemporary epidemiology. His best-known studies include his investigation of London’s Broad Street pump outbreak, which occurred in 1854, and his “Grand Experiment,” a study comparing

Lorenzo Snow was the fifth president (1898–1901) of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons). After the murder of Joseph Smith, founder of the Mormons, Snow supported Brigham Young as Smith’s successor and moved to Utah (1848). Snow founded Brigham City, Utah, in 1853 and served in

Fox News Channel: …that included Neil Cavuto and Tony Snow. It was the network’s opinion programming, however, that became most closely associated with the Fox News brand. Bill O’Reilly’s The O’Reilly Report (1996–98, continued as The O’Reilly Factor 1998–17) served as a showcase for O’Reilly’s confrontational interviewing style, and it was consistently the…

Fox News Channel: …that included Neil Cavuto and Tony Snow. It was the network’s opinion programming, however, that became most closely associated with the Fox News brand. Bill O’Reilly’s The O’Reilly Report (1996–98, continued as The O’Reilly Factor 1998–17) served as a showcase for O’Reilly’s confrontational interviewing style, and it was consistently the…

Snow-Bound, poem by John Greenleaf Whittier, published in 1866 and subtitled “A Winter Idyll.” This nostalgic pastoral poem recalls the New England rural home and family of the poet’s youth, where, despite the pummeling of the winter winds and snow, he and his family remained secure and comfortable

snow-on-the-mountain, (Euphorbia marginata), succulent plant of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), native to the central plains of the United States. The plants, which grow to a height of 60 cm (2 feet), have long, oval, light green foliage, with white-margined leaves near the top, where several

Russell Banks: …works included the poetry collection Snow: Meditations of a Cautious Man in Winter (1974); Banks’s first novel, Family Life (1975); and a collection of stories entitled The New World (1978).

Snowball, fictional character, a pig who is one of the leaders of the revolt in Animal Farm (1945), George Orwell’s allegorical tale about the early history of Soviet Russia. Most critics agree that Snowball represents Leon Trotsky. (Read Leon Trotsky’s 1926 Britannica essay on

viburnum: … variety roseum, is known as snowball, or guelder rose, for its round, roselike heads of sterile florets. Chinese snowball (V. macrocephalum variety sterile) and Japanese snowball (V. plicatum) are common snowball bushes with large balls of white to greenish white flowers. The 4.5-metre- (15-foot-) high black haw (V. prunifolium), of…

Snowball Earth hypothesis, in geology and climatology, an explanation first proposed by American geobiologist J.L. Kirschvink suggesting that Earth’s oceans and land surfaces were covered by ice from the poles to the Equator during at least two extreme cooling events between 2.4 billion and 580

garnet: Origin and occurrence: Pinwheel garnet and snowball garnet are designations sometimes applied to those garnets whose inclusions appear to have been rotated. These garnets occur sporadically in foliated metamorphic rocks. Although their presence in diverse rocks has been interpreted variously, present-day consensus appears to be that they represent rotation during growth…

super-Earth: For example, on snowball planets heavier than Earth that are completely frozen, the higher gravity would lead to high pressures at the bottom of the frozen oceans that would melt the ice and thus lead to layers of liquid water. One type of super-Earth, the Hycean world, is…

snowberry, any of about 18 species of low shrubs belonging to the genus Symphoricarpos of the family Caprifoliaceae. All are native to North America except for one species in central China. All have bell-shaped, pinkish or white flowers and two-seeded berries. The best-known ornamental species of

skibobbing, a winter sport using a guidable, single-track vehicle that has features of the bicycle, the bobsled, and skis. The longer rear ski is fixed, and the shorter front ski is mobile for steering; a saddle like that of a bicycle and a steering bar with handles complete the rig. The assembly

Anne Murray: …big with her hit “Snowbird” in 1970, which became a Top Ten crossover hit in pop, adult contemporary, and country. Murray suddenly became one of the most coveted singers in North America, appearing regularly on TV on such programs as The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, American Bandstand, and Saturday…

snowbird, species of junco

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snowboarding: Snowboard construction: The modern snowboard resembles an oversized wheelless skateboard to which the rider’s feet are attached with bindings. The size and shape of a snowboard varies according to the intended use of the board and the size of the snowboarder, though the average size of a board is…

snowboarding: Snowboard cross (boardercross): Snowboard cross (originally and still frequently called boardercross) is an event where multiple riders (four in Olympic competition) race simultaneously down the same inclined course with banked turns, jumps, berms, drops, and other artificial features that test the competitors’ balance and control at maximum speeds.…

snowboarding, winter sport with roots in skiing, surfing, and skateboarding where the primary activity is riding down any snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard with feet positioned roughly perpendicular to the board and its direction, further differentiating it from skiing, in which

Phyllanthus: The delicately branched Polynesian shrub, snowbush (Breynia nivosa, formerly P. nivosus), is widely grown in the tropical gardens and as a greenhouse plant in the north for its gracefully slender branches and delicate green and white leaves (pink and red in B. nivosa, variety roseopicta).

Nicolas Cage: …Rapture, and in Oliver Stone’s Snowden (2016) he was cast as a former intelligence officer.

Edward Snowden is an American intelligence contractor and whistleblower who in 2013 revealed the existence of secret wide-ranging information-gathering programs conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA). The case highlighted a host of issues, including the secret use of government power,

Edward Snowden is an American intelligence contractor and whistleblower who in 2013 revealed the existence of secret wide-ranging information-gathering programs conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA). The case highlighted a host of issues, including the secret use of government power,

Philip Snowden, Viscount Snowden was a socialist politician and propagandist and chancellor of the Exchequer in the first two Labour Party governments of Great Britain (1924; 1929–31). The son of a weaver, Snowden worked for the government as a clerk until he became crippled by a spinal disease. In

Snowdon, mountain in northern Wales that is the highest point in England and Wales and the principal massif in the Snowdonia mountains. It is located in the county of Gwynedd and the historic county of Caernarvonshire. Snowdon consists of about five main peaks that are connected by sharp ridges and

Richard Wilson: …predominates, as in his famed Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle. His landscapes of this period exerted considerable influence on J.M.W. Turner, John Constable, and John Crome. Wilson’s later works, such as Minchenden House, tend to abandon formal composition, using tonal methods of recording space. Many works ascribed to him, especially late…

Wales: Relief: …at Pen y Fan, and Snowdonia in the northwest, reaching 3,560 feet (1,085 metres) at Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales. Snowdonia’s magnificent scenery is accentuated by stark and rugged rock formations, many of volcanic origin, whereas the Beacons generally have softer outlines. The uplands are girdled on the seaward…

Snowdonia National Park, national park in Gwynedd county and Conwy county borough, northern Wales, with an area of 838 square miles (2,171 square km). It is best known for its mountains, composed largely of volcanic rock and cut by valleys that show the influence of Ice Age glaciers. Snowdon