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Aegle marmelos
Aegle marmelos (bael, bilva, Bengal quince) is a spiny Rutaceae tree native to the Indian Subcontinent, sacred in Hinduism and used in Ayurveda; fruit 5–15 cm, bioactives include marmelosin and aegeline.
Aegoceras
Aegoceras Waagen, 1869 is a Liparoceratidae ammonite genus from the lower Pliensbachian (Ibex–Davoei Zones) of Europe and eastern Greenland, type species Ammonites capricornus; distinct from Aegocrioceras and Tmaegoceras.
Aegolius
Aegolius (saw-whet owls), genus of small Strigidae owls erected by Kaup in 1829; type species the Boreal Owl A. funereus; five species including the Northern Saw-whet Owl and the extinct Bermuda Saw-whet Owl.
Aegolius acadicus
Aegolius acadicus, the Northern Saw-whet Owl (petite nyctale), is a tiny North American strigid owl; migratory nominate form across the continent, threatened non-migratory brooksi subspecies on Haida Gwaii.
Aegolius funereus
Aegolius funereus, the boreal owl or Tengmalm's owl, is a small Holarctic Strigidae owl of boreal and subalpine coniferous forests, 21–28 cm long, feeding mainly on voles, nesting in woodpecker holes, IUCN Least Concern with 730,000–1,810,000 mature individuals.
Aegon
Aegon is a multinational life insurer, retirement, and asset management group headquartered in the Netherlands and domiciled in Bermuda, with Transamerica as its main US brand.
Aegon Asset Mgmt.
Aegon Asset Management is the global, insurance-owned investment manager of Aegon Ltd., parent of the Transamerica group, managing about USD 446 billion for pension plans, insurers, and other institutional clients.
Aegopodium
Aegopodium (羊角芹属), goutweed or ground elder genus, Apiaceae herbs native to temperate Eurasia and the Himalaya; 12 accepted species; A. podagraria is an invasive rhizomatous garden weed in North America.
Aegopodium podagraria
Aegopodium podagraria, goutweed or ground elder (bishop's weed), is a rhizomatous Apiaceae perennial native to temperate Eurasia, a medieval potherb and gout remedy, now an invasive ornamental spreading by rhizomes up to 70 cm yearly.
Aegosexuality
Aegosexuality, originally termed autochorissexualism (identity-less sexuality) by Anthony Bogaert in 2012, is an asexuality-spectrum microlabel marked by a disconnect between self and sexual arousal; fantasies exclude the self, and the community replaced Bogaert's paraphilia framing with the term aegosexual.
Aegukga (애국가)
Aegukga (애국가, 愛國歌) is South Korea's national anthem: lyrics attributed to Yun Chi-ho, melody composed by Ahn Eak-tai in 1935, sung to Auld Lang Syne until 1948, approved by the Provisional Government in 1940.
Aegyo
Aegyo (애교, 愛嬌) is Korean performed cuteness: babyish voice, pouting, and gestures used to charm or persuade, common among couples, families, and K-pop idols, with documented vowel-shift acoustics.
Aegypius
Aegypius is a monotypic Old World vulture genus (Savigny, 1809, Accipitridae) holding only the cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus, a Near Threatened Palearctic scavenger up to 14 kg with a 3.1 m wingspan.
Aegyptiaca (Αἰγυπτιακά)
Aegyptiaca (Αἰγυπτιακά) is Manetho's lost early 3rd-century BC Greek history of Egypt in three books and thirty dynasties, preserved via Josephus, Africanus, and Eusebius; it remains the framework of Egyptian chronology.
Aegyssus
Aegyssus, ancient fortified city on the Danube at modern Tulcea, Romania; Celtic name from Caspios Aegyssos; mentioned by Ovid (12 AD), a Roman Danube limes garrison with Legio V Macedonica and the classis Flavia Moesica, later a 6th-century bishopric.
Aehr Test Systems
Aehr Test Systems is an American semiconductor test equipment company headquartered in Fremont, California, founded in 1977, known for its FOX full-wafer test and burn-in systems and WaferPak contactors.
AEK Athens F.C. (Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως)
AEK Athens F.C. (Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, Athletic Union of Constantinople), Greek football club founded 1924 by Constantinopolitan refugees; 14 championships, 16 cups, 1977 UEFA Cup semi-finalists, Allwyn Arena home since 2022.
AEK B.C.
AEK B.C. (ΑΕΚ), the basketball section of AEK Athens founded 1924 by Constantinople refugees; first Greek club to win a European title (1968 Cup Winners' Cup), with 8 Greek championships, Saporta Cup 2000, BCL 2018 and 2026, Intercontinental Cup 2019.
AEK-919K Kashtan
The AEK-919K Kashtan (Каштан, "Chestnut") is a Russian 9×18 mm Makarov submachine gun developed in the mid-1990s at the Kovrov Mechanical Plant for vehicle crews and special units.
AEK-971 (Автомат единый Кокшарова)
The AEK-971 (Автомат единый Кокшарова) is a Soviet and Russian 5.45×39mm assault rifle with a balanced automatics recoil system, developed at the Kovrov Machinebuilding Plant by Stanislav Koksharov.
AEL Limassol
AEL Limassol (Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού), founded 1930, is a Cypriot multi-sport club from Limassol whose football team has won 6 league titles, including 2012 after a 44-year wait, and 7 cups.
Aelbert Cuyp
Aelbert Cuyp (1620–1691) was a Dutch Golden Age landscape painter from Dordrecht, famed for river and pastoral scenes in warm, golden evening light; most of his best work is in England.
Aelfheah
Ælfheah, also known as Alphege or St Alfege, was the 29th Archbishop of Canterbury from 1006 until Danish raiders killed him at Greenwich in 1012.
Aelfric
Aelfric, also known as Ælfric of Abingdon, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 995 until his death in 1005, and is distinct from the homilist Ælfric of Eynsham.
Ælfric of Eynsham
Ælfric of Eynsham (c. 955 – c. 1010) was an English abbot and the most prolific author in Old English, writing the Catholic Homilies and about 15% of surviving prose.
Aelfsige
Aelfsige, or Ælfsige, was an Anglo-Saxon churchman, Bishop of Winchester from 951 and Archbishop of Canterbury from 958, who died of cold in the Alps in 959 while traveling to Rome for his pallium.
Ælfweard of Wessex
Ælfweard of Wessex (d. 924), son of Edward the Elder and Ælfflæd, was elected king in Wessex in 924 while Æthelstan took Mercia; he died at Oxford sixteen days after his father, with disputed royal status.
Ælfwynn
Ælfwynn (Aelfwynn, Elfwynn), only daughter of Æthelred of Mercia and Æthelflæd, granddaughter of Alfred the Great; briefly ruled Mercia after her mother's June 918 death before Edward the Elder deposed her in December 918.
Aelita
Aelita (Аэлита) is a 1922 science fiction novel by Alexei Tolstoy about an engineer's voyage to Mars and a failed revolution there, a founding work of Soviet science fiction.
Aelita Yurchenko
Aelita Yurchenko (Aelita Gutnik, born 1965) is a Ukrainian former 400 m sprinter who competed for the USSR and Ukraine 1987–1997; 400 m best 49.47, 1987 World Championships 4x400 m relay silver, 1991 indoor world record relay.