Alternative form of Alan Smithee

An ecogeographic principle broadly stating that animals adapted to cold climates have relatively short limbs. Specifically, homeothermic animals in hot climates have low volume-to-surface ratios, and homeothermic animals in cold climates have high volume-to-surface ratios, due to thermal adaptation.

A county of Indiana, United States. County seat: Fort Wayne. Named after John Allen. / A county of Kansas, United States. County seat: Iola. Named after William Allen.

One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Oberlin.

A locality in Kauai County, Hawaii, United States. / An unincorporated community in Muscatine County, Iowa, United States. / A city, the parish seat of West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.

A surname from Dutch.

(astrophysics) Synonym of Van Allen radiation belt

plural of Van Allen belt

(astronomy, physics) Either of two torus-shaped areas of high-energy charged particles which partly surround Earth, trapped by its magnetic field. The areas are characterised by intense radiation. When the belts "overload", particles strike the upper atmosphere and fluoresce, causing the polar aurora.

Eristalis alleni, a species of flower fly from Costa Rica.