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 0-9 Corubal River ... Costa, Lorenzo Corubal River (from the article "Bafata") ...Guinea-Bissau. Bafata is crosscut by the Geba River, which flows east-west through the northern half ... Corum city, north-central Turkey. It lies on the edge of a fertile plain. A historic town ... Corumba city and river port, Mato Grosso do Sul estado (state), southwestern Brazil. ... Coruna, A provincia (province) in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of ... Coruna, A city, capital of A Coruna provincia (province), in the [1 Related Articles] Coruncanius, Tiberius (from the article "legal education") ...ancient Romans had schools of rhetoric that provided training useful to someone planning a career ... corundum naturally occurring aluminum oxide mineral (Al2O3) that is, after diamond, the hardest known natural substance. ... [4 Related Articles] Corus Group international steel and metals manufacturer founded in October 1999 through the merger of British Steel ... [1 Related Articles] Corvallis city, seat (1851) of Benton county, western Oregon, U.S. It lies at the head of ... Corvette (from the article "materials science") ...have been made in replacing metals with composites, it appears that technologists have been making ... corvette small, fast naval vessel ranking in size below a frigate. In the 18th and 19th ... [3 Related Articles] Corvi, Domenico (from the article "painting, Western") ...elements, and his work includes classical subject pieces as well as portraits in contemporary dress, ... Corvidae songbird family, of the order Passeriformes, that includes crows, jays, and magpies. The 100 species ... [1 Related Articles] Corvin, Janos illegitimate son of Matthias I, king of Hungary (1458-90). When it became clear to Matthias ... Corvina any manuscript or book formerly preserved in the Bibliotheca Corviniana, the library assembled by Matthias ... Corvo Island volcanic island, northernmost of the Azores, east-central North Atlantic. With an area of 6.8 square ... corvus (from the article "naval ship") ...land warfare to sea and forced the Carthaginians to fight on Roman terms. Each Roman ... Corvus corone (from the article "crow") Some common crows are the American crow (C. brachyrhynchos) of North America and the carrion ... Corwin, Edward Samuel American political scientist and authority on U.S. political and constitutional law. Corwin, Thomas politician who foresaw the impending conflict between the U.S. North and South over slavery; his ... Corybantes sons of Apollo and the Muse Thalia, mythical attendants of the ancient Oriental and Greco-Roman ... [1 Related Articles] Corydalis genus of about 300 species of plants in the poppy family (Papaveraceae) native to North ... Corydalus cornutus (from the article "dobsonfly") Corydalus cornutus is a large insect with a wingspread of about 13 cm (5 inches). ... Corydon town, seat (1808) of Harrison county, southern Indiana, U.S., 25 miles (40 km) west of ... Corydon Capitol State Historic Site (from the article "Corydon") ...state from 1816 until the capital was moved to Indianapolis in 1825. The convention that ... corydoras any of numerous small South American catfishes of the genus Corydoras, family Callichthyidae, commonly kept ... Coryell, C. D. (from the article "promethium") ...not detected in nature. Conclusive chemical proof of the existence of promethium, the last of ... Coryell, Larry (from the article "jazz-rock") ...jazz audiences since the swing era ended in the mid-1940s. The style was also known ... corymb (from the article "inflorescence") A corymb is a raceme in which the pedicels of the lower flowers are longer ... Corynebacterium diphtheriae (from the article "diphtheria") acute infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae and characterized by a primary lesion, ... Corynebacterium minutissimum (from the article "erythrasma") a superficial skin infection marked by reddish brown scaly patches and attributed to the bacterium ... Coryneliales (from the article "fungus") ...included in subclass Chaetothyriomycetidae; example genera include Agonimia, Dermatocarpon, Polyblastia, and Verrucaria.Order CorynelialesForms lichens; asci ... Corynocarpus (from the article "Cucurbitales") Members of Corynocarpaceae are evergreen trees. The family contains a single genus, Corynocarpus, with six ... Corynopoma riisei (from the article "mimicry") ...both model and receiver. In another type of mimicry the mimic and receiver are members ... Corypha elata (from the article "palm") ...pinnata), the palmyra palm (Borassus flabellifer), the wild date (Phoenix sylvestris), the toddy palm (Caryota ... Coryphodon genus of extinct primitive hoofed mammals known from Late Paleocene and Early Eocene deposits (those ... Corythosaurus (from the article "dinosaur") ...for the peculiar crests and projections on the top of the head. These structures were ... Cos island off the southwestern coast of Turkey, the third largest of the Dodecanese Islands, Greece. [3 Related Articles] cos (from the article "Punjab") ...900 to 3,000 feet high (covering a small fraction of the state's area), (2) farther ... Cosa, Juan de la (from the article "map") ...are Abraham Ortelius of Antwerp, who prepared the first modern world atlas in 1570, and ... Cosamaloapan city, southern Veracruz estado (state), south-central Mexico. It lies at 315 feet (96 m) above ... Cosby Show, The American television situation comedy that ranked as the most popular family comedy (i.e., about family ... [2 Related Articles] Cosby, Bill American comedian, actor, and producer, who played a major role in the development of a ... Coscia (from the article "pear") ...Canada, varieties such as Beurre Bosc, Beurre d'Anjou, and Winter Nelis are grown. A highly ... Coscia, Niccolo (from the article "Benedict XIII") ...living was noted for its simplicity, as he retained his monastic lifestyle. He even banned ... cosecant (from the article "trigonometry") ...to calculations. There are six functions of an angle commonly used in trigonometry. Their names ... Cosell, Howard (HOWARD WILLIAM COHEN), U.S. sportscaster (b. March 25, 1918, Winston-Salem, N.C.--d. April 23, 1995, New ... Cosenza city, north-central Calabria regione (region), southern Italy, on the Crati River at ... Coser, Lewis A. (from the article "sociology") ...had come to an end. The functionalist-conflict debate signaled further and permanent divisions in the ... Cosgrave, Liam Irish politician, prime minister from February 1973 to July 1977. [1 Related Articles] Cosgrave, William Thomas Irish statesman and first president (1922-32) of the Irish Free State. [4 Related Articles] Cosgrove, Robert (from the article "Tasmania") ...the next several decades, Tasmania benefited much from Australia's general prosperity. By 1970 the population ... Cosic, Dobrica Serbian novelist, essayist, and politician, who wrote historical novels about the tribulations of the Serbs. Cosimo I second duke of Florence (1537-74) and first grand duke of Tuscany (1569-74). [12 Related Articles] Cosimo II fourth grand duke of Tuscany (1609-20), who closed down the Medici family's practice of banking ... [2 Related Articles] Cosimo III sixth grand duke of Tuscany, who reigned for 53 years (1670-1723), longer than any other ... [2 Related Articles] Cosin, John Anglican bishop of Durham, theologian, and liturgist whose scholarly promotion of traditional worship, doctrine, and ... cosine (from the article "mathematics") ...u, then a remarkable new theory became apparent. The new function, for example, possessed a ... cosines, law of (from the article "trigonometry") The law of sines is expressed as an equality involving three sine functions while the ... Cosmas merchant, traveler, theologian, and geographer whose treatise Topographia Christiana (c. 535-547; "Christian Topography") contains one ... [1 Related Articles] Cosmas and Damian, Saints martyrs and patron saints of physicians. They were brothers, perhaps twins, but little is known ... Cosmas and Damian, Saints martyrs and patron saints of physicians. They were brothers, perhaps twins, but little is known ... Cosmas of Prague (from the article "Czechoslovak region, history of") ...contacts were made with foreign merchants and with clerics who came from abroad or who ... Cosmati work type of mosaic technique that was practiced by Roman decorators and architects in the 12th ... [3 Related Articles] cosmetic any of several preparations (excluding soap) that are applied to the human body for beautifying, ... [6 Related Articles] cosmetic dentistry (from the article "dentistry") The face is the most recognizable feature of a person. The mouth, which includes the ... cosmetic surgery (from the article "plastic surgery") Plastic surgery is sometimes considered, incorrectly, to be synonymous with aesthetic, or cosmetic, surgery-that is, ... Cosmic Background Explorer U.S. satellite placed in Earth orbit in 1989 to map the "smoothness" of the cosmic ... [6 Related Articles] cosmic egg (from the article "creation myth") An African myth from the Dogon peoples of West Africa illustrates this point. In this ... Cosmic Evolution Survey (from the article "Physical Sciences") ...22% dark matter, and 74% dark energy. In 2007 an international team of astronomers led ... cosmic microwave background (from the article "Nobel Prizes") The 2006 Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to two American scientists for discoveries concerning ... cosmic physics (from the article "Arrhenius, Svante August") Cosmic physics was the term used by Arrhenius and his colleagues in the Stockholm Physics ... cosmic ray a high-speed particle-either an atomic nucleus or an electron-that travels throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, ... [19 Related Articles] Cosmic Ray Pavilion (from the article "Candela, Felix") ...in 1939 and began to design and help construct buildings in that country. He attracted ... cosmic year (from the article "year") ...two passages of the Earth through perihelion, the point in its orbit nearest the Sun. ... cosmid (from the article "recombinant DNA technology") Vectors are chosen depending on the total amount of DNA that must be included in ... cosmogenic isotope (from the article "Principal cosmogenic and uranium-thorium series radioisotopes") ...except that a full-sized cyclotron was used, and it easily distinguished the two isotopes. The ... cosmogony in astronomy, study of the evolutionary behaviour of the universe and the origin of its ... [2 Related Articles] cosmography (from the article "Iranian religion") The Iranians conceived of the cosmos as a three-tiered structure consisting of the earth below, ... cosmoid scale (from the article "fish") ...substance (vitrodentine), an inner layer of dentine, and a pulp cavity containing nerves and blood ... cosmological argument (from the article "Christianity") Aquinas gave the first-cause argument and the argument from contingency-both forms of cosmological reasoning-a central ... cosmological principle (from the article "big-bang model") ...model is based on two assumptions. The first is that Albert Einstein's general theory of ... cosmological signature (from the article "string theory") ...there is another way that string theory may one day be tested. Through its impact ... cosmology field of study that brings together the natural sciences, particularly astronomy and physics, in a ... [63 Related Articles] cosmopolitan (from the article "globalization, cultural") Another global subgroup comprises "cosmopolitans" who nurture an intellectual appreciation for local cultures. As pointed ... cosmopolitanism in Stoic philosophy, position taken by the Stoics against the traditional (Greek) distinction between Greeks ... cosmopterigid moth (from the article "lepidopteran") ...pests include the pink bollworm of cotton and the Angoumois grain moth (Sitotroga cerealella).Family Cosmopterigidae ... Cosmos in astronomy, the entire physical universe consisting of all objects and phenomena observed or postulated. [33 Related Articles] Cosmos genus of garden plants of the family Asteraceae, containing about 25 species native to tropical ... Cosmos any of a series of unmanned Soviet satellites launched from the early 1960s. Cosmos satellites ... Cosmotron (from the article "particle accelerator") The first proton synchrotron to operate (1952) was the 3-GeV Cosmotron at Brookhaven. It, and ... Cospicua town, eastern Malta, one of the Three Cities (the others being Senglea and Vittoriosa), at ... Cossa, Francesco del early Renaissance painter of the Ferrarese school who, through his seven years' residence in Bologna, ... [1 Related Articles] Cossack (from Turkic kazak, "adventurer," or "free man"), member of a people dwelling in the northern ... [13 Related Articles] Cosse, Charles de, Marshal de Brissac (from the article "Biron, Armand de Gontaut, Baron de") As a young page of Margaret, queen of Navarre, Biron attracted the attention of the ... cossette (from the article "sugar") ...sugar beets are off-loaded at the factory, they are washed in a flume to remove ... Cossio, Jose Maria de (from the article "bullfighting") ...was a writer, a close friend of Lorca's, and a bullfighter who was killed in ... Cossist (from the article "algebra") In the 15th century, the German-speaking countries developed their own version of the abacist tradition: ... Cossoidea (from the article "lepidopteran") ...heavy-bodied and broad-winged; clubbed antennae, bright colours; often mimic other butterflies and diurnal moths; larvae ... Cossura (from the article "annelid") ...prostomial appendages; a single median tentacle arises from the dorsum between segments 2 and 6; ... Cossurida (from the article "annelid") ...if present, long and slender, inserted above parapodia; size, minute to 20 cm; examples of ... cost in common usage, the monetary value of goods and services that producers and consumers purchase. ... [9 Related Articles] cost accounting (from the article "accounting") ...of cost finding are used to estimate the costs that have been incurred in a ... cost finding (from the article "accounting") A major factor in business planning is the cost of producing the company's products. Cost ... cost of goods sold (from the article "accounting") Depreciation is not the only expense for which more than one measurement principle is available. ... cost of living monetary cost of maintaining a particular standard of living, usually measured by calculating the average ... [1 Related Articles] cost performance report (from the article "accounting") ...number of reports, however, are cost or sales reports, mostly on a departmental basis. Departmental ... cost, insurance, and freight (from the article "international payment and exchange") Figures for the merchandise balance often quote exports valued on an FOB (free on board) ... cost-benefit analysis in governmental planning and budgeting, the attempt to measure the social benefits of a proposed ... [6 Related Articles] cost-plus contract (from the article "research and development") The terms of contract have varied widely. It is common to offer contracts on a ... Costa (from the article "Ecuador") The Ecuadoran mainland is divided into three main physical regions: the Costa (coastal region), the ... Costa (from the article "Peru") The coastal plain can be readily divided into three parts-north, central, and south-on the basis ... Costa Book Award any of a series of literary awards given to writers resident in the United Kingdom ... [3 Related Articles] Costa Brava coastal region of the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Catalonia, northeastern Spain, ... Costa de Beauregard, Olivier (from the article "time") ...reduced to that of randomness or disorder. Among 20th-century philosophers in this tradition may be ... Costa e Silva, Artur da (from the article "Brazil") ...The extremists interpreted the results as a great setback for the government, and they demanded ... Costa Gomes, Francisco da Portuguese military leader (b. June 30, 1914, Chaves, Port.-d. July 31, 2001, Lisbon, Port.), was ... Costa Mesa city, Orange county, southern California, U.S. The city lies on a coastal plateau overlooking the ... Costa Rica country of Central America. Its capital is San Jose. [32 Related Articles] Costa Rica, flag of national flag with horizontal stripes of blue, white, red, white, and blue; the version flown ... Costa Rica, history of (from the article "Costa Rica") In 1502 Christopher Columbus's fourth Atlantic voyage brought him to the shores of Costa Rica, ... Costa, Andrea (from the article "Italy") However, the anarchist leader in the Romagna, Andrea Costa, soon converted to socialist ideas. In ... Costa, Cordillera de la (from the article "Atacama Desert") A line of low coastal mountains, the Cordillera de la Costa, lies to the west ... Costa, Isaac da Dutch writer and poet, best-known as a leading figure in the conservative Calvinist political and ... Costa, Joaquin (from the article "Generation of 1898") Joaquin Costa, Angel Ganivet, and Miguel de Unamuno are generally considered precursors of the Generation ... Costa, Lorenzo painter of the school of Ferrara-Bologna, notable as one of the first Ferrarese artists to ... [1 Related Articles]

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