Ashmolean Museum: …in the Neoclassical style by C.R. Cockerell and erected between 1841 and 1845. It houses the collection of art and archaeology, while the old Thomas Wood building has become the History of Science Museum. In 2009 the Ashmolean opened an addition designed by Rick Mather.

air-cushion machine: History: Christopher Cockerell of the United Kingdom is now acknowledged to have been the father of the Hovercraft, as the air-cushion vehicle is popularly known. During World War II he had been closely connected with the development of radar and other radio aids and had retired into…

Edward Johnston: Through Lethaby, Johnston had met Sydney Cockerell, a former secretary and librarian to the English designer William Morris, who had directed his attention to certain manuscripts in the British Museum. Encouraged by Cockerell, Johnston rediscovered the techniques for making and using reeds and quills.

Seraing: …now houses the offices of Cockerill Mechanical Industries, part of Cockerill Sambre SA. An old Cistercian abbey located at the edge of the town is now the Val Saint-Lambert glassworks, one of the largest in Europe. There are several other historic castles in Seraing. Pop. (2006 est.) 60,740.

Seraing: …now houses the offices of Cockerill Mechanical Industries, part of Cockerill Sambre SA. An old Cistercian abbey located at the edge of the town is now the Val Saint-Lambert glassworks, one of the largest in Europe. There are several other historic castles in Seraing. Pop. (2006 est.) 60,740.

Industrial Revolution: The first Industrial Revolution: Two Englishmen, William and John Cockerill, brought the Industrial Revolution to Belgium by developing machine shops at Liège (c. 1807), and Belgium became the first country in continental Europe to be transformed economically. Like its British progenitor, the Belgian Industrial Revolution centred in iron, coal, and textiles.

William Cockerill was an English inventor and manufacturer who brought the Industrial Revolution to present-day Belgium. As a youth in England Cockerill revealed unusual mechanical ability by constructing models of a great number of machines. In 1794 he went to Russia as an artisan and two years

Seraing: …now houses the offices of Cockerill Mechanical Industries, part of Cockerill Sambre SA. An old Cistercian abbey located at the edge of the town is now the Val Saint-Lambert glassworks, one of the largest in Europe. There are several other historic castles in Seraing. Pop. (2006 est.) 60,740.

Cockermouth, town (parish), Allerdale district, administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Cumberland, northwestern England. It is situated where the River Derwent emerges from the mountains of the scenic Lake District and is joined by the River Cocker. The community grew under the

cockfighting, the sport of pitting gamecocks to fight and the breeding and training of them for that purpose. The game fowl is probably the nearest to the Indian red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus), from which all domestic chickens are believed to be descended. The sport was popular in ancient times in

cockfighting chair, chair with broad armrests that form a yoke with the back rail, to which a reading desk is attached. Broad in front but curving inward toward the back, the seat was shaped so that a reader could easily sit astride, facing the desk at the back of the chair and resting his arms on

cockle, any of the approximately 250 species of marine bivalve mollusks, or clams, of the family Cardiidae. Distributed worldwide, they range from about one centimetre (0.4 inch) in diameter to about 15 centimetres (about 6 inches)—the size of the smooth giant cockle (Laevicardium elatum) of

cocklebur, weedy annual plant of the genus Xanthium of the family Asteraceae, distributed throughout much of Europe and parts of North America. Some authorities consider that the genus contains about 15 species, others say from 2 to 4. All species have round, short clusters of male flowers, above

Special Boat Service: …six two-man teams—the famous “Cockleshell Heroes”—set out to canoe 100 km (60 miles) up the Gironde River to attack cargo ships in the French port of Bordeaux.

Cockney, dialect of the English language traditionally spoken by working-class Londoners. Cockney is also often used to refer to anyone from London—in particular, from its East End. The word Cockney has had a pejorative connotation, originally deriving from cokenay, or cokeney, a late Middle

cockneyism, the writing or the qualities of the writing of the 19th-century English authors John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Hazlitt, and Leigh Hunt. The term was used disparagingly by some contemporaries, especially the Scottish critic John Lockhart, in reference to the fact that these

airplane: …crew, passengers, and cargo; the cockpit is the area from which the pilot operates the controls and instruments to fly the plane.

Jerzy Kosinski: …Devil Tree (1973; revised 1981), Cockpit (1975), Passion Play (1979), Pinball (1982), and The Hermit of 69th Street (1988).

Cockpit Country, an approximately 500-square-mile (1,300-square-kilometre) region in the interior of Jamaica, southeast of Montego Bay. It is part of the great White Limestone plateau and has typical karst topography, with innumerable conical and hemispherical hills covered with dense scrubby

flight recorder: …data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), though sometimes these two devices are packaged together in one combined unit. The FDR records many variables, not only basic aircraft conditions such as airspeed, altitude, heading, vertical acceleration, and pitch but also hundreds of individual instrument readings and internal environmental…

The Cockpit, private playhouse located in Drury Lane, London. Built in 1609 for cockfighting, the small, tiered building was converted into a theatre in 1616 by Christopher Beeston. The following year, however, it was burned down by rioters. The theatre was rebuilt in 1618 and given the name the

Alabama Shakes: October 2, 1988), bass player Zac Cockrell (b. February 16, 1988), drummer Steve Johnson (b. April 19, 1985), and guitarist Heath Fogg (b. August 10, 1984).

cockroach, (order Blattodea), any of about 4,600 species of insects, a few species of which are pests. Most cockroaches live innocuously in wild environments and are usually found in tropical or other mild climates. Cockroaches are among the most primitive living winged insects, appearing today

Ian McEwan: Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, the novella The Cockroach (2019) concerns Brexit (the British exit from the European Union). In 2022 McEwan published his 18th novel, Lessons, which follows a man’s life over some 70 years and addresses the lasting impact of a predatory piano teacher and his wife’s abandonment.

Jo Nesbø: …Hole novel, Kakerlakkene (1998; “Cockroaches”; The Cockroaches), takes the detective through the seamy underworld of Bangkok. Rødstrupe (2000; “Robin”; The Redbreast) details the role of fascism in Norway. In Sorgenfri (2002; “Sorrow-Free”; Nemesis) Hole investigates a bank robbery and is implicated in the death of a former girlfriend. A serial…

public-key cryptography: …been discovered by James Ellis, Clifford Cocks, and Malcolm Williamson at the British Government Code Headquarters (GCHQ).

cockscomb, (Celosia cristata), common garden plant of the amaranth family (Amaranthaceae). Cockscombs are tender perennials but are usually grown as annuals in cooler climates. The plants produce dense undulating inflorescences that resemble the red combs on the heads of roosters, hence their

Cockscomb Range: The Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary at the eastern end of the range occupies about 150 square miles (390 square km) and has a sizable population of jaguars.

marcasite, an iron sulfide mineral that forms pale bronze-yellow orthorhombic crystals, usually twinned to characteristic cockscomb or sheaflike shapes; the names spear pyrites and cockscomb pyrites refer to the shape and colour of these crystals. Radially arranged fibres are also common. Marcasite

Cockscomb Range, mountain chain in central Belize (formerly British Honduras), a spur of the Maya Mountains, extending east–west for about 10 miles (16 km). The highest elevation is Victoria Peak (3,681 feet [1,122 m]), near Dangriga (formerly Stann Creek). The mountains have stands of timber that,

orchard grass, (Dactylis glomerata), perennial pasture, hay, and forage grass of the family Poaceae. Orchard grass is native to temperate Eurasia and North Africa and is widely cultivated throughout the world. It has naturalized in many places and is considered an invasive species in some areas

barnyard grass, (Echinochloa crus-galli), coarse tufted grass of the family Poaceae, a noxious agricultural weed. Although native to tropical Asia, barnyard grass can be found throughout the world, thriving in moist cultivated and waste areas. In many areas outside its native range, however, it is

hawthorn: Common species: …thorned American species is the cockspur hawthorn (C. crus-galli), with extremely long, slender thorns up to 8 cm (3 inches) long; a thornless variety is also available. The Washington hawthorn (C. phaenopyrum) is famous for its red autumn colour and its abundant clusters of orange-red fruits that persist on the…

Cockspur Island, island, Chatham county, southeastern Georgia, U.S., in the mouth of the Savannah River. Known during colonial times as Peeper Island, it was given the name Cockspur for the shape of its reef. Its strategic advantages were early recognized; in the 18th century the island held Fort

Robert Frank: …subsequent works was the documentary Cocksucker Blues (1972), about the Rolling Stones’ 1972 American tour.

Manhattan: …regarded as the first modern cocktail, is considered a timeless classic and is one of the most popular mixed drinks worldwide.

human ear: Analysis of sound by the auditory nervous system: …is one aspect of the “cocktail party effect,” whereby a listener with normal hearing can attend to different conversations in turn or concentrate on one speaker despite the surrounding babble. Whether the muscles within the ear play a part in filtering out unwanted sounds during such selective listening has not…

The Cocktail Party, verse drama in three acts by T.S. Eliot, produced at the Edinburgh Festival in August in 1949 and published in 1950. Based on Alcestis by Euripides, it is a morality play presented as a comedy of manners. Eliot’s most commercially successful play, it was more conventional and

James M. Cain: The Cocktail Waitress, compiled from a number of manuscripts, was published in 2012. The novel chronicles the vicissitudes of a young widow who becomes entangled with two men she meets while working as a server at a high-end lounge.

jewelry: Central and South American: pre-Columbian: …of the Andes region, the Coclé region in Panama was strongly influenced by the Quimbaya style. It is particularly known for its striking gold pieces set with precious stones, including emeralds, quartzes, jaspers, opals, agates, and green serpentines.

Disney Company: Continuing expansion: ABC, Pixar, Marvel Entertainment, and Lucasfilm: …3 (2010), Inside Out (2015), Coco (2017), Toy Story 4 (2019), and Soul (2020), won Academy Awards for best animated film. Disney’s own computer-animated films also proved popular. Among them were Tangled (2010), Wreck-It Ralph (2012), Frozen (2013), and Encanto (2021). Disney’s live-action films

Audrey Tautou: …biopic Coco avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel). She evinced a widow who is drawn out of mourning by an oafish coworker in La Délicatesse (2011; Delicacy) and played the murderous title heroine in Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012; Thérèse), director Claude Miller’s adaptation of the François Mauriac novel (1927) of the…

Audrey Tautou: …biopic Coco avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel). She evinced a widow who is drawn out of mourning by an oafish coworker in La Délicatesse (2011; Delicacy) and played the murderous title heroine in Thérèse Desqueyroux (2012; Thérèse), director Claude Miller’s adaptation of the François Mauriac novel (1927) of the…

coco de mer, (Lodoicea maldivica), native palm of the Seychelles Islands in the Indian Ocean. The flowers are borne in enormous fleshy spadices (spikes), the male and female on distinct plants. Coco de mer fruits, among the largest known, take about 10 years to ripen; they have a fleshy and fibrous

coco plum, (species Chrysobalanus icaco), evergreen tree, in the family Chrysobalanaceae, native to tropical America and Africa. The tree, up to 9 m (30 feet) tall, has roundish shiny green leaves and clusters of white flowers. The fruit, up to 4 cm (1.5 inches) long, is a pulpy drupe, sweet but

Malpighiales: The Chrysobalanaceae group: In Chrysobalanaceae, Balanopaceae, Trigoniaceae, Dichapetalaceae, and Euphroniaceae, each ovary chamber usually has only two ovules, and the seeds have at most slight endosperm. Within this group, Chrysobalanaceae, Trigoniaceae, Dichapetalaceae, and Euphroniaceae are especially close. All have leaf margins that lack teeth; there are often flat, rarely…

Coco River, river in southern Honduras and northern Nicaragua, rising west of the town of San Marcos de Colón, in southern Honduras, near the Honduras-Nicaragua border. The Coco flows generally eastward into Nicaragua, then turns northward near Mount Kilambé. For much of its middle and lower course

Cocos Island, island of volcanic origin lying in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles (480 km) south of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. It rises to an elevation of about 2,800 feet (850 metres) above sea level, is about 5 miles (8 km) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide, and has a total area of 9 square

Vincenzo Cuoco was an Italian historian noted for his history of the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799. At the age of 17, Cuoco went to Naples to study law and became a partisan of the French Jacobins when the French Revolution broke out in 1789. After taking an active part in the revolution of the

cacao, (Theobroma cacao), tropical evergreen tree (family Malvaceae) grown for its edible seeds, whose scientific name means “food of the gods” in Greek. Native to lowland rainforests of the Amazon and Orinoco river basins, cacao is grown commercially in the New World tropics as well as western

cocoa, highly concentrated powder made from chocolate liquor—a paste prepared from cocoa beans, the fruit of the cacao—and used in beverages and as a flavouring ingredient. Cocoa is the key ingredient in chocolate and chocolate confections. The cocoa bean is the seed of the cacao tree (Theobroma

Cocoa-Rockledge: adjoining cities, Brevard county, east-central Florida, U.S., on the Indian River (lagoon; part of the Intracoastal Waterway), about 45 miles (70 km) southeast of Orlando. They are linked to Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, and the city of Cocoa Beach by causeways across the Indian and…

Cocoa Beach, city, Brevard county, east-central Florida, U.S., on a barrier island between the Banana River (lagoon) and the Atlantic Ocean, just south of Cape Canaveral and near Patrick Air Force Base, about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Orlando. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León visited Cape

cocoa bean, seed of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), which is used to create cocoa and cocoa butter, key ingredients of chocolate. The beans themselves can be crushed or chopped into “nibs” for a variety of culinary uses, from salad dressing to ice cream toppings; they can also add thickness to a

cocoa butter, pale yellow, edible vegetable fat obtained from cocoa beans, having a mild chocolate flavour and aroma, and used in the manufacture of chocolate (including white chocolate), pharmaceutical products, and toiletries. Cocoa butter is extracted from cocoa beans, which are the fatty seeds

chocolate: History of chocolate: …Sons combined cocoa butter with chocolate liquor and sugar to produce sweet (eating) chocolate—the base of most chocolate confectionary—and in 1876 Daniel Peter of Switzerland added dried milk to make milk chocolate. The proliferation of flavoured, solid, and coated chocolate foods rapidly followed.

warship: Armament: About 1880 brown or cocoa powder appeared, employing incompletely charred wood. It burned slower than black powder and hence furnished a sustained burning that was effective ballistically but did not create excessive pressures within the gun barrel. To take advantage of this for longer-range firing, gun-barrel lengths jumped to…

cocoa, highly concentrated powder made from chocolate liquor—a paste prepared from cocoa beans, the fruit of the cacao—and used in beverages and as a flavouring ingredient. Cocoa is the key ingredient in chocolate and chocolate confections. The cocoa bean is the seed of the cacao tree (Theobroma

Cocoa-Rockledge, adjoining cities, Brevard county, east-central Florida, U.S., on the Indian River (lagoon; part of the Intracoastal Waterway), about 45 miles (70 km) southeast of Orlando. They are linked to Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, and the city of Cocoa Beach by causeways across the Indian

Cocoanut Grove Fire, one of the deadliest fires in American history that led to significant improvements in safety laws. WHEN: November 28, 1942 WHERE: Cocoanut Grove nightclub, Piedmont Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. DEATH TOLL: 490 dead, including a honeymoon couple, all four servicemen sons

Côte d’Ivoire: Urban environment: …small bay east of Abidjan, Cocody grew up in isolation as an area of expensive housing (including the presidential tower mansion) with two hotel complexes and a tourist centre.

Unified Command Plan: …joint commands are known as Combatant Commands (COCOMS) and receive their missions, planning, training, and operational responsibilities from the UCP.

Morton Prince: …of psychological behaviour, and the coconscious, a parallel, possibly rival, well-organized system of awareness comparable to the ordinary, familiar consciousness.

Coconuco, Indian people of what is now the southern Colombian highlands at the time of the Spanish conquest, related to the modern Páez Indians. The Coconuco language is now extinct; the culture and tribal structure have also disappeared, although some Coconuco place-names and family names remain.

Harry Nilsson: Fame as songwriter and singer: “Coconut” (number eight on the Billboard Hot 100) and the raucous “Jump into the Fire” (number 27 on the Hot 100).

coconut, edible fruit of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera), a tree of the palm family (Arecaceae). Coconuts probably originated somewhere in Indo-Malaya and are one of the most important crops of the tropics. Coconut flesh is high in fat and can be dried or eaten fresh or processed into coconut

coconut crab, (Birgus latro), large nocturnal land crab of the southwest Pacific and Indian oceans. It is closely related to the hermit crab and king crab. All are decapod crustaceans (order Decapoda, class Crustacea). Adult coconut crabs are about 1 metre (40 inches) from leg tip to leg tip and

coconut: Uses: …mixed with water to make coconut milk, which is used in cooking and as a substitute for cow’s milk. The dry husk yields coir, a fibre highly resistant to salt water and used in the manufacture of ropes, mats, baskets, brushes, and brooms.

tachinid fly: …sphenophori from New Guinea; the coconut moth in Fiji has been controlled by the Malayan tachinid Ptychomyia remota; and Centeter cinerea was transplanted to the United States to check the destructive Japanese beetle. The caterpillars of the armyworm may be up to 90 percent infested by larvae of the red-tailed…

coconut oil, edible oil extracted from the dried meat of the coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera). Coconut oil is a yellowish white solid or semiliquid that melts at 23 °C (74 °F). Unlike most other oils obtained from plant or fish sources, coconut oil has only a low percentage

coconut palm, (Cocos nucifera), palm of the family Arecaceae, cultivated extensively in tropical areas for its edible fruit, the coconut. Coconut palms are found in tropical coastal areas nearly worldwide and probably originated somewhere in Indo-Malaya. They are the most economically important

coconut palm: Uses: …green nut, commonly known as coconut water, can be consumed fresh and is used in beverages. The harvested coconut also yields copra, the dried extracted kernel, or meat, from which coconut oil, a major vegetable oil, is expressed. The Philippines, India, and Indonesia are major copra producers, and throughout the…

Brian Dennehy: Park (1983), Silverado (1985), Cocoon (1985), F/X (1986), Legal Eagles (1986), and Presumed Innocent (1990).

cocoon, a case produced in the larval stage of certain animals (e.g., butterflies, moths, leeches, earthworms, Turbellaria) for the resting pupal stage (see pupa) in the life cycle. Certain spiders spin a fibrous mass, or cocoon, to cover their

northern Mexican Indian: A small number of Cocopa in the Colorado River delta in like manner represent a southward extension of Colorado River Yumans from the U.S. Southwest. The remaining group is the Seri, who are found along the desert coast of north-central Sonora. This much-studied group is probably related to now-extinct…

Cocos Islands, external territory of Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean. The islands lie 2,290 miles (3,685 km) west of Darwin, Northern Territory, on the northern Australian coast, and about 560 miles (900 km) southwest of Christmas Island (another external territory of Australia). The isolated

Cocos Island, island of volcanic origin lying in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles (480 km) south of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. It rises to an elevation of about 2,800 feet (850 metres) above sea level, is about 5 miles (8 km) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide, and has a total area of 9 square

Cocos Island, island of volcanic origin lying in the Pacific Ocean, about 300 miles (480 km) south of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. It rises to an elevation of about 2,800 feet (850 metres) above sea level, is about 5 miles (8 km) long and 3 miles (5 km) wide, and has a total area of 9 square

Cocos Islands: People: Some four-fifths of the population—Cocos Islanders, or Cocos Malays, as they are often called, together with the descendants of the Clunies-Ross family—live on Home Island. Most of the Cocos Malays speak a dialect of Malay and are Muslim. Numerous Cocos Islanders moved to the Australian mainland in the mid-1950s…

Cocos Islands, external territory of Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean. The islands lie 2,290 miles (3,685 km) west of Darwin, Northern Territory, on the northern Australian coast, and about 560 miles (900 km) southwest of Christmas Island (another external territory of Australia). The isolated

Cocos Islands: Economy: The Cocos Islands Co-operative Society Ltd., established in 1979, undertakes building maintenance and construction and provides stevedoring, interisland transport, lighter on- and off-loading, and other services. Although fishing is good and the islanders have gardens, much of the food must be imported, as must fuels and…

Cocos Islands: People: Some four-fifths of the population—Cocos Islanders, or Cocos Malays, as they are often called, together with the descendants of the Clunies-Ross family—live on Home Island. Most of the Cocos Malays speak a dialect of Malay and are Muslim. Numerous Cocos Islanders moved to the Australian mainland in the mid-1950s…

coconut palm, (Cocos nucifera), palm of the family Arecaceae, cultivated extensively in tropical areas for its edible fruit, the coconut. Coconut palms are found in tropical coastal areas nearly worldwide and probably originated somewhere in Indo-Malaya. They are the most economically important

mountain: The Caribbean chains: …Plate another small plate, the Cocos Plate, is being underthrust beneath Mexico and Central America. A belt of volcanoes extends from northern Panama to western Mexico, and virtually all of the highest mountains in this belt are volcanic. These volcanoes are built on thickened crust, and crustal shortening has occurred…

Pacific Ocean: Principal ridges and basins: In the eastern Pacific the Cocos Ridge extends southwestward from the Central American isthmus to the Galapagos Islands. To the south of the Galapagos lies the Peru Basin, which is separated by the extensive Sala y Gómez Ridge from the Southeast Pacific Basin, which in turn is separated from the…

Jean Cocteau was a French poet, librettist, novelist, actor, film director, and painter. Some of his most important works include the poem L’Ange Heurtebise (1925; “The Angel Heurtebise”); the play Orphée (1926; Orpheus); the novels Les Enfants terribles (1929; “The Incorrigible Children”; Eng.

Reformed and Presbyterian churches: Reformed Christians in the ecumenical movement: …place since 1961 by a Consultation on Church Union that included Reformed, Presbyterian, Congregational, Methodist, Episcopal, and Disciples churches.

Fernand Crommelynck: …play Le Cocu magnifique (The Magnificent Cuckold). First produced in Paris in 1920, it was revived many times. It is one of the few French-language plays from this period to have retained its appeal. The play is a penetrating study of sexual jealousy, although Crommelynck called it a farce.…

Colombia: Relief: …Oriental culminates in the towering Mount Cocuy (Sierra Nevada del Cocuy), which rises to 18,022 feet (5,493 metres). Beyond this point, near Pamplona, the cordillera splits into two much narrower ranges, one extending into Venezuela, the other, the Perijá Mountains, forming the northern boundary range between Colombia and Venezuela. The…

cod, (genus Gadus), any of three or four species of large and economically important marine food fishes of the family Gadidae. Historically, the term cod referred to Atlantic cod ( Gadus morhua), a cold-water fish found on both sides of the North Atlantic. In the present day, the term applies to

Holland: …the Hooks (Hoeken) and the Cods (Kabeljauwen), who came to represent rival aristocratic and middle-class parties, respectively. The issue was finally settled with the intervention of the house of Wittelsbach, whose members served as counts of Holland, Zeeland, and Hainaut until forced to give up the titles to Philip III…

commercial fishing: Fishes: The codfishes, including cod, hake, haddock, whiting, pollock, and saithe, share with herring the leading place among edible marine fish. Alaska pollock is the most important, particularly for Russia and Japan. Atlantic cod is an important food fish in both Europe and North America.

Iceland: Fishing limits: …commonly known as the “Cod Wars,” came to an end in 1976 when Britain recognized the 200-mile limit. Although all the political parties supported the claim for Iceland’s dominance over the fishing grounds, only the more isolationist parties were willing to risk Iceland’s good relations with its NATO partners.

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Early life and breakthrough: “Cod’ine,” which was based on Sainte-Marie’s addiction to codeine during treatment for bronchial pneumonia, conveyed a warning about the perils of substance dependency. “Cripple Creek” features Sainte-Marie singing and intermittently playing a Native American musical bow—specifically, a mouth bow, so called because it uses the

Cape Cod, hooked sandy peninsula of glacial origin encompassing most of Barnstable county, southeastern Massachusetts, U.S. It extends 65 miles (105 km) into the Atlantic Ocean, has a breadth of between 1 and 20 miles (1.6 and 32 km), and is bounded by Cape Cod Bay (north and west), Buzzards Bay

cod-liver oil, pale yellow oil obtained primarily from the liver of the Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, and other species of the family Gadidae. Cod-liver oil is a source of vitamins A and D. It was widely used in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries to treat and prevent rickets, a disease

coda, in musical composition, a concluding section (typically at the end of a sonata movement) that is based, as a general rule, on extensions or reelaborations of thematic material previously heard. The origins of the coda go back at least as far as the later European Middle Ages, when special

Marlee Matlin: …period included the family drama CODA (2021), which features a largely deaf cast; the movie title stands for “Child of Deaf Adults.”

sperm whale: …a series of clicks called codas and that each coda has a distinct purpose. They note that slight coda differences exist between sperm whale communities and that sperm whales have developed regional accents and dialects. In addition, there is some evidence that pods that have developed defensive behaviours that allow…

Andes Mountains: Study and exploration: …Peru, and the Italian geographer Agostino Codazzi, who produced detailed maps of Colombia and Venezuela. Since the late 19th century much Andean research has been directed toward economic development, primarily mining operations and railway construction.