Esquimalt, district municipality and western suburb of metropolitan Victoria, southwestern British Columbia, Canada, at the southeastern end of Vancouver Island, on Juan de Fuca Strait. The name means “place of gradually shoaling waters” in the local Indian language. Its harbour was visited (1790)

shoe: Materials: Cordovan (a small muscle layer obtained from horsehide) is a heavy leather used in men’s shoes. Patent leather, usually made from cattle hide, is given a hard, glossy surface finish. Suede is made from any of several leathers (calf, kid, or cattle hide) by buffing…

Moses ben Jacob Cordovero was a Galilean rabbi who organized and codified the Zoharistic Kabbala. He was the teacher of another leading Kabbalist, Isaac Luria. Little is known of Cordovero’s origin and early life. He was a disciple of Joseph Karo. His first major systematic work was Pardes rimonim,

corduroy, strong durable fabric with a rounded cord, rib, or wale surface formed by cut pile yarn. The back of the goods has a plain or a twill weave. Corduroy is made from any of the major textile fibres and with one warp and two fillings. After it is woven, the back of the cloth is coated with

Ascomycota: …Hypocreales, are commonly known as vegetable caterpillars, or caterpillar fungi. C. militaris parasitizes insects. It forms a small, 3- or 4-centimetre (about 1.3-inch) mushroomlike fruiting structure with a bright orange head, or cap. A related genus, Ophiocordyceps, includes the zombie-ant fungus (O. unilateralis) and commonly infects ants and other arthopods.

Zombie-ant fungusA deceased carpenter ant (Camponotus species) infected with zombie-ant fungus (Ophiocordyceps unilateralis). Having acted under the influence of the fungus, the ant is attached to the midrib of a leaf in the characteristic “death grip,” which allows the fungal spores to be

Ascomycota: …Hypocreales, are commonly known as vegetable caterpillars, or caterpillar fungi. C. militaris parasitizes insects. It forms a small, 3- or 4-centimetre (about 1.3-inch) mushroomlike fruiting structure with a bright orange head, or cap. A related genus, Ophiocordyceps, includes the zombie-ant fungus (O. unilateralis) and commonly infects ants and other arthopods.

Ascomycota: C. militaris parasitizes insects. It forms a small, 3- or 4-centimetre (about 1.3-inch) mushroomlike fruiting structure with a bright orange head, or cap. A related genus, Ophiocordyceps, includes the zombie-ant fungus (O. unilateralis) and commonly infects ants and other arthopods.

Cordylidae, family of small to medium-sized lizards that range in length from 6 to 30 cm (2.4 to 11.8 inches). They occur in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar and include about 10 genera and more than 80 species, which have spiny or platelike protective scales underlain by bony plates. Most species

ti, (genus Cordyline), genus of tropical trees and shrubs in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae), native to Asia, Australia, and some Pacific islands. Many are grown as ornamental plants. The underground stems of some species are used for food and the long leaves for roofing material and clothing.

ti: Ti, or ti tree (Cordyline australis), is a common ornamental. In the wild it is a tree up to about 12 metres (40 feet) tall with a crown of long leaves, but it is much shorter when grown as a houseplant. It has green or white flowers…

ti: Other species, especially cabbage palm (C. fruticosa), also are cultivated, and many horticultural varieties with colourful leaves have been developed.

ti: Ti, or ti tree (Cordyline australis), is a common ornamental. In the wild it is a tree up to about 12 metres (40 feet) tall with a crown of long leaves, but it is much shorter when grown as a houseplant. It has green or white flowers…

harlequin beetle: …arachnids known as pseudoscorpions (Cordylochernes scorpioides), which live beneath the harlequin’s colourful wing covers. The minute pseudoscorpions use the beetle for transport to new food sources and as a way to meet potential mates. To keep from falling off when the beetle flies, they attach themselves to the harlequin’s…

dung fly, (family Scatophagidae), any member of a family of insects in the fly order, Diptera, that are yellow or brown in colour and are common in pastures. In most species the eggs are laid in cow dung. The larvae then feed on the dung, speeding its decomposition. In other species the larvae feed

armadillo lizard, (species Cordylus cataphractus), a southern African member of the family Cordylidae, known for its defensive body posture. This lizard is about 25 cm (10 inches) long. When danger threatens, it forms a ball by rolling on its back and taking its tail in its mouth. Protected by

chemical element: The Earth’s core: The evidence for the composition of the core is all indirect because no means have yet been devised for directly sampling the deep interior of the Earth. The moment of inertia of the Earth indicates that there is a concentration of mass around…

Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), interracial American organization established by James Farmer in 1942 to improve race relations and end discriminatory policies through direct-action projects. Farmer had been working as the race-relations secretary for the American branch of the pacifist group

Intel: Pentium microprocessor: …later included 275,000, and the Core 2 Quad introduced in 2008 had more than 800,000,000 transistors. The Itanium 9500, which was released in 2012, had 3,100,000,000 transistors. This growth in transistor count became known as Moore’s law, named after company cofounder Gordon Moore, who observed in 1965 that the transistor…

avascular necrosis: Treatment: Core decompression for avascular necrosis was initially used as a diagnostic tool to measure bone marrow pressure and to collect bone marrow biopsy specimens. Doctors began to notice that patients experienced symptomatic pain relief after the diagnostic procedure and began to use it as a…

hand tool: Drilling and boring tools: This is called a core drill because the abrasive trapped between rotating tube and stone grinds out a ring containing a core that can be removed.

coal mining: Core drilling and rotary drilling: A second factor associated with a drilling program is the choice between core drilling and rotary drilling. In core drilling, a hollow drill bit is attached to a core barrel so that cylindrical samples of the strata can be obtained.…

angiosperm: Eudicots: …a large clade called the core eudicots, nearly all members of which show major differences in floral morphology from that of other flowering plants. In particular, the basic construction of the flower is much more stereotyped than in the basal eudicots, monocots, and basal dicots. Within nearly every order of…

well logging: Core logging is a highly specialized skill requiring careful observation and accurate recording. Geophysical logging of the hole created in the drilling process is sometimes done without the collection of the core. Logging techniques are extremely useful, dependable, and accurate for lithologic identification, formation evaluation,…

magnetic-core memory, any of a class of computer memory devices consisting of a large array of tiny toruses of a hard magnetic material that can be magnetized in either of two directions. The two directions can represent either of the values, 0 or 1, in a binary bit. Magnetic-core memory entered

chemical element: The Earth’s core: The evidence for the composition of the core is all indirect because no means have yet been devised for directly sampling the deep interior of the Earth. The moment of inertia of the Earth indicates that there is a concentration of mass around…

Milky Way Galaxy: Globular clusters: …of two numbers: (1) the core radius, which measures the degree of concentration at the centre, and (2) the tidal radius, which measures the cutoff of star densities at the edge of the cluster.

core sampling, technique used in underground or undersea exploration and prospecting. A core sample is a roughly cylindrical piece of subsurface material removed by a special drill and brought to the surface for examination. Such a sample is needed to ascertain bulk properties of underground rock,

soft skills, nontechnical and non-industry-specific skills applicable to a wide range of tasks across many roles and professions, including interpersonal skills or “people skills” that enable individuals to work effectively in groups and organizations. Examples of soft skills include critical

hand tool: Types of stone tools: The core tools are the largest; the earliest and most primitive were made by working on a fist-sized piece of rock (core) with a similar rock (hammerstone) and knocking off several large flakes on one side to produce a jagged but sharp crest. This was a…

Moon: Structure and composition: …is a small iron-rich metallic core with a radius of about 350 km (250 miles) at most. At one time, shortly after the Moon’s formation, the core had an electromagnetic dynamo like that of Earth (see geomagnetic field), which accounts for the remanent magnetism observed in some lunar rocks, but…

nuclear reactor: Core: All reactors have a core, a central region that contains the fuel, fuel cladding, coolant, and (where separate from the latter) moderator. The fission energy in a nuclear reactor is produced in the core.

Hilary Swank: … (2002), and the sci-fi adventure The Core (2003)—were only marginally successful, though she did win praise for her performance as American suffragist Alice Paul in the TV movie Iron Jawed Angels (2004). Lightning struck again, however, when she took on the title role in Clint Eastwood’s boxing melodrama Million Dollar…

supernova: Type II supernovae: The so-called classic explosion, associated with Type II supernovae, has as progenitor a very massive star (a Population I star) of at least eight solar masses that is at the end of its active lifetime. (These are seen only in spiral galaxies,…

Chick Corea was an American classically trained jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader whose piano style and tunes were extensively imitated. During the mid-1960s Corea played with Blue Mitchell, Willie Bobo, Cal Tjader, and Herbie Mann and in the late 1960s with Stan Getz and Miles Davis. Corea

Chick Corea was an American classically trained jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader whose piano style and tunes were extensively imitated. During the mid-1960s Corea played with Blue Mitchell, Willie Bobo, Cal Tjader, and Herbie Mann and in the late 1960s with Stan Getz and Miles Davis. Corea

Mary: Dogmatic titles: …original source of the title co-redemptrix—indicating some participation with Christ in the redemption of humankind—assigned to Mary in Roman Catholic theology, though the term has come to connote a more active role by her; the precise nature of this participation is still a matter of controversy among Catholic theologians.

protacanthopterygian: Ecology: …of the Northern Hemisphere, several whitefish species (Coregonus) are comparable, ecologically, to the herrings in the ocean. Such whitefishes, which are often called freshwater herrings, cruise the open water of lakes, filtering out minute organisms by straining the water through a fine mesh of gill rakers—minute bony elements attached to…

cisco, herringlike type of whitefish

whitefish: …by such other names as Lake Superior whitefish, whiting, and shad. It averages about 2 kg (4.5 pounds) in weight.

coreid bug, (family Coreidae), any of 2,000 widely distributed species of bugs (order Heteroptera), many of which are important plant pests. Coreid bugs are large, usually more than 10 mm (0.4 inch) in length. They occur in a wide range of environments and vary in size, shape, and colour. Their

coreid bug, (family Coreidae), any of 2,000 widely distributed species of bugs (order Heteroptera), many of which are important plant pests. Coreid bugs are large, usually more than 10 mm (0.4 inch) in length. They occur in a wide range of environments and vary in size, shape, and colour. Their

Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer known chiefly for his influence on the development of violin style and for his sonatas and his 12 Concerti Grossi, which established the concerto grosso as a popular medium of composition. Corelli’s mother, Santa Raffini, having been left a

Marie Corelli was a best-selling English author of more than 20 romantic melodramatic novels. There are many uncertainties about Corelli’s birth. Many biographies claim that she was born Isabella Mary Mills in 1855 and that her parents were Charles Mackay, a minor Scottish poet and songwriter, and

Courantyne River, river in northern South America, rising in the Akarai Mountains and flowing generally northward for 450 miles (700 km) to the Atlantic Ocean near Nieuw Nickerie, Suriname. It divides Suriname and Guyana. Guyana nationals have free navigation on the river but no fishing rights.

Salvatore Viganò: …and pantomime, which he called “coreodramma,” in highly dramatic ballets based on historical and mythological themes and Shakespearean plays.

tickseed, any ornamental summer-blooming plant of the genus Coreopsis of the family Asteraceae, consisting of about 115 species of annual and perennial herbs native to North America. Members of the genus have flower heads with yellow disk flowers and yellow, pink, white, or variegated ray flowers.

tickseed: …a popular garden plant, and swamp tickseed (C. rosea) is grown in wildflower gardens.

tickseed: Golden coreopsis (C. tinctoria) is a popular garden plant, and swamp tickseed (C. rosea) is grown in wildflower gardens.

Romanian literature: The old period: A certain Deacon Coresi printed Romanian translations of the Acts of the Apostles (1563). Other publications of his that survive are the Tîlcul evangheliilor şi molitvenic (“Sermons and Book of Prayers”) and Evanghelia cu învăƫătură (1581; “Commentary on the Gospels”); they all encouraged the use of Romanian.…

Coretta Scott King Book Awards, any of a series of awards given in the United States by the American Library Association (ALA) to African American writers and illustrators of books for children or young adults (see also children’s literature). It seeks to recognize books that best exemplify African

Elias James Corey is an American chemist, director of a research group that developed syntheses of scores of complicated organic molecules and winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his original contributions to the theory and methods of organic synthesis. Corey was the fourth child of

Salem witch trials: The trials: …Martha Corey, whose octogenarian husband, Giles, upon being accused of witchcraft and refusing to enter a plea, had been subjected to peine forte et dure (“strong and hard punishment”) and pressed beneath heavy stones for two days until he died.

Irwin Corey was an American comedian who, presenting himself as “Professor Irwin Corey, the world’s foremost authority,” enthusiastically spouted streams of nonsensical bombast laden with malapropisms and non sequiturs. Corey performed as that character in vaudeville and nightclubs and on TV talk

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Salem witch trials: The trials: …convicted persons were hanged, including Martha Corey, whose octogenarian husband, Giles, upon being accused of witchcraft and refusing to enter a plea, had been subjected to peine forte et dure (“strong and hard punishment”) and pressed beneath heavy stones for two days until he died.

Linus Pauling: Elucidation of molecular structures: …1953 he and protein crystallographer Robert Corey published their version of DNA’s structure, three strands twisted around each other in ropelike fashion. Shortly thereafter James Watson and Francis Crick published DNA’s correct structure, a double helix. Pauling’s efforts to modify his postulated structure had been hampered by poor X-ray photographs…

Corfe Castle, parish and castle, Purbeck district, county of Dorset, England. The medieval castle, commanding a gap in the Purbeck chalk ridge, is now an imposing ruin. It was built for King William I (reigned 1066–87) and was royal property until Queen Elizabeth I sold it in 1572. The original

Corfu, island in the Ionian Sea (Modern Greek: Iónio Pélagos), with adjacent small islands making up the dímos (municipality) and pereferiakí enótita (regional unit) of Kérkyra (also called Corfu), Ionian Islands (Iónia Nisiá) periféreia (region), western Greece. Lying just off the coast of Epirus

law of war: Aggression: …led to arguments—as in the Corfu Channel case between Britain and Albania in 1949 and in the attack by Israeli aircraft against an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981—that although there had been a use of force in certain cases, that force was not directed against the territorial integrity or political…

Corfu Declaration, (July 20, 1917), statement issued during World War I calling for the establishment of a unified Yugoslav state (the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes) after the war. It was signed by Premier Nikola Pašić of the Serbian government-in-exile (located in Corfu) and by delegates

Corfu incident, (1923) brief occupation of the Greek island of Corfu by Italian forces. In August 1923 Italians forming part of an international boundary delegation were murdered on Greek soil, leading Benito Mussolini to order a naval bombardment of Corfu. After the Greeks appealed to the League

Siege of Corfu, a key encounter, from July 19 to August 20, 1716, during the Ottoman-Venetian War (1714–18), which was the last in a series of wars between the two Mediterranean powers that stretched back to the fifteenth century. The failure to take Corfu by the Ottoman forces was hailed as a

Courtney Love: …spite of songwriting assistance from Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, the album was met with a poor critical reception.

Courtney Love: …spite of songwriting assistance from Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, the album was met with a poor critical reception.

Welsh Corgi, either of two breeds (Pembroke Welsh Corgi and Cardigan Welsh Corgi) of affectionate dogs developed in Wales to herd animals. The breeds are similar in appearance but are of different origins, and the tail of the Pembroke is usually docked. Their resemblance results from crosses

Cori, town, Lazio (Latium) regione, central Italy, on the lower slopes of the Lepini Mountains, 28 miles (45 km) southeast of Rome. Traditionally of Latin foundation, it played an active part in Rome’s early wars with the Volsci and Aurunci peoples, but the site lost much of its importance when

Courland: …inhabitants, the Latvian tribe of Curonians (Kurs, Cori, Cours; Latvian: Kursi). The duchy of Courland, formed in 1561, included this area as well as Semigallia (Zemgale), a region located east of Courland proper.

Carl Cori and Gerty Cori: …them to formulate the “Cori cycle,” postulating that liver glycogen is converted to blood glucose that is reconverted to glycogen in muscle, where its breakdown to lactic acid provides the energy utilized in muscle contraction. The lactic acid is used to re-form glycogen in the liver. Studying the way…

antiphonal singing: The term cori spezzati (“split choirs”) was used to describe polychoral singing in Venice in the later 16th century. Compare responsorial singing.

Forbes’ disease, rare hereditary disease in which the the metabolic breakdown of glycogen to the simple sugar glucose is incomplete, allowing intermediate compounds to accumulate in the cells of the liver. Affected persons lack the enzyme amylo-1,6-glucosidase, one of several enzymes involved in

Edwin Gerhard Krebs: …to 1948 under the biochemists Carl and Gerty Cori. In 1948 he joined the faculty of biochemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle, and became a full professor in 1957. He moved in 1968 to the University of California at Davis and returned to the University of Washington in 1977.

Edwin Gerhard Krebs: …to 1948 under the biochemists Carl and Gerty Cori. In 1948 he joined the faculty of biochemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle, and became a full professor in 1957. He moved in 1968 to the University of California at Davis and returned to the University of Washington in 1977.

Carl Cori and Gerty Cori were American biochemists, a husband-and-wife team whose discovery of a phosphate-containing form of the simple sugar glucose, and its universal importance to carbohydrate metabolism, led to an understanding of hormonal influence on the interconversion of sugars and

Edwin Gerhard Krebs: …under the biochemists Carl and Gerty Cori. In 1948 he joined the faculty of biochemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle, and became a full professor in 1957. He moved in 1968 to the University of California at Davis and returned to the University of Washington in 1977.

Edwin Gerhard Krebs: …under the biochemists Carl and Gerty Cori. In 1948 he joined the faculty of biochemistry at the University of Washington, Seattle, and became a full professor in 1957. He moved in 1968 to the University of California at Davis and returned to the University of Washington in 1977.

coriander, (Coriandrum sativum), feathery annual plant of the parsley family (Apiaceae), parts of which are used as both an herb and a spice. Native to the Mediterranean and Middle East regions, the plant is widely cultivated in many places worldwide for its culinary uses. Its dry fruits and seeds,

coriander, (Coriandrum sativum), feathery annual plant of the parsley family (Apiaceae), parts of which are used as both an herb and a spice. Native to the Mediterranean and Middle East regions, the plant is widely cultivated in many places worldwide for its culinary uses. Its dry fruits and seeds,

Cucurbitales: Other families: There is a single genus, Coriaria, in the family, with five species that grow around the southern part of the Pacific Ocean to China, the Himalayas, and the Mediterranean region; the plants also grow in the Andes from Chile northward, continuing into the mountains of Mexico. The branches of Coriaria…

Cucurbitales: Other families: Members of Coriariceae are shrubby plants. There is a single genus, Coriaria, in the family, with five species that grow around the southern part of the Pacific Ocean to China, the Himalayas, and the Mediterranean region; the plants also grow in the Andes from Chile northward, continuing…

Cuzco: …and several walls of the Koricancha (Coricancha), a Quechua name meaning “Golden Enclosure,” or “Golden Garden”; the site was dedicated to Viracocha, the creator deity, and Inti, the sun god, and is also known as the Temple of the Sun. It also contained shrines to a variety of other deities.…

John Corigliano is an American composer who drew from eclectic influences to create music that was generally tonal, accessible, and often highly expressive. Corigliano, who composed works for orchestra, solo instruments, and chamber groups, as well as operas, choral works, and film scores, won the

gastropod: Classification: …relict group of Asia (Corillidae). Superfamily Oleacinacea Carnivorous (Oleaciniidae) and herbivorous (Sagdidae) snails of the Neotropical region. Superfamily Helicacea Land snails without (Oreohelicidae and

the Mekons: Susie Honeyman, Steve Goulding, Sarah Corina, Lu Edmonds, and Rico Bell (byname of Erik Bellis).

Corineus, legendary eponymous hero of Cornwall. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britanniae (1135–39), he was a Trojan warrior who accompanied Brutus the Trojan, the legendary founder of Britain, to England. Corineus killed Gogmagog (Goëmagot), the greatest of the giants

Cirencester, town (parish), Cotswold district, administrative and historic county of Gloucestershire, southwest-central England. It lies on the River Churn and is the administrative centre for the district. Cirencester occupies the site of the Romano-British town Corinium, capital of the Dobuni

Corinna, (date uncertain), Greek lyric poet of Tanagra in Boeotia, traditionally considered a contemporary and rival of the lyric poet Pindar (flourished c. 500 bc) though some scholars have put her date as late as about 200 bc. Surviving fragments of her poetry, written in Boeotian dialect,

Germaine de Staël: Literary theories: …two novels, Delphine (1802) and Corinne (1807), to some extent illustrate her literary theories, the former being strongly sociological in outlook, while the latter shows the clash between Nordic and southern mentalities.

Germaine de Staël: Literary theories: …two novels, Delphine (1802) and Corinne (1807), to some extent illustrate her literary theories, the former being strongly sociological in outlook, while the latter shows the clash between Nordic and southern mentalities.

Corinth, an ancient and a modern city of the Peloponnese, in south-central Greece. The remains of the ancient city lie about 50 miles (80 km) west of Athens, at the eastern end of the Gulf of Corinth, on a terrace some 300 feet (90 metres) above sea level. The ancient city grew up at the base of

Corinth, city, seat (1870) of Alcorn county, northeastern Mississippi, U.S. It is situated 85 miles (137 km) east of Memphis, Tennessee, near the Tennessee border. Founded in about 1855 as the junction of the Memphis and Charleston and the Mobile and Ohio railroads, it was called Cross City until

Corinth Canal, tidal waterway across the Isthmus of Corinth in Greece, joining the Gulf of Corinth in the northwest with the Saronic Gulf in the southeast. The isthmus was first crossed by boats in 600 bce when Periander built a ship railway, small boats being carried on wheeled cradles running in

Battle of Corinth, (October 3–4, 1862), in the American Civil War, a battle that ended in a decisive victory of Union forces over Confederate forces in northeastern Mississippi. Believing that the capture of the strategically important town of Corinth would break the Union hold on the

Saronikós Gulf: …on the west to the Gulf of Corinth (Korinthiakós) by the Corinth Canal. At its widest point the gulf is divided by three of the Saronic islands: Salamís, Aígina, and Póros. Piraeus, the port of Athens (Athína) and largest port of Greece, is situated due east of Salamís; the ports…

Isthmus of Corinth, isthmus dividing the Saronic Gulf (an inlet of the Aegean Sea) from the Gulf of Corinth (Modern Greek: Korinthiakós), an inlet of the Ionian Sea. The Isthmus of Corinth connects the Peloponnese (Pelopónnisos) with mainland Greece. It is made up of heavily faulted limestone

League of Corinth, offensive and defensive alliance of all the Greek states except Sparta, organized in 337 bce at Corinth under the leadership of Philip II of Macedon. A “council of the Greeks,” to which each state elected delegates proportionate to its military and naval strength, decided all

Lovis Corinth was a German painter known for his dramatic figurative and landscape paintings. Corinth underwent a lengthy period of academic artistic training that began in 1876, when he enrolled at the Academy of Königsberg. He studied in Munich from 1880 to 1884, where he was schooled in a

Corinthian order, one of the classical orders of architecture. Its main characteristic is an ornate capital carved with stylized acanthus leaves. See

ancient Greek civilization: The Corinthian War: The restored Athenian democracy may have been less democratic in certain respects than that of the 5th century, but it was no less suspicious of, and hostile to, Sparta. Those feelings, along with the straightforward hankering at all social levels for the benefits…

Letters of Paul to the Corinthians, either of two New Testament letters, or epistles, addressed by St. Paul the Apostle to the Christian community that he had founded at Corinth, Greece. The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians and the Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians are the seventh and