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Course (architecture)
A course is a continuous horizontal layer of similarly-sized building material one unit high, usually in a wall. The term is almost always used in conjunction with unit masonry such as brick, cut stone, or concrete masonry units .-Styles:

Course (education)
The very broad dictionary meaning of the word course is the act or action of moving in a path from point to point . There are multiple meanings for this word, some of which include: general line of orientation, a mode of action, part of a meal, a mode of action, and many more. This article focuses on the educational definition of course

Courser (disambiguation)
Courser may refer to:* Courser – group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae* Courser – a swift and strong horse, frequently used during the Middle Ages for hunting or as a warhorse

Courser (horse)
A courser is a swift and strong horse, frequently used during the Middle Ages as a warhorse. It was ridden by knights and men-at-arms.Coursers are commonly believed to be named for their running gait,

Court
A court is a form of tribunal, often a governmental institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law

Court costs
Court costs are the costs of handling a case, which, depending on legal rules, may or may not include the costs of the various parties in a lawsuit in addition to the costs of the court itself. Court costs can reach very high amounts, often far beyond the actual monetary worth of a case

Court Martial (disambiguation)
A court-martial is a military court that determines punishments for members of the military subject to military law.Court Martial may also refer to:* Court Martial , a British Thoroughbred racehorse

Court-martial
A court-martial is a military court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the armed forces subject to military law, and, if the defendant is found guilty, to decide upon punishment.Most militaries maintain a court-martial system to try cases in which a breach of military discipline may have

Courtes
Courtes is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-Population:

Courtesan
A courtesan was originally a female courtier, which means a person who attends the court of a monarch or other powerful person.In feudal society, the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed together

Courthouse
A courthouse is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English speaking countries, buildings which house courts of law are simply called "courts" or "court buildings"

Courthouse (MBTA station)
Courthouse Station is a transportation station in Boston, Massachusetts, on the MBTA's Silver Line Waterfront. The station is located on Seaport Boulevard at Pittsburg Street on the South Boston Waterfront.-Accessibility:

Courthouse (UTA station)
Courthouse is a light rail station in Salt Lake City serviced by all three lines of the Trax system. It is the last station within the free fare zone for southbound trains and has become a major transfer station for downtown-university journeys since the trains on the University Line have been redirected to connect to the Mid-Jordan line. The Frank E

Courtier
A courtier is a person who is often in attendance at the court of a king or other royal personage. Historically the court was the centre of government as well as the residence of the monarch, and social and political life were often completely mixed together

Courtroom
A courtroom is the actual enclosed space in which a judge regularly holds court.The schedule of official court proceedings is called a docket; the term is also synonymous with a court's caseload as a whole.-Courtroom design:-United States:

Courtship
Courtship is the period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage, or establishment of an agreed relationship of a more enduring kind. In courtship, a couple get to know each other and decide if there will be an engagement or other such agreement

Courtship (Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode)
"Courtship" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.-Plot summary:Detectives Logan and Falacci investigate the shooting murder of the wife of a New York Supreme Court judge.

Courtyard
A court or courtyard is an enclosed area, often a space enclosed by a building that is open to the sky. These areas in inns and public buildings were often the primary meeting places for some purposes, leading to the other meanings of court.

Couscous
Couscous is a Berber dish of semolina traditionally served with a meat or vegetable stew spooned over it. Couscous is a staple food throughout Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.-Etymology:

Cousin (disambiguation)
Cousin may refer to:*Cousin, the child of one's aunt or uncle or any relative who shares a common ancestor*Cousin Island, a small granitic island of the Seychelles

Cousins
Cousins may refer to:* Cousins * Cousins * Cousins * Cousins * More than one cousin* Cousins , people with the surname Cousins

Cousins (surname)
Cousins is a surname, and may refer to:* Alan William James Cousins* Ben Cousins , Australian rules footballer* Christian and Joseph Cousins* Dave Cousins, American archer* Dave Cousins, leader of the UK band Strawbs* David Cousins

Cousins (TV series)
Cousins is a nature documentary TV series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, England, first transmitted in the UK on BBC One in August 2000

Couture
-Places in France:* Couture, Charente, in the Charente département* Couture-d'Argenson, in the Deux-Sèvres département* Couture-sur-Loir, in the Loir-et-Cher département-People:* Randy Couture , American mixed martial arts fighter

Coutures
Coutures is the name of several communes in France:* Coutures, Dordogne, in the Dordogne department* Coutures, Gironde, in the Gironde department* Coutures, Maine-et-Loire, in the Maine-et-Loire department

Couturier
A couturier is an establishment or person involved in the clothing fashion industry who makes original garments to order for private clients. A couturier may make what is known as haute couture. Such a person usually hires patternmakers and machinists for garment production, and is either employed by exclusive boutiques or is self-employed.

Covalent bond
A covalent bond is a form of chemical bonding that is characterized by the sharing of pairs of electrons between atoms. The stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms when they share electrons is known as covalent bonding.

Covariance (disambiguation)
Covariance may refer to:* Covariance, a measure of how much two variables change together* Covariance matrix, a matrix of covariances between a number of variables* Cross-covariance, the covariance between two vectors of variables

Cove
A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet. They usually have narrow, restricted entrances, are often circular or oval, and are often inside a larger bay. Small, narrow, sheltered bays, inlets, creeks, or recesses in a coast are often considered coves

Cove (Appalachian Mountains)
In the central and southern Appalachian Mountains of Eastern North America, a cove is a small valley between two ridge lines that is closed at one or both ends.

Coven
A coven or covan is a name used to describe a gathering of witches or in some cases vampires. Due to the word's association with witches, a gathering of Wiccans, followers of the witchcraft-based neopagan religion of Wicca, is also described as a coven.

Covenant (Greg Brown album)
Covenant is an album by American folk singer/guitarist Greg Brown, released in 2000. It was released only a few months after Over and Under."Rexroth's Daughter" was covered by Joan Baez on her album Dark Chords on a Big Guitar.

Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although Stoke-on-Trent, Leicester and Nottingham have larger urban areas

Coventry (horse)
Coventry was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred by Edward Simms, the owner of Xalapa Farm in Paris, Kentucky who had purchased his sire Negofol from the Haras du Quesnay in Normandy, France owned by the estate of the wealthy American, Willie K

Coventry (RTA Rapid Transit station)
Coventry is a station stop on the RTA Green Line in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is located at the intersection of Coventry Road and Shaker Boulevard on the border between Cleveland and Shaker Heights.

Coventry (UK Parliament constituency)
Coventry was a borough constituency which was represented in the House of Commons of England and its successors, the House of Commons of Great Britain and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Cover
- Science and technology :* A covering, usually one that completely closes the object** Lid** Mechanical seal* The outside of an object, not necessarily enclosing the object** Album cover** Book cover, or magazine cover** CD and DVD packaging

Cover charge
At bars and nightclubs, or restaurants with live entertainment a flat fee for entry, sometimes known as a cover charge, is made, in addition to payment for food and drink

Cover letter
A cover letter, covering letter, motivation letter, motivational letter or a letter of motivation is a letter of introduction attached to, or accompanying another document such as a résumé or curriculum vitae.- For employment :

Cover Up
Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, the series stars Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson.

Cover Up (album)
Cover Up is a studio album by the British reggae band UB40, released in 2001. It was their first studio album release since 1998 when they released Labour of Love III. There was no US release, but rather it was released as an international release

Cover Up (Ministry album)
Cover Up is an album of cover versions by Ministry & Co-Conspirators released on April 1, 2008. The album includes previously released covers "Roadhouse Blues", "Lay Lady Lay" and "Supernaut". Cover Up was supposedly Ministry's final release before their three year break up from 2008 to 2011

Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song

Cover-up
A cover-up is an attempt, whether successful or not, to conceal evidence of wrong-doing, error, incompetence or other embarrassing information

Cover-up (tattoo)
A tattoo cover-up is one of two options for dealing with an unwanted tattoo, the other being removal. Covering up an unwanted tattoo is the cheaper option.

Coverage
-Filmmaking:* Coverage , the size of the image a lens can produce* Camera coverage, the amount of footage shot and different camera setups used in filming a scene

Coverage (telecommunication)
In telecommunications, the coverage of a radio station is the geographic area where the station can communicate. Broadcasters and telecommunications companies frequently produce coverage maps to indicate to users the station's intended service area. Coverage depends on several factors, such as orography and buildings, technology and radio frequency

Coverb
Coverb is a term in theoretical linguistics most often applied in languages with serial verb construction, but also for complex predicates consisting of two verbs with one of them being an auxiliary verb contributing different kinds of information like modality, direction or aktionsart

Covered
Covered is a term used in popular music in general to refer to a song recorded by different performer from its original or most popular recorded version, and by some disc jockeys in particular to describe a musical recording presented under the guise of a false title and artist name

Covering
-Mathematics:*In topology:** Covering map, a function from one space to another with uniform local neighborhoods** Cover , a system of sets whose union is a given topological space

Coverlet
A coverlet is a fabric covering, usually for a bed.Specifically, the term "coverlet" may refer to a:*Woven coverlet, a bed covering used in the United States from the colonial period to the mid-19th century*Quilt

Covers (Fayray album)
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Covers (Placebo album)
Covers is a cover album by British alternative rock band Placebo. The album was originally released as a bonus disc with the special edition version of Sleeping with Ghosts on 22 September 2003 through Hut Records and Astralwerks, which has since gone out of print. "Running Up that Hill" is mostly responsible for this digital release package

Covert (feather)
A covert feather on a bird is one of a set of feathers, called coverts, which as the name implies, cover other feathers. The coverts help to smooth airflow over the wings and tail.- Wing-coverts :

Covey (disambiguation)
Covey usually refers to group of certain birds such as partridges or quails.- People :* Stephen Covey, business author* Richard O. Covey, former astronaut* James Covey, African interpreter* Fred Covey, world champion in real tennis

Coward (disambiguation)
-People:* Charles Joseph Coward, known as the "Count of Auschwitz", English soldier captured during World War II who rescued Jews from Auschwitz* Chris Coward, English football player

Cowardice
Cowardice is the perceived failure to demonstrate sufficient mental robustness and courage in the face of a challenge. Under many military codes of justice, cowardice in the face of combat is a crime punishable by death

Cowbell
The cowbell is an idiophone hand percussion instrument used in various styles of music including salsa and infrequently in popular music. It is named after the similar bell historically used by herdsmen to keep track of the whereabouts of cows.- Origins :

Cowbell
Cowbell may refer to:* Cow bell, a bell made to be worn by a cow* Cowbell , a percussion instrument* "More cowbell", a pop-culture phrase made famous in a Saturday Night Live sketch

Cowbell (song)
Cowbell is a song by the Tapes 'n Tapes. It is the seventh track on their album The Loon.-Track listing:# "Cowbell " - 2:34# "Omaha " - 5:25# "Cowbell Cowbell is a song by the Tapes 'n Tapes. It is the seventh track on their album The Loon.-Track listing:# "Cowbell (Album Version)" - 2:34# "Omaha (KEXP Session Version)" - 5:25# "Cowbell Cowbell is a song by the Tapes 'n Tapes. It is the seventh track on their album The Loon.-Track listing:# "Cowbell (Album Version)" - 2:34# "Omaha (KEXP Session Version)" - 5:25# "Cowbell (KEXP Session Version" - 3:37

Cowbird
Cowbirds are birds belonging to the genus Molothrus in the family Icteridae. They are brood parasitic New World birds which are unrelated to the Old World cuckoos, one of which, the Common Cuckoo, is the best-known brood parasitic bird.

Cowboy
A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the vaquero traditions of northern Mexico and became a figure of special significance and legend

Cowboy (comics)
Cowboy is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. He is a mutant and a member of Team America.-Publication history:Cowboy first appeared in Team America #2 , and was created by Bill Mantlo and Mike Vosburg.

Cowboy (film)
Cowboy is a 1958 western film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Glenn Ford and Jack Lemmon. This film is an adaptation of the Frank Harris semi-autobiographical novel My Reminiscences as a Cowboy. Lemmon's character is based on Harris

Cowboy (Kid Rock song)
"Cowboy" is a single by Kid Rock from his album Devil Without a Cause.He describes the song as "Lynyrd Skynyrd meets Run-D.M.C.." The song is a genre all to itself fusing elements of rap, folk and southern rock. The song contains samples of The Allman Brothers "Midnight Rider" and the piano break of the Doors "L.A. Woman", during which, in the video, Joe C

Cowl
This article is about the garment used by monks and nuns. For other uses, see Cowl or Cowling .The cowl is an item of clothing consisting of a long, hooded garment with wide sleeves. Originally it may have referred simply to the hooded portion of a cloak

Cowl (chimney)
A cowl is a usually hood-shaped covering used to increase the draft of a chimney and prevent backflow. The cowl, usually made of galvanized iron, is fitted to the chimney pot to prevent wind blowing the smoke back down into the room beneath

Cowl (oast)
thumb|Cowls on a maltings at [[Ware, Hertfordshire|Ware]], Herts. A Cowl is a device used on a kiln to keep the weather out of, and induce a flow of air through, the kiln

Cowlick
A cowlick is a section of hair that stands straight up or lies at an angle at odds with the style in which the rest of an individual's hair is worn. Cowlicks appear when the growth direction of the hair forms a spiral pattern. The term "cowlick" originates from the domestic bovine's habit of licking its young, which results in a swirling pattern in the hair