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Look up: cosmos

  1. Cosmos
    Cosmos is a city in Meeker County Minnesota, USA Cosmos is a township in Meeker County Minnesota, USA
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. COSMOS
    COSMOS is an abbreviation for COmputer System for Mainframe OperationS
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. cosmos
    [n] - any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. COSMOS
    Computer System for Mainframe Operations
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  5. Cosmos
    The Universe
    Found on http://www.solarspace.co.uk/Glossary.php

  6. Cosmos
    The Universe: the word is derived from the Greek, meaning 'everything'.
    Found on http://www.exeterastro.co.uk/glossary.ht

  7. Cosmos
    The universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious whole.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  8. cosmos
    a Russian satellite series Category: News-systems and communications • wool yarn with cotton or linen blend Category: Various industries and crafts
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Cosmos
    Cos'mos (kŏz'mŏs) noun [ New Latin , from Greek ko`smos order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement); akin to Sanskrit çad to distinguish one's self.] 1. The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it. 2. The theory or description of the universe, as a system displayin ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/167

  10. Cosmos
    Cos'mos noun (Botany) A genus of composite plants closely related to Bidens , usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays. They are natives of the warmer parts of America, and many species are cultivated. Cosmos bipinnatus and C. diversifolius are among the best-known species; C. caudatus , of the ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/167

  11. cosmos
    cosmea noun any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. Cosmos
    In its most general sense, a `cosmos` is an orderly or harmonious system. It originates from a Greek term κÃ?Å’Ã?ƒμοÃ?‚ meaning `order, orderly arrangement, ornaments,` and is the antithetical concept of chaos. Today the word is generally used as synonym of the word 'Universe' (considered in its orderly aspect). The word cosmetics originates from the same root.
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos

  13. Cosmos
    • (n.) The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it. • (n.) The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony. • (n.) A genus of composite plants closely related to Bidens, usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others with red, s...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  14. Cosmos
    genus of garden plants of the family Asteraceae, containing about 25 species native to tropical America. They have leaves opposite each other on the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/147

  15. Cosmos
    any of a series of unmanned Soviet satellites launched from the early 1960s. Cosmos satellites were used for a wide variety of purposes, including ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/147

  16. Cosmos
    in astronomy, the entire physical universe consisting of all objects and phenomena observed or postulated.[34 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/147

  17. cosmos
    cosmos 1. The universe considered as an ordered and integrated whole. 2. An ordered system or harmonious whole. 3. Harmony and order as distinct from chaos.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  18. cosmos
    1. everything that exists anywhere
    2. the whole collection of existing things
    3. any of various mostly Mexican herbs of the genus Cosmos having radiate heads of variously colored flowers and pinnate leaves; popular fall-blooming annuals

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  19. Cosmos
    (spacecraft) A long and ongoing series of Earth satellites launched by Russia for a variety of military and scientific purposes. The first was placed in orbit on Mar. 16, 1962. Subprograms of Cosmos include Bion, EORSAT, Geizer, Geo-1K, GLONASS, Gonets, Luch, Parus, Rorsat, Stre...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi

  20. cosmos
    A term used synonymously with 'universe'. The kosmos of the ancient Greeks and Christian Middle Ages consisted of the Earth at the center of a series of concentric, revolving spheres to which the Moon, Sun, planets, and stars were fixed. In the scheme of Aristotle and Ptolemy, which prevailed until ...
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  21. cosmos
    cosmos (koz'mus) , any plant of the tropical American genus Cosmos of the family Asteraceae (aster family). C. bipinnatus, of Mexico, and others are cultivated in many varieties for their showy flowers in shades of red, yellow, and white. Cosmos is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08137

  22. Cosmos
    (Gr. kosmos -- in order, duly; hence, good behavior, government, mode or fashion, ornament, dress (cf. cosmetic); a ruler; the world or universe as perfectly arranged and ordered; cf. providence.) The early Greek notion of the universe as ordered by destiny or fate was gradually refined until the time of Plato and Aristotle who conceived the world...
    Found on http://www.ditext.com/runes/c.html


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22 November 2009

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On Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas. At his death, the 35th president was 46 years old and had served less than three years in office. Despite this intimate experience of events surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy, the nation failed to achieve closure. Oswald never confessed, and the facts of the case remain mysterious. The Warren Commission's conclusion Oswald acted alone failed to satisfy the public. In 1976, the House of Representatives' Select Committee on Assassinations reopened investigation of the murder. The Committee reported that Lee Harvey Oswald probably was part of a conspiracy that may have involved organized crime. read more

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