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Nootka Sound
(Encyclopedia) Nootka Sound, inlet of the Pacific Ocean and natural harbor on the west coast of Vancouver Island, SW British Columbia, Canada, lying between the mainland and Nootka Island (206 sq mi/…echo sounder
(Encyclopedia) echo sounder, an older instrumentation system for indirectly determining ocean floor depth. Echo sounding is based on the principle that water is an excellent medium for the…Albemarle Sound
(Encyclopedia) Albemarle Sound, large inland body of generally fresh water, c.55 mi (90 km) long, from 3 to 14 mi (4.8–22 km) wide, NE N.C. Shallow and tideless, the sound is separated from the…sonic boom
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Sonic boom wave pattern from a supersonic aircraft and variation in pressure sonic boom, shock wave produced by an object moving through the air at supersonic speed, i.e.,…Animals: Pictures and Sounds
Homework Center – Frequently Asked Questions Animals: Animal Pictures & Sounds Field Guides (Click on a type of animal for a list of species) Animal Diversity Web National Zoo…Brewer's: Sound as a Bell
Quite sound. A cracked bell is useless as a bell. Blinde Fortune did so happily contrive, That we, as sound as bells, did safe arive At Dover. Taylor's Workes, ii. 22 (1630). Source:…Brewer's: Sound as a Roach
Quite sound. A pun upon roach or roche the fish, and the French roche, a rock. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SoundingsSound as a Bell A B C D E F G…Brewer's: Sound Dues
A toll or tribute which was levied by the king of Denmark on all merchant vessels passing through the Sound. (Abolished 1857.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Sabbath of Sound
(The). Silence. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SabbathiansSabbath 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 Related…South, the
(Encyclopedia) South, the, region of the United States embracing the southeastern and south-central parts of the country. Traditionally, all states S of the Mason-Dixon Line and the Ohio River (…Trending
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