Chalet A chalet, also called Swiss chalet, is a type of building in the Alps region made of wood.
	Chalk Chalk is a soft, white, porous form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite. It is also a sedimentary rock. It is relatively resistant to erosion and slumping compared to the clays with which it is usually associated, so forms tall steep cliffs where chalk ridges meet the sea.
	Chalkboard A chalkboard or blackboard is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with chalk or other erasable markers. Chalkboards were originally made of smooth, thin sheets of black or dark grey slate stone. A chalkboard can simply be a piece of board painted with matte dark paint.
	Challah Challah, hallah, Barches, Barkis, Bergis, khala, khale is a traditional Ashkenazi Jewish braided bread eaten on Shabbat and Jewish holidays except Passover, when leavened bread is not allowed. The association of challah with Judaism is most prevalent in the United States.
	Challenge Challenge is a United Kingdom digital TV channel owned by Flextech. Originally starting out as 'The Family Channel', and later 'Challenge TV', it has historically shown various game shows taken from a variety of sources, including some they made themselves, and the majority of its programmes are still in this genre.
	Chalybeate Chalybeate is a word made from Greek and Latin, maening "containing iron". Chalybeate water was early in the 17th century said to have health-giving properties and many people have promoted its qualities. Frederick North, Lord Norths physician claimed that it contained vitriol and, according to opinion of the day, could cure the colic, the melancholy, and the vapours; it made the lean fat, the fat lean; it killed flat worms in the belly, loosened the clammy humours of the body, and dried the over-moist brain.*Iron(II) carbonate
	Chamaecyparis The genus Chamaecyparis is one of several genera within the Family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see cypress. There are five or six species of Chamaecyparis, depending on taxonomic opinion; C. taiwanensis is treated by many as a variety of C.
	Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Chamaecyparis lawsoniana is a cypress in the genus Chamaecyparis, family Cupressaceae, known by the name Lawson's Cypress in the horticultural trade, or Port Orford "Cedar" in its native range. C. lawsoniana is native to the southwest of Oregon and the far northwest of California in the United States, occurring from sea level up to 1500 m altitude in mountain valleys, often along streams.
	Chamaecyparis thyoides Chamaecyparis thyoides, the Atlantic White Cypress, is an evergreen coniferous tree in the genus Chamaecyparis, of the cypress family Cupressaceae. It is also known as "Atlantic White Cedar". It is native to the Atlantic Ocean coast of North America from Maine south to Georgia, with a disjunct population on the Mexican Gulf coast from Florida to Mississippi.
	Chamaeleo Chamaeleo is a genus of lizard found in tropical Africa and Asia. They are slow moving, arboreal, with independently movable eyes, the ability to change skin colouration, long tongue, prehensile tail and special leg adaptations for grasping vegetation.
	Chambered Nautilus The Chambered Nautilus is the best known species of nautilus. The shell, when cut away as in the photograph below, reveals a lining of lustrous nacre, and displays a nearly perfect logarithmic spiral.
	Chameleon Chameleons are squamata that belong to one of the best known lizard families. They are known for their ability to change their color, their elongated sticky tongue, and for their eyes which can be moved independently of each other. The name "chameleon" means "earth lion" and is derived from the Greek language words "chamai" and "leon".
	Chamfer A chamfer is a beveled edge connecting two surfaces. If the surfaces are at right angles, the chamfer will typically be symmetrical at 45 degrees. A fillet is the opposite, rounding off an interior corner. "Chamfer" is a term commonly used in industrial engineering. Special tools such as chamfer mills and chamfer planes are available.
	Chamois The chamois is a goat-like animal that lives in the European Alps, central Italian Appennine regions Corno Grande, as well as the high mountains of Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, northern Greece and the Republic of Macedonia. Chamois were successfully introduced to the South Island of New Zealand in 1907, where it has caused damage to mountain ecosystems.
	Champagne flute The champagne flute is a piece of stemware with unique characteristics. It has a long stem with a tall, narrow bowl on top. The shape of the stemware is designed to keep the Champagne desirable during its consumption. The glass is designed to be held by the stem to help prevent the heat from the hand from warming the champagne.
	Champlevé Champlev? is an enamelling technique in the decorative arts, or an object made by that process, in which troughs or cells are carved into the surface of a metal object, and filled with vitreous enamel. The piece is then fired until the enamel melts, and when cooled the surface of the object is polished.
	Chancellor of the Exchequer The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British cabinet minister responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called The Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister for Finance or Secretary of the Treasury in other jurisdictions.
	Chances Chances was an Australian evening soap opera, produced from 1991 to 1992. It told the story of the average middle-class Taylor family whose lives are transformed by winning $3 million in the lottery. The series was broadcast by the Nine Network, initially as two one-hour episodes each week.
	Chancre A chancre is a painless ulceration formed during the primary stage of syphilis. This infectious lesion forms approximately 21 days after the initial exposure to Treponema pallidum, the gram-negative spirochaete bacterium yielding syphilis. Chancres transmit the sexually transmissible disease of syphilis through direct physical contact.
	Chancy Chancy is a commune of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland.
	Chandelier A chandelier is a ceiling-mounted fixture with two or more arms bearing lights. Modern chandeliers are often very ornate, containing dozens of lamps and complex arrays of glass shapes to scatter light in complex, attractive patterns. Structurally, chandeliers may be much heavier than other ceiling light fixtures.
	Chandler Chandler is a surname, derived from a profession . It may refer to many people.
	Change Change is the word used to describe the transition that occurs from same to different. Change, the quality of impermanence and the flux, has had a chequered history as a concept. In ancient Greek language philosophy, while Heraclitus saw change as ever-present and all-encompassing, Parmenides virtually denied its existence.
	Change ringing Change ringing is the art of ringing a set of tuned Bell in a series of Mathematics patterns called "changes", without attempting to ring a conventional tune. It was systematized by Fabian Stedman and Richard Duckworth in 17th century England; it remains most popular there today, as well as in countries around the world with British influence.
	Change state In CAD or CSG, the change state or delta state refers to the intermediate modifications made to a document before it is saved. Hence, if one has a history of changes, it is the collective set of intermittent modifications, whose final outcome is one which satisfies certain properties.
	Changeables The New Food Changeables are a line of promotional toys produced by McDonald's and given away with their children's happy meals during the late 1980's and early 1990's. Styled after the popular Habro Transformers toy line, these figures changed from the appearance of typical McDonald's food items to small robots and back.
	Changeling In European folklore and Folk religion, a changeling is the offspring of a fairy, troll, elf or other legendary creature that has been secretly left in exchange for a human child. The motivation for this conduct stems from the desire to have a human servant, the love of a human child, or from malice.
	Channel catfish Channel catfish are North America's most numerous catfish subspecies. They are also the most fished types of catfish, with approximately 8 million anglers in the USA targeting them per year. A member of the Ictalurus genus of American catfishes, channel catfish have a top-end size of approximately 40-50 pounds.
	Channel Islands The Channel Islands are a group of Crown dependency islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English Channel. They comprise two separate countries: the bailiwick of Guernsey and the bailiwick of Jersey, and have a total population of about 160,000.
	Channel Islands National Park Channel Islands National Park is a national park that consists of five of the eight Channel Islands of California off the coast of the U.S. state of California, in the Pacific Ocean. The islands within the park extend along the southern California coast from Point Conception near Santa Barbara, California to just north of Los Angeles.
	Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel is a 31 mile -long rail transport tunnel beneath the English Channel at the Straits of Dover, connecting Folkestone, Kent, Kent in England to Coquelles near Calais in northern France. A long-standing and very expensive megaproject that saw several false starts, it was finally completed in 1994.
	Channelization This article is about stream channelization. For channelization in the context of telecommunications, see Channelized. Channelization is the process of reconstructing the natural course of a stream in order to make it flow into a restricted path. Channelization of a stream may be undertaken for several motives.
	Channidae Channidae is a family of freshwater perciform fish commonly known as snakeheads. There are two genera, Channa in Asia, and Parachanna in Africa, consisting of 30 species. These predatory fishes are distinguished by a long dorsal fin, small head with large head scales on top, large mouth and teeth.
	Chanson de geste The chansons de geste, Old French for "songs of heroic deeds", are the epic poetry that appears at the dawn of French literature. The earliest known examples date from the late eleventh and early twelfth centuries, nearly a hundred years before the emergence of the lyric poetry of the trouvres and the earliest verse Romance.
	Chanter The chanter is the part of the bagpipe upon which the player creates the melody. It consists of a number of finger-holes, and in its simpler forms looks similar to a recorder. On more elaborate bagpipes, such as the Northumbrian bagpipes or the Uilleann pipes, it also may have a number of keys, to increase the instrument's range and/or the number of keys it can play in.
	Chaos Chaos typically refers to unpredictability. In the metaphysics sense, it is the opposite of law and order: unrestrictive, both creative and destructive. The word did not mean "disorder" in classical-period ancient Greece. It meant "the primal emptiness, outer space".
	Chaparral Chaparral is a shrubland biome found primarily in California, USA, that is shaped by a Mediterranean climate and wildfire. Similar plant communities are found in the five other Mediterranean climate regions around the world, including the Mediterranean , central Chile , South African Cape Region , and Australia .
	Chapeau "Chapeau" is a French term signifying a hat or other covering for the head. In heraldry, it is used as a mark of ecclesiastical dignity, especially that of cardinals, which is called the red chapeau. It is worn over the shield by way of Crest, as mitres and coronets are.
	Chapel A chapel is a church or area of worship, often small and attached to a larger institution such as a larger church, a college, a hospital, a palace, a prison or a cemetery. Architecturally, a chapel may be a part of a large church set aside for some specific use or purpose: for instance, Gothic cathedrals typically have a "Lady Chapel" in the apse, dedicated to Mary; parish churches may have a "Blessed Sacrament Chapel" attached to the main church where the Eucharist is kept between services.
	Chaplain A chaplain is typically a member of the clergy serving a group of people who are not organized as a mission or church; laity chaplains are also found in some settings such as university. For example a chaplain is often attached to a military unit, a private chapel, a ship, a prison, a hospital, a college or other school, even a parliamentary assembly and so on.
	Chaps Chaps are sturdy leather coverings for the legs. They are buckled on over one's trousers and belt with the chaps' integrated belt, but unlike trousers they are not joined at the crotch. The word is recorded in English since 1844, as an abbreviation of chaparajos, from Mexican Spanish chaparreras, worn to protect from chaparro "evergreen oak".
	Chapters Chapters is a bookstore chain throughout Canada. In 2001, it was acquired by Indigo Books, Music & More. It was created when Coles and SmithBooks, Canada's two largest book chains at the time, merged in 1994. SmithBooks was acquired from Federal Industries and Coles was acquired from Southam Inc. Canadian General Capital and Pathfinder Capital bought these two chains with the intention of building large-format book superstores.
	Chapultepec Chapultepec is a large hill on the outskirts of central Mexico City and has been a special place for Mexicans ever since the Aztecs made a temporary home on its central hill after arriving from northern Mexico in the 1200s. In modern Mexico City Chapultepec Park, consisting of the hill and surrounding land of 1,600 acres has many attractions, including Chapultepec Castle, where Emperor Maximilian and Empress Carlota of Mexico lived.
	Characidae The Characidae or Characins are a Family of Fresh water subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the Order Characiformes. They originate in the Americas from southwestern Texas and Mexico through Central America and South America.
	Charade Charade is a 1963 in film film Screenwriter by Peter Stone and Marc Behm, film director by Stanley Donen, and starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. It also stars Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Dominique Minot, Ned Glass, and Jacques Marin.
	Charadriiformes Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. It includes about 350 species and has members in all parts of the world. Most Charadriiformes live near water and eat invertebrates or other small animals; however, some are pelagic, some occupy deserts and a few are found in thick forest.
	Charcoal Charcoal is the blackish residue consisting of impure carbon obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. It is usually produced by heating wood in the absence of oxygen , but sugar charcoal, bone charcoal , and others can be produced as well.
	Chard Chard, also known as Swiss Chard, Silverbeet, Perpetual Spinach or Mangold, is a leaf vegetable, and is one of the cultivated descendants of the Sea Beet, Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima. It is in the plant family Amaranthaceae. While used for its leaves, it is in the same species as the garden beet, which is grown primarily for its roots.
	Chardonnay Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used to make a white varietal wine. It is believed to be named after the village of Chardonnay in the Mconnais region of France, where Pouilly-Fuiss is currently produced and it is possible that the variety was first bred there.
	Charge card A charge card is similar to a credit card, except that the charges made to it must be paid-off each month in full, rather than having revolving credit which carries a Balance forward. Many people are not aware of this distinction however, and often interchangeably use "charge card" to describe any card which can be used as payment, or "credit card" for any credit or charge card.
	Chari River The Chari or Shari River is a 949-kilometer-long river of central Africa, flowing from the Central African Republic through Chad into Lake Chad. Much of Chad's population, including Sarh and the capital N'Djamena, is concentrated around it. It provides 90% of the water flowing into Lake Chad.
	Charina Charina is a genus of Boidae found predominantly in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
	Chariot A chariot is a two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle. In Latin biga is a two-horse chariot, and quadriga is a four-horse chariot . It was used for ancient warfare during the Bronze Age and Iron Ages, and continued to be used for travel, parades and in games after it had been superseded militarily.
	Charlemagne Charlemagne was the King of the Franks who conquered Regnum Italicum and took the Iron Crown of Lombardy in 774 and, on a visit to Rome in 800, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor — Emperor of the Romans — by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day, presaging the revival of the Roman imperial tradition in the West in the form of the Holy Roman Empire.
	Charles Baudelaire Charles Pierre Baudelaire was one of the most influential French poetrys of the nineteenth century. He was also an important critic and translator.
	Charles Dana Gibson Charles Dana Gibson was an United States graphic artist, noted for his creation of one of the first pin-up girls, the "Gibson Girl". He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts. A talented youth, his parents enrolled him in the Art Students League of New York, Manhattan.
	Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin was an England natural history who achieved lasting fame by producing considerable evidence that species originated through evolutionary change, at the same time proposing the scientific theory that natural selection is the mechanism by which such change occurs.
	Charles de Gaulle Charles Andr Joseph Marie de Gaulle , in France commonly referred to as Gnral de Gaulle, was a Military of France leader and statesman. Prior to World War II, he was mostly known as an armoured warfare military tactics and an advocate of the concentrated use of Armoured fighting vehicle and Air force forces.
	Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens , pen-name "Boz", was an England novelist. During his career Dickens achieved massive worldwide popularity, winning acclaim for his rich storytelling and memorable characters. Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, he was the foremost novelist of the Victorian era as well as a vigorous social campaigner.
	Charles Eames Charles Eames was an American designer, architecture and filmmaker who, together with his wife Ray Eames, is responsible for many classic, iconic designs of the 20th century.
	Charles Evans Hughes Charles Evans Hughes was Governor of New York, United States Secretary of State, Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the United States.
	Charles Farrar Browne Charles Farrar Browne, was a United States humorous writer, best known under his nom de plume of Artemus Ward. Browne was born in Waterford, Maine. He began life as a compositor and occasional contributor to the daily and weekly journals. In 1858 he published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer the first of the "Artemus Ward" series, which in a collected form achieved great popularity in both America and England.
	Charles Follen McKim Charles Follen McKim was one of the most prominent American Beaux-Arts architecture Architect of the late nineteenth century, as a member of the partnership McKim, Mead, and White. He was named after Charles Follen, noted abolitionism and Unitarian minister.
	Charles Fourier This article is about the French utopian socialist philosopher. For other famous Fouriers, see Fourier. Franois Marie Charles Fourier was a France utopian socialist. Fourier coined the word fminisme in 1837; as early as 1808, he had argued that the extension of women's rights was the general principle of all social progress.
	Charles Goodyear Charles Goodyear was the first American to vulcanized rubber, a process which he discovered in 1839 and patented on June 15, 1844. Although Goodyear is often credited with its invention, modern evidence has proven that the Mesoamericans used stabilized rubber for balls and other objects as early as 1600 BC.
	Charles James Fox Charles James Fox was a prominent Kingdom of Great Britain British Whig Party politician. He is noted as an anti-slavery campaigner, a supporter of United States of America American Revolution from Britain, and as a supporter of the French Revolution.
	Charles Kay Ogden Charles Kay Ogden was an England linguist, philosopher, and writer, now mostly remembered as the inventor and propagator of Basic English, a constructed language, his primary activity from 1925 until his death. Basic English is an auxiliary international language of 850 words comprising a system covering everything necessary for everyday purposes.
	Charles Kettering Charles Franklin Kettering, also known as "Boss" Kettering, was born in Loudonville, Ohio, USA. He was a farmer, school teacher, mechanic, engineer, scientist, inventor and social philosophy. He had poor eyesight, but acquired an electrical engineering degree from Ohio State University in 1904.
	Charles Lamb Charles Lamb was an England essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced along with his sister, Mary Lamb. Lamb was the youngest child of John Lamb, a lawyer's clerk. He was born in Crown Office Row, Inner Temple, London, and spent his youth there, later going away to school at Christ's Hospital.
	Charles Laughton Charles Laughton was an England stage and film actor. He became an American citizen in 1950. While best known for his historical roles in films, he started his career as a remarkable stage actor. In a moment when stage actors despised movies as a legitimate medium, only being interested in them as a source of income, Laughton showed keen and serious interest in the pioneering possibilities of film, and later other new media as radio and TV, proving that it was worth that quality work could be available to larger audiences o