Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitaceae is a plant family commonly known as gourds or cucurbits and includes the cucumber, squash , luffa, and melon. It is one of the most important families of food plants in the world, although not nearly as important as the grass family, Poaceae, legume family, Fabaceae, or Nightshade family, Solanaceae.
	Cuddles Cuddles is one of the puppets on Puppets Who Kill aired on the Comedy Network. He is voiced by Canadian comedian Bob Martin. Cuddles is a comfort doll, the hospitals give him to children if there having a stressful time, Psychologists thought that he would be soothing to patients.
	Cue ball In billiard games, the cue ball is usually the ball that a player must hit with the cue stick. It is usually white in color, although in certain games where more than one cue ball is used a second yellow cue ball may be employed. Spots are sometimes added to allow players to visualize the ball's spin.
	Cue stick A cue stick or simply cue, is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of billiards, pool and snooker. It is used to strike a ball, usually the cue ball. Cues are tapered sticks, typically about 1.5m and 510-600g. Most cues are made of wood, but occasionally the wood is covered or bonded with other materials including graphite and/or fiberglass.
	Cuirass This article is devoted to the type of armour known as a cuirass. For details of cavalry wearing cuirasses go to cuirassier. Category:Medieval armor Category:Personal armor no:Kyrass pl:Kirys
	Cuirassier Cuirassiers were mounted cavalry soldiers equipped with armor and firearms, first appearing in late 15th-century Europe. They were the successors of the medieval armored knights. The term is derived from cuirass, the breastplate armor which they wore. The first cuirassiers did not appear very different from the medieval knights; they wore full-body armor, and the only items of equipment which differentiated them from knights were leather riding boots and the use of wheellock pistols, in
	Cuisine A cuisine is a specific set of cooking traditions and practices, often associated with a place of origin. Religion food laws can also exercise a strong influence on cuisine. A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade.
	Culex Culex is a genus of mosquito, and several species act as Vector of important diseases, such as West Nile virus, filariasis, Japanese encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis and avian malaria. The adult mosquito can measure from 4-10 mm, and morphologically is mainly composed of a head, thorax, and abdomen.
	Culiacán n>Culiacn Rosales, Sinaloa, Mxico Culiacn is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiacn.
	Culottes Culottes are a split or divided skirt. The term skort is more widely used in some areas. While some garments sold as culottes resemble short trousers, to truly be a skort it needs to look like a skirt. Thus, they differ from trousers or shorts by being much fuller at the bottom than at the waist.
	Cult In religion and sociology, a cult is a cohesive group of people devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be far outside the mainstream. Its separate status may come about either due to its novel belief system, because of its idiosyncratic practices or because it opposes the interests of the mainstream culture.
	Cult of personality A cult of personality is a political institution in which a country's leader uses mass media to create a larger-than-life public image through unquestioning flattery and praise. The term often refers as well to leaders who did not use such methods during their lifetime, but are built up in the mass media by later governments.
	Cultivar A cultivar is a cultivated plant that has received a name under the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. For this, it must be distinct from other cultivars and it must be possible to propagation it reliably, in the manner prescribed for that particular cultivar.
	Cultural Revolution The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in the People's Republic of China was a struggle for power within the Communist Party of China, which grew to include large sections of Chinese society and eventually brought the People's Republic of China to the brink of civil war. It was launched by Communist Party of China Chairman Mao Zedong on May 16, 1966 to regain control of the party after the disasters of the Great Leap Forward led to a significant loss of his power to rivals such as Liu Shaoqi an
	Culture The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning "to cultivate", generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. Different definitions of "culture" reflect different theoretical bases for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity.
	Culvert A culvert is a conduit used to enclose a flowing body of water. It may be used to allow water to pass underneath a road, railway, or embankment for example. Culverts can be made of many different materials; steel, polyvinyl chloride and concrete are the most common.
	Cumaná Cuman? (305,000 inhabitants) is the capital of Venezuela's Sucre State. It is located 402 km east of Caracas. It was the first city to be founded by Europeans on the South American mainland , in 1515 by Franciscan monks, but due to successful attacks by the indigenous people, it had to be refounded several times.
	Cumberland Cumberland is one of the 39 historic counties of England, and a former administrative counties of England and ceremonial county, located in north-west England. Since 1974 Cumberland has formed part of the non-metropolitan county of Cumbria, in which it is covers all of the districts of City of Carlisle, Allerdale, Copeland, Cumbria and part of Eden, Cumbria.
	Cumberland Gap The Cumberland Gap is a pass across the Cumberland Mountains region of the Appalachian Mountains. The gap is famous in American history for its role as the chief passageway through the central Appalachians. As the main east-west gap in the mountains, it was an important part of the Wilderness Road, an old Indian path which Daniel Boone widened with 35 axmen, thus opening up the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee for pioneer settlement.
	Cumberland Plateau The Cumberland Plateau is the southern part of the Appalachian Plateau. It includes much of eastern Kentucky and western West Virginia, part of Tennessee, and a small portion of northern Alabama. The terms "Allegheny Plateau" and the "Cumberland Plateau" both refer to the dissected plateau lands lying west of the main Appalachian Mountains.
	Cumbria Cumbria is a Counties of England in the North West England region of England. Cumbria is home to the Lake District National Park, considered one of the most beautiful areas of the United Kingdom. The area has provided inspiration for generations of British and foreign artists, writers and musicians.
	Cumin Cumin is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native from the east Mediterranean to East India. It is a herbaceous annual plant, with a slender branched Plant stem 20-30 cm tall. The leaf are 5-10 cm long, pinnate or bipinnate, with thread-like leaflets.
	Cumulonimbus cloud Cumulonimbus is a type of cloud that is tall, dense, and involved in thunderstorms and other bad weather. The clouds can form alone, in clusters, or along a weather front in a squall line. Cumulonimbus clouds form from cumulus clouds.
	Cumulus cloud A cumulus cloud is a cloud belonging to a class characterized by puffs, mounds or towers, with flat bases and tops that often resemble cauliflower. They are formed in the troposphere at a lower altitude than altocumulus, usually below 8,000 foot . "Cumulus" is Latin for "filth", related to "accumulation".
	Cuneus The cuneus is a portion of the human brain in the occipital lobe.
	Cunoniaceae The Cunoniaceae is a family of 26 Genus and about 350 species of woody plants in the Antarctic flora, native to Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Zealand, southern South America, the Mascarene Islands and southern Africa. Several of the genera have remarkable disjunct ranges, found on more than one continent, e.g.
	Cunt Cunt is a vulgarism in English language which refers to the Female reproductive system . Some consider the term obscenity and highly offensive, perhaps the most offensive of expletives, while others treat it as merely vulgar.
	Cup fungus Cup fungi are fungus which produce a mushroom that tends to grow in the shape of a "cup". Spores are formed on the inner surface of this fruiting body. The cup shape typically serves to focus raindrops into splashing spores out of the cup. Additionally, the curvature enables wind currents to blow the spores out in a different manner than in most agaricales and boletales
	Cupboard A cupboard is a type of cabinet, often made of wood, used indoors to store household objects such as food and crockery, and protect them from dust. As the name suggests, this piece of furniture was originally a simple board or table on which to place cups or Mug - recorded use of such a name dates back to at least the Middle Ages.
	Cupcake A cupcake is a small cake designed to serve one person, usually made in a small paper cup container. As with larger cakes, icing and other decorations are usually applied. Cupcakes are often served during a celebration, such as children's classroom birthday party.
	Cupid In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of erotic love. He is equated with the Ancient Greece God Eros and another one of his Latin names Amor.
	Cupola In architecture, a cupola consists of a dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and provide ventilation. The word comes, through Italian language , from the lower latin 'cupula' small cup indicating a vault resembling an upside down cup.
	Cupressaceae The Cupressaceae or cypress family is a conifer family with worldwide distribution. The family includes 27 to 30 genera with about 130-140 species. They are Plant sexuality or Plant sexuality trees and shrubs from 1-112m tall. The bark of mature trees is commonly orange- to red- brown and of stringy texture, often flaking or peeling in vertical strips, but smooth, scaly or hard and square-cracked in some species.
	Cupressus The genus Cupressus is one of several genera within the Family Cupressaceae that have the common name cypress; for the others, see cypress. As currently treated, these cypresses are native to scattered localities in mainly warm temperate regions in the northern hemisphere, including western North America, Central America, north-west Africa, the Middle East, the Himalaya, southern China and north Vietnam.
	Cupressus arizonica Cupressus arizonica, the Arizona Cypress, is a species of Cupressaceae native to the southwest of North America, in the United States in Arizona, southwest New Mexico, southern California, and the Chisos Mountains of west Texas, and in Mexico in Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas and northern Baja California.
	Cupressus lusitanica Cupressus lusitanica is a species of Cupressaceae native to Mexico and Central America, growing at 500-4000 m altitude. It is an evergreen tree with a conic to ovoid-conic crown, growing to 40 m tall. The foliage grows in dense sprays, dark green to somewhat yellow-green in colour.
	Cupressus macrocarpa Cupressus macrocarpa is a species of Cupressaceae endemic to the central coast of California. In the wild, the species is confined to two small populations, near Monterey, California and Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. These groves are protected, within Point Lobos State Reserve and Del Monte Forest.
	Cupressus sempervirens Cupressus sempervirens, the Mediterranean Cypress, is a species of Cupressus native to the eastern Mediterranean region, in northeast Libya, southeast Greece, southern Turkey, Cyprus, western Syria, Lebanon and western Jordan, and also a disjunct population in Iran.
	Cuprite Cuprite is a mineral composed of copper(I) oxide Cu2O, and is a minor ore of copper. Its dark crystals with red internal reflections are in the Cubic system hexoctahedral class, appearing as cubic, octahedral, or dodecahedral forms, or in combinations. Penetration Crystal twinning frequently occur.
	Cupronickel Cupronickel is an alloy of copper, nickel and strengthening impurities, such as iron and manganese. Cupronickel does not corrode in seawater, because its electronegativity is adjusted to be neutral with regard to seawater. Because of this it is used for marine hardware, and sometimes for the propellers, crankshafts and hulls of premium tugboats, fishing boats and other working boats.
	Cupule A cupule is a fruit structure found in flowering plants in the family Fagaceae. It holds and protects the nut during its growth and maturation. In some genera, it only partly encloses the single nut, while in others, it fully encloses the two or more nuts, and splits open at maturity into four valves to release the nuts.
	Curaçao |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Anthem: Himno di Krsou |- | align="center" colspan=2 | |- | Capital || Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles |- | Area - Total  - % water | 450 km Negligible |- | Population
	Curare This page is about the plant. For the DC Comics character, see Curare_(comics). Curare is a substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine. It is obtained from one of several plants, the purified products of which are used as skeletal muscle muscle relaxant.
	Curb bit A curb bit is a type of bit used for riding that uses leverage. It includes pelham bit along with the traditional "curb bit" used mainly by Western-style riders. Kimberwickes are modified curb bits, and a curb bit is used in a double bridle along with a bradoon. A curb bit is, in general, more severe than a basic snaffle, although there are several factors that are involved in determining a bit's severity.
	Curculionidae Curculionidae is the family of the "true" weevils. With over 60,000 species described worldwide, it is the largest of beetle families. They are recognized by their distinctive long snout and geniculate antennae with small clubs; beyond that curculionids have considerable diversity of form and size, with adult lengths ranging from 1 to 40 mm.
	Curcuma Curcuma is a genus of about 80 accepted species in the plant family Zingiberaceae that contains such species as turmeric and Siam Tulip. Since assembly of the genus Curcuma by Linne in 1753 about 130 species have been described so far. Some of the species descriptions are without latin diagnosis or type speciem, therefore the legitimate status of many species is suspicious and remain unclear.
	Curette A curette is a spoon-shaped surgery instrument for cleaning a diseased surface. As a verb, "to curette" means to use a curette One use of curettes is in adenoidectomy. A mirror is placed at the back of the throat to enable the adenoids to be seen, then the curette is placed in position.
	Curiosa Curiosa is the name of a 2004 concert tour in the United States, organized by Robert Smith of The Cure. It began with a concert in West Palm Beach, Florida on July 24 and ended in Sacramento, California on August 29. The headlining bands were The Cure, Interpol, The Rapture, and Mogwai.
	Curiosity Curiosity is any nature inquisitive behaviour, evident by observation in many animal species, and is the emotional aspect of living beings that engenders exploration, investigation, and learning.
	Curitiba Curitiba is the capital city of the Brazilian Brazilian state of Paran. In 2005 its population was approximately 1,757,904 people. Its metropolitan area comprises 26 municipalities with a total population of 3.2 million . The city is on a plateau 932 m above sea level.
	Curlew For alternative meanings of Numenius see Numenius. Curlew is the common name for the bird genus Numenius, a group of eight wader species, characterised by a long slender downcurved bill and mainly brown plumage with little seasonal change. They are related to the godwits, but the latter have straight bills.
	Curlew Sandpiper The Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea is a small wader. This species breeding habitat is tundra in arctic north Siberia. The male performs an aerial display during courtship. They nest on the ground in the tundra, laying 3-4 eggs. Curlew Sandpiper is strongly bird migration, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and Australasia.
	Curling Curling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each, using heavy polished granite stones which they slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. Points are scored for the number of stones that a team has closer to the center of the target than the closest of the other team's stones.
	Curmudgeon "Curmudgeon" is a song by the United States rock music band, Nirvana. It is a B-side on their 1992 Single for the song, "Lithium." The same version also appears on a 1992 compilation album called Burning Leaves III: The Third Fall Of DGC, and on the 2004 Nirvana box set, With the Lights Out.
	Currawong Currawongs are medium-sized passerine birds of the family Artamidae native to Australasia. There are either three or four species. The common name comes from the call of the familiar Pied Currawong of eastern Australia and is Onomatopoeia. The true currawongs are a little larger than the Australian Magpie, somewhat smaller than most ravens, but broadly similar in appearance.
	Current Current may refer to: * Current affairs * Electric current * Current **Ocean current * Current, geometrical current in differential topology * The conserved current or Noether current in physics and mathematics, as a result of Emmy Noether's theorem. * Present
	Curry A curry is any of a variety of distinctively spiced dishes, best-known in Indian cuisine, Thai cuisine and other South Asian cuisines, but curry has been adopted into all of the mainstream cuisines of the Asia-Pacific area. Along with tea, curry is one of the few dishes or drinks that is truly "pan-Asian", but specifically, its roots come from India.
	Currys Currys is an electrical retailer in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, and is owned by DSG International plc. It specialises in home electronics and household appliances, with 295 superstores and 73 high street stores. Their annual sales in 2003/04 were £1,752 million and £1,852 million in 2004/05.
	Cursive Cursive is any style of penmanship in which all the letters in a word are connected, making a word one single stroke. In British English, the phrase "joined-up writing" is far more commonly used, while the term "running writing" is sometimes used in Australia.
	Curtain A curtain is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light. Curtains are often hung on the inside of a building's window to block the travel of light, for instance at night to aid sleeping, or to stop light from escaping outside the building. In this application they are also known as "draperies." Curtains come in a variety of shapes, materials, sizes, colours and patterns, and they often have their own sections within department stores, whilst some shops are completely dedicated to selling curtains.
	Curtain call A curtain call occurs at the end of a performance when individuals return to the stage to be recognized by the audience for their performance. Biography.ms. URL Accessed July 20, 2006. Schoolshows.demon.co.uk. URL Accessed July 20, 2006. Curtain calls are not solely limited to actors in theaters.
	Curvature Curvature refers to a number of loosely related concepts in different areas of geometry. Intuitively, curvature is the amount by which a geometric object deviates from being flat, but this is defined in different ways depending on the context. There is a key distinction between extrinsic curvature which is defined for objects embedded in another space in a way that relates to the radius of curvature of circles that touch the object, and curvature tensor which is defined at each point in a differential
	Cusco Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cusco Province. The city has a population of about 300,000, triple the population it contained just 20 years ago. The altitude of the city, located on the eastern end of the Knot of Cuzco, is around 3,500 m.
	Cuscuta Cuscuta is a genus of about 100-170 species of yellow, orange or red parasitic plants. Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, recent genetic research by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown that it is correctly placed in the family Convolvulaceae.
	Cushion A cushion, is a soft bag of some ornamental material, stuffed with wool, hair, feathers, polyester staple fiber, non-woven material, or even paper torn into fragments. It may be used for sitting or kneeling upon, or to soften the hardness or angularity of a chair or couch.
	Custard Custard is a range of preparations based on milk and eggs, thickened with heat. Most commonly, it refers to a dessert or dessert sauce, but custard bases are also used for quiches and other savoury foods. As a dessert, it is made from a combination of milk or cream , Egg yolks, sugar, and flavourings such as vanilla.
	Custard Pie "Custard Pie" is the first track on England Rock music band Led Zeppelin's sixth album, Physical Graffiti. The riff-heavy song pays homage to the blues songs of the Robert Johnson era, complete with difficult-to-comprehend lyrics and a blistering wah-wah solo.
	Cuteness Cuteness is a delicate and physical attractiveness kind of beauty commonly associated with youth, innocence, and helplessness. Human infants and many baby animals define "cuteness" for most people, and the standard characteristics of infancy are typically used to judge the cuteness of other phenomena.
	Cutlass A cutlass is a short, thick saber or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket-shaped Hilt#Guard.
	Cutlassfish The cutlassfishes are about 40 species of fish in the family Trichiuridae found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise to their name. Some species are known as scabbardfishes or hairtails; others are called frostfishes because they appear in late autumn and early winter, around the time of the first frosts.