Carthamus The Carthamus genre has mostly Mediterranean thorny plants of the Asteraceae family.
	Carthusian The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is an enclosed Christianity Order founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084. There exist both Carthusian monks and nuns. They follow their own Rule, called the Statutes, rather than the Rule of St Benedict and combine eremitical and cenobitic monastic life.
	Carting Carting is the dog sport or activity of carting, in which a dog pulls a cart filled with supplies, such as farm goods or firewood, but sometimes pulling people. Carting as a sport is also known as dryland mushing and is practiced all around the world, often to keep winter sled dogs in competition form during the off-season.
	Cartography Cartography or mapmaking is the study and practice of making maps or globes. Maps have traditionally been made using pen and paper, but the advent and spread of computers has revolutionized cartography. Most commercial quality maps are now made with map making software that falls into one of three main types; computer-aided design, geographic information system, and specialized map illustration software.
	Carton Carton is the name of certain objects typically made from the material cardboard, the word's original meaning.
	Cartoon A cartoon is any of several forms of art, with varied meanings that evolved from one to another.
	Cartoonist A cartoonist is an artist who specializes in drawing cartoons. The term can also be applied to those who produce comic books, anime, manga, as well as comic strip creators and those working in animation. Those artists whose work is said to have a "cartoony" style are also called cartoonists.
	Cartouche A cartouche, in Egyptian hieroglyphs, is an oblong enclosure with a vertical line at one end, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name, coming into use during the beginning of the Fourth dynasty of Egypt under Pharaoh Sneferu. The Egyptian language word for it was shenu, and it was essentially an expanded shen ring.
	Cartwheel A cartwheel is a large, open structured wheel used on a cart, carriage or wagon. Originally made from wood, usually a hard, tough wood such as hornbeam, cartwheels are now more commonly made of metal. Category:Animal powered vehicles
	Carving fork A carving fork is a long, two-pronged fork used to hold meat steady while it is being carved. They are often sold with carving knife or slicers as part of a carving set. These older non-stainless forks have moving parts, with springs, that work perfectly after most of a century of exposure to water and salt.
	Cary Grant Archibald Alexander Leach , better known by his screen name, Cary Grant, was an England film actor. He was perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, not only handsome, but also witty and charming. He was named the second AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars by the American Film Institute.
	Caryatid | |- | |- | |} A caryatid, is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. Some of the earliest known examples were found in the Delphi, dating to about the 6th century BC, but their use as supports in the form of female figures can be traced back even farther, to ritual basins, ivory mirror handles from Phoenicia, and draped figures from archaic Greece.
	Caryocar Caryocar is a genus of flowering plants, in the South American family Caryocaraceae. There are ony 15 species in this genus, all trees yielding a strong timber. Eight species within the genus Caryocar have edible fruits, called sawari nuts. ;Species:
	Caryophyllaceae The Caryophyllaceae, the Pink or Carnation family, are a family of dicotyledons, flowering plants, included in the order Caryophyllales. This is a large family with 88 Genus and some 2,000 species. This is a cosmopolitan family of herbaceous plants from temperate climates.
	Caryophyllales Caryophyllales is an order of flowering plants.
	Caryopsis In botany, a caryopsis is a type of simple dry fruit — one that is monocarpelate and indehiscent and resembles an achene, except that in a caryopsis the pericarp is fused with the thin seed. The caryopsis is popularly called a grain and is the fruit typical of the family Poaceae, such as wheat, rice, and maize.
	Casablanca Casablanca is a city in western Morocco, located on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Grand Casablanca region. With a population of 3.5 million , Casablanca is Morocco's biggest city as well as its chief port, and is thus considered the economic capital, although Morocco's official capital and seat of government is Rabat.
	Cascade Range The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanoes called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California.
	Casebook A casebook is a type of textbook used primarily by students in law schools. Rather than simply laying out the legal doctrine in a particular area of study, a casebook contains excerpts from legal cases in which the law of that area was applied. It is then up to the student to analyze the language of the case in order to determine what rule was applied and how the court applied it.
	Casey Jones John Luther "Casey" Jones was a locomotive engineer who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad. In 1900 he was killed when his locomotive collided with another train. His dramatic death trying to stop his train and save lives made him a folksong hero beginning with a song written by Wallace Saunders who was an engine wiper for the IC.
	Casey Stengel Charles Dillon "Casey" Stengel was a famous baseball player and manager. He got the nickname "Casey" from Kansas City, Missouri, Missouri, where he was born. In his early days, he was also known as "Dutch", at that time a common nickname for German American.
	Cash register A cash register is a mechanical or electronic device for calculating and recording sales transactions, and an attached cash drawer for storing currency. The cash register also usually prints a receipt for the customer. In most cases the drawer can be opened only after a sale, except when using a special key , which only senior personnel or the owner has.
	Cashew The Cashew is a tree in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The plant is native to northeastern Brazil, where it is called by its Portuguese language name Caju or Cajueiro . It is now widely grown in tropics climates for its cashew "nuts" and cashew apples.
	Cashier's check A cashier's check is a cheque issued by a bank on its own account for the amount paid to the bank by the purchaser with a named payee, and stating the name of the party purchasing the check. The check is usually received as cash since it is guaranteed by the bank and does not depend on an account of a private individual or business.
	Casino A casino is a facility that accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are often placed near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other vacation attractions. Some casinos are known for hosting live entertainment events, such as concerts and sporting events.
	Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume, with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometres and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometres . It is a landlocked endorheic body of water and lies between Asia and Europe. It has a maximum depth of about 1025 meters .
	Cass Gilbert Cass Gilbert was an American architect. Gilbert was born in Zanesville, Ohio, the middle of three sons, and was named after the statesman Lewis Cass, to whom he was distantly related. His father was a surveyor for the United States Coast Survey who moved his family to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was raised by his mother after his father died.
	Cassandra In Greek mythology, Cassandra was a daughter of King Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy whose beauty caused Apollo to grant her the gift of prophecy. However, when she did not return his love, Apollo placed a curse on her so that no one would ever believe her predictions.
	Cassava The cassava or manioc is a woody shrub of the Euphorbiaceae that is extensively cultivated as an annual agriculture in tropical and subtropical regions for its edible starchy tuberous root, a major source of carbohydrate. Cassava is called mandioca, aipim, or macaxeira in Portuguese language, mandio in Guaran language, yuca or mandioca in Spanish language, mogho in Gujarati language
	Cassette Cassette may refer to: * A small cartridge of some form. Depending upon the context, 'cassette' may refer to this concept in general, or to a specific type of cassette. Such types include:- ** Compact Cassette; normally refers to the standard "Compact Cassette", although there are other forms of audio cassette, such as Digital Compact Cassette and Digital Audio Tape.
	Cassette deck A cassette deck is a type of tape deck for playing or recording compact audio cassettes.
	Cassia Cassia is an evergreen tree native to southern China and Indochina west to Myanmar. Like its close relative, Cinnamon, it is used primarily for its aromatic bark, which is used as a spice. The Cassia tree grows to 10-15 m tall, with greyish bark, and hard elongated leaf 10-15 cm long, that have a decidedly reddish colour when young.
	Cassin's Kingbird The Cassin's Kingbird, Tyrannus vociferance, is a large Tyrant flycatcher. Adults have a gray head with slightly darker cheeks; a dark unforked tail with a buffy fringe and gray-olive underparts. They have a pale throat and yellow lower breast. Juveniles are duller and have pale edges on their wings.
	Cassiope Cassiope is a genus of 9-12 small shrubby species in the family Ericaceae. They are native to the Arctic and north temperate montane regions. Common names, shared with several other similar related genera, include heather and heath. The genus is named after Boast of Cassiopeia of Greek mythology.
	Cassiterite Cassiterite is a tin oxide mineral, SnO2. It is generally opaque, but is translucent in thin crystals. Its luster and multiple crystal faces produce a desirable gem. Cassiterite is the chief ore of tin today. Most sources of cassiterite today are found in alluvium or placer mining deposits containing the resistant weathered grains.
	Cassock The cassock, an item of clerical clothing, is a long, close-fitting, ankle-length robe worn by clergy of some Christianity religious denomination. The cassock derives ultimately from the tunic that was formerly worn underneath the toga in classical antiquity.
	Cassowary Cassowaries are very large flightless bird birds native to the tropical forests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia. Some nearby islands also have small cassowary populations, but it is not known if these are natural or the result of the New Guinea trade in young birds.
	Cast Away Cast Away is a 2000 in film film by 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks about a FedEx employee who is castaway on a deserted island after his plane crashes "somewhere in the South Pacific Ocean." The plot is very loosely based on the novel Robinson Crusoe.
	Cast iron Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but can mean any of a group of iron-based alloys containing more than 2% carbon. It is made by remelting pig iron, often along with substantial quantities of scrap iron and scrap steel, and taking various steps to remove undesirable contaminants such as phosphorus and sulfur.
	Castanopsis Castanopsis is a genus of evergreen trees belonging to the beech family, Fagaceae. The genus contains about 120 species, which are native to tropical and subtropical eastern Asia. A total of 58 species are native to China, with 30 endemic; the other species occur further south, through Indochina to Indonesia, and also in Japan.
	Castanospermum Castanospermum australe, the only species in the genus Castanospermum, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the east coast of Australia in Queensland and New South Wales, and to Vanuatu and New Caledonia. It is a large evergreen tree growing to 40 m tall, though commonly much smaller.
	Castaway A castaway is a person who is cast adrift or ashore. While the situation usually happens after a shipwreck, some people voluntarily stay behind on a deserted island either to evade their kidnapping or the world in general. Alternatively a person or item can be cast away, meaning rejected or discarded.
	Caster A caster is a type of wheel mounted with an offset steering pivot such that the wheel will automatically swivel to align itself to the direction from which it is pushed. They are commonly found on shopping carts and rolling chairs.
	Castilleja Castilleja is a genus of about 200 species of Annual plant and Perennial plant herbaceous plants native to the west of the Americas from Alaska south to the Andes, as well as northeast Asia. Formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae, they have recently been relegated to the family Orobanchaceae as a consequence of molecular systematics research.
	Casting Casting is a process by which a fluid melt is introduced into a mold, allowed to cool in the shape of the form, and then ejected to make a fabricated part or casing. Four main elements are required in the process of casting: pattern, mold, cores, and the part. The pattern, the original template from which the mold is prepared, creates a corresponding cavity in the casting material.
	Castle A castle is a structure that is fortified for defence against an enemy and generally serves as a military headquarters dominating the surrounding countryside. The term is most often applied to a small self-contained fortress, usually of the Middle Ages. The term castle, however, has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning.
	Castoridae The family Castoridae contains the two living species of beaver and their fossil relatives. This was once a highly diverse group of rodents, but is now restricted to a single genus, Castor.
	Castoroides Castoroides is an extinct genus of giant beavers that lived in North America during the Pleistocene. There are two known species: *Castoroides leiseyorum *Castoroides ohioensis
	Castration Castration is any action, surgery, chemical castration, or otherwise, by which a biological male loses use of the testes. This causes sterilisation, preventing him from reproduction; it also greatly reduces the production of certain hormones, such as testosterone.
	Castrato A castrato is a male soprano, mezzo-soprano, or alto human voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or who, because of an endocrinology condition, never reaches sexual maturity. Therefore, their voices never deepen.
	Castries Castries, population 11 147 , is the capital city of Saint Lucia, a country in the West Indies. Castries is located at . The main post office is located in Castries. Because most parts of the country don't use standard street addresses, mail is largely sent to P.O. boxes. Any mail sent without a town name ends up in the Castries post office.
	Casuarina Casuarina is a genus of shrubs and trees in the Family Casuarinaceae, native to Australia and islands of the Pacific Ocean. Once it was the sole genus in the family, but has been split into three genera, a proposal that is not universally accepted. Commonly known as the she-oak, beefwood, or Australian pine, casuarinas are common in tropical and subtropical areas.
	Casuarinaceae Casuarinaceae is a family of dicot flowering plants placed in the Order Fagales, consisting of 3 or 4 genera and approximately 70 species of trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics, Australia, and the Pacific islands. At one time, all of the species were placed in the Genus Casuarina, but these are now split among Allocasuarina, Casuarina, Ceuthostoma, and Gymnostoma.
	Cat The cat is a small carnivore mammal and a subspecies of the wild cat. The Trinomen of the domestic cat is Felis silvestris catus. The cat is a skilled predator and intelligent animal, known to hunt over 1,000 species for food, and capable of being trained to obey simple commands and manipulate simple mechanisms .
	Cat food Cat food is a type of food specially engineered for the feeding of cats. Cats are purely carnivorous by nature and need many essential nutrients, such as taurine, in their food. Commercial cat food contains these supplements, which is why other pet foods are not recommended for cats.
	Cat thyme Cat Thyme, Teucrium marum, is not a thyme at all, but a close relative of germander. Its small, oval leaves give it a thyme like appearance, but the musty scent is quite unlike the delicate aroma of thyme, Cat Thyme is a mounding, tender perennial with grey-green leaves tipped by fragrant pink flowers in summer.
	Cat's Cradle Cat's Cradle is a 1963 science fiction novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Published as 'Ice Nine' in some territories, it explores issues of science, technology and religion, satirizing many targets along the way. Having turned down his original thesis, in 1971 the University of Chicago awarded Vonnegut his Master's degree in anthropology for Cat's Cradle.
	Cat's cradle Cat's cradle is a well known string game or series of string figures. The name of the entire game, the specific figures and their order, and the names of the figures vary. Versions of this game have been found in indigenous cultures all over the world, from the Arctic to the Equatorial zones.
	Catacombs The original catacombs are a network of underground burial galleries near San Sebastiano fuori le mura, in Rome. The word now refers to any network of caves, grottos, or subterranean place that is used for the burial of the dead, or it can refer to a specific underground burial place.
	Catalase Catalase is a common enzyme found in living organisms. Its functions include catalyst the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen. Catalase has one of the highest turnover rates for all enzymes; one molecule of catalase can convert 5 million molecules of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen each minute.
	Catalonia The Autonomous Community of Catalonia , known throughout history simply as Catalonia, is today one of the 17 Autonomous communities of Spain that constitute the Kingdom of Spain. Its territory corresponds to most of the historic territory of the former Principality of Catalonia.
	Catalpa Catalpa, also spelled Catawba, is a genus of mostly deciduous trees in the flowering plant family Bignoniaceae, native to warm temperate regions of North America, the West Indies, and eastern Asia. Catalpas grow to 10-25 m tall, and can be recognized by their large heart-shaped to three-lobed leaf, showy white or yellow flowers in broad panicles, and in the autumn by their 20-50 cm long fruits which resemble a slender bean pod, containing numerous small flat seeds, each seed hav
	Catalysis In chemistry and biology, catalysis is the acceleration of a chemical reaction by means of a substance, called a catalyst, that is itself not consumed by the overall reaction. The word is derived from the Greek language noun ?at???s??, related to the verb ?ata??e??, meaning to annul or to untie or to pick up.
	Catalyst In chemistry, a catalyst is a chemical substance that decreases the activation energy of a chemical reaction without itself being changed at the end of the chemical reaction. Catalysts participate in reactions but are neither reactants nor products of the reaction they catalyse .
	Catalytic converter A catalytic converter is a device used to reduce the toxicity of emissions from an internal combustion engine. First widely introduced on Mass production automobiles in the USA market for the 1975 model year to comply with tightening Environmental Protection Agency regulations on auto exhaust, catalytic converters are still most commonly used in automobile exhaust gas systems.
	Catamaran A catamaran is a type of boat or ship consisting of two hulls joined by a frame. Catamarans can be sail- or engine-powered. The catamaran was the invention of the paravas, a fishing community in the southern coast of Tamil Nadu, India. Catamarans were used by the ancient Tamil Chola dynasty as early as the 5th century AD for moving their fleets to conquer such Southeast Asian regions as Burma, Indonesia and Malaysia.
	Catamenia Catamenia is one of Finland's best known melodic black metal bands, founded in 1995 by original members Riku Hopeakoski and Mika Tnning in Oulu, Finland. They released their first demo album in their first active year. Their second demo, Winds in 1996, lead to a four-album contract with Massacre Records in 1997.
	Cataphract The word cataphract was what Greek- and later Latin language-speaking peoples used to describe their heavy cavalry. Historically the cataphract was a heavily-armed and -armoured cavalry who saw action from the earliest days of classical antiquity up through the High Middle Ages.
	Catapult Catapults are siege engines using an arm to hurl a projectile a great distance. Any machine that hurls an object can be considered a catapult, but the term is generally understood to mean medieval siege weapons. The name is derived from the Greek language ?ata and a??e?? .
	Cataract A cataract is an opacity that develops in the, lens of the eye or in its envelope. Early on in the development of senile cataract the power of the crystaline lens may be increased, causing myopia, and the accumulation of brown pigment within the lens may reduce the perception of blue colours.