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Cacosmia
Cacosmia is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It contains the following species:* Cacosmia harlingii* Cacosmia hieronymi

Cacoxenite
Cacoxenite is an iron aluminium phosphate mineral with formula: Fe3+24Al17O612·17. It is associated with iron ores. The name comes from the Greek κăκός for "bad" or "evil" and ξένος for "guest" because the phosphorus content of cacoxenite lessens the quality of iron smelted from ore containing it.It was first described in 1825 for an occurrence in the Hrbek Mine, Bohemia,

Cactus
A cactus is a member of the plant family Cactaceae. Their distinctive appearance is a result of adaptations to conserve water in dry and/or hot environments. In most species, the stem has evolved to become photosynthetic and succulent, while the leaves have evolved into spines

Cactus (Cactus album)
Cactus is the first album by the American hard rock supergroup Cactus, released in 1970 under the Atco label. It includes original songs as well as cover of Mose Allison's version of a blues standard, "Parchman Farm" and another one, Willie Dixon's "You Can't Judge a Book by the Cover".- Track listing :All titles written by Appice, Bogert, Day, McCarty except as pointed below#

CAD (gene)
CAD is a gene which encodes several enzymes involved in pyrimidine biosynthesis. De-novo synthesis starts with cytosolic carbamoylphosphate synthetase II which uses glutamine, carbon dioxide and 2 ATP. This enzyme is inhibited by UTP.

Cadastre
A cadastre , using a cadastral survey or cadastral map, is a comprehensive register of the metes-and-bounds real property of a country

Cadaver
A cadaver is a dead human body.Cadaver may also refer to:* Cadaver tomb, tomb featuring an effigy in the form of a decomposing body* Cadaver , a video game* cadaver A command-line WebDAV client for Unix.

Cadaver
A corpse, also called a cadaver in medical, literary, and legal usage or when intended for dissection, is a dead human body. The dead body of an animal is called a carcass, but this is also sometimes used to refer to the body of a human.

Cadaver (Demonata)
Cadaver is a demon who appears in Darren Shan's The Demonata series. He has appeared in Demon Thief, Death's Shadow, and Slawter.Cadaver is the demon hired by Lord Loss to kidnap Art and bring Kernel Fleck into the Demonata's universe

Caddy
In golf, a caddy is the person who carries a player's bag and clubs, and gives insightful advice and moral support. A good caddy is aware of the challenges and obstacles of the golf course being played, along with the best strategy in playing it. This includes knowing overall yardage, pin placements and club selection

Caddy (hardware)
In computer hardware, a caddy refers to a sheath used to hold some media.If the medium is a hard disk drive, the caddy is also referred to as a disk enclosure, which is discussed there

Cade
Cade may refer to:* Cade an important sire of Thoroughbred racehorses.* Juniperus oxycedrus, also called the Prickly JuniperPeople with the surname Cade:* Elsa Salazar Cade, entomologist and educator* Jack Cade , English rebel

Cade (horse)
Cade was an important foundation sire of Thoroughbred racehorses. He was the Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1752, 1753, 1758, 1759 and 1760.-Breeding:

Caden
Caden is a commune in the Morbihan department of Brittany in north-western France.-References:* * -External links:* *

Caden (given name)
Caden is a given name popular in the United States and Canada in recent years. It is used for both boys and girls, but is currently most popular for boys

Cadence
Cadence may refer to:Music:*Cadence , a melodic configuration the end of a phrase, section, or piece of music*Cadence Magazine, a monthly review of jazz, blues and improvised music

Cadence (given name)
Cadence is a female given name derived from an English word meaning "rhythm, flow." It has risen in popularity in the United States, where it ranked at No. 214 in popularity for baby girls in 2006, having jumped 745 places up the chart since 2002, when it was ranked at No. 959. It peaked in 2007, when it reached No. 199.

Cadent
Cadent can refer to:*Cadent, "referring to cadence".*Cadent , an attitude on a blazon.

Cadenza
In music, a cadenza is, generically, an improvised or written-out ornamental passage played or sung by a soloist or soloists, usually in a "free" rhythmic style, and often allowing for virtuosic display.

Cader
Cader is a village in Denbighshire, Wales.

CADES
CADES was a software engineering repository system produced to support the development of the VME/B Operating System for the ICL New Range - subsequently 2900 - computers.

Cadet
A cadet is a trainee to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. The term comes from the term "cadet" for younger sons of a noble family.- Military context :

Cadi
Cady or CADI may refer to:* Career and Academic Development Institute, an alternative high school in Philadelphia, PA* Cadillac, a brand of luxury automobile

Cadmium
Cadmium is a chemical element with the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. This soft, bluish-white metal is chemically similar to the two other stable metals in group 12, zinc and mercury. Similar to zinc, it prefers oxidation state +2 in most of its compounds and similar to mercury it shows a low melting point compared to transition metals

Cadrete
Cadrete is a small town in north-east Spain, close to Zaragoza. It is notable for his Muslim castle, Mudejar Church and famous Cardoons. More recently, a massive wind-turbine has been installed at less than 300 meters away from the village, producing several landscape damages and high noise rates for town's inhabitants.Coordinates: lat=41.554047, lon=-0.957834

CADS
CADS may stand for:* Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing, an organization assisting individuals with a disability to participate in recreational and competitive snow skiing and snowboarding.

Caduceus
The caduceus is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology. The same staff was also borne by heralds in general, for example by Iris, the messenger of Hera. It is a short staff entwined by two serpents, sometimes surmounted by wings

Caecum (genus)
Caecum is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod micromolluscs or micromollusks in the family Caecidae or blind shells. -Distribution:

Caelum
Caelum is a faint constellation in the southern sky, introduced in the 18th century by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Its name means "the chisel" in Latin, and it was formerly known as Cæla Sculptoris, "the sculptor's chisel"

Caerdydd
Caerdydd is a Welsh language television programme set in Cardiff made by Fiction Factory for Welsh public service television station S4C

Caerphilly (National Assembly for Wales constituency)
Caerphilly is a constituency of the National Assembly for Wales. It elects one Assembly Member by the first past the post method of election

Caesar
-People:* Julius Caesar , Roman general and dictator* Augustus Caesar , adoptive son of the above and first Roman Emperor* Gaius Julius Caesar , father of the dictator

Caesar (band)
Caesar was an indie rock trio from Amsterdam consisting of Roald van Oosten, Marit de Loos and Sem Bakker. The band was founded in 1994. Caesar released four studio albums, plus one retrospective release in 2006, Before My Band Explodes.

Caesar (game)
Caesar is a board wargame depicting the ancient Battle of Alesia in which Julius Caesar and his legions defeated the Gauls under Vercingetorix. Originally published as Alesia in 1971, it was redesigned and reissued by Avalon Hill in 1976

Caesar (novel)
Caesar: Let the Dice Fly is the fifth historical novel in Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series.-Plot summary:The novel opens in 54 BC, with Caesar in the middle of his epochal Gallic campaigns, having just invaded Britannia

Caesar (Xena)
Caesar is a fictional character from the television series Xena: Warrior Princess loosely based on Julius Caesar. He is portrayed by New Zealand actor Karl Urban. Caesar is a recurring antagonist in seasons two and three, with a guest appearance in season six as well as being the main antagonist of season four.-Caesar meets Xena:Caesar is first introduced as a young Roman patrician

Caesar salad
A Caesar salad is a salad of romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and black pepper. It may be prepared tableside.-History:

Caesarean section
A Caesarean section, is a surgical procedure in which one or more incisions are made through a mother's abdomen and uterus to deliver one or more babies, or, rarely, to remove a dead fetus

Caesium
Caesium or cesium is the chemical element with the symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-gold alkali metal with a melting point of 28 °C , which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at room temperature

Caesura
thumb|100px|An example of a caesura in modern western music notation.In meter, a caesura is a complete pause in a line of poetry or in a musical composition. The plural form of caesura is caesuras or caesurae

Cafeteria
A cafeteria is a type of food service location in which there is little or no waiting staff table service, whether a restaurant or within an institution such as a large office building or school; a school dining location is also referred to as a dining hall or canteen

Cafeteria (bicosoecid)
Cafeteria is a genus of marine bicosoecid described in 1988 by Tom Fenchel and D.J. Patterson. It was created after the discovery of a new species Cafeteria roenbergensis, a tiny eukaryotic organism that is eaten by protozoa and small invertebrates. The name is meant to indicate the importance of the genus in the food web.

Cafeteria (disambiguation)
Cafeteria may refer to:*Cafeteria, a room for eating in*Cafeteria , a genus of bicosoecid, a group of unicellular flagellates*Cafeteria roenbergensis, the type species of the genus.

Caffè corretto
Caffè corretto, an Italian beverage, consists of a shot of espresso "corrected" with a shot of liquor, usually grappa, and sometimes sambuca or brandy. It is also known as an "espresso corretto"

Caffeine
Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that acts as a stimulant drug. Caffeine is found in varying quantities in the seeds, leaves, and fruit of some plants, where it acts as a natural pesticide that paralyzes and kills certain insects feeding on the plants

Cage
Cage may refer to:* Cage , a structure made of mesh, bars or wires, used to confine, contain or protect something. Examples include:** Batting cage, an enclosure for baseball players to practice batting

Cage (graph theory)
In the mathematical area of graph theory, a cage is a regular graph that has as few vertices as possible for its girth.Formally, an -graph is defined to be a graph in which each vertex has exactly r neighbors, and in which the shortest cycle has length exactly g. It is known that an -graph exists for any combination of r ≥ 2 and g ≥ 3

Cages
Cages is a 2005 film, directed by American film director Graham Streeter which tells the story of a single mother named Ali Tan who attempts to escape repeated bad releationships which puts her before the man she resents the most—her father, Tan

Cagne
The Cagne is a river that flows through the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France. Its source is near Coursegoules, and it flows into the Mediterranean Sea in Cagnes-sur-Mer.-References:*http://www.geoportail.fr*

Cagoule (raincoat)
A cagoule, cagoul, kagoule or kagool is the British English term for a lightweight , weatherproof raincoat or anorak with a hood, which often comes in knee-length.

Cahoot
cahoot is the internet division of Santander UK plc, the United Kingdom subsidiary of Banco Santander of Spain. Cahoot was launched in 2000 as the internet-based banking brand of Abbey National plc, and at the end of 2004 had some 650,000 customers

Cahoots
Cahoots is the fourth album by Canadian/American rock group The Band released in 1971 and was their last all-original studio album for four years. It received only mixed reviews when it first appeared. Robbie Robertson wrote or co-wrote all but one of the album tracks, Bob Dylan's "When I Paint My Masterpiece"

Cahoots
Cahoots may refer to:* Cahoots , the fourth LP by Canadian-American rock group The Band* Cahoots , an independent Canadian women's magazine* In Cahoots, a Canterbury scene band let by guitarist Phil Miller

Cahoots (magazine)
Cahoots is an independent women's magazine, published in Canada. It was founded in 2005 by Carla Atherton and Michele Rowe, who remain as the magazine's managing editor and editor, respectively.-Origins:

Cai (state)
The State of Cài was a Chinese state during the Zhōu Dynasty , prominent in the Spring and Autumn Period before being extinguished early in the Warring States Period .-History:

Cailla
Cailla is a commune in the Aude department in southern France.

Caille
Caille is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.-Geography:Caille is built on a rocky outcrop in a glacial peneplain. Near to Bauroux, one of the major summits of the Alps, the village is surrounded by coniferous forests

Caiman
Caimans are alligatorid crocodylians within the subfamily Caimaninae. The group is one of two subfamilies of the family Alligatoridae, the other being alligators. Caimans inhabit Central and South America. They are relatively small crocodilians, with most species reaching lengths of only a few meters, although one species, the Black caiman, can exceed in length

Caiman (genus)
Caimans are alligatorid crocodylians within the subfamily Caimaninae. Caimans inhabit Central and South America. They are relatively small crocodilians, with most species reaching lengths of only a few meters, although one species, the Black caiman, can exceed in length.-Brain:In Caiman the dura covering the medullary region of the brain is proportionally thicker than the dura

CAIR
- Fictional :* Cair Andros, a fictional island in Tolkien's fiction* Cair Paravel, a castle from C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia- Acronyms :* Council on American-Islamic Relations, American Muslim civil rights advocacy organization

CAIR
- Fictional :* Cair Andros, a fictional island in Tolkien's fiction* Cair Paravel, a castle from C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia- Acronyms :* Council on American-Islamic Relations, American Muslim civil rights advocacy organization

Cairistiona
Cairistiona is a Scottish Gaelic female given name meaning Christian. The English equivalent is Christina. The name originates in the Scottish Highlands. There is a traditional song about Cairistiona, which is about a lost love. The name is rare, but usually used by Gaelic speaking families.

Cairn
Cairn is a term used mainly in the English-speaking world for a man-made pile of stones. It comes from the or . Cairns are found all over the world in uplands, on moorland, on mountaintops, near waterways and on sea cliffs, and also in barren desert and tundra areas

Cairn (disambiguation)
Cairn is a manmade pile of stones.Cairn may also refer to:* Cairn Energy* Cairn Magazine* Cairn na Burgh Mòr* Cairn O' Mounth* Cairn Terrier* Cairn Toul* Cairn Valley Light Railway* Cairnbaan* Cairncastle Presbyterian Church* Cairne Bloodhoof

Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life

Cairo (comics)
Cairo is the first graphic novel of G. Willow Wilson with art by M.K. Perker, and published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics.-Synopsis:

Caisson
Caisson may refer to:* Caisson , a spider web ceiling* Caisson , a sealed underwater structure* Limbers and caissons, a two-wheeled cart carrying ammunition* Caisson , of Edward Sperling

Caisson (Asian architecture)
The Caisson , also referred to as a caisson ceiling, or spider web ceiling, in East Asian architecture is an architectural feature typically found in the ceiling of temples and palaces, usually at the centre and directly above the main throne, seat, or religious figure.The caisson is generally a sunken panel set into the otherwise largely flat ceiling

Caitiff
Caitiff may mean:* a galley-slave in a Barbary bagnio* a Camarilla clanless character in Caitiff * A bandit in the Kingdom of Wu, pacified by generals such as Zhou Tai