Chupacabras (race)
Chupacabras is a 100 km mountain bike race in Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The annual race has taken place every October since 1997. It is sponsored entirely by the private sector and draws more than a thousand competitors each year, primarily from Mexico and the southern states United States

Chuppah
A chuppah , also huppah, chupah, or chuppa, is a canopy under which a Jewish couple stand during their wedding ceremony. It consists of a cloth or sheet, sometimes a tallit, stretched or supported over four poles, or sometimes manually held up by attendants to the ceremony. A chuppah symbolizes the home that the couple will build together

Church
In the Christian religion, a church building is a building or structure whose primary purpose is to facilitate the meeting of a church. Originally, Jewish Christians met in synagogues, such as the Cenacle, and in one another's homes, known as house churches

Church (Kent cricketer)
Church was an English amateur cricketer who made 3 known appearances in major cricket matches from 1789 to 1795.-Career:He was mainly associated with Kent and also represented Marylebone Cricket Club .-External sources:*

Church (song)
"Church" is a song by rapper T-Pain. It is a fast-paced song led by guitar riffs and is one of the songs in which T-Pain raps. It appears on his album Epiphany and was released as the third single. The song "features" Teddy Verseti, one of T-Pain's aliases, which he uses when rapping vigorously. The song is about wanting to fight someone following a confrontation at a club

Church (surname)
Church is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:* Albert T. Church , Vice-Admiral in the United States Navy* Alonzo Church , logician, famous for the Church-Turing thesis and lambda calculus

Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St Augustine of Canterbury in AD 597.As a result of Augustine's mission, the church in England became

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints traces its current dispensation beginnings to Joseph Smith, Jr. on April 6, 1830 in Western New York. Initial converts were drawn to the church in part because of the newly published Book of Mormon, a self-described chronicle of indigenous American prophets that Smith translated from golden plates.Smith intended to establish a New Jerusalem

Church of Rome
Holy Roman Church, Roman Church, or Church of Rome may, in modern contexts, mean:* the Diocese of Rome or the Holy See; or* the Latin Church; or* the Catholic Church.In historical contexts Roman Church may also refer to

Churchman (surname)
Churchman is a surname, and may refer to:*Charles West Churchman , American philosopher*David Churchman , a California State University professor*William Churchman , an English tobacco manufacturer

Churchyard
A churchyard is a patch of land adjoining or surrounding a church which is usually owned by the relevant church or local parish itself. In the Scots language or Northern English language this can also be known as a kirkyard or kirkyaird.

Churl
A churl , in its earliest Old English meaning, was simply "a man", but the word soon came to mean "a non-servile peasant", still spelt ċeorl, and denoting the lowest rank of freemen

Churn
Churn may refer to:* Butter churn, a device used for churning butter* Churning , the process of creating butter out of milk or cream* Churn drill, a large, older drilling machine that bores large diameter holes in the ground- People and places :

Churn (Seven Mary Three album)
Churn is the debut studio album by American post-grunge band Seven Mary Three. It was independently released and preceded the band's mainstream breakthrough, American Standard. Churn also included two songs that would go on to be among Seven Mary Three's biggest singles. The album was re-released several years later with different album artwork

Churrigueresque
Churrigueresque refers to a Spanish Baroque style of elaborate sculptural architectural ornament which emerged as a manner of stucco decoration in Spain in the late 17th century and was used up to about 1750, marked by extreme, expressive and florid decorative detailing, normally found above the entrance on the main facade of a building.-Origins:Named after the architect and sculptor,

Chute
A chute is a vertical or inclined plane, channel, or passage through which objects are moved by means of gravity.-Landform:A chute, also known as a race, flume, or river canyon, is a steep-sided passage through which water flows rapidly.

Chute
Chute may refer to:* Chute , a channel down which falling materials are guided** Mail chute, a chute for collecting and transporting mail within a building* Chute , a cattle race, a channel for handling and sorting farm animals

Chutney
Chutney is a a condiment used in South Asian cuisine that usually contains a spice and vegetable mix.Chutneys are wet or dry, having a coarse to fine texture. The Anglo-Indian loan word refers to fresh and pickled preparations indiscriminately, with preserves often sweetened. At least several Northern Indian languages use the word for fresh preparations only

Chutzpah
Chutzpah is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad, but it is generally used negatively. The Yiddish word derives from the Hebrew word , meaning "insolence", "audacity". The modern English usage of the word has taken on a broader meaning, having been popularized through vernacular use in film, literature, and television

Chutzpah (disambiguation)
Chutzpah is a Hebrew term for audacity or nerve.Chutzpah may also refer to:*Chutzpah!, a book by Alan Dershowitz*Chutzpah a go-go, a comedy*Beyond Chutzpah, a book by Norman Finkelstein*¡Chutzpah!, an album by The Wildhearts

Chuvash
Chuvash may refer to:*Chuvash people*Chuvash language*Chuvashia, a republic in Russia*Çuvaş, Azerbaijan

Chy
Chy may refer to:* Chysis* Cheyenne language, which has the ISO code CHY.* Chertsey railway station, with station code CHY.* WCHY, a radio station in Wisconsin, United States.

Chyle
Chyle is a milky bodily fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats, or free fatty acids . It is formed in the small intestine during digestion of fatty foods, and taken up by lymph vessels specifically known as lacteals

Chyluria
Chyluria, also called chylous urine, is a medical condition involving the presence of chyle in the urine stream, which results in urine appearing milky white. It is a condition that is more prevalent among people of Africa and the Indian subcontinent.

Chyme
Chyme is the semifluid mass of partly digested food expelled by the stomach into the duodenum.Also known as chymus, it is the liquid substance found in the stomach before passing through the pyloric valve and entering the duodenum

Chypre
Chypre, or , is the name of a family of perfumes that are characterised by an accord composed of citrus top-notes, a floral middle, and a mossy-animalic base-note derived from oak moss and musks

CI
CI or Ci may refer to:-Criminology and military:* Counter-intelligence* Confidential Informant* Confidential Information* Crazy Ivan, a U.S

Ciao
The word "ciao" is an informal Italian verbal salutation or greeting, meaning either "hello", "goodbye", "bye" or "hi". Originally from the Venetian language, it was adopted into the Italian language and eventually entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world

CIAO
CIAO may refer to:* CIAO , a radio station licensed to Brampton, Ontario, Canada* Component-Integrated ACE ORB, a CORBA Component Model implementation

Ciao (disambiguation)
Ciao is an informal Italian verbal salutation or greeting.Ciao may also refer to:* Ciao , a computer programming language* Ciao , a 2008 film* CIAO , a multicultural radio station in Brampton, Ontario

Ciara (given name)
Ciara is a popular Irish language female name and was tenth on the list of most popular names given to baby girls in Ireland in 2006. It is the feminine version of the name Ciarán, meaning "black" in Irish Gaelic, and was also the name of Saint Ciara, a seventh century Irish saint venerated by the Roman Catholic Church

Ciboulette
Ciboulette is a French opérette in three acts, music by Reynaldo Hahn, libretto by Robert de Flers and Francis de Croisset, first performed at the Théâtre des Variétés, in Paris, on April 7, 1923

CIC (gene)
Protein capicua homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CIC gene.-Further reading:

Cicada
A cicada is an insect of the order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha , in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with large eyes wide apart on the head and usually transparent, well-veined wings. There are about 2,500 species of cicada around the world, and many of them remain unclassified

Cicada (album)
Cicada is the self-titled debut album from the electronic band Cicada. Released in the UK during summer 2006 on Critical Mass Records, the album contained several songs that the band had released previously as 12-inch singles .The album spans various styles of electronic music, including house, electro, downtempo and dub

Cicada (band)
Cicada is the name of a United Kingdom based electronic music band. Members include producers Aaron Gilbert , Alex Payne and several guest vocalists including Tom Smith from Editors, Heidrun Bjornsdottir, Ben Onono, Max Berlin, Bjorn from Pacific! and most recently Megan Quashie, Joel Pott, Nik Valentino and Shahin BadarThey released several critically acclaimed

Cicada (disambiguation)
Cicada may refer to:* Cicada, the insect family Cicadidae and sometimes related families* Cicada, a specific genus of cicadas* Cicada , the 2006 debut album by Cicada* Cicada , the electronic music band

Cicada (horse)
Cicada was an American Thoroughbred champion racehorse bred by Christopher Chenery's Meadow Stud. A bay filly by Bryan G, she was out of Satsuma; Satsuma's dam was Hildene, a "blue hen" mare and the first horse owned by Chenery

Cicada (mythology)
Cicada lore and mythology is rich and varied as there are c 2500 species of cicada throughout the world, many of which are undescribed and remain a mystery to science

Cicala
Cicala is a village and comune in the province of Catanzaro, in the Calabria region of southern Italy.

Cicely (disambiguation)
-People:* Cicely Mary Barker , English illustrator of books, greeting cards, and postcards noted for The Flower Fairies of the Spring* Dame Cicely Courtneidge , English actress, comedienne, and Dame Commander of the British Empire

Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero , was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.He introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary Marcus Tullius Cicero , was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.He introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary Marcus Tullius Cicero , was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.He introduced the Romans to the chief schools of Greek philosophy and created a Latin philosophical vocabulary (with

Cicero (CTA Blue Line)
Cicero is a station on the 'L' system, serving the Blue Line's Forest Park branch. It is the westernmost station situated in the median of the Eisenhower Expressway. Originally Cicero had an additional entrance at Lavergne Avenue, but this was closed on May 16, 1977, by the CTA as a cost cutting measure

Cicero (CTA Pink Line)
Cicero is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Pink Line. The station was the site of an accident in 1979 in which a train derailed and hit the station, stopping just short of the ticket agent's booth.-Bus connections:

Cicero (Metra)
Cicero is a station on Metra's BNSF Railway Line, located in Cicero, Illinois. The station is away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Cicero is in zone B

Cichlid
Cichlids are fishes from the family Cichlidae in the order Perciformes. Cichlids are members of a group known as the Labroidei along with the wrasses , damselfish , and surfperches . This family is both large and diverse. At least 1,300 species have been scientifically described, making it one of the largest vertebrate families

Cichorioideae
Cichorioideae is a subfamily of the family Asteraceae of flowering plants. Familiar members of Cichorioideae include lettuce, dandelions and Gazanias. The subfamily comprises about 240 genera and about 2900 species

Ciconia
Ciconia is a genus of birds in the stork family. Six of the seven living species occur in the Old World, but the Maguari Stork has a South American range. In addition, fossils suggest that Ciconia storks were somewhat more common in the tropical Americas in prehistoric times.These are large storks, typically 100 cm tall, with a 180 cm wingspan and a long thick bill

Ciconiiformes
Traditionally, the order Ciconiiformes has included a variety of large, long-legged wading birds with large bills: storks, herons, egrets, ibises, spoonbills, and several others. Ciconiiformes are known from the Late Eocene

CICR
CICR is a four-letter acronym which can stand for:* Calcium-induced calcium release* The International Committee of the Red Cross/Comité international de la Croix-Rouge* The Center for International Conflict Resolution

CID
-Criminal investigation:* Criminal Investigation Department, the branch of British police forces and many other Commonwealth police forces to which plain clothes detectives belong

Cider
Cider or cyder is a fermented alcoholic beverage made from apple juice. Cider varies in alcohol content from 2% abv to 8.5% abv or more in traditional English ciders. In some regions, such as Germany and America, cider may be termed "apple wine"

Ciel (beverage)
Ciel is a brand of bottled water owned by The Coca-Cola Company which is bottled and sold in Mexico, Angola, and Morocco. Coca-Cola Mexico introduced Ciel in 1996 in the states of Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Zacatecas, Durango, San Luis Potosi and Coahuila.

Cielo
Cielo may refer to:* César Cielo, a Brazilian freestyle swimmer* Cielo , a distributor and manufacturer of frozen yogurt* Cielo , a supercomputer located at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Cielo (company)
Cielo is the largest distributor/manufacturer of frozen yogurt ingredients in Europe. Founded in 1979 in Italy, credited with launching the frozen yogurt craze in 2004, Cielo's International dist. division was launched in 1997 with branches in :*Singapore

Cieux
Cieux is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department of the Limousin region in western France.Inhabitants are known as Ciellois.-References:*

Cigar
A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Philippines, and the Eastern United States.- Etymology :The word "cigar" originated from sikar, the

Cigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well

Cigarette (sculpture)
Cigarette is a minimalist piece of environmental sculpture created by Tony Smith in 1961. The sculpture is over 15 feet tall and made of flat planes of steel in a twisted form. A small scale version of the piece is on display at the St. Louis Art Museum.

Cigarillo
A cigarillo is a short, narrow cigar. Unlike cigarettes, cigarillos are wrapped not in paper but in whole-leaf tobacco. Cigarillos can be found for purchase alone or in packs, and are often made without filters

Ciliate
The ciliates are a group of protozoans characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to flagella but typically shorter and present in much larger numbers with a different undulating pattern than flagella

Cilicia (satrapy)
Cilicia was a satrapy of the Achaemenid Empire, with its capitol at Tarsus. It was conquered sometime in the 540's by Cyrus the Great. Cilicia was a vassal, and although it had a vassal king had to pay a tribute of 360 horses and 500 talents of silver, according to Herodotus

Cilium
A cilium is an organelle found in eukaryotic cells. Cilia are slender protuberances that project from the much larger cell body.

Cilla (mythology)
Cilla in Greek mythology is a name that may refer to:*One of the two female characters associated with Troy:**Cilla, sister of Hecuba. She was married to Thymoetes, brother of Priam. On the same day that Hecuba bore Paris, Cilla bore Munippus, to Priam

CILS (Qualification)
The Certificazione di Italiano come lingua straniera, or CILS is a qualification offered by the Foreigners University of Siena for foreign speakers of the Italian language, recognizing various levels of language proficiency

Cinch
Cinch may refer to:*A girth *A belay device for sport climbing*RCA jack, which is sometimes known as a CINCH/AV connector*Cinch , an American card game in the All Fours family, related to Pitch / Setup and Pedro

Cincia
Cincia is a genus of moths in the Arctiidae family.-References:*

Cincinnati (disambiguation)
Cincinnati is a city in Ohio.Cincinnati may also refer to:* University of Cincinnati, a major public university in the Ohio city* Cincinnati Bearcats, the university's athletic program* Cincinnati, Arkansas* Cincinnati, California

Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo is a holiday held on May 5. It is celebrated nationwide in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Dia de la Batalla de Puebla

Cinder
A cinder is a pyroclastic material. Cinders are extrusive igneous rocks. Cinders are similar to pumice, which has so many cavities and is such low-density that it can float on water