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candidiasis: infectious disease produced by the yeastlike fungus Candida albicans and closely related species. A common inhabitant of the mouth, vagina, and intestinal tract, Candida ordinarily causes no ill effects, except ...
candiru: (Vandellia cirrhosa), scaleless, parasitic catfish of the family Trichomycteridae found in the Amazon River region. A translucent, eellike fish about 2.5 cm (1 inch) long, the candiru feeds on blood ...
candle: light source now mostly used for decorative and ceremonial purposes, consisting of wax, tallow, or similar slow-burning material, commonly in cylindrical form but made in many fanciful designs, enclosing and ...
candlefish: species of smelt (q.v.).
Candlemas: in the Christian church, festival on February 2, commemorating the occasion when the Virgin Mary, in obedience to Jewish law, went to the Temple in Jerusalem both to be purified ...
candlepins: bowling game played on a standard tenpin lane with slender, cylindrical pins about 15 inches (38 cm) tall and tapered at both ends. The ball is 4.5 inches in diameter ...
Candler, Asa Griggs: U.S. soft-drink manufacturer who developed Coca-Cola.
candlestand: stand to hold a candlestick, often composed of a column rising from tripod legs and supporting a circular or polygonal tray. Stands of this type evolved from medieval metal standards. ...
candling: egg-grading process in which the egg is inspected before a penetrating light in a darkened room for signs of fertility, defects, or freshness. First used to check embryo development in ...
Candolle, Alphonse Pyrame de: Swiss botanist who introduced new methods of investigation and analysis to phytogeography, a branch of biology that deals with the geographic distribution of plants.
Candolle, Augustin Pyrame de: Swiss botanist who established scientific structural criteria for determining natural relations among plant genera. After Charles Darwin's introduction of the principles of organic evolution, Candolle's criteria provided the empirical foundation ...
candomble: local name in Bahia for the Brazilian Macumba (q.v.) cult.
Candra Gupta: (reigned c. 321-c. 297 BC), founder of the Maurya dynasty and the first emperor to unify most of India under one administration. Credited with saving the country from maladministration and ...
Candra Gupta I: (reigned 320-c. 330), Indian king, founder of the imperial dynasty of the Guptas.
Candra Gupta II: (reigned c. 380-c. 415), powerful emperor of northern India, son of Samudra Gupta and grandson of Candra Gupta I. During his reign, art, architecture, and sculpture flourished, and the cultural ...
Candrakirti: principal representative of the Prasangika school of Buddhist logic. Candrakirti wrote the famous commentary the Prasannapada ("The Clear Worded") on the thought of the Buddhist sage Nagarjuna. Although there were ...
candy: sweet food product. The application of the terms candy and confectionery varies among English-speaking countries. In the United States candy refers to both chocolate products and sugar-based confections; elsewhere "chocolate ...
candytuft: any of 30 species of Eurasian plants of the genus Iberis, of the mustard family (Brassicaceae). Most species are native to the Mediterranean region. Globe candytuft (I. umbellata), widely grown ...
cane fencing: (French canne), the art of defending oneself with a walking stick, developed in France by the 16th century but little practiced after the beginning of the 20th. In cane fencing, ...
cane furniture: furniture in which a mesh of split canes is stretched over parts of the framework, principally on the backs and seats of chairs. It was made in India as early ...
cane rat: either of two species of large, stocky African rodent. Weighing up to 7 kg (more than 15 pounds), cane rats can grow to a length of 61 cm (24 inches), ...
Canelo: South American Indian people that traditionally lived along the upper Pastaza, Bobonaza, and Napo rivers on the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes. The original language and culture of the ...
Canelones: city, southern Uruguay. It was founded at a nearby site in 1774 and moved to its present location in 1783. Canelones serves as an administrative centre and also functions as ...
Canetti, Elias: Bulgarian novelist and playwright whose works explore the emotions of crowds, the psychopathology of power, and the position of the individual at odds with the society around him. He was ...
Caney Fork River: river formed by the confluence of the Collins and Rocky rivers in central Tennessee, U.S. It flows for 144 miles (232 km) in a northwesterly direction to the Cumberland River, ...
Canfield, Cass: American publisher and editor noted for his long association with Harper & Brothers (later Harper & Row) publishing company.
Cangas de Narcea: city, Asturias provincia and Asturias comunidad autonoma ("autonomous community"), northwestern Spain. It lies southwest of Oviedo city at the confluence of the Narcea and Luina rivers. The name combines cangas ...
Cange, Charles du Fresne, Seigneur du: one of the great French universal scholars of the 17th century, who wrote dictionaries of medieval Latin and Greek using a historical approach to language that pointed toward modern linguistic ...
Caniapiscau River: river in Nord-du-Quebec region, northern Quebec province, Canada. Rising from Lake Caniapiscau in central Quebec, it flows generally northward for 460 miles (740 km) to its junction with the Larch ...
Caniff, Milton: American comic-strip artist, originator of "Terry and the Pirates" and "Steve Canyon," which were noted for their fine draftsmanship, suspense, and humour.
canine: any of 34 living species of foxes, wolves, jackals, and other members of the dog family. Found throughout the world, canines tend to be slender, long-legged animals with long muzzles, ...
canine distemper: an acute, highly contagious, viral disease affecting dogs, foxes, wolves, mink, raccoons, and ferrets. A few days after exposure to the virus, the animal develops a fever, becomes apathetic, and ...
canine tooth: in mammals, any of the single-cusped (pointed), usually single-rooted teeth adapted for tearing food, and occurring behind or beside the incisors (front teeth). Often the largest teeth in the mouth, ...
canine viral hepatitis: acute viral infection common in young dogs, affecting the liver and inner lining of blood vessels. It is usually characterized by fever, lack of appetite, vomiting, intense thirst, abdominal tenderness, ...
Canisius College: private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Buffalo, New York, U.S. Affiliated with the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic church, Canisius consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, ...
Canisius, Saint Peter: doctor of the church, Jesuit scholar, and strong opponent of Protestantism who has been called the Second Apostle of Germany.
canistel: (Lucuma nervosa), small tree of the sapodilla family (Sapotaceae), native to northern South America and cultivated in other tropical regions. It grows 3-7.5 m (10-25 feet) tall and has spreading ...
Canitz, Friedrich Rudolf, Baron von: one of a group of German court poets who prepared the way for the new ideas of the Enlightenment. His satires (Nebenstunden unterschiedener Gedichte; 1700) are dry and stilted imitations ...
cankam literature: the earliest writings in the Tamil language. The writings are thought to have been produced in three cankams, or literary academies, in Madurai, India, from the 1st to the 4th ...
Cankar, Ivan: Slovene writer and patriot.
canker: disease of plants that is caused by numerous species of fungi and bacteria. Symptoms include round-to-irregular, sunken, swollen, flattened, or cracked, discoloured, and dead areas on the stem (cane), twig, ...
canker sore: a small, painful ulcer of the oral cavity. Canker sores are round, shallow, white ulcers on the inner surface of the cheek or lip. They are surrounded by an inflamed ...
Cankiri: city, north-central Turkey. It lies at the confluence of the Tatli and the Aci rivers. Gangra, capital of the ancient Paphlagonian kings, was incorporated into the Roman province of Galatia ...
Canlaon: chartered city, central Negros island, Philippines. The former municipality, made a city in 1961, is named for Mount Canlaon (8,071 feet [2,460 m]), the volcano beneath whose eastern slopes it ...
Canlaon, Mount: active volcano, north-central portion of the island of Negros, Philippines. It lies about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Bacolod. Part of the volcanic Cordillera Central, it is, at 8,086 ...
Cannabaceae: the hemp family of the nettle order (Urticales), containing two genera and three species of aromatic herbs distributed throughout temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Older authorities included the two ...
Cannabis: plant genus belonging to the family Cannabaceae of the nettle order (Urticales). The genus comprises one species, hemp (q.v.; C. sativa), a stout, aromatic, erect annual herb that originated in ...
Cannaceae: the canna family of the ginger order (Zingiberales), a single genus with about 55 species, distributed from southeastern North America through South America. These tropical herbs possess rhizomes (underground stems) ...
Cannae, Battle of: (216 BC), major battle near the ancient village of Cannae, in Apulia (Puglia), southeastern Italy, between the forces of Rome and Carthage during the Second Punic War. The Romans were ...
Cannanore: city, northern Kerala state, southern India. A port on the Arabian Sea, Cannanore carried on important trade with Persia and Arabia in the 12th and 13th centuries AD. Until the ...
cannel coal: type of hydrogen-rich, sapropelic coal characterized by a dull black, sometimes waxy lustre. It was formerly called candle coal because it lights easily and burns with a bright, smoky flame. ...
Cannes: resort city of the French Riviera, in Alpes-Maritimes departement, Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur region, southeastern France. It lies southwest of Nice. Named for the canes of its once-reedy shore, it was probably settled ...
cannibalism: in zoology, the eating of any animal by another member of the same species. Cannibalism frequently serves as a mechanism to control population or to ensure the genetic contribution of ...
cannibalism: eating of human flesh by humans. The term is derived from the Spanish name (Caribales, or Canibales) for the Carib, a West Indies tribe well known for their practice of ...
canning: method of preserving food from spoilage by storing it in containers that are hermetically sealed and then sterilized by heat. The process was invented after prolonged research by Nicolas Appert ...
Canning Basin: arid sedimentary basin in northwestern Western Australia. Occupying a largely unexplored area of about 150,000 square miles (400,000 square km), it extends south from the Fitzroy River to the De ...
Canning, Charles John Canning, Earl: statesman and governor-general of India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. He became the first viceroy of India in 1858 and played an important part in the work of reconstruction ...
Canning, George: British statesman known for his liberal policies as foreign secretary (1807-09, 1822-27) and as prime minister for four months during 1827.
Cannizzaro, Stanislao: Italian chemist, teacher, and legislator who recognized the distinction between atomic and molecular weights and also discovered the Cannizzaro reaction.
Cannock Chase: district, administrative and historic county of Staffordshire, England. The southern portion of the Staffordshire coalfield, including the Lea Hall Colliery, is in the district. Coal mining and metalworking traditionally dominated ...
cannon: big gun, howitzer, or mortar, as distinguished from a musket, rifle, or other small arm. Modern cannon are complex mechanisms cast from high-grade steel and machined to exacting tolerances. They ...
Cannon, Annie Jump: American astronomer who specialized in the classification of stellar spectra.
Cannon, Harriet Starr: 19th-century American religious leader, a cofounder of the Community of St. Mary, an Episcopal sisterhood that focuses on child health and welfare.
Cannon, James: American clergyman, a zealous prohibitionist, and a foe of Democratic presidential candidate Alfred E. Smith.
Cannon, Joseph Gurney: American politician who was a longtime member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Cannon, Walter Bradford: American neurologist and physiologist who was the first to use X rays in physiological studies. These led to his publication of The Mechanical Factors of Digestion (1911). His investigations on ...
cannonball tree: (Couroupita guianensis), tall, soft-wooded tree, of the family Lecythidaceae, native to northeastern South America and notable for its large, spherical woody fruit, which resembles a rusty cannonball. The tree is ...
Cano, Alonso: painter, sculptor, and architect, often called the Spanish Michelangelo for his diversity of talents. Although he led a remarkably tempestuous life, he produced religious works of elegance and ease.
Cano, Melchor: Dominican theologian and bishop who upheld the rights of the Spanish crown against the claims of the papacy.
Canoas: city, eastern Rio Grande do Sul estado (state), southern Brazil. Situated 9 miles (14 km) north of Porto Alegre, the state capital, in the grassy lowlands south ...
canoe: lightweight boat pointed at both ends and propelled by one or more paddles (not oars). Paddlers face the bow.
canoe cedar: common name usually applied to giant arborvitae (q.v.) but also used for a species of false cypress (q.v.).
canoeing: the use for sport, recreation, or competition of a canoe, kayak, or foldboat, all small, narrow, lightweight boats propelled by paddles and pointed at both ends. There are many canoe ...
canon: musical form and compositional technique, based on the principle of strict imitation, in which an initial melody is imitated at a specified time interval by one or more parts, either ...
Canon City: city, seat (1861) of Fremont county, south-central Colorado, U.S. It is located at the eastern end of the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River between the Front Range and Wet ...
canon law: body of laws made within certain Christian churches (Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, independent churches of Eastern Christianity, and the Anglican Communion) by lawful ecclesiastical authority for the government of both ...