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Çini
Çini is the Turkish tradition of handmade, glazed tiles and ceramics painted with colorful plant, animal, and geometric motifs and used on buildings and in homes, recognized by UNESCO in 2016.
Cinnabon
Cinnabon is an American franchise bakery chain founded in 1985 near Seattle, known for large cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting, with nearly a thousand US locations.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon, including Ceylon or true cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) and cassia (C. cassia, C. burmannii, C. loureiroi), is a spice from dried Cinnamomum bark, distinguished by cinnamaldehyde levels, coumarin content, and fraud-prone trade.
Cinnamon roll
Cinnamon roll, also cinnamon bun or Swedish kanelbulle: a spiral of enriched yeast dough filled with cinnamon sugar. Swedish version has cardamom and pearl sugar; American version is sweeter with cream cheese frosting; Kanelbullens dag is October 4.
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Cinnamon Toast Crunch, sold in some markets as Cini Minis, is a General Mills breakfast cereal of cinnamon and sugar coated wheat and rice squares, introduced in 1984.
Cintas
Cintas Corporation (Cintas Corp, CTAS) is a US uniform rental and facility-services company: weekly route-delivered laundered workwear, mats, restroom supplies, first aid and fire protection, with $11.26 billion fiscal 2026 revenue and a pending UniFirst acquisition.
Cinzano
Cinzano is an Italian vermouth and sparkling wine brand from Pecetto and Turin, dating to a 1707 distilling license and the 1757 master distillers; owned by Campari from 1999, sold to Caffo Group 1915 in 2025.
Cioccolato di Modica
Cioccolato di Modica (Modica chocolate) is a Sicilian cold-processed chocolate of bitter cocoa paste and sugar, never conched, grainy and crumbly; first EU chocolate PGI, registered 2018.
Cioppino
Cioppino: Italian-American seafood stew from San Francisco, invented by Genoese immigrant fishermen in the late 1800s, with a tomato-and-wine broth, Dungeness crab, and shellfish; name from Ligurian ciuppin.
Circle K
Circle K is a global convenience store and fuel station chain founded in 1951 in El Paso, Texas, by Fred Hervey; owned by Alimentation Couche-Tard since 2003, it operates about 17,200 stores across 27 countries as Couche-Tard's worldwide banner.
Circus clown
Circus clown: a comic ring performer dating to Astley's 1768 circus; Grimaldi created the whiteface, the Auguste arose at Circus Renz in Berlin, and classic types include whiteface, Auguste, and character or tramp clowns.
Cîroc
Cîroc is a French ultra-premium vodka created in 2003 by Jean-Sébastien Robicquet, distilled five times from Mauzac Blanc and Ugni Blanc grapes at Maison Villevert. Owned by Diageo; promoted by Sean Combs 2007–2024; North American rights moved to a Main Street Advisors joint venture in 2025.
Citrus fiber
Citrus fiber is a functional food ingredient made from the peel and pulp left after citrus juicing, used to add fiber and replace gums and starches in clean-label foods.
Citrus fruit extract
Citrus fruit extract is a food ingredient recognized as generally recognized as safe by the FDA in 2014 as an antimicrobial and preservative in nonstandardized foods.
Civic Holiday
Civic Holiday: the first-Monday-of-August holiday across most Canadian provinces and territories, also called Simcoe Day, BC Day, Saskatchewan Day, Natal Day and Terry Fox Day. Not a federal statutory holiday; legal status and holiday pay vary by province.
CJ Opiaza
Christine Juliane "CJ" Hinkle Opiaza, Filipina beauty queen and model, first Filipina Miss Grand International titleholder (2024 crown assumed June 2025 after Rachel Gupta's dethronement); former Miss Grand Philippines 2024 and Miss Universe Philippines 2023 first runner-up.
CKE Restaurants
CKE Restaurants Holdings owns and franchises Carl's Jr., Hardee's, Green Burrito, and Red Burrito. Founded 1941 by Carl and Margaret Karcher with a $326 hot dog cart; taken private by Apollo in 2010, now owned by Roark Capital in Franklin, Tennessee.
Clackers
Clackers, also called lato-lato, click-clacks, knockers, or Ker-Bangers, are two hard balls on a cord swung to clack together. A US early-1970s craze, banned by the FDA in 1971, revived in Southeast Asia in the 2020s.
Claddagh ring
Claddagh ring (fáinne Cladach): Irish ring of two hands clasping a crowned heart, made in Galway since c. 1700, credited to goldsmith Richard Joyce, descended from fede rings, a symbol of love, loyalty and friendship and of Irish diaspora identity.
Clafoutis
Clafoutis, a baked French dessert from Limousin made of cherries in a flan-like egg, milk, sugar, and flour batter; also called clafouti in English. Word coined in the 19th century from clafir, 'to fill'; other fruits make a flaugnarde.
Claire McCardell
Claire McCardell (1905–1958) was an American fashion designer, widely credited as the founder of American sportswear and the American Look, known for practical ready-to-wear designs like the Popover dress.
Claire Saffitz
Claire Saffitz (born 1986) is an American pastry chef, recipe developer, and author, former Bon Appétit Senior Food Editor and host of Gourmet Makes, author of Dessert Person and What's for Dessert.
Claire Zeisler
Claire Zeisler (Claire Block, 1903–1991) was an American fiber artist and collector in Chicago known for free-standing, off-loom knotted and wrapped fiber sculptures such as Coil Series III—A Celebration, which helped elevate fiber art to fine art.
Claire's
Claire's, also Claire's Stores, Inc., is an American accessories and jewelry retailer for girls and tweens, famous for ear piercing (131 million piercings). Founded 1961 as a wig retailer; two Chapter 11 bankruptcies (2018, 2025); now owned by Ames Watson with about 900 North American stores; UK and Ireland standalone stores closed in 2026.
Clapping
Clapping, or applause, is striking the palms together to signal approval, praise, or support. Covers its definition, ancient Greek and Roman history, the claque, synchronization physics, chimpanzee clapping, and concert etiquette.
Clarabell the Clown
Clarabell the Clown, also Clarabell Hornblow, was the mute, horn-honking, seltzer-squirting clown of NBC's Howdy Doody Show (1947–1960), played by Bob Keeshan, Bob Nicholson, and Lew Anderson, who spoke only "Goodbye, kids" in the 1960 finale.
Clare Smyth
Clare Smyth (born 1978, County Antrim) is a Northern Irish chef, MBE, and World's Best Female Chef 2018 who runs three-Michelin-starred Core by Clare Smyth in Notting Hill, the first British woman to win three stars.
Clarice Cliff
Clarice Cliff (1899–1972) was an English ceramic designer of Stoke-on-Trent, famed for Art Deco 'Bizarre' and 'Fantasque' hand-painted pottery launched from 1927, sold under her own name, and later revived by collectors.
Clarified butter
Clarified butter (ghee, Sanskrit ghrita) is butter with water and milk solids removed, leaving nearly pure butterfat; ghee is the further-browned, nutty-tasting version. Covers composition (99.6%+ fat per FAO), smoke point around 250 °C, shelf life, Sanskrit/Vedic origins, regional names like samn and smen, and the measured health evidence.
Clarissa Dickson Wright
Clarissa Dickson Wright (1947–2014), English television cook, writer and former barrister, co-star of BBC Two's Two Fat Ladies with Jennifer Paterson, first female rector of Aberdeen University.