| catechu |
any of several water-soluble astringent substances obtained from various tropical plants of southeast Asia such as the acacia, used in medicine, tanning, and dyeing. |
| catechumen |
a person being taught the basic principles of Christianity, such as a convert prior to baptism. [2 definitions] |
| categorical |
with no exceptions or conditions; absolute. [2 definitions] |
| categorical imperative |
the claims of personal conscience in respect to a particular ethical choice. |
| categorize |
to put into groups that have common characteristics; arrange by categories; classify. [2 definitions] |
| category |
a specific class or group in a classification system. |
| catenate |
to link together in a chain or series; concatenate. |
| cater |
to supply food, service, or entertainment, esp. off the main business premises. [3 definitions] |
| cater-cornered |
diagonal. (See kitty-cornered.) [2 definitions] |
| caterer |
a person or business that provides professional food services, as for meetings, parties, and the like. |
| caterpillar |
a butterfly or moth larva, resembling a worm and often brightly colored. [2 definitions] |
| caterwaul |
to make the long, wailing or screeching sounds of a cat in heat. [3 definitions] |
| catfight |
a bitter quarrel or intense argument between people, esp women. [2 definitions] |
| catfish |
any of several chiefly freshwater fish with large heads, long feelers around the mouth resembling a cat's whiskers, and no scales. |
| catgut |
a thin, strong cord made of twisted, dried animal intestines, esp. those of sheep, and used for the strings of tennis rackets and certain musical instruments, and as surgical thread. |
| cath- |
variant of cata-. |
| catharsis |
purging, esp. of the digestive system. [3 definitions] |
| cathartic |
of or pertaining to purgation or emotional catharsis; purgative. [2 definitions] |
| Cathay |
a former name for China. |
| cathead |
a beam projecting from the bow of a ship, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured. |
| cathect |
in psychoanalysis, to invest feeling or emotion in someone or something external to oneself. |