| 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. |
| cathedra |
the official seat of a bishop. |
| cathedral |
the principal church of a bishop's diocese, containing his official throne. [5 definitions] |
| catheter |
a thin, flexible, hollow tube inserted into a body passage or cavity to drain fluid, esp. urine from the bladder. |
| catheterize |
to put a catheter into. |
| cathode |
the positive terminal of a battery. (Cf. anode.) |
| cathode ray |
a stream of electrons emitted by a cathode in a vacuum tube. |
| cathode-ray tube |
a vacuum tube in which a stream of electrons is accelerated and focused in a beam that produces lighted traces on a screen at one end of the tube, used in television sets, computer monitors, and the like. |
| catholic |
all-encompassing or wide-ranging. [3 definitions] |
| Catholicism |
the theological and moral doctrines, the faith, and the ecclesiastical practices of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| catholicity |
the quality or state of being broad-minded or of having a wide range of ideas or tastes. [2 definitions] |
| catholicize |
to make universal or general. [2 definitions] |
| cation |
an ion with a positive charge. (Cf. anion.) |