cataclinal
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata
cataclysm
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
cataclysm
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a sudden violent change in the earth's surface
cataclysmal
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ severely destructive; "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"
cataclysmic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ severely destructive; "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"
catacomb
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
catacorner
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
catadromous
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn
catafalque
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral
cataflam
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Cataflam)
Catalan
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ relating to or characteristic of the Catalan language; "Catalan poetry"
Catalan
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ relating to or denoting or characteristic of Catalonia or its inhabitants; "Catalan independence movement"
catalan
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a native or inhabitant of Catalonia
Catalan
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the Romance language spoken in Catalonia in eastern Spain (related to Spanish and Occitan)
catalase
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water
catalatic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of or relating to the enzyme catalase
catalectic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot
catalectic
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
catalepsy
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli
cataleptic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy; "cataleptic persons"; "cataleptic state"