cathartes
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~ type genus of the Cathartidae: turkey vultures
cathartic
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~ a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
cathartid
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~ large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures
Cathartidae
— Noun
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~ condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures
cathay
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~ a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
Cathaya
— Noun
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~ Chinese evergreen conifer discovered in 1955; not yet cultivated elsewhere
cathedra
— Noun
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~ a throne that is the official chair of a bishop
cathedral
— Noun
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~ any large and important church
cathedral
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~ the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese
cather
— Noun
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~ United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947)
Catherine
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~ empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796)
Catherine
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~ first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
catheter
— Noun
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~ a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open
catheterisation
— Noun
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~ the operation of introducing a catheter into the body
catheterization
— Noun
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~ the operation of introducing a catheter into the body
cathexis
— Noun
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~ (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
cathode
— Noun
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~ a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device
cathode
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~ the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current
catholic
— Noun
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~ a member of a Catholic church
catholicism
— Noun
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~ the beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church