cat
— Noun
– English
~ feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats
cat burglar
— Noun
– English
~ a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
cat bear
— Noun
– English
~ reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
cat
— Noun
– English
~ the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
CAT
— Noun
– English
~ a method of examining body organs by scanning them with X rays and using a computer to construct a series of cross-sectional scans along a single axis
calico cat
— Noun
– English
~ a cat having black and cream-colored and yellowish markings
caffer cat
— Noun
– English
~ widely distributed wildcat of Africa and Asia Minor
catabatic
— Adjective
– English
~ of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night
catabiosis
— Noun
– English
~ normal aging of cells
catabolic
— Adjective
– English
~ relating to or characterized by catabolism
catabolic
— Adjective
– English
~ characterized by destructive metabolism
catabolise
— Verb
– English
~ subject to catabolism
catabolism
— Noun
– English
~ breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy
catabolize
— Verb
– English
~ subject to catabolism
Catacala
— Noun
– English
~ moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings
catachresis
— Noun
– English
~ strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
catachrestic
— Adjective
– English
~ constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis
catachrestical
— Adjective
– English
~ constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis
cataclinal
— Adjective
– English
~ of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata
cataclysm
— Noun
– English
~ an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"