Nouns

cassiope

noun

low tufted evergreen shrubs of colder parts of north tempera...

castilla

noun

a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised m...

castigation

noun

verbal punishment

castries

noun

a port on the island of Saint Lucia; capital and largest cit...

casualness

noun

a casual manner

casuistry

noun

argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and int...

casuarina

noun

any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina havin...

catchfly

noun

any plant of the genus Silene

casuist

noun

someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious

catchall

noun

an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends

catharism

noun

a Christian movement considered to be a medieval descendant...

cathari

noun

a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th an...

catholicity

noun

the quality of being universal; existing everywhere

cattleya

noun

any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lo...

catachresis

noun

strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `bl...

catalase

noun

enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions a...

catalectic

noun

(prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last...

cataloguer

noun

a librarian who classifies publications according to a categ...

cataloger

noun

a librarian who classifies publications according to a categ...

catalufa

noun

brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and We...

catamenia

noun

the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnan...

catamountain

noun

bushy-tailed wildcat of Europe that resembles the domestic c...

cataphasia

noun

a speech disorder in which the same word is repeated several...

cataphoresis

noun

the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influ...

cataplasm

noun

a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal...

cataplasia

noun

(biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a les...

catamount

noun

large American feline resembling a lion

cataphract

noun

armor that protects the wearer's whole body

cataphyll

noun

a reduced or scarcely developed leaf at the start of a plant...

catboat

noun

a sailboat with a single mast set far forward

catcall

noun

a cry expressing disapproval

catechesis

noun

oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmatio...

catechist

noun

one who instructs catechumens in preparation for baptism (es...

catechin

noun

a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a whit...

catecholamine

noun

any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepi...

catechumen

noun

a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity by...

catechu

noun

East Indian spiny tree having twice-pinnate leaves and yello...

categorization

noun

the act of distributing things into classes or categories of...

catenary

noun

the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and...

catmint

noun

hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white p...

cattell

noun

American psychologist (born in England) who developed a broa...

cattalo

noun

hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattl...

cattail

noun

tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in f...

cattleman

noun

a man who raises (or tends) cattle

cattie

noun

any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (es...

cattiness

noun

malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nast...

caul

noun

part of the peritoneum attached to the stomach and to the co...

cattleship

noun

a cargo ship for the transport of livestock

cauda

noun

any taillike structure

caudex

noun

persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant