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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Castanopsis
genus Castanopsis noun evergreen trees and shrubs of warm regions valued for their foliage; southeastern United States and eastern Australia and northern New Zealand

Castanospermum
genus Castanospermum noun a rosid dicot genus of the subfamily Papilionoideae having one species: Moreton Bay chestnut

castaway
noun a shipwrecked person

caste
noun social status or position conferred by a system based on class; `lose caste by doing work beneath one`s station`

caste system
noun a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity

caster
noun a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable

castigate
verb inflict severe punishment on

castigation
earful noun a severe scolding

Castile
Castilla noun a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain in 1479

castile soap
noun a good hard soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide

Castilian
noun the Spanish language as spoken in Castile

Castilleja
genus Castilleja noun genus of western North and South American perennials often partially parasitic on roots of grasses

Castillian
noun a native or inhabitant of Castile

casting lots
drawing lots noun making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn

casting vote
noun the deciding vote cast by the presiding officer to resolve a tie

castle
castling noun interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

castle
noun (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

Castor
genus Castor noun type genus of the Castoridae: beavers

castor bean
noun the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil

castor oil
noun a purgative extracted from the seed of the castor plant; used in paint and varnish as well as medically

castor sugar
caster sugar noun very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor

castor-oil plant
castor bean plant noun large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics

Castoridae
family Castoridae noun beavers

Castoroides
genus Castoroides noun extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States

castrated
unsexed adjective deprived of sexual capacity or sexual attributes

castration
emasculation noun neutering a male animal by removing the testicles

castration anxiety
noun (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principal apply to women

castrato
noun a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice

Castries
noun a port on the island of Saint Lucia; capital and largest city of Saint Lucia

Castroism
noun a form of communism developed in Cuba by Fidel Castro

casual
cursory adjective hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; `a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house`s structural flaws`; `a passing glance`; `perfunctory courtesy`

casual
adjective suited for everyday use; `casual clothes`; `everyday clothes`

casually
nonchalantly adverb in an unconcerned manner; `glanced casually at the headlines`

casualness
noun a casual manner

casualty
injured party noun someone injured or killed in an accident

Casualty Care Research Center
CCRC noun an agency in the Department of Defense that is a national center for research on all aspects of injury control and casualty care

Casuaridae
family Casuaridae noun a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries

Casuariiformes
order Casuariiformes noun a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus

casuarina
noun any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood

Casuarinaceae
family Casuarinaceae noun one genus: genus Casuarina

Casuarinales
order Casuarinales noun order of chiefly Australian trees and shrubs comprising the casuarinas; 1 family: Casuarinaceae

Casuarius
genus Casuarius noun type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries

casuist
sophist noun someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious

casuistic
casuistical adjective of or relating to the use of ethical principles to resolve moral problems

casuistry
noun moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas

casus belli
noun an event used to justify starting a war

cat
true cat noun feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats

cat and mouse
cat and rat noun a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first

cat box
noun a receptacle for cat excrement

cat fancier
noun a person who breeds and cares for cats

cat flea
Ctenocephalides felis noun flea that breeds chiefly on cats and dogs and rats

cat food
cat chow noun food prepared for cats

cat rig
noun rig of a catboat

cat scratch disease
noun a disease thought to be transmitted to humans by a scratch from a cat

cat shark
noun small bottom-dwelling sharks with catlike eyes; found along continental slopes

cat squirrel
noun common reddish-brown squirrel of Europe and parts of Asia

cat thyme
marum noun Mediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats

cat`s cradle
noun a game played with string looped over the fingers

cat`s eye
noun any of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shape

cat`s foot
cat`s feet noun low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers

cat`s-claw
catclaw noun erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida

cat`s-ear
capeweed noun European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat`s ears

cat`s-paw
noun a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked

cat`s-tail
reed mace noun tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa

cat-o`-nine-tails
cat noun a whip with nine knotted cords; `British sailors feared the cat`

catabiosis
noun normal aging of cells

catabolic
katabolic adjective relating to or characterized by catabolism

catabolism
katabolism noun breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy

catabolize
catabolise verb subject to catabolism

Catacala
genus Catacala noun moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings

catachresis
noun strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant` to mean `flagrant`) or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths`)

catachrestic
catachrestical adjective constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis

cataclinal
adjective of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata

cataclysmal
cataclysmic adjective severely destructive; `cataclysmic nuclear war`; `a cataclysmic earthquake`

catacomb
noun an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)

catacorner
cata-cornered adjective slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; `set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot`

catadromous
adjective migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn

catafalque
noun a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral

Catalan
adjective relating to or characteristic of the Catalan language; `Catalan poetry`

catalase
noun enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into hydrogen and water

catalatic
adjective of or relating to the enzyme catalase

catalectic
adjective (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot

catalepsy
noun a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli

cataleptic
adjective of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy; `cataleptic persons`; `cataleptic state`

catalexis
noun the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse

Catalina cherry
Prunus lyonii noun evergreen shrub or small tree found on Catalina Island (California)

catalog
catalogue noun a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; `he found it in the Sears catalog`

cataloged procedure
noun a set of control statements that have been placed in a library and can be retrieved by name

cataloger
cataloguer noun a librarian who classifies publication according to a categorial system

catalogue
catalog verb make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; `He is cataloguing his photographic negatives`

catalogued
adjective entered in a catalogue

Catalonia
noun a region of northeastern Spain

catalpa
noun tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods

Catalpa bignioides
noun catalpa tree of southern United States

Catalpa speciosa
noun catalpa tree of central United States

catalufa
Priacanthus arenatus noun brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters

catalysis
contact action noun acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction; `of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced`

catalyst
accelerator noun (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

catalytic
adjective relating to or causing or involving catalysis; `catalytic reactions`

catalytic converter
noun a converter that uses a platinum-iridium catalyst to oxidize pollutants and carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and water; an antipollution device on an automotive exhaust system