Words Starting With CAT
Here's the list of all the 560 Words Starting With CAT in the English Language.
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category | 1. a collection of things sharing a common attribute 2. a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme More Definitions → |
catalog | 1. a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things 2. a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically More Definitions → |
cat | 1. feline mammal usually having thick soft fur and no ability to roar: domestic cats; wildcats 2. an informal term for a youth or man More Definitions → |
catalogue | 1. a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically 2. a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things More Definitions → |
catholic | 1. free from provincial prejudices or attachments More Definitions → |
catch | 1. discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state 2. perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily More Definitions → |
catering | 1. providing food and services More Definitions → |
cattle | 1. domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age More Definitions → |
catalyst | 1. (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected 2. something that causes an important event to happen More Definitions → |
cathedral | 1. relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's office or throne 2. any large and important church More Definitions → |
catching | 1. (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team 2. the act of detecting something; catching sight of something More Definitions → |
catalytic | 1. relating to or causing or involving catalysis More Definitions → |
categorized | 1. arranged into categories More Definitions → |
cater | 1. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance 2. supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets More Definitions → |
caterpillar | 1. a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth More Definitions → |
catcher | 1. (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher 2. the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws More Definitions → |
cation | 1. a positively charged ion More Definitions → |
catastrophic | 1. extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin More Definitions → |
catchment | 1. a structure in which water is collected (especially a natural drainage area) More Definitions → |
catastrophe | 1. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune 2. a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune More Definitions → |
catfish | 1. flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed 2. large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins More Definitions → |
catheter | 1. a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open More Definitions → |
categorised | 1. arranged into categories More Definitions → |
cathode | 1. a negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device 2. the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current More Definitions → |
catchy | 1. having concealed difficulty 2. likely to attract attention More Definitions → |
categorical | 1. relating to or included in a category or categories 2. not modified or restricted by reservations More Definitions → |
cataract | 1. an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye 2. a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice More Definitions → |
caterer | 1. someone who provides food and service (as for a party) More Definitions → |
categorization | 1. a group of people or things arranged by class or category 2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories More Definitions → |
categorize | 1. place into or assign to a category More Definitions → |
catalysis | 1. acceleration of a chemical reaction induced by the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction More Definitions → |
catwalk | 1. narrow platform extending out into an auditorium 2. narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge) More Definitions → |
catechism | 1. a series of questions put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views 2. an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers More Definitions → |
catamaran | 1. a boat with two parallel hulls held together by single deck More Definitions → |
catapult | 1. shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult 2. hurl as if with a sling More Definitions → |
catheterization | 1. the operation of introducing a catheter into the body More Definitions → |
categorically | 1. in an unqualified manner More Definitions → |
catnip | 1. hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats More Definitions → |
cationic | 1. of or relating to cations More Definitions → |
catabolism | 1. breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy More Definitions → |
categorisation | 1. a group of people or things arranged by class or category 2. the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories More Definitions → |
catalase | 1. enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water More Definitions → |
cataclysmic | 1. severely destructive More Definitions → |
catalyze | 1. change by catalysis or cause to catalyze More Definitions → |
catharsis | 1. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions 2. purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels More Definitions → |
cathodic | 1. of or at or pertaining to a cathode More Definitions → |
cathartic | 1. emotionally purging 2. emotionally purging (of e.g. art) More Definitions → |
cathouse | 1. a building where prostitutes are available More Definitions → |
categorise | 1. place into or assign to a category More Definitions → |
cataclysm | 1. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface 2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune More Definitions → |
catecholamine | 1. any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland More Definitions → |
catabolic | 1. relating to or characterized by catabolism 2. characterized by destructive metabolism More Definitions → |
catechesis | 1. oral religious instruction (as before baptism or confirmation) More Definitions → |
catena | 1. a chain of connected ideas or passages or objects so arranged that each member is closely related to the preceding and following members (especially a series of patristic comments elucidating Christian dogma) More Definitions → |
cataloger | 1. a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system More Definitions → |
catchphrase | 1. a phrase that has become a catchword More Definitions → |
catty | 1. any of various units of weight used in southeastern Asia (especially a Chinese measure equal to 500 grams) 2. marked by or arising from malice More Definitions → |
cattail | 1. tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes More Definitions → |
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