CPage 131
- English Word Catalogue Definition To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.
- English Word Catalogued Definition of Catalogue
- English Word Cataloguer Definition A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.
- English Word Cataloguing Definition of Catalogue
- English Word Catalpa Definition A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.
- English Word Catalyse Definition of Catalysis
- English Word Catalysis Definition Dissolution; degeneration; decay.
- English Word Catalysis Definition A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contact. It is now believed that such reactions are attended with the formation of an intermediate compound or compounds, so that by alternate composition and decomposition the agent is apparenty left unchanged; as, the catalysis of making ether from alcohol by means of sulphuric acid; or catalysis in the action of soluble ferments (as diastase, or ptyalin) on starch.
- English Word Catalysis Definition The catalytic force.
- English Word Catalytic Definition Relating to, or causing, catalysis.
- English Word Catalytic Definition An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc.
- English Word Catamaran Definition A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations.
- English Word Catamaran Definition Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed.
- English Word Catamaran Definition A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat.
- English Word Catamaran Definition A quarrelsome woman; a scold.
- English Word Catamenia Definition The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.
- English Word Catamenial Definition Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.
- English Word Catamite Definition A boy kept for unnatural purposes.
- English Word Catamount Definition The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.
- English Word Catanadromous Definition Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous.