Castleward (n.) Same as Castleguard.
Castling (n.) That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
Castling (n.) A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i.
Cast-off (a.) Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes.
Castor (n.) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver.
Castor (n.) Castoreum. See Castoreum.
Castor (n.) A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver.
Castor (n.) A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
Castor (n.) See Caster, a small wheel.
Castor (n.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.
Castor (n.) Alt. of Castorite
Castorite (n.) A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.
Castor and Pollux () See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.
Castor bean () The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)
Castoreum (n.) A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.
Castorin (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.
Castor oil () A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid.
Castrametation (n.) The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp.
Castrated (imp. & p. p.) of Castrate
Castrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Castrate
Castrate (v. t.) To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
Castrate (v. t.) To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
Castration (n.) The act of castrating.
Castrato (n.) A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.
Castrel (n.) See Kestrel.
Castrensial (a.) Belonging to a camp.
Castrensian (a.) Castrensial.
Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel.
Casual (a.) Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
Casual (a.) Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.
Casual (n.) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
Casualism (n.) The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.
Casualist (n.) One who believes in casualism.
Casually (adv.) Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
Casualness (n.) The quality of being casual.
Casualties (pl. ) of Casualty
Casualty (n.) That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.
Casualty (n.) Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.
Casualty (n.) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.
Casuarina (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.
Casuist (n.) One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
Casuist (v. i.) To play the casuist.
Casuistic (a.) Alt. of Casuistieal
Casuistieal (a.) Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry.
Casuistry (a.) The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases.
Casuistry (a.) Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.
Casus (n.) An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.
Cat (n.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
Cat (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
Cat (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
Cat (n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.
Cat (n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
Cat (n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below.
tted (imp. & p. p.) of Cat
Catting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cat
Cat (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.
Catabaptist (n.) One who opposes baptism, especially of infants.
Catabasion (n.) A vault under altar of a Greek church.
Catabiotic (a.) See under Force.
Catacaustic (a.) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a.
Catacaustic (n.) A caustic curve formed by reflection of light.
Catachresis (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.
Catachrestic (a.) Alt. of Catachrestical
Catachrestical (a.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched.
Cataclysm (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
Cataclysm (n.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.
Cataclysmal (a.) Alt. of Cataclysmic
Cataclysmic (a.) Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.
Cataclysmist (n.) One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms.
Catacomb (n.) A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.
Catacoustic (n.) That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See Acoustics.
Catadioptric (a.) Alt. of Catadioptrical
Catadioptrical (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light.
Catadioptrics (n.) The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments.
Catadrome (n.) A race course.
Catadrome (n.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.
Catadromous (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.
Catadromous (a.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel.
Catafalco (n.) See Catafalque.
Catafalque (n.) A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.
Catagmatic (a.) Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.
Cataian (n.) A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; -- formerly a term of reproach.
Catalan (a.) Of or pertaining to Catalonia.
Catalan (n.) A native or inhabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia.
Catalectic (a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
Catalectic (a.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.
Catalepsy (n.) Alt. of Catalepsis
Catalepsis (n.) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues.
Cataleptic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit.
Catallacta (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphaera is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies.
Catallactics (n.) The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy.
Catalog (n. & v.) Catalogue.
Catalogize (v. t.) To insert in a catalogue; to register; to catalogue.
Catalogue (n.) A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.
Catalogued (imp. & p. p.) of Catalogue
Cataloguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catalogue
Catalogue (v. t.) To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.
Cataloguer (n.) A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.
Catalpa (n.) 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.