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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: catholic - cat's-meat</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="catholic"> catholic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. of interest or use to all people. Ex. Music makes a catholic appeal to all ages, races, and classes of men. (SYN) general. <DD> b. having sympathies with all; broadminded; liberal. Ex. I bless my stars for a taste so catholic (Charles Lamb). <DD> c. of the whole Christian Church; ecumenical. (SYN) tolerant. <DD> 2. including all; universal. Ex. Science is catholic; it knows no frontiers. (SYN) all-inclusive, comprehensive, all-embracing. </DL> <A NAME="catholic"> Catholic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of the Christian church governed by the Pope; Roman Catholic. Ex. a Catholic country like France (Henry Morley). <DD> 2. of the ancient, undivided Christian Church, or of its present representatives, including the Anglican, Orthodox, and Roman Catholic Churches. Ex. the Holy Catholic Church. <DD> 3. of, concerned with, or affecting Roman Catholics. Ex. Catholic emancipation. <DD>noun a member of a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church. </DL> <A NAME="catholically"> catholically, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a catholic manner. Also, catholicly. </DL> <A NAME="catholicchurch"> Catholic Church, =Roman Catholic Church.</DL> <A NAME="catholicepistle"> Catholic Epistle,<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the General Epistles of the New Testament, not addressed to a particular church. </DL> <A NAME="catholicism"> catholicism, noun. =catholicity.</DL> <A NAME="catholicism"> Catholicism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the faith, doctrine, organization, and methods of the Roman Catholic Church. </DL> <A NAME="catholicity"> catholicity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. universality; wide prevalence. Ex. the catholicity of an idea. <DD> 2. broad-mindedness; liberalness. Ex. a catholicity of taste in art. </DL> <A NAME="catholicity"> Catholicity, noun. =Catholicism.</DL> <A NAME="catholicize"> catholicize, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -cized, -cizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make or become catholic or universal. </DL> <A NAME="catholicize"> Catholicize, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -cized, -cizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make or become Catholic. noun Catholicization. </DL> <A NAME="catholicly"> catholicly, adverb. =catholically.</DL> <A NAME="catholicon"> catholicon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a universal remedy; cure-all; panacea. </DL> <A NAME="catholicos"> catholicos, noun, pl. -coses, -coi.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the heads of certain self-governing churches in the Eastern Church, such as the Armenian and Syrian churches. </DL> <A NAME="cathomycin"> Cathomycin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) novobiocin, an antibiotic. </DL> <A NAME="cathop"> cat hop,<DL COMPACT><DD> two cards of the same denomination left in the dealing box for the last turn in faro. </DL> <A NAME="cathoscope"> cathoscope, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for exhibiting the optical effects of X rays. </DL> <A NAME="cation"> cation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a positively charged ion. During electrolysis, cations move toward the negative pole (contrasted with anion). <DD> 2. an atom or group of atoms having a positive charge. Also, kation. </DL> <A NAME="cationic"> cationic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like a cation. Ex. Nearly all of the long-lived fission nuclides are cationic and virtually all soils have an appreciable cation exchange capacity (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). </DL> <A NAME="catkin"> catkin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the soft, downy or scaly, pointed cluster of flowers, having no petals, which grows on the willow, birch, alder, and poplar; ament; cattail. Catkins grow from the apex, have unisexual flowers, and usually drop off after flowering. Ex. The pussy willow develops furry catkins and its twigs are often used as decorations (E. L. Little). </DL> <A NAME="catladder"> catladder, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a scaling ladder used especially for climbing on the sloping roofs of houses. </DL> <A NAME="catlike"> catlike, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. like a cat; stealthy; cattish. Ex. catlike in movement. With lazy, catlike attitudes (New Yorker). <DD> 2. like that of a cat. Ex. catlike eyes. </DL> <A NAME="catling"> catling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a little cat; kitten. <DD> 2. catgut for a violin, lute, or the like. <DD> 3. (Rare.) a long, narrow knife used in surgery. </DL> <A NAME="catlinite"> catlinite, noun. =pipestone.</DL> <A NAME="catman"> cat man, =cat burglar.</DL> <A NAME="catmint"> catmint, noun. =catnip.</DL> <A NAME="catnap"> catnap, intransitive verb, -napped, -napping.<DL COMPACT><DD> to take a cat nap; doze or nap briefly. Ex. He has the true fisherman's capacity to catnap standing up (Manchester Guardian Weekly). noun catnapper. </DL> <A NAME="catnap"> cat nap,<DL COMPACT><DD> a short nap or doze. </DL> <A NAME="catnep"> catnep, noun. =catnip.</DL> <A NAME="catnip"> catnip, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plant with strongly scented leaves that cats like. Catnip has spikes of small, blue or pinkish flowers and belongs to the mint family. </DL> <A NAME="catoctin"> catoctin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Geology.) a protruding mass of rock which rises above the general level because of its greater resistance to erosion. </DL> <A NAME="catomountain"> cat-o'-mountain, noun. =catamountain.</DL> <A NAME="catonian"> Catonian, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or resembling the Roman statesman Cato the Elder (234 B.C.-149 B.C.) or his great-grandson, the Roman patriot and Stoic philosopher, Cato the Younger (95 B.C.-46 B.C.), both remarkable for the severity of their manners. Ex. Catonian austerity or obstinacy </DL> <A NAME="catonic"> Catonic, adjective. =Catonian.</DL> <A NAME="catoninetails"> cat-o'-nine-tails, noun, pl. -tails.<DL COMPACT><DD> a whip consisting of nine pieces of knotted cord fastened to a handle. It was formerly used as a means of punishment in the navy. Ex. [The captain] and his officers held the ship on the sea by the grace of God and the cat-o'-nine-tails (Scientific American). </DL> <A NAME="catoptric"> catoptric, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with the reflection of light or catoptrics. <DD>noun =catoptrics. adv. catoptrically. </DL> <A NAME="catoptrical"> catoptrical, adjective. =catoptric.</DL> <A NAME="catoptrics"> catoptrics, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of optics dealing with the properties of reflected light, especially light reflected from mirrors or polished surfaces. </DL> <A NAME="catoptromancy"> catoptromancy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> divination among the ancients by means of a mirror. </DL> <A NAME="catoptromantic"> catoptromantic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with or of the nature of catoptromancy. </DL> <A NAME="catostomid"> catostomid, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun any one of a family of freshwater cyprinoid fishes comprising the true suckers. <DD>adj. having to do with the catostomids; belonging to this family. </DL> <A NAME="catostomoid"> catostomoid, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. resembling a catostomid. <DD> 2. belonging to the family of the suckers. <DD>noun =catostomid. </DL> <A NAME="catrig"> cat rig,<DL COMPACT><DD> the typical rig of a catboat, consisting of a single mast set well forward, with a large sail extended by a boom and a gaff. There is no jib. </DL> <A NAME="catrigged"> cat-rigged, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> rigged like a catboat. </DL> <A NAME="catsanddogs"> cats and dogs,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD> 1. worthless shares of stock. <DD> 2. worthless or unsalable merchandise. expr. rain cats and dogs. See under cat (1). </DL> <A NAME="catscan"> CAT scan,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an X-ray picture made by computerized axial tomography. Ex. CAT scans depict cross sections or slices of any region of the body as seen looking down through the patient, head to foot (Irwin J. Polk). <DD> 2. =CAT scanner. <DD> 3. =CAT scanning. </DL> <A NAME="catscanner"> CAT scanner,<DL COMPACT><DD> a machine that takes X-ray pictures by computerized axial tomography. </DL> <A NAME="catscanning"> CAT scanning,<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of taking X-ray pictures by computerized axial tomography. </DL> <A NAME="catsclaw"> cat's-claw, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of several prickly shrubs of the southwestern United States. Ex. The cat's-claw ... is common in the canyons and on hillsides (Southern Sierran). </DL> <A NAME="catscradle"> cat's cradle,<DL COMPACT><DD> a child's game played with a string looped over the fingers of both hands. </DL> <A NAME="catscratchdisease"> cat-scratch disease or fever,<DL COMPACT><DD> a disease of humans following a cat scratch, of unknown cause, possibly viral, which affects the lymphatic system. </DL> <A NAME="catseye"> cat's-eye, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a semiprecious gem, especially a variety of chrysoberyl, which shows a central streak of reflected light, suggesting the pupil of a cat's eye. <DD> 2. a small reflector set in the curb of a road, or in a post, fence, etc., near a road to guide motorists at night. <DD> 3. a marble used in the game of marbles, whose markings suggest the eye of a cat. </DL> <A NAME="catsfoot"> cat's-foot, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any of a large genus of composite plants with very small, white, tubular flowers. <DD> 2. =ground ivy. <DD> 3. mountain cudweed. </DL> <A NAME="catskin"> catskin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> skin or furry pelt of the cat. </DL> <A NAME="catskinner"> catskinner, noun, or cat skinner,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) an operator of a tractor. </DL> <A NAME="catsmeat"> cat's-meat, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> horsemeat prepared as cat food. </DL> <A HREF="catspaw.dic">NEXT</A>