| casual |
occurring by chance; unplanned; accidental. [6 definitions] |
| casualty |
a member of the armed forces removed from active duty as a result of being killed, wounded, captured, or missing in action. [5 definitions] |
| cat1 |
a small carnivorous furry mammal, usu. kept as a pet or to catch mice and rats. [4 definitions] |
| catalog |
a systematic, usu. annotated, list of book titles, items on display, merchandise, or the like that is available in or from a source such as a library, retail store, or mail order merchandiser. [5 definitions] |
| catamaran |
a boat, usu. a sailboat, with parallel twin hulls. |
| catapult |
an ancient military machine used to hurl missiles such as large stones, esp. at fortifications. [5 definitions] |
| cataract |
a large waterfall. [3 definitions] |
| catastrophe |
a calamity with widespread effects; disaster. [3 definitions] |
| catastrophic |
causing destruction, devastation, or very great distress; ruinous; disastrous. [2 definitions] |
| catbird |
a dark gray North American songbird having one call that sounds like the mewing of a cat. |
| catch |
to capture or grab, usu. after pursuit. [18 definitions] |
| catcher |
one that catches. [2 definitions] |
| catch fire |
to start to burn. |
| catching |
tending to infect or be taken up by another. [2 definitions] |
| catch someone's eye |
to get the attention of someone. |
| catchup |
a variant of ketchup. |
| catch up |
to reach the same distance or level as another or others who are further ahead (usu. fol. by "to" or "with"). [3 definitions] |
| category |
a specific class or group in a classification system. |
| cater |
to supply food, service, or entertainment, esp. off the main business premises. [3 definitions] |
| caterpillar |
a butterfly or moth larva, resembling a worm and often brightly colored. [2 definitions] |
| catfish |
any of several chiefly freshwater fish with large heads, long feelers around the mouth resembling a cat's whiskers, and no scales. |