10-letter words starting with cat
- catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
- catastasis — the part of a drama immediately preceding the climax or action-filled scene
- catawampus — askew; awry
- catcalling — Present participle of catcall.
- catch cold — to become ill with a cold
- catch crop — a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season
- catch fire — to ignite
- catch hell — to receive a severe scolding, punishment, etc.
- catch-colt — the offspring of a mare bred accidentally.
- catch-cord — a cord or wire located near a selvage, used to form a loop or deflect the filling yarn not intended to be woven permanently in with the regular selvage.
- catch-ups' — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- catchbasin — Alternative form of catch-basin.
- catchflies — Plural form of catchfly.
- catchiness — The state or quality of being catchy.
- catchments — Plural form of catchment.
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- catchwater — a drain or ditch which catches water
- catchwords — Plural form of catchword.
- catechesis — oral religious instruction which is given to catechumens
- catechetic — of or relating to catechesis.
- catechised — Simple past tense and past participle of catechise.
- catechisms — Plural form of catechism.
- catechists — Plural form of catechist.
- catechized — Simple past tense and past participle of catechize.
- catechizer — One who catechizes.
- catechizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catechize.
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
- categorial — of or relating to a category
- categories — any general or comprehensive division; a class.
- categorise — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorist — a person who categorizes or inserts items in a list
- categorize — If you categorize people or things, you divide them into sets or you say which set they belong to.
- category 3 — (hardware) (Cat 3, or "voice grade") An American Standards Institute standard for UTP cables. Used, e.g., for 100BaseVG network cabling.
- category 5 — The term Category 5 refers to Ethernet cabling that allows data transfers up to 100 Megabits per second.
- category a — (of a prisoner) regarded as highly dangerous and therefore requiring constant observation and maximum security
- category d — (of a prisoner) regarded as sufficiently trustworthy to be kept under open prison conditions
- catenaccio — an extremely defensive style of play
- catenarian — the downward curve formed by chain or cord being fixed at two points
- catenaries — Plural form of catenary.
- catenating — Present participle of catenate.
- catenation — the act or process of catenating.
- catenative — Denoting a verb that governs a nonfinite form of another verb, for example, like in I like swimming.
- catenulate — (of certain spores) formed in a row or chain
- caterwauls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caterwaul.
- catfishing — Present participle of catfish.
- cathartics — Plural form of cathartic.
- cathecting — Present participle of cathect.
- cathedrals — Plural form of cathedral.
- cathemeral — Relating to organisms that have sporadic and random intervals during the day or night in which food is acquired.
- cathepsins — Plural form of cathepsin.