English words: Castlefield to catabolysis

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English words Castlefield to catabolysis

Castlefield proper noun: An inner city area of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SJ8397).
Castleford proper noun /ˈkɑːsəlfəd/: A town in the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4225).
castleful noun: Enough to fill a castle.
Castlegar proper noun: A village, townland and ruined castle near Galway, County Galway, often referred to as An Caisleán Gearr (Irish grid ref M 3127)
castleless adjective: Without a castle.
castlelet noun: Uncommon spelling of castlet.
castlelike adjective: Resembling a castle
Castlemaine proper noun: A village in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish grid ref Q 8303).
Castleman proper noun: A surname.
Castleman disease noun: Alternative form of Castleman's disease.
Castleman's disease noun: A rare lymphoproliferative disorder involving hyperproliferation of certain B cells that often produce cytokines.
Castlemilk proper noun: A suburban area in the City of Glasgow council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6059).
castler noun: A chess problem whose solution involves castling.
Castlereagh proper noun: A suburb of Sydney in the Penrith council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Castlerock proper noun: A coastal village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
castlery noun: The government of a castle.
castles in Spain noun: Synonym of castle in the air.
castleship noun: Synonym of castlery.
castless adjective /ˈkæstləs/: Without a cast or casts (in any sense).
castlet noun /ˈkæslət/: A small castle.
Castleton proper noun: A village and civil parish in High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1583).
Castletown proper noun: A town on the Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC2667).
castlette noun: A small castle.
castleward noun: Synonym of castle-guard.
castlewards adverb, noun: Towards the castle.
Castlewellan proper noun: A small town in County Down, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 3436).
castlewise adverb: Like a castle; in a fortified manner.
Castlewood proper noun: Any of a number of towns in USA or Canada
castlewright noun: One who builds or makes repairs to a castle; a castlebuilder.
castling noun, verb /ˈkɑːstlɪŋ/: An abortion, or a premature birth.
castmate noun: Someone with whom one performs together, as a member of a cast.
castmember noun /ˈkɑːst.mɛm.bə/: A member of a theatrical cast.
Castner proper noun: A surname.
Castner cell noun: The electrolytic cell used in the Castner process.
castniid noun: Any moth in the family Castniidae.
Casto proper noun: A surname.
castock noun: The stalk of kale or cabbage.
castoff adjective, noun: Discarded, rejected.
Caston proper noun: A village in Norfolk, England.
Castonguay proper noun: A surname.
castor noun /ˈkɑːs.tə/: A hat made from the fur of the beaver.
castor bean noun: A castor oil plant, of the species Ricinus communis.
castor bean tick noun: A tick of species Ixodes ricinus, a vector for Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis.
castor oil noun /ˈkɑː.stə ˌɔɪl/: The pale yellow vegetable oil extracted from the castor bean; used as a laxative and an industrial lubricant.
castor oil bean noun: Synonym of castor bean (“the seed of the castor oil plant”)
castor oil plant noun: A plant of the species Ricinus communis, used in the production of castor oil and of the poison ricin.
castor sac noun: An organ of a beaver releasing a secretion for refining the animal’s fell, popular in perfumery as under the name castoreum, and formerly used in medicine.
castor sugar noun: Alternative form of caster sugar.
castored adjective: Equipped with castors.
castorette noun: The fur of a beaver.
castoreum noun: The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes.
castorid noun: Any member of the Castoridae; a beaver.
castorimorph noun: Any rodent of the suborder Castorimorpha
castorin noun: A white crystalline substance supposedly obtained from castoreum. Perhaps synonymous with castoramine.
castoring adjective: able to be turned in different directions; pivoting.
castorite noun: castor
castorium noun: Alternative spelling of castoreum.
castorless adjective: Alternative form of casterless.
castory noun: An extract from the glands of a beaver, reputed to have medicinal value.
castral adjective: Relating to a castrum.
castramentation noun: Alternative form of castrametation
castrametation noun: Planning and construction of a military camp.
castratable adjective: Capable of being castrated.
castrate noun, verb /kæsˈtɹeɪt/: A castrated man; a eunuch.
castrated adjective, verb /kæsˈtɹeɪtɪd/: Having had the reproductive organs removed (testicles in males, ovaries in females).
castratee noun: One who has undergone castration.
castrater noun: Alternative form of castrator.
castration noun /kæˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/: The act of removing the testicles.
castration anxiety noun: The literal or metaphorical fear of emasculation; associated with the early psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud.
castratism noun: Prepubescent castration.
castrative adjective /kaˈstɹeɪtɪv/: Causing (the effects of) castration.
castratively adverb: In a castrative manner.
castrativeness noun: The quality of being castrative.
castrato adjective, noun /kæsˈtɹɑː.təʊ/: A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
castrator noun: One who castrates (gelds or neuters).
castratory adjective: Causing or relating to castration.
castratrix noun /kæsˈtɹeɪtɹɪks/: A female who castrates (either literally or metaphorically).
castrensial adjective: Belonging to a (military) camp.
castrensian adjective: castrensial
Castres proper noun: A commune in Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, France.
Castries proper noun /ˈkæstɹiːz/: The capital city of Saint Lucia.
Castrillo proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
Castrism noun: Castrist beliefs and policies generally.
Castrist noun: A supporter of Fidel Castro (1926-2016), Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the self-appointed dictator of Cuba from 1959 to 2008.
Castro proper noun /ˈkæstɹoʊ/: A surname from Spanish.
Castro clone noun: A gay man having a fashion style, popular in the 1970s and 1980s, that reflects a manly, working-class aesthetic.
Castroesque adjective: Reminiscent of Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Cuban politician and revolutionary.
Castroist noun: A supporter of Fidel Castro.
Castroite adjective, noun: Supporting or subscribing to the ideology of Fidel Castro.
Castroneves proper noun: A surname.
Castronovo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
Castrophile noun: A supporter or admirer, especially a foreign one, of Fidel Castro or the Castro regime.
castrophony noun /kæsˈtɹɒfəni/: The overwhelming sounds of catastrophe.
Castrovian adjective: Of or relating to Fidel Castro (1926–2016), Cuban politician and revolutionary.
Castroville proper noun: A census-designated place in Monterey County, California, United States.
castrum noun: Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
castware noun: Ceramic products formed by casting clay-water mix into moulds.
castworthy adjective: Worthy or fit for being part of a cast or of being cast.
casu martzu noun /ˌkɑːzuː ˈmɑː(ɹ)tsuː/: A kind of sheep milk cheese from Sardinia, riddled with live insect larvae.
casu marzu noun: Alternative spelling of casu martzu.
casual adjective, noun /ˈkaʒ(uː)əl/: Happening by chance.
casual alien noun: A plant that appears with no apparent human assistance but does not develop a sustained population.
casual Friday noun: Synonym of dress-down Friday.
casual game noun: A video game targeting casual, irregular gamers, typically having few rules to learn and a low initial level of difficulty.
casual gaming noun: The playing of casual games.
casual sex noun: Sexual activity that is undertaken without commitment, emotional attachment, and/or personal familiarity between the participants involved.
casual ward noun: The section of a workhouse where itinerants and tramps could be accommodated for one night.
casual water noun: A temporary accumulation of water which does not constitute a regular hazard of a golf course.
casualisation noun: The process by which employment shifts from a preponderance of full-time and permanent or contract positions to higher levels of casual positions.
casualise verb: Alternative form of casualize.
casualism noun: The doctrine that all things exist, or are based on, randomness.
casualist adjective, noun: Pertaining to casualism.
casuality noun: Synonym of casualness.
casualization noun: Alternative form of casualisation.
casualize verb: To become, or cause to become, casual; to become regarded casually
casualized adjective, verb: Having become or been made casual.
casually adverb /ˈkæʒuəli/: In a casual manner.
casually late adverb: Synonym of fashionably late.
casualness noun: The state of being casual.
casualty noun /ˈkaʒʊ.əlti/: Something that happens by chance, especially an unfortunate event; an accident, a disaster.
casualty department noun: (also casualty ward) the department of a hospital providing immediate treatment for emergency cases.
casualty insurance noun: An insurance product that covers non-property damages involving legal liability.
casualty notification noun: Synonym of death notification.
casualty of superiority noun: In the feudal law of Scotland, any emolument arising to the superior depending on uncertain events: those of nonentry, relief or composition, and escheat...
casualwear noun: Clothing for non-formal occasions.
casuarictin noun: An ellagitannin found in Casuarina and Stachyurus species, formed from two hexahydroxydiphenic acid units and one gallic acid unit linked to a glucose molecule.
casuariid noun: Any bird in the family Casuariidae, the cassowaries and emus.
casuariin noun: A particular ellagitannin.
casuarina noun /ˌkæsu.əˈɹiːnə/: Any of numerous trees, of the genera Casuarina and Allocasuarina, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak.
casuarina cockatoo noun: The glossy black cockatoo, Calyptorhynchus lathami.
casuarinaceous adjective: Of or relating to the Casuarinaceae.
casuarinin noun: An ellagitannin found in the pericarp of pomegranates and in some other plants.
Casubian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Kashubian.
casuist noun /ˈkæʒuːɪst/: A person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty.
casuistic adjective /ˌkæzjuˈɪstɪk/: Of or related to casuistry, attempting to solve moral dilemmas by application of general rules.
casuistical adjective: Synonym of casuistic.
casuistically adverb: Using casuistry or casuistics.
casuistics noun: Synonym of casuistry, particularly in its neutral sense.
casuistry noun /ˈkæzjuːɪstɹi/: The process of answering practical questions by means of interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based...
casula noun: A chasuble.
casus noun: A possible world, as a starting point for reasoning.
casus belli noun /ˈkeɪ.səs ˈbɛl.aɪ/: An act seen as justifying or causing a war; an act of war.
casus foederis noun /ˌkeɪ.səs ˈfiː.də.ɹɪs/: A situation covered by the terms of an international treaty (or similar understanding), and which consequently requires action from the parties involved.
casus fortuitus noun: A force majeure
casus omissus noun: A case not provided for by the statute.
casus rectus noun: The nominative case, sometimes grouped with the vocative case, as a single morphological case contrasted with the oblique case.
Caswell proper noun /ˈkæzwɛl/: A surname.
caswellite noun: A resinous form of biotite
caswellsilverite noun: A trigonal-hexagonal scalenohedral yellow gray mineral containing chromium, sodium, and sulfur.
caszh adjective: Alternative form of cazh.
cat adjective, noun, prefix, verb /ˈkæt/: A mammal of the family Felidae.
Cat 5 noun: A twisted pair cable for carrying signals, particularly for Ethernet-based computer networks.
cat-a-mountain noun: Alternative spelling of catamountain.
cat activation noise noun: The trill sound "mrrp" made by cats.
cat and dog adverb: In a persistently argumentative or combative manner.
cat and dog life noun: An unhappy married life marked by arguments and disagreements.
cat and kitten sneaking noun: The theft of pint and quart pots and small pewter spirit measures from public houses.
cat and mouse adjective, noun, verb: A relationship in which two parties closely monitor and challenge one another in a suspicious or self-protective manner, often because each party is...
cat around verb: To engage in sex with various partners; to sleep around; to cheat on a sexual partner.
cat bath noun: Alternative form of catbath.
cat bear noun: A red panda (Ailurus fulgens).
cat bird noun: Alternative form of catbird.
cat-block noun: A heavy iron-strapped block consisting of a large hook used in catting an anchor.
cat bond noun: Clipped compound of catastrophe bond.
cat box noun: A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with sand, clay chips, etc.
cat burglar noun, verb /kæt ˈbɜːɡlə/: A particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.
cat-burglarize verb: Synonym of cat-burglar.
cat burglary noun: A burglary committed by a cat burglar.
cat-burgle verb: Synonym of cat-burglar (“to burglarize like a cat burglar”).
cat cafe noun: A café that has domestic cats with which the clientele can interact.
cat-call noun, verb: Dated form of catcall.
cat-castle noun: A type of movable tower which could cover a sapper advancing to a besieged place.
cat-claw noun: Synonym of chadon beni.
cat colony noun: A group of (usually female) feral cats and their offspring.
cat containment noun: The practice of keeping domestic cats within a defined area, such as indoors, in an enclosed yard, or within a cat-proof structure, to prevent them from...
cat-cow noun, verb: A stretching motion that incorporates the cat and cow asanas, in which a person arches their back first in one direction, and then the other.
cat cracker noun: catalytic cracker
cat distribution system noun: A supposed system that makes stray cats seek out owners.
cat door noun: A cat flap.
cat-eye adjective, noun: Of glasses, having frames with an upward-slanting point at the top outer edges of the front.
cat eye syndrome noun: A rare condition caused by an abnormal extra chromosome, resulting in various problems and abnormalities, sometimes with a distinctive vertical coloboma.
cat-eyed adjective: Possessing eyes resembling a cat; hence, able to see in the dark.
cat factory noun: Synonym of cattery (“a place where cats are bred”).
cat farm noun: Synonym of cattery (“a place where cats are bred”).
cat fight noun: Alternative form of catfight.
cat flap noun: A small, hinged panel, usually cut into a door, with an opening just large enough for a cat to enter.
cat food noun: A type of food specially formulated for the feeding of cats, typically composed of processed grain and meat byproducts as dry food or canned fish or meat as...
cat-foot verb: To walk quietly or stealthily.
cat-footed adjective, verb: Possessing feet resembling a cat.
cat-footedness noun: The state of being cat-footed.
cat fund noun: Clipped compound of catastrophe fund: a state-run fund that reimburses an involved party (usually an insurer, sometimes a policyholder) when unexpectedly...
cat fur noun: Fur from a cat.
cat girl noun: Alternative form of catgirl.
cat got someone's tongue phrase: Why is someone not saying anything?
cat grape noun: Synonym of Missouri grape.
cat grass noun: Any of various young cereal grasses, such as wheat and barley, grown for domestic cats to chew, and supposed to aid in the passing of hairballs.
cat-hammed adjective: Of a horse or cow: having the hocks turned inward (regarded as a defect).
cat-harpin noun: Alternative form of cat-harping.
cat-harping noun: One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so as to give freer sweep to the yards.
cat-head noun, verb: Alternative form of cathead.
cat hole noun: Alternative form of cathole.
cat hotel noun: Synonym of cattery (“a place where cats board when their owners are on holiday”).
cat house noun: Alternative spelling of cathouse.
cat ice noun: Synonym of shell ice.
cat in hell's chance noun: A negligibly small chance; used primarily in negative constructions to express the idea of 'not even the smallest chance'.
cat in the meal tub noun: Something concealed; a hidden danger.
cat in the pan noun: A somersault.
cat in the sack noun: Something to be suspicious of.
cat-lick noun: A quick wash.
cat-like adjective: Alternative form of catlike.
cat litter noun: Fuller's earth, clay pellets, wood chips, or similar loose absorbent materials used for the waste of pet cats.
cat liver fluke noun: A trematode parasite of species Opisthorchis felineus, that infects the liver in mammals
cat malogen adjective: Alternative spelling of cat melodeon.
cat man noun: A man who likes cats or prefers cats as pets, often as opposed to liking dogs.
cat meat noun: Cat eaten as meat.
cat melodeon adjective: Terrible, appalling; of very poor quality.
cat melodium adjective: Alternative spelling of cat melodeon.
cat milk noun: Milk formulated to be suitable for cats.
cat mill noun: Synonym of cattery (“a place where cats are bred”).
cat nap noun, verb: Alternative form of catnap (“short amount of time spent sleeping”).
cat napper noun: Alternative form of catnapper.
cat nip noun: Alternative spelling of catnip.
cat o' mountain noun: Alternative spelling of catamountain.
cat-o'-nine noun: Alternative spelling of cat-o'-nine, which is short for cat-o'-nine-tails.
cat o' nine tails noun: A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.
cat organ noun: A hypothetical musical instrument consisting of a line of cats fixed in place with their tails stretched out underneath a keyboard so that they cry out when...
cat owl noun: Synonym of long-eared owl.
cat-proof adjective: Alternative form of catproof.
cat-rigged adjective: Having one great fore-and-aft mainsail spread by a gaff at the head and a boom at the foot, for smooth water only.
cat's breakfast noun: Synonym of dog's breakfast (“a mess”).
cat's chance in hell noun: Alternative form of cat in hell's chance.
cat's claw noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, claw.
cat's cradle noun: A children's game of forming string into various shapes around one's fingers.
cat's ear noun: Hypochaeris gen. et spp.
cat's eye noun: Alternative form of cat's eye.
cat's-eyed adjective: Having eyes like a cat's.
cat's game noun: A tie game. Comes from the concept that a cat cannot catch its own tail just like a player in tic-tac-toe cannot win a game that is already tied.
cat's love noun: Synonym of valerian.
cat's meat noun: A person's lungs.
cat's melody noun: A cacophony.
cat's meow noun /ˌkætsmiˈaʊ̯/: A self-satisfied person.
cat's paw noun: A paw of a cat.
cat's silver noun: mica
cat's tongue noun: A small chocolate bar or (sometimes chocolate-covered) cookie/biscuit which is shaped somewhat like the tongue of a cat.
cat's water noun: Gin.
cat's whisker noun: The wire that touches the crystal in a crystal radio.
cat's whisker receiver noun: Synonym of crystal set.
cat's whiskers noun: Something outstandingly good.
cat-salt noun: A sort of finely granulated salt formed out of the bittern or leach brine.
CAT scan noun: Computed axial tomography scan.
CAT scanner noun: A scanner used in a CAT scan
cat scratch noun, verb: The wound, scar, or mark left by the scratch of a cat.
cat scratch disease noun: A relatively benign disease, characterized by swollen lymph nodes, caused by the bacterium Bartonella henselae normally carried by the cat flea...
cat scratch fever noun: Alternative form of cat-scratch fever.
cat-shy adjective: Reluctant or resistant to handle cats or be in their presence.
cat sit verb: Alternative form of catsit.
cat snake noun: Any of the genus Boiga of rear-fanged, mildly venomous colubrid snakes.
cat squirrel noun: The red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris).
cat state noun: A superposition of the most extreme states possible in a system, analogous with Schrödinger's cat, which is in a superposition of dead and alive.
cat-stick noun: Alternative spelling of catstick.
cat stretch noun: A stretch position, naturally and comfortably assumed by a limber feline or imitated by a human (notably as a gymnastic exercise), on all fours with the...
cat-tail sedge noun: Carex typhina (in Carex subg. Carex), native to eastern North America
cat tax noun: An image or video of one's pet cat posted online, seen as a duty to be fulfilled upon introduction to a forum or social media platform.
cat that ate the canary noun: A person who appears self-satisfied or smug, especially while concealing something mischievous, prohibited, or private.
cat that got the cream noun: Synonym of cat that ate the canary.
cat that swallowed the canary noun: Alternative form of cat that ate the canary.
cat thyme noun: A low-growing herb, Teucrium marum, related to germander, which has a pungent scent that causes sneezing, but is attractive to cats.
cat tongue noun: Alternative form of cat's tongue.
cat tower noun: Synonym of cat tree (“structure for a cat to play on”).
cat train noun: An off-road frozen-surface cargo train pulled by a cat (caterpillar-drive truck) with a trail of ski trailers and sledges
cat-trap noun: A device designed to trap a feral cat, often employed in the Trap-Neuter-Return (TNR) program.
cat tree noun: A structure of platforms and scratching posts designed for a cat to play on.
cat unit noun: A unit of measure for chemicals, of which the dose is lethal to a cat.
cat wagon noun: A small brothel operating out of a wagon or similar vehicle, servicing travelling labourers, soldiers etc.
cat-walk noun: Alternative form of catwalk.
cat wheel noun: An exercise wheel used by cats.
cat whisker noun: Alternative form of cat's whisker.
cat-witted adjective: spiteful, obstinate, and small-minded.
cata- prefix: down
Catabaptism noun: Opposition to baptism; the religious position of a Catabaptist.
Catabaptist noun: One who opposes baptism.
catabasion noun: A vault under the altar of a Greek church.
catabasis noun: Alternative spelling of katabasis.
catabatic adjective: Alternative form of katabatic.
catabiosis noun: The physiological process by which cells physically degrade due to age
catabiotic adjective: Of or pertaining to catabiosis.
catabolic adjective: Of, or relating to catabolism.
catabolically adverb: In terms of catabolism.
catabolin noun: Alternative form of catabolite.
catabolisation noun: Alternative form of catabolization.
catabolise verb: Alternative form of catabolize.
catabolism noun /kəˈtæbəlɪzəm/: Destructive (lytic) metabolism or metabolization, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials.
catabolite noun: Any substance produced during catabolism
catabolizable adjective: Able to be catabolized
catabolization noun: catabolism
catabolize verb: To undergo catabolism.
catabolized adjective, verb: modified by catabolism
catabolome noun: The complete set of catabolites found in a biological sample; especially that found in a person's body under normal conditions, and when suffering from a...
catabolomics noun: The study of the range of catabolites present in a person's body
catabolysis noun: Synonym of catabolism.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.