English Words: C

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cattle fairnoun

An event at which cattle can be shown, bought and sold.

cattle gridnoun

A grid of parallel metal bars set into a road as an obstacle to prevent hooved animals from passing.

cattle guardnoun

Synonym of cattle grid.

cattle marketnoun

A market where people buy and sell cows.

cattle padnoun

A path or track made by cattle.

cattle pennoun

An enclosure for cattle, for use when required.

cattle prodnoun

A stick designed to goad cows, steers, and similar animals in order to prompt them to move in a desired direction, now usually electrified to administer a stimulating shock to the animal.

cattle trucknoun

A wagon used to transport livestock.

cattle truckedadj

Fucked (“irreparably or catastrophically broken”).

cattle truckingnoun

A diagnostic feature of retinal artery occlusion caused by the segmentation of the blood column within the retinal vessels, as seen on fundoscopy, fundus photography, or fluorescein angiography.

cattle upverb

To gather (a group of people) together into a small space.

cattle wagonnoun

a covered or uncovered goods wagon (mostly formerly) used for the transportation of live cattle.

cattle-buyernoun

One who makes a living traveling to ranches and buying cattle on behalf of meatpackers.

cattle-likeadj

Alternative form of cattlelike.

cattlebeastnoun

Alternative form of cattle beast.

cattlebreedernoun

A person who breeds cattle.

cattlebreedingnoun

The breeding of cattle.

cattlebuyernoun

Alternative form of cattle-buyer.

cattledadj

Ellipsis of cattle trucked (“fucked: in trouble; in a hopeless situation”).

cattledomnoun

The realm or sphere of cattle ranching.

cattlegirlnoun

A female child who tends cattle.

cattleguardnoun

Alternative form of cattle guard.

cattleheadnoun

head of cattle; a neat, a beef, a single bovine

cattleheartnoun

Any of various papilionid butterflies of the genus Parides, of the Neotropics.

cattlelessadj

Without cattle.

cattlelikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of cattle.

cattlelognoun

A catalog about, or used in the context of, cattle.

cattlemannoun

A man who raises or tends cattle, as:

cattlepersonnoun

Someone who rears or works with cattle.

cattlepostnoun

An outpost where cattle are looked after by herders in parts of Africa.

cattleproofadj

Resistant to cattle; preventing cattle from entering or escaping.

cattleshednoun

A small barn in which cattle are kept; a byre, a cowshed.

cattlewealthnoun

Wealth measured in the number of cattle owned.

cattlewomannoun

A woman who raises or tends cattle.

Cattley guavanoun

Synonym of strawberry guava.

cattleyanoun

Any plant of the genus Cattleya, a genus of orchids.

cattonoun

A cat.

Cattuboname

A barangay of Atok, Benguet, Philippines.

cattyadj

With subtle hostility in an effort to hurt, annoy, or upset, particularly among women.

catty-corneradv

Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from.

catty-corneredadv

Alternative form of catty-corner: cater-corner.

catty-mountnoun

Alternative spelling of catamount.

cattywampusadj

Synonym of catawampus (“askew”).

Catullanadj

Of or relating to the ancient poet Catullus.

Catullusname

Gaius Valerius Catullus, Roman poet

catulusnoun

A catkin.

catumaxomabnoun

A rat-murine hybrid monoclonal antibody used to treat certain cancers.

Caturdaynoun

Saturday, as the day of the week for posting lolcats or other pictures of cats.

catvertisingnoun

Advertising that features one or more cats.

catwalknoun

An elevated enclosed passage providing access fore and aft from the bridge of a merchant vessel.

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The English alphabetical index for the letter C contains 43,570 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 872 pages, and you are currently viewing page 146. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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