y, n. class, state, condition, division, predicament.
cater, v. purvey.
cater-cornered, a. (Colloq.) diagonal.
caterer, n. purveyor.
cathartic, n. purgative, physic, purge, evacuant.
catholic, a. universal, general, world-wide; liberal, tolerant,
unsectarian, broad-minded; Roman Catholic, Romish. Antonyms: uncatholic,
sectarian, local, narrow, noncatholic.
catholicity, n. universality, catholicism; liberality.
catkin, n. ament.
cat's-eye, n. chatoyant, chrysoberyl. Associated Words: chatoyant,
chatoyment.
cat's-paw, n. dupe, tool, cully, gull.
cattle, n. kine; Bos; Bovine quadrupeds; Taurus.
cattle-plague, n. rinderpest, murrain.
cattle-stealing, n. abigeat (Civil Law).
cause, n. origin, source; motive, incitement, inducement, incentive.
Associated Words: aetiology, etiology, teleology, etiological, causation,
causative, causality.
cause, v. occasion, induce, effect, originate.
caustic, a. burning, virulent, acrid, catheretic, mordacious,
cutting, satirical.
caution, n. wariness, forethought, circumspection; advice, warning,
admonition.
caution, v. forewarn, admonish, warn, counsel, advise, dissuade.
cautious, a. circumspect, prudent, wary. Antonyms: incautious,
unwary.
cave, n. cavern, grotto, grot, den, catacomb, crypt. Associated
words: speleology, spelean, stalactite, stalagmite, cavernicolous,
troglodytic, caverned, cavernous.
cave-dweller, n. troglodyte.
cavil, v. carp, criticize.--n. objection, criticism (specious
or frivolous).
caviling, a. carping, captious, cavilous, hypercritical.
Cayenne pepper. capsicum.
cease, v. discontinue, stop, desist, refrain.
ceaseless, a. incessant, unceasing, constant, uninterrupted,
continual.
cedar tree. Associated Words: cedrine, cedrene.
cede, v. surrender, relinquish, grant.
ceding, n. cession.
celebrate, v. commemorate, solemnize, observe.
celebrated, a. famous, illustrious, noted, renowned, eminent,
far-famed. Antonyms: obscure, inglorious, unrenowned.
celebration, n. commemoration, observance, solemnization.
celebrity, n. fame, renown, eminence.
cellar, n. basement.
celluloid, n. xylonite.
cement, n. adhesive, glue; lute, luting.
cement, v. cohere, join, glue, glutinate.
cemetery, n. necropolis, God's acre, graveyard, mortuary.
censer, n. thurible, incensory.
censor, n. inspector, reviewer, critic; caviler, censurer.
censorious, a. carping, captious, caviling, critical.
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