Index of English words, starting with "ca"

(1) - Catarrhal (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh.

(1) - Catastasis (n.) The state, or condition of anything; constitution; habit of body.
(2) - Catastasis (n.) That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed.

(1) - Catastrophe (n.) A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes.
(2) - Catastrophe (n.) The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.
(3) - Catastrophe (n.) An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.

(1) - Catastrophic (a.) Of a pertaining to a catastrophe.