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   catalepsy
         n 1: a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and
               failure to react to stimuli

English Dictionary: catalufa by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cataleptic
adj
  1. of or having characteristics of or affected with catalepsy; "cataleptic persons"; "cataleptic state"
n
  1. a person suffering from catalepsy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catalpa
n
  1. tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
    Synonym(s): catalpa, Indian bean
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Catalpa bignioides
n
  1. catalpa tree of southern United States
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Catalpa speciosa
n
  1. catalpa tree of central United States
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catalufa
n
  1. brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters
    Synonym(s): catalufa, Priacanthus arenatus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cattail family
n
  1. perennial marsh plants with creeping rootstocks and long linear leaves
    Synonym(s): Typhaceae, family Typhaceae, cattail family
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cattle boat
n
  1. a cargo ship for the transport of livestock [syn: cattleship, cattle boat]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cattle breeding
n
  1. breeding cattle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cattle farm
n
  1. farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
    Synonym(s): ranch, spread, cattle ranch, cattle farm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cattle pen
n
  1. a pen for cattle
    Synonym(s): cow pen, cattle pen, corral
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cattle plague
n
  1. an acute infectious viral disease of cattle (usually fatal); characterized by fever and diarrhea and inflammation of mucous membranes
    Synonym(s): rinderpest, cattle plague
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caudal appendage
n
  1. tail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caudal block
n
  1. regional anesthesia resulting from injection of an anesthetic into the caudal end of the spinal canal; now largely replaced by epidural anesthesia
    Synonym(s): caudal anesthesia, caudal anaesthesia, caudal block
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caudal fin
n
  1. the tail of fishes and some other aquatic vertebrates [syn: tail fin, caudal fin]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
caudal vertebra
n
  1. one of 4 vertebrae in the human coccyx [syn: {coccygeal vertebra}, caudal vertebra]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cod liver oil
n
  1. an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D
    Synonym(s): cod- liver oil, cod liver oil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cod-liver oil
n
  1. an oil obtained from the livers of cod and similar fishes; taken orally as a source of vitamins A and D
    Synonym(s): cod- liver oil, cod liver oil
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cutleaved coneflower
n
  1. tall leafy plant with erect branches ending in large yellow flower heads with downward-arching rays; grow in Rocky Mountains south to Arizona and east to the Atlantic coast
    Synonym(s): cutleaved coneflower, Rudbeckia laciniata
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cuttlefish
n
  1. ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
    Synonym(s): cuttlefish, cuttle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catalepsy \Cat"a*lep`sy\, d8Catalepsis \[d8]Cat`a*lep"sis\, n.
      [NL. catalepsis, fr. Gr. [?] a seizure, fr. [?] to seize
      upon; kata` down + [?] to take, seize.] (Med.)
      A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and
      limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while
      the action of the heart and lungs continues.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cataleptic \Cat`a*lep"tic\, a. [Gr. katalhptiko`s.]
      Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with
      catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catalpa \Ca*tal"pa\, n. [From the language of the Indians of
      Carolina, where Catesby discovered this tree in the year
      1726.] (Bot.)
      A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best
      know species are the {Catalpa bignonioides}, a large,
      ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers
      and long cylindrical pods, and the {C. speciosa}, of the
      Mississipi valley; -- called also {Indian bean}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catalpa \Ca*tal"pa\, n. [From the language of the Indians of
      Carolina, where Catesby discovered this tree in the year
      1726.] (Bot.)
      A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best
      know species are the {Catalpa bignonioides}, a large,
      ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers
      and long cylindrical pods, and the {C. speciosa}, of the
      Mississipi valley; -- called also {Indian bean}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rinderpest \Rin"der*pest\ (r[icr]n"d[etil]r*p[ecr]st), n. [G.,
      fr. rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.]
      A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat
      cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also
      {cattle plague}, {Russian cattle plague}, and {steppe
      murrain}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
      Gr. [?], fr. [?] to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat.
      Cf. {Plaint}.]
      1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
            calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
            vexation. --Shak.
  
                     And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail.
                                                                              --Wyclif.
  
                     The different plague of each calamity. --Shak.
  
      2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often
            prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times
            visited the large cities of Europe with frightful
            mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London
            plague. [bd]A plague upon the people fell.[b8] --Tennyson.
  
      {Cattle plague}. See {Rinderpest}.
  
      {Plague mark}, {Plague spot}, a spot or mark of the plague;
            hence, a token of something incurable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[acr]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel,
      goods, property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale,
      goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the
      head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the
      chief part of a man's property. See {Capital}, and cf.
      {Chattel}.]
      Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
      all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
      asses, and swine.
  
      {Belted cattle}, {Black cattle}. See under {Belted}, {Black}.
           
  
      {Cattle guard}, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
            a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
            prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
  
      {cattle louse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of louse infecting
            cattle. There are several species. The {H[91]matatopinus
            eurysternus} and {H. vituli} are common species which suck
            blood; {Trichodectes scalaris} eats the hair.
  
      {Cattle plague}, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle
            plague}.
  
      {Cattle range}, or {Cattle run}, an open space through which
            cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Cattle show}, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
            for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
            accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
            domestic products and of implements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rinderpest \Rin"der*pest\ (r[icr]n"d[etil]r*p[ecr]st), n. [G.,
      fr. rind, pl. rinder, cattle + pest pest, plague.]
      A highly contagious distemper or murrain, affecting neat
      cattle, and less commonly sheep and goats; -- called also
      {cattle plague}, {Russian cattle plague}, and {steppe
      murrain}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Plague \Plague\, n. [L. plaga a blow, stroke, plague; akin to
      Gr. [?], fr. [?] to strike; cf. L. plangere to strike, beat.
      Cf. {Plaint}.]
      1. That which smites, wounds, or troubles; a blow; a
            calamity; any afflictive evil or torment; a great trail or
            vexation. --Shak.
  
                     And men blasphemed God for the plague of hail.
                                                                              --Wyclif.
  
                     The different plague of each calamity. --Shak.
  
      2. (Med.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often
            prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times
            visited the large cities of Europe with frightful
            mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London
            plague. [bd]A plague upon the people fell.[b8] --Tennyson.
  
      {Cattle plague}. See {Rinderpest}.
  
      {Plague mark}, {Plague spot}, a spot or mark of the plague;
            hence, a token of something incurable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cattle \Cat"tle\ (k[acr]t"t'l), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel,
      goods, property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale,
      goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the
      head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the
      chief part of a man's property. See {Capital}, and cf.
      {Chattel}.]
      Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including
      all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules,
      asses, and swine.
  
      {Belted cattle}, {Black cattle}. See under {Belted}, {Black}.
           
  
      {Cattle guard}, a trench under a railroad track and alongside
            a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to
            prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
  
      {cattle louse} (Zo[94]l.), any species of louse infecting
            cattle. There are several species. The {H[91]matatopinus
            eurysternus} and {H. vituli} are common species which suck
            blood; {Trichodectes scalaris} eats the hair.
  
      {Cattle plague}, the rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle
            plague}.
  
      {Cattle range}, or {Cattle run}, an open space through which
            cattle may run or range. [U. S.] --Bartlett.
  
      {Cattle show}, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes
            for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually
            accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and
            domestic products and of implements.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caudal \Cau"dal\, a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. {Coward}.]
      Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a
      tail-like appendage.
  
               The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes.
                                                                              --Darwin.
  
      {Caudal fin} (Zo[94]l.), the terminal fin (or [bd]tail[b8])
            of a fish.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cod liver \Cod" liv`er\, n.
      The liver of the common cod and allied species.
  
      {Cod-liver oil}, an oil obtained from the liver of the
            codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of
            supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cod liver \Cod" liv`er\, n.
      The liver of the common cod and allied species.
  
      {Cod-liver oil}, an oil obtained from the liver of the
            codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of
            supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Goldsmith \Gold"smith`\, n. [AS. goldsmi[?]. See {Gold}., and
      {Smith}.]
      1. An artisan who manufactures vessels and ornaments, etc.,
            of gold.
  
      2. A banker. [Obs.]
  
      Note: The goldsmiths of London formerly received money on
               deposit because they were prepared to keep it safely.
  
      {Goldsmith beetle} (Zo[94]l.), a large, bright yellow,
            American beetle ({Cotalpa lanigera}), of the family
            {Scarab[91]id[91]}

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cotyliform \Co*tyl"i*form\ (k?-t?l"?-f?rm), a. [Cotyle + -form.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Stone \Stone\, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[be]n; akin to OS. &
      OFries. st[c7]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten,
      Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. [?], [?],
      a pebble. [fb]167. Cf. {Steen}.]
      1. Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular
            mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy
            threw a stone; pebbles are rounded stones. [bd]Dumb as a
            stone.[b8] --Chaucer.
  
                     They had brick for stone, and slime . . . for
                     mortar.                                             --Gen. xi. 3.
  
      Note: In popular language, very large masses of stone are
               called rocks; small masses are called stones; and the
               finer kinds, gravel, or sand, or grains of sand. Stone
               is much and widely used in the construction of
               buildings of all kinds, for walls, fences, piers,
               abutments, arches, monuments, sculpture, and the like.
  
      2. A precious stone; a gem. [bd]Many a rich stone.[b8]
            --Chaucer. [bd]Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels.[b8]
            --Shak.
  
      3. Something made of stone. Specifically:
            (a) The glass of a mirror; a mirror. [Obs.]
  
                           Lend me a looking-glass; If that her breath will
                           mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (b) A monument to the dead; a gravestone. --Gray.
  
                           Should some relenting eye Glance on the where
                           our cold relics lie.                     --Pope.
  
      4. (Med.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the
            kidneys or bladder; the disease arising from a calculus.
  
      5. One of the testes; a testicle. --Shak.
  
      6. (Bot.) The hard endocarp of drupes; as, the stone of a
            cherry or peach. See Illust. of {Endocarp}.
  
      7. A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice
            varies with the article weighed. [Eng.]
  
      Note: The stone of butchers' meat or fish is reckoned at 8
               lbs.; of cheese, 16 lbs.; of hemp, 32 lbs.; of glass, 5
               lbs.
  
      8. Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility; torpidness;
            insensibility; as, a heart of stone.
  
                     I have not yet forgot myself to stone. --Pope.
  
      9. (Print.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of
            stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a
            book, newspaper, etc., before printing; -- called also
            {imposing stone}.
  
      Note: Stone is used adjectively or in composition with other
               words to denote made of stone, containing a stone or
               stones, employed on stone, or, more generally, of or
               pertaining to stone or stones; as, stone fruit, or
               stone-fruit; stone-hammer, or stone hammer; stone
               falcon, or stone-falcon. Compounded with some
               adjectives it denotes a degree of the quality expressed
               by the adjective equal to that possessed by a stone;
               as, stone-dead, stone-blind, stone-cold, stone-still,
               etc.
  
      {Atlantic stone}, ivory. [Obs.] [bd]Citron tables, or
            Atlantic stone.[b8] --Milton.
  
      {Bowing stone}. Same as {Cromlech}. --Encyc. Brit.
  
      {Meteoric stones}, stones which fall from the atmosphere, as
            after the explosion of a meteor.
  
      {Philosopher's stone}. See under {Philosopher}.
  
      {Rocking stone}. See {Rocking-stone}.
  
      {Stone age}, a supposed prehistoric age of the world when
            stone and bone were habitually used as the materials for
            weapons and tools; -- called also {flint age}. The {bronze
            age} succeeded to this.
  
      {Stone bass} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of marine
            food fishes of the genus {Serranus} and allied genera, as
            {Serranus Couchii}, and {Polyprion cernium} of Europe; --
            called also {sea perch}.
  
      {Stone biter} (Zo[94]l.), the wolf fish.
  
      {Stone boiling}, a method of boiling water or milk by
            dropping hot stones into it, -- in use among savages.
            --Tylor.
  
      {Stone borer} (Zo[94]l.), any animal that bores stones;
            especially, one of certain bivalve mollusks which burrow
            in limestone. See {Lithodomus}, and {Saxicava}.
  
      {Stone bramble} (Bot.), a European trailing species of
            bramble ({Rubus saxatilis}).
  
      {Stone-break}. [Cf. G. steinbrech.] (Bot.) Any plant of the
            genus {Saxifraga}; saxifrage.
  
      {Stone bruise}, a sore spot on the bottom of the foot, from a
            bruise by a stone.
  
      {Stone canal}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Sand canal}, under {Sand}.
           
  
      {Stone cat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            fresh-water North American catfishes of the genus
            {Noturus}. They have sharp pectoral spines with which they
            inflict painful wounds.
  
      {Stone coal}, hard coal; mineral coal; anthracite coal.
  
      {Stone coral} (Zo[94]l.), any hard calcareous coral.
  
      {Stone crab}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A large crab ({Menippe mercenaria}) found on the
                  southern coast of the United States and much used as
                  food.
            (b) A European spider crab ({Lithodes maia}).
  
      {Stone crawfish} (Zo[94]l.), a European crawfish ({Astacus
            torrentium}), by many writers considered only a variety of
            the common species ({A. fluviatilis}).
  
      {Stone curlew}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A large plover found in Europe ({Edicnemus
                  crepitans}). It frequents stony places. Called also
                  {thick-kneed plover} or {bustard}, and {thick-knee}.
            (b) The whimbrel. [Prov. Eng.]
            (c) The willet. [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Stone crush}. Same as {Stone bruise}, above.
  
      {Stone eater}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Stone borer}, above.
  
      {Stone falcon} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin.
  
      {Stone fern} (Bot.), a European fern ({Asplenium Ceterach})
            which grows on rocks and walls.
  
      {Stone fly} (Zo[94]l.), any one of many species of
            pseudoneuropterous insects of the genus {Perla} and allied
            genera; a perlid. They are often used by anglers for bait.
            The larv[91] are aquatic.
  
      {Stone fruit} (Bot.), any fruit with a stony endocarp; a
            drupe, as a peach, plum, or cherry.
  
      {Stone grig} (Zo[94]l.), the mud lamprey, or pride.
  
      {Stone hammer}, a hammer formed with a face at one end, and a
            thick, blunt edge, parallel with the handle, at the other,
            -- used for breaking stone.
  
      {Stone hawk} (Zo[94]l.), the merlin; -- so called from its
            habit of sitting on bare stones.
  
      {Stone jar}, a jar made of stoneware.
  
      {Stone lily} (Paleon.), a fossil crinoid.
  
      {Stone lugger}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Stone roller}, below.
  
      {Stone marten} (Zo[94]l.), a European marten ({Mustela
            foina}) allied to the pine marten, but having a white
            throat; -- called also {beech marten}.
  
      {Stone mason}, a mason who works or builds in stone.
  
      {Stone-mortar} (Mil.), a kind of large mortar formerly used
            in sieges for throwing a mass of small stones short
            distances.
  
      {Stone oil}, rock oil, petroleum.
  
      {Stone parsley} (Bot.), an umbelliferous plant ({Seseli
            Labanotis}). See under {Parsley}.
  
      {Stone pine}. (Bot.) A nut pine. See the Note under {Pine},
            and {Pi[a4]on}.
  
      {Stone pit}, a quarry where stones are dug.
  
      {Stone pitch}, hard, inspissated pitch.
  
      {Stone plover}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) The European stone curlew.
            (b) Any one of several species of Asiatic plovers of the
                  genus {Esacus}; as, the large stone plover ({E.
                  recurvirostris}).
            (c) The gray or black-bellied plover. [Prov. Eng.]
            (d) The ringed plover.
            (e) The bar-tailed godwit. [Prov. Eng.] Also applied to
                  other species of limicoline birds.
  
      {Stone roller}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) An American fresh-water fish ({Catostomus nigricans})
                  of the Sucker family. Its color is yellowish olive,
                  often with dark blotches. Called also {stone lugger},
                  {stone toter}, {hog sucker}, {hog mullet}.
            (b) A common American cyprinoid fish ({Campostoma
                  anomalum}); -- called also {stone lugger}.
  
      {Stone's cast}, [or] {Stone's throw}, the distance to which a
            stone may be thrown by the hand.
  
      {Stone snipe} (Zo[94]l.), the greater yellowlegs, or tattler.
            [Local, U.S.]
  
      {Stone toter}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) See {Stone roller}
            (a), above.
            (b) A cyprinoid fish ({Exoglossum maxillingua}) found in
                  the rivers from Virginia to New York. It has a
                  three-lobed lower lip; -- called also {cutlips}.
  
      {To leave no stone unturned}, to do everything that can be
            done; to use all practicable means to effect an object.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cuttle bone \Cut"tle bone`\ (b[omac]n`).
      The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes,
      as for making polishing powder, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cuttle \Cut"tle\ (k[ucr]t"t'l), Cuttlefish \Cut"tle*fish`\
      (-f[icr]sh`), n. [OE. codule, AS. cudele; akin to G.
      kuttelfish; cf. G. k[94]tel, D. keutel, dirt from the guts,
      G. kuttel bowels, entrails. AS. cwi[thorn] womb, Goth.
      qi[thorn]us belly, womb.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A cephalopod of the genus {Sepia}, having an
            internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with
            denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its
            prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate
            cephalopods generally.
  
      Note: It has an ink bag, opening into the siphon, from which,
               when pursued, it throws out a dark liquid that clouds
               the water, enabling it to escape observation.
  
      2. A foul-mouthed fellow. [bd]An you play the saucy cuttle
            with me.[b8] --Shak.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Catahoula Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 25)
      Location: 31.66636 N, 91.84561 W
      Population (1990): 11065 (5138 housing units)
      Area: 1822.6 sq km (land), 92.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cottleville, MO (town, FIPS 16678)
      Location: 38.75405 N, 90.65375 W
      Population (1990): 2936 (928 housing units)
      Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
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