Name Report For First Name CATH:

CATH

First name CATH's origin is Arthurian Legend. CATH means "name of a monster". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with CATH below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of cath.(Brown names are of the same origin (Arthurian Legend) with CATH and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with CATH - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CATH

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES CATH AS A WHOLE:

cathbad catharine cathenna catherine catheryn cathi cathia cathie cathleen cathryn cathy cathair cathal cathaoir cathmor cathmore cathao cathly cathlin cathasach

NAMES RHYMING WITH CATH (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ath) - Names That Ends with ath:

fath ghiyath kadyriath heath jarlath kenath math raedpath liosliath ridpath ardath kath

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (th) - Names That Ends with th:

ailith edith okoth alchfrith harith perth month seth thoth ashtaroth roth iorwerth aethelthryth annabeth ardith beth eadgyth edyth elisabeth elsbeth elspeth elswyth elysabeth elyzabeth fayth gormghlaith gweneth gwenith gwyneth gwynith halfrith hepzibeth hildireth jacynth jennabeth liesheth lilibeth lioslaith lisabeth lizabeth lizbeth lyzbeth maegth maridith marineth orghlaith orlaith sheiramoth tanith arth barth both caith conleth coopersmith eth firth gairbith gareth garreth garth griffyth jaith japheth jareth keith kenneth lapidoth layth leith macbeth parth picaworth sigifrith smyth walworth wealaworth weorth winefrith winfrith wintanweorth wynfrith wyth gairbhith worth wordsworth winth weth

NAMES RHYMING WITH CATH (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (cat) - Names That Begins with cat:

cat catalin catalina catarina catarine cate cateline catelyn cater caterina catia catlee catlin catline catlyn catori catrell catri catrice catriona cattee catterick catterik catti-brie

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ca) - Names That Begins with ca:

cabal cabe cable cacamwri cacanisius cace cacey cachamwri caci cacia cadabyr cadan cadassi cadby cadda caddaham caddari caddaric caddarik caddawyc cade cadee cadell caden cadena cadence cadencia cadenza cadeo cadha cadhla cadi cadie cadis cadman cadmon cadmus cador cadwallon cady cadyna caedmon caedon caedwalla caelan caeli caellum caeneus caerleon caerlion caersewiella caesar caesare cafall caffar caffara caffaria caflice cagney cahal cahir cahira cai caidance cailean caileigh cailen cailey cailie cailin cailleach caillen caillic cailsey cailym cailyn

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CATH:

First Names which starts with 'c' and ends with 'h':

caladh calbhach caleigh calleigh calliah callough calvagh camhlaidh camilah canh caomh carah carleigh carmontieh carthach cayleigh ceallach ceardach cearnach cenwalh ceolfrith cevanah chabah chanah chanoch chasidah cheikh chephzibah chinh choilleich cimberleigh cinneididh clach cleirach clodagh clunainach coaxoch cofahealh coigleach coilleach coinneach conlaoch connah cranleah crosleah crosleigh cruadhlaoich culhwch cuuladh cynburleigh cyneburhleah cyneleah cynfarch

English Words Rhyming CATH

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CATH AS A WHOLE:

anacatharticnoun (n.) An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic.
 adjective (a.) Producing vomiting or expectoration.

anticathodenoun (n.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.

catharistnoun (n.) One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses.

catharsisnoun (n.) A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.
 noun (n.) The process of relieving an abnormal excitement by reestablishing the association of the emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).

catharticnoun (n.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Catharical

catharicaladjective (a.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.

cathartinnoun (n.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid, and cathartina.

cathaynoun (n.) China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.)

catheadnoun (n.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.

cathedranoun (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.

cathedralnoun (n.) The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service.
 adjective (a.) Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative.
 adjective (a.) Resembling the aisles of a cathedral; as, cathedral walks.

cathedralicadjective (a.) Cathedral.

cathedratedadjective (a.) Relating to the chair or office of a teacher.

cathereticnoun (n.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.

catheternoun (n.) The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine.

catheterismnoun (n.) Alt. of Catheterization

catheterizationnoun (n.) The operation of introducing a catheter.

catheterizingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catheterize

cathetometernoun (n.) An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are thus shown on the graduated standard.

cathetusnoun (n.) One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include the right angle.

cathodenoun (n.) The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode.

cathodicadjective (a.) A term applied to the centrifugal, or efferent, course of the nervous influence.

catholicnoun (n.) A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church.
 noun (n.) An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic.
 adjective (a.) Universal or general; as, the catholic faith.
 adjective (a.) Not narrow-minded, partial, or bigoted; liberal; as, catholic tastes.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to, or affecting the Roman Catholics; as, the Catholic emancipation act.

catholicaladjective (a.) Catholic.

catholicismnoun (n.) The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity.
 noun (n.) Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.
 noun (n.) The faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto.
 noun (n.) The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto.

catholicitynoun (n.) The state or quality of being catholic; universality.
 noun (n.) Liberality of sentiments; catholicism.
 noun (n.) Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.
 noun (n.) Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves.

catholicnessnoun (n.) The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.

catholiconnoun (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.

catholicosnoun (n.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.

diacatholiconnoun (n.) A universal remedy; -- name formerly to a purgative electuary.

decathlonnoun (n.) In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest consisting of a 100-meter run, a broad jump, putting the shot, a running high-jump, a 400-meter run, throwing the discus, a 100-meter hurdle race, pole vaulting, throwing the javelin, and a 1500-meter run.

scathingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scath

scathfuladjective (a.) Harmful; doing damage; pernicious.

scathlessadjective (a.) Unharmed.

scathlyadjective (a.) Injurious; scathful.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CATH (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ath) - English Words That Ends with ath:


aftermathnoun (n.) A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.

allopathnoun (n.) An allopathist.

automathnoun (n.) One who is self-taught.

bathnoun (n.) The act of exposing the body, or part of the body, for purposes of cleanliness, comfort, health, etc., to water, vapor, hot air, or the like; as, a cold or a hot bath; a medicated bath; a steam bath; a hip bath.
 noun (n.) Water or other liquid for bathing.
 noun (n.) A receptacle or place where persons may immerse or wash their bodies in water.
 noun (n.) A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.
 noun (n.) A medium, as heated sand, ashes, steam, hot air, through which heat is applied to a body.
 noun (n.) A solution in which plates or prints are immersed; also, the receptacle holding the solution.
 noun (n.) A Hebrew measure containing the tenth of a homer, or five gallons and three pints, as a measure for liquids; and two pecks and five quarts, as a dry measure.
 noun (n.) A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.

breathnoun (n.) The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc.
 noun (n.) The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath.
 noun (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life.
 noun (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.
 noun (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant.
 noun (n.) Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.
 noun (n.) A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.
 noun (n.) A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.
 noun (n.) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume.
 noun (n.) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.

bundesrathnoun (n.) The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called.
 noun (n.) Lit., a federal council, esp. of the German Empire. See Legislature.

bypathnoun (n.) A private path; an obscure way; indirect means.

chaetognathadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Chaetognatha.

chilognathnoun (n.) A myriapod of the order Chilognatha.

counterlathnoun (n.) A batten laid lengthwise between two rafters to afford a bearing for laths laid crosswise.
 noun (n.) Any lath laid without actual measurement between two gauged laths.
 noun (n.) Any of a series of laths nailed to the timbers to raise the sheet lathing above their surface to afford a key for plastering.
 noun (n.) One of many laths used in preparing one side of a partition or framed wall, when the other side has been covered in and finished.

endognathnoun (n.) The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

feldspathnoun (n.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish.

felspathnoun (n.) See Feldspar.

footbathnoun (n.) A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet.

footpathnoun (n.) A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.

heathnoun (n.) A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling.
 noun (n.) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of Heather.
 noun (n.) A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.

homeopathnoun (n.) A practitioner of homeopathy.

hydropathnoun (n.) A hydropathist.

heelpathnoun (n.) The bank of a canal opposite, and corresponding to, that of the towpath; berm.

isothermobathnoun (n.) A line drawn through points of equal temperature in a vertical section of the ocean.

lathnoun (n.) A thin, narrow strip of wood, nailed to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting the tiles, plastering, etc. A corrugated metallic strip or plate is sometimes used.
 verb (v. t.) To cover or line with laths.

lattermathnoun (n.) The latter, or second, mowing; the aftermath.

loathadjective (a.) Hateful; odious; disliked.
 adjective (a.) Filled with disgust or aversion; averse; unwilling; reluctant; as, loath to part.

mathnoun (n.) A mowing, or that which is gathered by mowing; -- chiefly used in composition; as, an aftermath.

meathnoun (n.) Alt. of Meathe

nematognathnoun (n.) one of the Nematognathi.

nationalrathnoun (n.) See Legislature.

oathnoun (n.) A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with a reverent appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.
 noun (n.) A solemn affirmation, connected with a sacred object, or one regarded as sacred, as the temple, the altar, the blood of Abel, the Bible, the Koran, etc.
 noun (n.) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false.
 noun (n.) A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the divine Being, or anything divine or sacred, by way of appeal or as a profane exclamation or ejaculation; an expression of profane swearing.

osteopathnoun (n.) A practitioner of osteopathy.

paragnathnoun (n.) Same as Paragnathus.

pathnoun (n.) A trodden way; a footway.
 noun (n.) A way, course, or track, in which anything moves or has moved; route; passage; an established way; as, the path of a meteor, of a caravan, of a storm, of a pestilence. Also used figuratively, of a course of life or action.
 verb (v. t.) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).
 verb (v. i.) To walk or go.

philomathnoun (n.) A lover of learning; a scholar.

plectognathnoun (n.) One of the Plectognathi.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Plectognathi.

rathnoun (n.) A hill or mound.
 noun (n.) A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland.
 adjective (a.) Alt. of Rathe
 adverb (adv.) Alt. of Rathe

reichsrathnoun (n.) The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives.

sabbathnoun (n.) A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the Christian church with a transference of the day observed from the last to the first day of the week, which is called also Lord's Day.
 noun (n.) The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of rest and festival.
 noun (n.) Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain, effort, sorrow, or the like.

schizognathnoun (n.) Any bird with a schizognathous palate.

sheathnoun (n.) A case for the reception of a sword, hunting knife, or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.
 noun (n.) Any sheathlike covering, organ, or part.
 noun (n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses.
 noun (n.) One of the elytra of an insect.

smeathnoun (n.) The smew.

sneathnoun (n.) Alt. of Sneathe

strathnoun (n.) A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore.

standerathnoun (n.) Alt. of Standerat

tathnoun (n.) Dung, or droppings of cattle.
 noun (n.) The luxuriant grass growing about the droppings of cattle in a pasture.
 verb (v. t.) To manure (land) by pasturing cattle on it, or causing them to lie upon it.
  (obs.) 3d pers. sing. pres. of Ta, to take.

towpathnoun (n.) A path traveled by men or animals in towing boats; -- called also towing path.

uneathadjective (a.) Not easy; difficult; hard.
 adverb (adv.) Not easily; hardly; scarcely.

warpathnoun (n.) The route taken by a party of Indians going on a warlike expedition.

watertathnoun (n.) A kind of coarse grass growing in wet grounds, and supposed to be injurious to sheep.

wrathadjective (a.) Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire.
 adjective (a.) The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime.
 adjective (a.) See Wroth.
 verb (v. t.) To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally.

wreathnoun (n.) Something twisted, intertwined, or curled; as, a wreath of smoke; a wreath of flowers.
 noun (n.) A garland; a chaplet, esp. one given to a victor.
 noun (n.) An appendage to the shield, placed above it, and supporting the crest (see Illust. of Crest). It generally represents a twist of two cords of silk, one tinctured like the principal metal, the other like the principal color in the arms.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH CATH (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (cat) - Words That Begins with cat:


catnoun (n.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
 noun (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
 noun (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
 noun (n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.
 noun (n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
 noun (n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below.
 verb (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.

cattingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cat

catabaptistnoun (n.) One who opposes baptism, especially of infants.

catabasionnoun (n.) A vault under altar of a Greek church.

catabioticadjective (a.) See under Force.

catacausticnoun (n.) A caustic curve formed by reflection of light.
 adjective (a.) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a.

catachresisnoun (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.

catachresticadjective (a.) Alt. of Catachrestical

catachresticaladjective (a.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched.

cataclysmnoun (n.) An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
 noun (n.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.

cataclysmaladjective (a.) Alt. of Cataclysmic

cataclysmicadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.

cataclysmistnoun (n.) One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms.

catacombnoun (n.) A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.

catacousticnoun (n.) That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See Acoustics.

catadioptricadjective (a.) Alt. of Catadioptrical

catadioptricaladjective (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light.

catadioptricsnoun (n.) The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments.

catadromenoun (n.) A race course.
 noun (n.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.

catadromousadjective (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.
 adjective (a.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel.

catafalconoun (n.) See Catafalque.

catafalquenoun (n.) A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.

catagmaticadjective (a.) Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.

cataiannoun (n.) A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; -- formerly a term of reproach.

catalannoun (n.) A native or inhabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Catalonia.

catalecticadjective (a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
 adjective (a.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.

catalepsynoun (n.) Alt. of Catalepsis

catalepsisnoun (n.) 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.

catalepticadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit.

catallactanoun (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphaera is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies.

catallacticsnoun (n.) The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy.

catalognoun (n. & v.) Catalogue.

cataloguenoun (n.) A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.
 verb (v. t.) To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.

cataloguingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catalogue

cataloguernoun (n.) A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.

catalpanoun (n.) 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.

catalysisnoun (n.) Dissolution; degeneration; decay.
 noun (n.) A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contact. It is now believed that such reactions are attended with the formation of an intermediate compound or compounds, so that by alternate composition and decomposition the agent is apparenty left unchanged; as, the catalysis of making ether from alcohol by means of sulphuric acid; or catalysis in the action of soluble ferments (as diastase, or ptyalin) on starch.
 noun (n.) The catalytic force.

catalyticnoun (n.) An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc.
 adjective (a.) Relating to, or causing, catalysis.

catamarannoun (n.) A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations.
 noun (n.) Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed.
 noun (n.) A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat.
 noun (n.) A quarrelsome woman; a scold.

catamenianoun (n. pl.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

catamenialadjective (a.) Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.

catamitenoun (n.) A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

catamountnoun (n.) The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.

catanadromousadjective (a.) Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous.

catapasmnoun (n.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc.

catapelticadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a catapult.

catapetalousadjective (a.) Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.

cataphonicadjective (a.) Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.

cataphonicsnoun (n.) That branch of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds; catacoustics.

cataphractnoun (n.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.
 noun (n.) A horseman covered with a cataphract.
 noun (n.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CATH:

English Words which starts with 'c' and ends with 'h':

caddishadjective (a.) Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.

cafenehnoun (n.) A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold.

cafilehnoun (n.) A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.

calabashnoun (n.) The common gourd (plant or fruit).
 noun (n.) The fruit of the calabash tree.
 noun (n.) A water dipper, bottle, bascket, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd.

calashnoun (n.) A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage.
 noun (n.) In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.
 noun (n.) A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.
 noun (n.) A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.

calipashnoun (n.) A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.

caliphnoun (n.) Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey.

callipashnoun (n.) See Calipash.

calvishadjective (a.) Like a calf; stupid.

canaanitishadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites.

candlefishnoun (n.) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it
 noun (n.) The beshow.

capochnoun (n.) A hood; especially, the hood attached to the gown of a monk.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind.

capouchnoun (n. & v. t.) Same as Capoch.

cardiagraphnoun (n.) See Cardiograph.

cardiographnoun (n.) An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

cardiosphygmographnoun (n.) A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.

cartouchnoun (n.) A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge
 noun (n.) A cartridge box.
 noun (n.) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.
 noun (n.) A gunner's bag for ammunition
 noun (n.) A military pass for a soldier on furlough.
 noun (n.) A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper
 noun (n.) A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.
 noun (n.) An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.

cashnoun (n.) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.
 noun (n.) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money
 noun (n.) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash.
 noun (n.sing & pl.) A Chinese coin.
 verb (v. t.) To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order.
 verb (v. t.) To disband.

catarrhnoun (n.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as, catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder.

catchnoun (n.) Act of seizing; a grasp.
 noun (n.) That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.
 noun (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch.
 noun (n.) That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.
 noun (n.) Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony.
 noun (n.) Passing opportunities seized; snatches.
 noun (n.) A slight remembrance; a trace.
 noun (n.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.
 verb (v. t.) To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
 verb (v. t.) To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
 verb (v. t.) To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
 verb (v. t.) Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
 verb (v. t.) To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
 verb (v. t.) To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
 verb (v. t.) To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
 verb (v. t.) To get possession of; to attain.
 verb (v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.
 verb (v. t.) To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
 verb (v. t.) To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.
 verb (v. i.) To attain possession.
 verb (v. i.) To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.
 verb (v. i.) To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.
 verb (v. i.) To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.

catfishnoun (n.) A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.

cattishadjective (a.) Catlike; feline

cavalierishadjective (a.) Somewhat like a cavalier.

cavendishnoun (n.) Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.

cenotaphnoun (n.) An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.

cereclothnoun (n.) A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter.

ceriphnoun (n.) One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters.

cerographnoun (n.) A writing on wax.

ceterachnoun (n.) A species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach).

chaffinchnoun (n.) A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.

chaldrichnoun (n.) Alt. of Chalder

cheetahnoun (n.) A species of leopard (Cynaelurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus.

chetahnoun (n.) See Cheetah.

chichnoun (n.) The chick-pea.

chichling vetchnoun (n.) A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.

childbirthnoun (n.) The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor.

childishadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child.
 adjective (a.) Puerile; trifling; weak.

chiliarchnoun (n.) The commander or chief of a thousand men.

chinchnoun (n.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).
 noun (n.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.

chirographnoun (n.) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party.
 noun (n.) The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine.

chopchurchnoun (n.) An exchanger or an exchange of benefices.

chorographnoun (n.) An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.

choughnoun (n.) A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough.

chromographnoun (n.) An apparatus by which a number of copies of written matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph.

chromolithographnoun (n.) A picture printed in tints and colors by repeated impressions from a series of stones prepared by the lithographic process.

chromophotolithographnoun (n.) A photolithograph printed in colors.

chronographnoun (n.) An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.
 noun (n.) Same as Chronogram, 1.
 noun (n.) A chronoscope.

churchnoun (n.) A building set apart for Christian worship.
 noun (n.) A Jewish or heathen temple.
 noun (n.) A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together.
 noun (n.) A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.
 noun (n.) The collective body of Christians.
 noun (n.) Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.
 noun (n.) The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.
 verb (v. t.) To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

churlishadjective (a.) Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly.
 adjective (a.) Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals.

cimeliarchnoun (n.) A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden.

cinchnoun (n.) A strong saddle girth, as of canvas.
 noun (n.) A tight grip.
 noun (n.) A variety of auction pitch in which a draw to improve the hand is added, and the five of trumps (called right pedro) and the five of the same color (called left pedro, and ranking between the five and the four of trumps) each count five on the score. Fifty-one points make a game. Called also double pedro and high five.
 verb (v. t.) To put a cinch upon; to girth tightly.
 verb (v. t.) To get a sure hold upon; to get into a tight place, as for forcing submission.
 verb (v. i.) To perform the action of cinching; to tighten the cinch; -- often with up.
 verb (v. t.) In the game of cinch, to protect (a trick) by playing a higher trump than the five.

clannishadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan.

clashnoun (n.) A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.
 noun (n.) Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc.
 verb (v. i.) To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.
 verb (v. i.) To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.
 verb (v. t.) To strike noisily against or together.

clayishadjective (a.) Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it.

clenchnoun (n. & v. t.) See Clinch.

cleverishadjective (a.) Somewhat clever.

clinchnoun (n.) The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.
 noun (n.) A pun.
 noun (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
 verb (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.
 verb (v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.
 verb (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.
 verb (v. t.) To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.
 verb (v. i.) To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

cliquishadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit.

cloddishadjective (a.) Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish.

closhnoun (n.) A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis.
 noun (n.) The game of ninepins.

clothnoun (n.) A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others.
 noun (n.) The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes.
 noun (n.) The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession.

cloughnoun (n.) A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley.
 noun (n.) A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
 noun (n.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.

clownishadjective (a.) Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward.

clubbishadjective (a.) Rude; clownish.
 adjective (a.) Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set.

clunchnoun (n.) Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3.
 noun (n.) One of the hard beds of the lower chalk.

clutchnoun (n.) A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp.
 noun (n.) The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary.
 noun (n.) A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.
 noun (n.) Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
 noun (n.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird.
 noun (n.) To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.
 noun (n.) To close tightly; to clinch.
 verb (v. i.) To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.

coachnoun (n.) A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.
 noun (n.) A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race.
 noun (n.) A cabin on the after part of the quarter-deck, usually occupied by the captain.
 noun (n.) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.
 verb (v. t.) To convey in a coach.
 verb (v. t.) To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction.
 verb (v. i.) To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with

coalfishnoun (n.) The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock.
 noun (n.) The beshow or candlefish of Alaska.
 noun (n.) The cobia.

coccolithnoun (n.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.

cockmatchnoun (n.) A cockfight.

cockneyishadjective (a.) Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.

cockroachnoun (n.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.

codfishnoun (n.) A kind of fish. Same as Cod.

coelacanthadjective (a.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.

cohoshnoun (n.) A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actaea, plants of the Crowfoot family.

coldfinchnoun (n.) A British wagtail.

coldishadjective (a.) Somewhat cold; cool; chilly.

coleperchnoun (n.) A kind of small black perch.

collishnoun (n.) A tool to polish the edge of a sole.

colocynthnoun (n.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.

coltishadjective (a.) Like a colt; wanton; frisky.

combbroachnoun (n.) A tooth of a wool comb.

commonishadjective (a.) Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar.

commonwealthnoun (n.) A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.
 noun (n.) The whole body of people in a state; the public.
 noun (n.) Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659.

conchnoun (n.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo.
 noun (n.) In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.
 noun (n.) One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.
 noun (n.) See Concha, n.
 noun (n.) The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.

coolishadjective (a.) Somewhat cool.

copperishadjective (a.) Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste.

coppersmithnoun (n.) One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

copygraphnoun (n.) A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing.

coquettishadjective (a.) Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.

coranachnoun (n.) A lamentation for the dead; a dirge.

corinthnoun (n.) A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.
 noun (n.) A small fruit; a currant.

cornishnoun (n.) The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England.

cornstarchnoun (n.) Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.

coronachnoun (n.) See Coranach.

countermarchnoun (n.) A marching back; retrocession.
 noun (n.) An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left.
 noun (n.) A change of measures; alteration of conduct.
 verb (v. i.) To march back, or to march in reversed order.

cowardishadjective (a.) Cowardly.

cowfishnoun (n.) The grampus.
 noun (n.) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
 noun (n.) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish.

cowishnoun (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon.
 verb (v. t.) Timorous; fearful; cowardly.

cowitchnoun (n.) See Cowhage.