Name Report For First Name CYST:

CYST

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

Rhymes with CYST - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming CYST

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NAMES RHYMING WITH CYST (According to last letters):

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

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

bast drust clust west ernest gilchrist tempest biast emest emst forest forrest gikhrist kohkahycumest ocumwhowurst ocunnowhurst rust vokivocummast jurgist anst ernst earnest priest preost hurst gust hengist list

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cybele cycnus cydnee cydney cym cyma cymbeline cymbelline cymberly cynara cynburleigh cyndee cyndi cyndy cyne cyneburhleah cynegils cyneheard cyneleah cyneley cyneric cynerik cynewulf cynfarch cynhard cyning cynn cynric cynrik cynthia cyntia cynward cynyr cyprian cypris cyr cyra cyrano cyrek cyrena cyrene cyril cyrill cyrilla cyris cyrus cyryl cythera cytherea cytheria

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CYST:

First Names which starts with 'c' and ends with 't':

cait calbert calogrenant calvert camelot carlat cat ceit ceolbeorht chait charlot chet ciatlllait clarissant cleit clint cnut colbert colt colvert comfort conant connacht corbett cort court creissant crescent culbart culbert curt cuthbeorht cuthbert

English Words Rhyming CYST

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES CYST AS A WHOLE:

acephalocystnoun (n.) A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.

acephalocysticadjective (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the acephalocysts.

aerocystnoun (n.) One of the air cells of algals.

blastocystnoun (n.) The germinal vesicle.

cholecystisnoun (n.) The gall bladder.

cholecystotomynoun (n.) The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.

ctenocystnoun (n.) An organ of the Ctenophora, supposed to be sensory.

cystnoun (n.) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
 noun (n.) In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder.
 noun (n.) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores.
 noun (n.) A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc.
 noun (n.) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.

cystedadjective (a.) Inclosed in a cyst.

cysticadjective (a.) Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.
 adjective (a.) Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.

cysticercenoun (n.) Alt. of Cysticercus

cysticercusnoun (n.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle).

cysticulenoun (n.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes.

cystidnoun (n.) One of the Cystidea.

cystideanoun (n. pl.) An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.

cystideannoun (n.) One of the Cystidea.

cystinenoun (n.) A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.

cystisnoun (n.) A cyst. See Cyst.

cystitisnoun (n.) Inflammation of the bladder.

cystocarpnoun (n.) A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores.

cystocelenoun (n.) Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

cystoidnoun (n.) Alt. of Cystoidean

cystoideannoun (n.) Same as Cystidean.

cystoideanoun (n.) Same as Cystidea.

cystolithnoun (n.) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.
 noun (n.) A urinary calculus.

cystolithicadjective (a.) Relating to stone in the bladder.

cystoplastnoun (n.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.

cystoseadjective (a.) Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.

cystotomenoun (n.) A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.

cystotomynoun (n.) The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

ectocystnoun (n.) The outside covering of the Bryozoa.

encystationnoun (n.) Encystment.

encystedadjective (a.) Inclosed in a cyst, or a sac, bladder, or vesicle; as, an encysted tumor.

encystmentnoun (n.) A process which, among some of the lower forms of life, precedes reproduction by budding, fission, spore formation, etc.
 noun (n.) A process by which many internal parasites, esp. in their larval states, become inclosed within a cyst in the muscles, liver, etc. See Trichina.

endocystnoun (n.) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.

hepatocysticadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the liver and gall bladder; as, the hepatocystic ducts.

heterocystnoun (n.) A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain algae related to nostoc.

hypnocystnoun (n.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period of drought or deficiency of food. In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within such cysts.

incystedadjective (a.) See Encysted.

lithocystnoun (n.) A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusae, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs.

macrocystisnoun (n.) An immensely long blackish seaweed of the Pacific (Macrocystis pyrifera), having numerous almond-shaped air vessels.

monocysticadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.

myxocystodeanoun (n. pl.) A division of Infusoria including the Noctiluca. See Noctiluca.

nematocystnoun (n.) A lasso cell, or thread cell. See Lasso cell, under Lasso.

nereocystisnoun (n.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds.

otocystnoun (n.) An auditory cyst or vesicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.

ovicystnoun (n.) The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata.

phyllocystnoun (n.) The cavity of a hydrophyllium.

pneumatocystnoun (n.) A cyst or sac of a siphonophore, containing air, and serving as a float, as in Physalia.

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


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


analystnoun (n.) One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

phenocrystnoun (n.) One of the prominent embedded crystals of a porphyry.

sagittocystnoun (n.) A defensive cell containing a minute rodlike structure which may be expelled. Such cells are found in certain Turbellaria.

somatocystnoun (n.) A cavity in the primary nectocalyx of certain Siphonophora. See Illust. under Nectocalyx.

sporocystnoun (n.) An asexual zooid, usually forming one of a series of larval forms in the agamic reproduction of various trematodes and other parasitic worms. The sporocyst generally develops from an egg, but in its turn produces other larvae by internal budding, or by the subdivision of a part or all of its contents into a number of minute germs. See Redia.
 noun (n.) Any protozoan when it becomes encysted produces germs by sporulation.

tentaculocystnoun (n.) One of the auditory organs of certain medusae; -- called also auditory tentacle.

trichocystnoun (n.) A lasso cell.

trystnoun (n.) Trust.
 noun (n.) An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst.
 noun (n.) To trust.
 noun (n.) To agree with to meet at a certain place; to make an appointment with.
 verb (v. i.) To mutually agree to meet at a certain place.

urocystnoun (n.) The urinary bladder.

zoocystnoun (n.) A cyst formed by certain Protozoa and unicellular plants which the contents divide into a large number of granules, each of which becomes a germ.

xystnoun (n.) Alt. of Xystus

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


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ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH CYST:

English Words which starts with 'c' and ends with 't':

cabalistnoun (n.) One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions.

cabaretnoun (n.) A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed.
 noun (n.) a type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a nightclub. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment.
 noun (n.) the type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{2}.
 noun (n.) In the United States, a cafe or restaurant where the guests are entertained by performers who dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after the practice of a certain class of French taverns; hence, an entertainment of this nature.

cabinetnoun (n.) A hut; a cottage; a small house.
 noun (n.) A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.
 noun (n.) A private room in which consultations are held.
 noun (n.) The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.
 noun (n.) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence:
 noun (n.) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an etagere or closed with doors. See Etagere.
 noun (n.) Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself.
 adjective (a.) Suitable for a cabinet; small.
 verb (v. i.) To inclose

cabletnoun (n.) A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.

cabrioletnoun (n.) A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.

cabritnoun (n.) Same as Cabree.

cachalotnoun (n.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.

cachepotnoun (n.) An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.

cachetnoun (n.) A seal, as of a letter.

cacoletnoun (n.) A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.

cadbaitnoun (n.) See Caddice.

cadentadjective (a.) Falling.

cadetnoun (n.) The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.
 noun (n.) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission.
 noun (n.) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.
 noun (n.) In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
 noun (n.) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels.

cafenetnoun (n.) Alt. of Cafeneh

cagitnoun (n.) A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.

cagotnoun (n.) One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.

cahootnoun (n.) Partnership; as, to go in cahoot with a person.

cajeputnoun (n.) See Cajuput.

cajolementnoun (n.) The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery.

cajuputnoun (n.) A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste.

calamintnoun (n.) A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the C. Nepeta and C. Acinos, which are called also basil thyme.

calamistnoun (n.) One who plays upon a reed or pipe.

calcitrantadjective (a.) Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

calefacientnoun (n.) A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard.
 adjective (a.) Making warm; heating.

caliductnoun (n.) A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam.

callatnoun (n.) Same as Callet.

calletnoun (n.) A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip.
 verb (v. i.) To rail or scold.

calligraphistnoun (n.) A calligrapher

callotnoun (n.) A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte.
 noun (n.) A close cap without visor or brim.
 noun (n.) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law.
 noun (n.) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets.
 noun (n.) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church.

caloriductnoun (n.) A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.

calorifacientadjective (a.) See Calorificient.

calorifiantadjective (a.) See Calorificient.

calorificientadjective (a.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.

calumetnoun (n.) A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.

calvessnoutnoun (n.) Snapdragon.

calvinistnoun (n.) A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism.

cambistnoun (n.) A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.

cambletnoun (n.) See Camlet.

camelotnoun (n.) See Camelet.

camletnoun (n.) A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton.

camonfletnoun (n.) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners.

campanologistnoun (n.) One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.

camptightnoun (n.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.

candentadjective (a.) Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat.

candicantadjective (a.) Growing white.

candiotadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary.

candlelightnoun (n.) The light of a candle.

candytuftnoun (n.) An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.

canescentadjective (a.) Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.

canoeistnoun (n.) A canoeman.

canonistnoun (n.) A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law.

cantnoun (n.) A corner; angle; niche.
 noun (n.) An outer or external angle.
 noun (n.) An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl.
 noun (n.) A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.
 noun (n.) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
 noun (n.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel.
 noun (n.) A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
 noun (n.) An affected, singsong mode of speaking.
 noun (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation.
 noun (n.) The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.
 noun (n.) Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars.
 noun (n.) A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction.
 adjective (a.) Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
 verb (v. t.) To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
 verb (v. t.) To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
 verb (v. t.) To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
 verb (v. i.) To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone.
 verb (v. i.) To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.
 verb (v. i.) To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning.
 verb (v. t.) to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction.

cantletnoun (n.) A piece; a fragment; a corner.

cantonmentnoun (n.) A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.

canzonetnoun (n.) A short song, in one or more parts.

capelletnoun (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.

capillamentnoun (n.) A filament.
 noun (n.) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.

capitalistnoun (n.) One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.

caponetnoun (n.) A young capon.

capotnoun (n.) A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.
 verb (v. t.) To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.

capuletnoun (n.) Same as Capellet.

caputnoun (n.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
 noun (n.) The top or superior part of a thing.
 noun (n.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

caratnoun (n.) The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.
 noun (n.) A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.

carburetnoun (n.) A carbide. See Carbide
 verb (v. t.) To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.

carburetantnoun (n.) Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.

carcanetnoun (n.) A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar.

caretnoun (n.) A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.
 noun (n.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.

caricaturistnoun (n.) One who caricatures.

carkanetnoun (n.) A carcanet.

carlistnoun (n.) A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain.

carlotnoun (n.) A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman.

carmotnoun (n.) The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.

carnalistnoun (n.) A sensualist.

carpetnoun (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.
 noun (n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
 verb (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.

carpologistnoun (n.) One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.

carrotnoun (n.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.
 noun (n.) The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.

cartnoun (n.) A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.
 noun (n.) A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
 noun (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.
 noun (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
 verb (v. t.) To carry or convey in a cart.
 verb (v. t.) To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
 verb (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.

cartoonistnoun (n.) One skilled in drawing cartoons.

cartwrightnoun (n.) An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.

carvelbuiltadjective (a.) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel.

carvistnoun (n.) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year.

casementnoun (n.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.

casketnoun (n.) A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc.
 noun (n.) A kind of burial case.
 noun (n.) Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed
 noun (n.) The body.
 noun (n.) The tomb.
 noun (n.) A book of selections.
 noun (n.) A gasket. See Gasket.
 verb (v. t.) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

castnoun (n.) The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
 noun (n.) The thing thrown.
 noun (n.) The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
 noun (n.) A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
 noun (n.) That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
 noun (n.) The act of casting in a mold.
 noun (n.) An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
 noun (n.) That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
 noun (n.) Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
 noun (n.) A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
 noun (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
 noun (n.) The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
 noun (n.) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
 noun (n.) A stoke, touch, or trick.
 noun (n.) A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
 noun (n.) A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
 noun (n.) Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
 noun (n.) Contrivance; plot, design.
 verb (v. t.) To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.
 verb (v. t.) To direct or turn, as the eyes.
 verb (v. t.) To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.
 verb (v. t.) To throw down, as in wrestling.
 verb (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.
 verb (v. t.) To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.
 verb (v. t.) To bring forth prematurely; to slink.
 verb (v. t.) To throw out or emit; to exhale.
 verb (v. t.) To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.
 verb (v. t.) To impose; to bestow; to rest.
 verb (v. t.) To dismiss; to discard; to cashier.
 verb (v. t.) To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope.
 verb (v. t.) To contrive; to plan.
 verb (v. t.) To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.
 verb (v. t.) To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.
 verb (v. t.) To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.
 verb (v. t.) To stereotype or electrotype.
 verb (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
 verb (v. i.) To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
 verb (v. i.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
 verb (v. i.) To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
 verb (v. i.) To calculate; to compute.
 verb (v. i.) To receive form or shape in a mold.
 verb (v. i.) To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
 verb (v. i.) To vomit.
  (imp. & p. p.) of Cast
  () 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth.

castanetnoun (n.) See Castanets.

castletnoun (n.) A small castle.

casualistnoun (n.) One who believes in casualism.

casuistnoun (n.) One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
 verb (v. i.) To play the casuist.

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.

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

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

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

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.

catapultnoun (n.) An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.
 noun (n.) A forked stick with elastic band for throwing small stones, etc.

cataractnoun (n.) A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.
 noun (n.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight.
 noun (n.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

catastrophistnoun (n.) One who holds the theory or catastrophism.

catboatnoun (n.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix.

catchmentnoun (n.) A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.

catechistnoun (n.) One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.

catechumenistnoun (n.) A catechumen.