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Cataclasm

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cataclasisnoun(geology) cataclastic rock (a type of metamorphic rock that has been wholly or partly formed by the progressive fracturing and comminution of existing rock)
cataclastic(petrology) describing a type of metamorphic rock that has undergone shearing and granulation by high mechanical stress
cataclysmalnounAs noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.
cataclysmnounA sudden, violent event.
catalexisnounA shortened or incomplete last foot at the end of a verse.
cataclysmsnounA sudden, violent event.
cataphoranoun(linguistics, rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.
catachresticnounConstituting or related to catachresis.
cataphaticnoun(theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic).
catacombnoun(often plural) An underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.
catalecticnoun(poetry) A line with incomplete meter, lacking a syllable at the end or ending with an incomplete foot.
catachresisnounA misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
cataphoricnounOf or relating to cataphora.
catlinitenounA brownish-red red clay found in Northern USA and Canada, used by the American Indians to make pipes.
cattellnounA surname.
catclawnounAn acacia, specifically Acacia greggii, now Senegalia greggii, native to most of the border region of the US and Mexico.
catamenianoun(physiology, rare) The female menstrual discharge.
catapresnounan antihypertensive (trade name catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches
cathecticOf or pertaining to a connection that is charged with emotional energy.
catenoidnoun(geometry) A three-dimensional surface formed by rotation of a catenary

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