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Catalysis
- noun - acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction; "of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced"
Catalysts
- noun - (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
- something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"
Catalyzes
- verb - change by catalysis or cause to catalyze
Catamites
- noun - a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man
Catapults
- noun - a device that launches aircraft from a warship
- a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
- an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
- hurl as if with a sling
- shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult; "the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort"
Cataracts
- noun - a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice
- an eye disease that involves the clouding or opacification of the natural lens of the eye
Catbriers
- noun - a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
Catchalls
- noun - an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends
Catchings
- noun - (baseball) playing the position of catcher on a baseball team
- becoming infected; "catching cold is sometimes unavoidable"; "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"
- the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
Catechins
- noun - a tannic acid that is extracted from black catechu as a white crystalline substance