| cather | Catherine had an ulterior motive when she urged her father to buy a new car; she hoped that she would be able to drive it herself. |
| cather | Catherine stayed indoors because it was raining. |
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| cather | (n) United States writer who wrote about frontier life (1873-1947), Syn. Willa Cather, Willa Sibert Cather |
| catherine de medicis | (n) queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589) |
| catherine i | (n) empress of Russia who succeeded her husband Peter the Great (1684-1727) |
| catherine ii | (n) empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796), Syn. Catherine the Great, Catherine |
| catherine of aragon | (n) first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536), Syn. Catherine |
| catherine wheel | (n) a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire, Syn. pinwheel |
| Catheretic | n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to bring down or raze; &unr_; down + &unr_; to take. ] (Med.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Catherine wheel | [ So called from St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in allusion to her martyrdom. ] |