(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.
(n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
(n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
(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.
(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.
(n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below.
(v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
(2) The oral nerve endings of the palate, the buccal mucosa and the periodontal ligament of the cat canine were characterized by the presence of a cellular envelope which is the final form of the Henle sheath.
(3) Oral administration in domestic cats causes malignant hepatomas and tumors of the esophagus and kidney.
(4) Midsagittal or parasagittal pontomedullary brainstem incisions were performed in 4 cats.
(5) This unusual insertion could affect the interaction of cat CD4 with class II molecules, or with FIV, a feline homolog of HIV.
(6) We found that, although controlled release delivery of ddC inhibited de novo FeLV-FAIDS replication and delayed onset of viremia when therapy was discontinued (after 3 weeks), an equivalent incidence and level of viremia were established rapidly in both ddC-treated and control cats.
(7) Two lectins, wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and peanut agglutinin (PNA), were used to compare domains within the interphotoreceptor matrices (IPM) of the cat and monkey, two species where the morphological relationship between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors is distinctly different.
(8) In Group B, at 1, 2, 4, 9 and 12 months post infection two cats were necropsied.
(9) Additionally, cats excreted the taurine conjugate of hydratropic acid.
(10) It is clear that before general release of a new living feline infectious enteritis vaccine, there must be satisfactory evidence that concurrent infection will not affect the safety of the modified antigen.In cats infected with feline infectious enteritis there appears to be a short period, coinciding with the onset of leucopaenia, during which they are highly infectious.
(11) Electron microscopic observations of the masseter nerve in the aged cats revealed a disruption of the myelin sheaths and a pronounced increase in collagen fibers in the endoneurium and perineurium.
(12) The calcium entry blocker nimodipine was administered to cats following resuscitation from 18 min of cardiac arrest to evaluate its effect on neurologic and neuropathologic outcome in a clinically relevant model of complete cerebral ischemia.
(13) A microdissection of the orbital nerves of the cat was made paying particular attention to the accessory ciliary ganglion.
(14) In cat, DARPP-32-immunoreactive cell bodies identified as Müller cells were demonstrated in the inner nuclear layer (INL) with processes closely surrounding the cell soma of photoreceptors in the outer nuclear layer.
(15) Moreover, 8 of 10 cats in the 10% HAES group showed extravasation of red cells.
(16) In the anesthetized cat, the posterior canal nerve (PCN) was stimulated by electric pulses and synaptic responses were recorded intracellularly in the three antagonistic pairs of extraocular motoneurons.
(17) Pharmacokinetics of 3H-dihydrodigoxin and 3H-digoxin after single intravenous and intraduodenal administration in cats are compared.
(18) This documents the inhibitory role which lithium can play in several examples of animal aggressive behavior including pain-elicited aggression, mouse killing in rats, isolation-induced aggression in mice, p-chlorophenylalanine-induced aggression in rats, and hypothalamically induced aggression in cats.
(19) When PCR products in each of the 12 cats were subjected to a second amplification using the same primer pair (two-step amplification: double PCR), FIV proviral DNA was detected in all of the cats.
(20) Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from 9 dogs and 4 cats, and staphylococcus epidermidis from 7 dogs and 5 cats.
Cate
Definition:
(n.) Food. [Obs.] See Cates.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cate Blanchett and Laura Linney both paid tribute to Rowlands, calling her a trailblazer and inspiration.
(2) Isofunctional beta-ketoadipate:succinyl coenzyme A transferases I and II are encoded by the pcaE and catE genes, respectively, of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.
(3) Click here for the Magic in the Moonlight trailer Compared with the gloomy ruminations on ageing and aspiration that characterised the well-received Blue Jasmine, which won Cate Blanchett an Oscar , this is Allen going back to the knockabout farce and blithe May-December couplings that populate his lighter films.
(4) Their 12-year stewardship transformed an obscure theatre notorious for the austerity of its seats into a fashionable address renowned for its rollcall of stars - including Ralph Fiennes, Diana Rigg, Juliet Binoche and Cate Blanchett - all of whom were eager to muck in with communal dressing rooms and a minimum wage.
(5) Speaking about his most recent release, in which Cate Blanchett plays Jasmine, a socialite whose luxurious New York life abruptly ends with the suicide of her corrupt financier husband, Allen said he felt more comfortable writing serious roles for women, rather than men.
(6) By using methanol-0.15 M borate buffer of pH 8.0, cate-chol-O-methyltransferase activity might be assayed.
(7) Removal of the DNA between the SalI sites created a deletion removing the terminal 35 base pairs of the catB gene, the 300-base-pair catC gene, and about 1.1 kb of the 1.2-kb catE gene.
(8) Cate Blanchett gave one of these addresses just a week ago and you’re stuck with me.” Thorpe went on to congratulate the graduates on their achievement, adding the transition from student to working life would take a “steely determination”.
(9) These sequences are closely related to sequences from its human analogue, which we recently cloned and expressed (Wallner, B. P., Mattaliano, R. J., Hession, C., Cate, R. L., Tizard, R., Sinclair, L. K., Foeller, C., Chow, E. P., Browning, J. L., Ramachandran, K. L., and Pepinsky, R. B.
(10) Cate Blanchett alluded to the problem in accepting the best actress Oscar for Blue Jasmine.
(11) The respective genes encode enzymes that catalyze four consecutive reactions in the catechol branch of the beta-ketoadipate pathway: catB, muconate lactonizing enzyme (EC 5.5.1.1); catC, muconolactone isomerase (EC 5.3.3.4); catD, beta-ketoadipate enol-lactone hydrolase (EC 3.1.1.24); and catE, beta-ketoadipate succinyl-coenzyme A transferase (EC 2.8.3.6).
(12) The film has already attracted some Oscar buzz; Cannes is likely to be a launchpad for a number of awards campaigns, including one for Cate Blanchett, who stars in Carol, Todd Haynes’s adaptation of the Patricia Highsmith novel about a clandestine lesbian love affair in 1950s New York.
(13) Cate Blanchett has found herself in the midst of a climate change row after appearing in a TV commercial calling on Australians to back a tax on carbon.
(14) But the prolific film-maker –with his latest comedy-drama Blue Jasmine starring Cate Blanchett as a pill-popping socialite - has admitted that while making films isn't difficult, making good ones can be.
(15) As awareness increases it exposes some negative views, and there’s often a lashing out by some members of the community at trans people.” We were also seen as dangerous by our fellow gay people Mark Gillespie She cites vilification of the writer and soldier Cate McGregor by some commentators and bloggers.
(16) In the final race of the night, Australia’s women, led by strong swims from the Campbell sisters, Bronte and Cate, secured gold in a world record time of three minutes, 30.65.
(17) Then Cate Blanchett, whom Allen directed in Blue Jasmine .
(18) Woody Allen and Cate Blanchett have issued statements in response to t he open letter posted by Allen's adopted daughter, Dylan, on a New York Times blog .
(19) W. Cates, Jr., of the U.S. Center for Disease Control reported recently that earlier abortions run less risk of complications or mortality.
(20) Photograph: Sony Pictures Classics Truth review: Blue Jasmine in the 60 Minutes newsroom, with a twist Read more Zodiac screenwriter James Vanderbilt’s directorial debut about the Rathergate scandal that ended the careers of veteran CBS newsman Dan Rather (played by Robert Redford) and 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) has been eclipsed by Spotlight , this year’s other journalistic thriller.