(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.
Catnip
Definition:
(n.) Alt. of Catmint
Example Sentences:
(1) The onesie-wearing 21-year-old is the darling of the glossies and tabloid catnip, a social media princess and a talented musician, best mates with Rihanna, parties with Prince Harry and about to break into Hollywood.
(2) I suspect that messrs Fry and Connolly – who grew up watching this man segue from gar- landed stage-thesp to tireless campaigner (Stonewall, women's and children's rights) to Hollywood catnip to that dreadful position for anyone with a fine remaining sense of mischief: being on the cusp of national-treasure status – were equally conscious of the company they were in.
(3) Relationships between the younger, single members of staff were purest catnip to us; we were always turning love triangles into love trapeziums.
(4) Fractionation of the commercial sample of catnip oil by either distillation or gc yielded 40% nepetalactone and 43% nepetalic acid.
(5) All of this makes it catnip to users – and to the media, which dutifully reports every twist and turn on the site.
(6) However, removal of the vomeronasal organ did not attenuate any of the behavioral reactions to catnip.
(7) But Europe is the catnip that makes Tory eyes cross, and the next two years are going to be wall-to-wall Europe.
(8) The rolling and rubbing during a catnip reaction might be a sexual response activated by the accessory olfactory system since the system projects to parts of the brain involved in mediation of sexual behavior.
(9) Olfactory bulbectomy immediately eliminated catnip responding, revealing that the chemosensory stimulus evoking the catnip reaction is undoubtedly mediated through the main olfactory system.
(10) Catnip oil, nepetalic acid, and a nepetalactone-enriched fraction were evaluated for toxicological and behavioral effects in mice and rats.
(11) Lincoln is measured, respectful and quietly reassuring; unadulterated awards catnip.
(12) Nor will you find him out and about at gigs or parties or openings or any of the usual stuff that's rockbiz catnip.
(13) The area was obviously catnip to people who wanted something more from life than can be bought in Walmart.
(14) But the other thought is that the campaign is proving to be catnip to Gove’s personal ambitions.
(15) In the chewing and mouthing of the catnip source, substances might be dissolved in saliva and transported to the vomeronasal organ.
(16) The alcohol extract of catnip has a biphasic effect on the behavior of young chicks.
(17) And if they do, they’d like her as mangled up as possible.” Clinton said other candidates were able to avoid scrutiny by continuously talking about things that are “catnip to the people who get bored talking about” candidates’ positions on serious issues.
(18) 1.8m page views, 1,139 comments 5) Russell Brand on Margaret Thatcher: 'I always felt sorry for her children' Tuesday 9 April 2013 The comedian's periodic columns for the Guardian this year rarely failed to cause a stir, but this one , about Thatcher's death, proved particular catnip.
(19) cis,trans-Nepetalactone, the biologically active component of catnip, was force-fed to the domestic cat.
(20) Rats were injected with saline and then exposed for 20 min to the presence of a domestic cat pretreated with catnip.