Vocabulary : Casualty to Cata

Casualty : That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. ;; Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty. ;; Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.
Casuarina : A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.
Casuist : One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry. ;; To play the casuist.
Casuistic : Alt. of Casuistieal
Casuistieal : Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry.

Casuistry : The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases. ;; Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.
Casus : An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.
Cat : 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. ;; A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. ;; A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. ;; A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. ;; 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. ;; A cat o' nine tails. See below. ;; To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
Cat o' nine tails : See under Cat.
Cata : The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.