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One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms.

Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light. Hutton.

Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh.

A picture produced by the Röntgen rays; a radiograph.

Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection. Catoptric light, a light in which the rays are concentrated by reflectors into a beam visible at a distance.

The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced. The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell. Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the…

That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. Locke.

a substance which cauterizes by chemical action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced by such substance.

Steel produced by cementation; blister steel.

and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a different but definite rate of angular velocity in an axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc. -- To ring the changes on, to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways.

A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.

To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.

The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.

Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical comnbinations. Chemical attraction or affinity. See under Attraction.

Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis. [R.]

ce to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. [U. S.]

The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.

en attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.]

A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.

To give birth; to produce young. This queen Genissa childing died. Warner. It chanced within two days they childed both. Latimer.