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

A native or inbabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia. Catalan furnace, Catalan forge (Metal.), a kind of furnace for producing wrought iron directly from the ore. It was formerly much used, esp. in Catalonia, and is still used in some parts of the United States and elsewhere.

act of seizing or taking hold of Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier.

A bailiff's assistant.

oly oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.

A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian.

learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. John Adams's Diary [Feb. , 1763].

rly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.

An inhabitant of heaven. Pope.

ncient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus). -- n.

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.

r or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points. Central force (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards or away from a fixed or movable center. -- Center sun (Astron.), a name given to a hypothetical body about which Mädler sup…

In two figures having relative motion, one of the two curves which are the loci of the instantaneous center.

t thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes, compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at Magdeburg.

n of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development. Dana.

f a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marri…

A native or inhabitant of Chaldea.

y or of a vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant; -- called also change-speed gear.

Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. His course had been changeful. Motley. -- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n.