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A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.

Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen. Carbazotic acid (Chem.), picric acid. See under Picric.

Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.

Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state.

Of or pertaining to a caryatid.

Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry.

Aee under Force.

Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a. Nichol.

catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fatched. -- Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly, adv. [A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. Jer. Taylor.

That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See Acoustics. Hutton.

Designating, pertaining to, or characterized by, that form of pulse tracing, or sphygmogram, in which the descending portion of the curve is marked by secondary elevations due to two or more expansions of the artery in the same beat. -- Ca*tac"rotism (#), n.

Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.

Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.

Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit.

The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy.

Relating to, or causing, catalysis. "The catalytic power is ill understood." Ure. Catalytic force, that form of chemical energy formerly supposed to determine catalysis.

Of or pertaining to a catapult.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract.

Checking evacutions through astringent or styptic qualities.

eiving answers, according to the ancient manner of teaching. Socrates introduced a catechetical method of arguing. Addison.