(archaic) A sturdy merchant sailing vessel (now only in "catboat").
(archaic) The pointed piece of wood that is struck in the game of tipcat.
(archaic, uncountable) The game of "trap and ball" (also called "cat and dog").
(chiefly nautical) Short form of cat-o'-nine-tails.
(computing) A program and command in Unix that reads one or more files and directs their content to the standard output.
(historical) A wheeled shelter, used in the Middle Ages as a siege weapon to allow assailants to approach enemy defences.
(nautical) A strong tackle used to hoist an anchor to the cathead of a ship.
(offensive) A spiteful or angry woman.
(slang) A person (usually male).
(slang) A prostitute.
(slang) A street name of the drug methcathinone.
(slang) Any of a variety of earth-moving machines. (from their manufacturer Caterpillar Inc.)
(slang, vulgar, African-American Vernacular) A vagina, a vulva; the female external genitalia.
A domesticated species (Felis catus) of feline animal, commonly kept as a house pet.
A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.) with six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position it is placed.
A ground vehicle which uses caterpillar tracks, especially tractors, trucks, minibuses, and snow groomers.
Abbreviation of catalytic converter.
Abbreviation of catamaran.
Abbreviation of catapult.
Abbreviation of category.
Abbreviation of catfish.
Abbreviation of computed axial tomography. Often used attributively, as in “CAT scan” or “CT scan”.
An animal of the family Felidae:
An enthusiast or player of jazz.
Any similar animal of the family Felidae, which includes lions, tigers, bobcats, leopards, cougars, cheetahs, caracals, lynxes, and other such non-domesticated species.
The trap of the game of "trap and ball".
verb
(computing, slang) To dump large amounts of data on (an unprepared target), usually with no intention of browsing it carefully.
(computing, transitive) To apply the cat command to (one or more files).
(nautical, transitive) To flog with a cat-o'-nine-tails.
(nautical, transitive) To hoist (the anchor) by its ring so that it hangs at the cathead.
(slang) To vomit.
To go wandering at night.
To gossip in a catty manner.
cct
cdt
cet
cit
cit
noun
(derogatory, now rare) Clipping of citizen: a citizen; a city dweller, a townsman.
Clipping of citation.
cmt
cmt
noun
Abbreviation of comment.
cot
cot
noun
(Canada, US) A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
(archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
(nautical, historical) A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
(obsolete) A man who does household work normally associated with women.
A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
A small, crudely-formed boat.
cpt
crt
cst
cta
ctc
ctd
cte
ctf
ctg
ctm
ctm
Noun
Community Trade Mark
color, temperature, moisture
ctn
ctn
noun
Abbreviation of carton.
phrase
(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of can't talk now.
cto
ctr
ctr
noun
(US) Abbreviation of center.
Abbreviation of centre.
cts
cts
noun
plural of ct
ctt
ctv
ctv
Proper noun
of, a Canadian national television network
of, a Canterbury Region television station located in Christchurch, New Zealand
of, a television network in Taiwan
Noun
of, a part of human body with malignant tumour and some volume surrounding it
cut
cut
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Emotionally hurt.
(bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
(cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
(informal) Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
(of a gem) Carved into a shape; not raw.
(participial adjective) Having been cut.
(slang, New Zealand, formerly UK) Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
Reduced.
intj
(film and television) An instruction to cease recording.
noun
(archaeology) A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
(bodybuilding) A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
(card games) The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
(card games) The card obtained by dividing the pack.
(chemical engineering, petrochemistry) The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
(cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
(cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
(especially theater, film) A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
(fashion) A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
(fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
(film) A particular version or edit of a film.
(golf) In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
(graph theory) The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
(obsolete) A common workhorse; a gelding.
(rail transport) A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
(slang) A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
(slang, dated) The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise.
(slang, uncountable) That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
(sports) In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
A decrease.
A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
A haircut.
A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
A share or portion of profits.
A skein of yarn.
A slab, especially of meat.
An artificial navigation channel as distinguished from a navigable river.
An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
An unkind act; a cruelty.
The act of cutting.
The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
The result of cutting.
verb
(bodybuilding) To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
(intransitive) To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
(intransitive) To change direction suddenly.
(intransitive) To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
(intransitive) To enter a queue in the wrong place.
(intransitive) To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
(intransitive, film) To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
(slang) To wound with a knife.
(sports) To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
(transitive) To exhibit (a quality).
(transitive) To stop, disengage, or cease.
(transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
(transitive, cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
(transitive, cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
(transitive, film) To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
(transitive, slang) To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
(transitive, slang) To make or negotiate.
(transitive, social) To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
To castrate or geld.
To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
To form or shape by cutting.
To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
To perform (a dancing movement etc.).
To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
To reduce, especially intentionally.
To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
cvt
cwt
cwt
noun
Alternative spelling of cwt. (“hundredweight”)
dct
dct
Noun
of It is a tree topology in mobile wireless sensor networks (MWSNs) to collect and aggregate the information from the cluster head, and then forward that aggregated data to the sink (or) base station.
dtc
ect
etc
etc
adv
Alternative form of etc.
fct
ftc
gct
gtc
ict
itc
jct
lct
lct
Noun
A gene responsible for encoding lactase; mutations in this gene are responsible for adults' ability to digest lactose.
ltc
mtc
mtc
Proper noun
the Montreal Transit Corporation — the public transit corporation for the megacity and Island of Montreal; it replaced the MUCTC in 2002.
the Montreal Transit Commission — the public transit commission for the island and City of Montreal; it was replaced by the MUCTC in 1970, it replaced the Montreal Tramways Co. in 1950 when the latter was nationalized.
the Montreal Tramways Company (Montreal Tramways Co.) — the public transit company of the island of Montreal; the company was nationalized in 1950 and replaced by the Montreal Transit Commission, it was formed in 1911 by the merger of several previous companies.
oct
oct
noun
(computing, informal) Abbreviation of octal.
otc
otc
Proper noun
of (part of the British Army)
of (defunct department of the Australian government)
pct
qtc
rct
rct
Noun
Randomized clinical trial.
Randomized controlled trial.
Regimental combat team.
Proper noun
a video game franchise.
rtc
sct
sct
Proper noun
of, a software system used for stratigraphic mapping.
stc
stc
Noun
Subject to check.
tac
tac
noun
(Tyneside, slang) The drug cannabis.
tca
tcb
tcc
tcg
tch
tch
intj
a representation of the dental click used to show disapproval; tut, tsk
tck
tcm
tcm
noun
Abbreviation of trillions of cubic metres.
Alternative form of TCM (“thousand cubic metres”)
tcp
tcr
tcr
Noun
technical certification requirement: a test case that must pass before software can be certified as compliant to a given standard.
tariff comparison rate
tcs
tcs
Noun
of: an electronic control system that prevents wheelspin to improve traction.
tct
tdc
tdc
Noun
(engineering) of
tec
tfc
tgc
thc
tic
tic
noun
(abbreviation, informal) ticket
(by extension) Something that is done or produced habitually or characteristically.
(neurology) A sudden, nonrhythmic motor movement or vocalization.
verb
(intransitive) To exhibit a tic; to undergo a sudden, semi-voluntary muscle movement.
tlc
tnc
toc
tpc
tqc
ttc
tuc
utc
utc
Proper noun
Coordinated Universal Time, which is the international standard for civil time and the Internet.