Genuine words from the English language with uncommon meanings

 

Music

Catacoustic – a cat folk band

Catagenesis – a cat Genesis tribute band

Cattywampus – a cat Wam tribute band

Humanities and Religion

Cat – call – what makes cats enter holy orders

Catabaptist – a Reformist cat

Cataclysm – cat Armeggedon

Food and Health

Catatonic – a health drink for cats

Catasta – a cat and pasta dish

Catty – an afternoon meal for cats

Catacomb – a device for straightening a cats fur

Places

Catadrone – a stadium for cat racing

Catalan – someone from the land of cats

Behaviour

Catacaustic – an unpleasant catty remark

Catamatic – predictable cat behaviour

Cataholic – a person who is unable to stop thinking about cats

Catastatic – very happy cats

Cationic – an electrically charged cat

Categorise – putting cats in an order

Catling – a cat from another planet

Catmint – where cats print money

Catwalk – the way cats move around

Catopter – a cat flying machine

General

Catastrophe – a punctuation mark used by cats

Catonian – a privately educated cat

Category – a squashed cat

Catsitter – someone who sits on cats

Catylist – a memory jogger used by cats

CATscan – the way your cat looks at you

Catabolin – Henry VIII’s cat