- kataAny of a sequence of positions and movements used in many martial arts.
- catacombAn underground system of tunnels and chambers with recesses for graves, used (in former times) as a cemetery; a tunnel system used for burying the dead, as in Paris or Ancient Rome.
- cata-down
- catachronismThe recharacterization of the present in terms of inexorable outcomes in the future.
- catafalqueA platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate.
- cataglottismSynonym of French kiss: kissing involving the tongue.
- cataplerosisThe removal of intermediate metabolites, especially in the citric acid cycle, to prevent their accumulation in the mitochondrial matrix.
- kata thermometerA device consisting principally of an alcohol thermometer, used to measure air cooling power and, indirectly, small wind speeds in circulating air, by measuring the time taken for the temperature of the bulb of alcohol to make a specified drop (100° to 95°F).
- katelectrotonusThe condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the negative electrode or cathode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.