| felissilvestris | | ancient Asian country that had a cat on a chariot leading a parade for the king (also gave its name to a popular breed) |
| blaze | | Egyptian city which was thr seat of cat worship |
| tail | | helps cats analyze smells--they make a "stinky face" when they use it (2 wds) |
| Turkishvan | | cat with extra toes is this |
| Hemingway | | Egyptian cat goddess |
| tail | | a color marking in the center of a cat's forehead |
| grimalkin | | a non-predigreed cat |
| clowder | | fear of cats |
| aiuloriphobia | | largest breed of cat |
| mau | | the domestic cat is the only species to hold its tail this way while walking |
| Hindu | | a group of kitttens is called this |
| mackeral | | first culture to domesticate cats |
| Jacobsonsorgan | | a cat will do this in sleep only when it is totally secure and happy |
| Babastis | | breed developed by crossing a domestic cat with the Asian leopard cat |
| calico | | when their pet cat died in ancient Egypt, the family did this to mourn (3 wds) |
| Indonesia | | originally a grey cat, sometimes assicated with witchcraft in Scottish folk lore |
| Persian | | a cat can jump 5X as high as this part of its body |
| olfactory | | this culture calls the cat "the cleanser" |
| shavedtheireyebrows | | a type of tabby cat |
| Bengal | | love of cats |
| Ragdoll | | tropical part of the world that reveres cats as "rainmakers": they bathe cats to produce rain |
| tabby | | cats use their tails to maintain balance and to ___________ |
| kindle | | comparatively speaking, cats have the largest of these than any other species |
| Bast | | a cats scoops water with its tongue in this direction |
| Egyptians | | cat breed with the longest and thickest fur |
| moggy | | In this country a white cat with a black patch ("sacred mark") on its back is honored |
| MaineCoon | | offical state cat of Maryland |
| IsaacNewton | | cats have 60-80 million of these cells (human have 5-20 million) |
| snore | | body part that contains 15% of a cat's bones |
| eyes | | less than 1% of total cat population is this |
| backwards | | official Latin species name of domestic cats (2 wds) |
| aiuloriphiia | | old Scottish name for cat |
| mawkins | | a group of cats |
| Siam | | only natural American breed ( 2 wds) |
| vertical | | famous scientist (@1600s) who invented the first cat door (hint--he knows apples) (2 wds) |
| polydactyl | | American writer famous for his 6-toed cats |
| Japan | | they brought the first cats to America |
| KrazyKat | | first animated cartoon cat |
| purebreed | | only breed of cat that is a natural swimmer |
| Pilgrams | | commone type of cat--named by English traders after silk woven tapistry from Bagdad |
| communicate | | breed of cat, Egyptian for "to see" |
