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10,231 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

caryopse: caryopsis
caryotype: karyotype
carène: hull; keel
carélien: Karelian (language)
carénage: careenage; fairing (on an aircraft etc)
caréner: to careen
caréné: ducted
carême: Lent
carêmien: Carêmian
cas: case, situation; case
cas d'espèce: special case, specific case, individual case (case where the usual rule doesn't apply)
cas d'utilisation: use case
cas d'école: a theoretical case used for study of a theory; a real-life case that matches the theory perfectly; a textbook case
cas de conscience: crisis of conscience, moral dilemma, matter of conscience; twinge of conscience, misgiving, scruple
cas de figure: hypothesis, eventuality
cas direct: direct case
cas grammatical: grammatical case
cas oblique: oblique case
cas régime: objective case, object case
cas social: problem case; socially disadvantaged person; problem person; dropout; social misfit, socially awkward person; loser, sadcase
cas sujet: subjective case, subject case
casablancais: of Casablanca
casanier: stay-at-home, homely
casanier: homebody, stay at home
casaque: blouse; jersey (of a jockey)
casaquin: casaquin
casbah: casbah
cascabel: obsolete spelling of cascabelle
cascabelle: rattle (of a rattlesnake); synonym of crotale (“rattlesnake”)
cascabèle: alternative spelling of cascabelle
cascade: cascade (waterfall); cascade (series of event); cascade; a stunt performed for cinematic imitation or entertainment
cascader: to cascade
cascadeur: stuntman, stuntperson (one who performs stunts)
cascarine: cascaroside
cascatelle: small waterfall
case: hut, cabin, shack; box (on form); square (on board game)
case à cocher: checkbox
casemate: pillbox, blockhouse
caser: to fit, to put in a box; to settle down
caserne: barracks
caserne de pompiers: fire station
casernement: barracks
caserner: to barrack
cash: in cash (of paying); bluntly, directly, straight up
casher: kosher
cashmere: alternative spelling of cachemire
casier: locker (for storage); lobster pot, lobster trap; ellipsis of casier judiciaire (“criminal record”)
casier: a wooden basket, bin or chest in which dairy products such as cheese and butter were stored in the past; a cheesemaker, especially of parmesan
casier judiciaire: criminal record, rap sheet (a record of past crimes)
casino: a casino
casinotier: casino owner
casoar: cassowary
caspien: Caspian
casque: helmet; hard hat; headphones; casque
casque bleu: United Nations peacekeeper; a blue helmet or blue beret
casquer: to fall into a trap, particularly by paying money in advance; to cough up, stump up, fork out, shell out (money)
casquer: to cover with (something resembling) a helmet; to put on (something resembling) a helmet
casquette: cap, baseball cap, flat cap
cassable: breakable
cassage: breaking