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

caillé
noun, masculine
curd, the product obtained by curdling milk, used in cheesemaking
cairn
noun, masculine
cairn
cairote
adjective
Cairene
caisse
noun, feminine
box, crate; cash register; checkout (in a supermarket); fund; bank (establishment managing such funds)
caisse claire
noun, feminine
snare drum, snare, side drum
caisse d'épargne
noun, feminine
savings bank, thrift
caisse de résonance
noun, feminine
sound box (resonant chamber of a musical instrument); echo chamber
caisse enregistreuse
noun, feminine
cash register (machine)
caisse noire
noun, feminine
slush fund (money stored for illegal or dishonest purposes)
caisse à outils
noun, feminine
toolbox
caisse à savon
noun, feminine
soapbox car
caissette
noun, feminine
small box; cupcake liner
caissier
noun, masculine
cashier
caisson
noun, masculine
box; coffer; caisson (military vehicle); caisson (structure to exclude water)
caisson hyperbare
noun, masculine
hyperbaric chamber
cajeput
noun, masculine
cajuput, a tree of species Melaleuca leucadendra or M. cajuputi, of Australia and southeast Asia
cajeputène
noun, masculine
cajuputene
cajoler
verb
to cuddle, to cradle in one's arms; to flatter, to cajole
cajolerie
noun, feminine
cuddling, hugging; cajolery
cajoleur
noun, masculine
cuddler (someone who cuddles)
cajou
noun, masculine
cashew (tree)
cajute
noun, feminine
a small cabin for one or more crew members of a ship, (by narrowing also) a bunk, berth (bed)
cake
noun, masculine
fruitcake (containing rum); quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert)
cake-walk
noun, masculine
cakewalk (the dance)
cakilier
noun, masculine
searocket or similar plant of the genus Cakile;;
cal
noun, masculine
callus (hardened part of the skin)
calabrais
noun, masculine
Calabrian, the Calabrian language
calabrais
adjective
Calabrian
calabraise
noun, feminine
Calabrian woman
calade
noun, feminine
a harmonious, decorative and useful arrangement of medium-sized pebbles, fixed to the ground
caladium
noun, masculine
caladium
caladrius
noun, masculine
caladrius
calage
noun, masculine
timing (of an engine); synchronization; adjustment
calaisien
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Calais, Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France
calamandrier
noun, masculine
wall germander (of the species Teucrium chamaedrys)
calamar
noun, masculine
squid
calamba
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of calambac
calambac
noun, masculine
agarwood
calame
noun, masculine
a calamus, a quill
calament
noun, masculine
calamint (of the genera Acinos or Calamintha)
calamine
noun, feminine
calamine, form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct of sublimation; carbon residue formed as a byproduct in two-stroke engines
calamiteusement
adverb
calamitously
calamiteux
adjective
calamitous
calamité
noun, masculine
calamity, disaster
calamondin
noun, masculine
calamondin
calandre
noun, feminine
calender (machine); radiator grill (on a car)
calandre
noun, feminine
calandra lark (Melanocorypha calandra); wheat weevil larva (Sitophilus granarius)
calanque
noun, feminine
creek (rocky inlet), especially one in the Mediterranean
calao
noun, masculine
hornbill (bird)
calasiris
noun, feminine
calasiris
calbar
noun, masculine
underpants
calcaire
noun, masculine
limestone
calcaire
adjective
calcareous
calcanéen
adjective
calcaneal
calcanéum
noun, masculine
calcaneus
calcarifère
adjective
calciferous
calcarone
noun, masculine
a furnace used in sulphur production
calcicole
adjective
calcicolous
calcification
noun, masculine
calcification
calcifier
verb
to calcify