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

clocher: bell tower, steeple
clocheton: pinnacle
clochette: bell; synonym of campanule (“bellflower”) (Campanula)
clochette d'Irlande: bells of Ireland (Moluccella laevis) L.
clodo: hobo; tramp; vagrant
clodoaldien: Of or from Saint-Cloud; Of or from Saint-Cloud-en-Dunois; Of or from La Celle-Saint-Cloud
cloison: partition, partition wall; septum, partition; bulkhead
cloison nasale: nasal septum (bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils)
cloisonnement: partitioning
cloisonner: to partition, compartmentalize
cloistre: archaic spelling of cloître
cloitre: post-1990 spelling of cloître
cloitrer: post-1990 spelling of cloîtrer
clonage: cloning
clonal: clonal
clonalité: clonality
clonazépam: clonazepam
clone: clone
cloner: to clone
clope: a cigarette butt, a fag end; a cigarette
clopin-clopant: hobbling, limping
clopiner: to limp; to hobble; to halt
cloporte: woodlouse; porter, concierge; worthless person, vermin; creep; hermit
cloque: blister
cloquer: to blister (get blisters); to blister (raise blisters); to emboss (a textile)
cloqué: blistered, puckered
clorazépate: clorazepate
clore: close (put an end to)
clos: a piece of cultivated land surrounded by walls or hedges, especially a small vineyard; field, cultivated farm field
clos: closed, shut; shut in, enclosed
clostridie: clostridium
clothianidine: clothianidin
clou: nail (metal pin); clove (of garlic); highlight, climax; not likely, no way, you'll be so lucky
clou de girofle: clove (spice)
cloud: the cloud
clouer: to nail (to attach using a nail); to stick (to attach); to pin down; to nail, shag, fuck
clouer au pilori: to pillory (to blame and criticize harshly)
clouer au sol: to pin down (a person); to ground (an aircraft)
clouer le bec: to shut (someone) up
clouter: to decorate with nails; to stud
clouterie: nail factory
cloutier: nailer (person who makes nails)
clouté: studded
cloué au lit: bedridden
clown: clown (performer); clown (person who acts in a comic way)
clownerie: clowning
clownesque: clown; clownish; characteristic of clowns
cloître: cloister (part of a monastery)
cloîtrer: to cloister (confine to a cloister)
club: club (an association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation); club (an implement to hit the ball in certain ball games, such as golf)
clubain: clubbist, club member
clubement: In the manner of a club (organization)
clubiste: clubbist
clubman: clubman
clunisien: Cluniac
clunisien: Cluniac
clupanodonique: clupanodonic
clupe: synonym of hareng
clupéine: clupein
cluse: water gap; defile