All English words - page 857

Meanings of Casein:

noun

The main protein present in milk and (in coagulated form) in cheese. it is used in processed foods and in adhesives, paints, and other industrial products.

Usage examples:

The curd contains the main milk protein, casein, and the milk fat.

Meanings of Caseinate:

noun

Casein in colloidal form bound to calcium or other ions.

Meanings of Caseinogen:

noun

Casein, or any of the caseins, as present in suspension in milk.

Meanings of Caseless:

adjective

That has no case; morphologically unmarked; uninflected.

Meanings of Caseload:

noun

The number of cases with which a doctor, lawyer, or social worker is concerned at one time.

Usage examples:

Because their caseloads are diverse geographically, health visitors have much less detailed knowled…

Meanings of Caseloads:

noun

The number of cases with which a doctor, lawyer, or social worker is concerned at one time.

Usage examples:

Because their caseloads are diverse geographically, health visitors have much less detailed knowled…

Meanings of Casemate:

noun

A small room in the wall of a fortress, with openings from which guns or missiles could be fired.

Usage examples:

He endorsed the construction of works with high stone or brick walls, the guns arranged in multilev…

Meanings of Casemated:

adjective

Provided with casemates.

Meanings of Casemates:

noun

A small room in the wall of a fortress, with openings from which guns or missiles could be fired.

Usage examples:

He endorsed the construction of works with high stone or brick walls, the guns arranged in multilev…

Meanings of Casement:

noun

A window or part of a window set on a vertical hinge so that it opens like a door.

Usage examples:

Casement windows

Meanings of Casemented:

adjective

Furnished with casements.

Meanings of Casements:

noun

A window or part of a window set on a vertical hinge so that it opens like a door.

Usage examples:

Casement windows

Meanings of Caseous:

adjective

Characterized by caseation.

Usage examples:

They showed that these drugs penetrated throughout lesions and caseous matter in concentrations ade…

Meanings of Casern:

noun

A small, temporary building for housing a garrison of troops.

Usage examples:

In the opening pages we learn that fencing instruction was obligatory and free in the military, and…

Meanings of Caserne:

noun

A small, temporary building for housing a garrison of troops.

Usage examples:

In the opening pages we learn that fencing instruction was obligatory and free in the military, and…

Meanings of Casernes:

noun

A small, temporary building for housing a garrison of troops.

Usage examples:

In the opening pages we learn that fencing instruction was obligatory and free in the military, and…

Meanings of Caserns:

noun

A small, temporary building for housing a garrison of troops.

Usage examples:

In the opening pages we learn that fencing instruction was obligatory and free in the military, and…

Meanings of Cases:

noun

An instance of a particular situation; an example of something occurring.

Usage examples:

A case of mistaken identity

verb

Surround in a material or substance.

Usage examples:

The towers are of steel cased in granite

Meanings of Casework:

noun

Social work directly concerned with individuals, especially that involving a study of a person's family history and personal circumstances.

Usage examples:

Direct action casework has brought victories in winning social benefits, fighting evictions, stoppi…

Meanings of Caseworm:

noun

More fully "paddy caseworm", "rice caseworm". the aquatic caterpillar of the pyralid moth nymphula depunctalis, which is a major pest of rice in south and south-east asia, feeding on leaves and forming a protective case from their fragments.

Meanings of Caseworms:

noun

More fully "paddy caseworm", "rice caseworm". the aquatic caterpillar of the pyralid moth nymphula depunctalis, which is a major pest of rice in south and south-east asia, feeding on leaves and forming a protective case from their fragments.

Meanings of Cash:

noun

Money in coins or notes, as distinct from cheques, money orders, or credit.

Usage examples:

The staff were paid in cash

verb

Give or obtain notes or coins for (a cheque or money order).

Usage examples:

The bank cashed her cheque

Meanings of Cash cow:

idiom

A project that generates a continuous flow of money

noun

A business, investment, or product that provides a steady income or profit.

Usage examples:

With new competitors nibbling at local business, the old cash cow is starting to dry up.

Meanings of Cash in one’s chips:

phrase

Die.

Usage examples:

The two men never realized how close they had come to cashing in their chips

Meanings of Cash up:

phrasal verb

Count and check takings at the end of a day's trading.

Usage examples:

Two staff were cashing up at one of the tills