| BOOKCASE | • bookcase n. A piece of furniture for the storage and display of books. • BOOKCASE n. furniture for holding books. |
| CARDCASE | • cardcase n. A case for visiting cards. • CARDCASE n. a case or wallet for carrying business or credit cards. |
| DOORCASE | • doorcase n. The surrounding frame into which a door shuts. • DOORCASE n. the frame of a door. |
| GEARCASE | • gearcase n. Alternative form of gear case. • gear␣case n. An enclosure for the bicycle chain and sprocket assemblages commonly employed by utility bicycles. It… • GEARCASE n. a casing for gears. |
| HARDCASE | • hardcase n. Alternative form of hard case. • hard␣case n. (Slang) A tough person. • hard␣case n. (New Zealand, slang) An amusing, funny, witty, or possibly strange person. May be used as a term of endearment. |
| HEADCASE | • headcase n. (Informal, derogatory) A mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person, especially one who displays aggressive behavior. • headcase n. (Genetics) A genetic sequence that inhibits terminal branching of the trachea and regulates dendrite pruning. • head-case n. Alternative spelling of headcase. |
| HELICASE | • helicase n. (Biochemistry) An enzyme required for DNA unwinding. • HELICASE n. any of a group of enzymes that are able to separate the strands of the double-helix of a DNA molecule. |
| LONGCASE | • longcase n. A longcase clock. • long␣case n. (Medicine) A form of assessment in which the candidate obtains a full history and examination from a… • LONGCASE adj. as in longcase clock, a grandfather clock. |
| NOTECASE | • notecase n. A wallet or billfold (for holding banknotes). • NOTECASE n. a case for holding notes. |
| SEEDCASE | • seedcase n. (Botany) A pouch-like structure of a plant that encloses the seeds. • SEEDCASE n. the protective outer covering of a seed. |
| SHOWCASE | • showcase n. A case for displaying merchandise or valuable items. • showcase n. A setting, occasion, or medium for exhibiting something or someone, especially in an attractive or favorable aspect. • showcase v. To display, demonstrate, show, or present. |
| SLIPCASE | • slipcase n. A box, open on one end, for keeping a set of books together. • slip-case n. Alternative spelling of slip case. • slip␣case n. A removable protective covering for a book etc. |
| SUITCASE | • suitcase n. A large (usually rectangular) piece of luggage used for carrying clothes, and sometimes suits, when travelling. • suitcase v. To trade using samples in a suitcase. • suitcase v. (Prison slang) To smuggle in one’s rectum. |
| TOOLCASE | • toolcase n. A case used for storing tools. • TOOLCASE n. a case for tools. |
| TYPECASE | • typecase n. (Printing, historical) A case containing the printer’s type characters. • TYPECASE n. a tray for holding printing type. |