Words 3501–3600
garou
werewolf; were- (used like a suffix); daphne, any plant of the species of genus Daphne, particularly spurge olive (Daphne mezereum) as well as Cneorum tricoccon and the flax-leaved daphne (Daphne gnidium)
Noun
mendiant
a beggar; a traditional Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders; a pastry from Alsace and Franche-Comté
Noun
braver
to challenge, defy; to brave; to flout, pay no heed to (someone's opinion, hostility, etc.)
Verb
rabattre
to make something lower; to close, shut (down); to fold over (covers, curtains etc.); to turn down (a collar); to pull down (a skirt); to reduce, deduct, diminish; to cut back (a plant, tree); to bind off (stitches in knitting); to cut in; to fall back on; …
Verb
domino
black hooded cloak worn by priests in winter; hooded garment worn at balls; a paper marked with figures used to play board games; dominoes; a domino set; a domino tile
Noun
froisser
to crumple, rumple, crease (paper, fabric…); to offend, to hurt someone's feelings; to take offence, be hurt
Verb
hérésie
heresy (doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs); heresy, sacrilege (violation of something regarded as sacred)
Noun
abîme
abyss, chasm; bottom of a chasm or valley; infiniteness of thought; superlative used with various abstraction and qualities; the climax or acme; hell; abyss of a shield, fess point
Noun
fente
cleft, fissure, crack (in rock); split, crack (in wood); slit, slot; slit (in skirt), vent (in jacket etc.); fissure; lunge; crack, slit (vulva)
Noun
justicier
a justicer (an upholder of the law); a justice (a judge); a justiciar or justiciary (a high-ranking medieval judge)
Noun
souiller
to soil, sully, dirty; to make unclean or impure; defile, profane; to blacken, besmirch, defile
Verb
squatter
to squat (to occupy a building or land without permission); to crash (to make temporary living arrangements); to tie up
Verb
accaparer
to monopolize, to corner; to occupy, to grab, to acquire, to arrogate (often with force or money); to engross, to preoccupy
Verb
mélancolie
melancholy, black bile (one of the four humours of ancient and mediaeval physiology, that was believed to be secreted by the kidneys and spleen and to cause melancholy and sadness when present in excess); melancholy (sadness or depression)
Noun