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Words 23901–24000
23901birman
Burmese (language); Birman (cat)
Noun
23902Rémois
native or inhabitant of the city of Reims, department of Marne, Grand Est, France (usually male)
Noun
23903échauder
to scald
Verb
23904back
back
Adverb
23905déclassé
stricken from the classification, no longer listed; outcast, expelled
Adjective
23906vernaculaire
vernacular (of or pertaining to everyday language); vernacular
Adjective
23907mancunien
Mancunian
Adjective
23908crumble
crumble (dessert)
Noun
23909continuateur
successor
Noun
23910attendrissant
heart-warming
Adjective
23911isomère
isomer
Noun
23912créditeur
creditor
Noun
23913clientéliste
clientelist
Adjective
23914fribourgeois
of Fribourg
Adjective
23915charade
charade (kind of riddle); something bizarre or hard to understand; chat, conversation
Noun
23916yourte
yurt (large, round tent with vertical walls and conical roof)
Noun
23917putride
putrid
Adjective
23918vitreux
vitreous, glassy
Adjective
23919récessif
recessive
Adjective
23920pierrot
house sparrow
Noun
23921marginalité
marginality; nonconformism
Noun
23922inatteignable
unattainable
Adjective
23923amourette
fling, petty love affair, amourette
Noun
23924exhibitionniste
exhibitionist
Noun
23925subaquatique
subaquatic
Adjective
23926typographe
typographer
Noun
23927potasse
potash
Noun
23928pelleter
to shovel (up)
Verb
23929interprétatif
interpretative
Adjective
23930phonologique
phonological
Adjective
23931merlu
hake
Noun
23932réveillé
awake (not asleep, by extension, alert)
Adjective
23933boutonneux
spotty; pimpled
Adjective
23934confiseur
confectioner
Noun
23935insolation
sunstroke, insolation (heatstroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays)
Noun
23936règlementaire
post-1990 spelling of réglementaire
Adjective
23937univoque
unambiguous; univocal
Adjective
23938corné
horny (hard or bony)
Adjective
23939sado
sadistic
Adjective
23940donataire
donee
Noun
23941winch
winch
Noun
23942radier
sill (protection for a building against water)
Noun
23943koter
to live or stay in a student flat
Verb
23944endorphine
endorphin
Noun
23945maharaja
maharaja
Noun
23946asthmatique
asthmatic (someone affected by asthma)
Noun
23947yumi
yumi (Japanese longbow)
Noun
23948singapourien
Singaporean
Adjective
23949escabeau
footstool; step ladder
Noun
23950ocrer
to ochre (cover with ochre)
Verb
23951bramer
to bellow; to troat (make the cry of a deer)
Verb
23952démordre
to let go, release (something held in the teeth); to give up, abandon, renounce (an opinion, plan, etc.)
Verb
23953citrate
citrate
Noun
23954réemploi
reuse; reemployment
Noun
23955piqueur
whipper-in
Noun
23956tintement
chiming, tinkling
Noun
23957révisionniste
of revisionism; revisionist
Adjective
23958farandole
farandole (chain dance of Provençal origin); assortment
Noun
23959Orléanais
native or inhabitant of the city of Orleans, the prefecture of the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France (usually male)
Noun
23960biner
to hoe; to binate, celebrate mass twice in one day
Verb
23961brahmane
brahmin
Noun
23962vicariat
curacy
Noun
23963imitateur
imitative, mimic
Adjective
23964tatillon
pernickety, picky, fussy
Adjective
23965rinçage
rinsing
Noun
23966électrocution
electrocution
Noun
23967isotope
isotope; isotopic
Adjective
23968réajuster
to adjust, readjust
Verb
23969bardeau
clapboard, roof tile; shingles
Noun
23970congressiste
a participant at a congress
Noun
23971marqueterie
marquetry
Noun
23972frivolité
frivolity
Noun
23973soit
OK; granted; so be it
Interjection
23974ajouré
openwork; perforated, fretted
Adjective
23975déclassé
an outcast, reject, pariah
Noun
23976touareg
Tuareg (language)
Noun
23977tâtonner
to feel one's way, grope around, fumble
Verb
23978états-unien
United Statian, United Statesian; American
Adjective
23979grainer
to granulate; to seed
Verb
23980tenseur
tensor (all senses)
Noun
23981véloce
swift
Adjective
23982centralité
centrality
Noun
23983poiré
perry (pear cider)
Noun
23984ioder
To iodate
Verb
23985redéployer
to redeploy
Verb
23986pleureur
crier; weeper one who cries or weeps; crybaby
Noun
23987conseillé
past participle of conseiller; advisable
Verb
23988nénuphar
Pre-1990 spelling of nénufar.
Noun
23989reformation
re-formation
Noun
23990rutilant
rutilant
Adjective
23991gardon
roach (freshwater fish)
Noun
23992Manitobain
Manitoban (resident or native of Manitoba)
Noun
23993courbette
bow (prostration)
Noun
23994Landais
Someone from Landes
Noun
23995irène
irene
Noun
23996gaspésien
of Gaspé; of Gaspésie
Adjective
23997disruptif
disruptive
Adjective
23998fumet
aroma, odor (of meat etc.); bouquet (of wine); scent
Noun
23999méritoire
meritorious, praiseworthy, commendable
Adjective
24000aphasie
aphasia (pathological speech disorder)
Noun