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Words 25501–25600
25501glyphe
glyph (figure carved in relief); glyph
Noun
25502impromptu
improvised action; impromptu
Noun
25503cisailler
to clip, shear
Verb
25504galipette
somersault (the act of going head over heels); roll; roll in the hay
Noun
25505beugler
to moo; to cry out; to shout
Verb
25506pellicules
dandruff
Noun
25507mollir
to mollify, become soft; to ease off or die down; to relent, abate, give way
Verb
25508altier
haughty
Adjective
25509cagouler
to wear a balaclava
Verb
25510renflement
bulge
Noun
25511pythagoricien
Pythagorean
Adjective
25512rembourrage
stuffing, padding, wadding
Noun
25513logicien
logician
Noun
25514darder
to shoot (an arrow, look etc.); to point (up or out)
Verb
25515potelé
swollen, awkward; plump, chubby
Adjective
25516rétraction
retraction, withdrawal
Noun
25517échasse
stilt (piece of wood used to appear taller); One of a number of stilt birds, not always directly corresponding to English stilt
Noun
25518jazzman
jazzman
Noun
25519nihiliste
nihilist
Adjective
25520citadine
townswoman
Noun
25521muselière
muzzle (device used to prevent animal from biting or eating)
Noun
25522excaver
to excavate
Verb
25523congru
congruous, congruent
Adjective
25524Niortais
resident or native of Niort
Noun
25525inabordable
inaccessible, unapproachable; extortionate, prohibitive
Adjective
25526Cheyenne
Cheyenne (member of the Cheyenne tribe)
Noun
25527cheyenne
Cheyenne language
Noun
25528grume
log (wood)
Noun
25529cessant
in the process of stopping
Adjective
25530oit
you (second-person singular personal pronoun, disjunctive); yourself (reflexive object pronoun of imperative verbs)
Pronoun
25531communard
Communard; a drink made from red wine and crème de cassis; a kitchen worker who prepares meals for the restaurant staff
Noun
25532utopiste
utopian
Adjective
25533polythéiste
polytheist
Noun
25534wedge
wedge
Noun
25535anglaiser
castrate; bugger, sodomize, rape anally
Verb
25536carboné
carbonaceous; carbonized
Adjective
25537frison
a lock of hair; Frisian (language)
Noun
25538zona
shingles
Noun
25539ossuaire
ossuary
Noun
25540calligraphe
calligrapher (one who practices calligraphy)
Noun
25541détremper
to soak; to water down
Verb
25542fronder
to slingshot; to critique
Verb
25543pugilat
pugilism, fist-fighting; boxing
Noun
25544litchi
lychee (tree); lychee (fruit)
Noun
25545apostat
apostate
Adjective
25546purulent
purulent
Adjective
25547reptilien
reptilian
Noun
25548chamallow
marshmallow (confectionery)
Noun
25549forcener
to become enraged
Verb
25550surchauffé
overheated
Adjective
25551claver
to lock
Verb
25552ahuri
stunned, dumbfounded
Adjective
25553incompris
a misunderstood person
Noun
25554looping
loop-the-loop
Noun
25555cervidé
cervid, deer
Noun
25556loyaliste
loyalist
Adjective
25557sexagénaire
sexagenarian
Adjective
25558enfoncement
breaking down, breaking open (of a door etc.); breaking through (enemy lines); driving in (of a stake, post etc.); sinking (of foundations); recess, nook, cranny; dip, slide
Noun
25559transposable
transposable
Adjective
25560nocer
to party
Verb
25561erg
erg (desert region); erg (unit of work done)
Noun
25562condenseur
condenser (device to convert gas to liquid)
Noun
25563funambule
tightrope walker (acrobat who practices tightrope walking)
Noun
25564entrelacs
interlacing, tracery
Noun
25565camé
drugged; junkie
Adjective
25566chochotte
sissy, wimp, wuss, pansy; pansy (effeminate homosexual)
Noun
25567argonaute
argonaut
Noun
25568bêcher
to dig (with a spade); to badmouth, to slander
Verb
25569indépassable
unsurpassable; matchless
Adjective
25570collagène
collagen
Noun
25571comtal
count (rank of nobility); comtal, comital
Adjective
25572menuet
minuet
Noun
25573duperie
hoax; con; windup
Noun
25574banlieusard
suburbanite, commuter
Noun
25575Wolof
a member of the Wolof people
Noun
25576bagnard
crook; convict, prisoner of a penal colony
Noun
25577brouilleur
scrambler, jammer
Noun
25578bedaine
paunch, pot belly
Noun
25579vacillant
vacillating
Adjective
25580déréglé
deranged; wonky
Adjective
25581bamboula
bamboula (drum); black African; bamboula
Noun
25582séquoia
sequoia
Noun
25583chaldéen
Chaldean
Adjective
25584rééduquer
to reeducate (educate again); to reeducate (rehabilitate)
Verb
25585nihiliste
nihilist
Noun
25586chalut
trawl (net); dragnet
Noun
25587abruptement
abruptly
Adverb
25588nonante
ninety
Numeric
25589guano
guano
Noun
25590mastication
mastication
Noun
25591ricotta
ricotta (Italian whey cheese)
Noun
25592césium
cesium
Noun
25593zoophilie
zoophilia
Noun
25594zina
zina
Noun
25595histologie
histology (the study of the microscopic structure)
Noun
25596cherté
expensiveness, high cost
Noun
25597chiisme
Shi'ism (branch of Islam)
Noun
25598déblaiement
clearing, clearing away
Noun
25599docilité
docility; docileness
Noun
25600plasturgie
plastics engineering
Noun