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Words 29301–29400
29301estropié
maimed, crippled
Adjective
29302bourguignonne
a part of the fontange, a particular hairdo (ribbons, wire and lace knotted in the hair) invented by the Duchess of Fontange (one of King Louis XIV’s mistresses in 1679-1680); a wine cask (228 litres), or a wine bottle (75 to 85cl)
Noun
29303clématite
clematis
Noun
29304goujat
boor, churl; dogsbody, lackey
Noun
29305enluminé
painted in colour; decorated with illuminations; brightly coloured; overly idyllic; fanciful
Adjective
29306indolence
insensibility, lack of pain; laziness, indolence
Noun
29307concupiscence
concupiscence
Noun
29308explicit
end (of a story)
Noun
29309VJ
VJ, a video jockey
Noun
29310yachting
yachting
Noun
29311kimchi
kimchi
Noun
29312pallium
pallium
Noun
29313strychnine
strychnine
Noun
29314vouvoiement
the use of formal register, addressing someone with the polite vous-form
Noun
29315calamine
calamine, form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct of sublimation; carbon residue formed as a byproduct in two-stroke engines
Noun
29316polythéisme
polytheism
Noun
29317ataxie
ataxia (pathological lack of movement coordination)
Noun
29318entresol
entresol
Noun
29319lae
Alternate form of lea
Pronoun
29320fictivement
fictitiously
Adverb
29321dépeçage
chopping up, dismemberment; taking apart, break-up; division, separation; breaking-up (of old boats); the joint application of norms from different jurisdictions or legal systems.
Noun
29322bipartisme
two-party system
Noun
29323duodénum
duodenum
Noun
29324irrévocablement
irrevocably
Adverb
29325moiteur
wetness, dampness; sweat
Noun
29326clapotis
lapping of water against a surface
Noun
29327débours
outlay, outgoings
Noun
29328démultiplication
reduction, lowering; gearing down
Noun
29329éthyle
ethyl
Noun
29330greffage
grafting; transplantation
Noun
29331hydrothérapie
hydrotherapy
Noun
29332loisible
permitted; free to choose
Adjective
29333laminage
lamination
Noun
29334néocolonialisme
neocolonialism
Noun
29335bouchage
plugging, blocking; blockage
Noun
29336fronsac
a red wine from the Bordeaux region
Noun
29337subséquemment
subsequently
Adverb
29338pavois
buckler, shield; bulwark
Noun
29339concomitamment
concomitantly
Adverb
29340safar
Safar (the second month of the Islamic calendar)
Noun
29341effritement
crumbling
Noun
29342intériorisation
interiorization, internalization
Noun
29343disjonction
disjunction
Noun
29344cyberdéfense
cyberdefence / cyberdefense
Noun
29345Rastignac
an eager social climber
Noun
29346spéléo
apocopic form of spéléologie; apocopic form of spéléologue
Noun
29347enquiquiner
to annoy; to pester
Verb
29348kawa
kava plant (Piper methysticum); kava, beverage made from Piper methysticum
Noun
29349bétonnière
concrete mixer
Noun
29350médersa
madrasa
Noun
29351anthropomorphique
anthropomorphic
Adjective
29352crevure
cut; piece of shit, scum, filth
Noun
29353immondices
refuse
Noun
29354félon
treacherous, perfidious
Adjective
29355latiniste
A scholar of Latin language and literature; a Latinist.
Noun
29356conciliable
conciliable
Adjective
29357nichoir
birdhouse, nest box
Noun
29358bipède
bipedal
Adjective
29359argotique
slangy
Adjective
29360tacot
old banger (car); local train, slow train
Noun
29361caquet
cackle, clucking
Noun
29362dégazage
degassing; outgassing
Noun
29363frime
show (showing off, for the sake of acting)
Noun
29364ciguë
hemlock (umbellifer)
Noun
29365pêne
bolt, deadbolt
Noun
29366embrocher
to put on a spit; to skewer
Verb
29367stal
A Stalinist, a Marxist-Leninist.; A communist regardless of their ideology.; A far-left person.
Noun
29368dossier
embarrassing
Adjective
29369bardage
cladding
Noun
29370interprofession
all the professionals in a particular branch of work
Noun
29371goinfre
pig (a gluttonous person)
Noun
29372riper
to slip; to go away, to take off; to scrape
Verb
29373lumbago
lumbago (pain in the lower back)
Noun
29374corderie
a ropeworks
Noun
29375dysplasie
dysplasia
Noun
29376Eurasien
Eurasian (native or inhabitant of the supercontinent of Eurasia) (usually male)
Noun
29377Anversois
resident or native of Antwerp; Antwerpian
Noun
29378verse
only used in sinus verse (“versed sine, versine”)
Adjective
29379chinoiserie
chinoiserie; knick-knack; complications
Noun
29380grison
grey-haired man; ass, donkey
Noun
29381duire
to train (an animal, esp. a bird)
Verb
29382cyclotron
cyclotron
Noun
29383étagement
layering
Noun
29384blet
overripe
Adjective
29385foré
bored, drilled
Adjective
29386zambien
Zambian
Adjective
29387raconteur
storyteller, narrator
Noun
29388tabagique
public smoking area, smoking den; tobacco; nicotine addiction
Adjective
29389marâtre
stepmother (especially an evil one); bad or uncaring mother
Noun
29390zélote
zealot (member of the Zealot movement)
Noun
29391frotteur
rubber, polisher (of floors, etc.); frotteur (one who commits the act of non-consensually rubbing one’s genitalia against another person, usually a stranger)
Noun
29392barbiturique
barbiturate
Noun
29393anaérobie
anaerobic
Adjective
29394écorchure
burn (on the skin); graze (on the skin)
Noun
29395pétunia
petunia
Noun
29396mentholé
mentholated
Adjective
29397sororité
sisterhood (state of being sisters)
Noun
29398anatolien
Anatolian
Adjective
29399besogneux
needy; hard-working but poorly paid
Adjective
29400ritualiser
to ritualize
Verb