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Words 35501–35600
35501poinçonnage
punching (tickets); hallmarking
Noun
35502gymnosperme
gymnospermous, gymnospermic
Adjective
35503désinsectisation
the removal of insects (from a place)
Noun
35504malaxage
malaxage
Noun
35505SOV
initialism of sujet-objet-verbe, equivalent to English SOV (subject-object-verb).
Adjective
35506morphe
morph
Noun
35507télétravailleur
teleworker
Noun
35508synecdoque
synecdoche (figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it)
Noun
35509rizicole
rice-growing
Adjective
35510transgresseur
transgressor
Noun
35511gueulard
loud (person, music); loudmouthed
Adjective
35512cyclopéen
Cyclopean; cyclopean
Adjective
35513pantographe
pantograph (mechanical drawing aid); pantograph (rail transport: device for collecting electrical current)
Noun
35514fendeur
splitter, chopper (person)
Noun
35515tartane
tartane (boat); a kind og two-wheeled carriage
Noun
35516guibole
pin, gam (a person's leg)
Noun
35517chopine
a French pre-metric measure of capacity equal to half a pinte that was equivalent to 0.476 liters. Under the monarchy the measure varied from region to region, with the Parisian chopine being equivalent to 0.465 liters. 1 pinte ("quart") = 2 chopines ("pints") = 4 demiards ("half-pints"); a French metric chopine (or metric "pint") equal to 0.250 liters; a French Canadian term for an imperial pint, equal to one eighth of an Imperial gallon, 20 Imperial ounces, or 0.568 liters; an amount of wine equivalent to 0.25 liters; chopine (type of platform shoe)
Noun
35518chinook
Chinook (language)
Noun
35519aymara
Aymara (language)
Noun
35520succédané
substitute, surrogate
Adjective
35521zoologue
zoologist
Noun
35522talocher
to clout, thump
Verb
35523ancolie
columbine (of genus Aquilegia)
Noun
35524mussolinien
Mussolinian
Adjective
35525plagioclase
plagioclase
Noun
35526bicot
wog (north-African or middle-eastern person); a person of North African descent; kid (young goat)
Noun
35527automotrice
railcar; a self-propelled railway vehicle or tram
Noun
35528prolongateur
extension cord (an electrical cord)
Noun
35529porphyrie
porphyry
Noun
35530gueuse
wench; republic (Used by its monarchist opponents)
Noun
35531tabellion
tabellion; lawyer, solicitor
Noun
35532prémenstruel
premenstrual
Adjective
35533télécopier
To fax
Verb
35534ponant
the west; the western ocean (rather than the Mediterranean)
Noun
35535humoral
humoral
Adjective
35536regardeur
beholder, watcher, viewer; voyeur
Noun
35537bouffi
fatty, porker
Noun
35538toréro
torero; toreador
Noun
35539Mélanésien
Melanesian
Noun
35540douelle
ditch (small moat around a castle etc)
Noun
35541téléconseiller
customer support agent, call center agent
Noun
35542tapuscrit
typescript (typewritten material, especially such a copy of a manuscript)
Noun
35543mastiff
mastiff
Noun
35544rouerie
trickery, guile, cunning
Noun
35545alêne
awl (pointed instrument for piercing)
Noun
35546darne
steak (of fish), fillet
Noun
35547espadron
swordfish
Noun
35548employable
usable; employable
Adjective
35549absentéiste
absentee
Adjective
35550perlier
pearl
Adjective
35551anophèle
anopheles
Noun
35552appointé
salaried; appointed
Adjective
35553oule
cauldron, handleless earthen pot, marmite; pothole, water cavity; watercourse that contains such a pothole; town or village located near such a fluvial feature
Noun
35554décurion
decurion (all senses)
Noun
35555cédule
debt certificate, borrower's note, payment agreement; note; schedule
Noun
35556cohésif
cohesive
Adjective
35557inéquation
inequality; inequation (a statement that two expressions are not the same)
Noun
35558statère
stater (currency of Ancient Greece)
Noun
35559nataliste
natalist
Adjective
35560estrogène
estrogenic
Adjective
35561sécrétoire
secretory
Adjective
35562vahiné
wahine (Polynesian woman)
Noun
35563coincé
a tightass, an uptight person
Noun
35564calorimètre
calorimeter
Noun
35565engoulevent
nightjar
Noun
35566borain
of Borinage
Adjective
35567spatiotemporel
spatiotemporal
Adjective
35568inconstructible
inconstructible, unbuildable; no-build (where new buildings are not allowed to be built)
Adjective
35569intercellulaire
intercellular
Adjective
35570parnassien
Parnassian; parnassian
Noun
35571gerboise
jerboa
Noun
35572empaqueté
packaged
Adjective
35573marqueuse
scorer; marker
Noun
35574delphinal
delphinal (of or relating to a dauphin); synonym of dauphinois
Adjective
35575Limbourgeois
Limburger
Noun
35576dravidien
Dravidian (all meanings)
Adjective
35577thermopompe
heat pump
Noun
35578infalsifiable
unfalsifiable, unforgeable
Adjective
35579praliné
prepared using a preparation of crushed pralines (called pralin)
Adjective
35580phaéton
phaeton; tropicbird
Noun
35581fripe
rag (tattered clothes); second-hand clothes
Noun
35582cogérer
to co-manage, to co-run
Verb
35583arabisant
Arabist
Noun
35584simien
simian
Adjective
35585crétinerie
idiocy
Noun
35586obituaire
obituary (register of deaths)
Noun
35587clownerie
clowning
Noun
35588dreyfusard
supportive of or sympathetic to Alfred Dreyfus (1859–1935) in the Dreyfus affair (1894–1906).
Adjective
35589mastaba
mastaba
Noun
35590benzénique
benzenic
Adjective
35591combattif
post-1990 spelling of combatif
Adjective
35592trépaner
to trepan
Verb
35593octaédrique
octahedral
Adjective
35594chleuh
Shilha, Tashelhit; German
Adjective
35595assonance
assonance
Noun
35596goémon
wrack (seaweed); kelp
Noun
35597mythifier
to mystify (make mysterious)
Verb
35598relaps
guilty of repeat apostasy; who falls back into error repeatedly
Adjective
35599égaliseur
equalizer, equaliser (electronic device)
Noun
35600suée
a sweat, sweatiness; an intense effort, burdensome labor; an intense fear or emotion which may induce a cold sweat
Noun