Word origins

• savoySavoy cabbage.
• quintetA composition (a type of chamber music) in five parts (typically each a singer or instrumentalist, sometimes several musicians)
• berthaA lace collar that covers the shoulders of a dress
• spreeUninhibited activity.
• trimesterA period of three months or about three months; (financial): quarter.
• permeabilityThe property of being permeable.
• CamilleA unisex given name from French.
• psycheThe human soul, mind, or spirit.
• requiemA Mass (especially Catholic) to honor and remember a dead person.
• ConcordeThe Aérospatiale-BAC supersonic airliner, previously used commercially.
• bassettAn English surname transferred from the nickname derived from a nickname for a short person.
• intimidationThe act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
• platoonA unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
• bicSynonym of disposable ballpoint pen; a stick pen
• familialOf or pertaining to a human family.
• marqueeA large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment.
• cocoonThe silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
• seineA long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
• taxonomicOf or relating to taxonomy.
• ureaA water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH₂)₂, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
• admiraltyThe office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
• fertilizationThe act or process of rendering fertile.
• catholicismThe faiths, practices and doctrines of the Catholic Church, usually the Roman Catholic Church.
• anarchistOne who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.
• darcyA (non SI) unit of permeability used in measuring the permeability of porous mediums such as sand.
• virgilSynonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
• tintA slight coloring.
• fleurfleur-de-lis
• depictionA lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
• lewA French gold coin circulated in 15th-century Scotland.
• prominenceThe state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
• opacityThe state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.
• rationA portion of some limited resource, especially food, allocated to a person, group or period.
• depressiveCausing depression; dispiriting.
• oscillationthe act of oscillating or the state of being oscillated
• entomologyThe scientific study of insects, and (informal) of other arthropods (and occasionally other invertebrates).
• ForsterAn occupational or topographic surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked or lived in a forest.
• FISInternational Ski Federation
• conclusivePertaining to a conclusion.
• GrenobleA commune in the French Alps in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
• faroA game of chance played by betting on the order in which certain cards will appear when taken singly from the top of the pack.
• sylvanPertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
• inertUnable to move or act; inanimate.
• AOCA label for French wines named after their regions of origin certifying that origin.
• colossalExtremely large or on a great scale.
• anaerobicWithout oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
• cassieA thorny shrub with fragrant yellow flowers, Vachellia farnesiana; the needle bush.
• typographyThe art or practice of setting and arranging type; typesetting.
• StephA diminutive of the female given name Stephanie.
• sashA piece of cloth designed to be worn around the waist.
• physiqueThe natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.
• margeMargin; edge; brink or verge.
• honeA sharpening stone composed of extra-fine grit used for removing the burr or curl from the blade of a razor or some other edge tool.
• mobilizeTo make something mobile.
• rationalityThe quality or state of being rational; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.
• JustineA female given name from Latin.
• apathyLack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
• federalismA system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
• mottA copse or small grove of trees, especially live oak or elm.
• utiliseTo make use of; to use.
• gallantBrave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
• insecticideAny of various substances used to kill insects.
• looA lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
• dorianOf or relating to the Dorians.
• bohemiaA community of bohemians, unconventional artists or writers.
• fatalityThe state proceeding from destiny; invincible necessity, superior to, and independent of, free and rational control.
• reciprocityThe characteristic of being reciprocal, e.g. of a relationship between people.
• MathisA surname.
• HenriettaA female given name from the Germanic languages.
• WabashAn unincorporated community in Phillips County, Arkansas.
• picketA stake driven into the ground.
• cartographyThe creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.
• incompetenceAn inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude.
• retroactiveExtending in scope, effect, application or influence to a prior time or to prior conditions.
• evokeTo call out; to draw out or bring forth.
• archaicThe prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
• dadaFather, dad.
• HeleneA female given name from Ancient Greek.
• vigilantWatchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary.
• contestantA participant in a contest; specifically, a person who plays a game, as on a TV game show.
• leveeAn elevated ridge of deposited sediment on the banks of a river, formed by the river's overflow at times of high discharge.
• extraditionA formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government or jurisdiction is handed over to another government or jurisdiction for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence.
• acidityThe quality or state of being acid.
• econometricsThe branch of economics that applies statistical methods to the empirical study of economic theories and relationships.
• decadentCharacterized by moral or cultural decline.
• sadismThe enjoyment of inflicting pain or humiliation without pity.
• lucerneAlfalfa.
• circulatoryOf or pertaining to a circulation, especially to the circulatory system.
• precautionPrevious caution or care; caution previously employed to prevent misfortune or to secure good.
• philanthropicOf or pertaining to philanthropy; characterized by philanthropy; loving or helping mankind
• BernadetteA female given name from French.
• FavreA surname from French.
• piqueTo wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
• bigotryThe condition or the characteristic quality of a bigot, especially religious, anti-religious or racial intolerant prejudice; opinionatedness; fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.
• DelanoA surname.
• nudismThe belief in or practice of going nude in social, nonsexualized and frequently mixed-gender groups specifically in cultures where going nude in the social situation is not the norm.
• ventralRelated to the abdomen or stomach.
• francophoneFrench-speaking.
• bastionA projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
• paleontologyThe study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.