Word origins

• libertineSomeone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
• pacifismThe conviction that it is morally wrong to settle disputes (especially between countries) by war or other violent means.
• despotismGovernment by a despot or despots: rule by a singular authority, either a single person or a tight-knit group, which rules with absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.
• LacombeA surname from French.
• phaetona light four-wheeled open carriage drawn by four horses
• GrenierA surname from French.
• gagaMentally senile.
• monotonyTedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
• entrainmentEnthusiasm, liveliness; impulsiveness.
• PlanteA surname from English
• arrondissementAn administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries.
• TGVA French national high-speed train, run by the railway service of the same name.
• ligniteA low-grade, brownish-black coal.
• dernierFinal, last.
• centipedeAny arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
• lavageA washing.
• BlanchettA surname from French.
• souffleA murmuring or blowing sound.
• rebusAn arrangement of pictures, symbols, or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.
• FIBAThe International Basketball Federation.
• PerpignanA city, the capital of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon.
• pinealIn the shape of a pine cone.
• glycerineSynonym of glycerol
• MeunierA surname from French.
• benetTo catch in a net; ensnare.
• cubismAn artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
• suivanteA lady's maid.
• coffretA small box or chest; casket.
• djembeA large, rope-tuned, skin-covered drum played with the bare hands, used in West African and some fusion music.
• gyroscopeAn apparatus composed of a wheel which spins inside of a frame (gimbal) and causes the balancing of the frame in any direction or position. In the form of a gyroscopic stabilizer, used to help keep aircraft and ships steady.
• capsidThe outer protein shell of a virus.
• AgadirA city in Souss-Massa, Morocco.
• MontaigneA surname from French, equivalent to English Mountain.
• chartresA city, the capital of Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
• djvuA file format intended to represent electronic documents, particularly scanned text.
• sachetA small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri.
• luminaireAn electrical device that contains an electric lamp that provides illumination.
• clairvoyantOf, relating to, or having clairvoyance.
• DuryA surname from French.
• barretteA clasp or clip for gathering and holding the hair.
• oleanderNerium oleander, a notoriously poisonous shrub in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, but nonetheless widely grown as an ornamental, having leathery lance-shaped leaves and deep rose-colored or white flowers.
• polemicA person who writes in support of one opinion, doctrine, or system, in opposition to another; one skilled in polemics; a controversialist; a disputant.
• celebrantA person who officiates at a religious ceremony, especially a marriage or the Eucharist.
• omeletteA dish made with beaten eggs cooked in a frying pan without stirring, flipped over to cook on both sides, and sometimes filled or topped with other foodstuffs, for example cheese or chives.
• vernierA secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
• acidificationThe act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
• tiradeA long, angry or violent speech.
• contractileCapable of contracting, or of being contracted.
• inequitableunfair, unequal or unjust.
• opulenceWealth.
• gastronomicOf or pertaining to gastronomy.
• barretA kind of fitted cap worn by medieval soldiers.
• tourniquetA tightly-compressed bandage used to stop bleeding by stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.
• RousseA surname from French.
• inexperienceA lack of experience.
• chicaneA quibble, a pedantic or dishonest objection; an act of deception.
• CCITTFormer name of ITU-T.
• candidatureThe condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship.
• acquiescenceA silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
• ThibaultA surname from French
• carillonA set of bells, often in a bell tower, sometimes operated by means of a keyboard (manual or pedal), originating from the Low Countries.
• ValmontA surname from French
• commodeA low chest of drawers on short legs.
• flatulenceThe state of having gas, often malodorous, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
• cantaloupeCantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe.
• comatoseIn a coma: unconscious.
• oxalateAny salt or ester of oxalic acid.
• BourgetA surname from French.
• escapadeA daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
• dyneA unit of force in the CGS system; the force required to accelerate a mass of one gram by one centimetre per second per second. Symbol: dyn.
• resedaAny of various plants of the genus Reseda having small, pale grayish green flowers, such as dyer's rocket (Reseda luteola) and mignonette (Reseda odorata).
• grigioA Pinot Grigio wine.
• abstentionThe act of restraining oneself.
• falsifyTo alter so as to make false; especially when done with intent to deceive.
• mandrelA round object used as an aid for shaping a material, e.g. shaping or enlarging a ring, or bending or enlarging a pipe without creasing or kinking it.
• solidificationThe action of solidifying.
• abonnementA subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term.
• couturierA person who designs haute couture (high fashion).
• MontvilleA surname from French, alternative form of Monville.
• propylEither of two isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₃H₇, formally derived from propane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
• protectionistOf or pertaining to protectionism, or an advocate thereof.
• DeauvilleA coastal commune in Honfleur-Deauville canton, Lisieux, Calvados department, Côte Fleurie, Lower Normandy, Normandy, France.
• naturismThe belief in or practice of going nude in social settings, often in mixed-gender groups, specifically either in cultures where this is not the norm or for health reasons.
• BessonA surname from French.
• LafargeA surname from French
• fortinA small fort; a fortlet.
• tricotA soft knit fabric.
• eureA department of Normandy, France. Capital: Évreux (INSEE code 27).
• VanierA surname from French.
• PrevostA surname from French.
• illegalitythe state of being illegal
• cadastralof or relating to a cadastre
• BourqueA surname from French
• RoseauThe capital city of Dominica.
• melangeA mixture of different things; a disordered mixture.
• croissantA flaky roll or pastry in a form of a crescent.
• hooplaA bustling to-do, excited speech or noise.
• LebaronA surname from French.
• PayetteA surname from French.
• philatelyStamp collecting.