Word origins

• collineA small hill or mount.
• sondageA small test excavation or test pit to examine the stratigraphy of a site; a deeper investigation of a small part of a larger trench.
• dolmanA long, loose garment with narrow sleeves and an opening in the front, generally worn by Turks.
• fraiseTo put in danger, in terror, or at risk.
• teintColour, tinge; tint.
• ChazalThe sages from the time of the Second Temple and afterward, through the sixth century C.E.
• repechageA heat (as in rowing or fencing) in which the best competitors who have lost in a previous round compete for a place or places yet left in the next round.
• pontonA surname.
• lambicA midstrength, traditional Belgian and Flemish sour beer of spontaneous fermentation.
• NieuportA city and municipality of West Flanders, Belgium.
• buskTo solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
• gastropodAny member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.
• pineauAn alcoholic drink made from unfermented grape juice and cognac.
• argotA secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
• LaurentidesA region of Quebec, Canada.
• athameA ceremonial pointed knife or dagger, used especially in Wicca and other neopagan traditions and typically having a black handle with magical symbols on it.
• immanenceThe state of being immanent; inherency.
• DevereA surname from French.
• LefortA surname from French.
• PhilibertA male given name from French.
• LegrosA surname from French.
• incandescencethe emission of visible light by a hot body
• echinodermAn animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars.
• blondinA specialized type of material ropeway that incorporates a mechanism to raise and lower loads vertically from the suspended ropeway.
• debutantA person (especially a male) who débuts, or appears for the first time.
• doctrinaireA person who stubbornly holds to a philosophy or opinion regardless of its feasibility.
• tacheMoustache, mustache.
• bouillabaisseA type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.
• gerbeA (wheat) sheaf.
• NinetteA female given name.
• adenoidOf or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.
• CLSCA nonprofit community center in Quebec that offers public health service; a community medical clinic.
• inanityThe property of being inane, of lacking material of interest or satisfaction, emptiness.
• peplumA peplos, an Ancient Greek garment formed of a tubular piece of cloth folded back upon itself halfway down so that the top of the tube is worn around the waist, and the bottom covers the legs down to the ankles; the open top is then worn over the shoulders, and draped, in folds, down to the waist. Compare the Roman palla.
• visonAn American mink (Neogale vison).
• monocoqueA structure design in which the frame and body are built as a single integrated structure.
• egoistAn advocate of egoism.
• BeaucheminA surname from French.
• chaperonAn adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
• RoburA male given name from Latin.
• graphyA particular spelling or written form, in the context of the French language.
• celestaA musical instrument consisting principally of a set of graduated steel plates struck with hammers that are activated by a keyboard.
• LartigueA surname from French.
• andouilleA spiced, heavily smoked Cajun pork sausage, often made from the entire gastrointestinal system of the pig.
• SoucyA surname from French.
• PrieurA surname from French.
• aiguilleA needle-shaped peak.
• chanterelleA widely distributed edible mushroom, Cantharellus cibarius, being yellow and trumpet-shaped; or any similar mushroom of the genera Cantharellus, Polyozellus or Gomphus, not all of which are edible.
• titrateTo ascertain the amount of a constituent in a solution (or other mixture) by measuring the volume of a known concentration (the "standard solution") needed to complete a reaction.
• PrigogineA surname from Russian, variant of Prigozhin
• pitonA spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).
• RozierA surname from French.
• SoulierA surname from French.
• VasseurA surname.
• remisA draw.
• defeatismAcceptance of defeat without struggle.
• finityThe state or characteristic of being limited in number or scope.
• BenoistA surname from French, equivalent to English Benedict.
• secateursSmall, handheld pruning shears.
• MorissetA surname from French.
• ClarisseSynonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare, sometimes particularly such a nun who followed the original rules of Saint Clare of Assisi.
• LevequeA surname from French.
• DesrochesThe main island of the Amirante Islands, part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles.
• TrudelA surname from French.
• servalA medium-sized African wild cat, Leptailurus serval, formerly Felis serval.
• baizeA thick, soft, usually woolen cloth resembling felt; often colored green and used for coverings on card tables, billiard and snooker tables, etc.
• perianthThe sterile parts of a flower; collectively, the sepals and petals (or tepals).
• alembicAn early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
• KanakAn indigenous Melanesian inhabitant of New Caledonia.
• intertextualityThe idea that a given text is a response to what has already been written, be it explicit or implicit.
• DanlosA surname from French.
• iodeSynonym of iodine.
• epizooticAn occurrence of a disease or disorder in a population of non-human animals at a frequency higher than that expected in a given time period.
• DuvalierA surname from French; especially when referring to François Duvalier and Jean-Claude Duvalier, 34th and 35th presidents of Haiti
• aquarelleA watercolour (painting)
• cappoSynonym of capote (“coat”).
• ingenueAn innocent, unsophisticated, naïve, wholesome girl or young woman.
• effervescenceThe escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.
• ProvencherA surname from French.
• eukaryoteAny of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
• dioriteA grey intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of plagioclase feldspar, biotite, hornblende and/or pyroxene.
• FreemantleA suburb of the city of Southampton, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4012).
• HuotA surname from French
• recriminationThe act of recriminating.
• loirdormouse
• TogoleseOf, from, or pertaining to Togo or its people.
• embouchureThe use of the lips, facial muscles, tongue, and teeth when playing a wind instrument.
• symbolistOf or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century European arts and literature
• deputeTo assign (someone or something) to or for something.
• mansardhaving two slopes on each side, the lower being steeper than the upper
• skiveTo avoid one's lessons or work (chiefly at school or university); shirk.
• LuberonA mountain range in Vaucluse and Alpes-de-Haute-Provence departments, France.
• disorientTo cause to lose orientation or direction.
• courgetteA particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
• fontanelleA soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
• MatonA surname.
• keloidA hard raised growth of scar tissue at the site of an injury.
• DuguayA surname from French.
• TwillingateA town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
• GaetanA male given name from French, equivalent to English Cajetan.