Word origins

• DujardinA surname from French.
• provincialismThe quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
• pelmetA decorative item that is placed above a window to hide the curtain mechanisms, visually similar to a cornice or valance.
• PapinA surname from French.
• TessinTicino
• GuillouA surname from Breton.
• pomponA hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads.
• PettyjohnA surname. of French origin
• shakoA stiff, cylindrical military dress hat with a metal plate in front, a short visor, and a plume.
• PeloquinA surname from French.
• savarinA type of leavened cake often drizzled with liquor.
• milliard10⁹, a thousand (times a) million. (Now generally replaced by the short scale billion.)
• JolicoeurA surname from French.
• gazonOne of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks.
• raleAn abnormal clicking, rattling or crackling sound, made by one or both lungs and heard with a stethoscope, caused by the popping open of airways collapsed by fluid or exudate, or sometimes by pulmonary edema.
• plaquetteA small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures.
• renvoiA situation in which a court, tasked with deciding which state's law should apply to a case, decides to apply the law of the forum, based on the determination that a court from another involved state would also apply the law of the forum.
• saurianA reptile of the suborder Sauria.
• MaillouxA surname from French.
• TadoussacA village municipality in La Haute-Côte-Nord Regional County Municipality, Côte-Nord region, Quebec, Canada.
• reprobationThe act of reprobating; the state of being reprobated; strong disapproval, reproof or censure.
• clavecinharpsichord
• raffinoseA trisaccharide, composed of galactose, glucose and fructose, that is widely distributed in many plants.
• pirogueA canoe of shallow draft, made by hollowing a log.
• BreauA surname from French.
• cabaneThe tripod, pylon, or struts usually at the centre-section of a biplane or high-winged monoplane.
• mignonetteA plant, Reseda odorata, having greyish-green flowers with orange-coloured stamens, and exhaling a delicious fragrance. In Africa it is a low shrub, but further north it is usually an annual herb.
• tartineA slice of bread topped with sweet or savoury spreadable food such as butter, jam, honey, cream, or sauce.
• ChasteenA surname from French.
• oublietteA dungeon only accessible by a trapdoor at the top.
• MaltaisA surname from French.
• MauriacA French surname.
• MalebrancheA surname from French
• ksara fortified traditional village in North Africa.
• gigantismThe quality or state of being gigantic; being of abnormally large size.
• LamarreA surname from French.
• gallimaufryA hash of various kinds of meats; a ragout.
• LussacA surname from French.
• flaconA small stoppered glass bottle, often used for keeping perfume.
• RedemptoristA member of the Roman Catholic missionary congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (i.e. Jesus Christ), founded in 1732 by Saint Alphonsus Maria of Liguori
• HochelagaA former village in the Island of Montreal, Saint Lawrence River, North America.
• sacristanThe person who maintains the sacristy and the sacred objects it contains.
• grammaticalizationThe process of making grammatical.
• MoptiA city in central Mali.
• BonninA surname.
• ArseneauA surname from French.
• vigneronA person who grows vines for wine production, a winegrower
• fauteuilAn armchair.
• SatreA surname from French.
• croquisA quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.
• spenardA surname from French
• BouctoucheA town in Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada.
• BanetA surname from French.
• filiationThe condition of being a child of a specified parent.
• DeurneA commune of Rhône department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France.
• bouffeA comic opera
• MithraismAn astrology-based, middle-platonic mystery religion of the 1st-4th century Roman Empire that claimed to have been founded by Zoroaster, admitted only men, and was especially popular among the Roman military.
• savoyardA native or inhabitant of Savoy, a cultural region, largely part of the modern administrative region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
• samphirePlants of genus Salicornia (syn. Salicornia)
• coquetA flirtatious female; a coquette.
• parapluieAn umbrella.
• portefeuilleAn artist's portfolio.
• bagueAn annular moulding or group of mouldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.
• franciumThe chemical element (symbol Fr) with an atomic number of 87. It is an intensely radioactive alkali metal that is not found in nature.
• jambonA square puff pastry containing ham and cheese.
• CouillardA surname from French
• haversackA small, strong bag carried on the back or the shoulder, usually with only one strap, and originally made of canvas.
• SupleeA surname from French.
• SimonetA surname from French.
• tetanicOf or relating to tetanus.
• JosianeA female given name from French.
• reblochonA soft French cow's-milk cheese from the Alpine region of Savoie.
• dentelleAn ornamental tooling like lace.
• governmentalityThe organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
• noyauA French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.
• plafondA ceiling, especially one that is ornately decorated.
• assiseTwo or more beds or strata of rock united by the occurrence of fossils of the same characteristic species or genera.
• nonplaceAn anthropological space of transience where human beings remain anonymous, such as an airport or shopping mall.
• doubloonA former Spanish gold coin, also used in its American colonies.
• francolinAny of various terrestrial birds of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.
• traipseTo walk in a messy or unattractively casual way; to trail through dirt.
• cottierSomeone who lives in a cot or cottage; a cottager.
• seraphineAn early wind instrument with a keyboard, resembling a cross between a reed organ and an accordion, which makes its sound by the action of air being blown across metallic reeds.
• cockadeA rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge.
• BushwayA surname from French.
• sagessewisdom
• fermetureThe mechanism for closing the breech of a breech-loading firearm, in artillery consisting principally of the breechblock, obturator, and carrier ring.
• ormoluGolden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.
• DelfosseA surname from French.
• LagaceA surname from French.
• lamesSmall steel plates combined so as to slide one upon other and form a piece of armour: plural of lame.
• surjectionA function for which every element of the codomain is mapped to by some element of the domain; (formally) any function f:X→Y for which for every y∈Y, there is at least one x∈X such that f(x)=y.
• OujdaA city, the capital of the Oriental Region, Morocco.
• stichomancyDivination by randomly selecting lines or passages from books.
• acheyA surname from French.
• SerbinA surname.
• MarillierA surname from French.
• bonhomieA friendly, good-natured, pleasant manner; an affable and approachable disposition; friendliness.
• industrializeTo develop industry; to become industrial.
• GirardotA surname from French.