Word origins

• DaigneaultA surname.
• LetellierA surname from French.
• assonanceThe repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
• vacherinA soft cow's-milk cheese from France and Switzerland.
• prelatureprelates in general
• palmierA type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.
• JacotA surname from French.
• AntwonA male given name from French, equivalent to English Anthony.
• cystoceleHernial intrusion of the bladder into the vagina, resulting from tearing of the pubocervical fascia during childbirth and often accompanied by urethroceles.
• souverainA gold coin of several former polities of the Netherlands.
• chanteurA male singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
• recalcitranceThe state of being recalcitrant.
• GrenelleA commune of Seine department, France.
• ornithopterAn aircraft that generates lift through the flapping of its wings.
• JunodA surname from French.
• depurationThe removal of impurities, especially from bodily fluids; purification, cleansing.
• posticheAny item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.
• creperieA restaurant that specializes in crêpes.
• incarnadineOf the pale pink or pale red colour of flesh; carnation.
• GametA surname.
• MorneaultA surname from French.
• PouponA surname from French
• CouderayA town and village therein, in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, United States.
• GibertA surname.
• pipistrelleAny of various species of bats of the genus Pipistrellus.
• precocityThe state of being precocious.
• FaucheuxA surname from French.
• BourdinA surname from French.
• mesdamesplural of Madam (“polite form of address for a woman or lady”)
• millilitreA unit of measure of capacity, equal to one thousandth of a litre. Symbol: mL or ml.
• DurlandA surname from French.
• tremblementAn action or condition of trembling; a tremor.
• puzzelA harlot; a hussy.
• VerretA surname from French.
• deifyTo make into a god.
• AmiraultA surname from French.
• amendeA monetary punishment; a fine.
• DucheneA surname from French.
• champignonAny mushroom of the genus Agaricus.
• ParizeauA surname from French.
• ChaourceA soft, creamy French cow's-milk cheese with a white rind.
• squillA European bulbous liliaceous plant, of the genus Scilla, used in medicine for its acrid, expectorant, diuretic, and emetic properties
• PavieA city in Gers department, France.
• DuhaimeA surname from French.
• clairaudienceThe power to perceive auditory stimuli beyond the realm of normal hearing.
• banquetteA narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet elevated above its terreplein and used by defenders to shoot at attackers.
• usagerOne who has the use of anything held in trust for another.
• OzanneA surname from French.
• prestidigitationA performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands.
• graticuleThe network of lines of latitude and longitude that make up a coordinate system such as the one used for charts and maps of the Earth.
• MontgolfierA surname from French.
• AnjouanFrom Anjou.
• BossardA surname from French.
• TurkoA native Algerian infantrymans in the French army during the Crimean War.
• confiturea preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
• concisionSynonym of conciseness (“brevity or terseness”).
• KreyA surname.
• AmiotA surname from French.
• PabonA surname from Spanish.
• insectivoreInsect-eating animal or plant.
• allumetteA matchstick.
• suzerainA dominant nation or state that has control over the international affairs of a subservient state which otherwise has domestic autonomy.
• conniveTo secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire.
• SignoretA surname from French.
• VigneaultA surname from French.
• bejanA freshman at various Scottish and continental universities.
• insouciantCasually unconcerned; carefree, indifferent, nonchalant.
• espalierA latticework used to shape or train the branches of a tree or shrub into a two-dimensional ornamental or useful design, as along a wall or fence.
• GuerryA surname from French.
• daubeA stew of braised meat, usually beef.
• shareeA person with whom something is shared.
• AlidA descendant of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, the fourth caliph and the first Shi'ite Imam.
• interrobangThe nonstandard punctuation mark ⟨‽⟩ (a combination of ⟨?⟩ and ⟨!⟩), which may be used at the end of a sentence to express excitement or disbelief, or to indicate that it is a rhetorical question.
• garronA small and usually disdained type of horse, typically bred in Scotland and Ireland.
• flaneurOne who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
• lacisA type of lace consisting of patterns darned on to net.
• MersereauA surname from French.
• libelleA pamphlet or book that slanders a public political figure.
• AssoulineA surname from French.
• agamiA South American bird, Psophia crepitans, allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated.
• bayadereA female dancer.
• futter(obsolete) To fuck.
• charrierA surname from French.
• GeoffrionA surname from French.
• ouvrierA French labourer or manual worker.
• cannellecinnamon
• CharlineA female given name from French, equivalent to English Charlene.
• baliseAn electronic beacon or transponder placed between the rails of a railway.
• flageoletA type of small flute of the fipple family.
• xebecA small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.
• bijouterieSmall articles of jewellery, trinkets, etc.
• lutherieThe craft of making stringed musical instruments.
• PlasseA surname from French.
• FralinA surname from French.
• pasteurisationHeat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores.
• decapodHaving ten legs.
• mouflonA species of wild sheep, Ovis orientalis musimon, syn. Ovis aries musimon, endemic to Sardinia and Corsica.
• disquisitionA methodical inquiry or investigation.
• amouretteA petty love affair.
• arterioleOne of the small branches of an artery, especially one that connects with capillaries.