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abduction: abductive movement; abduction; abductive reasoning; abduction
abeilardiser: to castrate
abeillage: the right of a feudal lord to the beehives found in the woods of his vassals; the tax imposed on bees in pre-Revolutionary France; beekeeping
abeille: bee, honey bee; a writer whose style is considered pure like honey; bullet
abeille charpentière: carpenter bee
abeille mère: queen bee
abeille ouvrière: worker bee
abeille à miel: honey bee
abeiller: Relative to bees and their keeping
abeiller: a beehive for bee keeping; a beekeeper; a bee-eater
abeillier: Pre-1990 spelling of abeiller (“beehive”).
abeillé: Marked with bees
abelsonite: abelsonite
aber: a ria, especially one in Brittany
aberdonien: Aberdonian
aberrance: character of what is aberrant; an aberration or anomaly
aberrant: aberrant, abnormal or anomalous; which is impossible according to the norms or rules
aberration: aberration; the state of being aberrant; aberration or mutation
aberration chromatique: chromatic aberration
aberration sphérique: spherical aberration
aberrer: to make a mistake; to wander in one's judgement; to skew; to render inexact or aberrant; to lose oneself or deviate from a straight path
abessif: abessive
abessif: abessive, abessive case
abhinaya: abhinaya
abhorrable: abhorrable
abhorrer: to abominate, to abhor, to loathe
abidjanais: of Abidjan; Abidjanese
abies: a fir tree
abigéat: abigeat
abime: post-1990 spelling of abîme
abimer: post-1990 spelling of abîmer
abinomn: Abinomn
abiogenèse: abiogenesis
abiotique: abiotic
abiotiquement: abiotically
abisser: to damage, destroy; to overthrow
abitibien: of the Abitibi region of Quebec; Abitibian
abiétacée: a member of the Pinaceae plant family
abiétacées: the Pinaceae plant family
abiétaie: synonym of sapinière
abiéticole: abieticolous
abiétin: Related or similar to fir trees
abiétiné: That resembles fir trees
abjadique: abjadic
abject: Worthy of utmost contempt or disgust; vile; despicable; of the lowest social position
abjectement: in manner worthy of absolute contempt or disgust
abjection: something that is worthy of utter contempt
abjurateur: someone who has committed abjuration
abjuration: the action of abjurer
abjuratoire: Related to the action of abjurer
abjurer: to renounce or abandon solemnly; to abjure; to formally renounce one's religious belief; to apostatise; to reject by oath someone's authority
abkhaze: Abkhaz; of Abkhazia (regardless of ethnicity)
abkhaze: the Abkhaz language
abkhazien: of Abkhazia; Abkhaz
abkhazien: Abkhazian (the language of Abkhazia)
ablactation: Interruption in secretion of breast milk, usually caused by a hormonal imbalance; the weaning of a child
ablastine: ablastin
ablatable: ablatable
ablater: to perform ablation of; to ablate; to progressively remove (usually in small amounts) due to an ablation process
ablatif: ablation; conceived to resist a process of ablation; of the ablative case