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9,359 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

adénosine triphosphate: adenosine triphosphate
adénosyl: adenosyl
adénoviral: adenoviral (of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus)
adénovirus: adenovirus (any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans)
adénoïde: adenoid; glandular
adénoïdectomie: adenoidectomy
adénylique: adenylic
adéphage: adephagous
adéquat: suitable, appropriate, adequate
adéquatement: adequately
adéquation: appropriateness, conformity, adequacy
adéquiste: a member of Action démocratique du Québec
adéquiste: of Action démocratique du Québec
aegagropile: nonstandard spelling of égagropile
aegirine: aegirine
aegosome: any of genus Aegosoma of long-horned beetles
aerhydrique: aerohydrous
aeschne: hawker (dragonfly of the genus Aeshna)
aethusa: fool's parsley (plant of the genus Aethusa)
afar: Afar (language)
afar: Afar
affabilité: affability
affable: affable, amicable, sociable
affablement: affably
affabulateur: inveterate storyteller
affabulation: the moral of a fable, tale, story, etc.; fantasy, invention
affabulatoire: affabulatory
affabuler: to make up stories, to tell a fable
affacturage: factoring
affacturer: to factor
affadir: to make tasteless, insipid or bland
affadissant: fading
affadissement: blandness
affadisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of affadir
affaiblir: to weaken, to flag, to make weaker, to enfeeble, enervate, attenuate; to weaken, to become weaker
affaiblissant: weakening, making weak
affaiblissement: weakening
affaiblisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of affaiblir
affaire: business; matter; affair; deal, transaction, bargain; business, enterprise; affair, scandal; case, trial
affaire d'État: affair of state, state matter, government matter; matter of paramount importance
affaire de cœur: matter of the heart, affair of the heart (matter relating to one's love life)
affaire de vie ou de mort: matter of life and death, matter of life or death
affairement: bustle, hustle and bustle (an excited activity; a stir)
affairer: to absorb; to busy oneself
affaires: plural of affaire; belongings; business
affaires courantes: day-to-day running of a country
affaires étrangères: foreign affairs (policy)
affaires étudiantes: student affairs
affairisme: racketeering
affairiste: wheeler-dealer; racketeer
affairé: busy
affaissement: collapse, cave-in; subsidence
affaisser: to cause to subside; to subside, go down, sink; to cave in, sag, give way, collapse; to ebb, weaken
affaitage: hacking (training a falcon/hawk)
affaitement: synonym of affaitage
affaiter: to hack (train a hawk/falcon)
affaiteur: hacker (person who trains a hawk)
affalable: lowerable
affalement: lowering (of a mast etc)
affaler: to lower, let down; to slump, slouch, plop down