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amariner: to become a sailor; to get one's sea legs
amarivaudé: In the style of marivaudage
amarnien: of Amarna
amarrage: mooring; docking (of spacecraft)
amarre: rope, mooring
amarrer: to moor; to tie with rope
amarsir: to land on the surface of the planet Mars
amarsissage: Mars landing (of a spacecraft)
amarsisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of amarsir
amaryllidacée: amaryllid (of the family Amaryllidaceae)
amaryllis: amaryllis
amas: pile, heap; cluster
amas d'étoiles: star cluster
amas globulaire: globular cluster
amas ouvert: open cluster (star cluster)
amas stellaire: star cluster
amasser: to amass; to gather up; to accumulate, to build up; to huddle
amassette: palette knife (used in mixing paint)
amateur: lover of something; amateur; hobbyist
amateur: amateur, amateurish
amateurisme: amateurism, amateur hour; amateurishness
amateuriste: amateurish
amatir: to give gold or silver a matte finish
amatisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of amatir
amatoire: amatory
amatonormativité: Amatonormativity.
amaurose: amaurosis
amaurotique: amaurotic
amazigh: Amazigh, Berber (language)
amazigh: Amazigh, Berber
amazighisant: synonym of berbérisant (“Berberologist”)
amazighisme: Amazighism (Berber nationalism)
amazighité: Amazighity
amazighophone: Berberophone
amazighophone: Berberophone
amazone: Amazon (race of females); amazon parrot; sidesaddle (riding technique); riding habit, amazone
amazonien: Amazon
amazonite: amazonite
ambage: ambage
ambassade: an embassy, diplomatic representation in a foreign state, notably headed by an ambassador
ambassadeur: ambassador
ambassadrice: ambassadress, female ambassador; wife of an ambassador ("Madame l'Ambassadrice")
ambaville: Hubertia ambavilla Bory
ambaville blanc: synonym of hubertie tomenteuse (Hubertia tomentosa Bory)
ambaville blanche: synonym of hubertie tomenteuse (Hubertia tomentosa Bory)
ambiance: ambiance, atmosphere, environment, milieu
ambiancer: to set up a festive mood
ambianceur: host, entertainer, MC; party animal, partier; One who creates an ambiance or atmosphere
ambiant: ambient
ambidextre: ambidextrous person
ambidextre: ambidextrous (having equal ability with both hands)
ambidextrie: ambidexterity
ambigrammatique: ambigrammatic
ambigramme: ambigram (a design that may be read in two different ways)
ambigu: ambiguation; a meal where all courses are served together; a buffet
ambigu: ambiguous (open to multiple interpretations)
ambigument: ambiguously
ambiguïser: to ambiguate
ambiguïté: ambiguity (something liable to more than one interpretation)
ambigène: ambigenous