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

amoralement: amorally
amoralisme: amoralism
amoraliste: amoralist
amorce: bait (used to catch fish); primer (substance used to start a fire); bait; primer (strand)
amorcer: to prime, set in motion; to begin, to get to work on (to commence a project); to break ground (start construction work); to boot; to bait (lace with bait)
amorceur: initiator
amorcé: primed
amordancer: synonym of mordancer
amoroso: in a tender, loving style
amorphe: amorphous (without a definite shape of nature); amorphous (in a non-crystalline solid state); sluggish, inert (lacking vivacity)
amorti: bunt; first touch, control
amortie: drop shot
amortir: to cushion, absorb, soften (shock, blow etc.); to deaden, muffle (noise); to pay off, amortize; to redeem (a title); to put an amortizement on
amortissable: depreciable
amortissement: amortizement; cushioning, softening, or deafening of a sound or impact
amortisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of amortir
amortisseur: damper; shock absorber
amorçage: priming; booting; sparkover
amouillante: about to calve
amour: love
amour courtois: courtly love
amour de soi: self-love
amour de vacances: vacation romance, holiday romance, holiday fling
amour du prochain: love of one's neighbour
amour libre: free love
amour platonique: Platonic love.
amour-propre: self-esteem; quality of self-love; positive regard for oneself
amouracher: to fall hopelessly in love; to be infatuated (de (“with”))
amourette: fling, petty love affair, amourette
amoureusement: amorously, lovingly
amoureux: love; in love
amoureux: lover (one who romantically loves a person)
amours: love affairs
amovibilité: removability
amovible: removable; able to be dismissed (e.g. a judge); removable, detachable
amoxicilline: amoxicillin
amphi: lecture theatre
amphiarthrose: amphiarthrosis
amphibie: amphibious (all meanings)
amphibie: amphibian
amphibien: amphibian
amphibiotique: amphibiotic
amphibole: amphibole
amphibolique: amphibolic (all senses)
amphibologie: amphibology
amphibologique: amphibological
amphibologiquement: amphibologically
amphibéringien: amphiberingian
amphicontinental: amphicontinental
amphictyon: amphictyon
amphictyonide: amphictyonic
amphictyonie: amphictyony
amphictyonique: amphictyonic
amphidelphe: amphidelphic
amphidrome: amphidromous
amphigame: amphigamous
amphigouri: rigmarole; gibberish
amphigourique: enigmatic, obscure, puzzling
amphigouriquement: enigmatically, obscurely, puzzlingly
amphihalin: amphihaline