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5,394 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

benzénique: benzenic
benêt: half-wit, simpleton
ber: a cradle that holds a ship before and during its launch
berbouisset: butcher's broom
berbère: Berber (of or relating to the Berber people)
berbère: the Berber language family
berbéris: barberry
berbérisant: Relating to Berber culture
berbérisant: Berberologist
berbérisation: Berberization
berbériser: to Berberize
berbérisme: Berberism (Berber nationalism); Berberism (word of Berber origin)
berbériste: Berberist (Berber nationalist)
berbérité: Berberness
berbérophone: Berberophone
berbérophone: Berberophone
bercail: fold (enclosure for animals); house, home
berce: hogweed, any plant of the genus Heracleum
berceau: cradle, crib (bed for a baby); cradle, birthplace, place of origin; arch, vault
bercelonnette: bassinet (cradle)
bercement: rocking
bercer: to cradle; to rock
berceur: soothing
berceuse: cradler, someone who cradles or rocks a baby; ellipsis of chanson berceuse: a lullaby; ellipsis of chaise berceuse: a rocking chair
berdasser: to make noise by shaking or moving around (e.g. furniture); to alter, to upset the order or arrangement (of books, etc.); to make a great deal of noise; to rattle around, to get jostled around noisily; to do odds and ends, to work without pressure, to do light work
bergamasque: Bergamask
bergamasque: Bergamask (dance)
bergamote: bergamot, a pear cultivar; bergamot, a citrus cultivar; the scent of such a citrus used in perfumery; a bonbon treated with such a perfume
bergamotier: bergamot
berge: bank (of river, canal); raised pavement, banked edge
berge: year
berger: shepherd
berger allemand: German shepherd (large-sized breed of dog often used as a guard dog or police dog)
berger australien: Australian Shepherd
bergerette: young shepherdess
bergerie: sheepfold; pastoral; counter
bergeronnette: wagtail
berginisation: Bergius process
berginiser: to produce hydrocarbons from coal by the Bergius process
bergsonien: Bergsonian
bergère: female equivalent of berger (“shepherdess”); wing chair
berimbau: berimbau
berkélate: berkelate
berkélium: berkelium
berle: water parsnip
berline: berlin (four-wheeled carriage); a sedan or saloon car; a minecart, tub
berlingot: berlingot; a plastic-coated paper carton for packaging liquids; a Tetra Pak
berlinois: Berlinian (of, from or relating to the city of Berlin, capital of Germany)
berlue: disturbance of vision, distorted view
berme: berm
bermuda: Bermuda shorts
bermudien: of Bermuda; Bermudan
bermudienne: blue-eyed grass
bernache: brant, barnacle goose; any goose of the genus Branta; grape juice at the beginning of its fermentation process
bernache: barnacle
bernache du Canada: Canada goose, Branta canadensis
bernache nonnette: barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis
bernacle: synonym of bernache
bernard l'ermite: alternative spelling of bernard-l'ermite
bernard-l'ermite: hermit crab