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

ardeur: intense heat; ardour, fervour, passion
ardillon: tongue (of buckle); barb (of fishhook)
ardimontan: of, from or relating to the village of Montardit, Ariège department, Occitania, France
ardoise: Similar in color to slate, a dark gray between neutral or blueish
ardoise: slate (rock); a small, portable chalkboard; an unpaid bill; slate (bar tab)
ardoiser: to cover with slates (or with a slate colour); to put it on the slate (pay with an informal credit account)
ardoisier: slate; slaty
ardoisé: slate gray
ardre: to burn; to consume
ardu: steep (of a near-vertical gradient); arduous, needing or using up much energy, difficult
ardument: post-1990 spelling of ardûment
ardéchois: from Ardèche
ardéiforme: heron (or other bird of the family Ardeidae)
ardûment: steeply; arduously, difficultly
are: an are
arec: areca; areca nut
areligieux: areligious
aremberge: synonym of ramberge
arf: argh, ugh, oy
argale: good-for-nothing
argan: argan
arganier: argan tree
argelas: synonym of ajonc de Provence, Ulex parviflorus; synonym of genêt scorpion, Genista scorpius
argent: silver; money, cash; argent (white in heraldry)
argent blanc: coin, cash, change (an amount of money)
argent de poche: pocket money
argent sale: dirty money, ill-gotten gains
argentaffine: argentaffin
argentage: silver plating
argentan: nickel silver
argenter: to silverplate
argenterie: silver cutlery, silverware
argenteur: silver plater (person)
argentier: silversmith
argentifère: argentiferous
argentin: silvery; Argentine (from Argentina)
argentinien: Argentinian
argentique: argentic (containing silver); silver
argentite: argentite
argentophile: argentophilic
argenture: silver plate
argenté: silver (having a color/colour like silver), silvery; silvered (coated with silver); rich, wealthy, moneyed
argh: argh (expression of annoyance)
argien: Relating to Argos
argilacé: argillaceous
argilane: argillan
argile: clay
argile smectique: fuller's earth
argileux: clayey
argiliforme: claylike
argilifère: argilliferous
argilique: argillic
argilière: claypit
argiloïde: claylike
argon: argon
argonaute: argonaut
argot: slang; cant (secret language)
argotier: a person who speaks slang
argotique: slangy
argotiquement: With the use of slang