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arène: arena
aréage: area of land measured in ares
aréal: areal
aréflexie: areflexia
aréique: areic
aréna: a hockey arena
arénacé: arenaceous
arénaire: arenaceous
aréneux: arenaceous
arénicole: arenicolous
aréniforme: areniform, sandlike
arénifère: areniferous, sandy
arénique: arenic
arénisation: arenization
arénite: arenite
arénophile: arenophilic
arénuleux: arenulous
aréographie: areography
aréographique: areographic
aréolaire: areolar
aréole: areola; areole
aréolé: areolate
aréomètre: areometer
aréométrie: areometry
aréométrique: areometric
aréopage: Areopagus (supreme judicial and legislative council of Athens); group of eminent people
aréopagite: Areopagite
aréopagite: Areopagite
aréopagitique: Areopagitic
aréostyle: areostyle
aréquier: areca
arétin: of Arrezzo, Italy
arête: bone (of a fish), fishbone; edge (of an object); ridge, crest (of mountain); groin (of vault); bridge of nose; beard (of rye, barley etc.); awn
arêtier: hip (structural member)
arôme: aroma; flavoring
as: ace (card of value 1); ace (expert or pilot); as (Roman coin)
as de la gâchette: gunslinger (person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing)
as des as: ace of aces
as-tu besoin d'aide: do you need help?
as-tu des frères et sœurs: do you have any brothers or sisters? (informal)
asacramentaire: asacramental (not sacramental)
asaret: wild spikenard, asarabacca (Asarum europaeum)
asbeste: asbestos
asbestiforme: asbestiform
asbestose: asbestosis
asboline: asbolin
ascalaphe: owlfly (Neuroptera, family Ascalaphidae)
ascaride: synonym of ascaris
ascaridiase: synonym of ascaridiose
ascaridiose: ascariasis
ascaris: ascarid
ascendance: ascent; ancestry; thermal. Area of rising air used by glider pilots.
ascendant: ascendant
ascendant: ascendant; supremacy, ascendancy; ancestor, forefather, progenitor
ascendeur: ascendeur
ascendre: to ascend
ascenseur: lift, elevator; scroll bar
ascenseur social: the social ladder, social mobility (that which allows people to move up a social hierarchy)
ascenseur spatial: space elevator
ascension: ascent; ascension