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accro: hooked (addicted, unable to resist)
accro: addict
accrobranche: a type of adventure park involving ropes or cables suspended through trees
accroc: tear, rip; glitch; breach, infringement
accrochage: collision, bump; clash; the area of a coalmine where full tubs are loaded into the cage for hoisting to the surface; pit bottom, pit eye
accroche: lead-in (attention-grabbing beginning to an article, advertisement etc.); teaser
accroche-cœur: kiss curl
accrocher: to hook, hook up (attach with a hook); to pick up, become attached to; to pick up, to come to learn (e.g. a skill); to get, get hold of, obtain something; to hang up (the phone) (end a telephone conversation)
accrocheur: catchy; attention-grabbing
accrocheur: a worker who loads full tubs into the cage at the pit bottom; onsetter, pit-bottomer
accroire: to believe (something false)
accroissable: increasable
accroissant: increasing, expanding, widening
accroissement: growth
accroitre: post-1990 spelling of accroître
accroupir: to crouch, squat; to debase oneself (morally); to make someone or something crouch or squat
accroupissement: squat, squatting (body position)
accroupisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of accroupir
accroître: to increase; to increase, to grow
accrue: dry land created by draining
accréditation: accreditation
accréditer: accredit
accréditeur: accrediting
accréditif: letter of credit
accrédité: authorised, accredited, credentialed
accrémentitiel: accrementitial
accrémentition: accrementition
accrétion: accretion (growth by natural means)
accrétionnaire: accretionary
accu: accumulator, battery
accueil: reception, hospitality; acceptance; home page (of a website)
accueillable: accommodatable
accueillant: welcoming, accommodating
accueillir: to welcome, to accommodate; to host
acculer: to corner someone, to prevent retreat or escape
acculturation: acculturation
acculturer: to acculture
acculé: cornered; forced; of a quadruped (especially a horse): represented rearing up as if ready to gallop
accumobile: electric vehicle (powered by an accumulator (rechargeable battery))
accumulateur: accumulator, battery
accumulation: accumulation (action of accumulating); accumulation (result of accumulating)
accumulatrice: accumulator (thing that accumulates something)
accumuler: to accumulate
accumulé: accumulated
accusable: accusable
accusataire: accusatory
accusateur: accusing, accusatory
accusateur: accuser, prosecutor
accusatif: accusative, accusative case
accusatif absolu: accusative absolute
accusation: accusation
accusatoire: accusatory
accuser: to accuse; to find fault with; to show; to reveal; to acknowledge receipt of something
accuser le coup: to be visibly shaken, to be visibly affected
accuser réception: to confirm receipt, to acknowledge receipt
accusé: accused
accusé: past participle of accuser; marked, conspicuous
accusé de réception: receipt, acknowledgment of receipt
accès: access; attack, sudden fit, bout
accédant: accessor