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

allostérique: allosteric
allothermique: allothermal, allothermic
allotir: to allot
allotissement: allotting, allotment
allotisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of allotir
allotriomorphique: allotriomorphic
allotrope: allotrope
allotrope: allotropic
allotropie: allotropy
allotropique: allotropic
allotétraploïde: allotetraploid
allotétraploïde: allotetraploid
allouable: allottable, allocatable
allouer: to allot, allocate
alloxane: alloxan
alluder: to allude
allumage: lighting; switching on, turning on
allume-cigare: cigar lighter (device in a motor car that was originally designed to light cigars and cigarettes)
allume-feu: firelighter (small block of flammable substance, typically sawdust and wax combined, used to light fires)
allumer: to light, to set alight (a candle, a fire, a cigar); to turn on (the light, a lightbulb, the television, the heating); to start, to turn on (electronic devices with screens); to arouse, to turn on; to flare up
allumette: match (small flammable object); shoestring French fry
allumettier: matchmaker (person who makes matchsticks)
allumeur: lighter; ignition system; a tease (person who excites sexually); agent provocateur; partner-in-crime; accomplice
allumeuse: a cock tease; female equivalent of allumeur
allumoir: an early form of cigarette lighter
allumé: lit, on, lit up; lit, on, on fire; on, turned on, switched on; crazy, weird, eccentric, wacko; drunk
allure: appearance, look; speed, pace; angle of a boat from the wind; gait (of a horse); chemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement)
alluré: alluring, elegant
allusif: allusive
allusion: allusion, innuendo
allusivement: allusively
alluvial: alluvial
alluvion: alluvial deposits
alluvionnaire: alluvial
alluvionnement: deposition of alluvium; alluviation; alluvial deposit
alluvionner: to deposit alluvium
allyle: allyl
allyler: to allylate
allylique: allylic
allylène: allylene
allèchement: temptation, attraction; enticement
allège: lighter (type of boat)
allègre: joyful, happy
allègrement: happily, joyfully; blithely (cheerfully and carelessly)
allèle: allele
allène: allene
alléchant: enticing; mouth-watering
allécher: to attract, appeal, allure, tempt; entice, draw in
allée: path, lane, allée; hallway (leading from the entrance of a house); aisle (between rows of seats); driveway; bowling lane
allées et venues: comings and goings, toing and froing, back and forth
allégation: allegation
allégeance: allegiance
allégement: lightening (making lighter)
allégement fiscal: tax break
alléger: to lighten; to alleviate, relieve; to reduce
allégorie: allegory
allégorique: allegoric, allegorical
allégoriquement: allegorically
allégoriser: to allegorize
allégrement: happily, joyfully