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

angoissé
adjective
worried; scared; tense; nervous
angolais
adjective
Angolan, of Angola
angon
noun, masculine
angon; fishgig
angor
noun, masculine
angina pectoris
angora
noun, masculine
angora (all senses)
angostura
noun, masculine
angostura
angoumois
adjective
of Angoumois; of Angoulême
angoumoisin
adjective
of, from or relating to the city of Angoulême, the prefecture of the Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; of, from or relating to Angoumois, a geographic region approximately coincident with the department of Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
angstroem
noun, masculine
A distorted letter-case form of angstrœm
angstrœm
noun, masculine
angstrom
anguiforme
adjective
anguiform, serpentine
anguille
noun, feminine
eel (fish)
anguille commune
noun, feminine
European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
anguille d'Europe
noun, feminine
European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
anguille de verre
noun, feminine
glass eel
anguille des sables
noun, feminine
sand lance
anguillule
noun, feminine
eelworm
anguillère
noun, feminine
a fishpond in which eels are bred
anguiné
adjective
anguineal
angulaire
adjective
angular (relating to an angle); fundamental, crucial
angularly
anguleux
adjective
angular, jagged; stiff, prickly
angulé
adjective
angulate
angusticlave
noun, masculine
angusticlave (narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank); person wearing such a stripe
angustifolié
adjective
angustifoliate
anguthimri
noun, masculine
Anguthimri.
angéite
noun, feminine
vasculitis
angéliforme
adjective
angellike
angélique
noun, feminine
angelica (Angelica); A plucked bowl lute
angélique
adjective
angel; angelic; angelic (very well-behaved)
Epikeros pyrenaeus (L.) Raf.
angelically
angélisme
noun, masculine
angelism
angéliste
noun, masculine/feminine
angelist
angélologie
noun, feminine
angelology
angelological
angélus
noun, masculine
Angelus; Angelus bell
anharmonique
adjective
anharmonic
anhiste
adjective
anhistous
anhistorique
adjective
ahistorical (lacking historical perspective)
anhydre
adjective
waterless; anhydrous
anhydride
noun, masculine
anhydride
anhydrite
noun, feminine
anhydrite
anhydrobiose
noun, feminine
anhydrobiosis
anhédonie
noun, feminine
anhedonia
anhédonique
adjective
anhedonic (which provides no pleasure)
anhélation
noun, feminine
anhelation, shortness of breath
to pant, gasp (breathe with difficulty)
anhéleux
adjective
gasping, panting
anhemitonic
ani
noun, masculine
ani (bird)
anianais
adjective
of, from or relating to the town of Aniane, Hérault department, Occitania, France
aniconique
adjective
aniconic
anicroche
noun, feminine
hitch (minor difficulty)
anidrose
noun, feminine
anhidrosis
aniline
noun, feminine
aniline
anilisme
noun, masculine
anilism
anille
noun, feminine
tendril; crutch
animadversion
noun, feminine
animadversion (all senses)
animal
adjective
animal