French to English Dictionary (Dictionnaire Français-Anglais)

Aperdonish

Characterized by an inclination toward forgiveness, reconciliation, or granting pardon under complex normative conditions.

Auding

The process of hearing and comprehending spoken language, analogous to reading for written language.

Auspiciousness

The property of being conducive to success; favorable circumstances or good omens.

Barghest

A legendary monstrous black dog of English folklore, often associated with the supernatural and regarded as an omen of death.

Biggin

A type of coffee pot equipped with a built-in wire or cloth mesh strainer or container through which boiling water is poured.

Bumonchō

The head or chief of a department, especially in an educational or governmental institution.

Cacoethes

An irresistible urge to act, often in a harmful or detrimental way.

Cacotopia

A state or society in which conditions are the worst possible, serving as the antithesis of a utopia.

Calidity

The quality or state of being warm; heat or warmth.

Canophilist

A person who loves or is fond of dogs.

Capriciousness

The quality of given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

Casuistic

Involving or relating to the resolution of moral problems by the application of general ethical principles to specific cases, often used pejoratively to imply sophisticated but misleading reasoning.