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- AIGRETTEA feather or plume, or feather-shaped item, used as an adornment or ornament, typically in hats or hair.
- AIGRETTESplural of aigrette
- AUTOTOMICRelating to autotomy.
- BEGUINEA ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
- BEGUINESplural of beguine
- CARIOLESplural of cariole
- CHYPRESplural of chypre
- EPIZOOTIESplural of epizooty
- EPIZOOTYAn epizootic disease or outbreak.
- EUCHLORINAlternative form of euchlorine.
- EUCHLORINSAlternative form of euchlorine.
- FRISETTEAlternative form of frizette.
- GLYPTICSThe art of engraving on precious stones.
- GRISETTEA (chiefly French) girl or young married woman of the lower class; especially, a young working-class woman of perceived easy morals.
- HYDROGENASEAny enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.
- JURATA sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made.
- JURATSplural of jurat
- LORETTEA woman of low morals, especially associated with the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette district of Paris.
- LORETTESplural of lorette
- LOUPESplural of loupe
- MAQUISARDA member of a resistance or guerrilla movement, originally and chiefly that of the French during the German occupation of 1940-5.
- PHYSIOCRATAny of a group of economists in 18th-century France who believed that the government should not seek to influence the operation of natural economic laws.
- RAFALESplural of rafale
- REDINGOTEA long coat or greatcoat for men.
- REVUISTA writer of revues.
- SAUTOIRA ribbon, chain, scarf, or the like, tied around the neck in such a manner that the ends cross over each other (en sautoir).