| abattoir | (noun) a building where animals are butchered | Synonyms: butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse |
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| armoire | (noun) a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons | - |
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| avoirdupois | (noun) excess bodily weight | Synonyms: blubber, fat, fatness |
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| (noun) a system of weights based on the 16-ounce pound (or 7,000 grains) | Synonyms: avoirdupois weight |
| boudoir | (noun) a lady's bedroom or private sitting room | - |
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| choir | (noun) the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave | - |
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| (noun) a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony | - |
| (noun) a family of similar musical instrument playing together | Synonyms: consort |
| choirboy | (noun) a boy who sings in a choir | - |
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| choirmaster | (noun) the musical director of a choir | Synonyms: cantor, precentor |
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| coir | (noun) stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut | - |
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| conservatoire | (noun) a schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts | Synonyms: conservatory |
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| devoir | (noun) formal expression of respect | - |
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| escritoire | (noun) a desk used for writing | Synonyms: secretaire, secretary, writing table |
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| grimoire | (noun) a manual of black magic (for invoking spirits and demons) | - |
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| keratoiritis | (noun) inflammation of the cornea and the iris of the eye | - |
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| loir | (noun) large European dormouse | Synonyms: Glis glis |
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| memoir | (noun) an account of the author's personal experiences | - |
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| (noun) an essay on a scientific or scholarly topic | - |
| moire | (noun) silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern | Synonyms: watered-silk |
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| peignoir | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: housecoat, neglige, negligee, wrapper |
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| pourboire | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, tip |
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| repertoire | (noun) a collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule | Synonyms: repertory |
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| (noun) the entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation | Synonyms: repertory |
| reservoir | (noun) tank used for collecting and storing a liquid (as water or oil) | - |
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| (noun) lake used to store water for community use; a lake (natural or artificial) used to store water and used as a source of water | Synonyms: artificial lake, man-made lake |
| (noun) anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies | Synonyms: source |
| (noun) a large or extra supply of something | - |
| soiree | (noun) a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house) | - |
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| tamanoir | (noun) large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws; of South America | Synonyms: ant bear, giant anteater, great anteater, Myrmecophaga jubata |
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| voussoir | (noun) wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault | - |
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