| amateur | (noun) someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime | - |
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| (noun) an athlete who does not play for pay | - |
| amateurishness | (noun) something that demonstrates a lack of professional competency | - |
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| amateurism | (noun) the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money | - |
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| auteur | (noun) a filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works | - |
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| frotteur | (noun) someone who masturbates by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd) | - |
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| hauteur | (noun) overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | Synonyms: arrogance, haughtiness, high-handedness, lordliness |
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| litterateur | (noun) a writer of literary works | Synonyms: essayist |
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| pasteurellosis | (noun) an acute infectious disease characterized by pneumonia and blood infection | Synonyms: hemorrhagic septicemia |
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| pasteurisation | (noun) partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food | Synonyms: pasteurization |
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| pasteuriser | (noun) an apparatus for pasteurizing substances (especially milk). | Synonyms: pasteurizer |
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| pasteurization | (noun) partial sterilization of foods at a temperature that destroys harmful microorganisms without major changes in the chemistry of the food | Synonyms: pasteurisation |
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| pasteurizer | (noun) an apparatus for pasteurizing substances (especially milk). | Synonyms: pasteuriser |
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| provocateur | (noun) a secret agent who incites suspected persons to commit illegal acts | Synonyms: agent provocateur |
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| raconteur | (noun) a person skilled in telling anecdotes | Synonyms: anecdotist |
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| rapporteur | (noun) a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings | - |
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| restaurateur | (noun) the proprietor of a restaurant | Synonyms: restauranter |
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| saboteur | (noun) someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks | Synonyms: diversionist, wrecker |
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| (noun) a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader | Synonyms: fifth columnist |
| secateurs | (noun) small pruning shears with a spring that holds the handles open and a single blade that closes against a flat surface | - |
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