bandeau | (noun) an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts | Synonyms: bra, brassiere |
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beau | (noun) a man who is the lover of a man or woman | Synonyms: boyfriend, fellow, swain |
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(noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance | Synonyms: clotheshorse, dandy, dude, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell |
bureau | (noun) furniture with drawers for keeping clothes | Synonyms: chest, chest of drawers, dresser |
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(noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: agency, authority, federal agency, government agency, office |
chapeau | (noun) headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim | Synonyms: hat, lid |
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chateau | (noun) an impressive country house (or castle) in France | - |
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flambeau | (noun) a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night) | - |
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fricandeau | (noun) larded veal braised and glazed in its own juices | - |
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gateau | (noun) any of various rich and elaborate cakes | - |
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jambeau | (noun) armor plate that protects legs below the knee | Synonyms: greave |
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landau | (noun) a four-wheel covered carriage with a roof divided into two parts (front and back) that can be let down separately | - |
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luau | (noun) an elaborate Hawaiian feast or party (especially one accompanied by traditional foods and entertainment) | - |
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morceau | (noun) a short literary or musical composition | - |
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nylghau | (noun) large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns | Synonyms: blue bull, Boselaphus tragocamelus, nilgai, nylghai |
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pilau | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaf, pilaff, pilaw |
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plateau | (noun) a relatively flat highland | Synonyms: tableland |
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portmanteau | (noun) a large travelling bag made of stiff leather | Synonyms: Gladstone, Gladstone bag |
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(noun) a new word formed by joining two others and combining their meanings | Synonyms: blend, portmanteau word |
purau | (noun) shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores; yields a light tough wood used for canoe outriggers and a fiber used for cordage and caulk; often cultivated for ornament | Synonyms: balibago, Hibiscus tiliaceus, mahagua, mahoe, majagua |
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reseau | (noun) a network of fine lines used by astronomers as a reference for measurements on star photographs | - |
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(noun) a net or mesh foundation for lace | - |
rondeau | (noun) a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas | Synonyms: rondel |
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(noun) a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata | Synonyms: rondo |
rouleau | (noun) a roll of coins wrapped in paper | - |
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(noun) a roll of ribbon | - |
tableau | (noun) any dramatic scene | - |
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(noun) a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting) | Synonyms: tableau vivant |
tamarau | (noun) small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines | Synonyms: Anoa mindorensis, Bubalus mindorensis, tamarao |
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tau | (noun) the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet | - |
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trousseau | (noun) the personal outfit of a bride; clothes and accessories and linens | - |
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unau | (noun) relatively small fast-moving sloth with two long claws on each front foot | Synonyms: Choloepus didactylus, two-toed sloth, unai |
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(noun) a sloth of Central America that has two long claws on each forefoot and three long claws on each hindfoot | Synonyms: Choloepus hoffmanni, two-toed sloth, unai |
veau | (noun) meat from a calf | Synonyms: veal |
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