| aigrette | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigret |
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| aiguillette | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiglet |
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| anisette | (noun) liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed | Synonyms: anisette de Bordeaux |
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| audiocassette | (noun) a cassette for audiotape | - |
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| bachelorette | (noun) a young unmarried woman who lives alone | Synonyms: bachelor girl |
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| baguette | (noun) narrow French stick loaf | Synonyms: baguet |
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| bandelette | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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| banquette | (noun) an upholstered bench | - |
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| barbette | (noun) (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet | - |
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| barrette | (noun) a pin for holding women's hair in place | - |
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| briquette | (noun) a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel | Synonyms: briquet |
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| brochette | (noun) a small spit or skewer | - |
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| brunette | (adjective) marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes | Synonyms: brunet |
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| (noun) a person with dark (brown) hair | Synonyms: brunet |
| burette | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: buret |
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| cassette | (noun) a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video | - |
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| cigarette | (noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | Synonyms: butt, cigaret, coffin nail, fag |
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| coquette | (noun) a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men | Synonyms: flirt, minx, prickteaser, tease, vamp, vamper |
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| (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
| corvette | (noun) a highly maneuverable escort warship; smaller than a destroyer | - |
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| couchette | (noun) a compartment on a European passenger train; contains 4 to 6 berths for sleeping | - |
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| (noun) a sleeping berth in a couchette compartment. | - |
| courgette | (noun) small cucumber-shaped vegetable marrow; typically dark green | Synonyms: zucchini |
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| (noun) marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small | Synonyms: zucchini |
| crapette | (noun) solitaire with two players using separate packs | Synonyms: Russian bank |
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| croquette | (noun) minced cooked meats (or vegetables) in thick white sauce; breaded and deep-fried | - |
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| curette | (noun) a surgical instrument shaped like a scoop to remove tissue from a bodily cavity | Synonyms: curet |
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| dinette | (noun) a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining | - |
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| diskette | (noun) a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer | Synonyms: floppy, floppy disk |
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| duette | (noun) a musical composition for two performers | Synonyms: duet, duo |
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| (noun) two performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: duet, duo |
| epaulette | (noun) adornment consisting of an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder | Synonyms: epaulet |
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| etiquette | (noun) rules governing socially acceptable behavior | - |
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| farmerette | (noun) a woman working on a farm | - |
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| flannelette | (noun) a cotton fabric imitating flannel | - |
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| gazette | (noun) a newspaper or official journal | - |
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| (verb) publish in a gazette | - |
| georgette | (noun) a thin silk dress material | - |
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| kitchenette | (noun) small kitchen | - |
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| launderette | (noun) a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers | Synonyms: Laundromat |
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| layette | (noun) kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby | - |
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| lazarette | (noun) hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy) | Synonyms: lazar house, lazaret, lazaretto, pesthouse |
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| leatherette | (noun) fabric made to look like leather | Synonyms: imitation leather |
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| lorgnette | (noun) eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle | - |
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| lunette | (noun) oval or circular opening; to allow light into a dome or vault | Synonyms: fenestella |
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| (noun) temporary fortification like a detached bastion | - |
| maisonette | (noun) a small house | Synonyms: maisonnette |
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| (noun) a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside | Synonyms: maisonnette |
| maisonnette | (noun) a small house | Synonyms: maisonette |
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| (noun) a self-contained apartment (usually on two floors) in a larger house and with its own entrance from the outside | Synonyms: maisonette |
| majorette | (noun) a female drum major | Synonyms: drum majorette |
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| (noun) a female baton twirler who accompanies a marching band | Synonyms: drum majorette |
| marionette | (noun) a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer | Synonyms: puppet |
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| midinette | (noun) a Parisian salesgirl | - |
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| mignonette | (noun) Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance | Synonyms: Reseda odorata, sweet reseda |
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| moquette | (noun) a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery | - |
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| musette | (noun) a small bagpipe formerly popular in France | Synonyms: shepherd's pipe |
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| netiquette | (noun) Etiquette practiced or advocated in electronic communication over a computer network. | - |
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| novelette | (noun) a short novel | Synonyms: novella |
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| octette | (noun) a musical composition written for eight performers | Synonyms: octet |
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| (noun) eight people considered as a unit | Synonyms: eightsome, octet |
| (noun) a set of eight similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: octet |
| (noun) eight performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: octet |
| omelette | (noun) beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly | Synonyms: omelet |
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| oubliette | (noun) a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling | - |
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| palette | (noun) board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used | Synonyms: pallet |
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| (noun) one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor | Synonyms: pallette |
| (noun) the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art | Synonyms: pallet |
| pallette | (noun) one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of armor | Synonyms: palette |
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| pipette | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube | Synonyms: pipet |
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| pirouette | (noun) (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) | - |
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| (verb) do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance | - |
| planchette | (noun) a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages | - |
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| poulette | (noun) allemande sauce with chopped parsley | - |
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| quartette | (noun) a musical composition for four performers | Synonyms: quartet |
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| (noun) four people considered as a unit | Synonyms: foursome, quartet |
| (noun) a set of four similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: quadruple, quadruplet, quartet |
| (noun) four performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: quartet |
| quintette | (noun) a musical composition for five performers | Synonyms: quintet |
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| (noun) five people considered as a unit | Synonyms: fivesome, quintet |
| (noun) a set of five similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: quintet, quintuple, quintuplet |
| (noun) five performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: quintet |
| roomette | (noun) a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car | - |
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| roquette | (noun) erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender | Synonyms: arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa, garden rocket, rocket, rocket salad |
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| rosette | (noun) an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor | - |
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| (noun) circular window filled with tracery | Synonyms: rose window |
| (noun) a cluster of leaves growing in crowded circles from a common center or crown (usually at or close to the ground) | - |
| (noun) rhizoctinia disease of potatoes | Synonyms: little potato, russet scab, stem canker |
| roulette | (noun) a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in | - |
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| (noun) a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations | Synonyms: toothed wheel |
| (noun) a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure | Synonyms: line roulette |
| satinette | (noun) a fabric with a finish resembling satin but made partly or wholly from cotton or synthetic fiber | Synonyms: satinet |
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| septette | (noun) a musical composition written for seven performers | Synonyms: septet |
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| (noun) seven people considered as a unit | Synonyms: septet, sevensome |
| (noun) a set of seven similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: septet |
| (noun) seven performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: septet |
| serviette | (noun) a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing | Synonyms: napkin, table napkin |
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| sextette | (noun) a musical composition written for six performers | Synonyms: sestet, sextet |
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| (noun) six people considered as a unit | Synonyms: sextet, sixsome |
| (noun) a set of six similar things considered as a unit | Synonyms: sestet, sextet |
| (noun) six performers or singers who perform together | Synonyms: sestet, sextet |
| silhouette | (noun) a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color | - |
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| (noun) an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow) | - |
| (verb) represent by a silhouette | - |
| (verb) project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette | - |
| soubrette | (noun) a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy | - |
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| (noun) a pert or flirtatious young girl | - |
| statuette | (noun) a small carved or molded figure | Synonyms: figurine |
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| stockinette | (noun) knit used especially for infants' wear and undergarments | Synonyms: stockinet |
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| suffragette | (noun) a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century) | - |
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| sulfurette | (verb) combine with sulfur | Synonyms: sulphurette |
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| sulphurette | (verb) combine with sulfur | Synonyms: sulfurette |
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| toilette | (noun) the act of dressing and preparing yourself | Synonyms: toilet |
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| usherette | (noun) a female usher | - |
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| videocassette | (noun) a cassette for videotape | - |
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| vignette | (noun) a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books) | - |
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| (noun) a photograph whose edges shade off gradually | - |
| (noun) a brief literary description | Synonyms: sketch |
| vinaigrette | (noun) oil and vinegar with mustard and garlic | Synonyms: French dressing, sauce vinaigrette |
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| winceyette | (noun) cotton flannelette with a nap on both sides | - |
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