English words containing fustier:

adjective

Ribbed; possessing a costa.

Usage examples:

Lateral slopes are weakly costate; the costae are diminished and almost invisible.

noun

The action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas.

Usage examples:

The committee acts as a forum for discussion

noun

A porphyritic igneous rock consisting of a fine-grained feldspathic groundmass with phenocrysts chiefly of biotite.

Usage examples:

It has also been found in silica-poor igneous rocks, such as syenite, nepheline syenite, serpentini…

noun

A slow dance of polish origin in triple time, consisting chiefly of an intricate march or procession.

Usage examples:

A polonaise and mazurka danced by the theatre's famous ballet school

adjective

(of a dish) garnished with chopped hard-boiled egg yolk, breadcrumbs, and parsley.

Usage examples:

Polonaise sauce and trout sauce are specially made

noun

A game played with a heap of small rods of wood, bone, or plastic, in which players try to remove one at a time without disturbing the others.

Usage examples:

Playing spillikins is a suitable occupation for the very young, indoors.

noun

A splinter or fragment.

Usage examples:

‘he went through it with the meat-axe,’ said john; ‘it's all in spillikins in the back garden.’