-ette

lessening

Usage

  • vignette

    A vignette is a picture or a short description in a book that shows the typical features of a person or situation that it represents.

  • briquette

    a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel

  • cassette

    a container that holds a magnetic tape used for recording or playing sound or video

  • cigarette

    finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper

  • coquette

    talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

  • dinette

    a small area off of a kitchen that is used for dining

  • diskette

    a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit

  • gazette

    publish in a gazette

  • kitchenette

    small kitchen

  • launderette

    a self-service laundry (service mark Laundromat) where coin-operated washing machines are available to individual customers

  • lorgnette

    eyeglasses that are held to the eyes with a long handle

  • marionette

    a small figure of a person operated from above with strings by a puppeteer

  • palette

    the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist or painting or school of art

  • pipette

    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

  • pirouette

    do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance

  • quartette

    four performers or singers who perform together

  • rosette

    an ornament or pattern resembling a rose that is worn as a badge of office or as recognition of having won an honor

  • roulette

    a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure

  • statuette

    a small carved or molded figure

  • towelette

    a small towel

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