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Nuance :: Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.

Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; -- said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health..

Pessulus :: Pessulus (n.) A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.

Synaptase :: Synapta (n.) A genus of slender, transparent holothurians which have delicate calcareous anchors attached to the dermal plates. See Illustration in Appendix..

Sly :: Sly (v. t.) Light or delicate; slight; thin.

Nesh :: Nesh (a.) Soft; tender; delicate.

Indelicate :: Indelicate (a.) Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior..

Filigree :: Filigree (n.) Ornamental work, formerly with grains or breads, but now composed of fine wire and used chiefly in decorating gold and silver to which the wire is soldered, being arranged in designs frequently of a delicate and intricate arabesque pattern..

Delicateness :: Delicateness (n.) The quality of being delicate.

Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..

Ladylike :: Ladylike (a.) Delicate; tender; feeble; effeminate.

Oyster :: Oyster (n.) A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.

Millerite :: Millerite (n.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites..

Tender :: Tender (superl.) Apt to give pain; causing grief or pain; delicate; as, a tender subject..

Blush :: Blush (v. i.) To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other flowers..

Junket :: Junket (n.) A cheese cake; a sweetmeat; any delicate food.

Delicate :: Delicate (n.) A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person..

Nicety :: Nicety (n.) A delicate expression, act, mode of treatment, distinction, or the like; a minute distinction..

Tectibranchiata :: Tectibranchiata (n. pl.) An order, or suborder, of gastropod Mollusca in which the gills are usually situated on one side of the back, and protected by a fold of the mantle. When there is a shell, it is usually thin and delicate and often rudimentary. The aplysias and the bubble shells are examples..

Nice :: Nice (superl.) Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.

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