Definition of delicate

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Delicate (a.) Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton..

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Vendace :: Vendace (n.) A European lake whitefish (Coregonus Willughbii, or C. Vandesius) native of certain lakes in Scotland and England. It is regarded as a delicate food fish. Called also vendis..
Tidbit :: Tidbit (n.) A delicate or tender piece of anything eatable; a delicious morsel.
Claytonia :: Claytonia (n.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.
Belemnite :: Belemnite (n.) A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone. It is the internal shell of a cephalopod related to the sepia, and belonging to an extinct family. The belemnites are found in rocks of the Jurassic and Cretaceous ages..
Tachometer :: Tachometer (n.) An instrument for showing at any moment the speed of a revolving shaft, consisting of a delicate revolving conical pendulum which is driven by the shaft, and the action of which by change of speed moves a pointer which indicates the speed on a graduated dial..
Jussi :: "Jussi (n.) A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made..
Hyaloid :: Hyaloid (a.) Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye..
Fragile :: Fragile (a.) Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.
Quenelle :: Quenelle (n.) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing..
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..
Dolcemente :: Dolcemente (adv.) Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution..
Blue-eyed Grass :: Blue-eyed grass () a grasslike plant (Sisyrinchium anceps), with small flowers of a delicate blue color..
Style :: Stylaster (n.) Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink, calcareous hydroid corals of the genus Stylaster..
Lily-handed :: Lily-handed (a.) Having white, delicate hands..
Effeminate :: Effeminate (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.
Ovule :: Ovule (n.) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen..
Sertularia :: Sertularia (n.) A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecae along the sides of the branches.
Velvety :: Velvety (a.) Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate..
Uranium :: Uranium (n.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239..
Illusion :: Illusion (n.) A plain, delicate lace, usually of silk, used for veils, scarfs, dresses, etc..
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