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Fibre :: Fibre (n.) One of the delicate, threadlike portions of which the tissues of plants and animals are in part constituted; as, the fiber of flax or of muscle..

Nasty :: Nasty (superl.) Characterized by obcenity; indecent; indelicate; gross; filthy.

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

Fine :: Fine (superl.) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk..

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..

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

Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Pleasing to the senses; refinedly agreeable; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor..

Araneous :: Araneous (a.) Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid..

Euphemism :: Euphemism (n.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.

Celestite :: Celestite (n.) Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms..

Jussi :: "Jussi (n.) A delicate fiber, produced in the Philippine Islands from an unidentified plant, of which dresses, etc., are made..

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

Quenelle :: Quenelle (n.) A kind of delicate forcemeat, commonly poached and used as a dish by itself or for garnishing..

Question :: Question (n.) Hence, a subject of investigation, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question..

Madrigal :: Madrigal (n.) A little amorous poem, sometimes called a pastoral poem, containing some tender and delicate, though simple, thought..

Tenderfoot :: Tenderfoot (n.) A delicate person; one not inured to the hardship and rudeness of pioneer life.

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like..

Lodicule :: Lodicule (n.) One of the two or three delicate membranous scales which are next to the stamens in grasses.

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

Sertularia :: Sertularia (n.) A genus of delicate branching hydroids having small sessile hydrothecae along the sides of the branches.

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