Definition of delicate

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

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Millerite :: Millerite (n.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites..
Greasily :: Greasily (adv.) In a gross or indelicate manner.
Effeminately :: Effeminately (adv.) In an effeminate or womanish manner; weakly; softly; delicately.
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music..
Fragile :: Fragile (a.) Easily broken; brittle; frail; delicate; easily destroyed.
Penciling :: Penciling (n.) The work of the pencil or bruch; as, delicate penciling in a picture..
Endoneurium :: Endoneurium (n.) The delicate bands of connective tissue among nerve fibers.
Delicate :: Delicate (a.) Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question..
Cellepore :: Cellepore (n.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa..
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..
Euphemize :: Euphemize (v. t. & i.) To express by a euphemism, or in delicate language; to make use of euphemistic expressions..
Neuroglia :: Neuroglia (n.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.
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..
Miniardize :: Miniardize (v. t.) To render delicate or dainty.
Delicate :: Delicate (n.) A choice dainty; a delicacy.
Araneous :: Araneous (a.) Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid..
Cirripedia :: Cirripedia (n. pl.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa..
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.
Trichite :: Trichite (n.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges..
Hyaloid :: Hyaloid (a.) Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye..
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