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Effeminate :: Effeminate (v. t.) To make womanish; to make soft and delicate; to weaken.

Cerosin :: Cerosin (n.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae..

Dolcemente :: Dolcemente (adv.) Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution..

Pulpatoon :: Pulpatoon (n.) A kind of delicate confectionery or cake, perhaps made from the pulp of fruit..

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

Sensible :: Sensible (a.) Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer..

Overdelicate :: Overdelicate (a.) Too delicate.

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

Double-entendre :: Double-entendre (n.) A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate..

Spermatozoid :: Spermatozoid (n.) The male germ cell in animals and plants, the essential element in fertilization; a microscopic animalcule-like particle, usually provided with one or more cilia by which it is capable of active motion. In animals, the familiar type is that of a small, more or less ovoid head, with a delicate threadlike cilium, or tail. Called also spermatozoon. In plants the more usual term is antherozoid..

Heliometer :: Heliometer (n.) An instrument devised originally for measuring the diameter of the sun; now employed for delicate measurements of the distance and relative direction of two stars too far apart to be easily measured in the field of view of an ordinary telescope.

Vermilion :: Vermilion (v. t.) To color with vermilion, or as if with vermilion; to dye red; to cover with a delicate red..

Eschara :: Eschara (n.) A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched..

Cellepore :: Cellepore (n.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa..

Broad :: Broad (superl.) Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor..

Exquisite :: Exquisite (a.) Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment..

Meringue :: Meringue (n.) A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added..

Midge :: Midge (n.) Any one of many small, delicate, long-legged flies of the Chironomus, and allied genera, which do not bite. Their larvae are usually aquatic..

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

Incony :: Incony (a.) Unlearned; artless; pretty; delicate.

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