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Deliciate

To delight one's self; to indulge in feasting; to revel.

Delicious

Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.

Deliciously

Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained.

Deliciousness

The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast.

Delict

An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor.

Delight

To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.

Delightful

Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction.

Delignate

To clear or strip of wood (by cutting down trees).

Delilah

The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress.

Delimit

To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

Delimitation

The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation.

Delineable

Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated.

Delineate

To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.

Delineation

The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively.

Delineator

One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.

Delineatory

That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.

Delinquency

Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.

Delinquent

One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.

Deliquate

To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste.

Deliquesce

To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.

Deliquescence

The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.

Deliquescent

Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.

Deliquiate

To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce.

Deliquium

A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium.

Deliriant

A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).

Delirifacient

Producing, or tending to produce, delirium. Any substance which tends to cause delirium.

Delirious

Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies.

Delirium

A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness.

Deliver

Free; nimble; sprightly; active.

Deliverable

Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered.

Deliverance

The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

Deliverer

One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.

Delivery

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

Dell

A small, retired valley; a ravine.

Dellacruscan

Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence.

Deloul

A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

Delph

The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.

Delphic

Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.

Delphin

A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Delphine

Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.

Delphine Delphin

Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).

Delphinic

Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).

Delphinine

A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.

Delphinoid

Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.

Delphinoidea

The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

Delphinus

A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.

Delsarte system Delsarte

A system of calisthenics patterned on the theories of Fran/ois Delsarte (1811 -- 71), a French teacher of dramatic and musical expression.

Delta

The fourth letter of the Greek alphabet (/ /), corresponding to D. an object having the shape of the capital /.

Deltaic

Relating to, or like, a delta.

Delthyris

A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer.

Deltidium

The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.

Deltohedron

A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron.

delts

The deltoid muscles; -- a contraction used by body-building and health enthusiasts. Used similarly to abs and pecs. See deltoid muscle.

Deludable

Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on; gullible.

Delude

To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of; to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.

Deluder

One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor.

Deluge

To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

Delundung

An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.

Delusion

The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.

Delusional

Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.

Delusive

Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream.

deluxe

impressively expensive; notably exceeding typical price or quality.

Delve

A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.

Delver

One who digs, as with a spade.

Demagnetize

To deprive of magnetic properties; to render nonmagnetic. See Magnetize.

Demagogue

A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.

demagoguery

impassioned appeals to the prejudices and emotions of the populace.

Demand

The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.

Demandant

One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.

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