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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.

Demantoid

A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name.

Demarcate

To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate.

Demarcation

The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.

Demarch

A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.

demasculinization

the act or process of demasculinizing; the removal of the testicles of a male animal.

Dematerialize

To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.

Deme

A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township.

Demency

Dementia; loss of mental powers. See Insanity.

dementedness

mental deterioration of organic or functional origin.

Dementia

Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.

Demerge

To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse.

Demersed

Situated or growing under water, as leaves; submersed.

Demersion

The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.

Demesmerize

To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize.

Demesne

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

Demesnial

Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne.

Demi-rilievo

Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness. A work of sculpture of the above character. See Alto-rilievo.

Demibastion

A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.

Demicadence

An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note.

Demicannon

A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds.

Demicircle

An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles a protractor, but has an alidade, sights, and a compass.

Demiculverin

A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.

Demigod

A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

Demigorge

Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion.

Demijohn

A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.

Demilance

A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.

Demilancer

A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance.

Demilune

A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin.

Demimonde

Persons of doubtful reputation; esp., women who are kept as mistresses, though not public prostitutes; demireps.

Demiquaver

A note of half the length of the quaver; a semiquaver.

Demirep

A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress.

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