angelica | (noun) aromatic stems or leaves or roots of Angelica Archangelica | - |
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(noun) candied stalks of the angelica plant | - |
(noun) any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels | Synonyms: angelique |
chelicera | (noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing | - |
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delicacy | (noun) the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance | Synonyms: daintiness, fineness |
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(noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: diplomacy, discreetness, finesse |
(noun) lack of physical strength | Synonyms: fragility |
(noun) slenderness | Synonyms: slightness |
(noun) lightness in movement or manner | Synonyms: airiness |
(noun) refined taste; tact | Synonyms: discretion |
(noun) something considered choice to eat | Synonyms: dainty, goody, kickshaw, treat |
delicatessen | (noun) a shop selling ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: deli, food shop |
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(noun) ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: delicatessen food |
deliciousness | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: delectability, lusciousness, toothsomeness |
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derelict | (noun) a ship abandoned on the high seas | Synonyms: abandoned ship |
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(noun) a person without a home, job, or property | - |
dereliction | (noun) willful negligence | - |
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(noun) a tendency to be negligent and uncaring | Synonyms: delinquency, willful neglect |
elicitation | (noun) stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors | Synonyms: evocation, induction |
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evangelicalism | (noun) stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation | - |
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felicitation | (noun) the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration | Synonyms: congratulation |
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(noun) (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another | Synonyms: congratulation |
felicitousness | (noun) pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | Synonyms: felicity |
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felicity | (noun) pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | Synonyms: felicitousness |
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(noun) state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy | Synonyms: happiness |
helicon | (noun) a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician | Synonyms: bombardon |
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helicopter | (noun) an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades | Synonyms: chopper, eggbeater, whirlybird |
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indelicacy | (noun) an impolite act or expression | - |
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(noun) the trait of being indelicate and offensive | - |
infelicity | (noun) inappropriate and unpleasing manner or style (especially manner or style of expression) | - |
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pelican | (noun) large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish | - |
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relic | (noun) an antiquity that has survived from the distant past | - |
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(noun) something of sentimental value | Synonyms: keepsake, souvenir, token |
relict | (noun) geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared | - |
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(noun) an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated | - |