| bladelike | (adjective) shaped like a sword blade | Synonyms: ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike |
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| candelilla | (noun) wax-coated shrub of northern Mexico and southwestern United States | Synonyms: Euphorbia antisyphilitica |
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| (noun) wax-coated Mexican shrub related to Euphorbia antisyphilitica | Synonyms: Pedilanthus bracteatus, Pedilanthus pavonis |
| chandelier | (noun) branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling | Synonyms: pendant, pendent |
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| comradeliness | (noun) the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | Synonyms: camaraderie, chumminess, comradery, comradeship |
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| dandelion | (noun) any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls | Synonyms: blowball |
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| deli | (noun) a shop selling ready-to-eat food products | Synonyms: delicatessen, food shop |
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| deliberate | (adjective) carefully thought out in advance | Synonyms: calculated, measured |
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| (adjective) unhurried and with care and dignity | Synonyms: careful, measured |
| (adjective) characterized by conscious design or purpose | Synonyms: intentional, knowing |
| (verb) discuss the pros and cons of an issue | Synonyms: debate |
| (verb) think about carefully; weigh | Synonyms: consider, debate, moot, turn over |
| deliberately | (adverb) with intention; in an intentional manner | Synonyms: advisedly, by choice, by design, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely |
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| (adverb) in a deliberate unhurried manner | Synonyms: measuredly |
| deliberateness | (noun) the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision | Synonyms: deliberation |
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| (noun) a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry | Synonyms: deliberation, slowness, unhurriedness |
| deliberation | (noun) the trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision | Synonyms: deliberateness |
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| (noun) a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry | Synonyms: deliberateness, slowness, unhurriedness |
| (noun) planning something carefully and intentionally | Synonyms: calculation |
| (noun) careful consideration | Synonyms: advisement, weighing |
| (noun) (usually plural) discussion of all sides of a question | - |
| deliberative | (adjective) involved in or characterized by deliberation and discussion and examination | - |
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| delible | (adjective) capable of being deleted | - |
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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 |
| delicate | (adjective) exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury | - |
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| (adjective) easily broken or damaged or destroyed | Synonyms: fragile, frail |
| (adjective) difficult to handle; requiring great tact | Synonyms: ticklish, touchy |
| (adjective) developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety | Synonyms: finespun |
| (adjective) of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely | - |
| (adjective) marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique | - |
| (adjective) easily hurt | Synonyms: soft |
| delicately | (adverb) in a delicate manner | Synonyms: exquisitely, fine, finely |
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| 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 |
| delicious | (adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining | Synonyms: delightful |
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| (adjective) extremely pleasing to the sense of taste | Synonyms: delectable, luscious, pleasant-tasting, scrumptious, toothsome, yummy |
| deliciously | (adverb) in a very pleasurable manner | Synonyms: pleasurably |
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| (adverb) so as to produce a delightful taste | Synonyms: lusciously, scrumptiously |
| deliciousness | (noun) extreme appetizingness | Synonyms: delectability, lusciousness, toothsomeness |
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| delight | (noun) something or someone that provides a source of happiness | Synonyms: joy, pleasure |
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| (noun) a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction | Synonyms: delectation |
| (verb) take delight in | Synonyms: enjoy, revel |
| (verb) give pleasure to or be pleasing to | Synonyms: please |
| (verb) hold spellbound | Synonyms: enchant, enrapture, enthral, enthrall, ravish, transport |
| delighted | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, captivated, charmed, enthralled, entranced |
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| (adjective) greatly pleased | - |
| delightedly | (adverb) with delight | - |
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| delightful | (adjective) greatly pleasing or entertaining | Synonyms: delicious |
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| delightfully | (adverb) in a delightful manner | - |
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| delimber | (noun) a machine for removing limbs from trees with a saw or flailing chains. | Synonyms: stroke delimber |
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| delimit | (verb) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | Synonyms: delimitate, demarcate |
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| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimitate, delineate, specify |
| (verb) be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry | Synonyms: subtend |
| delimitate | (verb) set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something | Synonyms: delimit, demarcate |
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| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimit, delineate, specify |
| delimitation | (noun) a line that indicates a boundary | Synonyms: border, borderline, boundary line, mete |
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| delimited | (adjective) having the limits or boundaries established | Synonyms: bounded |
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| delineate | (adjective) represented accurately or precisely | Synonyms: delineated, represented |
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| (verb) describe in vivid detail | - |
| (verb) make a mark or lines on a surface | Synonyms: describe, draw, line, trace |
| (verb) trace the shape of | Synonyms: limn, outline |
| (verb) determine the essential quality of | Synonyms: define, delimit, delimitate, specify |
| (verb) show the form or outline of | Synonyms: define |
| delineated | (adjective) represented accurately or precisely | Synonyms: delineate, represented |
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| delineation | (noun) representation by drawing or painting etc | Synonyms: depiction, portrayal |
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| (noun) a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects | Synonyms: depiction, limning, line drawing |
| (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, depiction, picture, word-painting, word picture |
| delineative | (adjective) depicted in a recognizable manner | Synonyms: depictive |
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| delinquency | (noun) an antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor | Synonyms: juvenile delinquency |
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| (noun) a tendency to be negligent and uncaring | Synonyms: dereliction, willful neglect |
| (noun) nonpayment of a debt when due | - |
| delinquent | (adjective) past due; not paid at the scheduled time | Synonyms: overdue |
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| (adjective) guilty of a misdeed | - |
| (adjective) failing in what duty requires | Synonyms: derelict, neglectful, remiss |
| (noun) a young offender | Synonyms: juvenile delinquent |
| deliquesce | (verb) melt or become liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | - |
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| (verb) melt away in the process of decay | - |
| deliquescent | (adjective) (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air | - |
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| deliquium | (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: faint, swoon, syncope |
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| delirious | (adjective) experiencing delirium | Synonyms: hallucinating |
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| (adjective) marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | Synonyms: excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained |
| deliriously | (adverb) as if in a delirium | - |
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| (adverb) in a delirious manner | - |
| delirium | (noun) a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion often accompanied by hallucinations | - |
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| (noun) state of violent mental agitation | Synonyms: craze, frenzy, fury, hysteria |
| delist | (verb) remove (a security) from listing at a stock exchange | - |
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| deliver | (verb) cause to be born | Synonyms: bear, birth, give birth, have |
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| (verb) deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) | Synonyms: present |
| (verb) pass down | Synonyms: render, return |
| (verb) utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.) | - |
| (verb) bring to a destination, make a delivery | - |
| (verb) throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball | Synonyms: pitch |
| (verb) to surrender someone or something to another | Synonyms: fork out, fork over, fork up, hand over, render, turn in |
| (verb) relinquish possession or control over | Synonyms: cede, give up, surrender |
| (verb) carry out or perform | Synonyms: drive home |
| (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deport, extradite |
| (verb) free from harm or evil | Synonyms: rescue |
| (verb) save from sins | Synonyms: redeem, save |
| deliverable | (adjective) suitable for or ready for delivery | - |
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| (noun) something that can be provided as the product of development | - |
| deliverance | (noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger | Synonyms: delivery, rescue, saving |
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| deliverer | (noun) a person who rescues you from harm or danger | Synonyms: rescuer, savior, saviour |
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| (noun) a person who gives up or transfers money or goods | - |
| (noun) someone employed to make deliveries | Synonyms: delivery boy, deliveryman |
| delivery | (noun) recovery or preservation from loss or danger | Synonyms: deliverance, rescue, saving |
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| (noun) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another | Synonyms: legal transfer, livery |
| (noun) the act of delivering a child | Synonyms: obstetrical delivery |
| (noun) the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it | Synonyms: pitch |
| (noun) the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) | Synonyms: bringing |
| (noun) your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally | Synonyms: manner of speaking, speech |
| (noun) the event of giving birth | - |
| deliveryman | (noun) someone employed to make deliveries | Synonyms: deliverer, delivery boy |
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| fidelity | (noun) the quality of being faithful | Synonyms: faithfulness |
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| (noun) accuracy with which an electronic system reproduces the sound or image of its input signal | - |
| guideline | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guidepost, rule of thumb |
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| (noun) a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action | Synonyms: road map |
| (noun) a light line that is used in lettering to help align the letters | - |
| indelibility | (noun) The quality of being difficult to delete, remove, wash away, blot out, or efface. | Synonyms: ineffaceability |
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| indelible | (adjective) cannot be removed or erased | Synonyms: unerasable |
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| indelibly | (adverb) in an indelible manner | - |
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| indelicacy | (noun) an impolite act or expression | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being indelicate and offensive | - |
| indelicate | (adjective) lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct | Synonyms: indecorous |
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| (adjective) verging on the indecent | - |
| (adjective) in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent | Synonyms: off-color, off-colour |
| infidelity | (noun) the quality of being unfaithful | Synonyms: unfaithfulness |
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| misdeliver | (verb) deliver to the wrong address | - |
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| modeling | (noun) the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale) | Synonyms: model, modelling |
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| (noun) a preliminary sculpture in wax or clay from which a finished work can be copied | Synonyms: modelling, molding, moulding |
| (noun) sculpture produced by molding | Synonyms: clay sculpture, modelling, mold, molding, mould, moulding |
| overdelicate | (adjective) extremely delicate | - |
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| psychedelia | (noun) the subculture of users of psychedelic drugs | - |
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| psychedelic | (adjective) (of a mental state) characterized by intense and distorted perceptions and hallucinations and feelings of euphoria or sometimes despair | - |
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| (adjective) having the vivid colors and bizarre patterns associated with psychedelic states | - |
| (adjective) producing distorted sensory perceptions and feelings or altered states of awareness or sometimes states resembling psychosis | - |
| sidelight | (noun) light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow | Synonyms: running light |
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| sideline | (noun) an auxiliary activity | Synonyms: avocation, by-line, hobby, pursuit, spare-time activity |
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| (noun) an auxiliary line of merchandise | - |
| (noun) a line that marks the side boundary of a playing field | Synonyms: out of bounds |
| (verb) remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position | - |
| undelineated | (adjective) not represented accurately or precisely | - |
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| videlicet | (adverb) as follows | Synonyms: namely, that is to say, to wit, viz. |
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| yodeling | (noun) singing by changing back and forth between the chest voice and a falsetto | - |
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