| delightful |
very pleasing; causing delight. |
| Delilah |
according to the Old Testament, Samson's mistress, who cut off his hair, which was the source of his superhuman strength, and delivered him to his enemies the Philistines. |
| delimit |
to define or mark the limits or boundaries of; demarcate. |
| delineate |
to represent by drawing; sketch out. [2 definitions] |
| delinquency |
failure to bear one's responsibilities; dereliction of duty or failure to meet a legal requirement. [3 definitions] |
| delinquent |
neglectful of a duty or guilty of an offense or violation of the law. [4 definitions] |
| deliquesce |
to melt away; dissolve. [3 definitions] |
| delirious |
in, pertaining to, or displaying a temporary state of mental confusion and incoherence, as from a fever or intoxication. [2 definitions] |
| delirium |
a temporary state of mental disturbance sometimes caused by high fever, shock, or intoxication, and characterized by confusion, hallucinations, delusions, disturbed speech, and the like. [2 definitions] |
| delirium tremens |
a condition caused by chronic excessive drinking of alcohol and characterized by hallucinations, trembling, and anxiety. |
| deliver |
to send or bring (something) to an intended destination or recipient. [9 definitions] |
| deliverable |
combined form of deliver. |
| deliverance |
the act or process of delivering. [3 definitions] |
| delivery |
an act of conveying or transporting. [6 definitions] |
| dell |
a small, secluded vale or valley, usu. wooded. |
| Delmonico steak |
(sometimes l.c.) a beefsteak cut from the forward end of the short loin; club steak. |
| Delos |
a small island in the Aegean archipelago sacred as the birth place of the Greek gods Apollo and Artemis. |
| delouse |
to kill or remove lice on or from (a person, animal, or thing). |
| Delphi |
an ancient town in central Greece; site of the oracle of Apollo. |
| Delphic |
of or concerning the oracle of Apollo in ancient Greece. |
| delphinium |
a cultivated plant related to the buttercup that bears tall, showy spikes of flowers; larkspur. |