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- English Word Delphinic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).
- English Word Delphinine Definition A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.
- English Word Delphinoid Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.
- English Word Delphinoidea Definition The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.
- English Word Delphinus Definition A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin, 1.
- English Word Delphinus Definition The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.
- English Word Delta Definition A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (/), especially when the land is alluvial and inclosed between two or more mouths of a river; as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.
- English Word Deltafication Definition The formation of a delta or of deltas.
- English Word Deltaic Definition Relating to, or like, a delta.
- English Word Deltas Definition of Delta
- English Word Delthyris Definition A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer.
- English Word Deltic Definition Deltaic.
- English Word Deltidium Definition The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.
- English Word Deltohedron Definition A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron.
- English Word Deltoid Definition Shaped like the Greek / (delta); delta-shaped; triangular.
- English Word Deludable Definition Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on; gullible.
- English Word Delude Definition 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.
- English Word Delude Definition To frustrate or disappoint.
- English Word Deluded Definition of Delude
- English Word Deluder Definition One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor.
- English Word Deluding Definition of Delude
- English Word Deluge Definition A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).
- English Word Deluge Definition Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction.
- English Word Deluge Definition To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.
- English Word Deluge Definition To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.
- English Word Deluged Definition of Deluge
- English Word Deluging Definition of Deluge
- English Word Delundung Definition An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.
- English Word Delusion Definition The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind.
- English Word Delusion Definition The state of being deluded or misled.