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   dealfish
         n 1: deep-sea ribbonfish [syn: {dealfish}, {Trachipterus
               arcticus}]

English Dictionary: Delphic by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Delibes
n
  1. French composer of operas (1836-1891) [syn: Delibes, {Leo Delibes}, Clement Philibert Leo Delibes]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Delphic
adj
  1. of or relating to Delphi or to the oracles of Apollo at Delphi; "Delphic oracle"
    Synonym(s): Delphic, Delphian
  2. obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message"
    Synonym(s): Delphic, oracular
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Delphic oracle
n
  1. (Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous
    Synonym(s): Temple of Apollo, Oracle of Apollo, Delphic oracle, oracle of Delphi
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dill pickle
n
  1. pickle preserved in brine or vinegar flavored with dill seed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dolphin \Dol"phin\ (d[ocr]l"f[icr]n), n. [F. dauphin dolphin,
      dauphin, earlier spelt also doffin; cf. OF. dalphinal of the
      dauphin; fr. L. delphinus, Gr. delfi`s a dolphin (in senses
      1, 2, & 5), perh. properly, belly fish; cf. delfy`s womb,
      Skr. garbha; perh. akin to E. calf. Cf. {Dauphin},
      {Delphine}.]
      1. (Zool.)
            (a) A cetacean of the genus {Delphinus} and allied genera
                  (esp. {D. delphis}); the true dolphin.
            (b) The {Coryph[91]na hippuris}, a fish of about five feet
                  in length, celebrated for its surprising changes of
                  color when dying. It is the fish commonly known as the
                  dolphin. See {Coryph[91]noid}.
  
      Note: The dolphin of the ancients ({D. delphis}) is common in
               the Mediterranean and Atlantic, and attains a length of
               from six to eight feet.
  
      2. [Gr. delfi`s] (Gr. Antiq.) A mass of iron or lead hung
            from the yardarm, in readiness to be dropped on the deck
            of an enemy's vessel.
  
      3. (Naut.)
            (a) A kind of wreath or strap of plaited cordage.
            (b) A spar or buoy held by an anchor and furnished with a
                  ring to which ships may fasten their cables. --R. H.
                  Dana.
            (c) A mooring post on a wharf or beach.
            (d) A permanent fender around a heavy boat just below the
                  gunwale. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.
  
      4. (Gun.) In old ordnance, one of the handles above the
            trunnions by which the gun was lifted.
  
      5. (Astron.) A small constellation between Aquila and
            Pegasus. See {Delphinus}, n., 2.
  
      {Dolphin fly} (Zo[94]l.), the black, bean, or collier, Aphis
            ({Aphis fable}), destructive to beans.
  
      {Dolphin striker} (Naut.), a short vertical spar under the
            bowsprit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Alabastrum \[d8]Al`a*bas"trum\, n.; pl. {Alabastra}. [NL.]
      (Bot.)
      A flower bud. --Gray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Albigenses \Al`bi*gen"ses\, d8Albigeois \[d8]Al`bi`geois"\, n.
      pl. [From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the
      south of France, in which the sect abounded.] (Eccl. Hist.)
      A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th
      centuries.
  
      Note: The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the
               pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the
               Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Albugo \[d8]Al*bu"go\, n.; pl. {Albugines}. [L., whiteness,
      fr. albus white.] (Med.)
      Same as {Leucoma}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Alopecia \[d8]Al`o*pe"ci*a\
      ([acr]l`[osl]*p[emac]"sh[icr]*[adot]), Alopecy \A*lop"e*cy\
      ([adot]*l[ocr]p"[esl]*s[ycr]), n. [L. alopecia, Gr.
      'alwpeki`a, fr. 'alw`phx fox, because loss of the hair is
      common among foxes.] (Med.)
      Loss of the hair; baldness.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Alveus \[d8]Al"ve*us\, n.; pl. {Alvei}. [L.]
      The channel of a river. --Weate.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Elaps \[d8]E"laps\, n. [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of venomous snakes found both in America and the Old
      World. Many species are known. See {Coral snake}, under
      {Coral}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8L91laps \[d8]L[91]"laps\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] a dark, furious
      storm.] (Paleon.)
      A genus of huge, carnivorous, dinosaurian reptiles from the
      Cretaceous formation of the United States. They had very
      large hind legs and tail, and are supposed to have been
      bipedal. Some of the species were about eighteen feet high.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lapis \[d8]La"pis\, n.; pl. {Lapides}. [L.]
      A stone.
  
      {Lapis calaminaris}. [NL.] (Min.) Calamine.
  
      {Lapis infernalis}. [L.] Fused nitrate of silver; lunar
            caustic.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lavoesium \[d8]La*v[oe]"si*um\, n. [NL., fr. Lavoisier, the
      celebrated French chemist.] (Chem.)
      A supposed new metallic element. It is said to have been
      discovered in pyrites, and some other minerals, and to be of
      a silver-white color, and malleable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lepas \[d8]Le"pas\ (l[emac]"p[acr]s), n. [L., a limpet, fr.
      Gr. lepa`s.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of various species of {Lepas}, a genus of
      pedunculated barnacles found attached to floating timber,
      bottoms of ships, Gulf weed, etc.; -- called also {goose
      barnacle}. See {Barnacle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lepisma \[d8]Le*pis"ma\ (l[esl]*p[icr]z"m[adot]), n. [NL., fr.
      Gr. le`pisma peel, fr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A genus of wingless thysanurous insects having an elongated
      flattened body, covered with shining scales and terminated by
      seven unequal bristles. A common species ({Lepisma
      saccharina}) is found in houses, and often injures books and
      furniture. Called also {shiner}, {silver witch}, {silver
      moth}, and {furniture bug}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Leveche \[d8]Le*ve"che\, n. [Sp. Cf. {Lebeccio}.] (Meteor.)
      A dry sirocco of Spain.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lipocephala \[d8]Lip`o*ceph"a*la\
      (l[icr]p`[osl]*s[ecr]f"[adot]*l[adot]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
      lei`pesqai to be lacking + kefalh` head.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Same as {Lamellibranchia}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lobosa \[d8]Lo*bo"sa\, n. pl. [NL. See {Lobe}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and
      irregular in form, as in the Am[d2]ba.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lophosteon \[d8]Lo*phos"te*on\, n.; pl. L. {Lophostea}, E.
      {Lophosteons}. [NL., from Gr. [?] a crest + [?] a bone.]
      (Anat.)
      The central keel-bearing part of the sternum in birds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Loup-cervier \[d8]Loup"-cer`vier"\, n. [F. Cf. {Lusern}.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      The Canada lynx. See {Lynx}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Loup-garou \[d8]Loup`-ga`rou"\, n.; pl. {Loups-garous}. [F.,
      fr. loup wolf + a Teutonic word akin to E. werewolf.]
      A werewolf; a lycanthrope.
  
               The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf,
               belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has
               its reflex in the story of [bd]Little Red
               Riding-hood[b8] and others.                     --Brinton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Lupus \[d8]Lu"pus\, n. [L., a wolf. See {Wolf}.]
      1. (Med.) A cutaneous disease occurring under two distinct
            forms.
  
      Note: Lupus erythematosus is characterized by an eruption of
               red patches, which become incrusted, leaving
               superficial scars. L. vulgaris is marked by the
               development of nodules which often ulcerate deeply and
               produce great deformity. Formerly the latter was often
               confounded with cancer, and some varieties of cancer
               were included under Lupus.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Talipes \[d8]Tal"i*pes\, n. [NL., fr. L. talus an ankle + pes,
      pedis, a foot; cf. L. talipedare to be weak in the feet,
      properly, to walk on the ankles.] (Surg.)
      The deformity called {clubfoot}. See {Clubfoot}.
  
      Note: Several varieties are distinguished; as, {Talipes
               varus}, in which the foot is drawn up and bent inward;
               {T. valgus}, in which the foot is bent outward; {T.
               equinus}, in which the sole faces backward and the
               patient walks upon the balls of the toes; and {T.
               calcaneus} (called also {talus}), in which the sole
               faces forward and the patient walks upon the heel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Thlipsis \[d8]Thlip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?] pressure, fr.
      [?] to press.] (Med.)
      Compression, especially constriction of vessels by an
      external cause.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Xenomi \[d8]Xen"o*mi\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. xe`nos strange.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A suborder of soft-rayed fresh-water fishes of which the
      blackfish of Alaska ({Dallia pectoralis}) is the type.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dealfish \Deal"fish`\, n. [From deal a long, narrow plank.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      A long, thin fish of the arctic seas ({Trachypterus
      arcticus}).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delapsation \De`lap*sa"tion\, n.
      See {Delapsion}. --Ray.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delapse \De*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Delapsed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Delapsing}.] [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall
      down; de- + labi to fall or side.]
      To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.]
  
               Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
               Of the delapsed crown from Philip.         --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delapse \De*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Delapsed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Delapsing}.] [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall
      down; de- + labi to fall or side.]
      To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.]
  
               Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
               Of the delapsed crown from Philip.         --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delapse \De*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Delapsed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Delapsing}.] [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall
      down; de- + labi to fall or side.]
      To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.]
  
               Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other,
               Of the delapsed crown from Philip.         --Drayton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delapsion \De*lap"sion\, n.
      A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Delphic \Del"phic\, a. [L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. Delfiko`s, fr.
      Delfoi`, L. Delphi, a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri.]
      (Gr. Antiq.)
      1. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that
            place.
  
      2. Ambiguous; mysterious. [bd]If he is silent or delphic.[b8]
            --New York Times.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Delphos, IA (city, FIPS 19810)
      Location: 40.66318 N, 94.33928 W
      Population (1990): 23 (15 housing units)
      Area: 0.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50844
   Delphos, KS (city, FIPS 17600)
      Location: 39.27477 N, 97.76606 W
      Population (1990): 494 (258 housing units)
      Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 67436
   Delphos, OH (city, FIPS 21602)
      Location: 40.84439 N, 84.33941 W
      Population (1990): 7093 (2770 housing units)
      Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 45833
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