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- English Word Delph Definition Delftware.
- English Word Delph Definition The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.
- English Word Delphian Definition Delphic.
- English Word Delphic Definition Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.
- English Word Delphic Definition Ambiguous; mysterious.
- English Word Delphin Definition Alt. of Delphine
- English Word Delphin Definition A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.
- English Word Delphine Definition Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).
- English Word Delphine Definition Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.
- English Word Delphinic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic.
- 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