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DELICIATE

Definition: DELICIATE

DELICIATE

Transitive verb

1. To delight one's self; to indulge in feasting; to revel.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Rhyming with "DELICIATE"

Words rhyming with "DELICIATE" (pronounced 'De*li"ci*ate'): Abacinate, Abalienate, Aberrate, Aberuncate, Abirritate, Abjudicate, Abjugate, Ablactate, Ablaqueate, Abligate, Abnegate, Abnodate, Abominate, Abranchiate, Absinthate, Absinthiate, Absquatulate, Acaudate, Accelerate, Accentuate, Acclimate, Accorporate, Accriminate, Accurate, Acerbate, Acetate, Achlamydate, Acidulate, Activate, Aculeate, Aculeolate, Acutifoliate, Acutilobate, Adipocerate, Adjugate, Admarginate, Administrate, Adnate, Adrogate, Adulate, Adumbrate, Aerate, AEstivate, Affatuate, Affectionate, Affricate, Aggerate, Aggrate, Aggravate, Agitate, Agnominate, Alcoholate, Allatrate, Alleviate, Alligate, Allineate, Allocate, Alloxanate, Altercate, Aluminate, Alveolate, Ambreate, Ambulate, Amplificate, Amputate, Amylate, Anastate, Anchorate, Angulo-dentate, Angustate, Annominate, Annumerate, Antepenultimate, Anticipate, Antimonate, Antiquate, Apostemate, Apostolate, Appendicate, Appendiculate, Appropinquate, Apricate, Aptate, Archiepiscopate, Archontate, Archprelate, Archprimate, Argentate, Arietate, Ariled, Arillate, Aristate, Aristulate, Arllated, Arrogate, Arsenate, Arseniate, Arsenicate, Asiphonate, Asperate, Asphyxiate, Asseverate, Assibilate, Assiduate, Assimulate, Assonate, Assubjugate, Astate, Astipulate, Attaminate, Atterrate, Aurate, Aureate, Auriphrygiate, Auscultate, Authenticate, Averruncate, Aviate, Avocate, Avolate, Baccate, Barbate, Barbellate, Barbellulate, Beatificate, Belate, Beneficiate, Benzoate, Berate, Biacuminate, Biarticulate, Biauriculate, Bibracteate, Bicalcarate, Bicarbonate, Bicarinate, Bicaudate, Bicolligate, Biconjugate, Bicorporate, Bicostate, Bicrenate, Bidentate, Bidigitate, Bifidate, Biflabellate, Biflagellate, Bifoliate, Bifoliolate, Biforate, bigeminate, Bijugate, Bilabiate, Bilaciniate, BILLINGSGATE, Bilobate, Bimaculate, Bimarginate, Binarseniate, Binate, Binervate, Binoculate, Binoxalate, Binucleolate, Biocellate, Bipalmate, Bipeltate, Biplicate, Bipunctate, Bipupillate, Biquadrate, Bisaccate, Biscutate, Biseptate, Biserrate, Bisilicate, Bisulcate, Bisulphate, Bitartrate, Biternate, Bituminate, Bombilate, Bombinate, Boncilate, Bookmate, Bookplate, Borate, Borosilicate, Bovate, Braccate, Brachiate, Bracteate, Bracteolate, Branchiate, Breastplate, Breedbate, Brevipennate, Brominate, Bullate, Bursiculate, Butyrate, Cacuminate, Caducibranchiate, Calamistrate, Calceolate, Calcinate, Calcitrate, Calibrate, Caliphate, Camerate, Campanulate, Cancellate, Cancerate, Candidate, Canonicate, Cantillate, Capacitate, Capistrate, Capitate, Capitellate, Caprate, Capreolate, Caproate, Caprylate, Carbazotate, Carbohydrate, Carbonate, Cardinalate, Carnate, Carucate, Casemate, Cassate, Castigate, Castrate, Cate, Catechumenate, Catenate, Catenulate, Celebrate, Centumvirate, Centuplicate, Cephalate, Cerate, Cerebrate, Chelate, Chlamydate, Chlorate, Chloridate, Chlorinate, Chocolate, Cholate, Chromate, Cicurate, Circumagitate, Circumambulate, Circumgyrate, Circumnavigate, Circumnutate, Circumrotate, Circumstantiate, Circumundulate, Cirrate, Citrate, Clarigate, Classmate, Clathrate, Clavellate, Clodpate, Clypeate, Coadunate, Coelenterate, Coestate, Cohobate, Coinquinate, Collectorate, Collimate, Colliquate, Colorate, Columbate, Combinate, Commemorate, Commentate, Commigrate, Commiserate, Commissionate, Commodate, Compaginate, Comparate, Compendiate, Comperendinate, Comprobate, Concamerate, Concatenate, Concelebrate, Conciliate, Concinnate, Concionate, Concreate, Concubinate, Conculcate, Conduplicate, Confabulate, Configurate, Conflate, Conformate, Conglaciate, Conglobulate, Connate, Connate-perfoliate, Connotate, Conquadrate, Conquassate, Considerate, Consolate, Conspurcate, Constate, Constipate, Constuprate, Consulate, Contemperate, Conterminate, Contiguate, Continuate, Contortuplicate, Contraindicate, Contrate, Contristate, Contriturate, Conviciate, Convocate, Cooperate, Cooptate, Copesmate, Copperplate, Cordate, Corniculate, Corradiate, Corrivate, Corrodiate, Coruscate, Costellate, Counterirritate, Counterponderate, Crebricostate, Crebrisulcate, Cremate, Crenelate, Crepitate, Cribrate, Criminate, Cristate, Croconate, Cruentate, Cryohydrate, Cryptobranchiate, Cultivate, Cumulate, Cupulate, Curate, Curtate, Curvicaudate, Curvicostate, Curvidentate, Cyanate, Cyanurate, Cyclobranchiate, Dealbate, Deambulate, Dearticulate, Debacchate, Debellate, Debilitate, Debulliate, Decantate, Decapitate, Decarbonate, Decemdentate, Decemvirate, Deciduate, Decimate, Declinate, Decollate, Deconcentrate, Deconsecrate, Decorate, Decorticate, Decurionate, Dedecorate, Defatigate, Defibrinate, deflate, Deflorate, Deglutinate, Dehonestate, Dehydrate, Dehydrogenate, Deintegrate, Deitate, Dejerate, Delectate. (additional references)

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Anagrams: DELICIATE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-i-i-l-t"

-1 letter: ciliated, delicate, elicited.

-2 letters: ciliate, citadel, cleated, deltaic, dialect, edictal, eidetic.

-3 letters: aedile, atelic, ceiled, citied, deceit, decile, delate, delict, deltic, detail, dilate, elated, elicit, ideate, italic, tailed, talced.

-4 letters: acted, ailed, alcid, cadet, cilia, cited, clade, cleat, dealt, decal, deice, delta, dicta, eclat, edict, edile, elate, elect, elide, elite, ideal, ileac, iliac, iliad, laced, lated, licit, litai, teiid, telae, telia, telic, tical, tidal, tilde, tiled.

-5 letters: aced, acid, adit, aide, alec, alee, alit, cade, cadi, caid, cate, cede, cedi, ceil, celt, cete, cite, clad, clit, dace, dale, date, deal, deet, deil, dele, deli, delt, dial, dice, diel, diet, dita, dite, edit, eide, etic, iced, idea, idle, ilea, ilia, lace, lade, laic, laid, late, lati, lead, leet, lice, lied, lite, tace, tael, tail, talc, tale, tali, teal, teed, teel, tela, tele, tide, tied, tile.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-i-i-l-t"
 

+1 letter: indelicate.

 

+2 letters: acetanilide, eidetically, elasticized, elucidative, felicitated.

 

+3 letters: acetanilides, dietetically, indelicately.

 

+4 letters: coresidential, credentialing, credentialism, delectability, detectability, discreditable, educabilities, identicalness, occidentalize, predicatively, recapitalized, reduplicative, technicalized, valedictories.

 

+5 letters: credentialisms, credentialling, decentralizing, decidabilities, depreciatingly, diagenetically, dialectologies, encephalitides, indelicateness, interdialectal, occidentalized, occidentalizes, overidealistic, reacclimatized, theatricalized, veridicalities.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DELICIATE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 45 4C 49 43 49 41 54 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-..    .    .-..    ..    -.-.    ..    .-    -    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01000101 01001100 01001001 01000011 01001001 01000001 01010100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#69 &#76 &#73 &#67 &#73 &#65 &#84 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0045 004C 0049 0043 0049 0041 0054 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

383946433743355439

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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