Word Finder - delicacies

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The quality of being delicate.

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Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement -a Chinese delicacy

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Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.

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Frailty of health or fitness.

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Refinement in taste or discrimination.

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Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.

There were several women sitting and talking while choosing delicacies from large silver trays.

Serving traditional foods, teas, and Chinese delicacies.

A gift basket filled with edible delicacies, spa luxuries or hobby essentials makes a wonderful retirement gift.

These delicacies are then deep fried, wrapped in grape leaves, or cooked in yogurt.

From it the native draws lumber for his hut, utensils for his kitchen, thatch for his roof, medicines, preserved delicacies, and a long list of other articles.

Dining When it comes time to tantalize the taste buds, the resort 's two restaurants offer the choicest Asian and European Delicacies.

Brian 's eyes lit up at the prospect of food, especially delicacies hitherto untried.

Pupils enjoyed the delicacies on sale, the aroma of which wafted on the chilly, wintry air.

Whether you choose to buy a basket of food staples or one brimming with tasty delicacies, such a present is practically guaranteed to please.

From seniors that are sports enthusiasts or coffee lovers to those that enjoy gourmet delicacies or a relaxing day at the spa, there are retirement gift baskets to suit the interests or palettes of many people.

Because of the season, holiday wines can be heartier wines that stand up to traditional flavors like turkey, currants, cranberries, prime rib and other holiday delicacies.

Now it is true that the critic must be unconscious of some of the subtlest charms and nicest delicacies of language who would exclude from humorous writing all those impressions and surprises which depend on the use of the diverse sense of words.

The boxes were intended to hold bonbons or confectionery delicacies at a time when sugar was quite expensive.

Dining When it comes time to tantalize the taste buds, the resort's two restaurants offer the choicest Asian and European Delicacies.

Brian's eyes lit up at the prospect of food, especially delicacies hitherto untried.

The cookbook provides cooks with grilling techniques and equipment needed to produce delicacies like Guinea hen breasts with rosemary and pesto and Italian-style ribs.

The show featured some incredible challenges, including the consumption of many seemingly inedible delicacies.

Fall meals may include such unusual delicacies as lamb neck with corn and chanterelle mushrooms, black cod with clams and black garlic, and leek bread pudding with fennel.

The menu caters to hearty appetites with and long list of signature delicacies like chuletas (pork chops), pechuga de pollo (grilled chicken breast), camarones al ajillo (shrimp in garlic), and vaca frita (fried beef).

Stretching their limited budgets to include small luxuries such as visits to the hair salon, afternoon movie matinees or favorite edible delicacies is often impossible.

For variety, try a meaty or a vegetarian combination plate, or stop by the lunch buffet to sample the delicacies to your heart's content.

Ask for the current chef's special, where you may get to sample delicacies such as kung pao baby lobster and sea bass fillets.

Although constantly changing, the menu has offered past delicacies such as sautéed beef tenderloin with potato galette and wild mushrooms or venison circled with wild huckleberries and accompanied by white braised pears.

Not only were they lodged in cages of tortoise-shell and ivory, with silver wires, but they were professedly esteemed as delicacies for the table, and one emperor is said to have fed his lions upon them!

One of the table delicacies of former days was a particular breed of dog which was fed exclusively on poi before it was killed, cooked and served.

The game-pies and other delicacies of Chartres are well known, and the industries also include flour-milling, brewing, distilling, iron-founding, leather manufacture, dyeing, and the manufacture of stained glass, billiard requisites, hosiery, &c.