Thesaurus / delicacy
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Not content to just mass-produce lab-grown fish fillets, it has focused on developing prized delicacies, especially fish maw.
I TRIED LAB-GROWN FISH MAW. HERE'S WHY IT COULD HELP SAVE OUR OCEANSAMY GUNIA/HONG KONGSEPTEMBER 17, 2021TIMEEnjoy the local delicacy with this summery cocktail that uses TINCUP’s bourbon, which is aged for 10 years.
ADD THESE 5 BACKCOUNTRY LODGES TO YOUR ADVENTURE BUCKET LISTELESSARDAUGUST 12, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEIt was a delicacy from the gods in order to not go to sleep hungry, which is one of the worst sensations in life.
LOCKED UP IN THE LAND OF LIBERTY: PART IIMICHAEL K. LAVERSJULY 14, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEShe next took on four papers that had been rapidly published early in 2020, two of them in Nature, describing viruses in pangolins—endangered scale-covered mammals sometimes eaten as delicacies in China—that shared similarities to SARS-CoV-2.
THEY CALLED IT A CONSPIRACY THEORY. BUT ALINA CHAN TWEETED LIFE INTO THE IDEA THAT THE VIRUS CAME FROM A LAB.ANTONIO REGALADOJUNE 25, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThe latter work’s delicacy, typical of Yamaguchi’s style, is infused here with new urgency.
IN THE GALLERIES: IMAGES FOCUS ON THE FUTURE OF THE PLANETMARK JENKINSMAY 28, 2021WASHINGTON POSTFlowers, fruits, and insects were her favorite subjects, and were painted with rare delicacy.
WOMEN IN THE FINE ARTS, FROM THE SEVENTH CENTURY B.C. TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY A.D.CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENTI think that he had more virtuosity, and yet more delicacy of feeling, than either Rubinstein or Blow.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThe officer, with less delicacy of attention to the supposed slumbers of an invalid, followed him.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERMany of these pipes are sculptured from the most obdurate stones and display great delicacy of workmanship.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.He evidently avoided taking a share in the discussion of his Transatlantic career, probably from delicacy to his English auditor.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO DELICACY
- accepted conduct
- amenities
- breeding
- civilities
- correctness
- courtesy
- decency
- decorum
- delicacy
- dignity
- etiquette
- good behavior
- good form
- modesty
- mores
- niceties
- politeness
- politesse
- protocol
- punctilio
- rectitude
- refinement
- respectability
- rules of conduct
- seemliness
- social conventions
- social grace
- the done thing
- affliction
- ailing
- ailment
- confinement
- debilitation
- debility
- decay
- decrepitude
- defect
- deficiency
- delicacy
- delicateness
- disease
- diseasedness
- disorder
- failing
- fault
- feebleness
- flimsiness
- flu
- fragileness
- fragility
- frailness
- frailty
- ill health
- imperfection
- indisposition
- insubstantiality
- malady
- malaise
- shortcoming
- sickliness
- unhealth
- unhealthiness
- unsoundness
- unsubstantiality
- unwellness
- vulnerability
- weakliness
- weakness
- affability
- civility
- courtesy
- courtliness
- delicacy
- dignity
- discrimination
- elegance
- enlightenment
- erudition
- fastidiousness
- fine point
- fineness
- finesse
- finish
- gentility
- gentleness
- good breeding
- good manners
- grace
- graciousness
- knowledge
- lore
- nicety
- nuance
- polish
- politeness
- politesse
- precision
- sophistication
- style
- suavity
- subtlety
- tact
- taste
- urbanity
- bashfulness
- celibacy
- chastity
- constraint
- coyness
- decency
- delicacy
- demureness
- diffidence
- discreetness
- humbleness
- humility
- inhibition
- innocence
- lack of pretension
- meekness
- propriety
- prudery
- purity
- quietness
- reserve
- reticence
- simplicity
- timidity
- unobtrusiveness
- unostentatiousness
- unpretentiousness
- virtue
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