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Velvety

Made of velvet, or like velvet; soft; smooth; delicate.

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Smooth 84% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Smooth 84% connected

Having an even surface, or a surface so even that no roughness or points can be perceived by the touch; not rough; as, smooth glass; smooth porcelain.

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Soft 84% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Soft 84% connected

Easily yielding to pressure; easily impressed, molded, or cut; not firm in resisting; impressible; yielding; also, malleable; -- opposed to hard; as,…

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Velvet 74% connected

A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.

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Velvet 74% connected

A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.

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Velvet 92% connected

A silk fabric, having a short, close nap of erect threads. Inferior qualities are made with a silk pile on a cotton or linen back.

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Burnish adjective · 78% connection

To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to bur…

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Challis noun · 78% connection

A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses.

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Delicate adjective · 78% connection

Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; d…

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Doeskin noun · 78% connection

A firm woolen cloth with a smooth, soft surface like a doe's skin; -- made for men's wear.

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Dolcemente adverb · 78% connection

Softly; sweetly; with soft, smooth, and delicate execution.

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Effeminate adjective · 78% connection

Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak.

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Face verb · 78% connection

To make the surface of (anything) flat or smooth; to dress the face of (a stone, a casting, etc.); esp., in turning, to shape or smoot…

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Glossy superl. · 78% connection

Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a glossy surface.

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Iron verb · 78% connection

To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; -- sometimes used with out.

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Leiotrichous adjective · 78% connection

Having smooth, or nearly smooth, hair.

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Mantilla noun · 78% connection

A lady's light cloak of cape of silk, velvet, lace, or the like.

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Mealy-mouthed adjective · 78% connection

Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.

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Mellow superl. · 78% connection

Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.

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Mockado noun · 78% connection

A stuff made in imitation of velvet; -- probably the same as mock velvet.

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Nesh adjective · 78% connection

Soft; tender; delicate.

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Ovule noun · 78% connection

The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of th…

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Parenchyma noun · 78% connection

The soft celluar substance of the tissues of plants and animals, like the pulp of leaves, to soft tissue of glands, and the like.

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Pia cloth unknown · 78% connection

A fine material for ladies' shawls, scarfs, handkerchiefs, etc., made from the fiber of the pineapple leaf, and perhaps from other fib…

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