a delicate touch
61keyboard instrument — ▪ music Introduction any musical instrument on which different notes can be sounded by pressing a series of keys, push buttons, or parallel levers. In nearly all cases in Western music the keys correspond to consecutive notes in the… …
62mechanoreception — See mechanoreceptor. * * * Ability to detect and respond to mechanical stimuli in one s environment. A slight deformation of a mechanoreceptive neuron causes an electric charge at its surface, activating a response. Mechanoreceptors in pain spots …
63Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present. Like… …
64glassware — /glas wair , glahs /, n. articles of glass, esp. drinking glasses. [1705 15; GLASS + WARE1] * * * Introduction any decorative article made of glass, often designed for everyday use. From very early times glass has been used for various… …
65France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
66tact — [takt] n. [Fr < L tactus, pp. of tangere, to touch < IE base * tag , to touch, grasp > OE thaccian, to stroke] 1. Archaic the sense of touch 2. delicate perception of the right thing to say or do without offending; skill in dealing with… …
67del´i|cate|ness — del|i|cate «DEHL uh kiht», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. pleasing to the senses; light, mild, or soft: »delicate foods, delicate colors. Roses have a delicate fragrance. A baby s skin is delicate. SYNONYM(S): tender, subdued. 2. of fine weave,… …
68del´i|cate|ly — del|i|cate «DEHL uh kiht», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. pleasing to the senses; light, mild, or soft: »delicate foods, delicate colors. Roses have a delicate fragrance. A baby s skin is delicate. SYNONYM(S): tender, subdued. 2. of fine weave,… …
69del|i|cate — «DEHL uh kiht», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. pleasing to the senses; light, mild, or soft: »delicate foods, delicate colors. Roses have a delicate fragrance. A baby s skin is delicate. SYNONYM(S): tender, subdued. 2. of fine weave, quality, or make; …
70touchy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. irritable; risky, delicate. See irritability, sensibility, danger. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Irritable] Syn. ill humored, testy, irascible; see irritable . 2. [Delicate] Syn. harmful, hazardous,… …
