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Decagonal

Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.

Decagramme Decagram

A mass in the metric system equal to ten grams, and equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois. See 3rd Gram.

Decagynia

A Linn/an order of plants characterized by having ten styles.

Decahedron

A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.

Decalcify

To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.

Decalcomanie Decalcomania

The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

Decalitre Decaliter

A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.

Decalogue

The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.

Decameron

A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.

Decametre Decameter

A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.

Decamp

To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.

Decanal

Pertaining to a dean or deanery.

Decandria

A Linn/an class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.

Decane

A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.

Decani

Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.

Decant

To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.

Decantation

The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.

Decanter

A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.

Decapod

A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively, as a decapod crustacean.

Decapoda

The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.

Decarbonize

To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood.

Decarbonizer

He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.

Decarburize

To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.

Decastere

A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters.

Decastyle

Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc. A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.

decathlon

In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest consisting of a 100-meter run, a broad jump, putting the shot, a running high-jump, a 400-meter run, throwing the discus, a 100-meter hurdle race, pole vaulting, throwing the javelin, and a 1500-meter run.

Decatoic

Pertaining to, or derived from, decane.

Decay

Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.

Decayed

Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman.

Decease

To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.

Deceit

An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.

Deceitful

Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.

Deceitfulness

The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual.

Deceive

To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare.

Deceiver

One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.

decelerate

to cause to reduce speed. Opposite of accelerate.

deceleration

a decrease in velocity. Opposite of acceleration

December

The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.

Decembrist

One of those who conspired for constitutional government against the Emperor Nicholas on his accession to the throne at the death of Alexander I., in December, 1825; -- called also Dekabrist.

Decemvir

One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.

Decemvirate

The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome.

Decency

The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.

Decene

One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series.

decent

Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.

decentralise

same as decentralize. Opposite of centralize and concentrate

decentralization

The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.

Decentralize

to make less central; to prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs.

decentralizing

causing a dispersion or movement away from the center; -- used especially of power or administrative functions. Opposite of centralizing.

Deceptive

Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.

Deceptiveness

The power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness to deceive.

Decern

To perceive, discern, or decide.

Decerp

To pluck off; to crop; to gather.

Decerptible

That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away.

Decession

Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion.

Decharm

To free from a charm; to disenchant.

Deciare

A measure of area, the tenth part of an are; ten square meters.

Decidable

Capable of being decided; determinable.

Decide

To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant.

Decided

Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage.

Decidedly

In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.

Decidua

The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.

Deciduata

A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species.

Deciduate

Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua.

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