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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.

Deciduous

Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.

Decigramme Decigram

A quantity of mass in the metric system equal to one tenth of a gram, and equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois. See 3rd gram.

Decile Decil

An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36/.

Decilitre Deciliter

A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.

Decillion

According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.]

Decillionth

The quotient of unity divided by a decillion. One of a decillion equal parts.

Decimal

A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.

decimalism

The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.

decimalization

the act of changing to a decimal system; as, the decimalization of the British currency.

Decimalize

to convert the dominant units of measure (e.g. of currency) to a decimal-based system; to reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.

Decimate

To take the tenth part of; to tithe.

Decime

A French coin, the tenth part of a franc, equal to about two cents (around 1900). In 2001 all previous French coins were superseded by the euro.

Decimetre Decimeter

A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.

Decimosexto

Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size.

Decine

One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetylene series; -- called also decenylene.

Decipher

To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.

Decipherable

Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable.

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