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decarboxylate to remove a carbonyl group from (an organic compound), resulting in the emission of carbon dioxide.
decastere a unit of volume equal to ten steres or cubic meters or 13.079 cubic yards.
decasyllable a word or line of poetry having ten syllables.
decathlete one who participates in a decathlon.
decathlon an athletic contest in which each participant competes in ten different track and field events over a period of two days.
decay to rot or become rotted; decompose. [8 definitions]
decease the act of dying; death. [2 definitions]
deceased no longer alive; dead. [2 definitions]
decedent in law, one who has died.
deceit the act or practice of misleading, tricking, or cheating. [3 definitions]
deceitful full of deceit; duplicitous. [2 definitions]
deceive to lead (a person) to believe something that is untrue; mislead; trick; defraud. [2 definitions]
decelerate to lower the speed of; decrease in velocity; slow down.
December the twelfth month of the Gregorian calendar year, having thirty-one days.
decemvir one of a council of ten members that drew up the first code of Roman laws in 450 B.C. [2 definitions]
decency the quality, state, or condition of being decent. [3 definitions]
decennial happening every ten years. [3 definitions]
decent conforming to social standards as regards morality, modesty, good taste, or the like; not obscene or offensive. [5 definitions]
decentralize to assign the powers and functions of (a central organization or service) to various local branches or entities. [2 definitions]
deception the act of causing someone to believe an untruth, or the state of being so deceived. [2 definitions]
deceptive able to or tending to deceive; misleading.