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. |