| decanter |
a stoppered, decorative glass bottle for serving wine, brandy, or the like. |
| decapitate |
to cut off the head of; behead. |
| decapod |
one of a group of crustaceans having ten legs, including crabs, lobsters, and shrimps. [2 definitions] |
| decarbonate |
to remove carbon dioxide gas or bubbles from. |
| decarbonize |
to remove carbon or soot from. |
| 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] |