deck hand |
a seaman employed mostly on the deck of a vessel. |
deckle |
a framework or edging piece used in some papermaking to control the size of the sheets. |
deckle edge |
the irregular, untrimmed edge characterizing handmade paper, or an edge made to look like this. |
declaim |
to speak in a formal manner; deliver a speech. [4 definitions] |
declamation |
the act of declaiming. [2 definitions] |
declamatory |
in the manner of one who is declaiming. [2 definitions] |
declaration |
the act of declaring. [4 definitions] |
Declaration of Independence |
the public document by which the United States of America was declared to be free and independent of England in 1776. |
Declaration of Sentiments |
the document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men in connection with the first women's rights convention. |
declarative |
making a statement, assertion, or declaration. |
declarative sentence |
a sentence that makes a statement. There are many examples of declarative sentences, such as, "It is raining outside." |
declare |
to proclaim or formally announce (the fact of something happening or existing). [7 definitions] |
declared war |
an armed conflict that is precipitated by a formal declaration of war. |
declare war on |
to formally state an intention to wage war against. [2 definitions] |
declassify |
to remove the security classification, such as "top secret," from (an official document, information, or the like). |
declension |
in grammar, the process of listing systematically the inflected forms of an adjective, a noun, or a pronoun by categories such as case, gender, and number. [3 definitions] |
declination |
a movement, bend, or slope downward. [5 definitions] |
decline |
to refuse in a civil or polite way (to do or to give something). [10 definitions] |
declivity |
a downward or descending slope. (Cf. acclivity.) |
decoct |
to extract a flavor or essence from, by boiling. |
decode |
to convert (a coded message) into ordinary language; decipher. [2 definitions] |