Decayed (a.) Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman.
Decayer (n.) A causer of decay.
Decease (n.) Departure, especially departure from this life; death.
Deceased (imp. & p. p.) of Decease
Deceasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decease
Decease (v. i.) To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
Deceased (a.) Passed away; dead; gone.
Decede (n.) To withdraw.
Decedent (a.) Removing; departing.
Decedent (n.) A deceased person.
Deceit (n.) 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.
Deceit (n.) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation.
Deceitful (a.) Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.
Deceitfully (adv.) With intent to deceive.
Deceitfulness (n.) The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual.
Deceitfulness (n.) The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices.
Deceitfulness (n.) Tendency to mislead or deceive.
Deceitless (a.) Free from deceit.
Deceivable (a.) Fitted to deceive; deceitful.
Deceivable (a.) Subject to deceit; capable of being misled.
Deceivableness (n.) Capability of deceiving.
Deceivableness (n.) Liability to be deceived or misled; as, the deceivableness of a child.
Deceivably (adv.) In a deceivable manner.
Deceived (imp. & p. p.) of Deceive
Deceiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deceive
Deceive (v. t.) 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.
Deceive (v. t.) To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.
Deceive (v. t.) To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud.
Deceiver (n.) One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.
December (n.) The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.
December (n.) Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life.
Decemdentate (a.) Having ten points or teeth.
Decemfid (a.) Cleft into ten parts.
Decemlocular (a.) Having ten cells for seeds.
Decempedal (a.) Ten feet in length.
Decempedal (a.) Having ten feet; decapodal.
Decemvirs (pl. ) of Decemvir
Decemviri (pl. ) of Decemvir
Decemvir (n.) One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.
Decemvir (n.) A member of any body of ten men in authority.
Decemviral (a.) Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.
Decemvirate (n.) The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome.
Decemvirate (n.) A body of ten men in authority.
Decemvirship (n.) The office of a decemvir.
Decence (n.) Decency.
Decencies (pl. ) of Decency
Decency (n.) 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.
Decency (n.) That which is proper or becoming.
Decene (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series.
Decennaries (pl. ) of Decennary
Decennary (n.) A period of ten years.
Decennary (n.) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families.
Decennial (a.) Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games.
Decennial (n.) A tenth year or tenth anniversary.
Decenniums (pl. ) of Decennium
Decennia (pl. ) of Decennium
Decennium (n.) A period of ten years.
Decennoval (a.) Alt. of Decennovary
Decennovary (a.) Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years.
Decent (a.) Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
Decent (a.) Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
Decent (a.) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
Decent (a.) Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.
Decentralization (n.) The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized.
Decentralize (v. t.) 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.
Deceptible (a.) Capable of being deceived; deceivable.
Deception (n.) The act of deceiving or misleading.
Deception (n.) The state of being deceived or misled.
Deception (n.) That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
Deceptious (a.) Tending deceive; delusive.
Deceptive (a.) Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.
Deceptively (adv.) In a manner to deceive.
Deceptiveness (n.) The power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness to deceive.
Deceptivity (n.) Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham.
Deceptory (a.) Deceptive.
Decern (v. t.) To perceive, discern, or decide.
Decern (v. t.) To decree; to adjudge.
Decerniture (n.) A decree or sentence of a court.
Decerp (v. t.) To pluck off; to crop; to gather.
Decerpt (a.) Plucked off or away.
Decerptible (a.) That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away.
Decerption (n.) The act of plucking off; a cropping.
Decerption (n.) That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece.
Decertation (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife.
Decession (n.) Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion.
Decharm (v. t.) To free from a charm; to disenchant.
Dechristianized (imp. & p. p.) of Dechristianize
Dechristianizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dechristianize
Dechristianize (v. t.) To turn from, or divest of, Christianity.
Decidable (a.) Capable of being decided; determinable.
Decided (imp. & p. p.) of Decide
Deciding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decide
Decide (v. t.) To cut off; to separate.
Decide (v. t.) To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle.
Decide (v. i.) 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 (a.) Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage.
Decided (a.) Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose.
Decidedly (adv.) In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.
Decidement (n.) Means of forming a decision.
Decidence (n.) A falling off.