Decider (n.) One who decides.
Decidua (n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.
Deciduata (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species.
Deciduate (a.) Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua.
Deciduity (n.) Deciduousness.
Deciduous (a.) Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.
Deciduousness (n.) The quality or state of being deciduous.
Decigram (n.) Alt. of Decigramme
Decigramme (n.) A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.
Decil (n.) Alt. of Decile
Decile (n.) An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36¡.
Deciliter (n.) Alt. of Decilitre
Decilitre (n.) A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.
Decillion (n.) According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.]
Decillionth (a.) Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity divided by a decillion.
Decillionth (n.) The quotient of unity divided by a decillion.
Decillionth (n.) One of a decillion equal parts.
Decimal (a.) Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage.
Decimal (n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction.
Decimalism (n.) The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.
Decimalize (v. t.) To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency.
Decimally (adv.) By tens; by means of decimals.
Decimated (imp. & p. p.) of Decimate
Decimating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decimate
Decimate (v. t.) To take the tenth part of; to tithe.
Decimate (v. t.) To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny.
Decimate (v. t.) To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.
Decimation (n.) A tithing.
Decimation (n.) A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment.
Decimation (n.) The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war.
Decimator (n.) One who decimates.
Decime (n.) A French coin, the tenth part of a franc, equal to about two cents.
Decimeter (n.) Alt. of Decimetre
Decimetre (n.) A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.
Decimosexto (n.) A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16¡.
Decimosexto (a.) Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size.
Decine (n.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetylene series; -- called also decenylene.
Deciphered (imp. & p. p.) of Decipher
Deciphering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decipher
Decipher (v. t.) To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.
Decipher (v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold.
Decipher (v. t.) To stamp; to detect; to discover.
Decipherable (a.) Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable.
Decipherer (n.) One who deciphers.
Decipheress (n.) A woman who deciphers.
Decipherment (n.) The act of deciphering.
Decipiency (n.) State of being deceived; hallucination.
Decipium (n.) A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.
Decision (n.) Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.
Decision (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.
Decision (n.) An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.
Decision (n.) The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision.
Decisive (a.) Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
Decisive (a.) Marked by promptness and decision.
Decisory (a.) Able to decide or determine; having a tendency to decide.
Decistere (n.) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere.
Decitizenize (v. t.) To deprive of the rights of citizenship.
Decivilize (v. t.) To reduce from civilization to a savage state.
Decked (imp. & p. p.) of Deck
Decking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deck
Deck (v. t.) To cover; to overspread.
Deck (v. t.) To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.
Deck (v. t.) To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.
Deck (v.) The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks.
Deck (v.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.
Deck (v.) The roof of a passenger car.
Deck (v.) A pack or set of playing cards.
Deck (v.) A heap or store.
Deckel (n.) Same as Deckle.
Decker (n.) One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.
Decker (n.) A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.
Deckle (n.) A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper.
Declaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Declaim
Declaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Declaim
Declaim (v. i.) To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.
Declaim (v. i.) To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
Declaim (v. t.) To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.
Declaim (v. t.) To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly.
Declaimant (n.) A declaimer.
Declaimer (n.) One who declaims; an haranguer.
Declamation (n.) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.
Declamation (n.) A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
Declamation (n.) Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.
Declamator (n.) A declaimer.
Declamatory (a.) Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.
Declamatory (a.) Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.
Declarable (a.) Capable of being declared.
Declarant (n.) One who declares.
Declaration (n.) The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.
Declaration (n.) That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.
Declaration (n.) The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).
Declaration (n.) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3.
Declarative (a.) Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory.
Declaratively (adv.) By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration.
Declarator (n.) A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.
Declaratorily (adv.) In a declaratory manner.
Declaratory (a.) Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature.
Declared (imp. & p. p.) of Declare
Declaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Declare
Declare (v. t.) To make clear; to free from obscurity.