Debtor (n.) One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.
Debulliate (v. i.) To boil over.
Debulition (n.) A bubbling or boiling over.
Deburse (v. t. & i.) To disburse.
Debuscope (n.) A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs.
Debut (n.) A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.
Debutant () Alt. of Debutante
Debutante () A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public.
Deca- () A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit.
Decacerata (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.
Decachord (n.) Alt. of Decachordon
Decachordon (n.) An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.
Decachordon (n.) Something consisting of ten parts.
Decucuminated (a.) Having the point or top cut off.
Decad (n.) A decade.
Decadal (a.) Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.
Decade (n.) A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy.
Decadence (n.) Alt. of Decadency
Decadency (n.) A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence."
Decadent (a.) Decaying; deteriorating.
Decadist (n.) A writer of a book divided into decades; as, Livy was a decadist.
Decagon (n.) A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal.
Decagonal (a.) Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.
Decagram (n.) Alt. of Decagramme
Decagramme (n.) A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois.
Decagynia (n. pl.) A Linnaean order of plants characterized by having ten styles.
Decagynian (a.) Alt. of Deccagynous
Deccagynous (a.) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
Decahedral (a.) Having ten sides.
Decahedrons (pl. ) of Decahedron
Decahedra (pl. ) of Decahedron
Decahedron (n.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.
Decalcification (n.) The removal of calcareous matter.
Decalcified (imp. & p. p.) of Decalcify
Decalcifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decalcify
Decalcify (v. t.) To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.
Decalcomania (n.) Alt. of Decalcomanie
Decalcomanie (n.) The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.
Decaliter (n.) Alt. of Decalitre
Decalitre (n.) A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.
Decalog (n.) Decalogue.
Decalogist (n.) One who explains the decalogue.
Decalogue (n.) The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.
Decameron (n.) A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.
Decameter (n.) Alt. of Decametre
Decametre (n.) A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.
Decamped (imp. & p. p.) of Decamp
Decamping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decamp
Decamp (v. i.) To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.
Decamp (v. i.) Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.
Decampment (n.) Departure from a camp; a marching off.
Decanal (a.) Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
Decandria (n. pl.) A Linnaean class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.
Decandrian (a.) Alt. of Decandrous
Decandrous (a.) Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens.
Decane (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.
Decangular (a.) Having ten angles.
Decani (a.) Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.
Decanted (imp. & p. p.) of Decant
Decanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decant
Decant (v. t.) To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.
Decantate (v. t.) To decant.
Decantation (n.) The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.
Decanter (n.) A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.
Decanter (n.) One who decants liquors.
Decaphyllous (a.) Having ten leaves.
Decapitated (imp. & p. p.) of Decapitate
Decapitating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decapitate
Decapitate (v. t.) To cut off the head of; to behead.
Decapitate (v. t.) To remove summarily from office.
Decapitation (n.) The act of beheading; beheading.
Decapod (n.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.
Decapoda (n. pl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
Decapoda (n. pl.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.
Deccapodal (a.) Alt. of Deccapodous
Deccapodous (a.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed.
Decarbonate (v. t.) To deprive of carbonic acid.
Decarbonization (n.) The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.
Decarbonized (imp. & p. p.) of Decarbonize
Decarbonizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decarbonize
Decarbonize (v. t.) To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood.
Decarbonizer (n.) He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
Decarburization (n.) The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
Decarburize (v. t.) To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.
Decard (v. t.) To discard.
Decardinalize (v. t.) To depose from the rank of cardinal.
Decastere (n.) A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters.
Decastich (n.) A poem consisting of ten lines.
Decastyle (a.) Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc.
Decastyle (n.) A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.
Decasyllabic (a.) Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.
Decatoic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, decane.
Decayed (imp. & p. p.) of Decay
Decaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decay
Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.
Decay (v. t.) To cause to decay; to impair.
Decay (v. t.) To destroy.
Decay (n.) Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.
Decay (n.) Destruction; death.
Decay (n.) Cause of decay.