Decurion (n.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.
Decurionate (n.) The office of a decurion.
Decurrence (n.) The act of running down; a lapse.
Decurrent (a.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.
Decursion (n.) A flowing; also, a hostile incursion.
Decursive (a.) Running down; decurrent.
Decursively (adv.) In a decursive manner.
Decurt (v. t.) To cut short; to curtail.
Decurtation (n.) Act of cutting short.
Decuries (pl. ) of Decury
Decury (n.) A set or squad of ten men under a decurion.
Decussated (imp. & p. p.) of Decussate
Decussating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Decussate
Decussate (v. t.) To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.
Decussate (a.) Alt. of Decussated
Decussated (a.) Crossed; intersected.
Decussated (a.) Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.
Decussated (a.) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.
Decussately (adv.) In a decussate manner.
Decussation (n.) Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.
Decussative (a.) Intersecting at acute angles.
Decussatively (adv.) Crosswise; in the form of an X.
Decyl (n.) A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.
Decylic (a.) Allied to, or containing, the radical decyl.
Dedalian (a.) See Daedalian.
Dedalous (a.) See Daedalous.
Dedans (n.) A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.
Dede (a.) Dead.
Dedecorate (v. t.) To bring to shame; to disgrace.
Dedecoration (n.) Disgrace; dishonor.
Dedecorous (a.) Disgraceful; unbecoming.
Dedentition (n.) The shedding of teeth.
Dedicate (p. a.) Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.
Dedicated (imp. & p. p.) of Dedicate
Dedicating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dedicate
Dedicate (v. t.) To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.
Dedicate (v. t.) To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.
Dedicate (v. t.) To inscribe or address, as to a patron.
Dedicatee (n.) One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to dedicator.
Dedication (n.) The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.
Dedication (n.) A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.
Dedication (n.) An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.
Dedicator (n.) One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment.
Dedicatorial (a.) Dedicatory.
Dedicatory (a.) Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental.
Dedicatory (n.) Dedication.
Dedimus (n.) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc.
Dedition (n.) The act of yielding; surrender.
Dedolent (a.) Feeling no compunction; apathetic.
Deduced (imp. & p. p.) of Deduce
Deducing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deduce
Deduce (v. t.) To lead forth.
Deduce (v. t.) To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole.
Deduce (v. t.) To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of.
Deducement (n.) Inference; deduction; thing deduced.
Deducibility (n.) Deducibleness.
Deducible (a.) Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence.
Deducible (a.) Capable of being brought down.
Deducibleness (n.) The quality of being deducible; deducibility.
Deducibly (adv.) By deduction.
Deducive (a.) That deduces; inferential.
Deducted (imp. & p. p.) of Deduct
Deducting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deduct
Deduct (v. t.) To lead forth or out.
Deduct (v. t.) To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of.
Deduct (v. t.) To reduce; to diminish.
Deductible (a.) Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.
Deductible (a.) Deducible; consequential.
Deduction (n.) Act or process of deducing or inferring.
Deduction (n.) Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.
Deduction (n.) That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.
Deduction (n.) That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent.
Deductive (a.) Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
Deductively (adv.) By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence.
Deductor (n.) The pilot whale or blackfish.
Deduit (n.) Delight; pleasure.
Deduplication (n.) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.
Deed (a.) Dead.
Deed (v. t.) That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.
Deed (v. t.) Illustrious act; achievement; exploit.
Deed (v. t.) Power of action; agency; efficiency.
Deed (v. t.) Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.
Deed (v. t.) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract.
Deed (v. t.) Performance; -- followed by of.
Deed (v. t.) To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son.
Deedful (a.) Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring.
Deedless (a.) Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.
Deed poll () A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented.
Deedy (a.) Industrious; active.
Deemed (imp. & p. p.) of Deem
Deeming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deem
Deem (v.) To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn.
Deem (v.) To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.
Deem (v. i.) To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.
Deem (v. i.) To pass judgment.
Deem (n.) Opinion; judgment.
Deemster (n.) A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process.
Deep (superl.) Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.
Deep (superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep.
Deep (superl.) Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.