DECANAL
DEC'ANAL, adjective Pertaining to a deanery.
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DECANDER
DECAN'DER, noun [Gr., ten and a male.] In botany, a plant having ten stamens.DECAN'DRIAN, adjective Having ten stamens.
DECANGULAR
DECAN'GULAR, adjective [Gr., ten and angular.] Having ten angles.
DECANT
DECANT', verb transitive [Latin, to sing; literally, to throw.] To pour off gently, as liquor from its sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.
DECANTATION
DECANTA'TION, noun The act of pouring liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.
DECANTED
DECANT'ED, participle passive Poured off, or from one vessel into another.
DECANTER
DECANT'ER, noun1. A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors. A glass vessel or bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, for filling the drinking g...
DECANTING
DECANT'ING, participle present tense Pouring off, as liquor from its lees, or from one vessel to another.
DECAPHYLLOUS
DECAPH'YLLOUS, adjective [Gr. ten and a leaf.] Having ten leaves.
DECAPITATE
DECAP'ITATE, verb transitive [Latin, head.] To behead; to cut off the head.
DECAPITATION
DECAPITA'TION, noun The act of beheading.
DECARBONIZE
DEC'ARBONIZE, verb transitive To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel.
DECARBONIZED
DEC'ARBONIZED, participle passive Deprived of carbon.
DECARBONIZING
DEC'ARBONIZING, participle present tense Depriving of carbon.
DECASTICH
DEC'ASTICH, noun [Gr. ten and a verse.] A poem consisting of ten lines.
DECASTYLE
DEC'ASTYLE, noun [Gr. ten and a column.] A building with an ordnance of ten columns in front.
DECAY
DECA'Y, verb intransitive [Fr. dechoir, from Latin de and cado, to fall, or decedo.]1. To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to a less perfect state, or ...
DECAYED
DECA'YED, participle passive Having fallen from a good or sound state; impaired; weakened; diminished.
DECAYEDNESS
DECA'YEDNESS, noun A state of being impaired; decayed state.
DECAYER
DECA'YER, noun That which causes decay.
DECAYING
DECA'YING, participle present tense Failing; declining; passing from a good, prosperous or sound state, to a worse condition; perishing.DECA'YING, noun Decay; decline.
DECEASE
DECE'ASE, noun [Latin to depart or to withdraw.] Literally, departure; hence, departure from this life; death; applied to human beings only.Moses and Elias, who appeared in glor...
DECEASED
DECE'ASED, participle passive or adjective Departed from life. This is used as a passive participle. He is deceased for he has deceased; he was deceased for he had deceased This...
DECEASING
DECE'ASING, participle present tense Departing from life; dying.
DECEDENT
DECE'DENT, noun A deceased person.
DECEIT
DECE'IT,1. Literally, a catching or ensnaring. Hence, the misleading of a person; the leading of another person to believe what is false, or not to believe what is true, and thu...
DECEITFUL
DECE'ITFUL, adjective1. Tending to mislead, deceive or ensnare; as deceitful words; deceitful practices.Favor is deceitful Proverbs 31:30.2. Full of deceit; trickish; fraudulent...