DECUMBENT
DECUMBENT, adjective In botany, declined or bending down; having the stamens and pistils bending down to the lower side; as a decumbent flower.
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DECUMBITURE
DECUMBITURE, noun1. The time at which a person takes to his bed in a disease.2. In astrology, the scheme or aspect of the heavens, by which the prognostics of recovery or death ...
DECUPLE
DECUPLE, adjective [Latin Ten.] Tenfold; containing ten times as many.DECUPLE, noun A number ten times repeated.
DECURION
DECURION, noun [Latin Ten] An officer in the Roman army, who commanded a decuria, or ten soldiers, which was a third part of the turma, and a thirtieth of the legion of cavalry.
DECURRENT
DECURRENT, adjective [Latin To run down; to run.] Extending downwards. A decurrent leaf is a sessile leaf having its base extending downwards along the stem.
DECURSION
DECURSION, noun [Latin To run.] The act of running down, as a stream.
DECURSIVE
DECURSIVE, adjective Running down.DECURSIVEly pinnate, in botany, applied to a leaf, having the leaflets decurrent or running along the petiole.
DECURT
DECURT, verb transitive To shorten by cutting off.
DECURTATION
DECURTATION, noun [Latin To shorten.] Tha act of shortening, or cutting short.
DECURY
DECURY, noun [Latin Ten.] A set of ten men under an officer called decurio.
DECUSSATE
DECUSSATE, verb transitive [Latin To cut or strike across.] To intersect at acute angles, thus X; or in general, to intersect; to cross; as lines, rays, or nerves in the body.
DECUSSATED
DECUSSATED, adjective Crossed; intersected. In botany, decussated leaves and branches, are such as grow in pairs which alternately cross each other at right angles, or in a regu...
DECUSSATING
DECUSSATING, participle present tense Intersecting at acute angles; crossing.
DECUSSATION
DECUSSATION, noun The act of crossing at unequal angles; the crossing of two lines, rays or nerves, which meet in a point and then proceed and diverge.
DEDALIAN
DEDALIAN, adjective Various; variegated; intricate; complex; expert.
DEDALOUS
DEDALOUS, adjective Having a margin with various windings and turnings; of a beautiful and delicate texture; a term applied to the leaves of plants.
DEDECORATE
DEDECORATE, verb transitive To disgrace.
DEDECORATION
DEDECORATION, noun A disgracing.
DEDENTITION
DEDENTITION, noun The shedding of teeth.
DEDICATE
DEDICATE, verb transitive [Latin To vow, promise, devote, dedicate See Class Dg. No. 12, 15, 45. The sense is to send, to throw; hence, to set, to appoint.]1. To set apart and c...
DEDICATED
DEDICATED, participle passive Devoted to a divine Being, or to a sacred use; consecrated; appropriated; given wholly to.
DEDICATING
DEDICATING, participle present tense Devoting to a divine Being, or to a sacred purpose; consecrating; appropriating; giving wholly to.
DEDICATION
DEDICATION, noun1. The act of consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as the dedication of Solomons temple.2....
DEDICATOR
DEDICATOR, noun One who dedicates; one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron.
DEDICATORY
DEDICATORY, adjective Composing a dedication; as an epistle dedicatory
DEDITION
DEDITION, noun [Latin To yield.] The act of yielding any thing; surrendry.
DEDOLENT
DEDOLENT, adjective Feeling no compunction.