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  • DEBATERnoun7 findersOne who debates or participates in a debate; one who argues.
  • DEBATINGLYadverb3 findersIn the manner of a debate, so as to debate.
  • DEBAUCHnounProto-Indo-European36 findersAn individual act of debauchery.
  • DEBAUCHEEnounFrench3 findersSomebody who is debauched; somebody who is dissolute and acts without moral restraint.
  • DEBAUCHERnoun9 findersSomebody who debauches or corrupts others; a seducer.
  • DEBAUCHERYnoun65 findersAn excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous and immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
  • DEBAUCHMENTnoun3 findersThe act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
  • DEBEAKverb2 findersTo remove part of the beak of a chicken or other bird to prevent pecking in chicken farms.
  • DEBELverbFrench2 findersTo conquer.
  • DEBILEadjectiveLatin2 findersWeak; feeble.
  • DEBILITYnounLatin11 findersA state of physical or mental weakness.
  • DEBITnounLatin16 findersIn bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.
  • DEBITORnounLatin3 findersA debtor
  • DEBONAIRadjectiveOld French97 findersGracious, courteous.
  • DEBONAIRLYadverb18 findersIn a debonair manner.
  • DEBONEverb9 findersTo remove the bones from.
  • DEBONERnoun7 findersA person who, or a machine which, debones (removes bones).
  • DEBOUCHnounFrench7 findersA narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
  • DEBOUCHEverbFrench8 findersTo enter into battle.
  • DEBOUCHMENTnoun2 findersThe point of debouch of a watercourse
  • DEBRIEFverb13 findersTo question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence).
  • DEBRISnounProto-Indo-European37 findersRubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed.
  • DEBSnoun3 findersA debutante ball or debut.
  • DEBTnounLatin13 findersAn action, state of mind, or object one has an obligation to perform for another, adopt toward another, or give to another.
  • DEBTORnounLatin15 findersA person or firm that owes money; one in debt; one who owes a debt.
  • DEBUNKverb60 findersTo discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute.
  • DEBUNKERnoun34 findersSomeone who debunks.
  • DEBURverb4 findersAlternative form of deburr.
  • DEBUSverb3 findersTo alight or get off a bus.
  • DEBUSINGverb1 finderTo alight or get off a bus.
  • DEBUTnounProto-Indo-European72 findersA performer's first performance to the public, in sport, the arts or some other area.
  • DEBUTANTnounFrench1 finderA person (especially a male) who débuts, or appears for the first time.
  • DEBUTANTEnounFrench5 findersA young woman who makes her first formal appearance in society.
  • DEBYEnounDutch1 finderThe CGS unit of electric dipole moment, defined as 1 D = 10 statcoulomb-centimetre and computable from the SI unit coulomb-metre by multiplying by the factor 3.33564 × 10.
  • DECADENTadjectiveLatin10 findersCharacterized by moral or cultural decline.
  • DECAFadjective14 findersThat has caffeine removed.
  • DECAGONnoun93 findersA polygon with ten sides and ten angles.
  • DECAGRAMnounFrench28 findersAn SI unit of mass equal to 10 grams. Symbol: dag
  • DECALnoun24 findersA design or picture produced in order to be transferred to another surface either permanently or temporarily.
  • DECALITERnoun19 findersUS spelling of decalitre.
  • DECALITREnounFrench3 findersTen litres. Symbol: daL
  • DECALOGISTnoun6 findersOne who explains the Decalogue.
  • DECAMETERnounFrench4 findersUS spelling of decametre.
  • DECAMETREnounFrench2 findersAn SI unit of length equal to 10 metres. Symbol: dam
  • DECANALadjectiveFrench14 findersPertaining to a dean or deanery.
  • DECANEnoun7 findersAny of the 75 isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C10H22
  • DECANIadjectiveLatin15 findersOf the side of the chancel, apse, altar or choir on which the dean's stall is placed (the right hand side to a person facing the altar); decanal.
  • DECANTverbLatin77 findersTo pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.
  • DECANTERnoun68 findersA vessel for decanting liquor.
  • DECAPSULATEverb4 findersTo remove a capsule (especially from the kidney).
  • DECARBverb5 findersTo decarboxylate.
  • DECARBONATEverb4 findersTo remove carbon dioxide from (something, especially a beverage).
  • DECARBONISEverb8 findersAlternative form of decarbonize.
  • DECARBONIZEverb1 finderTo remove carbon from something. To clean hard sooty deposits from inside an internal combustion engine.
  • DECARBOXYLASEnoun3 findersAny enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a carboxyl group, effectively removing carbon dioxide from a compound.
  • DECARBOXYLATEverb1 finderTo remove one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule
  • DECARBOXYLATIONnoun12 findersThe removal of one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule
  • DECAREnoun2 findersA unit of surface area equal to 10 ares (that is, 1,000 square metres, 0.10 hectares, or approximately 0.25 acres)
  • DECASTYLEnoun8 findersA portico with ten columns.
  • DECATHLONnoun45 findersAn athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.
  • DECAYnounLatin15 findersRot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbial action.
  • DECAYABLEadjective1 finderCapable of decaying; perishable.
  • DECAYERnoun1 finderThat which causes decay.
  • DECAYINGverb13 finderspresent participle and gerund of decay
  • DECEITnounLatin17 findersAn act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
  • DECEITFULadjective57 findersDeliberately misleading or cheating.
  • DECEITFULLYadverb26 findersin a deceitful manner
  • DECEIVABLEadjectiveMiddle English1 finderAble to be deceived; gullible.
  • DECEIVEverbLatin1 finderTo trick or mislead.
  • DECEIVERnounOld English1 finderA person who lies or deceives.
  • DECEIVINGLYadverb3 findersIn a deceiving manner.
  • DECELERATEverb1 finderTo reduce the velocity of something.
  • DECELERATIONnoun1 finderThe act or process of decelerating.
  • DECEMVIRnounLatin2 findersAny of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
  • DECEMVIRALadjectiveLatin3 findersPertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
  • DECEMVIRATEnounLatin2 findersA group of ten people, especially a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly the groups of ten men who reformed and codified Roman law circa 450 BCE.
  • DECENCYnounLatin2 findersThe quality of being decent; propriety.
  • DECENNIUMnounLatin1 finderSynonym of decade: a ten year period.
  • DECENTadjectiveProto-Indo-European8 findersAppropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
  • DECENTLYadverb7 findersIn a decent manner.
  • DECEPTIONnounLatin16 findersAn instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.
  • DECEPTIONALadjective2 findersEmploying or relating to deception; deceptive.
  • DECEPTIOUSadjectiveLatin3 findersdeceptive, tending to deceive.
  • DECEPTIVEadjectiveLatin3 findersLikely or attempting to deceive.
  • DECEPTORYadjectiveLatin1 finderdeceptive
  • DECERTIFYverb10 findersTo annul the certification of.
  • DECESSIONnounLatin1 finderdeparture; decrease
  • DECHLORINATEverb13 findersTo remove chlorine from something.
  • DECIAREnounFrench1 finderA measure of area, equivalent to one tenth of an are, or ten square metres.
  • DECIBELnoun25 findersA common measure of intensity ratio (e.g. for sound) that is one tenth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale. It is defined as dB = 10 log10(P1 / P2), where P1 and P2 are the
  • DECIDEverbLatin4 findersTo resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
  • DECIDERnoun7 findersA person, divinity, or authoritative text which decides.
  • DECIDUAnounLatin2 findersA mucous membrane that lines the uterus and is shed during menstruation and modified during pregnancy.
  • DECIDUATEadjective3 findersHaving, or characterized by, a decidua.
  • DECIGRAMnounFrench34 findersAn SI unit of mass equal to 10 grams. Symbol: dg
  • DECILEnounLatin19 findersAny of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.
  • DECILITERnoun21 findersUS spelling of decilitre.
  • DECILITREnounFrench11 findersAn SI unit of fluid equal to 10 liters. Symbol: dl.
  • DECILLIONnumeralLatin3 finders(US; modern British & Australian, short scale) 10.
  • DECILLIONTHadjective1 finderThe ordinal form of the number decillion

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