10-letter words containing dec
- decimalist — a person who is in favour of decimalism
- decimalize — to change (a system, number, etc) to the decimal system
- decimating — Present participle of decimate.
- decimation — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimeters — Plural form of decimeter.
- decinormal — having one tenth of the strength of a standard solution
- deciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- decipherer — A person who deciphers.
- decisional — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- decisioned — the act or process of deciding; determination, as of a question or doubt, by making a judgment: They must make a decision between these two contestants.
- decisively — having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy; crucial or most important: Your argument was the decisive one.
- decivilize — to cause (a person) to be uncivilized
- deck cabin — a cabin on the deck of a boat from which the vessel is steered
- deck cargo — cargo that is carried on the deck of a ship
- deck chair — A deck chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deck chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
- deck crane — a deck-mounted crane used for loading and unloading cargo
- deck light — a skylight for a 'tween deck, built flush with the upper deck.
- deck plate — a purlin plate at the edge of a deck.
- deck watch — (on a ship) a precision watch used on deck for navigational purposes to avoid disturbing the chronometer.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- deckhouses — Plural form of deckhouse.
- declaiming — Present participle of declaim.
- declarable — that can be or must be declared for taxation
- declarants — Plural form of declarant.
- declarator — an action seeking to have some right, status, etc, judicially ascertained
- declaredly — known to be; officially
- declassify — If secret documents or records are declassified, it is officially stated that they are no longer secret.
- declension — the inflection of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives for case, number, and gender
- declinable — that can be declined; having case inflections
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- declotting — a mass or lump.
- declutched — Simple past tense and past participle of declutch.
- decoctible — capable of being decocted
- decoctions — Plural form of decoction.
- decollated — Simple past tense and past participle of decollate.
- decollates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decollate.
- decollator — (computing) a machine that decollates (separates) the parts of multipart computer printout and discards the carbon paper.
- decolonise — to release from the status of a colony.
- decolonize — to grant independence to (a colony)
- decolorant — able to decolour or bleach
- decolorate — to change or fade in colour
- decolorize — to take the color out of, as by bleaching
- decompiler — (computer science) A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.
- decomposed — having been subject to decomposition
- decomposer — any organism in a community, such as a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down dead tissue enabling the constituents to be recycled to the environment
- decomposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompose.
- decompound — (of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
- decompress — to relieve (a substance) of pressure or (of a substance) to be relieved of pressure
- deconflict — Military. to avoid a potential clash or accident involving (nonenemy military operations, weaponry, etc.) in a particular combat area: to deconflict coalition forces from three nations. to avoid such conflict in (a combat area): to deconflict airspace.
- decontract — (ambitransitive) To expand from a contracted state.