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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

Debs
Eugene V. Debs noun United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926)

debt
noun an obligation to pay or do something

debt instrument
certificate of indebtedness noun a written promise to repay a debt

debt limit
debt ceiling noun the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity

debtor
debitor noun a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt

debug
verb locate and correct errors in a computer program code; `debug this program`

debugger
noun a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors

debunk
expose verb expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; `The physicist debunked the psychic`s claims`

Debussy
Claude Debussey noun French composer who is said to have created Impressionism in music (1862-1918)

debut
noun the presentation of a debutante in society

debut
first appearance noun the act of beginning something new; `they looked forward to the debut of their new product line`

debutante
deb noun a young woman making her debut into society

decade
decennary noun a period of 10 years

decadent
effete adjective marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; `a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility`; `a group of effete self-professed intellectuals`

decaffeinate
verb remove caffeine from (coffee)

decaffeinated coffee
decaf noun coffee with the caffeine removed

decagon
noun a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles

decahedron
noun any polyhedron having ten plane faces

decal
decalcomania noun the art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface

decalcification
noun loss of calcium from bones or teeth

decalcify
verb remove calcium or lime from; `decalcify the rock`

decalescence
noun phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase; slowing is caused by a change in the internal crystal structure of the metal

decalescent
adjective absorbing heat without increase in temperature when heated beyond a certain point; `the decalescent point of steel`

Decalogue
Ten Commandments noun the biblical commandments of Moses

decameter
dekameter noun a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

decamp
skip 2 vamoose verb leave suddenly; `She persuaded him to decamp`; `skip town`

decamp
verb leave a camp; `The hikers decamped before dawn`

decampment
noun breaking camp

decant
pour 4 pour out verb pour out; `the sommelier decanted the wines`

decantation
noun the act of gently pouring off a clear liquor (as from its original bottle) without disturbing the lees

decapitate
behead verb cut the head of; `the French King was beheaded during the Revolution`

decapitation
beheading noun killing by cutting off the head

decapod crustacean
noun crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax

Decapterus
genus Decapterus noun scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution

decarbonate
verb remove carbon dioxide from

decarbonize
decarbonise verb remove carbon from (an engine)

decarboxylase
noun any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group

decarboxylate
verb lose a carboxyl group; `the compound decarboxylated`

decarboxylation
noun the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen)

decasyllabic
adjective having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables

decasyllable
noun a verse line having ten syllables

decathlon
noun an athletic contest consisting of ten different events

Decatur
Stephen Decatur noun United States naval officer remembered for his heroic deeds (1779-1820)

decay
decomposition noun the organic phenomenon of rotting

decay
noun the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation

decayable
putrescible adjective liable to decay or spoil or become putrid

decayed
rotten adjective damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; `rotten floor boards`; `rotted beams`; `a decayed foundation`

deceitful
fraudulent adjective intended to deceive; `deceitful advertising`; `fallacious testimony`; `smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice` - S.T.Coleridge; `a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes`

deceive
lead on verb be false to; be dishonest with

deceiver
cheat noun someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

decelerate
slow verb lose velocity; move more slowly; `The car decelerated`

deceleration
slowing noun a decrease in rate of change; `the deceleration of the arms race`

December
Dec noun the last (12th) month of the year

decency
noun the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

decent
nice adjective socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; `from a decent family`; `a nice girl`

decently
adverb in a decent manner; `they don`t know how to dress decently`

decentralization
decentralisation noun the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments

decentralize
deconcentrate verb make less central; `After the revolution, food distribution was decentralized`

decentralized
decentralised adjective withdrawn from a center or place of concentration; especially having power or function dispersed from a central to local authorities; `a decentralized school administration`

decentralizing(a)
decentralising(a) adjective tending away from a central point

deception
deceit noun the act of deceiving

deceptive
delusory adjective causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; `deceptive calm`; `a delusory pleasure`

deceptively
deceivingly adverb in a misleading way; `the exam looked deceptively easy`

deceptiveness
obliquity noun the quality of being deceptive

decerebrate
verb remove the cerebrum from (a human body)

decertify
derecognize verb cause to be no longer approved or accepted; `Carter derecognized Taiwan in 1979 after the U.S. recognized the People`s Republic of China`

dechlorinate
verb remove chlorine from (water)

decibel
dB noun a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity

decide
make up one`s mind verb reach, make, or come to a decision about something; `We finally decided after lengthy deliberations`

decide
resolve 1 adjudicate verb bring to an end; settle conclusively; `The case was decided`; `The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff`; `The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance`

decidedly
unquestionably 1 emphatically adverb without question and beyond doubt; `it was decidedly too expensive`; `she told him off in spades`; `by all odds they should win`

decidua
noun the epithelial tissue of the endometrium

deciduous
adjective (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season

deciduous holly
noun a holly tree

deciduous plant
noun a plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season

decigram
dg noun 1/10 gram

decile
noun (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores

deciliter
decilitre noun a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter

decimal
adjective divided by tens or hundreds; `a decimal fraction`; `decimal coinage`

decimal
adjective numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; `the decimal system`

decimal digit
noun a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation

decimal fraction
decimal noun a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10

decimal notation
noun any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the digits 0 to 9)

decimal numeration system
decimal number system noun a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits and a base of ten

decimal point
percentage point noun the dot at the left of a decimal fraction

decimalization
decimalisation noun the act of changing to a decimal system; `the decimalization of British currency`

decimalize
decimalise verb change to the decimal system; `The country decimalized the currency in 1975`

decimation
noun destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot)

decimeter
decimetre noun a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter

decipher
verb read with difficulty; `Can you decipher this letter?`; `The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs`

deciphered
adjective converted from cryptic to intelligible language

decipherer
noun a reader capable of reading and interpreting illegible or obscure text

decision
determination noun a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; `a decision unfavorable to the opposition`; `his conclusion took the evidence into account`; `satisfied with the panel`s determination`

decision making
deciding noun the cognitive process of reaching a decision; `a good executive must be good at decision making`

decision table
noun a table or matrix of all contingencies and the actions to be taken for each

decisive
adjective unmistakable; `had a decisive lead in the polls`

decisively
adverb with finality; conclusively; `the voted settled the argument decisively`

decisiveness
decision noun the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; `a man of unusual decisiveness`

Decius
noun Emperor of Rome who was proclaimed emperor against his will; his reign was notable for his severe persecution of Christians (201-251)

deck
noun any of various platforms built into a vessel