English words: decanometre to decenoate

300 English words, part 18 of 118 of the words starting with D, A to Z. 38 have a page of their own.

English words decanometre to decenoate

decanometre noun: A unit of length equal to 10 nanometres
decanone noun: Any aliphatic ketone that has ten carbon atoms
decanonization noun: The process of decanonizing.
decanonize verb: To remove from the literary canon.
decanormal adjective [ˌdɛkəˈnɔːməɫ]: Having a concentration ten times that of a normal solution
decanoyl noun: The univalent radical derived from decanoic acid by loss of the hydroxy group
decant noun, verb /dəˈkænt/: To pour off (a liquid) gently, so as not to disturb the sediment.
decantable adjective: Able to be decanted.
decantate verb: To decant.
decantation noun /ˌdiːkænˈteɪʃən/: The act of decanting the supernatant liquid from a solid sediment.
decantee noun: A person who is temporarily rehoused while their usual accommodation is being refurbished or rebuilt.
decanter noun /dɪˈkæntə(ɹ)/: A vessel for decanting liquor.
decanterful noun: Enough to fill a decanter.
decantherous adjective: Having ten anthers
decanting noun, verb: The process by which a liquid is decanted.
decanucleotide noun: A codon containing ten nucleotides.
decaose noun: Any oligosaccharide that has ten sugar groups
decaoxide noun /ˌdɛkəˈɒksaɪd/: Any oxide containing ten atoms of oxygen per molecule
decaoxo noun: A chemical compound with ten oxygen atoms with double bonds.
decap verb /diːˈkæp/: To remove a cap.
decapacitate verb /diːkəˈpæsɪteɪt/: To reduce something's or someone's capability to do something.
decapacitation noun /diːkəpæsɪˈteɪʃən/: The prevention of capacitation (and subsequent inability to fertilize ova) in spermatozoa.
decaparsec noun: A distance of ten parsecs
decapartite adjective /dɛkəˈpɑːtaɪt/: Comprising ten parts.
decapentaplegic adjective /dɛkəˌpɛntəˈpliːdʒɪk/: Having fifteen imaginal discs
decapentene noun: Any aliphatic hydrocarbon that has ten carbon atoms and five double bonds
decapentenyl noun: Any univalent radical derived from a decapentene
decapeptide noun /dɛkəˈpɛptaɪd/: An oligopeptide formed from ten amino acids.
decapetalous adjective: Having ten petals.
decaphobia noun: Fear of the number ten.
decaphosphate noun: A substance containing ten phosphate groups [(PO₄)₁₀] or [P₁₀O₄₀].
decaphosphorus noun: ten atoms of phosphorus in a compound
decaphyllous adjective /dɛkəˈfɪləs/: Having ten leaves.
decapicone noun: A transparent plastic cone in which a laboratory mouse or rat is held prior to decapitation or other process, or to induce stress as part of an experiment.
decapitable adjective: Able or fit to be decapitated.
decapitalisation noun: Alternative form of decapitalization.
decapitalise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decapitalize.
decapitalization noun: The process of decapitalizing something.
decapitalize verb /diːˈkæpɪtəlaɪz/: To uncapitalize (convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase).
decapitate verb /dɪˈkap.ɪt.eɪt/: To remove the head of.
decapitated adjective, verb /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtəd/: With the head removed.
decapitatee noun: One who is decapitated.
decapitation noun /dɪˌkæp.ɪˈteɪ.ʃən/: Beheading; the act of beheading or decapitating.
decapitation secretion noun: An apical portion of a cytoplasm of secretory cells which project prominently as buds into a lumen.
decapitation strike noun: An initial attack (often nuclear) that aims to destroy the command and control mechanisms of the enemy, preventing retaliation.
decapitator noun /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtə(ɹ)/: One who decapitates.
decapitee noun: One who is decapitated.
decaplet noun: Alternative form of decuplet.
decaploid adjective: having ten complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
decaploidy noun: The condition of being decaploid
decapod adjective, noun /ˈdɛkəpɒd/: Alternative letter-case form of decapod
decapodal adjective: Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
decapodan adjective, noun: Alternative form of decapod.
decapodid adjective: Synonym of decapod.
decapodous adjective: decapodal; ten-footed
decapoise noun: A unit of viscosity equal to ten poises.
decapolar adjective: Having ten electrodes; applied to a form of catheter.
Decapolis proper noun: A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria.
Decapolitan adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria)
decapped adjective, verb /diːˈkæpt/: Describing nucleic acid molecules from which a cap has been removed
decapper noun: A device for removing caps.
decapping noun, verb /diːˈkæpɪŋ(ɡ)/: The removal of a cap, especially the enzymatic removal of a cap from mRNA.
decaprenoxanthin noun: A particular carotenoid.
decaprenyl noun [dɛkəˈpɹiːnaɪɫ]: A polyprenyl group formed from ten isoprenyl moieties
decapsidate verb: To remove the capsid from (a virus)
decapsidation noun: The removal of a capsid (from a virus)
decapsulate verb /diːˈkæpsjəleɪt/: To remove a capsule (especially from the kidney).
decapsulation noun /diːkæpsjəˈleɪʃən/: The act or process of decapsulating.
decaptivate verb: To make not captive, or less captive; to free.
decapulate verb: To decant
decar verb: To get out of a car (motor vehicle).
decarb verb: To decarboxylate.
decarbamoylated adjective: From which a carbamoyl group has been removed
decarbamoylating adjective: That removes a carbamoyl group
decarbamoylation noun: The removal of a carbamoyl group from a compound
decarbamylate verb: To remove a carbamyl group
decarbamylated adjective, verb: From which a carbamyl group has been removed
decarbamylation noun: The reversal of a carbamylation.
decarbonate verb /diːˈkɑːbəneɪt/: To remove carbon dioxide from (something, especially a beverage).
decarbonation noun: The loss or removal of carbon dioxide from a carbonated beverage.
decarbonatization noun: Any process that removes carbonate minerals from rock.
decarbonisation noun: Alternative form of decarbonization.
decarbonise verb: Alternative form of decarbonize.
decarboniser noun: Alternative form of decarbonizer
decarbonization noun /diːkɑːbənaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The act or process of decarbonizing.
decarbonize verb /diːˈkɑːbənaɪz/: To clean hard sooty deposits from inside an internal combustion engine.
decarbonizer noun /diːˈkɑːbənaɪzə(ɹ)/: Something or someone that decarbonizes.
decarbonylase noun: Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a carbonyl group, especially from an aldehyde to form an alkane
decarbonylate verb: To remove one or more carbonyl groups from a molecule
decarbonylation noun: The removal of one or more carbonyl groups from a molecule
decarbonylative adjective: That decarbonylates
decarbopalladation noun: The reverse of a carbopalladation reaction
decarboxylase noun /diːkɑːˈbɒksɪleɪz/: Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a carboxyl group, effectively removing carbon dioxide from a compound.
decarboxylate verb /diːkɑːˈbɒksɪleɪt/: To remove one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule
decarboxylated adjective, verb /diːkɑːˈbɒksɪleɪtəd/: Describing a product of decarboxylation
decarboxylation noun /diːkɑːbɒksɪˈleɪʃən/: The removal of one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule
decarboxylative adjective /diːkɑːˈbɒksɪlətɪv/: That decarboxylates
decarboxylization noun: Synonym of decarboxylation.
decarboxylize verb: Synonym of decarboxylate.
decarboxysquamatic acid noun: A decarboxy derivative of squamatic acid.
decarboxythamnolic acid noun: An acid found in some lichens.
decarburisation noun: Alternative form of decarburization.
decarburise verb: Alternative form of decarburize.
decarburization noun /diːkɑːbjəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/: decarbonization.
decarburize verb: Synonym of decarbonize.
decarceral adjective: Relating to decarceration, the policy of decreasing the amount of people incarcerated.
decarcerate verb /diːˈkɑː.səˌɹeɪt/: To implement a policy of decarceration; to reduce prison populations.
decarceration noun /diːˌkɑː.səˈɹeɪʃən/: A policy of reducing the amount of imprisoned people in a given population.
decarch noun /ˈdɛkɑː(ɹ)k/: A member of a decarchy.
decarchy noun: A government of ten people, especially (historical) various Greek councils of ten men
decarcinisation noun: Alternative spelling of decarcinization.
decarcinization noun: The process of becoming un-crab-like; the evolution of a crablike species away from a crablike form.
decard verb: To discard (get rid of a card).
decardinalize verb: To depose from the rank of cardinal.
decare noun: A unit of surface area equal to 10 ares (that is, 1,000 square metres, 0.10 hectares, or approximately 0.25 acres)
decarepeat noun: A pattern of ten repeats
DeCarlo proper noun: A surname from Italian.
decarnate adjective: No longer incarnate.
decarnated adjective: Synonym of decarnate.
decartelisation noun: Alternative form of decartelization.
decartelise verb: Alternative form of decartelize.
decartelization noun: The abolition or breaking-up of cartels (colluding groups).
decartelize verb: To free from a cartel (colluding group).
decasaccharide noun: Any oligosaccharide that has ten monosaccharide units
decasecond noun /ˈdɛkəsɛkənd/: An SI unit of time equal to 10¹ seconds. Symbol: das
decasepalous adjective: Having ten sepals
decasodium noun: Ten atoms of sodium in a chemical compound (Na₁₀).
decaspermal adjective: Synonym of decaspermous
decaspermous adjective: Containing or bearing ten seeds.
decastellate verb: To remove castellation or battlements (from)
decastere noun: A measure of capacity equal to ten steres or cubic metres.
decastich noun: A poem of ten lines.
Decastro proper noun: A surname from Spanish.
decastyle noun /dɛkəˈstaɪəɫ/: A portico with ten columns.
decasualisation noun: The process of decasualising.
decasualise verb: Alternative form of decasualize.
decasualization noun: The process of decasualizing.
decasualize verb: To eliminate casual labour from.
decasulfide noun [dɛkəˈsʌɫfaɪd]: A sulfide having ten atoms of sulfur per molecule
decasulphide noun: Alternative form of decasulfide.
decasyllabic adjective, noun /dɛkəsɪˈlæbɪk/: Having ten syllables.
decasyllabicity noun: The property of having ten syllables.
decasyllable noun [ˈdɛkəˌsɪləbəɫ]: A verse form having ten syllables in each line.
decasyllabon noun: A line of ten syllables.
decate verb: Synonym of decatize (“steam fabric”).
decategorialisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decategorialization.
decategorialise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decategorialize.
decategorialization noun: The loss of morphosyntactic properties that may have been characteristic of a word's initial grammatical class (category), but are not relevant to its...
decategorialize verb: To undergo decategorialization.
decategorification noun: The reverse process of categorification: The mapping of a category theoretic category to a set by using a systematic process in which isomorphic objects in...
decategorified adjective: Not represented in terms of category theory
decategorisation noun: Alternative form of decategorization.
decategorise verb: Alternative form of decategorize.
decategorization noun: The act or process of decategorizing.
decategorize verb: To free or remove from categories; to regard individually.
decatenase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses a decatenation reaction, especially of DNA
decatenate verb: To cause or undergo decatenation.
decatenation noun /diːkætəˈneɪʃən/: The unlinking of the components of a ring or chain structure.
decatenatory adjective /diːˈkætənətɹi/: That produces decatenation
decater noun: Synonym of decatizer (“machine for decating i.e. steaming cloth”).
decatetraene noun /dɛkəˈtɛtɹəiːn/: Any of several isomeric unsaturated alkenes having ten carbon atoms and four double bonds
decathect verb: To detach or withdraw one's emotional energies (libido) from (something or someone).
decathectic adjective: Relating to decathexis.
decatherm noun: Alternative form of dekatherm.
decatheterization noun: The removal of a catheter
decathexis noun: reversal of cathexis; detachment of the libido from some external object
decathlete noun /diːˈkæθliːt/: An athlete who competes in the decathlon.
decathlon noun /diːˈkæθlɒn/: An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.
decatholicization noun: The process of decatholicizing.
decatholicize verb: To remove Catholic character or influence (from).
decationization noun: The process, or the result of decationizing
decationize verb: To remove cations (from)
decatise verb: Alternative form of decatize.
decatize verb /ˈdɛkətaɪz/: To steam something (typically a fabric) with the intention of uncurling it, giving it a lustre, or fixing a finish on it.
decatizer noun: That which decatizes; a machine for decatizing (steaming) cloth.
decatoic adjective: Only used in decatoic acid
decatoic acid noun: Synonym of capric acid.
decaton noun: The tenth segment of an insect.
decatonic adjective: Being or relating to a musical scale of ten notes.
decatriene noun: Any of many isomeric alkenes having ten carbon atoms and three double bonds; several of their derivatives are used in perfumery
decatron noun: Alternative form of dekatron.
decatungsten noun: Ten atoms of tungsten in a chemical compound (W₁₀).
Decatur proper noun /dɪˈkeɪtə(ɹ)/: A city, the county seat of Morgan County, Alabama.
decaudate verb: To remove the tail from.
decaudation noun: The act of decaudating, or removing the tail from something.
decausativisation noun: A process through which causative transitive verbs become noncausative and intransitive.
decausativise verb: Alternative form of decausativize.
decausativization noun: Alternative form of decausativisation.
decausativize verb: To function in manner that is not causative (e.g. The causative verb "melt" in He melts the ice decausativizes in The ice melts).
Decauville noun: A railway/railroad consisting of ready-made sections of light, narrow-gauge track fastened to steel sleepers, able to be disassembled and transported easily.
decavalent adjective: Having a vaccine valence of 10.
decavanadate noun /dɛkəˈvænədeɪt/: A complex oxyanion of vanadium, V₁₀O₂₈⁶⁻, composed of ten vanadate octahedra; any salt containing this anion
decaversary noun: The tenth anniversary of something.
decavitation noun: The removal or prevention of cavitation.
decawatt noun: A unit of power equal to ten watts
decay noun, verb /dɪˈkeɪ/: Rot; any processes or result of organic matter being gradually decomposed, especially by microbial action.
decay chain noun: A series of nuclides, such that one nuclide radioactively decays into another, which decays into another, and so on, until a stable nuclide is reached. For...
decay constant noun: In a radioactive material, an atom's probability, per unit time, of decaying; it is related to half-life by the equation t_1/2=(ln 2)/λ, where t_1/2 is the...
decay series noun: Synonym of decay chain.
decay time noun: The amount of time required for a collection of atoms of a specific radionuclide to decay to a fraction of the initial number, equivalent to 1/e, where e =...
decayability noun: Ability to decay.
decayable adjective: Capable of decaying; perishable.
decayed adjective, verb /dɪˈkeɪd/: Having undergone decay, rotted.
decayedness noun: The state or quality of being decayed.
decayer noun: That which causes decay.
decaying noun, verb: The process of undergoing decay.
decayingly adverb: In a decaying manner.
decayless adjective: Undecaying, imperishable.
decaylessness noun: Absence of decay.
Deccan proper noun /ˈdɛk.ən/: A geographic region, large plateau, and peninsula in southern India; southern or peninsular India.
Deccani adjective, noun: Of, belonging, or relating to the Deccan.
Deccany adjective, noun: Alternative form of Deccani.
decd. adjective: Abbreviation of deceased.
dece adjective /diːs/: Decent; reasonably good,
Deceangli noun: A Celtic tribe living in Wales and west Cheshire before and during the Roman invasion of Britain.
decease noun, verb /dɪˈsiːs/: Death, departure from life.
deceased adjective, noun /dɪˈsiːst/: No longer alive; dead.
deceaser noun: One who deceases; a person who dies.
decede verb /dɪˈsiːd/: To withdraw.
decedent adjective, noun /dɪˈsiːdənt/: A dead person.
deceit noun /dɪˈsiːt/: An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
deceiteous adjective: deceitful
deceitful adjective /dɪˈsiːtfʊl/: Deliberately misleading or cheating.
deceitfully adverb /dɪˈsiːtf(ə)li/: in a deceitful manner
deceitfulness noun /dɪˈsiːtfəlnəs/: The state or quality of being deceitful; duplicity.
deceitless adjective /dɪˈsiːtləs/: Free from deceit.
deceitlessness noun: Absence of deceit.
deceivability noun: The state or quality of being deceivable.
deceivable adjective /dɪˈsiːvəbəl/: Able to be deceived; gullible.
deceivableness noun: The state or quality of being deceivable.
deceivably adverb /dɪˈsiːvəbli/: In a deceivable way; gullibly, ingenuously.
deceivance noun: deceit, deception
deceive verb /dɪˈsiːv/: To trick or mislead.
deceiver noun /dɪˈsiːvə(ɹ)/: A person who lies or deceives.
deceiving noun, verb: deception
deceiving knight noun: The mushroom Tricholoma sejunctum.
deceivingly adverb /dɪˈsiːvɪŋli/: In a deceiving manner.
deceivous adjective: deceptive
decel noun /ˈdiː.sɛl/: Clipping of deceleration.
decelerate verb /diːˈsɛləɹeɪt/: To reduce the velocity of something.
deceleratingly adverb: In a decelerating manner.
deceleration noun /diːsɛləˈɹeɪʃən/: The act or process of decelerating.
decelerational adjective: Of, relating to, or caused by deceleration.
decelerationism noun: A doctrine of deceleration.
decelerationist adjective, noun: A proponent of slowing down the pace of technological and economic progress; one opposed to accelerationism.
decelerative adjective: Relating to, or causing deceleration
decelerator noun /diːˈsɛləɹeɪtə(ɹ)/: someone or something that decelerates.
deceleratory adjective: Relating to deceleration
decelerometer noun: An instrument for measuring deceleration.
deceleron noun: A two-part aileron that can be deflected as a unit to provide roll control, or split open to act as an air brake.
decellularisation noun: Alternative spelling of decellularization.
decellularise verb: Alternative spelling of decellularize.
decellularised adjective, verb: Alternative spelling of decellularized.
decellularization noun /diːˌsɛljələɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The loss of cells from tissue.
decellularize verb /diːˈsɛljələɹaɪz/: To remove cells or cellular material from (such as from an organ or tissue)
decem- suffix: Ten.
December proper noun /dɪˈsɛmbə/: The twelfth and last month of the Gregorian calendar, following November and preceding the January of the following year, containing the southern solstice.
December bride noun: A woman who marries when she is significantly older than most brides.
Decemberish adjective: Characteristic of the month of December; wintry, gloomy, etc.
Decemberist adjective, noun: Alternative form of Decembrist.
Decemberly adjective: Characteristic of the month of December.
Decembery adjective: characteristic of the month of December
Decembral adjective: Characteristic of December
Decembre proper noun: Obsolete form of December.
Decembrish adjective: Alternative form of Decemberish.
Decembrism noun: The policies and practices of the Decembrists.
Decembrist adjective, noun: A participant in, or sympathizer with, the Decembrist revolt.
Decembry adjective: Alternative form of Decembery.
decemcostate adjective: Having ten ribs.
decemdentate adjective: Having ten points or teeth.
decement verb: to remove adhesive cement from restorations or orthodontics.
decementation noun: The act of decementing; the loss or removal of adhesive cement.
decemfid adjective: Cleft into ten parts
decemlocular adjective: Having ten cells or compartments.
decempartite adjective: Having ten parts
decempedal adjective: Ten feet in length or height.
decemplex adjective: Having ten parts; decuple or tenfold.
decemplicate noun: The making of ten identical copies of something.
decemvir noun /dɪˈsɛm.və/: Any 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.
decemviral adjective: Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
decemvirate noun: A group of ten people, especially (politics) a council of ten men sharing office or power and particularly (historical) the groups of ten men who reformed...
decemvirship noun: The rank or position of decemvir.
decenal noun: Any aliphatic aldehyde that has ten carbon atoms and one double bond
decenary adjective, noun /dɪˈsɛnəɹi/: Of or related to the number ten, (particularly) as a base of numeration.
decence noun: decency
decencies noun: plural of decency
decency noun /ˈdiːsənsi/: The quality of being decent; propriety.
decene noun: Any of many isomeric monoalkenes derived from a decane
decener noun: A soldier commanding ten men.
decennal adjective: Synonym of decennial, of or related to a 10-year period.
decennalia noun: The festival and religious rituals celebrating a Roman emperor's 10th year of rule.
decennalian adjective: Synonym of decennial, of or related to a ten-year period.
decennary adjective, noun /dɪˈsɛnəɹi/: Decennial: of or related to a ten-year period.
decenniad noun: Synonym of decade: a period of 10 years.
decennial adjective, noun /dɪˈsɛnɪəɫ/: Synonym of decade, a ten-year period.
decennially adverb /dɪˈsɛnɪəli/: Every ten years.
decennials noun: Synonym of decennalia, the festivals and religious rituals held in the 10th year of a Roman emperor's reign.
decennium noun /dɪˈsɛnɪəm/: Synonym of decade: a ten year period.
decennoval adjective: Of or related to the number nineteen.
decenoate noun: Any salt or ester of a decenoic acid

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under D: 35,212 words, in 118 parts.