9-letter words starting with dec
- dec alpha — (processor) A RISC microprocessor from DEC. In November 1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chip used in commonly available workstations. It is superpipelined and superscalar. In February 1996 it was clocked at 200 MHz and in March 1998 at 666 MHz.
- decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
- decadence — deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
- decadency — the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
- decadents — Plural form of decadent.
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- decagrams — Plural form of decagram.
- decahedra — plural form of singular decahedron: solid figure with ten plane faces
- decalcify — to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decalogue — Ten Commandments
- decameric — Of or pertaining to a decamer.
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- decameter — dekameter
- decametre — ten metres
- decamping — Present participle of decamp.
- decanoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of decanoic acid.
- decantate — having been repeated or sung again and again
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- decanting — to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decapodal — (zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decastere — a measure equivalent to ten steres or cubic metres
- decastich — a poem that consists of ten lines
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- decathect — to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss: He decathected from her in order to cope with her impending death.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- decaudate — to take off the tail of (an animal)
- decayless — having no tendency to decay
- decdesign — A software analysis and design tool from DEC supporting several methodologies. Now replaced by Teamwork.
- deceaseds — no longer living; dead.
- deceasing — Present participle of decease.
- decedents — Plural form of decedent.
- deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
- deceivers — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- deceiving — Present participle of deceive.
- deceleron — (on a fixed-wing aircraft) a type of aileron that enables the aircraft to have a degree of control when it goes into a roll
- decemviri — Plural form of decemvir.
- decemvirs — a member of a permanent board or a special commission of ten members in ancient Rome, especially the commission that drew up Rome's first code of law.
- decencies — standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society; proprieties
- decennary — decade (sense 2)
- decennial — lasting for ten years
- decennium — decade (sense 2)
- decenters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decenter.
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- decentred — to put out of center.
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
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