Dictionary
Found: 6,960 words.
To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.
A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods.
of Debouch
of Debouch
The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait.
Debris
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Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.
Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut.
Debt
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A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.
Indebted; obliged to.
One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor.
Free from debt.
One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.
A bubbling or boiling over.
To boil over.
To disburse.
A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs.
A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.
Alt. of Debutante
A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public.
A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit.
The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.
Alt. of Decachordon
Decachordon
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An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.
A decade.
Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.
A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy.
Alt. of Decadency
A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence."
Decaying; deteriorating.
A writer of a book divided into decades; as, Livy was a decadist.
A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal.
Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.
Alt. of Decagramme
A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois.
A Linnaean order of plants characterized by having ten styles.
Alt. of Deccagynous
of Decahedron
Having ten sides.
A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.
of Decahedron
The removal of calcareous matter.
of Decalcify
To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.
of Decalcify
Alt. of Decalcomanie
The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.
Alt. of Decalitre
A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.
Decalogue.
One who explains the decalogue.