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Found: 6,960 words.
The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.
A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.
Alt. of Decametre
A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.
Decamp
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Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.
of Decamp
of Decamp
Departure from a camp; a marching off.
Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
A Linnaean class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.
Alt. of Decandrous
Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.
Having ten angles.
Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.
To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.
To decant.
The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.
of Decant
Decanter
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A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.
of Decant
Having ten leaves.
Decapitate
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To cut off the head of; to behead.
of Decapitate
of Decapitate
The act of beheading; beheading.
A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.
Decapoda
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A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.
To deprive of carbonic acid.
The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.
To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood.
of Decarbonize
He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
of Decarbonize
The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.
To discard.
To depose from the rank of cardinal.
A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters.
A poem consisting of ten lines.
Decastyle
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A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.
Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.
Pertaining to, or derived from, decane.
Decay
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Cause of decay.
Decayed
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Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman.
A causer of decay.
of Decay
Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.
Alt. of Deccapodous
Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed.