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- English Word Deburse Definition To disburse.
- English Word Debuscope Definition A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs.
- English Word Debut Definition A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.
- English Word Debutant Definition Alt. of Debutante
- English Word Debutante Definition A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public.
- English Word Deca- Definition 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.
- English Word Decacerata Definition The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.
- English Word Decachord Definition Alt. of Decachordon
- English Word Decachordon Definition An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.
- English Word Decachordon Definition Something consisting of ten parts.
- English Word Decad Definition A decade.
- English Word Decadal Definition Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.
- English Word Decade Definition 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.
- English Word Decadence Definition Alt. of Decadency
- English Word Decadency Definition A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence."
- English Word Decadent Definition Decaying; deteriorating.
- English Word Decadist Definition A writer of a book divided into decades; as, Livy was a decadist.
- English Word Decagon Definition 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.
- English Word Decagonal Definition Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.
- English Word Decagram Definition Alt. of Decagramme