| DECEASED | • deceased adj. No longer alive; dead. • deceased adj. Belonging to the dead. • deceased adj. (Law) One who has died. In property law, the alternate term decedent is generally used. In criminal… |
| DECEASES | • deceases n. Plural of decease. • deceases v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decease. • DECEASE v. to die. |
| DECEDENT | • decedent n. (Law, chiefly US) A dead person. • decedent adj. Removing; departing; deceased. • DECEDENT n. (US) in US law, a deceased person. |
| DECEIVED | • deceived v. Simple past tense and past participle of deceive. • DECEIVE v. to mislead by falsehood. |
| DECEIVER | • deceiver n. A person who lies or deceives. • deceiver n. (Usually preceded by "the") Another name for Satan. • DECEIVER n. one who deceives. |
| DECEIVES | • deceives v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deceive. • DECEIVE v. to mislead by falsehood. |
| DECEMVIR | • decemvir n. (Historical) Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome… • decemvir n. Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten. • DECEMVIR n. (Latin) one of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome. |
| DECENARY | • decenary adj. Of or related to the number ten, (particularly) as a base of numeration. • decenary adj. Containing or comprising ten items or units. • decenary adj. (Law, historical) Of or related to a tithing. |
| DECENNIA | • decennia n. Plural of decennium. • DECENNIUM n. (Latin) a period of ten years. |
| DECENTER | • decenter v. Alternative spelling of decentre. • DECENTER v. to put out of center, also DECENTRE. |
| DECENTLY | • decently adv. In a decent manner. • decently adv. To a reasonable or acceptable degree. • DECENT adv. conforming to standards of propriety. |
| DECENTRE | • decentre v. To remove the centre from. to decentre the tyres from some model vehicle kits. • decentre v. (Optics) To place away from the centre; to make eccentric. • decentre v. To displace from the centre. |
| DECERNED | • decerned v. Simple past tense and past participle of decern. • DECERN v. to decree by judicial sentence. |
| INDECENT | • indecent adj. Offensive to good taste. • indecent adj. Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly. • indecent adj. (Criminal law) Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene. |
| UNDECENT | • undecent adj. Not decent; indecent. • UNDECENT adj. not decent, also INDECENT. |