Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z declense To decline (to inflect for case and number). declension A falling off, decay or descent. declensional Pertaining to declension. declensionism A belief in a declining trend in a history. declensionist One offering a narrative of decline. Declercq A surname from Dutch. declericalization The removal of clerical influence declericalize To remove clerical influence (from). declet A grouping of ten bits. declimb To climb down. declinability The quality of being declinable. declinable Capable of being declined; of a word, having inflections. declinal Having a decline or slope. declinarian A supporter of Charles Babbage's Reflections on the Decline of Science and some of its Causes (1830), a paper criticizing the failure of government to support scientific research. declinate Bent downward or aside. declinately In a declinate manner. declination At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north. declinational Relating to declination. declinator An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane. declinatory Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence. declinature The act of declining or refusing. decline Downward movement, fall. declined Directed obliquely. decliner One who declines. declining decline decliningly So as to decline, or give a negative answer to a proposal. declinism A pessimistic belief that things are in decline. declinist A subscriber to declinism. declinometer An instrument for measuring magnetic declination. declinous declinate (bending downwards) declipping The process of reconstructing an audio signal in order to reverse clipping. declivant Sloping. declivitous Descending gradually; sloping; downhill. declivitously In a declivitous manner. declivity The downward slope of a curve. declivous sloping downward decloak To become visible again by turning off a cloaking device. decloaker A material that decloaks declog Synonym of unclog. declogger A liquid used for breaking down clogs in drains. declogging That removes clogs (blockages). Declona Latinized version of a Volscian name possibly referring to a Volscian goddess declot To remove a blood clot from. decloud To reduce clouding in a liquid, glass, etc. decloxizine A histamine 1 receptor antagonist. declump To remove clumps (from) declumped From which the clumps have been removed Declunus Latinized form of a Volscian name possibly referring to the god Declunus decluster To make unclustered. declustering Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense) declutch To disengage the clutch on a vehicle or other engine with PTO declutter The act or process of removing clutter; a decluttering. declutterer One who declutters. decluttering The act or process of removing clutter; tidying, removing unwanted or messy items from a given place. deco Decompression. decoat To remove a coating from decocainize to remove cocaine from decocainized From which most cocaine has been removed. decock To uncock; to let down the cock of (a firearm). decocker A device in certain firearms that uncocks the weapon. decocoon To break out of its cocoon. decocooning escape (of an insect) from its cocoon decoct To make an infusion. decoctible Able to be decocted, or boiled down. decoction An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down. decoctive Serving to decoct. decocture A decoction. decodability The condition of being decodable. decodable Able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge. decode To convert from an encrypted form to plain text. decoden Ornate decoration of phone cases, incorporating charms and sculpture. decoder A person who decodes secret messages decodification The act or process of decoding decodify Synonym of uncodify. decodine A particular alkaloid found in plants of the family Lythraceae. decoding An instance of the translation of something (usually a message or other text) into a form more suitable for subsequent processing. decoglurant An experimental drug candidate for the treatment of major depressive disorder. decohere To cause, or to undergo decoherence. decohered That have undergone decoherence decoherence Loss of quantum coherence (phase relation between the quantum states of particles) in a physical system as it interacts with its environment. decoherency The condition of being decoherent decoherent Exhibiting decoherence. decoherer A mechanism in early radios to tap the coherer, mechanically disturbing the particles to reset it to the high resistance state. decohering That causes, or undergoes decoherence decohesion A loss of cohesion decoiling The removal of coils decoke decarbonization. DeCola A surname from Italian. decollagist An artist who uses décollage. decollate To behead. decollated Rounded off, as the apex of a shell. decollation The act of beheading someone. decollator a machine that decollates (separates) the parts of multipart computer printout and discards the carbon paper decollectivization The reversal of a previous collectivization. decollectivize To undo the process of collectivization decollete Having a low-cut neckline. decollimation Any mechanism in which rays either diverge or converge from parallelism decolonial Of or relating to decoloniality. decolonialism The theory or philosophy of decolonization. decoloniality A form of critical theory associated with decolonialization. decolonialization The process of decolonializing. decolonialize To free from colonial influence. decolonially In a decolonial manner. decolonization The freeing of a colony etc from dependent status by granting it independence. decolonize To release from the status of colony; to allow a colony to become independent. decolorant A substance that removes colour, or bleaches. decolorate To decolor; to deprive of color. decolorization the removal of color from something; bleaching decolorize To remove the color from. decolorizer That which decolorizes. decolour To deprive of colour; to bleach. decolouration The reversal of colouration; bleaching decoloured From which the colour has been removed; bleached. decolourize To drain of colour, to remove the colour from. decolourized From which pigment has been removed decolumnization The process of decolumnizing. decolumnize To reformat (writing or data) so as to remove separate columns. decombination The action, or the result of decombining decombine To separate (things previously combined) decomino A polyomino made up of ten squares. decommemorate To mark a perceived wrong by initiating an attack on the wrongdoers decommercialization The act or process of decommercializing. decommercialize To make not commercial. decommission To take out of service or to render unusable. decommissionable Able to be decommissioned. decommissioner One who decommissions. decommissioning The act by which something is decommissioned. decommit To withdraw from a commitment. decommitment The reversal of a commitment. decommodification A social movement that views workers as more than commodities decommodify To reject as a commodity; to promote to a status above that of a commodity. decommoditization The process of decommoditizing. decommoditize To decommodify. decommunization The act, process, or result of decommunizing. decommunize To divest of communism. decomp Decomposition. decompact To make less compact. decompactification The reverse of a compactification decompactify To make, or to become less compact decompaction The act or process of making something less compact; often specifically the reversal of previous compaction decompactor A mechanical device that makes something less compact. decompartmentalization The act or process of decompartmentalizing. decompartmentalize To restore from a compartmentalized state; to merge back together from a set of categories. decompensate To deteriorate in function due to an inability to invoke normal defensive mechanisms that compensate for ailments and other stresses. decompensation The inability of a diseased or weakened organic system or organ to compensate for its deficiency, resulting in functional deterioration. decompensatory Relating to decompensation. decompilable That can be decompiled. decompilation The act, or the result of decompiling decompile To recreate the original source code from a compiled executable. decompiler A computer program performing the reverse operation to that of a compiler.