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 decoron Any of a group of protein associated with decorins decoronate To remove the crown of (an ankylosed tooth); to subject to decoronation. decoronation The removal of the crown of an ankylosed tooth while leaving the roots untouched. decorous Marked by behaviour, manners, etc., regarded as proper, tasteful, and in accordance with accepted standards; becoming, seemly. decorously In a decorous manner. decorousness The state or quality of being decorous. decorporate To legally revoke the registration or charter of a corporate entity. decorporation The therapeutic removal of radioactive material that has been absorbed by the body decorporatization The process of decorporatizing. decorporatize To make no longer corporate; to undo the corporatization of. decorrelate To reduce correlation. decorrelated Modified by decorrelation decorrelating Tending to reduce the correlation between signals (in electronics, quantum mechanics, cryptography, neurology etc.) decorrelation The reduction or removal of correlation. decorrelative relating to, or causing decorrelation decorrelator A device or system that produces decorrelation decorrelatory That decorrelates Decorte A surname from Dutch. decorticate To peel or remove the bark, husk, or outer layer from something. decorticated Having had the cortex removed decortication The removal of the surface layer, membrane, or fibrous cover of anything decorticator A machine that peels off the fibrous husk, bark or outer layer of some vegetable product; used in the manufacture of animal feed etc. decorum Appropriate social behavior. decose A sugar or saccharide containing ten carbon atoms. decoside A particular steroid glycoside. decossackization The Bolshevik repression of the Cossacks. Decosta A surname. DeCoteau A surname from French decotora A genre of Japanese big trucks, which are customized by their owner-operators into graphic and sculptural displays which also carry loads. decoupage An art technique in which paper cutouts (either from magazines etc or specially made) are glued onto the surface of an object and sometimes painted or decorated. decouplable Capable of being decoupled. decouple To unlink; to take apart or come apart. decouplement The act of decoupling; disengagement. decoupler That which decouples. decoupling The unhitching of railcars. decoy A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger. decoyable Capable of being decoyed. decoyer One who decoys another. decoying The act of one who decoys. decoyinine An adenine hexoside found in Streptomyces hygroscopicus var. decoyicus bacteria. decoyman A man employed in decoying wildfowl. decrab To align (an aircraft) with the runway, usually by means of rudder or rudderon input, immediately before, simultaneously with, or immediately after touchdown during a landing from a crabbed approach. decrassify To clean; to remove dirt from. decrate To remove from a crate. decrater A machine for removing goods from crates. decream To remove cream from. decreasable Able to be decreased. decrease Of a quantity, to become smaller. decreaseless Not decreasing. decreasement The action or process of decreasing; a decrease; diminution. decreaser One who, or that which, decreases. decreasing On the decrease. decreasingly In a decreasing manner; progressively less. decreation destruction decree An edict or law. decreeable Capable of being decreed. decreeing The giving out of a decree. decreement A decree; something decreed. decreer One who issues a decree. decreet The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided. decrement A small quantity removed or lost; one of a series of regular subtractions. decrementability The quality of being decrementable. decrementable Capable of being decremented. decremental Pertaining to a decrement. decrementally In a decremental manner. decrementation The act or process of decrementing. decrementer Any device or circuit that carries out a decrementation operation decrementless Without decrement. decreolization The process of decreolizing. decreolize To modify a creole language by removing creole elements and replacing them with standard language forms. decrepit Weakened or worn out from age or wear. decrepitate To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire. decrepitation The shattering of minerals by the action of heat, especially when accompanied by a crackling sound decrepitly In a decrepit way. decrepitness Decrepitude. decrepitude The state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use. decrepity Decrepitude. decrescence decreasing; waning decrescendo An instruction to play gradually more softly. decrescent Becoming gradually less; diminishing. Decrescenzo A surname from Italian. decretal Pertaining to a decree. decretalism The beliefs of the decretalists. decretalist A member of a 13th-century school of interpretation of canon law that emphasized the decretals (letters issued by the Popes on matters of church discipline) in preference to the Decretum Gratiani (1141), which their rivals, the decretists, favoured. decretion The act of decreasing. decretist A student, or epert, of decretals or decrees. decretive Having the authority of a decree. decretively In a decretive manner. Decreto A barangay of Umingan, Pangasinan, Philippines. decretorial serving as a decree; authoritative decretorily In a decretory or definitive manner; definitively or by decree. decretory Pertaining to an authoritative decree or final judgement. Decreus A surname. decrew To decrease, wane. decriable Worthy of being decried; condemnable. decrial a crying down decrier One who decries. decrim Decriminalization. decrime To remove the criminal status of a reported crime, typically due to insufficient evidence or to artificially reduce crime statistics decriminalization The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.) decriminalize To change the laws so something is no longer a crime. decriminalizer One who decriminalizes, or who is in favour of decriminalizing, something. Decristofaro A surname from Italian. decrosslink To remove crosslinks decrosslinked From which the crosslinks have been removed decrosslinking The removal of crosslinks Decrow A surname. decrown To deprive of a crown; to discrown. decrucifier Someone or something that decrucifies. decrucify To remove from the cross of crucifixion. decrud To remove the crud from. decrudescence The diminution of symptoms of a disease decruit To reduce the workforce; to make (an employee) redundant. decruitment The act of a company reducing its workforce, either by a reduction in recruitment, or by redundancy. decrumb To remove the crumbs from. decrunch To decompress (data) previously compressed by crunching. decruncher A program or algorithm that performs decrunching. decrust To remove the crust from. decrustation The removal of a crust (various senses). decry To denounce as harmful. decrying A decrial. decryingly So as to decry. decrypt To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text. decryptable Able to be decrypted decrypter A person or a thing, such as an algorithm, program, or device, that decrypts. decryptification The removal of encryption decryptify To remove encryption decryption The process reversing an encryption; the process which converts encrypted data into its original form. decryptograph A physical device for decrypting messages. decryptographer A person who decrypts a code. decryptography The process of decrypting messages, the reverse of cryptography. decrystallization The breakdown of a solid, crystalline structure. decrystallize To remove crystals from (a substance). dectaflur A fluoride-containing substance used in dental treatment. dectet A group of ten musicians. decticous That has articulated mandibles, typically used to escape from the pupal cocoon dectin Any of several transmembrane signalling receptors (a form of lectin) that mediate various cellular functions dectuple Tenfold. decubation The act of lying down. decubital Any position of lying down. decubitis Inflammation caused by a reclined position of the body, especially the complications of bed-ridden patients, such as bedsores. decubitus The posture of someone in bed, lying down or reclining. decult To dissuade (someone) or to become dissuaded from believing in a cult. deculturalization The process of deculturalizing. deculturalize To divest of a culture; to remove cultural elements from. deculturate Synonym of deculturize. deculturation deculturization deculture To deculturize. deculturization The act or process of deculturizing. deculturize To strip of culture.