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 deculvert To remove a culvert from (a waterway) so that it flows openly. decuman Large; chief; applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in sequence. decumbence The act or posture of lying down. decumbency decumbence decumbent Lying down; reclining on the ground. decumbently with a reclining posture. decumbiture The fact of lying down, specifically of a person due to illness. decumulate To decrease in number. decumulation The process of decumulating; in chemistry, any exothermic molecular change that converts a cumulated diene to a conjugated diene. decunt To remove one's penis from a vagina; to pull out. decuple Tenfold. decuplet A group of ten notes played in place of four or eight. decuply In a decuple manner. decurdling The cutting of curds into blocks as part of cheesemaking. decurion An officer in charge of ten men in the ancient Roman army. decurionate The position or office of a decurion. decuroside Any of a group of chromenone (or furocoumarin) glycosides present in Peucedanum decursivum decurrence The act of running down; a lapse. decurrent Of plant parts: extending downward, most often in the case of leaf blades that partly wrap or have wings around the stem or petiole and extend down along the stem. decurrently In a decurrent manner. decursinol An analgesic coumarin (3S)-3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-3,4-dihydropyrano[3,2-g]chromen-8-one present in the roots of Angelica gigas decursion A flowing. decurt To cut short; to truncate; to curtail. decurtate Shortened, curtailed. decurtation The act of cutting short. decurve To remove a curve from. decurved Curved downward. decury A group of ten men under the command of a decurion. decussant decussate decussate Crossed; intersected; resembling a letter X. decussated Crossed or intersected in the form of an X. decussately In a decussate manner. decussation A crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape. decussative Intersecting at an acute angle. decussatively Crosswise; in the form of an X. decussorium An instrument for depressing the dura after trephining. decutinized From which the cutin has been removed decyanation The removal of a cyanide (or nitrile) group from a molecule decycle To remove the cycles from. decycling The removal of cycles from a graph decyclization The reverse of a cyclization reaction decyclizing That breaks a ring in a molecule decyl Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₀H₂₁, formally derived from decane by the loss of a hydrogen atom decylaldehyde Synonym of decanal (especially n-decanal) decylic Relating to the decyl radical decylmaltoside A surfactant whose structure is that of a decyl maltoside. decylplastoquinone A decyl derivative of plastoquinone. decylubiquinol Any decyl derivative of ubiquinol but especially 6-decylubiquinol decylubiquinone The 6-decyl derivative of ubiquinone decyne Any of several isomeric acetylenes having ten carbon atoms, but especially 1-decyne decyst To remove cysts, typically from the skin ded A person who inflicts dedovshchina (a kind of hazing ritual). Dedan An ancient Arabian city state located in the oasis of al-ʿUla. Dedanim The inhabitants of the ancient Arabian city state of Dedan. Dedanite An inhabitant of the ancient Arabian city state of Dedan. dedans A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators. Deddington A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP4631). dede A surname. dedebaba A spiritual and religious leader of the Bektashi community. dedecorate To bring to shame; to disgrace. dedecoration Disgrace; dishonour. dedecorous disgraceful; unbecoming Dededo A village in northern Guam. Dedeian A surname from Armenian. Dedekind A surname from German. Dedekindian Of or relating to Richard Dedekind (1831–1916), German mathematician. dedemonization The act of dedemonizing someone or something. dedemonize To make undemonic; to normalize. dedendum The difference between the radius of the pitch circle of a gear and its root circle. dedensification The act or process of making or becoming less dense dedensified Made less dense dedent To outdent; to remove an indent from. dedentation The reversal of indentation, moving the text cursor back out from its indented position. dedentition The shedding of teeth; tooth loss Dederang A town in Alpine Shire, north eastern Victoria, Australia Dedham A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TM0533). dediazoniation Synonym of dediazotation. dediazotation Any reaction that removes a diazo group dedicand One to whom something is dedicated. dedicant One who dedicates something. dedicate To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. dedicated Devoted; loyal; conscientious. dedicatedly In a dedicated manner. dedicatedness The quality of being dedicated. dedicatee Someone to whom something is dedicated. dedication The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated. dedicational Synonym of dedicatory. dedicative Relating to dedication. dedicator One who dedicates. dedicatorial dedicatory dedicatorily In a dedicatory manner; by way of dedication. dedicatory Of or pertaining to dedication. Dedieu A surname from French. dedifferentiate To lose or reverse differentiation dedifferentiated That has undergone dedifferentiation dedifferentiation The loss or reversal of differentiation. dedifferentiative That dedifferentiates, or causes dedifferentiation dedikaryotization The conversion of a dikaryon into a pair of homokaryons dedimensionalize To remove dimensions, typically from an equation dedimerization The splitting of a dimer into two monomers dedimus A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, such as to examine a witness, etc. dedisperse To bring together data, rays etc that have been dispersed dedispersion The act of dedispersing. deditio In medieval Europe, an act of ritualized submission and request for mercy, performed before a monarch or other feudal lord. dedition yielding, surrender. Dediu A surname from Romanian. Dedman A surname. dedo A traditional short Spanish unit of length, usually about equal to 1.75 cm. dedogmatization The process of dedogmatizing. dedogmatize To remove the dogma from. dedolation A slicing wound made by a sharp instrument grazing the surface. dedolent Feeling no compunction; apathetic. dedollarization The process of phasing out local acceptance of the United States dollar or other foreign currency and returning to the domestic currency or using other currencies. dedollarize To cause to undergo dedollarization. dedolomite Calcitized dolomite dedolomitization Conversion to a form that is no longer dolomite. dedolomitize To convert from dolomite to calcium carbonate. dedomestication The process of returning a domesticated animal to the wild. dedomicile To relocate to another country. dedope To remove a dopant from (a semiconductor material). dedoped That has undergone dedoping. dedoublement A doubling; duplication. dedoubling The conversion of a twin-track railway line to single-track. dedovshchina Hazing, the informal system of subjection and physical or sexual abuse of new junior conscripts, formerly in the Soviet Armed Forces and contemporarily in the Russian, Ukrainian, etc. armed forces. dedramatization The process of dedramatizing. dedramatize To make less dramatic. dedrift To remove drift from experimental data dedrifting The removal of drift from experimental data deduce To reach (a conclusion) by applying rules of logic or other forms of reasoning to given premises or known facts. deducement Inference; deduction; something that is deduced. deducer One who, or that which, deduces. deducibility The condition of being deducible deducible Capable of being deduced. deducibleness The quality of being deducible. deducibly In a way that can be deduced. deduct To take one thing from another; remove from; make smaller or less by some amount. deductee One from whom tax is deducted. deductibility The ability to be deducted, such as from one's taxes deductible Eligible to be deducted. deduction That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed. deductive Of, pertaining to, or based on deduction (process of reasoning). deductively In a deductive manner; by using deduction. deductiveness The quality of being deductive. deductivism The use of deductive reasoning. deductivist One who subscribes to the form of reasoning called deductivism. deductivistic Of or relating to deductivism. deductivistically In a deductivistic manner. deductor One who deducts something, particularly one who deducts tax from wages or deducts certain expenditures from payment of tax. deductory deductive; involving deduction dedup Deduplication; elimination of redundant duplicate data.