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  • English Word Decurrence Definition The act of running down; a lapse.
  • English Word Decurrent Definition Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem.
  • English Word Decursion Definition A flowing; also, a hostile incursion.
  • English Word Decursive Definition Running down; decurrent.
  • English Word Decursively Definition In a decursive manner.
  • English Word Decurt Definition To cut short; to curtail.
  • English Word Decurtation Definition Act of cutting short.
  • English Word Decury Definition A set or squad of ten men under a decurion.
  • English Word Decussate Definition To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.
  • English Word Decussate Definition Alt. of Decussated
  • English Word Decussated Definition of Decussate
  • English Word Decussated Definition Crossed; intersected.
  • English Word Decussated Definition Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.
  • English Word Decussated Definition Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.
  • English Word Decussately Definition In a decussate manner.
  • English Word Decussating Definition of Decussate
  • English Word Decussation Definition Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.
  • English Word Decussative Definition Intersecting at acute angles.
  • English Word Decussatively Definition Crosswise; in the form of an X.
  • English Word Decyl Definition A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.
  • English Word Decylic Definition Allied to, or containing, the radical decyl.
  • English Word Dedalian Definition See Daedalian.
  • English Word Dedalous Definition See Daedalous.
  • English Word Dedans Definition A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.
  • English Word Dede Definition Dead.
  • English Word Dedecorate Definition To bring to shame; to disgrace.
  • English Word Dedecoration Definition Disgrace; dishonor.
  • English Word Dedecorous Definition Disgraceful; unbecoming.
  • English Word Dedentition Definition The shedding of teeth.
  • English Word Dedicate Definition Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated.