English Words Starting With D

• decrial

  nounVery Low
  /dɪˈkraɪəl/The act of publicly condemning or denouncing something.
• decriminalize

  verbverb-transitiveC1
  /diːˈkrɪmɪnəlaɪz/To remove criminal penalties or sanctions from a specific activity; to change the law so that an act is no longer a crime.
• decry

  verbverb-transitiveC1/C2
  /dɪˈkraɪ/To publicly express strong disapproval or condemnation of something.
• decrypt

  verbverb-transitiveC1
  /diːˈkrɪpt/To convert coded or encrypted text back into its original readable form.
• decubitus

  nounLow
  /dɪˈkjuːbɪtəs/A medical term for a bedsore or pressure ulcer caused by prolonged pressure on the skin.
• decubitus ulcer

  nounLow
  /dɪˈkjuːbɪtəs ˈʌlsə/A pressure sore; a lesion of the skin and underlying tissue caused by prolonged pressure, typically over a bony prominence.
• deculturate

  verb-transitiveLow
  /diːˈkʌltʃəreɪt/To strip or deprive of culture, particularly the traditional or characteristic features of a culture.
• deculture

  verb-transitiveVery Low / Extremely Rare
  /diːˈkʌltʃə/To strip or remove culture from a people or society; the deliberate destruction or elimination of cultural elements.
• decuman

  adjectivenounObsolete/Archaic
  /ˈdɛkjʊmən/exceptionally large or massive; specifically, in historical/classical contexts, the largest wave or a main road.
• decuple

  adjectivenounverbverb-transitiveC2
  /ˈdɛkjʊp(ə)l/Tenfold; consisting of ten parts, or being ten times as great.
• decurion

  nounVery Low (Specialist/Historical)
  /dɪˈkjʊə.ri.ən/A commander of a unit of ten soldiers, especially in the Roman army.
• decury

  nounVery Low (Archaic/Technical)
  /ˈdɛkjʊri/A group of ten people.
• decussate

  adjectiveverbverb-intransitiveC2 (Very rare/technical)
  /ˈdɛkəseɪt/, /dɪˈkʌseɪt/to cross or intersect, forming an X shape.
• decussation

  nounVery Low
  /ˌdiː.kəˈseɪ.ʃən/A crossing or intersection, particularly in the form of an X.
• decyl

  nounVery Low
  /ˈdɛsɪl/A chemical group or radical derived from decane, containing ten carbon atoms (C₁₀H₂₁⁻).
• decylic acid

  nounVery Low
  /dɪˈsɪlɪk ˈæsɪd/A saturated fatty acid with ten carbon atoms, also known as decanoic acid.
• dedans

  nounC2/Rare
  /dəˈdɑ̃/A fencing term denoting the line of attack on the inside of the opponent's blade, or the target area on the inside of the opponent's body; also a tennis term (historical/archaic) referring to the open court in front of the server in real tennis.
• dedeagach

  nounVery Low
  /ˌdɛdɪˈæɡæk/A city in southeastern Bulgaria, known historically as Dedeagach, currently called Alexandroupoli in modern Greece.
• dedekind

  nounVery Low / Specialist
  /ˈdeɪdəkɪnd/A proper noun referring to the German mathematician Richard Dedekind (1831-1916).
• dedekind cut

  nounVery Low
  /ˈdeɪdəkɪnd kʌt/A mathematical construction that defines a real number by partitioning the rational numbers into two non-empty sets where every element of the first set is less than every element of the second set.

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