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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DECALCOM</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="decalcifier"> decalcifier, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a thing that decalcifies. </DL> <A NAME="decalcify"> decalcify, transitive verb, -fied, -fying.<DL COMPACT><DD> to remove lime or calcium from. Ex. to decalcify bone. Strontium-90 in milk, resulting from atomic fallout, can be removed by decalcifying the milk (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="decalcomania"> decalcomania, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. =decal. <DD> 2. the process of decorating glass, wood, or plastic by applying decals. </DL> <A NAME="decalescence"> decalescence, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the sudden absorption of heat as a metal passes a certain temperature. </DL> <A NAME="decalescent"> decalescent, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (of a metal during heating) suddenly absorbing heat as it passes a certain temperature. </DL> <A NAME="decaliter"> decaliter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a unit of measure of volume in the metric system, equal to 10 liters, 9.08 quarts U.S. dry measure, or 2.64 gallons U.S. liquid measure. (Abbr:) dkl. Also, dekaliter. </DL> <A NAME="decalitre"> decalitre, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) decaliter. </DL> <A NAME="decalogue"> Decalogue or Decalog, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the Ten Commandments (in the Bible, Exodus 20:2-17). </DL> <A NAME="decalogue"> decalogue or decalog, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any set of ten commandments or rules. </DL> <A NAME="decameron"> Decameron, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a collection of 100 tales written by Boccaccio and published in Italy in 1353. </DL> <A NAME="decamerous"> decamerous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) having ten parts in each whorl (generally written 10-merous). Ex. decamerous flowers. </DL> <A NAME="decameter"> decameter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a unit of measure of length in the metric system equal to 10 meters, or 32.8 feet. (Abbr:) dkm. Also, dekameter. </DL> <A NAME="decametre"> decametre, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) decameter. </DL> <A NAME="decametric"> decametric, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with decameters; measured in decameters. <DD> 2. of or having to do with radio waves ranging from 10 to 100 meters in length, or a frequency of 3 to 30 megahertz. Ex. Storms have been observed at decametric wavelengths (3 to 30 megahertz) (Science News). <DD> Also, dekametric. </DL> <A NAME="decamp"> decamp, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to leave quickly, secretly, or without ceremony; run away; flee. Ex. The thieves had decamped by the time the police came. (SYN) abscond, escape. <DD> 2. to leave a camp or camping ground; break camp. Ex. The army of the King of Portugal was at Elvas on the 22nd of the last month, and was to decamp on the 24th (The Tatler). </DL> <A NAME="decampment"> decampment, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of decamping. <DD> 2. a quick departure. </DL> <A NAME="decanal"> decanal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of a dean or deanery. adv. decanally. </DL> <A NAME="decane"> decane, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a colorless, liquid hydrocarbon of the methane series, found in several isomeric forms. </DL> <A NAME="decant"> decant, transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to pour off (liquor or a solution) gently without disturbing the sediment. Ex. The waiter decanted the wine. <DD> 2. to pour from one container into another. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to unload as if by pouring or spilling out. Ex. The wagonette had decanted us at some ideal site for ... picnicking (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="decantation"> decantation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of decanting. </DL> <A NAME="decanter"> decanter, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a glass bottle with a stopper, used for serving wine or liquor. <DD> 2. a vessel for decanting or receiving decanted liquors. </DL> <A NAME="decapacitate"> decapacitate, transitive verb, -tated, -tating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to inhibit capacitation in (sperm). </DL> <A NAME="decapacitation"> decapacitation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act or process of decapacitating; inhibition of the capacity of sperm to fertilize an egg. </DL> <A NAME="decapitalization"> decapitalization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a decapitalizing. </DL> <A NAME="decapitalize"> decapitalize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to deprive of capital. Ex. to decapitalize a firm. The Argentine landowner has been progressively decapitalized (Atlantic). <DD> 2. to convert from upper to lower case. Ex. to decapitalize a letter. </DL> <A NAME="decapitate"> decapitate, transitive verb, -tated, -tating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to cut off the head of; behead. Ex. In Germanic nations, as is well known, culprits were decapitated by means of the heavy-bladed broad two-handed sword (Notes and Queries). </DL> <A NAME="decapitation"> decapitation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of decapitating. <DD> 2. a being decapitated. </DL> <A NAME="decapitator"> decapitator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who decapitates. </DL> <A NAME="decapod"> decapod, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. any one of an order of crustaceans having ten legs or arms, such as a lobster, crab, or crayfish. <DD> 2. any one of a suborder of mollusks having ten arms or tentacles, such as a squid or cuttlefish. <DD>adj. having ten legs, arms, or tentacles. </DL> <A NAME="decapodal"> decapodal, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a decapod. </DL> <A NAME="decapodous"> decapodous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the form or shape of a decapod crustacean. </DL> <A NAME="decarbonate"> decarbonate, transitive verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to remove carbon dioxide or carbonic acid from. </DL> <A NAME="decarbonator"> decarbonator, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that decarbonates. </DL> <A NAME="decarbonization"> decarbonization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of process of decarbonizing. </DL> <A NAME="decarbonize"> decarbonize, transitive verb, intransitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to remove carbon (from); decarburize. Ex. Iron is decarbonized in making steel. </DL> <A NAME="decarbonizer"> decarbonizer, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or thing that decarbonizes. </DL> <A NAME="decarboxylate"> decarboxylate, transitive verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) to free from the carboxyl group -COOH </DL> <A NAME="decarboxylation"> decarboxylation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) the removal of one or more carboxyl groups, -COOH, as by removing carbon dioxide from an organic acid. </DL> <A NAME="decarburization"> decarburization, noun. =decarbonization.</DL> <A NAME="decarburize"> decarburize, transitive verb, -rized, -rizing. =decarbonize.</DL> <A NAME="decarchy"> decarchy, noun, pl. -chies.<DL COMPACT><DD> a board of ten that governed the Greek states which Sparta had freed from Athenian rule. </DL> <A NAME="decare"> decare, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a unit of square measure in the metric system, equal to 10 ares, 1,000 square meters, or about 1,196 square yards. </DL> <A NAME="decartelise"> decartelise, transitive verb, -ised, -ising.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) decartelize. </DL> <A NAME="decartelization"> decartelization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the dissolving of a cartel or cartels. <DD> 2. an instance of this. </DL> <A NAME="decartelize"> decartelize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to dissolve a cartel or cartels in (a business or industry). noun decartelizer. </DL> <A NAME="decastere"> decastere, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a unit of measure of volume in the metric system equal to 10 steres, 10 cubic meters, or about 13.08 cubic yards. Also, dekastere. </DL> <A NAME="decastich"> decastich, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a poem consisting of ten lines. </DL> <A NAME="decastyle"> decastyle, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having ten columns in front, as a temple or a portico. </DL> <A NAME="decasualization"> decasualization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the abolition of casual labor. </DL> <A NAME="decasualize"> decasualize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make no longer casual; change from a casual or uncertain condition by giving a regular or permanent character. Ex. to decasualize labor by providing steady employment. </DL> <A NAME="decasyllabic"> decasyllabic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. having ten syllables. Ex. a decasyllabic line of poetry. <DD>noun =decasyllable. </DL> <A NAME="decasyllable"> decasyllable, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a line of poetry having ten syllables. </DL> <A NAME="decathlete"> decathlete, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an athlete who competes in a decathlon. Ex. Gerhard Auer, No. 3 in the ... boat, was once a decathlete, accumulating over 6,500 points (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="decathlon"> decathlon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an athletic contest with ten different parts, such as running, jumping, and throwing the javelin. It is held during two days. The person who scores the most points for all ten parts is the winner. Ex. The modern decathlon consists of the 100-meter dash, broad jump, shot put, high jump, 400-meter run, 110-meter hurdles, discus throw, pole vault, javelin throw, 1,500-meter run (Time). </DL> <A HREF="decay.dic">NEXT</A>