| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| deca- | A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit. | |
| decad | noun | A decade. |
| decay | verb i. | To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay., To cause to decay; to impair., To destroy., Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay., Destruction; death., Cause of decay. |
| decil | noun | Alt. of Decile |
| decoy | verb t. | To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net., Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait., A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot., A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them., A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection. |
| decry | verb t. | To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage. |
| decyl | noun | A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series. |