Nouns Containing DEC

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decision
1. the act of making up your mind about something
2. a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration
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deck
1. any of various platforms built into a vessel
2. street name for a packet of illegal drugs
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decrease
1. a change downward
2. a process of becoming smaller or shorter
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declaration
1. a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written)
2. (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction
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decor
1. decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior
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decline
1. change toward something smaller or lower
2. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline
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decade
1. a period of 10 years
2. the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
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decimal
1. a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
2. a number in the decimal system
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decay
1. the process of gradually becoming inferior
2. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current
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deciding
1. the cognitive process of reaching a decision
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decoration
1. something used to beautify
2. an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
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deceased
1. someone who is no longer alive
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deco
1. a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production
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decree
1. a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge)
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decker
1. (often used in combinations) something constructed with multiple levels
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decoder
1. the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text
2. a machine that converts a coded text into ordinary language
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decomposition
1. the analysis of a vector field
2. in a decomposed state
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deception
1. a misleading falsehood
2. the act of deceiving
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decal
1. either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface
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predecessor
1. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)
2. something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
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decoding
1. the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
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decorator
1. a person who specializes in interior decoration
2. someone who decorates
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decentralization
1. the social process in which population and industry moves from urban centers to outlying districts
2. the spread of power away from the center to local branches or governments
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deceit
1. the quality of being fraudulent
2. a misleading falsehood
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decadent
1. a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically)
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decency
1. the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
2. the quality of being polite and respectable
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decontamination
1. the removal of contaminants
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decompression
1. restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display
2. relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure)
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decedent
1. someone who is no longer alive
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declarative
1. a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact
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decanter
1. a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water
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decryption
1. the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text
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declination
1. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline
2. a downward slope or bend
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decoy
1. a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot)
2. something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
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decadence
1. the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
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zydeco
1. music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues
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decaf
1. coffee with the caffeine removed
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deconstruction
1. a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning
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decimation
1. destroying or killing a large part of the population
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deceleration
1. a decrease in rate of change
2. (physics) a rate of decrease in velocity
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decarboxylase
1. any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
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decrement
1. the amount by which something decreases
2. a process of becoming smaller or shorter
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decorum
1. propriety in manners and conduct
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indecency
1. the quality of being indecent
2. an indecent or improper act
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indecision
1. doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
2. the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose
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decoupage
1. art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer
2. the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer
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decathlon
1. an athletic contest consisting of ten different events
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decibel
1. a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity
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sidecar
1. a cocktail made of orange liqueur with lemon juice and brandy
2. conveyance consisting of a small carrier attached to the side of a motorcycle
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decongestant
1. a drug that decreases pulmonary congestion
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decile
1. (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
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declarer
1. the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps
2. someone who claims to speak the truth
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deceiver
1. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
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decapitation
1. execution by cutting off the victim's head
2. killing by cutting off the head
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declassification
1. reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon
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decease
1. the event of dying or departure from life
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decoction
1. (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling
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quarterdeck
1. the stern area of a ship's upper deck
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