| decisive |
having the power or character to make decisions or end disputes. [2 definitions] |
| decistere |
a unit of volume equal to one tenth of a stere or cubic meter or 3.532 cubic feet. |
| deck |
a horizontal platform or floor that extends from side to side of a ship and that may have other platforms above or below it. [6 definitions] |
| deck chair |
a lightweight folding chair, often with a full-length leg rest, often used on passenger ships. |
| -decker |
something that has (so many) decks, layers, or the like. [2 definitions] |
| deck hand |
a seaman employed mostly on the deck of a vessel. |
| deckle |
a framework or edging piece used in some papermaking to control the size of the sheets. |
| deckle edge |
the irregular, untrimmed edge characterizing handmade paper, or an edge made to look like this. |
| declaim |
to speak in a formal manner; deliver a speech. [4 definitions] |
| declamation |
the act of declaiming. [2 definitions] |
| declamatory |
in the manner of one who is declaiming. [2 definitions] |
| declaration |
the act of declaring. [4 definitions] |
| Declaration of Independence |
the public document by which the United States of America was declared to be free and independent of England in 1776. |
| Declaration of Sentiments |
the document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men in connection with the first women's rights convention. |
| declarative |
making a statement, assertion, or declaration. |
| declarative sentence |
a sentence that makes a statement. There are many examples of declarative sentences, such as, "It is raining outside." |
| declare |
to proclaim or formally announce (the fact of something happening or existing). [7 definitions] |
| declared war |
an armed conflict that is precipitated by a formal declaration of war. |
| declare war on |
to formally state an intention to wage war against. [2 definitions] |
| declassify |
to remove the security classification, such as "top secret," from (an official document, information, or the like). |
| declension |
in grammar, the process of listing systematically the inflected forms of an adjective, a noun, or a pronoun by categories such as case, gender, and number. [3 definitions] |