debauchery
1: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity [syn: {orgy}, {debauch}, {saturnalia}, {riot}, {bacchanal}, {bacchanalia}, {drunken revelry}]
debenture
1: a bond that is backed by the credit of the issuer but not by any specific collateral [syn: {unsecured bond}, {debenture bond}] [ant: {secured bond}] 2: a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt
debenture bond
1: a bond that is backed by the credit of the issuer but not by any specific collateral [syn: {unsecured bond}, {debenture}] [ant: {secured bond}]
debile
1: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn: {decrepit}, {feeble}, {infirm}, {sapless}, {weak}, {weakly}]
debilitate
1: make weak; "Life in the camp drained him" [syn: {enfeeble}, {drain}]
debilitated
1: lacking strength or vigor [syn: {adynamic}, {asthenic}, {enervated}] 2: weak and feeble; "I'm feeling seedy today" [syn: {enfeebled}, {infirm}, {seedy}]
debilitating
1: impairing the strength and vitality [ant: {invigorating}]
debilitation
1: serious weakening and loss of energy [syn: {enervation}, {enfeeblement}, {exhaustion}]
debilitative
1: causing debilitation [syn: {enervating}, {enfeebling}, {weakening}]
debility
1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) [syn: {infirmity}, {frailty}, {feebleness}, {frailness}]
debit
1: an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing [syn: {debit entry}] [ant: {credit}] v : enter as debit [ant: {credit}]
debit card
1: a card (usually plastic) that enables the holder to withdraw money or to have the cost of purchases charged directly to the holder's bank account
debit entry
1: an accounting entry acknowledging sums that are owing [syn: {debit}] [ant: {credit}]
debit side
1: account of payments owed; usually the left side of a financial statement
debonair
1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" [syn: {debonaire}, {debonnaire}, {suave}] 2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his o...
debonaire
1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" [syn: {debonair}, {debonnaire}, {suave}] 2: having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air; "looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his ow...
debone
1: remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it" [syn: {bone}]
deboned
1: having had the bones removed; "a boneless rib roast"; "a boned (or deboned) fish" [syn: {boned}]
debonnaire
1: having a sophisticated charm; "a debonair gentleman" [syn: {debonair}, {debonaire}, {suave}]
debouch
1: march out (as from a defile) into open ground; "The regiments debouched from the valley" [syn: {march out}] 2: pass out or emerge; especially of rivers; "The tributary debouched into the big river"
debridement
1: surgical removal of foreign material and dead tissue from a wound in order to prevent infection and promote healing
debrief
1: put someone through a debriefing and make him report; "The released hostages were debriefed"
debris
1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up [syn: {dust}, {junk}, {rubble}, {detritus}]
debris storm
1: the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building; "the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge" [syn: {debris surge}]
debris surge
1: the sudden spread of dust and debris from a collapsing building; "the destruction of the building produced an enormous debris surge" [syn: {debris storm}]
Debs
1: United States labor organizer who ran for President as a socialist (1855-1926) [syn: {Eugene V. Debs}, {Eugene Victor Debs}]
debt
1: the state of owing something (especially money); "he is badly in debt" 2: money or goods or services owed by one person to another 3: an obligation to pay or do something
debt ceiling
1: the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity [syn: {debt limit}]
debt instrument
1: a written promise to repay a debt [syn: {certificate of indebtedness}]
debt limit
1: the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity [syn: {debt ceiling}]
debtor
1: a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt [ant: {creditor}]
debug
1: locate and correct errors in a computer program code; "debug this program" [also: {debugging}, {debugged}]
debugger
1: a program that helps in locating and correcting programming errors
debunk
1: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" [syn: {expose}]
debunking
1: the exposure of falseness or pretensions; "the debunking of religion has been too successful" [syn: {repudiation}]
Debussy
1: French composer who is said to have created impressionism in music (1862-1918) [syn: {Claude Debussey}, {Claude Achille Debussy}]
debut
1: the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" [syn: {introduction}, {first appearance}, {launching}, {unveiling}, {entry}] 2: the presentation of ...
debutante
1: a young woman making her debut into society [syn: {deb}]
Dec
1: the last (12th) month of the year [syn: {December}] 2: (astronomy) the angular distance to a point on a celestial object measured north or south from the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; us...
Dec 24
1: the day before Christmas [syn: {Christmas Eve}]
Dec 25
1: a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland [syn: {Christmas}, {Christmas Day}, {Xmas}]
decade
1: a period of 10 years [syn: {decennary}, {decennium}] 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system [syn: {ten}, {10}, {X}, {tenner}]
decadence
1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: {degeneracy}, {degeneration}, {decadency}]
decadency
1: the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities [syn: {degeneracy}, {degeneration}, {decadence}]
decadent
1: marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals" [syn: {effete}] n : a pers...
Decadron
1: a corticosteroid drug (trade names Decadron or Dexamethasone Intensol or Dexone or Hexadrol or Oradexon) used to treat allergies or inflammation [syn: {dexamethasone}, {Dexamethasone Intensol}, {De...
decaf
1: coffee with the caffeine removed [syn: {decaffeinated coffee}]
decagon
1: a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
decagram
1: 10 grams [syn: {dekagram}, {dkg}, {dag}]
decahedron
1: any polyhedron having ten plane faces
decal
1: a design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface [syn: {decalcomania}] 2: the art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glas...
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decalcify
1: lose calcium or calcium compounds 2: remove calcium or lime from; "decalcify the rock" [ant: {calcify}] [also: {decalcified}]
decalcomania
1: a design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface [syn: {decal}] 2: the art of transfering designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or me...
decalescence
1: phenomenon that occurs when a metal is being heated and there is a sudden slowing in the rate of temperature increase; slowing is caused by a change in the internal crystal structure of the metal
decaliter
1: a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters [syn: {dekaliter}, {dekalitre}, {decalitre}, {dal}, {dkl}]
decalitre
1: a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters [syn: {dekaliter}, {dekalitre}, {decaliter}, {dal}, {dkl}]
Decalogue
1: the biblical commandments of Moses [syn: {Ten Commandments}]
decameter
1: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [syn: {dekameter}, {decametre}, {dekametre}, {dam}, {dkm}]
decametre
1: a metric unit of length equal to ten meters [syn: {decameter}, {dekameter}, {dekametre}, {dam}, {dkm}]
decamp
1: leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn: {break camp}] 2: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along [syn: {abscond}, {bolt}, {absquatulate}, {run off}, {go off}] 3:...
decampment
1: the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) [syn: {abscondment}] 2: breaking camp
decanedioic acid
1: a dicarboxylic acid used to make resins [syn: {sebacic acid}]
decanoic acid
1: a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats [syn: {capric acid}]
decant
1: pour out; "the sommelier decanted the wines" [syn: {pour}, {pour out}]
decanter
1: a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water [syn: {carafe}]
decapitate
1: cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution" [syn: {behead}]
decapitated
1: having had the head cut off; "the beheaded prisoners" [syn: {beheaded}]
decapitation
1: execution by cutting off the victim's head [syn: {beheading}] 2: killing by cutting off the head [syn: {beheading}]
decapod
1: crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax [syn: {decapod crustacean}] 2: cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long...
decapod crustacean
1: crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax [syn: {decapod}]
Decapoda
1: lobsters; crayfish; crabs; shrimps; prawns [syn: {order Decapoda}] 2: squids and cuttlefishes [syn: {order Decapoda}]
Decapterus
1: scads especially mackerel scad; cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: {genus Decapterus}]
Decapterus macarellus
1: small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil [syn: {mackerel scad}, {mackerel shad}]
Decapterus punctatus
1: small fusiform fish of western Atlantic [syn: {round scad}, {cigarfish}, {quiaquia}]
decarbonise
1: remove carbon from (an engine) [syn: {decarbonize}, {decarburize}, {decarburise}, {decoke}]
decarbonize
1: remove carbon from (an engine) [syn: {decarbonise}, {decarburize}, {decarburise}, {decoke}]
decarboxylase
1: any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group
decarboxylate
1: lose a carboxyl group; "the compound decarboxylated" 2: remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound)
decarboxylation
1: the process of removing a carboxyl group from a chemical compound (usually replacing it with hydrogen)
decarburise
1: remove carbon from (an engine) [syn: {decarbonize}, {decarbonise}, {decarburize}, {decoke}]
decarburize
1: remove carbon from (an engine) [syn: {decarbonize}, {decarbonise}, {decarburise}, {decoke}]
decasyllabic
1: having or consisting of lines of ten syllables
decathlon
1: an athletic contest consisting of ten different events
Decatur
1: United States naval officer remembered for his heroid deeds (1779-1820) [syn: {Stephen Decatur}] 2: a city in central Illinois; Abraham Lincoln practiced law here 3: a town in northern Alabama on t...
decay
1: the process of gradually becoming inferior 2: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn: {decline}] 3: the organic phenomenon of rotting [syn: {decomposition}] 4: an inferior state re...
decayable
1: liable to decay or spoil or become putrid [syn: {putrescible}, {putrefiable}, {spoilable}]
decayed
1: deteriorated by decay or rot; "decayed teeth" 2: damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" [syn: {rotten}, {rotted}]
deccan hemp
1: fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus [syn: {kenaf}] 2: valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation [syn: {kenaf}, {kanaf}, {bimli}, {bimli hemp}, {Indian hemp},...
decease
1: the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" [syn: {death}] [ant: {birth}] v : pass from physical...
deceased
1: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: {asleep(p)}, {at peace(p)}, {at rest(p)}, {departed}, {gone}] n : someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have ...
deceased person
1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" [syn: {dead person}, {dead soul}, {deceased}, {decedent}, {departed}]
decedent
1: someone who is no longer alive; "I wonder what the dead person would have done" [syn: {dead person}, {dead soul}, {deceased person}, {deceased}, {departed}]
deceit
1: the quality of being fraudulent [syn: {fraudulence}] 2: a misleading falsehood [syn: {misrepresentation}, {deception}] 3: the act of deceiving [syn: {deception}, {dissembling}, {dissimulation}]
deceitful
1: intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" [syn: {fallacious}, ...
deceitfully
1: in a corrupt and deceitful manner; "he acted dishonestly when he gave the contract to his best friend" [syn: {dishonestly}, {venally}] [ant: {honestly}]
deceitfulness
1: the quality of being crafty [syn: {craftiness}, {guile}]
deceive
1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: {lead on}, {delude}, {cozen}] 2: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" [syn: {b...
deceiver
1: someone who leads you to believe something that is not true [syn: {cheat}, {cheater}, {trickster}, {beguiler}, {slicker}]
deceivingly
1: in a misleading way; "the exam looked deceptively easy" [syn: {deceptively}, {misleadingly}]
decelerate
1: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn: {slow}, {slow down}, {slow up}, {retard}] [ant: {accelerate}] 2: reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car" [syn: {slow down}] [ant: ...
deceleration
1: a decrease in speed; "the deceleration of the arms race" [syn: {slowing}, {retardation}] [ant: {acceleration}]
December
1: the last (12th) month of the year [syn: {Dec}]
December 31
1: the last day of the year [syn: {New Year's Eve}]
December 8
1: Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854 [syn: {Immaculate Conception}]
decency
1: the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality [ant: {indecency}] 2: the quality of being polite and respectable
decennary
1: a period of 10 years [syn: {decade}, {decennium}]
decennium
1: a period of 10 years [syn: {decade}, {decennary}] [also: {decennia} (pl)]
decent
1: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl" [syn: {nice}] 2: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is...
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