De*cap`i*ta"tion (?), n. [LL. decapitatio: cf. F. décapitation.] The act of beheading; beheading.
Dec"a*pod (dk"*pd), n. [Cf. F. décapode.] (Zoöl.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.
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||De*cap"o*da (d*kp"*d), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + poy`s, podo`s, foot.] 1. (Zoöl.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc.
They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others.
2. (Zoöl.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.
{ De*cap"o*dal (?), De*cap"o*dous (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed.
De*car"bon*ate (?), v. t. To deprive of carbonic acid.
De*car`bon*i*za"tion (?), n. The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.
De*car"bon*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decarbonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decarbonizing.] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood.
Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron. -- Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.
De*car"bon*i`zer (?), n. He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
De*car`bu*ri*za"tion (?), n. The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
De*car"bu*rize (?), v. t. To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.