incurvation, ARCUATION.
~Curve~, _n._ Bend, flexure, CURVATURE.
~Curve~, _n. a._ Bend, crook, inflect.
~Curvet~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Leap, bound, vault.
~2.~ Caper, frisk.
~Curvet~, _n._ ~1.~ Leap, bound.
~2.~ Caper, frolic, prank.
~Curvity~, _n._ CURVATURE.
~Cushat~, _n._ Ring-dove, wood-pigeon (_Columba palumbus_).
~Cusk~, _n._ Torsk (_Brosmius vulgaris_).
~Cusp~, _n._ Point, angle, horn.
~Cuspidate~, _a._ (_Bot._) Pointed, acute, sharp, acuminate, acuminated.
~Cuspidated~, _a._ (_Bot._) Pointed, acute, sharp, acuminate,
acuminated.
~Custodian~, _n._ Guardian, keeper, curator, warden, superintendent.
~Custody~, _n._ Keeping, care, watch guardianship, protection,
safekeeping.
~Custom~, _n._ ~1.~ HABIT (_of a majority_), usage, fashion, practice,
rule.
~2.~ Form, formality, observance.
~3.~ Patronage.
~4.~ Tax, impost, duty, tribute, toll.
~Customary~, _a._ Usual, common, wonted, habitual, accustomed,
conventional, CONSUETUDINARY.
~Customer~, _n._ Purchaser, buyer.
~Cut~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Divide or sever (_by an edged tool_), chop, make
an incision in.
~2.~ Sculpture, carve, chisel.
~3.~ Cross, intersect.
~4.~ Wound, hurt, touch, move, pierce.
~5.~ [_Colloquial._] Slight (_by not recognizing_), avoid recognizing.
~Cut~, _n._ ~1.~ Gash, incision.
~2.~ Channel, passage.
~3.~ Slice, piece.
~4.~ Sarcasm, fling, taunt, cutting remark.
~5.~ Fashion, style, form, shape.
~6.~ Near path, short way.
~7.~ Engraving, engraved picture.
~Cut a dash~, Make a figure, make a great show, show off, cut a figure.
~Cut a figure~, CUT A DASH.
~Cut and dried~, Prepared beforehand, not spontaneous, got up for the
occasion.
~Cut capers~, Frolic, be merry, be frolicsome, play pranks, cut didos.
~Cut didos~, CUT CAPERS.
~Cutch~, _n._ Catechu, gambier, Japan earth, Terra Japanica.
~Cut down~, ~1.~ Fell.
~2.~ Diminish, lessen, curtail.
~Cuticle~, _n._ Epidermis, scarf-skin.
~Cutis~, _n._ (_Anat._) Derm, true skin.
~Cut out~, ~1.~ Shape, form, fashion.
~2.~ Outdo, excel, surpass, BEAT.
~3.~ Debar, hinder, prevent.
~Cutpurse~, _n._ Pickpocket, thief, robber.
~Cut short~, ~1.~ Bring to a sudden close, end abruptly.
~2.~ Check suddenly, hinder from proceeding.
~3.~ Abridge, diminish.
~Cut-throat~, _n._ Murderer, assassin, ruffian.
~Cutting~, _a._ ~1.~ Sharp, keen.
~2.~ Severe, sarcastic, satirical.
~Cycle~, _n._ Period, circle of time, revolution of time, round of
years.
~Cyclopædia~, _n._ Encyclopædia.
~Cyclopean~, _a._ Gigantic, colossal, vast, enormous, immense,
Herculean.
~Cygnet~, _n._ Young swan.
~Cymbiform~, _a._ Boat-shaped.
~Cynanche~, _n._ [Gr.] (_Med._) Inflammation of the throat.
~Cynical~, _a._ Carping, censorious, satirical, sarcastic, captious,
snarling, snappish, waspish, pettish, petulant, fretful, peevish,
touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, cross, morose, froward,
surly, ill-tempered, ill-natured.
~Cynic~, _n._ ~1.~ Follower of Diogenes.
~2.~ Misanthrope, man-hater.
~Cynosure~, _n._ ~1.~ Lesser Bear, Ursa Minor.
~2.~ Point or centre of attraction.
~Cyprian~, _n._ Prostitute, courtesan, harlot, whore, drab, strumpet,
night-walker, lewd woman, woman of the town, woman of ill-fame.
~Cyst~, _n._ Pouch, sac.
~Czar~, _n._ Emperor of Russia.
~Czarina~, _n._ Empress of Russia.
~Czarowitz~, _n._ Czar's eldest son.
D
~Dab~, _v. a._ Strike, slap.
~Dab~, _n._ ~1.~ Blow, stroke.
~2.~ Adept, expert, proficient, master-hand, capital hand, nice hand,
DABSTER, good hand.
~Dabble~, _v. a._ Wet, spatter, sprinkle, moisten.
~Dabble~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Play in water, splash about.
~2.~ Work superficially, make slight efforts, fritter away time.
~3.~ Tamper, meddle, take liberties.
~Dabbler~, _n._ Sciolist, quack.
~Dabchick~, _n._ Didapper, dobchick (_Podiceps minor_).
~Dabster~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Expert, adept, DAB.
~Dad~, _n._ [_Childish terms._] Father.
~Daddy~, _n._ [_Childish terms._] Father.
~Daddy-long-legs~, _n._ ~1.~ Father-long-legs, crane-fly.
~2.~ Shepherd-spider, harvest-man.
~Dado~, _n._ Die, cube of a pedestal.
~Dædalian~, _a._ Intricate, maze-like.
~Daffadilly~, _n._ Daffodil, narcissus.
~Daffadowndilly~, _n._ Daffodil, narcissus.
~Daffodil~, _n._ Narcissus, daffadilly, daffadowndilly.
~Daft~, _a._ ~1.~ [_Local Eng._] Stupid, silly, foolish.
~2.~ [_Scottish._] Playful, frolicsome, mirthful, merry, sportive.
~Dagger~, _n._ Poniard, dirk, stiletto.
~Daggle~, _v. a._ Draggle, bemire, befoul, soil, dirty.
~Daggle-tail~, _n._ Slattern, slut, draggle-tail, filthy person.
~Daily~, _a._ Diurnal, quotidian.
~Dainty~, _a._ ~1.~ Delicious, savory, nice, delicate, tender,
palatable, luscious, toothsome.
~2.~ Elegant, beautiful, neat, fine.
~3.~ Fastidious, squeamish, scrupulous, over-nice.
~Dainty~, _n._ Delicacy, tidbit, tit-bit, nice bit, choice morsel,
delicate morsel.
~Dale~, _n._ Vale, valley, bottom, dell, glen, dingle.
~Dalliance~, _n._ Caressing, fondling, endearments.
~Dally~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Trifle, dawdle, lose time, waste time, idle away
time, fritter away time.
~2.~ Fondle, toy, interchange caresses.
~Daltonism~, _n._ Color-blindness.
~Dam~, _n._ Mother (_of a beast_), female parent.
~Damage~, _n._ Injury, harm, hurt, detriment, mischief, loss.
~Damage~, _v. a._ Injure, impair, hurt, harm, mar.
~Damages~, _n. pl._ Indemnity, satisfaction, fine, forfeiture.
~Damask-plum~, _n._ Damson.
~Dame~, _n._ Mistress, matron, lady, madam.
~Damn~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Condemn, judge to be guilty.
~2.~ (_Theol._) Doom to perdition, doom to eternal punishment.
~3.~ Condemn, censure, express disapprobation of.
~Damnable~, _a._ Odious, detestable, execrable, hateful, abominable,
cursed, accursed.
~Damnatory~, _a._ Condemnatory.
~Damp~, _n._ Moisture, vapor, fog, dampness.
~Damp~, _a._ Moist, humid, dank, wet.
~Damp~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Moisten, dampen.
~2.~ Check, repress, restrain, moderate, allay, abate.
~3.~ Chill, deaden, depress, deject.
~Dampen~, _v. a._ Moisten, damp.
~Damper~, _n._ ~1.~ Check, hinderance, obstacle, impediment, lion in
the way.
~2.~ Discouragement, wet blanket, cold water.
~Dampness~, _n._ Moisture, damp.
~Damsel~, _n._ Maiden, maid, girl, lass, lassie, miss, young lady.
~Damson~, _n._ Damask-plum.
~Dance~, _v. n._ Frisk, caper, hop about.
~Dance~, _v. a._ Dandle, toss up and down.
~Dance attendance~, Stand and wait (_obsequiously_).
~Dander~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Corruption of_] DANDRUFF.
~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Anger, rage.
~Dandiprat~, _n._ Dwarf, little fellow.
~Dandle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dance, toss up and down.
~2.~ Fondle, caress, pet, amuse with trifles, play with.
~Dandruff~, _n._ Scurf on the head.
~Dandy~, _n._ Beau, fop, coxcomb, exquisite, popinjay, macaroni,
jackanapes, jack-a-dandy, man of dress, man milliner, vain fellow.
~Dandy-fever~, _n._ Dengue, break-bone fever.
~Dandyism~, _n._ Foppishness.
~Danger~, _n._ Peril, hazard, risk, jeopardy, venture.
~Dangerous~, _a._ Perilous, hazardous, unsafe, RISKY, full of risk.
~Dangle~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Swing, hang loose.
~2.~ Fawn, hang about, be obsequious.
~Dank~, _a._ Moist, damp, humid, wet.
~Dapper~, _a._ ~1.~ Active, lively, brisk, agile, nimble, spry, smart,
quick, alert, ready.
~2.~ Spruce, nice, neat, trim, pretty.
~Dapple~, _a._ Variegated, spotted, dappled.
~Dapple~, _v. a._ Variegate, spot, diversify.
~Dare~, _v. n._ Venture, presume, have courage, be bold enough, not be
afraid.
~Dare~, _v. a._ Bravo, defy, challenge.
~Dare-devil~, _n._ Desperado, rash adventurer, desperate fellow.
~Daring~, _a._ Bold, adventurous, fearless, brave, intrepid, valorous,
valiant, courageous, gallant, chivalrous, doughty, heroic, undaunted,
dauntless.
~Daring~, _n._ Boldness, intrepidity, valor, bravery, courage.
~Dark~, _a._ ~1.~ Unilluminated, unenlightened, dusky, shadowy,
rayless, sunless, darksome, lurid, murky, cloudy, shady, overcast,
black, ebon, Cimmerian, not light, pitchy.
~2.~ Mysterious, obscure, incomprehensible, unintelligible,
enigmatical, mystic, mystical, recondite, occult, transcendental,
abstruse, cabalistic.
~3.~ Gloomy, disheartening, discouraging, cheerless, dismal.
~4.~ Untaught, ignorant, unlettered, rude.
~5.~ Wicked, atrocious, infamous, foul, vile, infernal.
~Dark~, _n._ ~1.~ Darkness, obscurity, want of light.
~2.~ Ignorance, blindness, want of knowledge.
~Darken~, _v. a._ Obscure, cloud, dim, shade, shadow, make dark, make
dim.
~Darken~, _v. n._ Grow dark.
~Darkling~, _a._ In the dark.
~Darkness~, _n._ ~1.~ Obscurity, dimness, dark, want of light.
~2.~ Ignorance, blindness, want of knowledge.
~3.~ Gloom, despondency, cheerlessness, joylessness.
~Darksome~, _a._ Obscure, gloomy, DARK.
~Darling~, _n._ Favorite, idol, pet, dear.
~Darling~, _a._ Favorite, beloved, dear, precious, much loved.
~Dart~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Hurl, throw, launch, jaculate, let fly.
~2.~ Emit, shoot, send off.
~Dart~, _v. n._ Rush, fly swiftly.
~Darter~, _n._ (_Ornith._) Snake-bird.
~Dartre~, _n._ [Fr.] Herpes, tetter.
~Dartrous~, _a._ Herpetic.
~Dash~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Strike violently.
~2.~ Throw forcibly.
~3.~ Adulterate, deteriorate (_by mixture_), alloy.
~4.~ Disappoint, frustrate, thwart, ruin, destroy, shatter, spoil.
~5.~ Surprise, confound, abash, put to shame.
~Dash~, _v. n._ Rush, dart, fly swiftly.
~Dash~, _n._ ~1.~ Stroke, blow.
~2.~ Rush, onset, sudden advance.
~3.~ Infusion, tinge, tincture, sprinkling, spice, touch, smack,
little, small quantity.
~4.~ Flourish, show, ostentatious display.
~Dash-board~, _n._ Dasher.
~Dasher~, _n._ Dashboard.
~Dashing~, _a._ ~1.~ Rushing, precipitate.
~2.~ Ostentatious, showy, pretentious.
~Dash in pieces~, Break in pieces, break into fragments.
~Dash off~, Execute rapidly.
~Dastard~, _n._ Coward, poltroon, craven, milksop.
~Dastard~, _a._ Cowardly, dastardly.
~Dastardly~, _a._ Cowardly, dastard.
~Data~, _n. pl._ Facts, premises.
~Date~, _n._ Time, epoch, era, age.
~Date~, _v. a._ Fix the date of, note the time of.
~Date~, _v. n._ Begin, be reckoned, be dated.
~Daub~, _v. a._ Smear, besmear, plaster, cover, bedaub, begrime.
~Daub~, _n._ Coarse painting.
~Dauby~, _a._ Adhesive, viscous, viscid, glutinous, smeary, sticky.
~Daunt~, _v. a._ Frighten, affright, alarm, intimidate, scare,
terrify, dismay, appall, cow.
~Dauntless~, _a._ Fearless, intrepid, bold, brave, daring, undaunted,
courageous, gallant, valiant, valorous, doughty, chivalrous, heroic.
~Davy Jones~, [_Sailor's term._] The Devil.
~Daw~, _n._ Jackdaw (_Corvus monedula_).
~Dawdle~, _v. n._ Trifle, dally, fiddle, lose time, waste time, idle
away time, fritter away time, fool away time.
~Dawdler~, _n._ Idler, trifler, lounger, laggard, drone, sluggard,
slow-back, inefficient person.
~Dawn~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Break, begin to be light, grow light.
~2.~ Appear, open, begin to appear.
~Dawn~, _n._ Cockcrowing, DAYBREAK, dayspring, dawning, break of day.
~Dawning~, _n._ ~1.~ DAYBREAK, dawn.
~2.~ Beginning, first appearance.
~Day~, _n._ ~1.~ Day-time (_between sunrise and sunset_).
~2.~ Period of twenty-four hours.
~3.~ Sunshine, daylight, sunlight, light of day.
~Day-blindness~, n. Nyctalopy, nocturnal sight.
~Daybreak~, _n._ Dawn, dawning, cockcrowing, dayspring, break of day,
peep of day, prime of day, first blush of the morning.
~Day by day~, Daily, every day.
~Day-dream~, _n._ Dream, conceit, idle fancy, visionary scheme.
~Daylight~, _n._ Sunlight, sunshine, day, light of day, light of heaven.
~Day-sight~, _n._ HEMERALOPIA, night-blindness.
~Dayspring~, _n._ Dawn, dawning, DAYBREAK.
~Day-star~, _n._ ~1.~ Venus, Lucifer, Morning Star.
~2.~ Sun, orb of day.
~Daze~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dazzle, blind.
~2.~ Bewilder, confuse, perplex.
~Dazzle~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Daze, blind (_by excess of light_).
~2.~ Astonish (_by splendor_), surprise (_by brilliancy_).
~Dazzle~, _n._ Brightness, brilliancy, splendor, dazzling light.
~Dead~, _a._ ~1.~ Lifeless, breathless, inanimate, deceased, defunct,
departed, gone, gone to one's last home, gathered to one's fathers.
~2.~ Dull, frigid, cold, torpid, inert, unfeeling, callous, obtuse,
indifferent, lukewarm.
~3.~ Vapid, tasteless, insipid, flat.
~4.~ Unemployed, useless, unprofitable.
~5.~ Entire, complete, total.
~Dead~, _n._ Depth, gloomiest period.
~Dead against~, Utterly or wholly opposed, out and out against.
~Dead ahead~, (_Naut._) Directly ahead (_said of the wind_).
~Dead-drunk~, Completely drunk.
~Deaden~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Weaken, impair, dull, damp, dampen.
~2.~ Blunt, benumb, paralyze, obtund, hebetate, make insensible.
~Dead language~, Unspoken language.
~Deadly~, _a._ ~1.~ Mortal, fatal, destructive, deleterious, noxious,
murderous.
~2.~ Implacable, rancorous, sanguinary.
~Deadly-night-shade~, _n._ Belladonna, banewort, dwale (_Atropa
belladonna_).
~Dead shot~, Good marksman.
~Deaf~, _a._ Hard of bearing, dull of hearing.
~Deafen~, _v. a._ Stun, make deaf.
~Deaf-mute~, _n._ Deaf and dumb person.
~Deaf to~, Regardless of, heedless of, inattentive to.
~Deal~, _n._ ~1.~ Quantity, degree, extent.
~2.~ Distribution (_of cards_).
~3.~ Pine plank.
~Deal~, _v. a._ Distribute, give, bestow, dispense, apportion, allot,
divide, share, deal out, dole out, mete out.
~Deal~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Traffic, trade, do business, have commerce.
~2.~ Behave, conduct one's self.
~3.~ Distribute cards.
~Deal by~, Treat (_either well or ill_).
~Dealer~, _n._ ~1.~ Trader, trafficker.
~2.~ Distributor.
~Deal in~, Have to do with, be engaged in.
~Dealing~, _n._ ~1.~ Conduct, behavior, action.
~2.~ Commerce, intercourse, business, trade, traffic.
~Dear~, _a._ ~1.~ Costly, expensive, high-priced, at a high price, of
great price.
~2.~ Precious, beloved, darling, much loved, highly esteemed or valued.
~Dear~, _n._ Darling.
~Dearth~, _n._ ~1.~ Scarcity, insufficiency, deficiency, short supply.
~2.~ Need, want, lack, famine, short commons.
~Death~, _n._ Decease, demise, dying, dissolution, departure, exit,
end of life, King of terrors, debt of nature.
~Death-like~, _a._ Cadaverous, pale, wan, ghastly.
~Death's-head-moth~, _n._ Hawk-moth.
~Debar~, _v. a._ Exclude, prohibit, prevent, hinder, restrain,
withhold, shut out.
~Debark~, _v. n._ Land, disembark, go on shore, come to land.
~Debase~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Lower, depress, reduce, deteriorate, impair,
vitiate, injure, pervert, alloy.
~2.~ Degrade, abase, disgrace, dishonor, humble, humiliate, shame,
mortify, bring low, take down.
~3.~ Contaminate, taint, defile, pollute, foul, befoul, corrupt, soil.
~Debasement~, _n._ ~1.~ Deterioration, vitiation, adulteration,
perversion.
~2.~ Abasement, degradation, humiliation, depravation.
~Debatable~, _a._ Disputable.
~Debate~, _n._ ~1.~ Disputation, controversy.
~2.~ Altercation, contest, contention, dispute, logomachy, strife of
words, war of words.
~Debate~, _v. a._ Discuss, argue, dispute, contest, canvass.
~Debate~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Argue, dispute, deliberate, hold an argument.
~2.~ (_Rare._) Fight, contend, struggle.
~Debauch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Corrupt, vitiate, deprave, pollute.
~2.~ Ravish, deflour, violate, commit a rape upon.
~Debauch~, _n._ Potation, compotation, revels, revelry, orgies,
bacchanals, saturnalia, carousal, drunken frolic, intemperate
indulgence.
~Debauchee~, _n._ Libertine, rake, voluptuary, profligate, man of
pleasure.
~Debauchery~, _n._ ~1.~ Excesses, dissipation, dissoluteness.
~2.~ Licentiousness, lewdness.
~Debilitate~, _v. a._ Weaken, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, prostrate,
render weak, make languid.
~Debilitation~, _n._ Weakening, exhaustion, prostration.
~Debility~, _n._ Weakness, feebleness, languor, prostration,
exhaustion, infirmity, frailty, loss of strength.
~Debonair~, _a._ Courteous, affable, polite, refined, civil, urbane,
complaisant, obliging, gracious, easy, kind, well-bred.
~Débris~, _n._ [Fr.] Rubbish, ruins, remains.
~Debt~, _n._ ~1.~ Due, obligation.
~2.~ Trespass, offence, transgression, sin, fault, crime.
~Debt of nature~, DEATH.
~Début~, _n._ [Fr.] First attempt, first appearance.
~Decadence~, _n._ Decay, decline, fall, declension, degeneracy.
~Decadency~, _n._ Decay, decline, fall, declension, degeneracy.
~Decalogue~, _n._ The ten commandments.
~Decamp~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Break up camp, march away, march off, move off.
~2.~ Flee, fly, escape, hasten away, run away, go away, make off, pack
off, steal away.
~Decant~, _v. a._ Pour off.
~Decapitate~, _n._ Behead, decollate, deprive of the head.
~Decapitation~, _n._ Beheading, decollation.
~Decarbonize~, _v. a._ Deprive of carbon.
~Decay~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Decline, fail, deteriorate, wither, waste,
perish, be impaired, waste away, fall into decay.
~2.~ Rot, putrefy, be spoiled.
~Decay~, _n._ Decline, decadence, deterioration, degeneracy.
~Decease~, _n._ DEATH, demise, dying.
~Decease~, _v. n._ DIE, depart.
~Deceased~, _a._ Dead, defunct.
~Deceit~, _n._ Deception, fraud, imposition, imposture, finesse,
artifice, duplicity, guile, trickery, cozenage, cheating, double
dealing.
~Deceitful~, _a._ Deceptive, delusive, illusive, illusory, fallacious.
~Deceive~, _v. a._ Delude, cheat, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool,
trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, diddle, beguile, hood-wink,
impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one's
eyes.
~Deceiver~, _n._ Impostor, cheat, trickster, rogue, knave, pretender.
~Decency~, _n._ ~1.~ Propriety, decorum, proper formality.
~2.~ Modesty, delicacy, purity.
~Decent~, _a._ ~1.~ Proper, becoming, fit, befitting, suitable,
decorous, seemly, comely.
~2.~ Modest, delicate, pure.
~3.~ Tolerable, passable, moderate, respectable.
~Deception~, _n._ ~1.~ Imposture, imposition, DECEIT.
~2.~ TRICK, cheat, ruse, wile, stratagem, chouse.
~Deceptive~, _a._ Deceitful, deceiving, delusive, illusive, illusory,
misleading, fallacious, clap-trap, false.
~Decide~, _v. a._ Settle, conclude, terminate, end.
~Decide~, _v. n._ Determine, conclude, come to a conclusion, give a
decision.
~Decided~, _a._ ~1.~ Determined, unwavering, unhesitating, resolute.
~2.~ Unequivocal, categorical, positive, absolute.
~3.~ Unquestionable, undeniable, indisputable, certain, clear, beyond
all question, beyond a doubt, past dispute.
~Deciduous~, _a._ (_Bot._) Not evergreen, not perennial.
~Decipher~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Unravel, unfold, interpret, reveal, explain,
expound.
~2.~ Read, make out.
~Decision~, _n._ ~1.~ Conclusion, judgment, determination, settlement.
~2.~ Resolution, firmness.
~Decisive~, _a._ Conclusive, final.
~Deck~, _v. a._ Adorn, embellish, decorate, ornament, array, beautify.
~Declaim~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Harangue, spout, speak (_rhetorically_).
~2.~ Recite a speech, practise speaking.
~Declamation~, _n._ ~1.~ Declaiming, haranguing, spouting.
~2.~ Harangue, set speech.
~3.~ Exercise in speaking.
~Declamatory~, _a._ ~1.~ In the style of declamation.
~2.~ Rhetorical, grandiloquent, inflated, bombastic, swelling,
pompous, turgid, pretentious, high-flowing, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN.
~Declaration~, _n._ Affirmation, assertion, asseveration, averment,
protestation, avowal.
~Declarative~, _a._ Explanatory, DECLARATORY.
~Declaratory~, _a._ ~1.~ Expressive, affirmative, enunciative,
enunciatory.
~2.~ Explanatory, declarative.
~Declare~, _v. a._ Affirm, assert, aver, asseverate, state, proclaim,
publish, promulgate, communicate, announce, utter, make known.
~Declare~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make a declaration.
~2.~ Announce a determination.
~Declension~, _n._ ~1.~ Decline, deterioration, degeneracy, decay,
diminution, falling off.
~2.~ (_Gram._) Inflection, variation.
~Declination~, _n._ Deviation.
~Decline~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lean downward.
~2.~ Decay, sink, droop, languish, pine, fail, become feeble.
~3.~ Deteriorate, degenerate, be impaired.
~4.~ Decrease, lessen, diminish, wane, fall away.
~Decline~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Refuse, reject.
~2.~ (_Gram._) Inflect, vary.
~Decline~, _n._ ~1.~ Decline, deterioration, degeneracy, decay,
diminution, falling off.
~2.~ Consumption, phthisis, marasmus, atrophy, gradual wasting,
progressive emaciation.
~Declivity~, _n._ Slope (_downwards_), descent.
~Declivous~, _a._ Sloping.
~Decollate~, _v. a._ Behead, decapitate.
~Decollation~, _n._ Beheading, decapitation.
~Decolor~, _v. a._ Deprive of color.
~Decolorize~, _v. a._ Deprive of color.
~Decompose~, _v. a._ Decompound, analyze, resolve into its elements.
~Decomposition~, _n._ Analysis, resolution.
~Decompound~, _v. a._ Analyze, decompose.
~Decorate~, _v. a._ Adorn, deck, ornament, embellish, beautify.
~Decoration~, _n._ Ornament, embellishment.
~Decorous~, _a._ Decent, becoming, suitable, proper, befitting,
seemly, comely, fit, decent.
~Decorum~, _n._ Decency, propriety, seemliness, appropriate behavior.
~Decoy~, _v. a._ Allure, lure, entice, inveigle, seduce, tempt,
entrap, ensnare.
~Decoy~, _n._ Lure, allurement.
~Decoy-pigeon~, _n._ Stool-pigeon.
~Decoy-rogue~, _n._ STOOL-PIGEON.
~Decrease~, _v. n._ Diminish (_gradually_), lessen, grow less.
~Decrease~, _v. a._ Diminish, lessen, make less.
~Decrease~, _n._ Diminution, lessening, decrement, reduction.
~Decree~, _v. n_. Ordain, appoint, determine.
~Decree~, _v. a._ Order, ordain, appoint, enjoin, command.
~Decree~, _n._ Edict, enactment, regulation, law, order, mandate,
fiat, ordinance, statute.
~Decrement~, _n._ Decrease, diminution, lessening, waste, loss.
~Decrepit~, _a._ Superannuated, effete, worn or broken down with age,
infirm through age.
~Decrepitate~, _v. n._ Crackle, snap, crepitate.
~Decrepitude~, _n._ Infirmity of age, decline of life.
~Decrial~, _n._ Condemnation, disparagement, depreciation, crying down.
~Decry~, _v. a._ Disparage, depreciate, discredit, condemn, traduce,
cry down, run down, bring into disrepute, bring discredit on.
~Decuple~, _a._ Tenfold.
~Decussate~, _v. a._ Intersect, cross, divide crosswise.
~Decussate~, _a._ Crossed, intersected, reticulated.
~Decussated~, _a._ Crossed, intersected, reticulated.
~Decussation~, _n._ Crossing, intersection.
~Dedicate~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Devote, consecrate, set apart.
~2.~ Address (_as a literary work_), inscribe.
~Dedicate~, _a._ Devoted, consecrated, dedicated, set apart.
~Dedication~, _n._ ~1.~ Consecration, devotion.
~2.~ Address, inscription.
~Deduce~, _v. a._ Derive, conclude, infer.
~Deducible~, _a._ Inferrible, derivable.
~Deduct~, _v. a._ Subtract, separate, take away.
~Deduction~, _n._ ~1.~ Subtraction, retrenchment, withdrawal, removal.
~2.~ Abatement, allowance, defalcation, reduction, discount.
~3.~ Inference, conclusion, consequence, corollary.
~Deed~, _n._ ~1.~ Act, action, performance, exploit, achievement, feat.
~2.~ Reality, fact, truth.
~3.~ (_Law._) Indenture.
~Deem~, _v. a._ Think, regard, consider, hold, believe, suppose,
imagine, judge, account, look upon.
~Deem~, _v. n._ Think, believe, suppose, opine, fancy, be of opinion.
~Deep~, _a._ ~1.~ Profound, unfathomable.
~2.~ Mysterious, intricate, knotty, difficult, hard (_to comprehend_).
~3.~ Sagacious, penetrating, intelligent, discerning, shrewd.
~4.~ Absorbed, engrossed, rapt up.
~5.~ Grave, low, not high, not sharp.
~6.~ Dark, intense.
~7.~ Great, thorough, entire.
~Deep~, _n._ Sea, ocean, main.
~Deep~, _ad._ DEEPLY.
~Deepen~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make deeper, increase the depth of.
~2.~ Make darker, make more intense.
~3.~ Reduce to a lower tone, make more grave.
~Deepen~, _v. n._ Grow deeper, become deeper.