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Decipher
- verb - convert code into ordinary language
- read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
Decipium
- - A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.
Decision
- noun - (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent"
- a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"
- the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
- the outcome of a game or contest; "the team dropped three decisions in a row"
- the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness"
Decisive
- adjective - characterized by decision and firmness; "an able and decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer"
- determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence"
- forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"
- unmistakable; "had a decisive lead in the polls"
Decisory
- - Able to decide or determine; having a tendency to decide.
Deck Out
- verb - put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
Deckhand
- noun - a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor
Declaims
- verb - recite in elocution
- speak against in an impassioned manner; "he declaimed against the wasteful ways of modern society"
Declared
- verb - announce publicly or officially; "The President declared war"
- authorize payments of; "declare dividends"
- declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"
- declared as fact; explicitly stated
- designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand
- made known or openly avowed; "their declared and their covert objectives"; "a declared liberal"
- make a declaration (of dutiable goods) to a customs official; "Do you have anything to declare?"
- proclaim one's support, sympathy, or opinion for or against; "His wife declared at once for moving to the West Coast"
- state emphatically and authoritatively; "He declared that he needed more money to carry out the task he was charged with"
- state firmly; "He declared that he was innocent"
Declarer
- noun - someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence"
- the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps