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121Dec|lo|my|cin — «DEHK loh MY sihn», noun. Trademark. a drug used to check or kill bacteria and viruses. It is an antibiotic of the tetracycline group, related to Aureomycin. Formula: C21H21ClN2O8 …
122dec|o|rat|ed — «DEHK uh RAY tihd», adjective. 1. ornamented; adorned: »a brightly decorated birthday cake. 2. Architecture. having to do with the decorated style …
123dec|o|rate — «DEHK uh rayt», transitive verb, rat|ed, rat|ing. 1. to make beautiful; trim; adorn: »We decorated the Christmas tree with shining balls. 2. to paint or paper (a room, h …
124dec|o|ra|tion — «DEHK uh RAY shuhn», noun. 1. a thing used to decorate; ornament: »We put pictures and other decorations up in the classroom. SYNONYM(S): embellishment. 2. a badge, ribbon, or medal given as an honor: »The sailor s decorations showed that he had… …
125dec|o|ra|tor — «DEHK uh RAY tuhr», noun. 1. a person who decorates. 2. a person who plans and arranges the furnishings and color schemes of homes, offices, clubs, and other rooms and buildings; interior decorator. 3. a person whose work is painting or papering… …
126dec|re|ment — «DEHK ruh muhnt», noun, verb. –n. 1. a growing gradually less; slow loss; decrease. SYNONYM(S): diminution. 2. the amount lost by growing gradually less. 3. Mathematics. the amount by which the value of a variable decreases. –v.t. to show a… …
127dec|u|man — «DEHK yu muhn», adjective. 1. very large; immense: »decuman waves. 2. (in Roman history) having to do with the tenth cohort of a legion (used especially of the main gate of a fortified camp, the primary defense of which was the responsibility of… …
128dec|u|ple — «DEHK yu puhl», adjective, noun, verb, pled, pling. –adj. ten times as great; tenfold. –n. a number or quantity ten times another; tenfold amount. –v.t. to make ten times as great. ╂[< Middle French decuple, learned borrowing from Late Latin… …
