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61dec|a|he|dron — «DEHK uh HEE druhn», noun, plural drons, dra « druh». a solid figure having ten flat, sharp angled surfaces. ╂[< Greek déka ten + hedron, as in dodecahedron] …
62dec|a|li|ter — «DEHK uh LEE tuhr», noun. a unit of measure of volume in the metric system, equal to 10 liters, 9.08 quarts U.S. dry measure, or 2.64 gallons U.S. liquid measure. Abbr: dkl. Also, dekaliter. ╂[< French décalitre < déca deca + litre liter] …
63dec|a|li|tre — «DEHK uh LEE tuhr», noun. Especially British. decaliter …
64dec|a|me|ter — «DEHK uh MEE tuhr», noun. a unit of measure of length in the metric system equal to 10 meters, or 32.8 feet. Abbr: dkm. Also, dekameter. ╂[< French décamètre < déca deca + mètre meter] …
65dec|a|me|tre — «DEHK uh MEE tuhr», noun. Especially British. decameter …
66dec|a|met|ric — «DEHK uh MEHT rihk», adjective. 1. of or having to do with decameters; measured in decameters. 2. of or having to do with radio waves ranging from 10 to 100 meters in length, or a frequency of 3 to 30 megahertz: »Storms have been observed at… …
67dec|a|pod — «DEHK uh pod», noun, adjective. –n. 1. any one of an order of crustaceans having ten legs or arms, such as a lobster, crab, or crayfish. 2. any one of a suborder of mollusks having ten arms or tentacles, such as a squid or cuttlefish. –adj.… …
68dec|ar|chy — «DEHK ahr kee», noun, plural chies. a board of ten that governed the Greek states which Sparta had freed from Athenian rule. ╂[< Greek dekarchíā < déka ten + archós ruler] …
69dec|are — «DEHK air, dehk AIR», noun. a unit of square measure in the metric system, equal to 10 ares, 1,000 square meters, or about 1,196 square yards. ╂[< French décare < Greek déka ten + French are are < Latin ārea area] …
70dec|a|stere — «DEHK uh stihr», noun. a unit of measure of volume in the metric system equal to 10 steres, 10 cubic meters, or about 13.08 cubic yards. Also, dekastere. ╂[< French décastère < déca deca + stère stere] …
