2. One who decants liquors.
Decaphyllous
(De*caph"yl*lous) a. [Pref. deca- + Gr. leaf: cf. F. décaphylle.] (Bot.) Having ten leaves.
Decapitate
(De*cap"i*tate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decapitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decapitating.] [LL. decapitatus,
p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.]
1. To cut off the head of; to behead.
2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]
Decapitation
(De*cap`i*ta"tion) n. [LL. decapitatio: cf. F. décapitation.] The act of beheading; beheading.
Decapod
(Dec"a*pod) n. [Cf. F. décapode.] (Zoöl.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of
the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.
Decapoda
(||De*cap"o*da) 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.
Decapodal
(De*cap"o*dal De*cap"o*dous) a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-
footed.
Decarbonate
(De*car"bon*ate) v. t. To deprive of carbonic acid.
Decarbonization
(De*car`bon*i*za"tion) n. The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.
Decarbonize
(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.
Decarbonizer
(De*car"bon*i`zer) n. He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.
Decarburization
(De*car`bu*ri*za"tion) n. The act, process, or result of decarburizing.
Decarburize
(De*car"bu*rize) v. t. To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.
Decard
(De*card") v. t. To discard. [Obs.]
You have cast those by, decarded them.
J. Fletcher. Decardinalize
(De*car"di*nal*ize) v. t. To depose from the rank of cardinal.
Decastere
(Dec"a*stere) n. [L. décastère; Gr. de`ka ten + F. stère a stere.] (Metric System) A measure
of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters.
Decastich
(Dec"a*stich) n. [Pref. deca- + Gr. sti`chos a row, a line of writing, a verse.] A poem
consisting of ten lines.
