Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Decrepitness (n.) Decrepitude.

(1) - Decrepitude (n.) The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.

(1) - Decrescendo (a. & adv.) With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.

(1) - Decrescent (n.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
(2) - Decrescent (a.) Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.

(1) - Decretal (a.) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.
(2) - Decretal (a.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law.
(3) - Decretal (a.) Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle.