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declumpinate

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to spread out
    Example Sentence: The coach told the team to declumpinate the forwards on the soccer field.
    Submitted by: Emily from ND, USA on 01/30/2012 02:21

decomposivore

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: a decomposer of any species
    Word History: I got the beginning of the word from decomposer and the end from the catagories of consumers like herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore.
    Example Sentence: A mushroom is an example of a decomposivore.
    Submitted by: Anonymous from Tennessee on 12/17/2007 05:28

deconfuse

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to help to understand: to make not confused
    Example Sentence: I do not understand this math problem, and I wish someone would deconfuse me!
    Submitted by: Horse from Virginia, U.S.A. on 12/19/2012 03:51

decorrect

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to attempt to correct something but fail because the information you based your correction on was incorrect
    Word History: de- (un-) and -correct (to make right)
    Example Sentence: It drives me crazy how my sister likes to decorrect my spelling.
    Submitted by: Mallory from ID, USA on 12/10/2010 03:44

decreabute

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to contribute to another person's downfall
    Word History: from the words "decrease" and "contribute"
    Example Sentence: His father decreabuted when it came to his son's struggles.
    Submitted by: Dayo from Nigeria on 08/07/2011 04:54

Decrippled

  1. Function: adjective
    Definition: crippled
    Example Sentence: my great grandma is old and decrippled
    Submitted by: Maelinne from Colorado, USA on 09/06/2007 12:06

decycology

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: the study of ten-speed bicycles
    Example Sentence: I researched decycology in science today.
    Submitted by: Sarah from GA, USA on 11/13/2007 11:47

dedestine

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to disown one's destiny: to defy fate
    Example Sentence: It was a breath of fresh air to dedestine after all that time.
    Submitted by: D. from India on 03/17/2011 04:11

dedma

  1. Function: verb
    Definition: to ignore or show complete indifference
    Word History: from a Tagalog phrase meaning "dead malice"
    Submitted by: Anonymous from Antique, Philippines on 10/09/2007 05:13

dee da dee

  1. Function: noun
    Definition: an act that is a mistake or a goof
    Example Sentence: He made a dee da dee by walking into the closed door.
    Submitted by: Khris from Alaska, USA on 10/15/2007 09:22