The word is in the Wiktionary

30 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• decay n. The process or result of being gradually decomposed.
• decay n. A deterioration of condition; loss of status or fortune.
• decay n. (Obsolete) Overthrow, downfall, ruin.
• decay n. (Programming) The situation, in programming languages such as C, where an array loses its type and dimensions…
• decay v. (Intransitive) To deteriorate, to get worse, to lose strength or health, to decline in quality.
• decay v. (Intransitive, of organic material) To rot, to go bad.
• decay v. (Intransitive, transitive, physics, chemistry, of an unstable atom) To change by undergoing fission…
• decay v. (Intransitive, transitive, physics, of a quantum system) To undergo optical decay, that is, to relax…
• decay v. (Intransitive, aviation) Loss of airspeed due to drag.
• decay v. (Transitive) To cause to rot or deteriorate.
• decay v. (Programming, intransitive) Of an array: to lose its type and dimensions and be reduced to a pointer…

— English words, defined in German —

• decay S. Abnahme, Verfall, Zersetzung.
• decay S. Niedergang, Verfall.
• decay V. Faulen, schlecht werden, verblühen, vergehen, verfaulen, verwittern, sich zersetzen.
• decay V. Verfallen (auch übertragen).

— English words, defined in French —

• decay n. Pourrissement, décomposition.
• decay n. (Sens figuré) Décadence.
• decay n. Décrépitude.
• decay n. (Nucléaire, Physique) Désintégration radioactive.
• decay v. S’abîmer.
• decay v. Se décomposer, pourrir.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• decay s. Descomposición.
• decay s. De un diente, caries, picadura.
• decay s. Decadencia.
• decay s. Física. Decaimiento.
• decay s. Física. Desintegración.
• decay v. Descomponerse, pudrirse.
• decay v. Deteriorarse.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• decay s. Decadenza.
• decay s. Decomposizione.

69 English words from 11 English definitions

airspeed and array atom aviation bad being cause change chemistry condition decay decline decomposed deteriorate deterioration dimensions downfall drag due due␣to fission fortune get go␣bad gradually health intransitive its languages lose loses loss material Obsolete of␣a of␣an optical organic Overthrow physics pointer process programming programming␣languages quality quantum reduced relax result rot ruin situation status strength such such␣as system that that␣is The to␣go transitive type undergo undergoing unstable where worse

5 English words from 19 foreign definitions

caries Physique radioactive Sens sich

37 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

abîmer Abnahme auch Décadence Decadencia Decadenza décomposer décomposition Decomposizione Décrépitude Descomponerse Descomposición Desintegración Désintégration Deteriorarse diente Faulen figuré Física Niedergang Nucléaire picadura pourrir Pourrissement pudrirse schlecht Sens␣figuré übertragen verblühen Verfall Verfallen verfaulen vergehen verwittern werden zersetzen Zersetzung

14 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

decays decayed decayer decayers decayeth decaying decayable decayings decayless decay␣chain decay␣chains decayedness decayability decaylessness

12 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

biodecays undecayed beta␣decays nondecayed undecaying alpha␣decays gamma␣decays nondecaying semidecayed undecayable semidecaying exponential␣decays

20 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

c-decay biodecay bit␣decay predecay beta␣decay semidecay alpha␣decay array␣decay delta␣decay gamma␣decay photodecay radiodecay tooth␣decay vacuum␣decay non-stop␣decay nuclear␣decay arrested␣decay exponential␣decay radioactive␣decay nonsense-mediated␣decay

9 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

cay dec Dec DEC dec- dec. Dec. deca- ECA

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ace Ace ACE aced CED YAC

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

acedy Dacey

13 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

acoyed Cayden c-decay cedary clayed Daceys dancey deacyl decays DeLacy lac␣dye Redcay yacked

21 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

aced Acey Adey AYCE ayde cade Cade -cade cady Cady CEDA dace daye Daye deca- dyce Dyce Eady ecad E-day yead

15 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

decad decaf decal decan Decan decap decar decky decoy decry de-gay delay Delay denay deray

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

deca-

Recommended websites

• Visit 1Word.ws - the word is a valid scrabble word (11 points).
• Visit www.BestWordClub.com - to play scrabble duplicate online.

See this word in another language

Français Español Italiano Deutsch Português Nederlands

This site uses web cookies, click to learn more. Our privacy policy. © Ortograf Inc. Website updated on 23 June 2023 (v-2.0.1z). Informations & Contacts.