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Having ten points or teeth.

Cleft into ten parts.

Having ten cells for seeds.

Ten feet in length.

One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome.

A body of ten men in authority.

A period of ten years.

Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games. Hallam.

A period of ten years. "The present decennium." Hallam. "The last decennium of Chaucer's life." A. W. Ward.

Tending deceive; delusive. [R.] As if those organs had deceptious functions. Shak.

Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes. Trench. Deceptive cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in some foreign key, postponing the final close.…

The power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness to deceive.

A measure of area, the tenth part of an are; ten square meters.

A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.

An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36º.

A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.

According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.]

Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage. Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which numeration proceeds by tens. -- Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the de…

By tens; by means of decimals.

To take the tenth part of; to tithe. Johnson.