10-letter words containing a, c, d, e, m
- decumulate — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- deep magic — [possibly from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] An awesomely arcane technique central to a program or system, especially one neither generally published nor available to hackers at large (compare black art); one that could only have been composed by a true wizard. Compiler optimisation techniques and many aspects of OS design used to be deep magic; many techniques in cryptography, signal processing, graphics, and AI still are. Compare heavy wizardry. Especially found in comments of the form "Deep magic begins here.". Compare voodoo programming.
- defacement — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- defenceman — a defender in ice hockey and lacrosse
- dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
- demarcated — to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of: to demarcate a piece of property.
- demarcates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demarcate.
- demarcator — to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of: to demarcate a piece of property.
- demicanton — either of the two parts of certain Swiss cantons
- demilancer — A soldier who carries a demilance.
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- demoniacal — of, relating to, or like a demon; demonic: demoniac laughter.
- deracemize — (chemistry) To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers.
- descramble — to restore (a scrambled signal) to an intelligible form, esp automatically by the use of electronic devices
- detachment — Detachment is the feeling that you have of not being personally involved in something or of having no emotional interest in it.
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dilemmatic — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- disclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of disclaim.
- disclaimer — a statement, document, or assertion that disclaims responsibility, affiliation, etc.; disavowal; denial.
- disencharm — To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
- dockmackie — a North American shrub, Viburnum acerifolium, of the honeysuckle family, having long stemmed clusters of white flowers and ovoid, almost black berries.
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- documental — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- domestical — Archaic form of domestic.
- dominicale — a veil formerly worn by women during divine service.
- dreamscape — a dreamlike, often surrealistic scene.
- duodecimal — pertaining to twelfths or to the number 12.
- ectodermal — Of or pertaining to the ectoderm.
- edumacated — Simple past tense and past participle of edumacate.
- emaculated — Simple past tense and past participle of emaculate.
- embrocated — Simple past tense and past participle of embrocate.
- encomienda — A grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area.
- endamoebic — relating to endamebae
- endermical — relating to an endermic process
- epicardium — A serous membrane that forms the innermost layer of the pericardium and the outer surface of the heart.
- epidemical — Alternative form of epidemic.
- eudaemonic — Conducive to happiness.
- facsimiled — Simple past tense and past participle of facsimile.
- familicide — The murder of an entire family by a family member.
- freddy mac — (in the US) an informal name for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, a private company that buys and sells mortgage debt
- gametocide — a substance that kills gametes or gametocytes.
- geomedical — relating to geomedicine
- gobsmacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- hand cream — a cream that you put on your hands to make them feel softer and smoother
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- ice maiden — a beautiful but aloof woman
- ideogramic — Alt form ideogrammic.
- imbalanced — If you describe a situation as imbalanced, you mean that the elements within it are not evenly or fairly arranged.
- imbricated — Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.