10-letter words containing a, c, d, e
- 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.
- deep space — any region of outer space beyond the system of the earth and moon
- deescalate — To decrease in intensity or magnitude.
- defacement — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- defalcated — Simple past tense and past participle of defalcate.
- defalcates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defalcate.
- defalcator — A defaulter or embezzler.
- defeasance — the act or process of rendering null and void; annulment
- defecating — Present participle of defecate.
- defecation — to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement.
- defenceman — a defender in ice hockey and lacrosse
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- degeneracy — If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting.
- dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
- delectable — If you describe something, especially food or drink, as delectable, you mean that it is very pleasant.
- delectably — delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable: a delectable witticism.
- delectated — to please; charm; delight.
- delegacies — Plural form of delegacy.
- delicacies — something delightful or pleasing, especially a choice food considered with regard to its rarity, costliness, or the like: Caviar is a great delicacy.
- delicately — fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
- delocalize — to remove from the usual locality
- 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.
- denunciate — to condemn; denounce
- dependance — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- dependancy — the state of being dependent; dependence.
- deprecable — able to be deprecated
- deprecated — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprecate.
- deprecator — to express earnest disapproval of.
- depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
- depucelage — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- deracemize — (chemistry) To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers.
- deracinate — to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
- descendant — Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them.
- descramble — to restore (a scrambled signal) to an intelligible form, esp automatically by the use of electronic devices
- descriable — Capable of being descried (detected or perceived).
- desecrated — to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- desecrater — One who desecrates.
- desecrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desecrate.
- desecrator — to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- desiccants — Plural form of desiccant.
- desiccated — Desiccated things have lost all the moisture that was in them.
- desiccates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desiccate.
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc