9-letter words containing a, c, o, e
- crotaline — of or relating to rattlesnakes (Crotalinae)
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- croweater — (Australia, slang) A person from South Australia.
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- cryocable — a highly conducting electrical cable cooled with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- curandero — a male healer or shaman in Hispanic-America
- cut above — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- cutaneous — of, relating to, or affecting the skin
- cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- cycadeoid — a member of an order of plants with woody stems and tough leaves that became extinct during the Cretaceous period
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- dacoitage — (in India and Myanmar) a robbery by an armed gang or dacoit
- dacquoise — a cake with nut meringue layers and buttercream
- damoclean — a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- dancegoer — a person who attends dances or dance performances.
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- deaconess — (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon
- dead code — (programming) (Or "infeasible path", "grunge") Any part of a program that can never be accessed because all calls to it have been removed, or because it is guarded by a control structure that provably must always transfer control somewhere else. The presence of dead code may reveal either logical errors due to alterations in the program or significant changes in the assumptions and environment of the program (see also software rot); a good compiler should report dead code so a maintainer can think about what it means. Sometimes it simply means that an *extremely* defensive programmer has inserted can't happen tests which really can't happen - yet. Synonym grunge.
- deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
- deadstock — the merchandise or commodities of a shop, etc, that is unsold and generating no income
- decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- decalogue — Ten Commandments
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- decanoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of decanoic acid.
- decapodal — (zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- deck load — cargo carried on an open deck of a ship.
- decodable — Able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge.
- decollate — to separate (continuous stationery, etc) into individual forms
- decorated — (often initial capital letter) of pertaining to, or characteristic of the English gothic architecture of the late 13th through the late 14th centuries, characterized by curvilinear tracery, elaborate ornamental sculpture and vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques.
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decorator — A decorator is a person whose job is to paint houses or put wallpaper up.
- decoupage — the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- defecator — One who defecates.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
- demagogic — If you say that someone such as a politician is demagogic, you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- democracy — A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- democrazy — A democratic system or state considered to be inauthentic or inherently flawed; democracy that has descended into corruption, injustice, or absurdity.