9-letter words containing a, c, r, e, s, d
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decreased — Simple past tense and past participle of decrease.
- decreases — Plural form of decrease.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- descartes — René (rəne). 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician. He provided a mechanistic basis for the philosophical theory of dualism and is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. He also founded analytical geometry and contributed greatly to the science of optics. His works include Discours de la méthode (1637), Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (1641), and Principia Philosophiae (1644)
- desecrate — If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- discarded — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discarder — One who, or that which, discards.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- disgraced — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- disgracer — One who disgraces.
- disgraces — Plural form of disgrace.
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- doorcases — Plural form of doorcase.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- encreased — Simple past tense and past participle of encrease.
- endocarps — Plural form of endocarp.
- escalader — A soldier who escalades.
- esclandre — (archaic) Infamy.
- hard case — a tough person not swayed by sentiment
- hard-case — rough and hard-bitten: hard-case juvenile delinquents.
- hardscape — the manmade part of the grounds surrounding a building, as paved areas or statues.
- headraces — Plural form of headrace.
- headscarf — A square of fabric worn as a covering for the head, often folded into a triangle and knotted under the chin.
- increased — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- lacertids — Plural form of lacertid.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- leadscrew — A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
- mascarade — Alternative form of masquerade.
- mascaraed — a substance used as a cosmetic to color the eyelashes and eyebrows.
- massacred — Simple past tense and past participle of massacre.
- nonsacred — Not sacred.
- notecards — An ambitious hypertext system developed at Xerox PARC, "designed to support the task of transforming a chaotic collection of unrelated thoughts into an integrated, orderly interpretation of ideas and their interconnections".
- podcaster — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- practised — skilled or expert; proficient through practice or experience: a practiced hand at politics.
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- racecards — Plural form of racecard.
- reclassed — a number of persons or things regarded as forming a group by reason of common attributes, characteristics, qualities, or traits; kind; sort: a class of objects used in daily living.
- reductase — any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.
- rudaceous — (of conglomerate, breccia, and similar rocks) composed of coarse-grained material
- sarcodine — belonging or pertaining to the protist phylum Sarcodina, comprising protozoa that move and capture food by forming pseudopodia.
- scamander — ancient name of the river Menderes.
- scampered — to run or go hastily or quickly.
- scarehead — a headline in exceptionally large type. Compare screamer (def 4).
- scarsdale — a town in SE New York, N of New York City.