10-letter words containing a, d, p
- decapitate — If someone is decapitated, their head is cut off.
- decapodous — Decapodal; ten-footed.
- deceptable — Vulnerable to deception.
- deck plate — a purlin plate at the edge of a deck.
- decoupaged — Simple past tense and past participle of decoupage.
- decoupages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoupage.
- deemphasis — Alternative spelling of de-emphasis.
- deep clean — an exceptionally intense cleaning process
- 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
- deep water — having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
- deepthroat — To perform fellatio or irrumation on a man so that his entire penis is inside the mouth.
- delipidate — To remove the lipids from.
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- deoppilate — to remove obstructions (from)
- depanneurs — Plural form of depanneur.
- depantsing — to remove the trousers from, as a joke or punishment.
- department — A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
- departures — Plural form of departure.
- depeditate — /dee-ped'*-tayt/ [by (faulty) analogy with "decapitate"] Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is using some computer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement of text blocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-off letter descenders. Such letters are said to have been depeditated.
- dependable — If you say that someone or something is dependable, you approve of them because you feel that you can be sure that they will always act consistently or sensibly, or do what you need them to do.
- dependably — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- dependance — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- dependancy — the state of being dependent; dependence.
- dependants — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- depilation — to remove the hair from (hides, skin, etc.).
- depilatory — Depilatory substances and processes remove unwanted hair from your body.
- depletable — to decrease seriously or exhaust the abundance or supply of: The fire had depleted the game in the forest. Extravagant spending soon depleted his funds.
- deplorable — If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- deplorably — causing or being a subject for grief or regret; lamentable: the deplorable death of a friend.
- deployable — able to be deployed
- depolarize — to undergo or cause to undergo a loss of polarity or polarization
- depopulate — To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
- deportable — liable to deportation
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- depravedly — in a depraved manner
- 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.
- depredated — to plunder or lay waste to; prey upon; pillage; ravage.
- depredates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depredate.
- depredator — A person or thing that makes depredations, especially a predatory animal.
- depressant — able to diminish or reduce nervous or functional activity
- deprivable — Capable of being, or liable to be, deprived.
- depucelage — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- depurating — Present participle of depurate.
- depuration — The action or process of freeing something of impurities.
- depurative — used for or capable of depurating; purifying; purgative