10-letter words containing a, e, d, i, c
- dedicating — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- dedication — A dedication is a message which is written at the beginning of a book, or a short announcement which is sometimes made before a play or piece of music is performed, as a sign of affection or respect for someone.
- dedicative — of or relating to dedication; serving as a dedication.
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- 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.
- defecating — Present participle of defecate.
- defecation — to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement.
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
- 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
- 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
- depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
- 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
- descriable — Capable of being descried (detected or perceived).
- 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
- desistance — to cease, as from some action or proceeding; stop.
- despicable — If you say that a person or action is despicable, you are emphasizing that they are extremely nasty, cruel, or evil.
- despicably — deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.
- despotical — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- dessicated — Misspelling of desiccated.
- detoxicate — to rid (a patient) of a poison or its effects
- detracting — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detractive — tending or seeking to detract.
- devocalize — devoice.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- diabetical — relating to diabetes
- diaconates — Plural form of diaconate.
- diagenetic — the physical and chemical changes occurring in sediments between the times of deposition and solidification.
- dialectics — the study of reasoning or of argumentative methodology
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- diazeuctic — (of a tone) separating two tetrachords
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dietetical — Dated form of dietetic.
- dieticians — Plural form of dietician.