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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.
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