10-letter words containing a, e, r, o, c
- deck cargo — cargo that is carried on the deck of a ship
- declarator — an action seeking to have some right, status, etc, judicially ascertained
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- decollator — (computing) a machine that decollates (separates) the parts of multipart computer printout and discards the carbon paper.
- decolorant — able to decolour or bleach
- decolorate — to change or fade in colour
- decontract — (ambitransitive) To expand from a contracted state.
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- decoration — The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- decorators — Plural form of decorator.
- decreation — Destruction.
- dedecorate — (obsolete, transitive) To bring to shame; to disgrace.
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- defalcator — A defaulter or embezzler.
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- demarcator — to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of: to demarcate a piece of property.
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- deprecator — to express earnest disapproval of.
- desecrator — to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detractors — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- dockmaster — a person who supervises the dry-docking of ships.
- doctorates — Plural form of doctorate.
- dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
- draconites — a type of precious stone thought to be found in a dragon's head
- dracontine — Belonging to a dragon.
- dreadlocks — a hair style, especially among Rastafarians, in which the hair is worn in long, ropelike locks.
- dress coat — tail coat.
- drop cable — Wiring between a computer and its Ethernet transceiver. Maximum length if full-spec is 47m.
- drupaceous — resembling or relating to a drupe; consisting of drupes.
- each other — Although some insist that each other be used only in reference to two (The two candidates respected each other) and one another in reference to three or more (The three nations threaten one another), in standard practice they are interchangeable. Each other is not restricted to two, nor is one another restricted to three or more. The possessive of each other is each other's; the possessive of one another is one another's.
- echography — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
- echopraxia — the abnormal repetition of the actions of another person.
- ecowarrior — Alternative spelling of eco-warrior.
- ectocornea — the outer layer of the cornea.
- ectodermal — Of or pertaining to the ectoderm.
- ectoprocta — the phylum Bryozoa, especially as distinguished from the phylum Entoprocta by a body plan having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles.
- ectromelia — Medicine/Medical. the congenital absence or imperfection of a limb or limbs.
- ecuadorean — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- ecuadorian — person from Ecuador
- edificator — (rare) One who or that which edifies; an edifier.
- edulcorant — tending to edulcorate
- edulcorate — to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing; purify.
- effraction — a breaking into a house, store, etc., by force; forcible entry.