9-letter words containing a, n, e, c
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- depascent — Consuming.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- descanted — Simple past tense and past participle of descant.
- desiccant — desiccating or drying
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- deviances — deviant quality or state.
- diaconate — the office, sacramental status, or period of office of a deacon
- dianetics — A discipline devised by w L. Ron Hubbard designed to heal psychosomatic illnesses by cleansing the mind of engrams.
- dianoetic — of or relating to thought, esp to discursive reasoning rather than intuition
- dibucaine — a compound, C 20 H 29 N 3 O 2 , used as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dietician — a person who is an expert in nutrition or dietetics.
- distanced — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distances — Plural form of distance.
- divalence — the state of being divalent
- dodecagon — a polygon having 12 angles and 12 sides.
- dodecanal — lauric aldehyde.
- dominance — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- downscale — located at, moving toward, or of or for the middle or lower end of a social or economic scale: The discount store caters mainly to downscale customers.
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- dumb cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dumb-cane — a West Indian foliage plant, Dieffenbachia seguine, of the arum family, having yellow-blotched leaves that cause temporary speechlessness when chewed.
- dunce cap — a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.
- ear canal — auditory passage
- ear candy — Slang. pleasant, melodic pop music.
- ecarinate — having no carina or keel.
- echinacea — any of several coneflowers of the genus Echinacea whose leaves, roots, and other parts are used in herbal medicine to promote wound healing and enhance the immune system.
- eckermann — Johann Peter [yoh-hahn pey-tuh r] /ˈyoʊ hɑn ˈpeɪ tər/ (Show IPA), 1792–1854, German writer and literary assistant to Goethe.
- econazole — A particular kind of imidazole antifungal drug.
- ecotarian — An ecotarian is a person who eats only food that has been produced in a way that does not harm the environment.
- ecuadoran — a republic in NW South America. 109,483 sq. mi. (283,561 sq. km). Capital: Quito.
- ediacaran — of, denoting, or formed in the last 50 million years of the Neoproterozoic era, during which a new texturally and chemically distinctive carbonate layer appeared, indicating climatic change
- edificant — Building; constructing.
- educating — Present participle of educate.
- education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- egomaniac — A person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance.
- elastance — (physics) An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.
- elegances — Plural form of elegance.
- elocation — (obsolete) A removal from the usual place of residence.
- embracing — Present participle of embrace.
- emication — the act of shining or sparkling
- emittance — The quantity emitted (per unit area).
- emplacing — Present participle of emplace.
- enactable — Capable of being enacted.
- enactment — The process of passing legislation.