9-letter words containing a, r, d, e, c
- decreased — Simple past tense and past participle of decrease.
- decreases — Plural form of decrease.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- defecator — One who defecates.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
- demarcate — If you demarcate something, you establish its boundaries or limits.
- democracy — A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- democrazy — A democratic system or state considered to be inauthentic or inherently flawed; democracy that has descended into corruption, injustice, or absurdity.
- deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- descartes — René (rəne). 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician. He provided a mechanistic basis for the philosophical theory of dualism and is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. He also founded analytical geometry and contributed greatly to the science of optics. His works include Discours de la méthode (1637), Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (1641), and Principia Philosophiae (1644)
- desecrate — If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- detracted — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detracter — Alternative form of detractor.
- detractor — The detractors of a person or thing are people who criticize that person or thing.
- diaeretic — dieresis.
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- diarrheic — Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of diarrhea.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dictature — dictatorship
- discarded — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- discarder — One who, or that which, discards.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- disgraced — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- disgracer — One who disgraces.
- disgraces — Plural form of disgrace.
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- dixiecrat — a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic Party, especially a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic Party.
- doctorate — Doctor of Philosophy (def 1).
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- doorcases — Plural form of doorcase.
- drag race — a race between two or more automobiles starting from a standstill, the winner being the car that can accelerate the fastest.
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- drawbench — a bench having apparatus for cold-drawing wires, tubes, etc.
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- ear candy — Slang. pleasant, melodic pop music.
- ecohazard — any substance or activity that poses a threat to a habitat or an environment: Off-the-road motorcycling is an ecohazard to fragile desert habitats.
- 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
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- eldercare — Care of people who are elderly or infirm, provided by residential institutions, by paid daily help in the home, or by family members.