7-letter words containing c, d
- deciles — Plural form of decile.
- decimal — A decimal is a fraction that is written in the form of a dot followed by one or more numbers which represent tenths, hundredths, and so on: for example .5, .51, .517.
- decimus — (in prescriptions) tenth.
- deckers — Plural form of decker.
- decking — Decking is wooden boards that are fixed to the ground in a garden or other outdoor area for people to walk on.
- deckman — A man who works on the deck of a ship.
- declaim — If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.
- declare — If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
- declass — to lower in social status or position; degrade
- decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- declive — declivous.
- decocts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoct.
- decoded — Simple past tense and past participle of decode.
- decoder — A decoder is a device used to decode messages or signals sent in code, for example the television signals from a satellite.
- decodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decode.
- decoity — Alternative form of dacoity.
- decolor — to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.
- decorum — Decorum is behaviour that people consider to be correct, polite, and respectable.
- decoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of decoy.
- decreed — a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law: a presidential decree.
- decreer — One who issues a decree.
- decrees — Plural form of decree.
- decreet — the final judgment or sentence of a court
- decrial — the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- decried — to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country.
- decrier — One who decries.
- decries — to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country.
- decrown — to divest (a person) of the role of monarch
- decrypt — to decode (a message) with or without previous knowledge of its key
- dectape — (hardware, storage) A reel of magnetic tape about 4 inches in diameter and one inch wide. Unlike today's macrotapes, microtape drivers allowed random access to the data, and therefore could be used to support file systems and even for swapping (this was generally done purely for hack value, as they were far too slow for practical use). DECtape was a variant on LINCtape. In their heyday DECtapes were used in pretty much the same ways one would now use a floppy disk: as a small, portable way to save and transport files and programs.
- decuman — a huge wave
- decuple — to increase by ten times
- decurve — to curve in a declining manner
- deduced — Simple past tense and past participle of deduce.
- deducer — One who, or that which, deduces.
- deduces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deduce.
- deducts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deduct.
- defaced — having had the surface, legibility, or appearance spoiled or marred
- defacer — One who defaces; a vandal.
- defaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deface.
- defacto — (Australia, New Zealand) A partner in a spousal relationship not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.
- defects — a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine.
- defence — Defence is action that is taken to protect someone or something against attack.
- deficit — A deficit is the amount by which something is less than what is required or expected, especially the amount by which the total money received is less than the total money spent.
- deflect — If you deflect something that is moving, you make it go in a slightly different direction, for example by hitting or blocking it.
- defocus — to go or cause to go out of focus
- deforce — to withhold (property, esp land) wrongfully or by force from the rightful owner
- defrock — If a priest is defrocked, he is forced to stop being a priest because of bad behaviour.
- defunct — If something is defunct, it no longer exists or has stopped functioning or operating.
- dehisce — (of fruits, anthers, etc) to burst open spontaneously, releasing seeds, pollen, etc