7-letter words containing c, e, a
- daycare — occupation, treatment, or supervision during the working day for people who might be at risk if left on their own, or whose usual carers need daytime relief
- de sica — Vittorio (vitˈtɔːrjo). 1902–74, Italian film actor and director. His films, in the neorealist tradition, include Shoeshine (1946) and Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- deacons — Plural form of deacon.
- debacle — A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure.
- debauch — to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
- decadal — of or relating to a decade.
- decades — Plural form of decade.
- decaffs — Plural form of decaff.
- decagon — a polygon having ten sides
- decaled — a specially prepared paper bearing a picture or design for transfer to wood, metal, glass, etc.
- decamer — An oligomer having ten subunits.
- decamps — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decamp.
- decanal — of or relating to a dean or deanery
- decanes — Plural form of decane.
- decanol — a colorless liquid, C 10 H 22 O, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohol: used as a plasticizer, detergent, and in perfumes and flavorings.
- decants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decant.
- decapod — any crustacean of the mostly marine order Decapoda, having five pairs of walking limbs: includes the crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, and crayfish
- decatur — Stephen. 1779–1820, US naval officer, noted for his raid on Tripoli harbour (1804) and his role in the War of 1812
- decayed — having rotted as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposed
- decayer — a thing or a person that brings about decay
- decease — death
- deceave — Obsolete form of deceive.
- dechead — /dek'hed/ 1. A DEC field servoid. Not flattering. 2. ["deadhead"] A Grateful Dead fan working at DEC.
- deciare — one tenth of an are or 10 square metres
- decibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/10 bar or 100,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- decidua — the specialized mucous membrane that lines the uterus of some mammals during pregnancy: is shed, with the placenta, at parturition
- 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.
- 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
- decrial — the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- 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
- 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.
- dejecta — waste products excreted through the anus; faeces
- delicia — a female given name.
- deltaic — pertaining to or like a delta.
- demarco — Tom DeMarco proposed a form of structured analysis.
- descale — to remove the hard deposit formed by chemicals in water from (a kettle, pipe, etc)
- descant — A descant is a tune which is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music.
- detract — If one thing detracts from another, it makes it seem less good or impressive.
- dewclaw — a nonfunctional claw in dogs; the rudimentary first digit
- dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
- didache — a treatise, perhaps of the 1st or early 2nd century ad, on Christian morality and practices
- dieback — a condition in a plant in which the branches or shoots die from the tip inward, caused by any of several bacteria, fungi, or viruses or by certain environmental conditions.