10-letter words containing c, e, d
- defunction — the act of dying; death
- defunctive — of or relating to the dead; funereal.
- degeneracy — If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting.
- dehiscence — a splitting open, as of a pod or anther, along definite structural lines
- dejectedly — depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited: The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory.
- dejections — Plural form of dejection.
- dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
- delectable — If you describe something, especially food or drink, as delectable, you mean that it is very pleasant.
- delectably — delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable: a delectable witticism.
- delectated — to please; charm; delight.
- delegacies — Plural form of delegacy.
- delicacies — something delightful or pleasing, especially a choice food considered with regard to its rarity, costliness, or the like: Caviar is a great delicacy.
- delicately — fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
- deliquesce — (esp of certain salts) to dissolve gradually in water absorbed from the air
- delocalize — to remove from the usual locality
- demarcated — to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of: to demarcate a piece of property.
- demarcates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demarcate.
- demarcator — to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of: to demarcate a piece of property.
- demicanton — either of the two parts of certain Swiss cantons
- demilancer — A soldier who carries a demilance.
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- demoniacal — of, relating to, or like a demon; demonic: demoniac laughter.
- denouncers — Plural form of denouncer.
- denouncing — Present participle of denounce.
- dentifrice — any substance, esp paste or powder, for use in cleaning the teeth
- denunciate — to condemn; denounce
- dependance — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- dependancy — the state of being dependent; dependence.
- dependence — Your dependence on something or someone is your need for them in order to succeed or be able to survive.
- dependency — A dependency is a country which is controlled by another country.
- depictions — representation in image form, as in a painting or illustration: Picasso's painting Guernica is an accurate depiction of the horrors of war.
- deprecable — able to be deprecated
- deprecated — to express earnest disapproval of.
- deprecates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deprecate.
- deprecator — to express earnest disapproval of.
- depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
- depucelage — The loss of a girl or woman's virginity.
- deracemize — (chemistry) To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers.
- deracinate — to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
- derestrict — to render or leave free from restriction, esp a road from speed limits
- derricking — Machinery. a jib crane having a boom hinged near the base of the mast so as to rotate about the mast, for moving a load toward or away from the mast by raising or lowering the boom.
- descendant — Someone's descendants are the people in later generations who are related to them.
- descendent — coming or going downwards; descending
- descenders — Plural form of descender.
- descendeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of descend.
- descendeur — a shaped metal piece through which the rope can be fed: used to control the rate of descent in abseiling
- descending — When a group of things is listed or arranged in descending order, each thing is smaller or less important than the thing before it.
- descension — the action of descending; descent
- deschooled — Simple past tense and past participle of deschool.