7-letter words containing c, e, d
- 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
- deicers — Plural form of deicer.
- deicide — the act of killing a god
- deicing — Present participle of deice.
- deictic — proving by direct argument
- deistic — a person who believes in deism.
- dejecta — waste products excreted through the anus; faeces
- dejects — (rare) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deject.
- delicia — a female given name.
- delicts — Plural form of delict.
- delphic — of or relating to Delphi or its oracle or temple
- deltaic — pertaining to or like a delta.
- demarco — Tom DeMarco proposed a form of structured analysis.
- demonic — Demonic means coming from or belonging to a demon or being like a demon.
- demotic — Demotic language is the type of informal language used by ordinary people.
- deontic — of or relating to such ethical concepts as obligation and permissibility
- depeche — the dispatch of a message
- depicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depict.
- derecho — a widespread and severe windstorm that moves rapidly along a fairly straight path and is associated with bands of rapidly moving thunderstorms.
- derrick — A derrick is a machine that is used to move cargo on a ship by lifting it in the air.
- descale — to remove the hard deposit formed by chemicals in water from (a kettle, pipe, etc)