9-letter words containing c, o, d, e, t
- decollate — to separate (continuous stationery, etc) into individual forms
- decollete — (on a piece of women's clothing) a bodice that has a very low neckline
- decongest — to ease crowding or clogging in (an area)
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- deconvert — An apostate.
- decorated — (often initial capital letter) of pertaining to, or characteristic of the English gothic architecture of the late 13th through the late 14th centuries, characterized by curvilinear tracery, elaborate ornamental sculpture and vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques.
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decorator — A decorator is a person whose job is to paint houses or put wallpaper up.
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- decretory — characterized by making an absolute and final decision
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
- defecator — One who defecates.
- defection — the act or an instance of defecting
- defectors — Plural form of defector.
- deflector — A device that deflects something, in particular.
- dejection — Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
- dejectory — tending to cast down
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- dent corn — a strain of Indian corn (Zea mays var. indentata) in which the mature kernel develops a slight depression at the tip
- depiction — A depiction of something is a picture or a written description of it.
- destructo — a person who causes havoc or destruction
- detection — Detection is the act of noticing or sensing something.
- detectors — Plural form of detector.
- detractor — The detractors of a person or thing are people who criticize that person or thing.
- diaconate — the office, sacramental status, or period of office of a deacon
- dianoetic — of or relating to thought, esp to discursive reasoning rather than intuition
- dichroite — cordierite.
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- diestocks — Plural form of diestock.
- direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- directors — Plural form of director.
- directory — a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
- discovert — (of a woman) not covert; not under the protection of a husband.
- disection — Misspelling of dissection.
- dislocate — to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- dissector — to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- ditrochee — a form of poetic meter in which two trochees constitute one metrical unit.
- docetaxel — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- docketing — Also called trial docket. a list of cases in court for trial, or the names of the parties who have cases pending.
- doctorate — Doctor of Philosophy (def 1).
- doctoress — a female doctor
- doctrines — Plural form of doctrine.
- documents — Plural form of document.
- doleritic — Of the nature of dolerite.
- dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
- domestics — Plural form of domestic.
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- dordrecht — a city in SW Netherlands, on the Waal River.