9-letter words containing c, o, d, e
- de-couple — to cause to become separated, disconnected, or divergent; uncouple.
- deaconess — (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon
- dead code — (programming) (Or "infeasible path", "grunge") Any part of a program that can never be accessed because all calls to it have been removed, or because it is guarded by a control structure that provably must always transfer control somewhere else. The presence of dead code may reveal either logical errors due to alterations in the program or significant changes in the assumptions and environment of the program (see also software rot); a good compiler should report dead code so a maintainer can think about what it means. Sometimes it simply means that an *extremely* defensive programmer has inserted can't happen tests which really can't happen - yet. Synonym grunge.
- deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
- deadstock — the merchandise or commodities of a shop, etc, that is unsold and generating no income
- debouched — Simple past tense and past participle of debouche.
- debouches — to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
- decachord — a ten-stringed musical instrument
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- decalogue — Ten Commandments
- decameron — a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio (published 1353), presented as stories told by a group of Florentines to while away ten days during a plague
- decanoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of decanoic acid.
- decapodal — (zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- deceleron — (on a fixed-wing aircraft) a type of aileron that enables the aircraft to have a degree of control when it goes into a roll
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decession — a going away, lessening, or weakening
- decide on — If you decide on something or decide upon something, you choose it from two or more possibilities.
- deciduous — A deciduous tree or bush is one that loses its leaves in the autumn every year.
- decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decisions — A conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.
- deck bolt — a flat-headed bolt for fastening down deck planking.
- deck hook — hook1 (def 16).
- deck load — cargo carried on an open deck of a ship.
- deck over — to complete the construction of the upper deck between the bulwarks of (a vessel)
- deck shoe — Deck shoes are flat casual shoes made of canvas or leather.
- deckhouse — a houselike cabin on the deck of a ship
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decocting — Present participle of decoct.
- decoction — the extraction of the water-soluble substances of a drug or medicinal plants by boiling
- decoctive — of or relating to decoction
- decocture — the essence or liquor resulting from decoction
- decodable — Able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge.
- decodings — Plural form of decoding.
- decoherer — a device that re-establishes a coherer to usual levels of receptiveness
- 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
- decolored — to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.
- decompile — Produce source code from (compiled code).
- decomplex — having or composed of parts that are complex in themselves
- decompose — When things such as dead plants or animals decompose, or when something decomposes them, they change chemically and begin to decay.
- decongest — to ease crowding or clogging in (an area)
- deconning — Present participle of decon.
- 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.