9-letter words containing c, u, e, i
- delictual — (legal) Derived from a delict (analogous to a tort).
- demiurgic — Philosophy. Platonism. the artificer of the world. (in the Gnostic and certain other systems) a supernatural being imagined as creating or fashioning the world in subordination to the Supreme Being, and sometimes regarded as the originator of evil.
- depicture — (transitive) To make a picture of; to paint or depict.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- deviceful — full of devices; inventive; cunning
- diazeutic — Alternative form of diazeuctic.
- dibucaine — a compound, C 20 H 29 N 3 O 2 , used as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- dictature — dictatorship
- difluence — diffluence.
- dimercury — (chemistry, especially in combination) Two mercury atoms in a molecule.
- dioecious — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- discluded — Simple past tense and past participle of disclude.
- discoured — Simple past tense and past participle of discoure.
- discoures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discoure.
- discourse — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- discumber — (archaic, transitive) To free from that which cumbers or impedes; to disencumber.
- discussed — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- discusser — A person who discusses.
- discusses — to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- diuretics — Plural form of diuretic.
- dixie cup — Navy Slang. a round, white, brimmed hat worn by U.S. sailors.
- dulcified — Sweetened; mollified.
- dulcifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dulcify.
- dulcimers — Plural form of dulcimer.
- dulcitude — Sweetness.
- duodecimo — Also called twelvemo. a book size of about 5 × 7½ inches (13 × 19 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 12 leaves or 24 pages. Symbol: 12 mo, 12°.
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- echiuroid — any wormlike invertebrate of the phylum Echiuroidea, found in sand and mud of tropical and subtropical seas, having at the mouth a ciliated, often elongated prostomium.
- echovirus — any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
- ectropium — Ectropion.
- ecumenics — the study of the Christian church in its aspect as a worldwide Christian community.
- ecumenism — ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.
- ecumenist — ecumenical doctrines and practices, especially as manifested in the ecumenical movement.
- educating — Present participle of educate.
- education — the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life.
- educative — serving to educate: educative knowledge.
- eductions — Plural form of eduction.
- egrecious — Misspelling of egregious.
- elocution — The skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation.
- elucidate — Make (something) clear; explain.
- emunction — The act of blowing one's nose.
- encaustic — (especially in painting and ceramics) using pigments mixed with hot wax that are burned in as an inlay.
- encomiums — Plural form of encomium.
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- enunciate — Say or pronounce clearly.
- epicedium — Dirge, lament, elegy.
- epictetus — ?50–?120 ad, Greek Stoic philosopher, who stressed self-renunciation and the brotherhood of man
- epicurean — Of or concerning Epicurus or his ideas.
- epicurism — Epicureanism.
- epicurize — to act as an epicure