7-letter words containing d, a, c, t
- dacitic — Pertaining to, or composed of, dacite.
- dacoits — Plural form of dacoit.
- dacoity — (in India and Myanmar) a robbery by an armed gang
- dactyli — an enlarged portion of the leg after the first joint in some insects, as the pollen-carrying segment in the hind leg of certain bees.
- dactyls — Plural form of dactyl.
- datacom — Data communications.
- daturic — relating to the plants that belong to the genus Datura
- decants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decant.
- decatur — Stephen. 1779–1820, US naval officer, noted for his raid on Tripoli harbour (1804) and his role in the War of 1812
- 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.
- defacto — (Australia, New Zealand) A partner in a spousal relationship not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.
- dejecta — waste products excreted through the anus; faeces
- deltaic — pertaining to or like a delta.
- descant — A descant is a tune which is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music.
- detract — If one thing detracts from another, it makes it seem less good or impressive.
- dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
- discant — Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- dogcart — a light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn vehicle for ordinary driving, with two transverse seats back to back, and originally having a box under the rear seat for carrying a dog.
- dontcha — Eye dialect of don't you.
- drastic — acting with force or violence; violent.
- edacity — the state of being edacious; voraciousness; appetite.
- edictal — Of, pertaining to, or derived from edicts.
- edifact — ISO 9735:1988
- educate — to develop the faculties and powers of (a person) by teaching, instruction, or schooling. Synonyms: instruct, school, drill, indoctrinate.
- educrat — An education administrator.
- enacted — Simple past tense and past participle of enact.
- exacted — Simple past tense and past participle of exact.
- faceted — one of the small, polished plane surfaces of a cut gem.
- factoid — an insignificant or trivial fact.
- fatidic — prophetic.
- fracted — broken; having a part displaced.
- godcast — a religious service or sermon that has been converted to MP3 format for download from the internet for play on a computer or MP3 player
- hatched — Simple past tense and past participle of hatch.
- jaditic — relating to jadeite
- latched — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- located — to identify or discover the place or location of: to locate the bullet wound.
- matched — Simple past tense and past participle of match.
- mathcad — A symbolic mathematics environment.
- mudcats — Plural form of mudcat.
- octadic — Of or pertaining to an octad; eightfold.
- pandect — pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- patched — repaired with patches; covered with patches
- podcast — a digital audio or video file or recording, usually part of a themed series, that can be downloaded from a website to a media player or computer: Download or subscribe to daily, one-hour podcasts of our radio show.
- redcoat — (especially during the American Revolution) a British soldier.
- scanted — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- stacked — (of a woman) having a voluptuous figure.
- tancred — 1078?–1112, Norman leader in the first Crusade.
- tracked — hunted
- traduce — to speak maliciously and falsely of; slander; defame: to traduce someone's character.