8-letter words containing d, e, c, i
- decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
- decipher — to determine the meaning of (something obscure or illegible)
- decision — When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
- decisive — If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result.
- deck lid — the hinged lid forming the upper surface of an automobile deck.
- deckings — Plural form of decking.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- declinal — the action of politely refusing or declining
- declined — to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it.
- decliner — One who declines.
- declines — Plural form of decline.
- decoding — the act or the process of converting something from a coded form into a normal form
- decomino — (geometry) A polyomino made up of ten squares.
- decommit — to withdraw from a commitment or agreed course of action
- decoying — Present participle of decoy.
- decrepid — Obsolete spelling of decrepit (17th-20th c.).
- decrepit — Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.
- decrying — Present participle of decry.
- decurion — a local councillor
- decwrite — DEC's CDA-based, WYSIWYG document processing application. It can generate and import SGML marked-up documents.
- dedicant — a person who devotes or dedicates
- dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
- deducing — Present participle of deduce.
- defacing — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- defiance — Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
- deficits — the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount.
- dehisced — Simple past tense and past participle of dehisce.
- dehisces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehisce.
- deicidal — a person who kills a god.
- deicides — Plural form of deicide.
- deictics — Logic. proving directly.
- del city — a city in central Oklahoma.
- delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
- delicata — (North America) An heirloom variety of winter squash, oblong in shape and having a cream-colored skin with green stripes.
- delicate — Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- demi-sec — (of wine, esp champagne) medium-sweet
- democide — (Mass) murder of people by a government which has power over them.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- denticle — a small tooth or toothlike part, such as any of the placoid scales of sharks
- depeinct — to depict
- depicted — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depicter — A person who depicts (a specified subject).
- depictor — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- deracine — uprooted
- derelict — A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
- derilict — Misspelling of derelict.
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- derricks — Plural form of derrick.
- describe — If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
- descried — to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy: The lookout descried land.