9-letter words containing d, e, c, n
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- dalliance — If two people have a brief romantic relationship, you can say that they have a dalliance with each other, especially if they do not take it seriously.
- damascene — to ornament (metal, esp steel) by etching or by inlaying, usually with gold or silver
- damoclean — a flatterer who, having extolled the happiness of Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, was seated at a banquet with a sword suspended over his head by a single hair to show him the perilous nature of that happiness.
- danceable — appropriate for or conducive to dancing: danceable music.
- dancegoer — a person who attends dances or dance performances.
- dancehall — a style of dance-oriented reggae, originating in the late 1980s
- dancelike — Having the characteristics of a dance.
- dancettee — having a pattern of chevrons
- dancewear — clothing, as leotards and tutus, designed for dancing or dance practice.
- day-clean — the time after first dawn when the sun begins to shine; clear daybreak
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- de lancey — James, 1703–60, American jurist and politician in New York.
- deaconess — (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon
- decadence — deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
- decadency — the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
- decadents — Plural form of decadent.
- decagonal — Shaped like a decagon.
- 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
- decamping — Present participle of decamp.
- decanoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of decanoic acid.
- decantate — having been repeated or sung again and again
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- decanting — to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- decdesign — A software analysis and design tool from DEC supporting several methodologies. Now replaced by Teamwork.
- deceasing — Present participle of decease.
- decedents — Plural form of decedent.
- deceiving — Present participle of deceive.
- 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
- decencies — standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society; proprieties
- decennary — decade (sense 2)
- decennial — lasting for ten years
- decennium — decade (sense 2)
- decenters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decenter.
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- decentred — to put out of center.
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- decerning — Present participle of decern.
- decession — a going away, lessening, or weakening
- déchéance — the act of forfeiting something
- dechunker — chunker
- decide on — If you decide on something or decide upon something, you choose it from two or more possibilities.
- decidence — A falling off.
- decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)
- decisions — A conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.
- deck gang — (on a ship) the sailors who are on duty but not on watch.