9-letter words containing d, e, c, n
- deck hand — a seaman assigned various duties, such as mooring and cargo handling, on the deck of a ship
- declarant — a person who makes a declaration
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- declinant — a person who is declining or diminishing in luck or wealth
- declinate — (esp of plant parts) descending from the horizontal in a curve; drooping
- decliners — Plural form of decliner.
- declining — deteriorating gradually, as in quality, health, or character
- declinist — a person who believes that something is in decline
- decocting — Present participle of decoct.
- decoction — the extraction of the water-soluble substances of a drug or medicinal plants by boiling
- decodings — Plural form of decoding.
- 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.
- decreeing — Present participle of decree.
- decrement — the act of decreasing; diminution
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- decumbent — lying down or lying flat
- decupling — Present participle of decuple.
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decurrent — extending down the stem, esp (of a leaf) having the base of the blade extending down the stem as two wings
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- deducting — Present participle of deduct.
- deduction — A deduction is a conclusion that you have reached about something because of other things that you know to be true.
- defecting — a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine.
- defection — the act or an instance of defecting
- defencing — defense.
- deference — Deference is a polite and respectful attitude towards someone, especially because they have an important position.
- defiances — Plural form of defiance.
- deficient — If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- dehiscent — (of fruits, anthers, etc) opening spontaneously to release seeds or pollen
- dejecting — (rare) present participle of deject.
- dejection — Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
- delicense — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- delmonico — club steak.
- demilance — A light lance; a short spear.
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- demonymic — Having characteristics of a demonym.
- demoscene — a computer art subculture whose members produce non-interactive multimedia presentations in order to compete artistically
- demulcent — soothing; mollifying
- den chief — (in the Boy Scouts) a boy scout who supervises a cub scout den in cooperation with a den mother or den father.
- dendritic — formed or marked like a dendrite.
- denounced — Simple past tense and past participle of denounce.
- denouncer — One who, or that which, denounces.
- denounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denounce.
- dent corn — a strain of Indian corn (Zea mays var. indentata) in which the mature kernel develops a slight depression at the tip
- denticles — Plural form of denticle.
- depascent — Consuming.