9-letter words containing d, e, s, c
- crossed-h — a constant used in quantum mechanics, equal to the Planck constant divided by 2π. It has a value of 1.054571596±0.000000078 × 10 −34 joule seconds
- crosshead — a subsection or paragraph heading printed within the body of the text
- crosstied — secured with crossties
- croustade — a hollowed pastry case or piece of cooked bread, potato, etc, in which food is served
- crudeness — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
- crudities — the state or quality of being crude.
- crusaders — (often initial capital letter) any of the military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Muslims.
- crusadoes — Plural form of crusado.
- cuirassed — Wearing a cuirass.
- curbsides — Plural form of curbside.
- curtseyed — Simple past tense and past participle of curtsey.
- cushioned — provided with cushions
- cuspidate — having a cusp or cusps
- custodier — a custodian
- custodies — Plural form of custody.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- d-glucose — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- dacquoise — a cake with nut meringue layers and buttercream
- damascene — to ornament (metal, esp steel) by etching or by inlaying, usually with gold or silver
- deaconess — (in the early church and in some modern Churches) a female member of the laity with duties similar to those of a deacon
- deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
- deadstick — To land an aircraft without power.
- deadstock — the merchandise or commodities of a shop, etc, that is unsold and generating no income
- debauches — to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
- debouches — to march out from a narrow or confined place into open country, as a body of troops: The platoon debouched from the defile into the plain.
- decadents — Plural form of decadent.
- decagrams — Plural form of decagram.
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- decastere — a measure equivalent to ten steres or cubic metres
- decastich — a poem that consists of ten lines
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- decayless — having no tendency to decay
- decdesign — A software analysis and design tool from DEC supporting several methodologies. Now replaced by Teamwork.
- deceaseds — no longer living; dead.
- deceasing — Present participle of decease.
- decedents — Plural form of decedent.
- deceivers — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- decemvirs — a member of a permanent board or a special commission of ten members in ancient Rome, especially the commission that drew up Rome's first code of law.
- decencies — standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society; proprieties
- decenters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decenter.
- decession — a going away, lessening, or weakening
- deciduous — A deciduous tree or bush is one that loses its leaves in the autumn every year.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- decimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimate.
- deciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher.
- decisions — A conclusion or resolution reached after consideration.
- decistere — a measure equivalent to one tenth of a stere
- deck shoe — Deck shoes are flat casual shoes made of canvas or leather.