9-letter words containing d, e, s, c
- deckhouse — a houselike cabin on the deck of a ship
- declassee — (of a woman) having lost social standing or status
- decliners — Plural form of decliner.
- declinist — a person who believes that something is in decline
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decodings — Plural form of decoding.
- decompose — When things such as dead plants or animals decompose, or when something decomposes them, they change chemically and begin to decay.
- decongest — to ease crowding or clogging in (an area)
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decouples — Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
- decourous — Misspelling of decorous.
- decreased — Simple past tense and past participle of decrease.
- decreases — Plural form of decrease.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decretist — a person who is knowledgeable on the subject of the Decretals or the papal edicts that make up part of canon law
- decubitis — (medical) Inflammations cause by a reclined position of the body; it often refers to the complications of bed-ridden patients such as bed sores.
- decubitus — the posture adopted when lying down
- decurions — Plural form of decurion.
- decursion — a military exercise performed by men bearing arms
- decus cpp — An almost-ANSI C preprocessor by Martin Minow. It is shipped with X11R5 (contrib/util/cpp) because some systems don't have a working cpp. It runs on VMS (Vax C, Decus C), RSX-11M, RSTS/E, P/OS, RT11, A/UX and Apollo Domain/IX 9.6 and is highly portable.
- decussate — to cross or cause to cross in the form of the letter X; intersect
- dedicates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dedicate.
- defecates — to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement.
- defectors — Plural form of defector.
- defiances — Plural form of defiance.
- defocused — Simple past tense and past participle of defocus.
- dehiscent — (of fruits, anthers, etc) opening spontaneously to release seeds or pollen
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- delicates — Underwear or lingerie.
- delicense — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- delicious — very enjoyable; delightful
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- demoscene — a computer art subculture whose members produce non-interactive multimedia presentations in order to compete artistically
- denounces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denounce.
- denticles — Plural form of denticle.
- depascent — Consuming.
- dereistic — autism.
- derelicts — Plural form of derelict.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- descanted — Simple past tense and past participle of descant.
- descartes — René (rəne). 1596–1650, French philosopher and mathematician. He provided a mechanistic basis for the philosophical theory of dualism and is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. He also founded analytical geometry and contributed greatly to the science of optics. His works include Discours de la méthode (1637), Meditationes de Prima Philosophia (1641), and Principia Philosophiae (1644)
- descended — A person who is descended from someone who lived a long time ago is directly related to them.
- descender — a person or thing that descends
- deschamps — Émile (French emil), full name Émile Deschamps de Saint-Armand. 1791–1871, French poet, dramatist, and librettist: a leading figure in the French romantic movement
- deschutes — river in central and N Oreg., flowing from the Cascade Range north into the Columbia River: c. 250 mi (402 km)
- described — to tell or depict in written or spoken words; give an account of: He described the accident very carefully.
- describer — A person who describes.
- describes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of describe.
- descrying — Present participle of descry.