8-letter words containing d, e, t, c, i
- 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.
- deficits — the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount.
- deictics — Logic. proving directly.
- del city — a city in central Oklahoma.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- descript — Archaic form of described.
- desertic — (of soil) developing in hot, dry climates
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- deticker — an implement or chemical agent used to remove ticks (from an animal)
- deuteric — of, pertaining to, or resulting from the metasomatic changes taking place in igneous rock or magma as it solidifies
- diabetic — Diabetic is also an adjective.
- diacetyl — a chemical compound with formula C4H6O2, occurring naturally as a by-product of fermentation, and commonly added to margarine and other foods because of its buttery taste
- diactine — a sponge spicule having two rays that develop in different directions from a single point of origin
- diagetic — Misspelling of diegetic.
- dialects — Plural form of dialect.
- dianetic — Of or pertaining to dianetics.
- dicentra — any Asian or North American plant of the genus Dicentra, such as bleeding heart and Dutchman's-breeches, having finely divided leaves and ornamental clusters of drooping flowers: family Fumariaceae
- dictated — to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record: to dictate some letters to a secretary.
- dictates — authoritative commands or rules
- die-cast — formed by die casting.
- diegetic — the telling of a story by a narrator who summarizes events in the plot and comments on the conversations, thoughts, etc., of the characters.
- dieretic — the separation of two adjacent vowels, dividing one syllable into two.
- diestock — a frame for holding a number of standard threaded dies for cutting screw threads.
- dietetic — pertaining to diet or to regulation of the use of food.
- dietrich — Marlene [mahr-ley-nuh] /mɑrˈleɪ nə/ (Show IPA), 1904–92, U.S. actress and singer, born in Germany.
- dimetric — (in technical drawing) denoting or incorporating a method of showing projection or perspective using a set of three geometric axes, of which two are of the same scale or dimension but the third is of another.
- dipsetic — Tending to produce thirst.
- directed — proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating; not oblique: a direct route.
- directer — Comparative form of direct.
- directly — in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
- director — a person or thing that directs.
- discreet — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discrete — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
- dissects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissect.
- distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- dithecal — having two thecae or receptacles
- diuretic — increasing the volume of the urine excreted, as by a medicinal substance.
- docetism — an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- docetist — One who believes in docetism.