9-letter words containing d, i, e, l, c
- decennial — lasting for ten years
- decidable — able to be decided
- decidedly — Decidedly means to a great extent and in a way that is very obvious.
- deciliter — one tenth of a liter (3.376 fluid ounces or 6.1024 cubic inches)
- decilitre — one tenth of a litre
- decillion — (in Britain, France, and Germany) the number represented as one followed by 60 zeros (1060)
- decimally — by tens
- declaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of declaim.
- declaimer — to speak aloud in an oratorical manner; make a formal speech: Brutus declaimed from the steps of the Roman senate building.
- 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
- declivity — a downward slope, esp of the ground
- declivous — having a declining slope or gradient
- decompile — Produce source code from (compiled code).
- decubital — any position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
- decupling — Present participle of decuple.
- deducible — to derive as a conclusion from something known or assumed; infer: From the evidence the detective deduced that the gardener had done it.
- deducibly — in a deducible or conjecturable manner
- deer lick — a naturally or artificially salty area of ground where deer come to lick the salt
- deictical — Deictic.
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- delacroix — (Ferdinand Victor) Eugène (øʒɛn). 1798–1863, French romantic painter whose use of colour and free composition influenced impressionism. His paintings of historical and contemporary scenes include The Massacre at Chios (1824)
- 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
- delictual — (legal) Derived from a delict (analogous to a tort).
- delmonico — club steak.
- demiglace — A rich brown sauce used in French cuisine by itself or as a base for other sauces.
- demilance — A light lance; a short spear.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- denticles — Plural form of denticle.
- derelicts — Plural form of derelict.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- deucalion — the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus (Deucalion's flood). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women
- deviceful — full of devices; inventive; cunning
- dialectal — of a dialect.
- dialectic — People refer to the dialectic or dialectics of a situation when they are referring to the way in which two very different forces or factors work together, and the way in which their differences are resolved.
- diallelic — Having two alleles.
- difficile — hard to deal with, satisfy, or please.
- difluence — diffluence.
- diligence — constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent exertion of body or mind.
- diligency — (obsolete) diligence; care.
- dirichlet — Peter Gustav Lejeune [pey-tuh r goo s-tahf luh-zhœn] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, German mathematician.
- discalced — (chiefly of members of certain religious orders) without shoes; unshod; barefoot.
- discipled — Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
- disciples — Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.