9-letter words containing e, a, s, t, c
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- 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
- decimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimate.
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- 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.
- deistical — a person who believes in deism.
- delicates — Underwear or lingerie.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- depascent — Consuming.
- 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)
- desecrate — If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- desiccant — desiccating or drying
- desiccate — to remove most of the water from (a substance or material); dehydrate
- dessicate — Misspelling of desiccate.
- diabetics — Plural form of diabetic.
- dianetics — A discipline devised by w L. Ron Hubbard designed to heal psychosomatic illnesses by cleansing the mind of engrams.
- diastemic — a minor hiatus in an orderly succession of sedimentary rocks.
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- disaffect — to alienate the affection, sympathy, or support of; make discontented or disloyal: The dictator's policies had soon disaffected the people.
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- dislocate — to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- distanced — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distances — Plural form of distance.
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- east cape — the easternmost point of New Guinea, on Milne Bay
- ecdysiast — stripper (def 3).
- ecstacies — Plural form of ecstacy.
- ecstasies — rapturous delight.
- ecstasize — to make or become ecstatic
- ecstatics — of, relating to, or characterized by ecstasy or a state of sudden, intense, overpowering emotion: an ecstatic frenzy; ecstatic cheering for the winning team.
- ectoblast — the ectoderm.
- ectoplasm — Biology. the outer portion of the cytoplasm of a cell. Compare endoplasm.
- ectosteal — the ossification of cartilage that begins under the perichondrium and proceeds inward.
- educatees — Plural form of educatee.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- elastance — (physics) An electrical property that is the inverse of capacitance.
- emaciates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of emaciate.
- emboscata — a sudden attack or raid
- empaestic — embossed
- emphatics — Plural form of emphatic.
- emplastic — adhesive
- encanthis — a tumour of the eye
- encaustic — (especially in painting and ceramics) using pigments mixed with hot wax that are burned in as an inlay.