8-letter words containing e, c, d
- decrying — Present participle of decry.
- decrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrypt.
- decupled — Simple past tense and past participle of decuple.
- decuples — Plural form of decuple.
- decuplet — (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
- decurion — a local councillor
- decurved — bent or curved downwards
- 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.
- deducing — Present participle of deduce.
- deducted — to take away, as from a sum or amount: Once you deduct your expenses, there is nothing left.
- deductor — One who deducts tax.
- defacing — to mar the surface or appearance of; disfigure: to deface a wall by writing on it.
- defecate — When people and animals defecate, they get rid of waste matter from their body through their anus.
- defected — a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine.
- defector — A defector is someone who leaves their country, political party, or other group, and joins an opposing country, party, or group.
- defenced — defense.
- defences — any means of defence
- defiance — Defiance is behaviour or an attitude which shows that you are not willing to obey someone.
- deficits — the amount by which a sum of money falls short of the required amount.
- deflects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deflect.
- deforced — Simple past tense and past participle of deforce.
- deforcer — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- defrocks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock.
- dehisced — Simple past tense and past participle of dehisce.
- dehisces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehisce.
- deicidal — a person who kills a god.
- deicides — Plural form of deicide.
- deictics — Logic. proving directly.
- dejected — If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- dejecter — One who casts down, or dejects.
- del city — a city in central Oklahoma.
- delbruck — Max. 1906–81, US molecular biologist, born in Germany. Noted for his work on bacteriophages, he shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1969
- delcasse — Théophile [tey-aw-feel] /teɪ ɔˈfil/ (Show IPA), 1852–1923, French statesman.
- delectus — (obsolete) An elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek.
- delegacy — an elected standing committee at some British universities
- delicacy — Delicacy is the quality of being easy to break or harm, and refers especially to people or things that are attractive or graceful.
- 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.
- demarche — move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
- demi-sec — (of wine, esp champagne) medium-sweet
- democide — (Mass) murder of people by a government which has power over them.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- denticle — a small tooth or toothlike part, such as any of the placoid scales of sharks
- depacked — Simple past tense and past participle of depack.
- depeinct — to depict
- depicted — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.