9-letter words containing e, c, l
- declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'declare'.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- declassee — (of a woman) having lost social standing or status
- 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
- declutter — to simplify or get rid of mess, disorder, complications, etc, from
- decodable — Able to be read using a certain set of reading knowledge.
- decollate — to separate (continuous stationery, etc) into individual forms
- decollete — (on a piece of women's clothing) a bodice that has a very low neckline
- decolored — to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.
- decompile — Produce source code from (compiled code).
- decomplex — having or composed of parts that are complex in themselves
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- decoupled — Simple past tense and past participle of decouple.
- decoupler — a person or device that disconnects parts that are joined
- decouples — Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decubital — any position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
- deculture — to deculturate.
- 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
- defalcate — to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- deflected — curved or bent downward.
- deflector — A device that deflects something, in particular.
- 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)
- delaroche — (Hippolyte) Paul. 1797–1859, French painter of portraits and sentimental historical scenes, such as The Children of Edward IV in the Tower (1830)
- delectate — to delight (a person)
- 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.
- demulcent — soothing; mollifying
- denticles — Plural form of denticle.
- derelicts — Plural form of derelict.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- despeckle — (computer graphics) To remove speckles from.
- 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