9-letter words containing e, l, c, t, d
- cultrated — Cultrate.
- cumulated — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- cupolated — having a cupola or cupolas.
- curtailed — to cut short; cut off a part of; abridge; reduce; diminish.
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- deciliter — one tenth of a liter (3.376 fluid ounces or 6.1024 cubic inches)
- decilitre — one tenth of a litre
- deck bolt — a flat-headed bolt for fastening down deck planking.
- declarant — a person who makes a declaration
- declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form 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
- declinist — a person who believes that something is in decline
- declivity — a downward slope, esp of the ground
- declutter — to simplify or get rid of mess, disorder, complications, etc, from
- 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
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- 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.
- 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.
- delectate — to delight (a person)
- delicates — Underwear or lingerie.
- delictual — (legal) Derived from a delict (analogous to a tort).
- demulcent — soothing; mollifying
- denticles — Plural form of denticle.
- derelicts — Plural form of derelict.
- 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.
- dirichlet — Peter Gustav Lejeune [pey-tuh r goo s-tahf luh-zhœn] /ˈpeɪ tər ˈgʊs tɑf ləˈʒœn/ (Show IPA), 1805–59, German mathematician.
- dislocate — to put out of place; put out of proper relative position; displace: The glacier dislocated great stones. The earthquake dislocated several buildings.
- docetaxel — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- doleritic — Of the nature of dolerite.
- dolmetsch — Arnold. 1858–1940, British musician, born in France. He contributed greatly to the revival of interest in early music and instruments
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- duct keel — box keel.
- dulcitude — Sweetness.
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- dutch elm — a widely planted hybrid elm tree, Ulmus hollandica, with spreading branches and a short trunk