9-letter words containing e, t, c, r, a
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- declarant — a person who makes a declaration
- declareth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'declare'.
- decorated — (often initial capital letter) of pertaining to, or characteristic of the English gothic architecture of the late 13th through the late 14th centuries, characterized by curvilinear tracery, elaborate ornamental sculpture and vaulting, and refinement of stonecutting techniques.
- decorates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decorate.
- decorator — A decorator is a person whose job is to paint houses or put wallpaper up.
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
- dedicator — to set apart and consecrate to a deity or to a sacred purpose: The ancient Greeks dedicated many shrines to Aphrodite.
- defecator — One who defecates.
- demarcate — If you demarcate something, you establish its boundaries or limits.
- democrats — Plural form of democrat.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- 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.
- detracted — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detracter — Alternative form of detractor.
- detractor — The detractors of a person or thing are people who criticize that person or thing.
- diaeretic — dieresis.
- diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
- 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.
- dictature — dictatorship
- discreate — to reduce to nothing; annihilate.
- dixiecrat — a member of a faction of southern Democrats stressing states' rights and opposed to the civil-rights programs of the Democratic Party, especially a southern Democrat who bolted the party in 1948 and voted for the candidates of the States' Rights Democratic Party.
- doctorate — Doctor of Philosophy (def 1).
- doncaster — a city in South Yorkshire, in N England.
- dratchell — a scruffy woman; a slut; a drab
- dulcorate — (obsolete, transitive) To sweeten; to make less acrimonious.
- eachother — (nonstandard) misspelling of each other Typically used in the context of
- ecarinate — having no carina or keel.
- ecotarian — An ecotarian is a person who eats only food that has been produced in a way that does not harm the environment.
- educators — Plural form of educator.
- educatory — educative.
- electoral — Of or relating to elections or electors.
- electuary — A medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance.
- embrocate — (medicine, transitive) To moisten and rub (a diseased part) with a liquid substance, as with spirit, oil, etc., by means of a cloth or sponge.
- encapture — (transitive) To capture.
- enchanter — A person who uses magic or sorcery, esp. to put someone or something under a spell.
- encurtain — to cover or surround with curtains or a veil
- enterance — Misspelling of entrance.
- entr'acte — an interval between two acts of a play or opera
- entranced — Held at attention, as if by magic.
- entrances — Plural form of entrance.
- entrechat — A vertical jump during which the dancer repeatedly crosses the feet and beats them together.
- entricate — Alternative form of intricate.
- epicentra — epicentres
- eradicant — something that eradicates