9-letter words containing e, t, c
- decentred — to put out of center.
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- decertify — to withdraw or remove a certificate or certification from (a person, organization, or country)
- deciduate — having or characterized by a decidua.
- deciliter — one tenth of a liter (3.376 fluid ounces or 6.1024 cubic inches)
- decilitre — one tenth of a litre
- decimated — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimate.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimeter — one tenth of a meter (3.937 inches)
- decimetre — one tenth of a metre
- decistere — a measure equivalent to one tenth of a stere
- 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
- decmate i — (computer) The first in DEC's series of miniaturised PDP-8 computers based on the Intersil 6120 [Harris 6120?] microprocessor and dedicated to wordprocessing. The DECmate was DEC's original competition for the IBM PC. The DECmate I was introduced in 1980 as the successor to the WT78. The processor ran at 10 MHz, and was housed in a VT100 CRT terminal. It was a very limted model, no EAE option was available, memory was 32 Kwords. It used the RX02 8" dual floppy drive. Options were the DP278-A and -B communication ports and RL278: 1 to 4 RL02 cartridge disk drives.
- decocting — Present participle of decoct.
- decoction — the extraction of the water-soluble substances of a drug or medicinal plants by boiling
- decoctive — of or relating to decoction
- decocture — the essence or liquor resulting from decoction
- 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
- decongest — to ease crowding or clogging in (an area)
- decontrol — When governments decontrol an activity, they remove controls from it so that companies or organizations have more freedom.
- deconvert — An apostate.
- 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.
- decrement — the act of decreasing; diminution
- decretals — a compilation of decretals, esp the authoritative compilation (Liber Extra) of Gregory IX (1234) which forms part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decretion — The act of decreasing.
- decretist — a person who is knowledgeable on the subject of the Decretals or the papal edicts that make up part of canon law
- decretive — of or relating to an official and final decision
- decretory — characterized by making an absolute and final decision
- decrypted — to decode or decipher.
- decubital — any position assumed by a patient when lying in bed.
- decubitis — (medical) Inflammations cause by a reclined position of the body; it often refers to the complications of bed-ridden patients such as bed sores.
- decubitus — the posture adopted when lying down
- deculture — to deculturate.
- decumbent — lying down or lying flat
- decurrent — extending down the stem, esp (of a leaf) having the base of the blade extending down the stem as two wings
- decurtate — Shortened, curtailed.
- decussate — to cross or cause to cross in the form of the letter X; intersect