10-letter words containing i, c, e, d
- despicably — deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.
- despotical — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- dessicated — Misspelling of desiccated.
- destocking — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
- detectible — to discover or catch (a person) in the performance of some act: to detect someone cheating.
- detections — Plural form of detection.
- detectives — Plural form of detective.
- detoxicate — to rid (a patient) of a poison or its effects
- detracting — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detractive — tending or seeking to detract.
- devocalize — devoice.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- diabetical — relating to diabetes
- diaconates — Plural form of diaconate.
- diagenetic — the physical and chemical changes occurring in sediments between the times of deposition and solidification.
- dialectics — the study of reasoning or of argumentative methodology
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- diazeuctic — (of a tone) separating two tetrachords
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dick-heads — dick (def 3).
- dickcissel — a small North American bird (Spiza americana), the male of which has a yellow breast, a black patch on its throat, and a mainly grey head
- dickensian — of Charles Dickens or his works
- dickeybird — dickey1 (def 4).
- dicksucker — (vulgar slang) A person who fellates men.
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- die brücke — a group of German Expressionist painters (1905–13), including Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. In 1912 they exhibited with der Blaue Reiter
- dielectric — a nonconducting substance; insulator.
- dietetical — Dated form of dietetic.
- dieticians — Plural form of dietician.
- difference — the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- differency — difference
- diffidence — the quality or state of being diffident.
- diffluence — the act of flowing off or away.
- diffracted — Simple past tense and past participle of diffract.
- digoneutic — producing offspring twice yearly
- dijudicate — to make a decision or judgment about a matter that is disputed by two parties
- dilacerate — to tear apart or to pieces.
- dilemmatic — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- diligences — Plural form of diligence.
- dilucidate — to elucidate
- diocletian — (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
- dip circle — an instrument for measuring dip, consisting of a dip needle with a vertical circular scale of angles
- dipchemeng — Diploma in Chemical Engineering
- diphyletic — of or relating to a taxonomic group of organisms derived from two separate ancestral lines.
- direct dye — any of a number of dyes that can be applied without the use of a mordant. They are usually azo dyes applied to cotton or rayon from a liquid bath containing an electrolyte such as sodium sulphate