9-letter words containing i, n, c, d, e
- defencing — defense.
- defiances — Plural form of defiance.
- deficient — If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- dehiscent — (of fruits, anthers, etc) opening spontaneously to release seeds or pollen
- dejecting — (rare) present participle of deject.
- dejection — Dejection is a feeling of sadness that you get, for example, when you have just been disappointed by something.
- delicense — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- delmonico — club steak.
- demilance — A light lance; a short spear.
- demoniacs — Plural form of demoniac.
- demonical — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- demonymic — Having characteristics of a demonym.
- den chief — (in the Boy Scouts) a boy scout who supervises a cub scout den in cooperation with a den mother or den father.
- dendritic — formed or marked like a dendrite.
- denticles — Plural form of denticle.
- depicting — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depiction — A depiction of something is a picture or a written description of it.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- descrying — Present participle of descry.
- desiccant — desiccating or drying
- desinence — an ending or termination, esp an inflectional ending of a word
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- detecting — Present participle of detect.
- detection — Detection is the act of noticing or sensing something.
- 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
- deviances — deviant quality or state.
- devoicing — the process by which a consonant that is usually voiced becomes devoiced
- diaconate — the office, sacramental status, or period of office of a deacon
- dianetics — A discipline devised by w L. Ron Hubbard designed to heal psychosomatic illnesses by cleansing the mind of engrams.
- dianoetic — of or relating to thought, esp to discursive reasoning rather than intuition
- dibucaine — a compound, C 20 H 29 N 3 O 2 , used as a local and spinal anesthetic.
- dicentras — Plural form of dicentra.
- dicentric — an abnormal chromosome with two centromeres
- dickering — Present participle of dicker.
- dickerson — Eric Demetric [dih-me-trik] /dɪˈmɛ trɪk/ (Show IPA), born 1960, U.S. football player.
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- dietician — a person who is an expert in nutrition or dietetics.
- difluence — diffluence.
- digenetic — alternation of generations.
- diligence — constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken; persistent exertion of body or mind.
- diligency — (obsolete) diligence; care.
- directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- direction — the act or an instance of directing.
- discerned — Simple past tense and past participle of discern.
- discerner — to perceive by the sight or some other sense or by the intellect; see, recognize, or apprehend: They discerned a sail on the horizon.
- disection — Misspelling of dissection.
- disinfect — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
- distanced — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- distances — Plural form of distance.
- divalence — the state of being divalent