8-letter words containing m, e, c
- decemvir — (in ancient Rome) a member of a board of ten magistrates, esp either of the two commissions established in 451 and 450 bc to revise the laws
- decigram — a unit of measurement that is equivalent to one tenth of a gram
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- decomino — (geometry) A polyomino made up of ten squares.
- decommit — to withdraw from a commitment or agreed course of action
- decorums — Plural form of decorum.
- decretum — the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- demarche — move, step, or manoeuvre, esp in diplomatic affairs
- demi-sec — (of wine, esp champagne) medium-sweet
- democide — (Mass) murder of people by a government which has power over them.
- democrat — A Democrat is a member or supporter of a particular political party which has the word 'democrat' or 'democratic' in its title, for example the Democratic Party in the United States.
- demoniac — of, like, or suggestive of a demon; demonic
- dermatic — (dated) Of or relating to the skin; dermic.
- dilemmic — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- dimetric — (in technical drawing) denoting or incorporating a method of showing projection or perspective using a set of three geometric axes, of which two are of the same scale or dimension but the third is of another.
- dioecism — (especially of plants) having the male and female organs in separate and distinct individuals; having separate sexes.
- disclame — (obsolete) To disclaim; to expel.
- docetism — an early Christian doctrine that the sufferings of Christ were apparent and not real and that after the crucifixion he appeared in a spiritual body.
- docmaker — (text, tool, product) An application for the Apple Macintosh which creates stand-alone, self-running document files. It features scrollable and re-sizable windows, graphics, varied text styles and fonts, full printing capability, and links to other software and information. Companies such as Federal Express, GTE, Hewlett-Packard, Iomega, Adobe Systems, Inc., Apple Computer and Aladdin use DOCMaker to distribute disk-based documentation with their products.
- document — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
- dolmenic — of or relating to a dolmen
- dome car — a railroad passenger car having a dome in its roof. Compare dome (def 7).
- domestic — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- domicile — a place of residence; abode; house or home.
- downcome — a downcomer.
- drscheme — (Scheme) A popular Scheme implementation from the PLT team at Rice University.
- dulcimer — Also called hammered dulcimer, hammer dulcimer. a trapezoidal zither with metal strings that are struck with light hammers.
- duncedom — the characteristic behaviour or the realm of a dunce or a dullard
- dysmelic — having or relating to dysmelia
- eboracum — ancient name of York, England.
- echogram — a record produced by the action of an echograph.
- ecomorph — A local variety of a species whose appearance is determined by its ecological environment.
- economic — of or relating to the science of economics.
- ectoderm — the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan.
- ectomere — any of the blastomeres that participate in the development of the ectoderm.
- ecumenic — Ecumenical.
- eichmann — Karl Adolf (ˈaːdɔlf). 1902–62, Austrian Nazi official, who took a leading role in organizing the extermination of the European Jews. He escaped to Argentina after World War II, but was captured and executed in Israel as a war criminal
- electrum — A natural or artificial alloy of gold with at least 20 percent silver, used for jewelry, especially in ancient times.
- emaciate — (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
- embraced — Hold (someone) closely in one's arms, esp. as a sign of affection.
- embracer — A person who embraces.
- embraces — Plural form of embrace.
- emceeing — Present participle of emcee.
- emiction — the passing of urine
- emictory — relating to emiction, the passing of urine
- eminence — Fame or recognized superiority, esp. within a particular sphere or profession.
- eminency — Prominence or relative importance.
- emoticon — A representation of a facial expression such as:-) (representing a smile), formed by various combinations of keyboard characters and used in electronic communications to convey the writer’s feelings or intended tone.