10-letter words containing m, e, t, i, c
- decay time — the time required for a collection of atoms of a particular radionuclide to decay to a fraction of the initial number equal to 1/e, where e = 2.7182818 …, used as the base of natural logarithms.
- decembrist — a participant in the unsuccessful revolt against Tsar Nicolas I in Dec 1825
- decimalist — a person who is in favour of decimalism
- decimating — Present participle of decimate.
- decimation — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimeters — Plural form of decimeter.
- dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
- demicanton — either of the two parts of certain Swiss cantons
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- democritus — ?460–?370 bc, Greek philosopher who developed the atomist theory of matter of his teacher, Leucippus
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- dilemmatic — a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives.
- direct sum — a composition of two disjoint sets, as vector spaces, such that every element in the composition can be written uniquely as the sum of two elements, one from each of the given sets.
- discectomy — Surgical removal of the whole or a part of an intervertebral disc.
- domestical — Archaic form of domestic.
- dosimetric — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- ecchymotic — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecmascript — (language) (ECMA standard 262, ISO standard 16262) The standardised version of the core JavaScript language.
- ecoclimate — the climate of a particular group of plants
- economists — Plural form of economist.
- ecotourism — tourism to places having unspoiled natural resources, with minimal impact on the environment being a primary concern.
- ectromelia — Medicine/Medical. the congenital absence or imperfection of a limb or limbs.
- emaciating — Present participle of emaciate.
- emaciation — The state of being abnormally thin or weak.
- emancipate — Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions.
- emancipist — (Australia, historical) In penal colonies of early Australia, a convict who had been pardoned for good conduct; sometimes inclusively a convict whose sentence had completed, though one such was more usually called an expiree.
- emblematic — Serving as a symbol of a particular quality or concept; symbolic.
- emetically — As an emetic; so as to induce vomiting.
- emittances — Plural form of emittance.
- emmetropic — Pertaining to emmetropia.
- empathetic — Showing empathy for others, and recognizing their feelings etc; empathic.
- emphatical — Emphatic.
- emphractic — medication that closes the pores of the skin
- empiricist — An advocate or supporter of empiricism.
- encitement — Obsolete form of incitement.
- encomiasts — Plural form of encomiast.
- endemicity — The quality of being endemic.
- enrichment — The act of enriching or something enriched.
- enthymemic — Of or pertaining to enthymeme.
- enticement — Something used to attract or to tempt someone; a lure.
- epicentrum — the focus of an earthquake
- epimeletic — relating to altruistic behaviour in which a healthy animal cares for an injured, ill, or dead individual
- episematic — (esp of coloration) aiding recognition between animals of the same species
- epistemics — the interdisciplinary study of knowledge and human information-processing, using the formal techniques of logic, linguistics, philosophy, and psychology
- epitomical — Epitomic.
- eremitical — Alternative form of eremitic.
- ergometric — Relating to ergometry.
- erotomanic — Exhibiting or relating to erotomania.