8-letter words containing o, e, c, d
- cupolaed — having a cupola
- cursored — Simple past tense and past participle of cursor.
- custodes — plural of custos.
- customed — accustomed; inured
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- d-notice — an official notice sent to newspapers, prohibiting the publication of certain security information
- daemonic — inspired as if by a demon, indwelling spirit, or genius.
- dalcroze — Jaques-Dalcroze.
- damocles — a sycophant forced by Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, to sit under a sword suspended by a hair to demonstrate that being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it was
- de dicto — relating to the expression of a belief, possibility, etc, rather than to the individuals mentioned, as in the number of the planets is the number of satellites of the sun, the truth of which is independent of what number that is
- de facto — De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing.
- deaconed — Simple past tense and past participle of deacon.
- deaconry — the office or status of a deacon
- deadlock — If a dispute or series of negotiations reaches deadlock, neither side is willing to give in at all and no agreement can be made.
- debouche — an outlet, as for troops to debouch through
- debounce — To remove the small ripple of current that forms when a mechanical switch is pushed in an electrical circuit and makes a series of short contacts.
- decagons — Plural form of decagon.
- decalogy — A set of ten works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as ten individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- decanoic — Of or pertaining to decanoic acid or its derivatives; capric.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- decision — When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
- deck log — a log filled in by the officer of the watch at the end of each watch, giving details of weather, navigation, unusual happenings, etc.
- deck out — If a person or thing is decked out with or in something, they are decorated with it or wearing it, usually for a special occasion.
- decocted — Simple past tense and past participle of decoct.
- decoders — Plural form of decoder.
- decoding — the act or the process of converting something from a coded form into a normal form
- decolour — to deprive of colour, as by bleaching
- decomino — (geometry) A polyomino made up of ten squares.
- decommit — to withdraw from a commitment or agreed course of action
- deconned — Simple past tense and past participle of decon.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- decorous — Decorous behaviour is very respectable, calm, and polite.
- decorums — Plural form of decorum.
- decouple — If two countries, organizations, or ideas that were connected in some way are decoupled, the connection between them is ended.
- decoying — Present participle of decoy.
- decurion — a local councillor
- deductor — One who deducts tax.
- defector — A defector is someone who leaves their country, political party, or other group, and joins an opposing country, party, or group.
- deforced — Simple past tense and past participle of deforce.
- deforcer — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- defrocks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defrock.
- 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
- denounce — If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- depictor — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- descanso — A cross placed at the site of a violent, unexpected death, in memoriam.
- deschool — to separate education from the institution of school and operate through the pupil's life experience as opposed to a set curriculum
- despotic — If you say that someone is despotic, you are emphasizing that they use their power over other people in a very unfair or cruel way.
- detector — A detector is an instrument which is used to discover that something is present somewhere, or to measure how much of something there is.