9-letter words containing p, c, e
- dec alpha — (processor) A RISC microprocessor from DEC. In November 1995, the Alpha was purportedly the fastest non-research chip used in commonly available workstations. It is superpipelined and superscalar. In February 1996 it was clocked at 200 MHz and in March 1998 at 666 MHz.
- decamping — Present participle of decamp.
- decapodal — (zoology) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet.
- decapolis — a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome
- deception — Deception is the act of deceiving someone or the state of being deceived by someone.
- deceptive — If something is deceptive, it encourages you to believe something which is not true.
- deceptory — inclined to deceive
- deciphers — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher.
- decompile — Produce source code from (compiled code).
- decomplex — having or composed of parts that are complex in themselves
- decompose — When things such as dead plants or animals decompose, or when something decomposes them, they change chemically and begin to decay.
- decoupage — the art or process of decorating a surface with shapes or illustrations cut from paper, card, etc
- decoupled — Simple past tense and past participle of decouple.
- decoupler — a person or device that disconnects parts that are joined
- decouples — Separate, disengage, or dissociate (something) from something else.
- decrypted — to decode or decipher.
- decupling — Present participle of decuple.
- decus cpp — An almost-ANSI C preprocessor by Martin Minow. It is shipped with X11R5 (contrib/util/cpp) because some systems don't have a working cpp. It runs on VMS (Vax C, Decus C), RSX-11M, RSTS/E, P/OS, RT11, A/UX and Apollo Domain/IX 9.6 and is highly portable.
- depascent — Consuming.
- 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.
- depictive — to represent by or as if by painting; portray; delineate.
- depicture — (transitive) To make a picture of; to paint or depict.
- deprecate — If you deprecate something, you criticize it.
- deschamps — Émile (French emil), full name Émile Deschamps de Saint-Armand. 1791–1871, French poet, dramatist, and librettist: a leading figure in the French romantic movement
- despeckle — (computer graphics) To remove speckles from.
- diapyetic — of or pertaining to diapyesis
- discerped — Simple past tense and past participle of discerp.
- discipled — Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
- disciples — Religion. one of the 12 personal followers of Christ. one of the 70 followers sent forth by Christ. Luke 10:1. any other professed follower of Christ in His lifetime.
- dispeptic — Misspelling of dyspeptic.
- displaced — lacking a home, country, etc.
- displacer — a person or thing that displaces.
- displaces — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of displace.
- dixie cup — Navy Slang. a round, white, brimmed hat worn by U.S. sailors.
- dog-cheap — very inexpensive.
- doorpiece — an architecturally treated doorframe.
- duct tape — a strongly adhesive silver-gray cloth tape, used in plumbing, household repairs, etc.
- dunce cap — a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.
- duplicate — a copy exactly like an original.
- dyspeptic — pertaining to, subject to, or suffering from dyspepsia.
- dyspnoeic — Alternative spelling of dyspneic.
- earpieces — Plural form of earpiece.
- east cape — the easternmost point of New Guinea, on Milne Bay
- echograph — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
- eclampsia — a form of toxemia of pregnancy, characterized by albuminuria, hypertension, and convulsions.
- eclamptic — Of or pertaining to eclampsia.
- eclipsing — Present participle of eclipse.
- ecophobia — Fear of one\u2019s home.
- ecosphere — Also called physiological atmosphere. the part of the atmosphere in which it is possible to breathe normally without aid: the portion of the troposphere from sea level to an altitude of about 13,000 feet (4000 meters).