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7-letter words containing p, d, c

  • deceipt — Obsolete form of deceit.
  • decerpt — (obsolete) Plucked off or away.
  • decrypt — to decode (a message) with or without previous knowledge of its key
  • dectape — (hardware, storage)   A reel of magnetic tape about 4 inches in diameter and one inch wide. Unlike today's macrotapes, microtape drivers allowed random access to the data, and therefore could be used to support file systems and even for swapping (this was generally done purely for hack value, as they were far too slow for practical use). DECtape was a variant on LINCtape. In their heyday DECtapes were used in pretty much the same ways one would now use a floppy disk: as a small, portable way to save and transport files and programs.
  • decuple — to increase by ten times
  • delphic — of or relating to Delphi or its oracle or temple
  • depeche — the dispatch of a message
  • depicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depict.
  • despect — Contempt.
  • diploic — of or relating to diploë
  • dipodic — a group of two feet in English poetry, in which one of the two accented syllables bears primary stress and the other bears secondary stress, used as a prosodic measurement in iambic, trochaic, and anapestic verse.
  • diptych — a hinged two-leaved tablet used in ancient times for writing on with a stylus.
  • discept — To debate; to discuss.
  • discerp — To tear into pieces; to rend.
  • dispace — to move or travel about
  • doctype — (computing) A directive that associates an SGML or XML document (such as a webpage) with a Document Type Definition, potentially affecting how it is parsed and rendered.
  • duchamp — Marcel [mar-sel] /marˈsɛl/ (Show IPA), 1887–1968, French painter, in U.S. after 1915 (brother of Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Jacques Villon).
  • duckpin — Bowling. a short pin of relatively large diameter, used in a game resembling tenpins, and bowled at with small balls.
  • edaphic — related to or caused by particular soil conditions, as of texture or drainage, rather than by physiographic or climatic factors.
  • end cap — An end cap is a rack or counter at the end of a store aisle used to display promotional or sale items.
  • epacrid — a type of heath-like plant of the family Epacridaceae
  • escaped — Simple past tense and past participle of escape.
  • goldcup — a Mexican climbing shrub, Solandra guttata, of the nightshade family, having cup-shaped yellow flowers marked with purple.
  • lipidic — Of or pertaining to the lipids.
  • lycopod — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
  • mid-cap — designating a company, or a mutual fund that invests in companies, with a market capitalization of between $1 billion and $5 billion.
  • mudpack — a pastelike preparation, as one consisting of fuller's earth, astringents, etc., used on the face as a cosmetic restorative.
  • octopod — any eight-armed cephalopod mollusk of the order or suborder Octopoda, including the octopuses and paper nautiluses.
  • op code — operation code
  • opendoc — (operating system)   A compound document architecture from CIL based on CORBA. It aims to enable embedding of features from different application programs into a single working document.
  • paddock — Archaic. a frog or toad.
  • padlock — a portable or detachable lock with a pivoted or sliding shackle that can be passed through a link, ring, staple, or the like.
  • paducah — a city in W Kentucky, at the junction of the Tennessee and Ohio rivers.
  • palaced — having palaces
  • pandect — pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
  • parched — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
  • parodic — having or of the nature of a parody.
  • patched — repaired with patches; covered with patches
  • pc card — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
  • pdc bit — A PDC bit is a drill bit fitted with industrial diamond cutters instead of hardened metal teeth.
  • pedetic — of or relating to Brownian motion
  • pedicab — (especially in Southeast Asia) a three-wheeled public conveyance operated by pedals, typically one having a hooded cab for two passengers mounted behind the driver.
  • pedicel — Botany. a small stalk. an ultimate division of a common peduncle. one of the subordinate stalks in a branched inflorescence, bearing a single flower.
  • pedicle — a small stalk or stalklike support, as the connection between the cephalothorax and abdomen in certain arachnids.
  • pedocal — a soil rich in carbonates, especially those of lime.
  • peracid — an oxyacid, the primary element of which is in its highest possible oxidation state, as perchloric acid, HClO 4 , and permanganic acid, HMnO 4 .
  • perched — a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
  • percoid — belonging to the Percoidea, a group of acanthopterygian fishes comprising the true perches and related families, and constituting one of the largest natural groups of fishes.
  • phacoid — having a form or structure like that of a lens
  • picador — one of the mounted assistants to a matador, who opens the bullfight by enraging the bull and weakening its shoulder muscles with a lance.
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