10-letter words containing p, e, d
- decomposed — having been subject to decomposition
- decomposer — any organism in a community, such as a bacterium or fungus, that breaks down dead tissue enabling the constituents to be recycled to the environment
- decomposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decompose.
- decompound — (of a compound leaf) having leaflets consisting of several distinct parts
- decompress — to relieve (a substance) of pressure or (of a substance) to be relieved of pressure
- decoupaged — Simple past tense and past participle of decoupage.
- decoupages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoupage.
- decoupling — the separation of previously linked systems so that they may operate independently
- decrepitly — In a decrepit way.
- decrypting — Present participle of decrypt.
- decryption — to decode or decipher.
- deemphasis — Alternative spelling of de-emphasis.
- deemployed — to hire or engage the services of (a person or persons); provide employment for; have or keep in one's service: This factory employs thousands of people.
- deep clean — an exceptionally intense cleaning process
- deep floor — any of the floors toward the ends of a vessel, deeper than those of standard depth amidships.
- deep focus — the focusing of a filmed scene so as to make near and distant objects equally clear.
- deep fryer — a deep pan or pot with a basket, usually of mesh, inside, for deep-frying.
- deep green — a person, esp a politician, who is in favour of taking extreme measures to tackle environmentalist issues
- deep magic — [possibly from C. S. Lewis's "Narnia" books] An awesomely arcane technique central to a program or system, especially one neither generally published nor available to hackers at large (compare black art); one that could only have been composed by a true wizard. Compiler optimisation techniques and many aspects of OS design used to be deep magic; many techniques in cryptography, signal processing, graphics, and AI still are. Compare heavy wizardry. Especially found in comments of the form "Deep magic begins here.". Compare voodoo programming.
- deep south — The Deep South consists of the states that are furthest south in the United States.
- deep space — any region of outer space beyond the system of the earth and moon
- deep water — having, requiring, or operating in deep water: deepwater shipping; deepwater drilling for oil.
- deep-fried — (of food) cooked in sufficient hot fat to cover the food entirely
- deepfreeze — a type of refrigerator in which food, etc, is stored for long periods at temperatures below freezing
- deepthroat — To perform fellatio or irrumation on a man so that his entire penis is inside the mouth.
- delipidate — To remove the lipids from.
- delphinine — a poisonous, white, crystalline alkaloid, C33H45NO9, found in the seeds of certain larkspurs
- delphinium — A delphinium is a garden plant which has a tall stem with blue flowers growing up it.
- delphinoid — a member of the genus Delphinoidea, of which dolphins and porpoises are members
- demimetope — the space between the end of a Doric frieze and the first triglyph.
- demirepdom — the world or society of demireps
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- dendrophis — a genus of harmless tree-dwelling snake, of which varieties can be found in South America, India, Australia, Africa, and North America
- dentiphone — (dated) An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
- deoppilate — to remove obstructions (from)
- depanneurs — Plural form of depanneur.
- depantsing — to remove the trousers from, as a joke or punishment.
- department — A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
- departures — Plural form of departure.
- depeditate — /dee-ped'*-tayt/ [by (faulty) analogy with "decapitate"] Humorously, to cut off the feet of. When one is using some computer-aided typesetting tools, careless placement of text blocks within a page or above a rule can result in chopped-off letter descenders. Such letters are said to have been depeditated.
- dependable — If you say that someone or something is dependable, you approve of them because you feel that you can be sure that they will always act consistently or sensibly, or do what you need them to do.
- dependably — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
- dependance — the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, support, or the like.
- dependancy — the state of being dependent; dependence.
- dependants — relying on someone or something else for aid, support, etc.
- dependence — Your dependence on something or someone is your need for them in order to succeed or be able to survive.
- dependency — A dependency is a country which is controlled by another country.
- dependents — Plural form of dependent.
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- depictions — representation in image form, as in a painting or illustration: Picasso's painting Guernica is an accurate depiction of the horrors of war.