10-letter words containing r, a, d, i, c
- deck chair — A deck chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deck chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- decorating — the painting or wallpapering of a room, house, etc
- decoration — The decoration of a room is its furniture, wallpaper, and ornaments.
- decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
- decrassify — to make (something) less crass
- decreasing — becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
- decreation — Destruction.
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- dekametric — (of a radio wave) having a wavelength between 10 and 100 meters: decametric wave.
- demilancer — A soldier who carries a demilance.
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- depreciate — If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value.
- deracemize — (chemistry) To convert a racemic mixture into one or other of the enantiomers.
- deracinate — to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; extirpate
- descriable — Capable of being descried (detected or perceived).
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- detracting — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detractive — tending or seeking to detract.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diacritics — Plural form of diacritic.
- diagraphic — descriptive; relating to illustration by drawing or graphics
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dicoumarin — any compound formed with two bonded coumarin molecules
- dicoumarol — a substance obtained naturally from sweet clover or produced synthetically as a drug, used as an anticoagulant
- dictagraph — Alt form dictograph.
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- diffracted — Simple past tense and past participle of diffract.
- dilacerate — to tear apart or to pieces.
- dining car — a railroad car equipped with tables and chairs, in which meals are served.
- dinosauric — Of or pertaining to dinosaurs.
- direct tax — a tax exacted directly from the persons who will bear the burden of it (without reimbursement to them at the expense of others), as a poll tax, a general property tax, or an income tax.
- directable — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt track — a track with an unsealed surface
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- disaccords — Plural form of disaccord.
- disc brake — a brake system in which a disc attached to a wheel is slowed by the friction of brake pads being pressed against the disc by a caliper.
- discarding — Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.
- discarnate — without a physical body; incorporeal.
- discharged — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dischargee — a person who has been discharged, as from military service.