7-letter words containing t, d, c
- decants — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decant.
- decatur — Stephen. 1779–1820, US naval officer, noted for his raid on Tripoli harbour (1804) and his role in the War of 1812
- deceipt — Obsolete form of deceit.
- deceits — Plural form of deceit.
- decerpt — (obsolete) Plucked off or away.
- decocts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoct.
- decoity — Alternative form of dacoity.
- decreet — the final judgment or sentence of a court
- 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.
- deducts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deduct.
- defacto — (Australia, New Zealand) A partner in a spousal relationship not officially declared as a marriage, comparable to a common law husband or wife.
- defects — a shortcoming, fault, or imperfection: a defect in an argument; a defect in a machine.
- deficit — A deficit is the amount by which something is less than what is required or expected, especially the amount by which the total money received is less than the total money spent.
- deflect — If you deflect something that is moving, you make it go in a slightly different direction, for example by hitting or blocking it.
- defunct — If something is defunct, it no longer exists or has stopped functioning or operating.
- deictic — proving by direct argument
- deistic — a person who believes in deism.
- dejecta — waste products excreted through the anus; faeces
- dejects — (rare) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deject.
- delicts — Plural form of delict.
- deltaic — pertaining to or like a delta.
- demotic — Demotic language is the type of informal language used by ordinary people.
- deontic — of or relating to such ethical concepts as obligation and permissibility
- depicts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of depict.
- descant — A descant is a tune which is played or sung above the main tune in a piece of music.
- descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
- despect — Contempt.
- destock — (of a retailer) to reduce the amount of stock held or cease to stock certain products
- detects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of detect.
- detract — If one thing detracts from another, it makes it seem less good or impressive.
- deutsch — Otto Erich (ˈɔto ˈeːrɪç). 1883–1967, Austrian music historian and art critic, noted for his catalogue of Schubert's works (1951)
- dialect — A dialect is a form of a language that is spoken in a particular area.
- dickite — a polymorph of kaolinite.
- dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
- dictier — high-class or stylish.
- diction — Someone's diction is how clearly they speak or sing.
- dictums — Plural form of dictum.
- diptych — a hinged two-leaved tablet used in ancient times for writing on with a stylus.
- directs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of direct.
- directx — (programming, hardware) A Microsoft programming interface standard, first included with Windows 95. DirectX gives (games) programmers a standard way to gain direct access to enhanced hardware features under Windows 95 instead of going via the Windows 95 GDI. Some DirectX code runs faster than the equivalent under MS DOS. DirectX promises performance improvements for graphics, sound, video, 3D, and network capabilites of games, but only where both hardware and software support DirectX. DirectX 2 introduced the Direct3D interface. Version 5 was current at 1998-02-01. Version 8.1 is included in Windows XP.
- discant — Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period.
- discept — To debate; to discuss.
- disject — to scatter; disperse.
- dissect — to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
- distich — a unit of two lines of verse, usually a self-contained statement; couplet.
- ditched — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
- ditcher — a person who digs ditches.
- ditches — Plural form of ditch.
- docents — Plural form of docent.