9-letter words containing t, d, c
- dacoitage — (in India and Myanmar) a robbery by an armed gang or dacoit
- dactylics — Plural form of dactylic.
- dactylist — someone who writes poetry in dactyls
- dadaistic — the style and techniques of a group of artists, writers, etc., of the early 20th century who exploited accidental and incongruous effects in their work and who programmatically challenged established canons of art, thought, morality, etc.
- dalmatics — Plural form of dalmatic.
- daly city — city in W Calif.: suburb of San Francisco: pop. 104,000
- dancettee — having a pattern of chevrons
- dapatical — (obsolete) sumptuous in cheer.
- data jack — (hardware) A wall-mounted or desk-mounted connector (frequently a wide telephone-style 8-pin RJ-45) for connecting to data cabling in a building.
- datacomms — the transmission of data along communications systems
- date back — If something dates back to a particular time, it started or was made at that time.
- daycation — a day trip to a resort, hotel, etc that does not involve staying the night
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- de-excite — to cause (an atom) to fall from an excited energy level to a lower energy level.
- deactuate — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- deadstick — To land an aircraft without power.
- deadstock — the merchandise or commodities of a shop, etc, that is unsold and generating no income
- death cap — a poisonous woodland saprotrophic basidiomycetous fungus, Amanita phalloides, differing from the edible mushroom (Agaricus) only in its white gills (pinkish-brown in Agaricus) and the presence of a volva
- death cup — a poisonous mushroom of the genus Amanita.
- decadents — Plural form of decadent.
- decaliter — dekaliter
- decalitre — ten litres. One decalitre is equal to about 2.2 imperial gallons
- decameter — dekameter
- decametre — ten metres
- decanoate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of decanoic acid.
- decantate — having been repeated or sung again and again
- decanters — Plural form of decanter.
- decanting — to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decastere — a measure equivalent to ten steres or cubic metres
- decastich — a poem that consists of ten lines
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- decathect — to withdraw one's feelings of attachment from (a person, idea, or object), as in anticipation of a future loss: He decathected from her in order to cope with her impending death.
- decathlon — The decathlon is a competition in which athletes compete in 10 different sporting events.
- decaudate — to take off the tail of (an animal)
- decedents — Plural form of decedent.
- deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
- decenters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decenter.
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- decentred — to put out of center.
- 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
- decertify — to withdraw or remove a certificate or certification from (a person, organization, or country)
- deciduate — having or characterized by a decidua.
- deciliter — one tenth of a liter (3.376 fluid ounces or 6.1024 cubic inches)
- decilitre — one tenth of a litre
- decimated — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimate.
- decimator — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- decimeter — one tenth of a meter (3.937 inches)