10-letter words containing t, e, o, c, a
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cyanotypes — Plural form of cyanotype.
- datacode i — (language) An early system used on the Datatron 200 series.
- dead stock — farm equipment
- deallocate — to set apart for a particular purpose; assign or allot: to allocate funds for new projects.
- death code — A routine whose job is to set everything in the computer - registers, memory, flags - to zero, including that portion of memory where it is running; its last act is to stomp on its own "store zero" instruction. Death code isn't very useful, but writing it is an interesting hacking challenge on architectures where the instruction set makes it possible, such as the PDP-8 or the Data General Nova. Perhaps the ultimate death code is on the TI 990 series, where all registers are actually in RAM, and the instruction "store immediate 0" has the opcode 0. The program counter will immediately wrap around core as many times as it can until a user hits HALT. Any empty memory location is death code. Worse, the manufacturer recommended use of this instruction in startup code (which would be in ROM and therefore survive).
- decalogist — a person who interprets and expounds on the Ten Commandments
- decastylos — a decastyle building, as a classical temple.
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- decimation — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
- declarator — an action seeking to have some right, status, etc, judicially ascertained
- declinator — a piece of apparatus that establishes the measure of a plane's deviation from the prime vertical or the meridian
- decollated — Simple past tense and past participle of decollate.
- decollates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decollate.
- decollator — (computing) a machine that decollates (separates) the parts of multipart computer printout and discards the carbon paper.
- decolorant — able to decolour or bleach
- decolorate — to change or fade in colour
- decontract — (ambitransitive) To expand from a contracted state.
- 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.
- decorators — Plural form of decorator.
- decreation — Destruction.
- decstation — (computer) A range of RISC based workstations manufactured by DEC.
- dedecorate — (obsolete, transitive) To bring to shame; to disgrace.
- dedication — A dedication is a message which is written at the beginning of a book, or a short announcement which is sometimes made before a play or piece of music is performed, as a sign of affection or respect for someone.
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- defalcator — A defaulter or embezzler.
- defecation — to void excrement from the bowels through the anus; have a bowel movement.
- deforciant — a person who wrongfully withholds something from someone by force
- demarcator — to determine or mark off the boundaries or limits of: to demarcate a piece of property.
- demicanton — either of the two parts of certain Swiss cantons
- democratic — A democratic country, government, or political system is governed by representatives who are elected by the people.
- deprecator — to express earnest disapproval of.
- desecrator — to divest of sacred or hallowed character or office.
- desiccator — any apparatus for drying milk, fruit, etc
- despotical — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
- detoxicate — to rid (a patient) of a poison or its effects
- detraction — a person, thing, circumstance, etc, that detracts
- detractors — to take away a part, as from quality, value, or reputation (usually followed by from).
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- devocation — A calling off or away.
- diaconates — Plural form of diaconate.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- diocletian — (Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) a.d. 245–316, Illyrian soldier: emperor of Rome 284–305.
- dislocated — Simple past tense and past participle of dislocate.
- dislocates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dislocate.
- dissociate — to sever the association of (oneself); separate: He tried to dissociate himself from the bigotry in his past.