10-letter words containing dec
- 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.
- decorously — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- 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
- decoy duck — a duck, or an image of one, used to lure other ducks into a trap or within shooting range
- decrassify — to make (something) less crass
- decreaseth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrease.
- decreasing — becoming less or fewer; diminishing.
- decreation — Destruction.
- decree-law — an executive decree made pursuant to a delegation from the legislature and having the full force of legislation.
- decrements — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrement.
- decremeter — an instrument for measuring the damping of an electromagnetic wave train.
- decreolize — to modify (a creole language) in the direction of a standard form of the language on which most of the vocabulary of the creole is based.
- decrepitly — In a decrepit way.
- decrescent — (esp of the moon) decreasing; waning
- decrypting — Present participle of decrypt.
- decryption — to decode or decipher.
- decstation — (computer) A range of RISC based workstations manufactured by DEC.
- decumbence — The act or posture of lying down.
- decumbency — Decumbence.
- decumulate — to heap up; amass; accumulate.
- decurrency — the action of flowing downwards
- decussated — Simple past tense and past participle of decussate.
- decwindows — DEC's windowing environment based on the X Window System.
- dedecorate — (obsolete, transitive) To bring to shame; to disgrace.
- dodecanese — a group of 12 Greek islands in the Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: belonged to Italy 1911–45. 1035 sq. mi. (2680 sq. km).
- dodecanoic — Of or pertaining to dodecanoic acid or its derivatives.
- duodecagon — dodecagon.
- duodecimal — pertaining to twelfths or to the number 12.
- duodecimos — Plural form of duodecimo.
- dusty deck — Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain. DP types call this "legacy code", a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively reverent. The term implies that the software in question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used especially when referring to old scientific and number crunching software, much of which was written in Fortran and very poorly documented but is believed to be too expensive to replace. See fossil; compare crawling horror.
- fundectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- hendecagon — a polygon having 11 angles and 11 sides.
- i declare! — I am surprised, startled, etc.
- indecently — offending against generally accepted standards of propriety or good taste; improper; vulgar: indecent jokes; indecent language; indecent behavior.
- indecision — inability to decide.
- indecisive — characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
- indecorous — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- iridectome — a slender cutting instrument used in performing an iridectomy.
- iridectomy — excision of part of the iris.
- lower deck — the lowermost deck in a hull having two or three decks.
- misdeclare — to make known or state clearly, especially in explicit or formal terms: to declare one's position in a controversy.
- mower deck — cutter deck.
- octodecimo — a book size of about 4 × 6 1/4 inches (10 × 16 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 18 leaves or 36 pages. Symbol: 18mo, 18°.
- pandectist — a German law student who followed the Pandects of Justinian
- predecease — to die before (another person, the occurrence of an event, etc.).