14-letter words containing dec
- dodecasyllable — a word or line of verse containing 12 syllables.
- double deckers — (jargon) Married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
- finite decimal — a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
- freeboard deck — (on a cargo vessel) the uppermost deck officially considered to be watertight: used as the level from which the Plimsoll marks are measured.
- gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
- hradec kralove — a town in the N Czech Republic, on the Elbe River: Austrians defeated by Prussians in Battle of Sadowa 1866.
- hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecisiveness — characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
- indecomposable — incapable of being decomposed.
- indecorousness — The quality of being indecorous.
- misdeclaration — An incorrect declaration, especially in an official context.
- nondeclarative — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
- novemdecillion — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 60 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 114 zeros.
- octodecillions — Plural form of octodecillion.
- overdecoration — excessive decoration
- packed decimal — binary coded decimal
- promenade deck — an upper deck or part of a deck on a passenger ship where passengers can stroll, often covered with a light shade deck.
- self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
- self-deception — the act or fact of deceiving oneself.
- split decision — a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.
- stack the deck — a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers.
- undecidability — the quality of being undecidable
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undecomposable — indecomposable or unable to be decomposed