7-letter words containing dec
- decoder — A decoder is a device used to decode messages or signals sent in code, for example the television signals from a satellite.
- decodes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decode.
- decoity — Alternative form of dacoity.
- decolor — to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.
- decorum — Decorum is behaviour that people consider to be correct, polite, and respectable.
- decoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of decoy.
- decreed — a formal and authoritative order, especially one having the force of law: a presidential decree.
- decreer — One who issues a decree.
- decrees — Plural form of decree.
- decreet — the final judgment or sentence of a court
- decrial — the act of decrying; noisy censure.
- decried — to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country.
- decrier — One who decries.
- decries — to speak disparagingly of; denounce as faulty or worthless; express censure of: She decried the lack of support for the arts in this country.
- decrown — to divest (a person) of the role of monarch
- 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.
- decuman — a huge wave
- decuple — to increase by ten times
- decurve — to curve in a declining manner
- dodeca- — indicating twelve
- on deck — Nautical. a floorlike surface wholly or partially occupying one level of a hull, superstructure, or deckhouse, generally cambered, and often serving as a member for strengthening the structure of a vessel. the space between such a surface and the next such surface above: Our stateroom was on B deck.
- pandect — pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
- sidecar — a small car attached on one side to a motorcycle and supported on the other side by a wheel of its own, used for a passenger, parcels, etc.
- sundeck — terrace open to sunshine