9-letter words containing en
- damaskeen — Alternative form of damascene.
- dampening — to make damp; moisten: to dampen a sponge.
- darkeners — Plural form of darkener.
- darkeness — Obsolete form of darkness.
- darkening — Present participle of darken.
- davenport — a tall narrow desk with a slanted writing surface and drawers at the side
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- de-hyphen — a short line (-) used to connect the parts of a compound word or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.
- deadening — A deadening situation destroys people's enthusiasm and imagination.
- deafening — A deafening noise is a very loud noise.
- debarment — to shut out or exclude from a place or condition: to debar all those who are not members.
- debenture — A debenture is a type of savings bond which offers a fixed rate of interest over a long period. Debentures are usually issued by a company or a government agency.
- decadence — deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
- decadency — the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
- decadents — Plural form of decadent.
- decedents — Plural form of decedent.
- decencies — standards of behaviour considered correct by polite society; proprieties
- decennary — decade (sense 2)
- decennial — lasting for ten years
- decennium — decade (sense 2)
- decenters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decenter.
- decentral — Not central; decentralized.
- decentred — to put out of center.
- decidence — A falling off.
- decrement — the act of decreasing; diminution
- decumbent — lying down or lying flat
- decurrent — extending down the stem, esp (of a leaf) having the base of the blade extending down the stem as two wings
- deepening — becoming deeper
- defencing — defense.
- defendant — A defendant is a person who has been accused of breaking the law and is being tried in court.
- defenders — Plural form of defender.
- defending — making a defence
- defensins — Plural form of defensin.
- defensive — You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
- defensory — (archaic) Tending to defend; defensive.
- deference — Deference is a polite and respectful attitude towards someone, especially because they have an important position.
- deferents — Plural form of deferent.
- deferment — Deferment means arranging for something to happen at a later date.
- deficient — If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
- definiens — the word or words used to define or give an account of the meaning of another word, as in a dictionary entry
- dehiscent — (of fruits, anthers, etc) opening spontaneously to release seeds or pollen
- delicense — formal permission from a governmental or other constituted authority to do something, as to carry on some business or profession.
- dementate — deprived of one's sanity; mad
- demential — severe impairment or loss of intellectual capacity and personality integration, due to the loss of or damage to neurons in the brain.
- dementing — Causing dementia.
- demoscene — a computer art subculture whose members produce non-interactive multimedia presentations in order to compete artistically
- demulcent — soothing; mollifying
- den chief — (in the Boy Scouts) a boy scout who supervises a cub scout den in cooperation with a den mother or den father.
- denatured — Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
- denatures — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of denature.