7-letter words starting with de
- deceave — Obsolete form of deceive.
- deceipt — Obsolete form of deceit.
- deceits — Plural form of deceit.
- deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- decence — (obsolete) decency.
- decency — Decency is the quality of following accepted moral standards.
- decerns — Scots Law. to enter a judicial decree.
- decerpt — (obsolete) Plucked off or away.
- dechead — /dek'hed/ 1. A DEC field servoid. Not flattering. 2. ["deadhead"] A Grateful Dead fan working at DEC.
- deciare — one tenth of an are or 10 square metres
- decibar — a centimeter-gram-second unit of pressure, equal to 1/10 bar or 100,000 dynes per square centimeter.
- decibel — A decibel is a unit of measurement which is used to indicate how loud a sound is.
- decided — Decided means clear and definite.
- decider — In sport, a decider is one of the games in a series, which establishes which player or team wins the series.
- decides — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decide.
- decidua — the specialized mucous membrane that lines the uterus of some mammals during pregnancy: is shed, with the placenta, at parturition
- decieve — Misspelling of deceive.
- deciles — Plural form of decile.
- decimal — A decimal is a fraction that is written in the form of a dot followed by one or more numbers which represent tenths, hundredths, and so on: for example .5, .51, .517.
- decimus — (in prescriptions) tenth.
- deckers — Plural form of decker.
- decking — Decking is wooden boards that are fixed to the ground in a garden or other outdoor area for people to walk on.
- deckman — A man who works on the deck of a ship.
- declaim — If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.
- declare — If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
- declass — to lower in social status or position; degrade
- decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- declive — declivous.
- decocts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decoct.
- decoded — Simple past tense and past participle of decode.
- 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