8-letter words starting with de
- decanoic — Of or pertaining to decanoic acid or its derivatives; capric.
- decanted — to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- decanter — A decanter is a glass container that you use for serving wine, sherry, or port.
- decaplet — One of a group of ten babies born at the same time.
- decapods — Plural form of decapod.
- decating — a finishing process for making fabric more lustrous, for improving the tactile quality of the nap, and for setting the material to reduce shrinkage.
- decaying — rotting as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposing
- deceased — The deceased is used to refer to a particular person or to particular people who have recently died.
- deceases — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decease.
- decedent — a deceased person
- deceived — (of a person) Cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage.
- deceiver — to mislead by a false appearance or statement; delude: They deceived the enemy by disguising the destroyer as a freighter.
- deceives — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deceive.
- december — December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Western calendar.
- decemvir — (in ancient Rome) a member of a board of ten magistrates, esp either of the two commissions established in 451 and 450 bc to revise the laws
- decenary — of or relating to a tithing
- decennia — a period of ten years; a decade.
- decenter — to cause to undergo a shift away from what has been its traditional center, focus, orientation, or emphasis
- decently — conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
- decentre — to take away a temporary support from
- decerned — Scots Law. to enter a judicial decree.
- decibels — a unit used to express the intensity of a sound wave, equal to 20 times the common logarithm of the ratio of the pressure produced by the sound wave to a reference pressure, usually 0.0002 microbar.
- deciders — Plural form of decider.
- decidest — (archaic) Archaic second-person singular form of decide.
- deciding — powerfully and finally influencing a decision; decisive
- deciduae — Plural form of decidua.
- decidual — the endometrium of a pregnant uterus that in many of the higher mammals is cast off at parturition.
- decigram — a unit of measurement that is equivalent to one tenth of a gram
- decimals — pertaining to tenths or to the number 10.
- decimate — To decimate something such as a group of people or animals means to destroy a very large number of them.
- decipher — to determine the meaning of (something obscure or illegible)
- decision — When you make a decision, you choose what should be done or which is the best of various possible actions.
- decisive — If a fact, action, or event is decisive, it makes it certain that there will be a particular result.
- deck lid — the hinged lid forming the upper surface of an automobile deck.
- deck log — a log filled in by the officer of the watch at the end of each watch, giving details of weather, navigation, unusual happenings, etc.
- deck out — If a person or thing is decked out with or in something, they are decorated with it or wearing it, usually for a special occasion.
- deckhand — A deckhand is a person who does the cleaning and other work on the deck of a ship.
- deckhead — the undersurface of a deck.
- deckings — Plural form of decking.
- declaims — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim.
- declared — stated openly, officially, or formally
- declarer — a person who declares
- declares — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declare.
- declasse — having lost social standing or status
- declawed — Simple past tense and past participle of declaw.
- declinal — the action of politely refusing or declining
- declined — to withhold or deny consent to do, enter into or upon, etc.; refuse: He declined to say more about it.
- decliner — One who declines.
- declines — Plural form of decline.
- declutch — to disengage the clutch of a motor vehicle