8-letter words starting with de
- decocted — Simple past tense and past participle of decoct.
- decoders — Plural form of decoder.
- decoding — the act or the process of converting something from a coded form into a normal form
- decolour — to deprive of colour, as by bleaching
- decomino — (geometry) A polyomino made up of ten squares.
- decommit — to withdraw from a commitment or agreed course of action
- deconned — Simple past tense and past participle of decon.
- decorate — If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- decorous — Decorous behaviour is very respectable, calm, and polite.
- decorums — Plural form of decorum.
- decouple — If two countries, organizations, or ideas that were connected in some way are decoupled, the connection between them is ended.
- decoying — Present participle of decoy.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- decreets — Plural form of decreet.
- decrepid — Obsolete spelling of decrepit (17th-20th c.).
- decrepit — Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.
- decresc. — decrescendo
- decretal — a papal edict on doctrine or church law
- decretum — the name given to various collections of canon law, esp that made by the monk Gratian in the 12th century, which forms the first part of the Corpus Juris Canonici
- decrying — Present participle of decry.
- decrypts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrypt.
- decupled — Simple past tense and past participle of decuple.
- decuples — Plural form of decuple.
- decuplet — (physics) A collection of spin-3/2 baryons described in the eightfold way.
- decurion — a local councillor
- decurved — bent or curved downwards
- decwrite — DEC's CDA-based, WYSIWYG document processing application. It can generate and import SGML marked-up documents.
- dedalian — relating to Daedalus
- dedekind — (Julius Wilhelm) Richard (ˈjuːlɪʊs ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈrixɑːt). 1831–1916, German mathematician, who devised a way (the Dedekind cut) of according irrational and rational numbers the same status
- dedendum — (on a gear or rack) the radial distance between the pitch circle or line and the root circle or line. Compare addendum (def 3a).
- dedicant — a person who devotes or dedicates
- dedicate — If you say that someone has dedicated themselves to something, you approve of the fact that they have decided to give a lot of time and effort to it because they think that it is important.
- dedition — (obsolete) The act of yielding; surrender.
- deducing — Present participle of deduce.
- deducted — to take away, as from a sum or amount: Once you deduct your expenses, there is nothing left.
- deductor — One who deducts tax.
- deed box — a lockable metal box for storing documents
- deedless — having no exploits or action
- deemster — the title of one of the two justices in the Isle of Man
- deep end — the area of a swimming pool where the depth of water is greatest
- deep fat — cooking oil or fat that is deep enough in the pan to cover food that is to be deep-fried
- deep web — the part of the World Wide Web not accessible through conventional search engines
- deep-fry — If you deep-fry food, you fry it in a large amount of fat or oil.
- deep-sea — Deep-sea activities take place in the areas of the sea that are a long way from the coast.
- deep-set — Deep-set eyes seem to be further back in the face than most people's eyes.
- deep-six — To deep-six something means to get rid of it or destroy it.
- deepened — Simple past tense and past participle of deepen.
- deepener — One who, or that which, deepens.
- deepfelt — relating to a sincere or profound experience
- deepmost — most deep; deepest