Words Starting With DEC
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter DEC. This section showcases how DEC at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with DEC, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
4 letter words
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| deck | 11 | a pack of 52 playing cards | - |
| deco | 7 | a style of design that was popular in the 1920s and 1930s; marked by stylized forms and geometric designs adapted to mass production | - |
5 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| decay | 11 | the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation | - |
| decoy | 11 | a beguiler who leads someone into danger (usually as part of a plot) | - |
| decks | 12 | - | - |
| decaf | 11 | coffee with the caffeine removed | - |
| decor | 8 | decoration consisting of the layout and furnishings of a livable interior | - |
| decal | 8 | either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design which is to be transferred to the surface | - |
| decad | 9 | - | - |
| decan | 8 | - | - |
| decko | 12 | - | - |
| decos | 8 | - | - |
| decry | 11 | express strong disapproval of | - |
6 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| decide | 10 | bring to an end; settle conclusively | The case was decided |
| decent | 9 | in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion | a decent burial |
| decade | 10 | the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system | - |
| decree | 9 | decide with authority | The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed |
| decker | 13 | English dramatist and pamphleteer (1572-1632) | - |
| deceit | 9 | a misleading falsehood | - |
| decode | 10 | convert code into ordinary language | - |
| decant | 9 | pour out | the sommelier decanted the wines |
| decamp | 13 | leave a camp | The hikers decamped before dawn |
| decile | 9 | (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores | - |
| decads | 10 | - | - |
| decaff | 15 | - | - |
| decafs | 12 | - | - |
| decals | 9 | - | - |
| decane | 9 | - | - |
| decani | 9 | - | - |
| decans | 9 | - | - |
| decarb | 11 | - | - |
| decare | 9 | - | - |
| decays | 12 | - | - |
| deccie | 11 | - | - |
| decern | 9 | - | - |
| decime | 11 | - | - |
| decked | 14 | - | - |
| deckel | 13 | - | - |
| deckle | 13 | rough edge left by a deckle on handmade paper or produced artificially on machine-made paper | - |
| deckos | 13 | - | - |
| declaw | 12 | remove the claws from | declaw a cat |
| decoct | 11 | be cooked until very little liquid is left | - |
| decoke | 13 | remove carbon from (an engine) | - |
| decors | 9 | - | - |
| decoys | 12 | - | - |
| decrew | 12 | - | - |
| dectet | 9 | - | - |
| decury | 12 | - | - |
7 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| decided | 12 | recognizable; marked | at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage |
| declare | 10 | announce publicly or officially | The President declared war |
| deceive | 13 | be false to; be dishonest with | - |
| decency | 15 | the quality of being polite and respectable | - |
| decline | 10 | grow worse | - |
| decreed | 11 | fixed or established especially by order or command | - |
| decorum | 12 | propriety in manners and conduct | - |
| decimal | 12 | a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 | - |
| decoded | 12 | - | - |
| decoder | 11 | the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text | - |
| decayed | 14 | damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless | a decayed foundation |
| decider | 11 | - | - |
| decking | 15 | - | - |
| decease | 10 | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | - |
| decibel | 12 | a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity | - |
| decried | 11 | - | - |
| decrypt | 15 | convert code into ordinary language | - |
| decalog | 11 | - | - |
| decapod | 13 | crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax | - |
| declaim | 12 | recite in elocution | - |
| decuple | 12 | - | - |
| decadal | 11 | - | - |
| decades | 11 | - | - |
| decaffs | 16 | - | - |
| decagon | 11 | a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles | - |
| decaled | 11 | - | - |
| decamps | 14 | - | - |
| decanal | 10 | - | - |
| decanes | 10 | - | - |
| decants | 10 | - | - |
| decarbs | 12 | - | - |
| decares | 10 | - | - |
| decayer | 13 | - | - |
| deccies | 12 | - | - |
| deceits | 10 | - | - |
| decerns | 10 | - | - |
| deciare | 10 | - | - |
| decides | 11 | - | - |
| decidua | 11 | the epithelial tissue of the endometrium | - |
| deciles | 10 | - | - |
| decimes | 12 | - | - |
| deckels | 14 | - | - |
| deckers | 14 | - | - |
| deckled | 15 | having a rough edge; used of handmade paper or paper resembling handmade | - |
| deckles | 14 | - | - |
| deckoed | 15 | - | - |
| declass | 10 | - | - |
| declaws | 13 | - | - |
| decocts | 12 | - | - |
| decodes | 11 | - | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| decision | 11 | the act of making up your mind about something | the burden of decision was his |
| declared | 12 | declared as fact; explicitly stated | - |
| deceased | 12 | someone who is no longer alive | - |
| deceived | 15 | - | - |
| deciding | 13 | the cognitive process of reaching a decision | - |
| decorate | 11 | be beautiful to look at | - |
| decisive | 14 | forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | - |
| declined | 12 | - | - |
| decrease | 11 | a process of becoming smaller or shorter | - |
| decipher | 16 | convert code into ordinary language | - |
| decently | 14 | in the right manner; correctly; suitably | - |
| decadent | 12 | marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay | a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility |
| deceiver | 14 | someone who leads you to believe something that is not true | - |
| decoding | 13 | the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text | - |
| decrepit | 13 | lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality | - |
| decedent | 12 | someone who is no longer alive | - |
| decanter | 11 | a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | - |
| decimate | 13 | kill in large numbers | - |
| deckhand | 19 | a member of a ship's crew who performs manual labor | - |
| decorous | 11 | according with custom or propriety | - |
| decagons | 12 | - | - |
| decagram | 14 | 10 grams | - |
| decaling | 12 | - | - |
| decalled | 12 | - | - |
| decalogs | 12 | - | - |
| decamped | 16 | - | - |
| decanoic | 13 | - | - |
| decanted | 12 | - | - |
| decapods | 14 | - | - |
| decarbed | 14 | - | - |
| decayers | 14 | - | - |
| decaying | 15 | - | - |
| deceases | 11 | - | - |
| deceives | 14 | - | - |
| decemvir | 16 | - | - |
| decenary | 14 | - | - |
| decennia | 11 | - | - |
| decenter | 11 | - | - |
| decentre | 11 | - | - |
| decerned | 12 | - | - |
| deciares | 11 | - | - |
| decibels | 13 | - | - |
| deciders | 12 | - | - |
| deciduae | 12 | - | - |
| decidual | 12 | - | - |
| deciduas | 12 | - | - |
| decigram | 14 | 1/10 gram | - |
| decimals | 13 | - | - |
| decisory | 14 | - | - |
| deckings | 16 | - | - |
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9 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| decorated | 13 | provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction | - |
| deception | 14 | a misleading falsehood | - |
| deceiving | 16 | - | - |
| decorator | 12 | someone who decorates | - |
| declaring | 13 | - | - |
| deceitful | 15 | intended to deceive | deceitful advertising |
| deceptive | 17 | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true | deceptive calm |
| decreased | 13 | made less in size or amount or degree | - |
| decimated | 15 | - | - |
| declining | 13 | - | - |
| decadence | 15 | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | - |
| decompose | 16 | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | - |
| decidedly | 17 | without question and beyond doubt | it was decidedly too expensive |
| decathlon | 15 | an athletic contest consisting of ten different events | - |
| deciduous | 13 | (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season | - |
| decalogue | 13 | the biblical commandments of Moses | - |
| decimator | 14 | - | - |
| decoupage | 15 | art produced by decorating a surface with cutouts and then coating it with several layers of varnish or lacquer | - |
| decachord | 18 | - | - |
| decadency | 18 | the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities | - |
| decadents | 13 | - | - |
| decagonal | 13 | - | - |
| decagrams | 15 | - | - |
| decahedra | 16 | - | - |
| decalcify | 20 | lose calcium or calcium compounds | - |
| decaliter | 12 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | - |
| decalitre | 12 | a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | - |
| decalling | 13 | - | - |
| decameter | 14 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | - |
| decametre | 14 | a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | - |
| decamping | 17 | - | - |
| decanally | 15 | - | - |
| decantate | 12 | - | - |
| decanters | 12 | - | - |
| decanting | 13 | - | - |
| decapodal | 15 | - | - |
| decapodan | 15 | - | - |
| decarbing | 15 | - | - |
| decastere | 12 | - | - |
| decastich | 17 | - | - |
| decastyle | 15 | - | - |
| decaudate | 13 | - | - |
| decayable | 17 | liable to decay or spoil or become putrid | - |
| decayless | 15 | - | - |
| deceaseds | 13 | - | - |
| deceasing | 13 | - | - |
| decedents | 13 | - | - |
| deceivers | 15 | - | - |
| deceleron | 12 | - | - |
| decemviri | 17 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| decoration | 13 | an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event | - |
| decorating | 14 | - | - |
| decorative | 16 | serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose | the buildings were utilitarian rather than decorative |
| deciphered | 19 | converted from cryptic to intelligible language | - |
| decomposed | 18 | - | - |
| decreasing | 14 | becoming less or smaller | - |
| decompress | 17 | decrease the pressure of | - |
| decisively | 19 | with firmness | `I will come along,' she said decisively |
| decapitate | 15 | cut the head of | - |
| decimating | 16 | - | - |
| declension | 13 | process of changing to an inferior state | - |
| decryption | 18 | the activity of making clear or converting from code into plain text | a secret key or password is required for decryption |
| decelerate | 13 | reduce the speed of | - |
| declassify | 19 | lift the restriction on and make available again | - |
| decimation | 15 | destroying or killing a large part of the population (literally every tenth person as chosen by lot) | - |
| decoupling | 16 | - | - |
| decachords | 19 | - | - |
| decadelong | 15 | - | - |
| decadences | 16 | - | - |
| decadently | 17 | - | - |
| decagramme | 18 | - | - |
| decagynian | 17 | - | - |
| decagynous | 17 | - | - |
| decahedral | 17 | - | - |
| decahedron | 17 | any polyhedron having ten plane faces | - |
| decaliters | 13 | - | - |
| decalitres | 13 | - | - |
| decalogist | 14 | - | - |
| decalogues | 14 | - | - |
| decamerous | 15 | - | - |
| decameters | 15 | - | - |
| decametres | 15 | - | - |
| decametric | 17 | - | - |
| decampment | 19 | the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) | - |
| decandrian | 14 | - | - |
| decandrous | 14 | - | - |
| decantated | 14 | - | - |
| decantates | 13 | - | - |
| decapodans | 16 | - | - |
| decapodous | 16 | - | - |
| decasteres | 13 | - | - |
| decastichs | 18 | - | - |
| decastyles | 16 | - | - |
| decathlete | 16 | - | - |
| decathlons | 16 | - | - |
| decaudated | 15 | - | - |
| decaudates | 14 | - | - |
| deceivable | 18 | - | - |
| deceivably | 21 | - | - |
| deceivings | 17 | - | - |
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