9-letter 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.
| 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 | - | - |
| decemvirs | 17 | - | - |
| decencies | 14 | - | - |
| decennary | 15 | a period of 10 years | - |
| decennial | 12 | - | - |
| decennium | 14 | a period of 10 years | - |
| decenters | 12 | - | - |
| decentest | 12 | - | - |
| decentred | 13 | - | - |
| decentres | 12 | - | - |
| deceptory | 17 | - | - |
| decerning | 13 | - | - |
| decertify | 18 | cause to be no longer approved or accepted | - |
| decession | 12 | - | - |
| decheance | 17 | - | - |
| decidable | 15 | - | - |
| deciduate | 13 | - | - |
| decigrams | 15 | - | - |
| deciliter | 12 | a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter | - |
| decilitre | 12 | a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter | - |
| decillion | 12 | - | - |
| decimally | 17 | - | - |
| decimates | 14 | - | - |
| decimeter | 14 | a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter | - |
| decimetre | 14 | a metric unit of length equal to one tenth of a meter | - |
| deciphers | 17 | - | - |
| decisions | 12 | - | - |
| decistere | 12 | - | - |
| deckchair | 21 | - | - |
| deckhands | 20 | - | - |
| deckhouse | 19 | - | - |
| declaimed | 15 | - | - |
| declaimer | 14 | - | - |
| declarant | 12 | - | - |
| declarers | 12 | - | - |
| declassed | 13 | - | - |
| declassee | 12 | - | - |
| declasses | 12 | - | - |
| declawing | 16 | - | - |
| declinals | 12 | - | - |
| declinant | 12 | - | - |
| declinate | 12 | - | - |
| decliners | 12 | - | - |
| declinist | 12 | - | - |
| declivity | 18 | a downward slope or bend | - |
| declivous | 15 | - | - |
| declutter | 12 | - | - |
| decocting | 15 | - | - |
| decoction | 14 | (pharmacology) the extraction of water-soluble drug substances by boiling | - |
| decoctive | 17 | - | - |
| decocture | 14 | - | - |
| decodable | 15 | - | - |
| decodings | 14 | - | - |
| decoherer | 15 | - | - |
| decollate | 12 | cut the head of | - |
| decollete | 12 | (of a garment) having a low-cut neckline | - |
| decolored | 13 | - | - |
| decolours | 12 | - | - |
| decommits | 16 | - | - |
| decomplex | 23 | - | - |
| decongest | 13 | - | - |
| decontrol | 12 | relax or remove controls of | decontrol marijuana |
| decorates | 12 | - | - |
| decoupled | 15 | - | - |
| decoupler | 14 | - | - |
| decouples | 14 | - | - |
| decreases | 12 | - | - |
| decreeing | 13 | - | - |
| decrement | 14 | a process of becoming smaller or shorter | - |
| decretals | 12 | - | - |
| decretist | 12 | - | - |
| decretive | 15 | - | - |
| decretory | 15 | - | - |
| decrewing | 16 | - | - |
| decrowned | 16 | - | - |
| decrypted | 18 | - | - |
| decubital | 14 | - | - |
| decubitus | 14 | a reclining position (as in a bed) | - |
| decumbent | 16 | lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | - |
| decupling | 15 | - | - |
| decurions | 12 | - | - |
| decurrent | 12 | - | - |
| decursion | 12 | - | - |
| decursive | 15 | - | - |
| decurving | 16 | - | - |
| decussate | 12 | crossed or intersected in the form of an X | - |
