| cerecloth | (noun) a waterproof waxed cloth once used as a shroud | - |
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| cheesecloth | (noun) a coarse loosely woven cotton gauze; originally used to wrap cheeses | - |
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| declamation | (noun) vehement oratory | - |
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| (noun) recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric | - |
| declaration | (noun) a statement that is emphatic and explicit (spoken or written) | - |
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| (noun) a formal expression by a meeting; agreed to by a vote | Synonyms: resolution, resolve |
| (noun) (law) unsworn statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction | - |
| (noun) a formal public statement | Synonyms: announcement, annunciation, proclamation |
| (noun) (contract bridge) the highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make | Synonyms: contract |
| (noun) a statement of taxable goods or of dutiable properties | - |
| declarative | (noun) a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact | Synonyms: common mood, declarative mood, fact mood, indicative, indicative mood |
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| declarer | (noun) the bridge player in contract bridge who wins the bidding and can declare which suit is to be trumps | Synonyms: contractor |
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| (noun) someone who claims to speak the truth | Synonyms: affirmer, asserter, asseverator, avower |
| declassification | (noun) reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon | - |
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| declension | (noun) a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms | - |
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| (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall |
| (noun) process of changing to an inferior state | Synonyms: decline in quality, deterioration, worsening |
| (noun) the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages | - |
| declination | (noun) a polite refusal of an invitation | Synonyms: regrets |
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| (noun) (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or to the south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere | Synonyms: celestial latitude, dec |
| (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall |
| (noun) a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline | Synonyms: decline |
| decline | (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, declivity, descent, downslope, fall |
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| (noun) a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current | Synonyms: decay |
| (noun) change toward something smaller or lower | Synonyms: diminution |
| (noun) a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline | Synonyms: declination |
| declinometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring magnetic declination | Synonyms: transit declinometer |
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| declivity | (noun) a downward slope or bend | Synonyms: declension, declination, decline, descent, downslope, fall |
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| eclair | (noun) oblong cream puff | - |
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| eclampsia | (noun) a toxic condition characterized by convulsions and possibly coma during or immediately after pregnancy | - |
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| eclat | (noun) brilliant or conspicuous success or effect | - |
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| (noun) ceremonial elegance and splendor | Synonyms: pomp |
| (noun) enthusiastic approval | Synonyms: acclaim, acclamation, plaudit, plaudits |
| eclectic | (noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method | Synonyms: eclecticist |
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| eclecticism | (noun) making decisions on the basis of what seems best instead of following some single doctrine or style | Synonyms: eclectic method |
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| eclecticist | (noun) someone who selects according to the eclectic method | Synonyms: eclectic |
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| eclipse | (noun) one celestial body obscures another | Synonyms: occultation |
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| eclipsis | (noun) omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences | Synonyms: ellipsis |
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| ecliptic | (noun) the great circle representing the apparent annual path of the sun; the plane of the Earth's orbit around the sun; makes an angle of about 23 degrees with the equator | - |
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| eclogue | (noun) a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life | Synonyms: bucolic, idyl, idyll |
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| fireclay | (noun) a heat-resistant clay | - |
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| foreclosure | (noun) the legal proceedings initiated by a creditor to repossess the collateral for loan that is in default | - |
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| horsecloth | (noun) a cloth for the trapping of a horse | - |
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| housecleaning | (noun) the act of cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a house | - |
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| (noun) (figurative) the act of reforming by the removal of unwanted personnel or practices or conditions | - |
| meclizine | (noun) an antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness | Synonyms: Antivert, meclizine hydrochloride |
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| meclofenamate | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Meclomen) used to treat arthritis | Synonyms: meclofenamate sodium, Meclomen |
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| pipeclay | (noun) fine white clay used in making tobacco pipes and pottery and in whitening leather | Synonyms: terra alba |
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| preclusion | (noun) the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively | Synonyms: forestalling, obviation |
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| preeclampsia | (noun) abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated | Synonyms: pre-eclampsia |
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| reclamation | (noun) rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course | Synonyms: reformation |
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| (noun) the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation | Synonyms: rehabilitation, renewal |
| (noun) the recovery of useful substances from waste products | - |
| reclassification | (noun) classifying something again (usually in a new category) | - |
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| recliner | (noun) an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it | Synonyms: lounger, reclining chair |
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| reclining | (noun) the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position | - |
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| recluse | (noun) one who lives in solitude | Synonyms: hermit, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte |
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| reclusiveness | (noun) a disposition to prefer seclusion or isolation | - |
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| saddlecloth | (noun) stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle | Synonyms: horse blanket, saddle blanket |
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| seclusion | (noun) the act of secluding yourself from others | - |
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| (noun) the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others | Synonyms: privacy, privateness |
| tablecloth | (noun) a covering spread over a dining table | - |
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