| 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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| 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 |
| fireclay | (noun) a heat-resistant clay | - |
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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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| 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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