DEFICIT

“DEFICIT” is a valid word.

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14 Words with Friends

7 letters

Definition

the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning
sports the score by which a team or individual is losing

citedmake reference to
edicta formal or authoritative proclamation
fetidoffensively malodorous
teiidtropical New World lizard with a long tail and large rectangular scales on the belly and a long tail

tiedbound or secured closely
dieta prescribed selection of foods
tidethe periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
dicea small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
iceddecorate with frosting
editprepare for publication or presentation by correcting, revising, or adapting
citea short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
deftskillful in physical movements; especially of the hands
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dite
cedithe basic unit of money in Ghana
ficea nervous belligerent little mongrel dog
etic

diea small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
icewater frozen in the solid state
fita display of bad temper
tieneckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front
teda tough youth of 1950's and 1960's wearing Edwardian style clothes
fedany federal law-enforcement officer
tica local and habitual twitching especially in the face
fie
ditthe shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
feta transistor in which most current flows in a channel whose effective resistance can be controlled by a transverse electric field
efta newt in its terrestrial stage of development
fid

itthe branch of engineering that deals with the use of computers and telecommunications to retrieve and store and transmit information
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dea Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
edimpotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis
ida state in the Rocky Mountains
et
tia light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
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