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Deadhead

One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.

Deadhouse

A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

Deadish

Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.

Deadlatch

A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key.

Deadlight

A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

deadlock

A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.

deadlocked

at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions.

deadly

In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death; deathly.

Deadness

The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.

Deads

The substances which inclose the ore on every side.

Deadwood

A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

Deadworks

The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

deaf-aid

an electronic device which amplifies sound and is worn to compensate for poor hearing.

Deaf-mute

A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it.

Deafen

To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

deafening

extremely loud; so loud as to cause deafness; as, a disco with rock music played at a deafening volume.

Deafness

Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.

Deal

To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.

Dealer

One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

Dealfish

A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus).

Dealing

The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person.

Deambulatory

A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.

Dean

A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.

Deanery

The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.

Dear-bought

Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience.

Dearborn

A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.

Deare

variant of Dere, v. t. n.

Dearly

In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.

Dearness

The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.

Dearth

Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.

Death

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

death knell

A stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death; a knell{1}.

death-roll

a list of persons killed in a war or other disaster.

Death's-head

A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.

Deathbed

The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.

Deathbird

Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.

Deathblow

A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.

Deathful

Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.

Deathless

Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.

Deathly

Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.

Deathsman

An executioner; a headsman or hangman.

Deathwatch

A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death. A small wingless insect, of the family Psocid/, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.

Deave

To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen.

Debacle

A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other d/bris.

Debar

To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.

Debarb

To deprive of the beard.

Debark

To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.

Debase

To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.

Debased

Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.

Debasement

The act of debasing or the state of being debased.

Debaser

One who, or that which, debases.

Debatable

Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.

Debate

A fight or fighting; contest; strife.

Debateful

Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome.

Debater

One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.

Debating

The act of discussing or arguing; discussion.

Debauch

Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.

Debauchee

One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.

Debaucher

One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.

Debauchery

Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance.

Debauchment

The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.

Debeige

A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods.

Debenture

A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.

Debentured

Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.

Debilitant

Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.

Debilitate

To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.

Debilitation

The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.

Debility

The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.

Debit

To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.

Debit card

a small usually plastic card with a magnetic coded number, similar to a credit card, which is used to pay for purchases by the electronic deduction of a sum of money (a debit) directly from the card-holder's bank account. Such cards do not require the establishment of a credit line, and such transactions do not incur any interest payments.

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