Daywoman () A dairymaid.

Dazed () of Daze

Dazing () of Daze

Daze () To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

Daze () The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze.

Daze () A glittering stone.

Dazzled () of Dazzle

Dazzling () of Dazzle

Dazzle () To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

Dazzle () To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind.

Dazzle () To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.

Dazzle () To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.

Dazzle () A light of dazzling brilliancy.

Dazzlement () Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light.

Dazzlingly () In a dazzling manner.

De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.

Deacon () An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.

Deacon () The chairman of an incorporated company.

Deacon () To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off.

Deaconess () A female deacon

Deaconess () One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.

Deaconess () A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.

Deaconess () A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.

Deaconhood () The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.

Deaconry () See Deaconship.

Deaconship () The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

Dead () Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.

Dead () Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.

Dead () Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.

Dead () Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.

Dead () So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.

Dead () Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.

Dead () Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

Dead () Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.

Dead () Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.

Dead () Bringing death; deadly.

Dead () Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.

Dead () Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.

Dead () Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.

Dead () Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.

Dead () Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.

Dead () To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.

Dead () The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.

Dead () One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.

Dead () To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.

Dead () To die; to lose life or force.

Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7.

Deadbeat () Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Deadborn () Stillborn.

Deadened () of Deaden

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