Day lily () A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.
Daymaid (n.) A dairymaid.
Daymare (n.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare.
Day-net (n.) A net for catching small birds.
Day-peep (n.) The dawn.
Daysman (n.) An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.
Dayspring (n.) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning.
Day-star (n.) The morning star; the star which ushers in the day.
Day-star (n.) The sun, as the orb of day.
Daytime (n.) The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.
Daywoman (n.) A dairymaid.
Dazed (imp. & p. p.) of Daze
Dazing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Daze
Daze (v. t.) To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.
Daze (n.) The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze.
Daze (n.) A glittering stone.
Dazzled (imp. & p. p.) of Dazzle
Dazzling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dazzle
Dazzle (v. t.) To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.
Dazzle (v. t.) To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind.
Dazzle (v. i.) To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.
Dazzle (v. i.) To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.
Dazzle (n.) A light of dazzling brilliancy.
Dazzlement (n.) Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light.
Dazzlingly (adv.) 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 (n.) 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 (n.) The chairman of an incorporated company.
Deacon (v. t.) To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off.
Deaconess (n.) A female deacon
Deaconess (n.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons.
Deaconess (n.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop.
Deaconess (n.) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.
Deaconhood (n.) The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.
Deaconry (n.) See Deaconship.
Deaconship (n.) The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.
Dead (a.) 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 (a.) Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
Dead (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
Dead (a.) Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
Dead (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
Dead (a.) Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
Dead (a.) Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
Dead (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
Dead (a.) Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
Dead (a.) Bringing death; deadly.
Dead (a.) Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
Dead (a.) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
Dead (a.) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
Dead (a.) 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 (a.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
Dead (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
Dead (n.) The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
Dead (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
Dead (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
Dead (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.
Dead beat () See Beat, n., 7.
Deadbeat (a.) 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 (a.) Stillborn.
Deadened (imp. & p. p.) of Deaden
Deadening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Deaden
Deaden (a.) To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.
Deaden (a.) To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.
Deaden (a.) To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.
Deaden (a.) To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.
Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks.
Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye.
Deadhead (n.) One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc.
Deadhead (n.) A buoy. See under Dead, a.
Dead-hearted (a.) Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.
Deadhouse (n.) A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.
Deadish (a.) Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.
Deadlatch (n.) 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 (n.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.
Deadlihood (n.) State of the dead.
Deadliness (n.) The quality of being deadly.
Deadlock (n.) A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.
Deadlock (n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.
Deadly (a.) Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.
Deadly (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.
Deadly (a.) Subject to death; mortal.
Deadly (adv.) In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death.
Deadly (adv.) In a manner to occasion death; mortally.
Deadly (adv.) In an implacable manner; destructively.
Deadly (adv.) Extremely.
Deadness (n.) 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.
Dead-pay (n.) Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
Dead-reckoning (n.) See under Dead, a.
Deads (n. pl.) The substances which inclose the ore on every side.
Dead-stroke (a.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.
Deadwood (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.
Deadwood (n.) Dead trees or branches; useless material.
Deadworks (n. pl.) The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.
Deaf (a.) Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.
Deaf (a.) Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.
Deaf (a.) Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.
Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
Deaf (a.) Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn.
Deaf (v. t.) To deafen.
Deafened (imp. & p. p.) of Deafen