dead
Webster Dictionary
lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc
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resurrection
Webster Dictionary
especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment
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reckoning
Webster Dictionary
the calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation
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khirbet qumran
(ˈkɪər bɛt ˈkʊm rɑn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
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dead
Webster Dictionary
still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight
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manes
Webster Dictionary
the benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors
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dead
Webster Dictionary
unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade
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obituary
Webster Dictionary
a list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead
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dead
Webster Dictionary
wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works
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beat
Webster Dictionary
a cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat
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dead
Webster Dictionary
sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty
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dirige
Webster Dictionary
a service for the dead, in the Roman Catholic Church, being the first antiphon of Matins for the dead, of which Dirige is the first word; a dirge
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slough
Webster Dictionary
the dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification
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dead
Webster Dictionary
monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall
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dead
(ɛd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the dead, dead persons collectively.
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dead
Webster Dictionary
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
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mortpay
Webster Dictionary
dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers
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infernal
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients
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necro-
(ˈnɛkˌtaɪ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a combining form meaning “the dead,”“corpse,”“dead tissue”: necrology. Also, esp. before a vowel,necr-.
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lifeless
Webster Dictionary
destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story
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slough
Webster Dictionary
to form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly
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carcass
Webster Dictionary
a dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast
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repose
(ɪˈpoʊz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to lie dead.
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rest
(ɛst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dead.
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asleep
(əˈslip)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
dead.
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lifelessly
(deadly, lifelessly)
Princeton's WordNet
as if dead
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departed
(asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone)
Princeton's WordNet
dead
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deceased
(asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone)
Princeton's WordNet
dead
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deadly
(deadly, lifelessly)
Princeton's WordNet
as if dead
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at rest
(asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone)
Princeton's WordNet
dead
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