Definition of dead

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

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Suability :: Styx (n.) The principal river of the lower world, which had to be crossed in passing to the regions of the dead..
Mortiferous :: Mortiferous (a.) Bringing or producing death; deadly; destructive; as, a mortiferous herb..
Sleep :: Sleep (v. i.) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
Deadhead :: Deadhead (n.) One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc..
Carrion :: Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
Offal :: Offal (n.) A dead body; carrion.
Stool :: Stool (n.) A small channel on the side of a vessel, for the dead-eyes of the backstays..
Curarine :: Curarine (n.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.
Streel :: Streek (v. t.) To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak..
Dead :: Dead (v. i.) To die; to lose life or force.
Cadaverous :: Cadaverous (a.) Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body..
Fatal :: Fatal (a.) Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error..
Damper :: Damper (n.) That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.
Necrolatry :: Necrolatry (n.) The worship of the dead; manes worship.
Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments..
Necrology :: Necrology (n.) An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices..
Corpse :: Corpse (n.) The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.
Defunct :: Defunct (a.) Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.
Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.
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