Definition of dead

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

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Hysterophyte :: Hysterophyte (n.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter..
Poison :: Poison (n.) Any agent which, when introduced into the animal organism, is capable of producing a morbid, noxious, or deadly effect upon it; as, morphine is a deadly poison; the poison of pestilential diseases..
Sepulchre :: Sepulchre (n.) The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb..
Eremacausis :: Eremacausis (n.) A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals..
Stone :: Stone (n.) A monument to the dead; a gravestone.
Mortal :: Mortal (a.) Destructive to life; causing or occasioning death; terminating life; exposing to or deserving death; deadly; as, a mortal wound; a mortal sin..
Shintiism :: Shintiism (n.) One of the two great systems of religious belief in Japan. Its essence is ancestor worship, and sacrifice to dead heroes..
Mortmain :: Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate..
Slough :: Slough (v. i.) 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..
Duel :: Duel (n.) A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other..
Dead-reckoning :: Dead-reckoning (n.) See under Dead, a..
Stillborn :: Stillbirth (n.) The birth of a dead fetus.
Curarine :: Curarine (n.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.
Offal :: Offal (n.) A dead body; carrion.
Necrophobia :: Necrophobia (n.) An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.
Dust :: Dust (n.) The earth, as the resting place of the dead..
Fatal :: Fatal (a.) Causing death or destruction; deadly; mortal; destructive; calamitous; as, a fatal wound; a fatal disease; a fatal day; a fatal error..
Dead :: Dead (n.) One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
Smouldering :: Smouldering (a.) Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.
Resurrectionize :: Resurrectionize (v. t.) To raise from the dead.
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