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- dead time — the interval of time immediately following a stimulus, during which an electrical device, component, etc, is insensitive to a further stimulus
- dead tree — (publication, jargon) Paper. Use of this term emphasises the waste of natural resources and limited features available from the printed form of a document compared with an electronic rendition. E.g. "I read the dead tree edition of the Guardian on the train". See also tree-killer.
- dead wire — a wire that is not carrying current
- dead wood — People or things that have been used for a very long time and that are no longer considered to be useful can be referred to as dead wood.
- dead zone — an area of water that cannot support marine life, being virtually devoid of oxygen due to the presence of nitrates that stimulate algae growth
- dead-beat — If you are dead-beat, you are very tired and have no energy left.
- dead-head — To dead-head a plant which is flowering means to remove all the dead flowers from it.
- dead-melt — to melt (steel) until killed.
- dead-spot — Anatomy. a small area on the retina that is insensitive to light due to the interruption, where the optic nerve joins the retina, of the normal pattern of light-sensitive rods and cones.
- dead-tree — printed on paper
- deadbeats — Plural form of deadbeat.
- deadening — A deadening situation destroys people's enthusiasm and imagination.
- deadfalls — Plural form of deadfall.
- deadheads — Plural form of deadhead.
- deadhouse — a mortuary
- deadliest — causing or tending to cause death; fatal; lethal: a deadly poison.
- deadlight — a bull's-eye let into the deck or hull of a vessel to admit light to a cabin
- deadlined — Simple past tense and past participle of deadline.
- deadlines — Plural form of deadline.
- deadlocks — Plural form of deadlock.
- deadstick — To land an aircraft without power.
- deadstock — the merchandise or commodities of a shop, etc, that is unsold and generating no income
- deadwoods — Plural form of deadwood.
- decadence — deterioration, esp of morality or culture; decay; degeneration
- decadency — the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
- decadents — Plural form of decadent.
- deck load — cargo carried on an open deck of a ship.
- defiladed — Simple past tense and past participle of defilade.
- defilades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defilade.
- degraders — Plural form of degrader.
- degrading — causing humiliation; debasing
- desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
- devadasis — Plural form of devadasi.
- diademing — Present participle of diadem.
- diradical — an atom or molecule having two unpaired electrons.
- dirt road — an unpaved road.
- disadjust — (transitive) to undo an adjustment.
- disadvise — (transitive) To advise against; to dissuade from.
- dissuaded — Simple past tense and past participle of dissuade.
- dissuader — One who dissuades.
- dissuades — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissuade.
- doorstead — the structure of a doorway.
- dopeheads — Plural form of dopehead.
- downgrade — a downward slope, especially of a road.
- downloads — to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device.
- dreadfull — Archaic spelling of dreadful.
- dreadless — having no apprehension, fear, or dread
- dreadlock — A single strand of dreadlocks.
- drop dead — inspiring awe, astonishment, or envy: a drop-dead guest list; a drop-dead sable coat.
- drop-dead — inspiring awe, astonishment, or envy: a drop-dead guest list; a drop-dead sable coat.