dazzling, a. [brilliant], [intense], [glaring].

deacon, n. Associated words: diaconal, diaconate.

dead, a. [lifeless], deceased, inanimate, defunct, extinct, departed; inert, obtuse, impassive, [callous], [torpid], [unfeeling], [subdued].

dead body. See corpse.

deadborn, a. stillborn.

deaden, v. [blunt], [benumb], hebetate, [moderate]; devitalize, [subdue].

dead-house, n. morgue; ossuarium, charnel-house, mortuary, [tomb].

deadly, a. [fatal], mortal, lethal, lethiferous, [noxious], internecine; [implacable], [unrelenting].

deaf-mute, n. Associated word: dactylology.

deal, v. [distribute], [apportion], [dispense], [allot]; [trade], traffic, negotiate.