| Dead Sea Scrolls |
scrolls dating from about 100 B.C. to 70 A.D. that were found in caves above the Dead Sea, and that contain scriptural and other writings of a Jewish religious community. |
| dead set against |
utterly opposed to; strongly against. |
| dead weight |
the unrelieved weight of any inert mass, esp. a human or animal body. [3 definitions] |
| deadwood |
on a tree, branches or sections of trunk that are dead. [2 definitions] |
| deaf |
partly or totally lacking the sense of hearing. [2 definitions] |
| deafen |
to cause to become deaf. [2 definitions] |
| deafening |
extremely loud, sometimes loud enough to cause hearing loss. |
| deaf-mute |
one who can neither hear nor speak. [2 definitions] |
| deal1 |
to take specific action about something (usu. fol. by "with"). [15 definitions] |
| deal2 |
fir or pine wood, or planks made of such wood. |
| dealate |
having lost the wings in combat, through injury, or the like, as certain insects that shed their wings after the mating flight. |
| dealer |
one who buys and sells; trader or merchant. [2 definitions] |
| dealership |
a sales agency authorized to sell a particular product in a particular area. |
| dealing |
(usu. pl.) business transactions; official interactions or relations. [2 definitions] |
| dealt |
past tense and past participle of deal1. |
| dean |
a college or university official, responsible for administering a department or office of the institution. [4 definitions] |
| deanery |
the position, realm of authority, or residence of a church dean. |
| dean's list |
a list of students with the highest overall academic grade averages in a given term. |
| dear |
loved or precious. [9 definitions] |
| dearie |
(informal, old-fashioned) darling; dear. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. [2 definitions] |