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horary
  • a  relating to the hours
    the horary cycle
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deadened
  • v  make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
  • v  cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
  • v  make vapid or deprive of spirit
    deadened wine
  • v  lessen the momentum or velocity of
  • v  become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
  • v  make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
  • v  convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
  • s  devoid of physical sensation; numb
    she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth
  • s  made or become less intense
    the deadened pangs of hunger
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deadening
  • n  the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)
  • v  make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible
  • v  cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients
  • v  make vapid or deprive of spirit
  • v  lessen the momentum or velocity of
  • v  become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
  • v  make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation
  • v  convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
  • s  so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
    the deadening effect of some routine tasks
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deadlocked
  • s  at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions
    the two factions are deadlocked over fringe benefits
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decimal
  • n  a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10
  • n  a number in the decimal system
  • s  numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten
    the decimal system
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deadly
  • s  causing or capable of causing death
    a deadly enemy
  • s  of an instrument of certain death
    deadly poisons
  • s  extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  • s  involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
    the seven deadly sins
  • s  exceedingly harmful
  • s  (of a disease) having a rapid course and violent effect
  • r  as if dead
  • r  (used as intensives) extremely
    deadly dull
    deadly earnest
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deadpan
  • s  deliberately impassive in manner
    deadpan humor
  • r  without betraying any feeling
    she told the joke deadpan
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deaf
  • n  people who have severe hearing impairments
    many of the deaf use sign language
  • v  make or render deaf
    a deafening noise
  • a  lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing wholly or in part
  • s  (usually followed by `to') unwilling or refusing to pay heed
    deaf to her warnings
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