Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z deadmelt To melt steel at high temperatures in order to deoxidize it. deadname A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name. deadnamer One who deadnames. deadness The state of not being alive; lifelessness. deadnettle Any plant of a species in genus Lamium, which closely resembles the nettle, but does not possess stinging hairs. Deadose A Native American tribe formerly living in present-day Texas. deadout A colony of bees whose members have all died deadpan Deliberately impassive or expressionless. deadpanner One who makes deadpan remarks. deadpanness The state or quality of being deadpan deadpool Of a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt. deadrise The angle between a horizontal line drawn from the keel and the angle of the garboard and its attachment to the keel. deads The substances that enclose the ore on every side. deadsorb To remove material that has accumulated at or near a surface deadstart A bootup procedure. deadstick To land an aircraft without power. deadstock Merchandise that has not yielded any use yet: from the view of the businessperson, one that has failed to be sold or processed and is now stowed away for possible sale or manufacturing at a later date, from the view of the consumer, a piece that has been obtained but not found application and is now—perhaps even with original labelling or packaging—stored for future ideas. deadtime The time between a change in a signal and the response to that change. deadverbial Deriving from an adverb. deadvoice The previous voice of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their voice. deadwater A suburb of Bordon in Whitehill parish, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8035). deadwood Dead branches or wood on a tree, or coarse woody debris. deadwork Unprofitable work that is necessary as a preliminary, e.g. preparing a mine before ore can be extracted. deadworks The parts of a laden ship that are above water. Deadwyler A surname deady (A nickname for) gin, or a particular kind of gin. deaerate To remove the air or gas from the interstices of something, such as a liquid or solid. deaerated From which the air or gas has been removed deaeration The process of removing dissolved gasses from a liquid. deaerator A device that removes oxygen and other dissolved gases from a liquid; especially, one that treats the feedwater to a steam boiler. deaf Unable (or partially able) to hear. deafaz A harsh slap to the ear which causes the target's eardrums to ring. deafblind Unable to see and hear. deafblindness The medical condition of being both deaf and blind. deafen To make deaf, either temporarily or permanently. deafener One who, or that which, deafens. deafening Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. deafeningly In a deafening manner. deafeningness The quality of being deafening. deafferent Detached from the nervous system. deafferentate Synonym of deafferent. deafferentated Synonym of deafferent. deafferentation The state of having an incomplete afferent connection with the central nervous system. deafferentiated Modified by deafferentation deaffiliate To make no longer affiliated; to cease the affiliation of. deaffiliation The process of deaffiliating. deafforest To change the status of (a forest) so that it is no longer legally regarded as forest land. deafforestation The act of deafforesting; the withdrawal of forest status from a piece of land. deaffricate To undergo deaffrication. deaffrication The reverse process of affrication; the process of turning an affricate into a plosive or a fricative. deafhood The journey of a hearing-impaired individual's discovering of their identity, culture, and purpose. deafie A deaf person. deafish Somewhat deaf. deafism A stereotypy characteristic of deaf people. deafly In a deaf manner; without the aid of a sense of hearing. Deaflympian someone who competes in the Deaflympics Deaflympic Of or relating to the Deaflympics. Deaflympics A sports competition held every two years for deaf people. deafmutism The condition of being a deaf-mute. deafness The condition of being deaf; the lack or loss of the ability to hear. deafo A deaf person. deage To reduce the apparent age of. deaged Having been subjected to deaging. deagglomerate To break down an agglomerate into smaller sized particles deagglomeration The process of breaking up or dispersing that which has agglomerated, or aggregated, or clustered together. deaggregate To separate something into its component parts. deaggregation The process of deaggregating. deaggressivization Neutralising the urges of aggression. deaggro To become no longer aggressive towards the player's character. deagle Desert Eagle (a type of pistol) Deagon A northern suburb of Brisbane in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. deagonize The removal of agony; to cause relief or happiness back. deagrarianization The process of moving a societal structure away from an agrarian mode toward something else. Deahl A surname from German. deaiify To remove the artificial intelligence from. deair To remove the air from. Deak A surname. Deakin A surname, variant of Deacon. Deakins A surname deal A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece. dealable Able to be dealt. dealanylate To undergo dealanylation. dealanylation The removal of an alanyl group from a molecule dealate Having lost or shed its wings, usually in the normal course of its life cycle. dealated Having shed or lost its wings, usually in the normal course of its life cycle. dealation The shedding of wings. dealbate To whiten. dealbation The process or act of becoming or being made white, most commonly by bleaching; whitening. dealcoholization The removal of alcohol from something, especially from a histological sample that has been previously treated with alcohol to remove water dealcoholize To remove the alcohol from. deale A surname dealer One who deals in goods, especially automobiles; a middleman. dealerdom The world or sphere of dealers. dealership A place that sells items, especially cars. dealfish A deep-sea ribbonfish of species Trachipterus arcticus, from the North Atlantic, dealgan A kind of spindle, around which the cord is rolled as it is made, afterwards being slipped off the end by removing the whorl. dealie A thing, especially one seen as complex or having much associated with it. dealign To put, or to become, out of alignment dealignment The process of dealigning. dealing A business transaction. dealings Relations with others. dealkylase Any enzyme that catalyses a dealkylation reaction dealkylate To remove alkyl groups from (a compound), especially as part of the oil refining process. dealkylated That has been through a dealkylation process. dealkylating Describing an agent used in the dealkylation process. dealkylation The removal of alkyl groups from a compound dealkylative Accompanied by dealkylation deallergization The process of deallergizing. deallergize To reduce a person or animal's allergic reaction to some substance; to desensitize. deallocate To remove from the set of resources put aside for (allocated to) a particular user or purpose. deallocation The act of deallocating. deallocator One who, or that which, deallocates. dealloyed From which alloys have been removed. dealloying The selective leaching of a component of an alloy dealmaker One who makes or brokers business or political transactions. dealmaking The making of commercial, financial or political deals dealth A share dealt out; a portion or division. Dealu A village in Hârtiești, Argeș County, Romania. dealuminate To chemically remove alumina or aluminates from a material. dealuminated That has been treated in a dealumination process dealumination The chemical removal of alumina or aluminates from a material, especially from a zeolite in the manufacture of industrial catalysts etc dealwood deal; wood that is relatively soft and easy to saw dealy An object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot recall. deambulate To go out walking; to stroll. deambulation A walking abroad; a promenading. deambulatory A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory. deamidase An enzyme, carboxypeptidase C. deamidate To remove an amide functional group from a compound deamidation The conversion of glutamine, asparagine, glutamine residues in a polypeptide to glutamic acid or aspartic acid by treatment with strong acid, transamidase or deamidase. deamidative That deamidates. deamidization Synonym of deamidation. deamidize Synonym of deamidate. deamidizing That hydrolyses the C-N bond of amides deaminase An enzyme that catalyses deamination deaminate To remove an amino group from (a compound), especially by the use of a deaminase enzyme. deaminated That has had one or more amino groups removed deamination The removal of an amino group from a compound. deaminative Relating to deamination deaminization The process of deaminizing. deaminize To remove an amino group from a compound deaminoacylate To remove an aminoacyl group deaminoacylation The removal of an aminoacyl group deaminooxytocin demoxytocin deamplification The process of deamplifying. deamplify To reduce a level of amplification dean A senior official in a college or university, who may be in charge of a division or faculty (for example, the dean of science) or have some other advisory or disciplinary function (for example, the dean of students). Deanda A surname. Deandre A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage. Deane A surname from Middle English, a variant of Dean. deaner A shilling.