A plaster or similar cast of a person's face after death.

(transitive) To render less lively; to diminish; to muffle. / (intransitive) To become less lively; to diminish (by itself). / (transitive) To make soundproof.

(Church history) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).

(Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir. / (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.

The postal facility that deals with mail that cannot be delivered.

The section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death.

Former glacier ice that is no longer connected to the active glacier, therefore not moving, and becoming covered with sediments.

(idiomatic, informal, often sarcastic) Something very important or difficult; a matter of great concern; a considerable feat or achievement. / (idiomatic, informal) Someone very important; a VIP.

(idiomatic, informal, ironic) Indicates that something is not important or impressive; so what.

present participle of dead stick