brain-dead |
characterized by brain death. [2 definitions] |
dead as a doornail |
definitely dead, or beyond hope of revitalizing. |
dead center |
the exact center. [2 definitions] |
dead duck |
(informal) a person or thing that is too deteriorated or ruined to be helped or saved, or that is sure to suffer ruin or failure. |
dead end |
a street, alley, or conduit that is closed at one end, offering no through passage. [2 definitions] |
dead heat |
a race that ends in a tie between two or more contestants. |
dead letter |
a letter that the post office is unable to deliver or return, usu. because of an incorrect address or the lack of a return address. [2 definitions] |
dead load |
the fixed or permanent weight of a structure that exerts a uniform, constant pressure on the supports. (Cf. live load.) |
dead march |
a slow, solemn piece of music, esp. a march played during a funeral procession. |
dead reckoning |
the calculation of the position of a ship or airplane on the basis of speed, distance, wind speed, and currents, rather than on more accurate astronomical observations. |
Dead Sea |
a large salt lake between Israel and Jordan, and the lowest recorded land elevation on earth, at about 1300 feet below sea level. |
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] |
dead-end |
having one end or outlet closed. [2 definitions] |
dead-letter office |
a postal department to which undeliverable or unreturnable letters and parcels are sent to be opened, delivered if an address can be found, or destroyed. |