dead-man's float prone float | a floating position with the face down and arms stretched forward |
workload work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply |
dead reckoning | navigation without the aid of celestial observations |
Office of the Dead | an office read or sung before a burial mass in the Roman Catholic Church |
blind alley cul de sac dead-end street impasse | a street with only one way in or out |
cargo lading freight load loading payload shipment consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
cul cul de sac dead end | a passage with access only at one end |
dead-air space | an unventilated area where no air circulates |
dead axle | an axle that carries a wheel but without power to drive it |
dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
live load superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
load loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered |
morgue mortuary dead room | a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation |
warhead payload load | the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents |
dead weight | a heavy motionless weight |
dead center dead centre | the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
dead hand dead hand of the past mortmain | the oppressive influence of past events or decisions |
body dead body | a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person, they found the body in the lake |
guess guesswork guessing shot dead reckoning | an estimate based on little or no information |
burden load encumbrance incumbrance onus | an onerous or difficult concern, the burden of responsibility, that's a load off my mind |
dead weight | an oppressive encumbrance |
dead language | a language that is no longer learned as a native language |
Dead Sea scrolls | (Old Testament) a collection of written scrolls (containing nearly all of the Old Testament) found in a cave near the Dead Sea in the late s, the Dead Sea Scrolls provide information about Judaism and the Bible around the time of Jesus |
dead letter dead mail | mail that can neither be delivered nor returned |
funeral march dead march | a slow march to be played for funeral processions |
dead metaphor frozen metaphor | a metaphor that has occurred so often that it has become a new meaning of the expression (e.g., `he is a snake' may once have been a metaphor but after years of use it has died and become a new sense of the word `snake') |
dead heat | a tie in a race |
dead | people who are no longer living, they buried the dead |
dead drop | a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information, a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time |
load line Plimsoll line Plimsoll mark Plimsoll | waterlines to show the level the water should reach when the ship is properly loaded |
Dead Sea | a saltwater lake on the border between Israel and Jordan, its surface in feet below sea level |
dead person dead soul deceased person deceased decedent departed | someone who is no longer alive, I wonder what the dead person would have done |
ringer dead ringer clone | a person who is almost identical to another |
zombi zombie living dead | a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force |
lode load | a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks |
load | the power output of a generator or power plant |
richweed clearweed dead nettle Pilea pumilla | a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves |
hemp nettle dead nettle Galeopsis tetrahit | coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle, common as a weed in United States |
dead nettle | any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips |
white dead nettle Lamium album | European dead nettle with white flowers |
hedge nettle dead nettle Stachys sylvatica | foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome |
dead-man's-fingers dead-men's-fingers Xylaria polymorpha | the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria |
mortmain dead hand | real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation) |
load | an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate, he got a load on and started a brawl |
load loading | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time, the system broke down under excessive loads |
load factor | (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g) |
dead letter non-issue | the state of something that has outlived its relevance |