Words starting with deadmar
Maybe these words will be useful:
- deadman — a heavy plate, wall, or block buried in the ground that acts as an anchor for a retaining wall, sheet pile, etc, by a tie connecting the two
- deadman's float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- deadmen — Plural form of deadman.
- dead duck — If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding.
- dead fingers — a disease of users of pneumatic drills, characterized by anaesthesia of the fingertips and cyanosis
- dead firing — firing of a furnace or boiler at less than normal operating temperature in order to maintain conditions desirable during a period of idleness.
- dead freight — an amount owed by a contractor who charters space in a ship but fails to occupy it fully.
- dead from the neck up — stupid or unintelligent
- dead giveaway — (Idiomatic) Something that discloses, usually unintentionally, a fact or an intention.
- dead hand — You can refer to the dead hand of a particular thing when that thing has a bad or depressing influence on a particular situation.