(medicine, historical) A pandemic outbreak of bubonic plague throughout Europe and most of Asia in the 14th century that killed nearly half the population of Europe and Asia.

(automotive) A position in the four-stroke combustion process wherein the piston is at the topmost point in its stroke. This can either be during the compression phase or the combustion phase.

Alternative spelling of deadbeat

Alternative spelling of dead weight

(idiomatic) Close to death.

Deliberately impassive or expressionless. / Having such a face or look. / Impassive.

In a deadpan manner.

A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.

To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.

The bed on which someone dies. / The last hours before death.