plural of dead zone

An area with no life. / (ecology) An area of the ocean where oxygen levels are too low to support life, especially as a result of pollution.

plural of dead-pay

Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls. / A dead soldier whose pay is illicitly claimed by another person.

Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat.

Possessed of an extremely poor or non-existent sense of smell.

(poker slang) Chips that a player who has since folded has put into the pot. / (poker slang) Money of weaker players.

plural of dead-ender

One who has no prospects for the future; a loser; a dropout.

(military) an area of ground hidden from an observer due to undulations in the land / (mining) the portion of a vein in which there is no ore