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Definition: DEAD CALM |
DEAD CALM1. (Naut.), no wind at all. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Quiescence | Quiet, tranquility, calm; repose; peace; dead calm, anticyclone; statue-like repose; silence; not a breath of air, not a mouse stirring; sleep; (inactivity). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: DEAD CALM |
| English words defined with "DEAD CALM": Irishman's hurricane. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dead Calm (1989) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Theater & Movies | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Mate of the Mildred Louise, bootlegger: a dead calm, sir and I regret to report that the fore part of the ship ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dead calm | 60 |
dead calm movie | 8 |
nicole kidman dead calm | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DEAD CALM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rasvatyven. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Flaute (calm, deadness, depression, doldrums, inactivity, lull, slowness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | teljes szélcsend. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | bonaccia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | kiuney vooar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eadday almcay nici o adiere de vânt. (various references) совершенно спокойный. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-d-e-l-m" | |
-1 letter: decadal. | |
-2 letters: alcade, calmed, daedal, macled. | |
-3 letters: addle, camel, clade, decal, dedal, laced, laded, lamed, maced, macle, medal. | |
-4 letters: aced, acme, alae, alec, alma, alme, cade, calm, came, clad, clam, dace, dada, dale, dame, dead, deal, lace, lade, lama, lame, lead, mace, made, male, mead, meal, meld. | |
-5 letters: aal, ace, add, ala, ale, ama, cad. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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