These are the meanings of the letters DNDEA when you unscramble them.
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Dead (a.)
Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man.
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Dead (a.)
Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
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Dead (a.)
Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.
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Dead (a.)
Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.
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Dead (a.)
So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.
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Dead (a.)
Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.
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Dead (a.)
Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.
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Dead (a.)
Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall.
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Dead (a.)
Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.
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Dead (a.)
Bringing death; deadly.
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Dead (a.)
Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works.
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Dead (a.)
Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect.
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Dead (a.)
Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.
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Dead (a.)
Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.
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Dead (a.)
Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle.
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Dead (adv.)
To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.
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Dead (n.)
The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.
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Dead (n.)
One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.
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Dead (v. t.)
To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor.
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Dead (v. i.)
To die; to lose life or force.
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Dean (n.)
A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop.
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Dean (n.)
The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college.
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Dean (n.)
The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.
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Dean (n.)
A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department.
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Dean (n.)
The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy.