* DEATH * BA the eternal soul, in Egyptian mythology [n -S] DIE to cut with a die (a device for shaping material) [v DIED, DIEING, DIES] / to cease living [v DIED, DYING, DIES] BIBE a creature whose crying is an omen of death [n -S] BIER a coffin stand [n -S] BURY to put in the ground and cover with earth [v BURIED, BURYING, BURIES] : REBURY UNBURY, BURIER(s) CIST a prehistoric stone coffin [n -S] : CISTED [adj] : KIST(s) DEAD deprived of life [adj DEADER, DEADEST] / the period of greatest intensity [n -S] KEEN enthusiastic [adj KEENER, KEENEST] / to wail loudly over the dead [v -ED, -ING, -S] KILL to cause to die [v -ED, -ING, -S] : KILLABLE [adj] UNKILLABLE(s) KIST a chest, box, or coffin [n -S] : CIST(s), KISTFUL(s) LICH a {corpse=n} [n -ES] : LYCH(es), LICHGATE(s) LYCH {lich=n} [n -ES] : LYCHGATE(s) MORT a note sounded on a hunting horn to announce the killing of an animal [n -S] OBIT an {obituary=n} [n -S] SATI {suttee=n} [n -S] SAUL {soul=n} [n -S] SLAY to kill violently [v SLEW or SLAYED, SLAIN, SLAYING, SLAYS] : SLAYABLE [adj] SLAYINGS SLAYER(s) SOUL the spiritual aspect of human beings [n -S] : SOULED, SOULLESS, SOULLIKE [adj], SAUL(s) TOMB to place in a tomb (a burial vault or chamber) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : TOMBAL [adj] AMORT being without life [adj] ANIMA the {soul=n} [n -S] ATMAN the individual soul in Hinduism [n -S] CAIRN a mound of stones set up as a memorial [n -S] : CAIRNED, CAIRNY [adj] CORSE a {corpse=n} [n -S] CRYPT a burial vault [n -S] : CRYPTAL [adj] DEATH the end of life [n -S] DIRGE a funeral song [n -S] : DIRGEFUL [adj], DIRGELIKE ELEGY a mournful poem for one who is dead [n -GIES] : ELEGIST(s), ELEGISE or ELEGIZE FATAL causing or capable of causing death [adj] : FATALLY GHOST to {haunt=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : GHOSTY GHOSTLY GHOSTLIKE GHOSTWRITE GHOSTLINESS GRAVE extremely serious [adj GRAVER, GRAVEST], GRAVELY/ to {engrave=v} [v GRAVED, GRAVEN, GRAVING, GRAVES] HAINT a ghost [n -S] INTER to {bury=v} [v -TERRED, -TERRING, -TERS] LYNCH to put to death without legal sanction [v -ED, -ING, -ES] MOURN to feel or express grief or sorrow [v -ED, -ING, -S] : MOURNER(s) MUMMY to {mummify=v} [v -MIED, -MYING, -MIES] PIETA a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of Christ [n -S] SHIVA a period of mourning [n -S] : SHIBAH SHIVA SHIVAH AMRITA a beverage that bestows immortality in Hindu mythology [n -S] BURIAL the act of burying [n -S] : REBURIAL BURIER one that {buries=v} [n -S] CASKET to place in a casket (a burial case) [v -ED, -ING, -S] COFFIN to put in a coffin (a burial case) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : UNCOFFIN [v] CORPSE a dead body [n -S] : CORSE(s) CORPUS a human or animal body [n -PORA or -PUSES] DEADEN to diminish the sensitivity or vigor of [v -ED, -ING, -S] : DEADENER(s) DEADLY {fatal=adj} [adj -LIER, -LIEST] DEATHY {deathly=adj} [adj] DIBBUK {dybbuk=n} [n -BUKS or -BUKIM] : DIBBUKIM DIBBUKS DYBBUKIM DYBBUKS DYBBUK a wandering soul in Jewish folklore [n -BUKS or -BUKIM] : DIBBUKIM DIBBUKS DYBBUKIM DYBBUKS EMBALM to treat so as to protect from decay [v -ED, -ING, -S] : IMBALM, EMBALMER(s) ENSOUL to endow with a soul [v -ED, -ING, -S] : INSOUL ENTOMB to place in a tomb [v -ED, -ING, -S] : INTOMB EULOGY a formal expression of high praise [n -GIES] : EULOGIST(s), EULOGIUM(s), EULOGISE or EULOGIZE EXEQUY a funeral procession [n -QUIES] : EXEQUIAL [adj] FANTOM {phantom=n} [n -S] FUNEST portending death or evil [adj] GHOSTY {ghostly=adj} [adj GHOSTIER, GHOSTIEST] HEARSE to transport in a hearse (a vehicle for conveying corpses) [v HEARSED, HEARSING, HEARSES] IMBALM to {embalm=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] : IMBALMER(s) INHUME to {bury=v} [v -HUMED, -HUMING, -HUMES] INSOUL to {ensoul=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] INTOMB to {entomb=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] KURGAN a mound of earth over a grave [n -S] LETHAL a death-causing genetic defect [n -S] : LETHALLY [adv], LETHALITY UNLETHAL MARTYR to put to death for adhering to a belief [v -ED, -ING, -S] MONODY an elegy performed by one person [n -DIES] : MONODIC [adj] MORGUE a place where dead bodies are kept for identification [n -S] MORTAL a human being [n -S] PNEUMA the soul or spirit [n -S] REBURY [v -BURIED, -BURYING, -BURIES] SERDAB a chamber within an ancient Egyptian tomb [n -S] SHIBAH {shiva=n} [n -S] : SHIBAH SHIVA SHIVAH SHIVAH {shiva=n} [n -S] : SHIBAH SHIVA SHIVAH SHROUD to wrap in burial clothing [v -ED, -ING, -S] SLAYER one that {slays=v} [n -S] : MANSLAYER(s) STARVE to die from lack of food [v STARVED, STARVING, STARVES] SUTTEE a Hindu widow cremated on her husband's funeral pile to show her devotion to him [n -S] : SATI(s) THOLOS a circular, underground tomb [n -LOI] TOMBAL pertaining to a tomb [adj] UNBURY to remove from the ground after burial [v -BURIED, -BURYING, -BURIES] UNDEAD a {vampire=n} [n UNDEAD] WRAITH a ghost [n -S] ANIMISM the belief that souls may exist apart from bodies [n -S] ANIMIST an adherent of animism [n -S] AUTOPSY to examine a dead body to determine the cause of death [v -SIED, -SYING, -SIES]: AUTOPSIC, AUTOPSIST(s) CADAVER a {corpse=n} [n -S] : CADAVERIC, CADAVEROUS(ly), CARCASE {carcass=n} [n -S] CARCASS the body of a dead animal [n -ES] : CARCASE(s) CARRION dead and putrefying flesh [n -S] CHARNEL a room where corpses are placed [n -S] COINTER to bury together [v -TERRED, -TERRING, -TERS] CONDOLE to {mourn=v} [v -DOLED, -DOLING, -DOLES] CORONER an officer who investigates questionable deaths [n -S] CREMATE to reduce to ashes by burning [v -MATED, -MATING, -MATES] : CREMATOR(s) CRUCIFY to put to death on a cross [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] DEADEYE an expert marksman [n -S] DEADMAN an anchor for securing a rope in mountain climbing [n DEADMEN] DEADPAN to act without emotion [v -PANNED, -PANNING, -PANS] : DEADPANNER(s) DEATHLY {fatal=adj} [adj DEATHLIER DEATHLIEST] : DEATHY DECRYPT to {decode=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] EIDOLIC pertaining to an {eidolon=n} [adj] EIDOLON a {phantom=n} [n -LONS or -LA] ELEGISE to {elegize=v} [v -GISED, -GISING, -GISES] : ELEGIST(s) ELEGIST one that writes elegies [n -S] ELEGIZE to write an elegy [v -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] : ELEGISE ENCRYPT to {encipher=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] EPITAPH an inscription on a tomb [n -S] : EPITAPHIC EPITAPHIAL FATALLY in a fatal manner [adv] FUNERAL a ceremony held for a dead person [n -S] GHOSTLY {spectral=adj} [adj -LIER, -LIEST] : GHOSTY GRAVELY in a grave manner [adv] KISTFUL as much as a kist can hold [n -S] INEARTH to {bury=v} [v -ED, -ING, -S] LEMURES the ghosts of the dead in ancient Roman religion [n] MASTABA an ancient Egyptian tomb [n -S] : MASTABAH(s) MOURNER one that {mourns=v} [n -S] MUMMIFY to preserve by embalming [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] : MUMMY [v], MUMMIFICATION NECROSE to affect with necrosis [v -CROSED, -CROSING, -CROSES] OBSEQUY a funeral rite [n -QUIES] OSSUARY a receptacle for the bones of the dead [n -ARIES] PASSING a {death=n} [n -S] PHANTOM something existing in appearance only [n -S] : FANTOM(s) PHANTOMLIKE REQUIEM a musical composition for the dead [n -S] SAMSARA the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth in Buddhism [n -S] : SAMSARIC [adj] SOULFUL full of emotion [adj] : SOULFULLY TUMULUS a mound over a grave [n -LI or -LUSES] : adj: TUMULAR TUMULOSE TUMULOUS UNDYING not subject to death [adj] VAMPIRE a reanimated corpse believed to feed on sleeping persons' blood [n -S] : VAMPIRIC [adj] VANITAS a still-life painting having symbols of death or change [n -ES] WAILFUL {mournful=adj} [adj] ACELDAMA a place of bloodshed [n -S] ATHANASY immortality [n -SIES] AUTOPSIC pertaining to an autopsy [adj] BIOLYSIS {death=n} [n -YSES] : BIOLYTIC [adj] BUZZKILL one that has a depressing or negative effect [n -S] CEMETERY a burial ground [n -TERIES] CENOTAPH an empty tomb [n -S] CINERARY used for cremated ashes [adj] CORONACH a {dirge=n} [n -S] CREMAINS the ashes of a cremated body [n] CREMATOR one that {cremates=v} [n -S] : CREMATORY CREMATORIUM CRYONICS the practice of freezing dead bodies for future revival [n] : CRYONIC [adj] CUBICULA burial chambers [n] DEADBEAT a {loafer=n} [n -S] DEADBOLT a lock for a door [n -S] DEADENER one that {deadens=v} [n -S] DEADFALL a type of animal trap [n -S] DEADHEAD to travel without freight [v -ED, -ING, -S] DEADLIFT to execute a type of lift in weight lifting [v -ED, -ING, -S] DEADLINE a time limit [n -S] / to set a time limit on something [v -NED -NES -NING] DEADLOCK to come to a standstill [v -ED, -ING, -S] DEADNESS the state of being dead [n -ES] DEADWOOD a reinforcement in a ship's keel [n -S] DEATHBED the bed on which a person dies [n -S] DEATHCUP a poisonous mushroom [n -S] DEATHFUL {fatal=adj} [adj] DOLOROSO having a mournful musical quality [adj] DOLOROUS {mournful=adj} [adj] EMBALMER one that {embalms=v} [n -S] : IMBALMER(s), EMBALMMENT(s) ENCOMIUM a {eulogy=n} [n -MIUMS or -MIA] EPICEDIA funeral songs [n] EPICEDIUM EULOGISE to {eulogize=v} [v -GISED, -GISING, -GISES] EULOGIST one that {eulogizes=v} [n -S] EULOGIUM a {eulogy=n} [n -GIA or -GIUMS] EULOGIZE to praise highly [v -GIZED, -GIZING, -GIZES] : EULOGISE, EULOGIZER(s) FATALISM the doctrine that all events are predetermined [n -S] FATALIST a believer in fatalism [n -S] : FATALISTIC, FATALISTICALLY FATALITY a death resulting from an unexpected occurrence [n -TIES] FUNERARY pertaining to a {funeral=n} [adj] FUNEREAL {funerary=adj} [adj] : FUNEREALLY [adv] GHOSTING a false image on a television screen [n -S] GOLGOTHA a place of burial [n -S] HECATOMB a great sacrifice or slaughter [n -S] IMBALMER {embalmer=n} [n -S] IMMOLATE to kill as a sacrifice [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES] : IMMOLATOR(s), IMMOLATION(s) IMMORTAL one who is not subject to death [n -S] INCORPSE to become combined with [v -CORPSED, -CORPSING, -CORPSES] LETHALLY in a deadly manner [adv] LICHGATE lychgate (a roofed gateway to a churchyard) [n -S] LYCHGATE a roofed gateway to a churchyard [n -S] : LICHGATE(s) MASTABAH {mastaba=n} [n -S] MAUSOLEA large, stately tombs [n] : MAUSOLEAN [adj], MAUSOLEUM(s) MEMORIAL something that serves as a remembrance of a person or event [n -S] : MEMORIALLY MORIBUND being about to die [adj] : MORIBUNDITY MORTALLY {fatally=adv} [adv] : IMMORTALLY MORTUARY a place where dead bodies are kept until burial [n -ARIES] MOURNFUL expressing grief or sorrow [adj -FULLER, -FULLEST] : MOURNFULLY [adv], MOURNFULNESS(es) MOURNING an outward sign of grief [n -S] : MOURNINGLY NECROPSY to perform an autopsy on [v -SIED, -SYING, -SIES] NECROSIS the death of living tissue [n -CROSES] : NECROTIC [adj] NONFATAL not fatal [adj] OBITUARY a published notice of a death [n -ARIES] : OBITUARIST(s) OVERSOUL a supreme reality or mind in transcendentalism [n -S] PREDEATH the period preceding a person's death [n -S] REBURIAL a second burial [n -S] SLAYABLE [adj] SLAYINGS SLAYING, the act or an instance of killing [n] SOULLESS [adj] : SOULLESSLY SOULLIKE [adj] STRANGLE to choke to death [v -GLED, -GLING, -GLES] THANATOS an instinctual desire for death [n -ES] TOMBLESS having no tomb [adj] TOMBLIKE resembling a tomb [adj] UNBURIED [adj] UNCOFFIN to remove from a coffin [v -ED, -ING, -S] UNLETHAL not lethal [adj] YAHRZEIT an anniversary of the death of a family member observed by Jews [n -S] AUTOPSIST [n -S] CREMATION [n -S] CREMATORY [n -RIES] DEADLIGHT [n -S] DEADENING [n -S] : DEADENINGLY DEATHBLOW [n -S] DEATHCARE [adj] DEATHLESS [adj] : DEATHLESSLY [adv], DEATHLESSNESS DEATHLIKE DEATHSMAN [n DEATHSMEN] DEATHTRAP [n -S] DIRGELIKE DISEMBODY [v -BODIED -BODIES -BODYING] EPICEDIUM a funeral song [n -DIA] EULOGIZER [n -S] EUTHANIZE [v -ZED -ZES -ZING] : EUTHANATIZE FATALNESS [n -ES] GHOSTLIKE GRAVELESS GRAVELIKE GRAVENESS [n -ES] GRAVESIDE [n -S] GRAVESITE [n -S] GRAVEWARD GRAVEYARD [n -S] IMMOLATOR [n -S] LANDGRAVE [n -S] LETHALITY [n -TIES] MANSLAYER [n -S] MAUSOLEUM [n -S] : MAUSOLEA MEGADEATH [n -S] MORTALITY [n -TIES] MORTICIAN [n -S] NECROLOGY [n -GIES] : NECROLOGICAL [adj], NECROLOGIST(s) NECROPOLI {necropolis=n] NECROTIZE [v -ZED -ZES -ZING] NECROTOMY [n -MIES] NONLETHAL [adj] NONMORTAL [n -S] SUBLETHAL [adj] : SUBLETHALLY TOMBSTONE [n -S] UNMOURNED [n -S] ANTEMORTEM [adj] CADAVERINE [n -S] CADAVEROUS [adj] : CADAVEROUSLY CATAFALQUE a raised platform to support a casket [n -S] CREMATORIA (crematorium=n) : CREMATORIUMS DEADLINESS [n -S] DEADPANNER [n -S] DEADWEIGHT [n -S] DEATHWATCH [n -ES] EMBALMMENT [n -S] ENTOMBMENT [n -S] EULOGISTIC [adj] : EULOGISTICALLY EUTHANASIA [n -S] : EUTHANASIC [acj] FATALISTIC [adj] : FATALISTICALLY GHOSTWRITE [v -WROTE -WRITTEN -WRITES -WRITING] : GHOSTWRITER(s) GUILLOTINE [v -NED -NES -NING] GRAVESTONE [n -S] IMMOLATION [n -S] MOURNINGLY NECROMANCY [n -CIES] : NECROMANTIC {adj], NECROMANCER(s) NECROPOLIS a large cemetary or burial ground [n -LISES -LEIS -LES -LI] OBITUARIST [n -S] POSTMORTEM [n -S] SEMILETHAL [n -S] UNDERTAKER [n -S] UNKILLABLE [n -S] CREMATORIUM [n -RIA or -RIUMS] EUTHANATIZE (euthanize=v) [v -ZED -ZES -ZING] GHOSTLINESS [ n -ES] GHOSTWRITER [n -S] IMMORTALISE [v -SED -SES -SING] : IMMORTALIZE IMMORTALITY [n -TIES] IMMORTALIZE [v -ZED -ZES -ZING] : IMMORTALIZER(s), IMMORTALISE MORIBUNDITY [n -TIES] NECROLOGIST [n -S] NECROMANCER [n -S] NECROPHILIA [n -S] : NECROPHILISM(s) NECROPHILIC [adj] PHANTOMLIKE SOULFULNESS [n -ES] THANATOLOGY [n -GIES] : THANATOLOGICAL, THANATOLOGIST(s) IMMORTALIZER [n -S] MOURNFULNESS [n -ES] NECROPHAGOUS NECROPHILIAC [n -S] NECROPHILISM [n -S] : NECROPHILIA(s) POSTDEADLINE [adj] SOULLESSNESS [n -ES] DEATHLESSNESS [n -ES] MUMMIFICATION [n -S] THANATOLOGIST [n -S] IMMORTALIZATION * List compiled from OWL3 + OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka