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Corsepresent :: Corsepresent (n.) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body.

Necrosed :: Necrosed (a.) Affected by necrosis; dead; as, a necrosed bone..

Smouldering :: Smouldering (a.) Being in a state of suppressed activity; quiet but not dead.

Fallen :: Fallen (a.) Dropped; prostrate; degraded; ruined; decreased; dead.

Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..

Dead :: Dead (a.) So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor..

Deadhead :: Deadhead (n.) One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc..

Churchyard :: Churchyard (n.) The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery..

Belladonna :: Belladonna (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade..

Boil :: Boil (n.) A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core..

Dead :: Dead (a.) Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall..

Sepulture :: Sepulture (n.) The act of depositing the dead body of a human being in the grave; burial; interment.

Corps :: Corps (n. sing. & pl.) The human body, whether living or dead..

Sequestrum :: Sequestrum (n.) A portion of dead bone which becomes separated from the sound portion, as in necrosis..

Carrion :: Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.

Benumbed :: Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind..

Hysterophyte :: Hysterophyte (n.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter..

Autopsy :: Autopsy (a.) Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination..

Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher.

Obtund :: Obtund (v. t.) To reduce the edge, pungency, or violent action of; to dull; to blunt; to deaden; to quell; as, to obtund the acrimony of the gall..

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