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Pieta :: Pieta (n.) A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels..

Infernal :: Infernal (a.) Of or pertaining to or suitable for the lower regions, inhabited, according to the ancients, by the dead; pertaining to Pluto's realm of the dead, the Tartarus of the ancients..

Dead :: Dead (v. t.) To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor..

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

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..

Dead :: 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..

Beat :: Beat (v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat..

Adipocere :: Adipocere (n.) A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration..

Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..

Deadly :: Deadly (adv.) In a manner to occasion death; mortally.

Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A monument erected to inclose the body and preserve the name and memory of the dead.

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

Scup :: Scup (n.) A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug..

Necrological :: Necrological (a.) Of or pertaining to necrology; of the nature of necrology; relating to, or giving, an account of the dead, or of deaths..

Asphaltum :: Asphaltum (n.) Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen..

Cemetery :: Cemetery (n.) A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

Doornail :: Doornail (n.) The nail or knob on which in ancient doors the knocker struck; -- hence the old saying, As dead as a doornail..

Cerement :: Cerement (n.) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.

Shroud :: Shroud (n.) Especially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet..

Inhume :: Inhume (v. t.) To deposit, as a dead body, in the earth; to bury; to inter..

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