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Undeadly :: Undeadly (a.) Not subject to death; immortal.

Parentation :: Parentation (n.) Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies.

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..

Duel :: Duel (n.) A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other..

Deadlock :: Deadlock (n.) A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action..

Dead :: Dead (adv.) To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly.

Feral :: Feral (a.) Funereal; deadly; fatal; dangerous.

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

Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

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

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) The solemn rites used in the disposition of a dead human body, whether such disposition be by interment, burning, or otherwise; esp., the ceremony or solemnization of interment; obsequies; burial; -- formerly used in the plural..

All Souls' Day :: All Souls' Day () The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead..

Lethal :: Lethal (a.) Deadly; mortal; fatal.

Globigerina :: Globigerina (n.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera..

Cerement :: Cerement (n.) A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed.

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..

Gripe :: Gripe (n.) An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging..

Seguestration :: Seguestration (n.) A kind of execution for a rent, as in the case of a beneficed clerk, of the profits of a benefice, till he shall have satisfied some debt established by decree; the gathering up of the fruits of a benefice during a vacancy, for the use of the next incumbent; the disposing of the goods, by the ordinary, of one who is dead, whose estate no man will meddle with..

Flat :: Flat (superl.) Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste..

Stun :: Stun (v. t.) To dull or deaden the sensibility of; to overcome; especially, to overpower one's sense of hearing..

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