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Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.

Lethiferous :: Lethiferous (a.) Deadly; bringing death or destruction.

Funeral :: Funeral (n.) Per. taining to a funeral; used at the interment of the dead; as, funeral rites, honors, or ceremonies..

Eremacausis :: Eremacausis (n.) A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals..

Deathly :: Deathly (adv.) Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick..

Knot :: Knot (n.) A portion of a branch of a tree that forms a mass of woody fiber running at an angle with the grain of the main stock and making a hard place in the timber. A loose knot is generally the remains of a dead branch of a tree covered by later woody growth.

Necrophobia :: Necrophobia (n.) An exaggerated fear of death or horror of dead bodies.

Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation..

Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..

Dead :: Dead (a.) Bringing death; deadly.

Deathliness :: Deathliness (n.) The quality of being deathly; deadliness.

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

Stone :: Stone (n.) A monument to the dead; a gravestone.

Envenom :: Envenom (v. t.) To taint or impregnate with venom, or any substance noxious to life; to poison; to render dangerous or deadly by poison, as food, drink, a weapon; as, envenomed meat, wine, or arrow; also, to poison (a person) by impregnating with venom..

Mortmain :: Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate..

Trental :: Trental (n.) An office and mass for the dead on the thirtieth day after death or burial.

Slough :: Slough (n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

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

Mute :: Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..

Defunct :: Defunct (a.) Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased.

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