| graveyard |
an area of ground where dead people are buried; cemetery. |
| hyena |
a mammal with very long front legs and shorter back legs. Hyenas look like dogs, but are more closely related to cats. They have a cry that sounds like strange human laughter. Most kinds of hyena are nocturnal and eat the remains of dead animals. Hyenas are found in Africa and Asia. |
| jackal |
a mammal that is closely related to wolves and dogs. Jackals eat the remains of dead animals and hunt for small or weak animals. Several kinds of jackals are found in Asia and Africa. |
| Jordan |
a river in southwestern Asia. It flows from Lebanon, along the border of Israel and Jordan, and into the Dead Sea. [1/2 definitions] |
| memorial |
a ceremony, custom, building, or statue to honor a dead person or past event. |
| Memorial Day |
a U.S. holiday to honor dead soldiers, usually held on the last Monday in May. |
| mummify |
to make a dead body into a mummy by using special chemicals and wrapping it tightly in cloth. This process preserves the body. |
| mummy |
a dead body that has been preserved with special chemicals and wrapped in cloth. The ancient Egyptians are famous for their mummies. |
| play possum |
to pretend to be asleep or dead; keep very still to avoid being noticed. Opossums do this so predators will ignore them. |
| remains |
a dead body; corpse. [1/3 definitions] |
| scavenger |
an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants; a person who finds things that others no longer want. |
| tomb |
a hole in which a dead body is buried; grave. [2 definitions] |
| tombstone |
a piece of stone that marks a grave and may give the dead person's name and dates of birth and death; gravestone. |
| undertaker |
a person whose job is to prepare dead bodies for burial and make arrangements for funerals. |
| underworld |
an imaginary world beneath the earth's surface where dead people and spirits live. [1/2 definitions] |
| vulture |
a large bird that usually has dark feathers and a bald head and neck. There are many kinds of vulture. These birds are related to hawks and feed on dead animals. |
| wake1 |
a watch kept over the body of a dead person before it is buried. [1/3 definitions] |