| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| burial |
the act of putting a dead body underground or in the sea. |
| carcass |
the body of a dead animal. |
| casket |
a box in which a dead person is buried; coffin. |
| cemetery |
a place where the dead are buried; graveyard. |
| coffin |
a box in which a dead person is buried. |
| corpse |
a dead human body. |
| court |
a short street with a dead end. [1/8 definitions] |
| cuticle |
the tough, dead skin along the bottom edge and sides of the fingernails and toenails. |
| dandruff |
a thin white crust of dead skin that forms on the scalp and is shed in flakes. |
| dead |
those who are dead. [1/8 definitions] |
| Dead Sea |
a large salt lake between the countries of Israel and Jordan. The Dead Sea lies at about 1300 feet below sea level, which makes it the lowest known place on the surface of the earth. |
| deceased |
no longer alive; dead. [2 definitions] |
| die1 |
to stop living; become dead. [1/4 definitions] |
| done for |
(informal) dying or dead; near death. |
| fallen |
dead. [1/3 definitions] |
| funeral |
a ceremony for a dead person. |
| fungus |
one of a large group of living things that appear similar to plants but cannot make their own food using sunlight in the way plants do. Fungi consume plant, animal, and other living matter. Mushrooms, yeasts, and molds are fungi. Fungi help decompose dead plants and animals. |
| ghoul |
an evil spirit that is believed to eat people and dead bodies. |
| grave1 |
a hole dug in the ground where a dead body is buried. |
| graveyard |
an area of ground where dead people are buried; cemetery. |