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| Abaddon |
in the Old Testament, a place of destruction; abode of the wicked dead; hell. [1/2 definitions] |
| alive |
having life; not dead. |
| All Souls' Day |
in some Christian churches, a day of prayer for the dead, usu. on November 2. |
| Anubis |
in Egyptian mythology, the god, represented with a jackal head, who leads the dead to judgment. |
| asleep |
dead. [1/7 definitions] |
| at rest |
dead. [1/2 definitions] |
| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| bioscopy |
the medical examination of a body to establish whether it is dead or alive. |
| blind spot |
an area nearby but which, or in which, one cannot see or hear what is happening, such as an area behind an automobile in motion that the driver cannot see through a rear-view mirror, or an acoustically dead spot in an auditorium. [1/4 definitions] |
| body |
a dead body of a human being; corpse. [1/7 definitions] |
| burial |
the act of putting a dead body underground or in the sea. |
| burial ground |
a place where ancient or primitive civilizations buried their dead, or a place where many soldiers were buried after a battle. |
| bury |
to put (a dead body) in the ground, or into the water at sea. [1/2 definitions] |
| cadaver |
a dead body, esp. one used for medical research or instruction. |
| carcass |
the body of a dead animal. |
| carrion |
dead and rotting flesh. [1/3 definitions] |
| casket |
a box in which a dead person is buried; coffin. |
| catafalque |
a raised platform on which a dead body, usu. in a coffin, rests during or prior to an elaborate funeral. |
| cemetery |
a place where the bodies of dead people are put in the ground. |
| cenotaph |
a monument in memory of a dead person who is buried at a different location. |
| cerecloth |
a fabric coated with wax in order to render it waterproof, formerly used for wrapping the dead before burial. [1/2 definitions] |
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