Death :: Death (v. i.) Anything so dreadful as to be like death.
Death's-head :: Death's-head (n.) A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.
Death's-herb :: Death's-herb (n.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).
Deathbed :: Deathbed (n.) The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness..
Deathbird :: Deathbird (n.) Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.
Deathblow :: Deathblow (n.) A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.
Deathful :: Deathful (a.) Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.
Deathful :: Deathful (a.) Liable to undergo death; mortal.
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death..
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick..
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) The guard set over a criminal before his execution.