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Deadlatch :: Deadlatch (n.) A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key..

Sepulchre :: Sepulchre (n.) The place in which the dead body of a human being is interred, or a place set apart for that purpose; a grave; a tomb..

Remain :: Remain (n.) The posthumous works or productions, esp. literary works, of one who is dead; as, Cecil's.

Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A litter, or frame, for carrying disabled, wounded, or dead persons..

Cadaver :: Cadaver (n.) A dead human body; a corpse.

Resurrection :: Resurrection (n.) State of being risen from the dead; future state.

Tore :: Tore (n.) The dead grass that remains on mowing land in winter and spring.

Hornbill :: Hornbill (n.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals..

Banewort :: Banewort (n.) Deadly nightshade.

Exanimate :: Exanimate (a.) Lifeless; dead.

Ashy :: Ashy (a.) Ash-colored; whitish gray; deadly pale.

Undeadly :: Undeadly (a.) Not subject to death; immortal.

Cremation :: Cremation (n.) A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead..

Ossuary :: Ossuary (n.) A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.

Hyoscyamine :: Hyoscyamine (n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc..

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..

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

Mortling :: Mortling (n.) Wool plucked from a dead sheep; morling.

Fatiferous :: Fatiferous (a.) Fate-bringing; deadly; mortal; destructive.

Parentation :: Parentation (n.) Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies.

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