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Deadwood :: Deadwood (n.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

Malignity :: Malignity (n.) Virulence; deadly quality.

Lifeless :: Lifeless (a.) Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story..

Scup :: Scup (n.) A marine sparoid food fish (Stenotomus chrysops, or S. argyrops), common on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It appears bright silvery when swimming in the daytime, but shows broad blackish transverse bands at night and when dead. Called also porgee, paugy, porgy, scuppaug..

Inurn :: Inurn (v. t.) To put in an urn, as the ashes of the dead; hence, to bury; to intomb..

Carcass :: Carcass (n.) A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast..

Deadbeat :: Deadbeat (a.) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.

Mortling :: Mortling (n.) An animal, as a sheep, dead of disease or privation; a mortling..

Dead-eye :: Dead-eye (n.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye..

Deadener :: Deadener (n.) One who, or that which, deadens or checks..

Deadhead :: Deadhead (n.) One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc..

Necropolis :: Necropolis (n.) A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard..

Carrion :: Carrion (a.) Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.

Embalm :: Embalm (v. t.) To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices; to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction..

Wake :: Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish..

Mortpay :: Mortpay (n.) Dead pay; the crime of taking pay for the service of dead soldiers, or for services not actually rendered by soldiers..

Matte :: Matte (n.) A dead or dull finish, as in gilding where the gold leaf is not burnished, or in painting where the surface is purposely deprived of gloss..

Tailstock :: Tailstock (n.) The sliding block or support, in a lathe, which carries the dead spindle, or adjustable center. The headstock supports the live spindle..

Deadly :: Deadly (a.) Subject to death; mortal.

Corpus :: Corpus (n.) A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing..

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