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Empalement :: Empalement (n.) A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.

Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text..

Myriologue :: Myriologue (n.) An extemporaneous funeral song, composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend..

Dead :: Dead (a.) Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep..

Jejunum :: "Jejunum (n.) The middle division of the small intestine, between the duodenum and ileum; -- so called because usually found empty after death..

Taboo :: Taboo (n.) A total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, -- an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of Polynesia; interdiction..

Die :: Die (v. i.) To pass from an animate to a lifeless state; to cease to live; to suffer a total and irreparable loss of action of the vital functions; to become dead; to expire; to perish; -- said of animals and vegetables; often with of, by, with, from, and rarely for, before the cause or occasion of death; as, to die of disease or hardships; to die by fire or the sword; to die with horror at the thought..

Vest :: Vest (v. i.) To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law..

Interregnum :: Interregnum (n.) The time during which a throne is vacant between the death or abdication of a sovereign and the accession of his successor.

Mortuary :: Mortuary (a.) A sort of ecclesiastical heriot, a customary gift claimed by, and due to, the minister of a parish on the death of a parishioner. It seems to have been originally a voluntary bequest or donation, intended to make amends for any failure in the payment of tithes of which the deceased had been guilty..

Fatally :: Fatally (adv.) In a manner issuing in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded..

Commonwealth :: Commonwealth (n.) Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659..

Mortal :: Mortal (a.) Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal..

Testatrix :: Testatrix (n.) A woman who makes and leaves a will at death; a female testator.

Martyr :: Martyr (n.) One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr..

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death..

Catastrophe :: Catastrophe (n.) The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy..

Hero :: Hero (n.) An illustrious man, supposed to be exalted, after death, to a place among the gods; a demigod, as Hercules..

Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) Specifically: To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

Life :: Life (n.) Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life..

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