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Mortmain :: Mortmain (n.) Possession of lands or tenements in, or conveyance to, dead hands, or hands that cannot alienate..

Death's-herb :: Death's-herb (n.) The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna).

Inanimate :: Inanimate (a.) Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances..

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

Offal :: Offal (n.) A dead body; carrion.

Impalsy :: Impalsy (v. t.) To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.

Manes :: Manes (n. pl.) The benevolent spirits of the dead, especially of dead ancestors, regarded as family deities and protectors..

Chain :: Chain (n.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels..

Obituary :: Obituary (n.) A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead..

Hysterophyte :: Hysterophyte (n.) A plant, like the fungus, which lives on dead or living organic matter..

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

Necrosed :: Necrosed (a.) Affected by necrosis; dead; as, a necrosed bone..

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..

Lethiferous :: Lethiferous (a.) Deadly; bringing death or destruction.

All Souls' Day :: All Souls' Day () The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead..

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..

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..

Hydra-tainted :: Hydra-tainted (a.) Dipped in the gall of the fabulous hydra; poisonous; deadly.

Parallelism :: Parallelism (n.) Similarity of construction or meaning of clauses placed side by side, especially clauses expressing the same sentiment with slight modifications, as is common in Hebrew poetry; e. g.: --//At her feet he bowed, he fell:/Where he bowed, there he fell down dead. Judg. v. 27..

Dead-reckoning :: Dead-reckoning (n.) See under Dead, a..

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