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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| corpses | /x | Noun, Noun |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective |
| undead | xx | Noun |
| deaths | / | Noun |
| deadened | /x | Adjective |
| bodies | /x | Noun |
| burials | /xx | Noun |
| funerary | /xxx | Adjective |
| graveyard | /x | Noun |
| cremated | /xx | Verb |
| deathly | /x | Adjective |
| lifeless | /x | Adjective |
| mortality | x/xx | Noun |
| cadavers | x/x | Noun |
| death toll | // | Phrase, Noun |
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun |
| deadwood | /x | Noun |
| decedents | x/x | Noun |
| dead hand | // | Phrase, Noun |
| sepulchral | xxx | Adjective |
| skeletons | /xx | Noun |
| fatalities | x/xx | Noun |
| dead zone | // | Phrase, Noun |
| ghosts | / | Noun |
| grave | / | Noun |
| funeral | /xx | Noun |
| carcasses | /xx | Noun |
| died | / | Noun |
| deathless | /x | Noun |
| coffins | /x | Noun |
| decomposed | xx/ | Verb |
| mourners | /x | Noun |
| killed | / | Verb |
| die off | // | Phrase, Verb |
| mortuary | /xxx | Noun |
| deadly | /x | Adjective |
| memorial | x/xx | Noun |
| embalmed | x/ | Adjective |
| graveside | /x | Noun |
| zombie | /x | Noun |
| suicides | /xx | Noun |
| perished | /x | Verb |
| morbid | /x | Adjective |
| ghostly | /x | Adjective |
| dead duck | // | Phrase, Noun |
| murdered | /x | Verb |
| decapitated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| entombed | x/ | Verb |
| pass away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb |
| casket | /x | Noun |
| abruptly | x/x | Adverb |
| absolute | /xx | Adjective, Noun |
| absolutely | xx/x | Adverb |
| afterlife | /xx | Noun |
| alive | x/ | Adjective |
| all in | /x | Phrase, Adjective, Noun |
| alley | /x | Noun |
| animal | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| animate | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| annihilation | xxx/x | Noun |
| asleep | x/ | Adjective |
| assassinated | x/xxx | Adjective |
| at peace | // | Phrase, Adjective |
| at rest | // | Phrase |
| away | x/ | Adverb, Adjective, Verb |
| barren | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| beat | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective |
| bloodless | /x | Adjective |
| boring | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| breathless | /x | Adjective |
| brides | / | Noun |
| broken | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| brothers | /x | Noun |
| bummer | /x | Noun |
| buried | /x | Adjective |
| busted | /x | Adjective |
| calcined | /x | Adjective |
| capital | /xx | Noun, Adjective |
| captain | /x | Noun, Verb |
| captives | /x | Verb |
| carcase | /x | Noun |
| casualties | /xxx | Noun |
| celebrated | /xxx | Adjective |
| claimed | / | Adjective |
| cold | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| compatriots | x/xx | Noun |
| complete | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| comrades | /x | Noun |
| cooked | / | Adjective |
| coupe | / | Noun |
| crippled | /x | Adjective |
| cut | / | Verb, Noun, Adjective |
| damn | / | Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun |
| decaying | x/x | Noun |
| defunct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| demented | x/x | Adjective |
| departed | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| diseased | x/ | Adjective |
| distraught | x/ | Adjective |
| dixie | /x | Name |
| doctors | /x | Name |
| doomed | / | Adjective |
| dormant | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| down | / | Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| downloaded | /xx | Verb |
| drained | / | Adjective |
| drowned | / | Adjective |
| duck | / | Noun, Verb |
| elder | /x | Noun, Verb |
| empty | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| end | / | Noun, Verb |
| executed | /xxx | Adjective |
| execution | xx/x | Noun |
| expendable | x/xx | Adjective, Name |
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| extinguished | x/x | Adjective |
| eyed | / | Adjective |
| fallen | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| fatally | /xx | Adverb |
| feeding | /x | Noun |
| finished | /x | Adjective |
| flakes | / | Noun |
| flat | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb |
| floor | / | Noun, Verb |
| frightened | /x | Adjective |
| gallows | /x | Noun |
| gob | / | Noun, Verb |
| gone | / | Adjective |
| goner | /x | Noun |
| goon | / | Noun, Verb |
| heaven | /x | Noun, Verb |
| human | /x | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| idle | /x | Adjective, Verb, Noun |
| inactive | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| inanimate | x/xx | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| inelastic | xx/x | Adjective |
| inert | x/ | Adjective, Noun, Verb |
| inoperative | x/xxx | Adjective |
| insensitive | x/xx | Adjective |
| lambda | /x | Noun |
| late | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun |
| lethal | /x | Adjective, Noun |
| life | / | Noun, Verb |
| litter | /x | Noun, Verb |
| live | / | Verb, Adjective, Adverb |
| looking | /x | Verb, Noun |
| loss | / | Noun, Verb |
| lost | / | Adjective |
| luckless | /x | Adjective |
| maimed | / | Adjective, Noun |
| malfunctioning | x/xx | Noun |
| man | / | Noun, Adjective, Verb |
| martyred | /x | Verb |
| matt | / | Name, Adjective |
| menzies | /x | Name |
| meta | /x | Noun, Adjective |
| mitt | / | Noun |
| morgue | / | Noun |
| mort | / | Noun |
| mortal | /x | Adjective, Noun, Adverb |
| mortally | /xx | Adverb |
| nonconscious | x/x | Adjective |
| noncurrent | x/x | Adjective |
| nonfunctional | x/xx | Adjective |
| nonliving | x/x | Adjective |
| numb | / | Adjective, Verb |
| out | / | Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective |
| out of play | /// | Phrase |
| parched | / | Adjective |
| passed | / | Adjective |
| penalty | /xx | Noun |
| people | /x | Noun, Verb |
| perfectly | /xx | Adverb |
| persons | /x | Noun |
| pilgrim | /x | Noun, Verb |
| political | x/xx | Adjective, Noun |
| postmortem | x/x | Adjective, Noun |
| precise | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| prisoner | /xx | Noun |
| punishment | /xx | Noun |
| quenched | / | Adjective |
| reaper | /x | Noun |
