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| Word | Syllables | Categories | 
|---|---|---|
| decedent | x/x | Noun, Noun | 
| passed away | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| predeceased | xx/ | Verb | 
| pass away | /x/ | Phrase, Verb | 
| funerary | /xxx | Adjective | 
| obituary | x/xxx | Noun | 
| cremated | /xx | Verb | 
| funeral | /xx | Noun | 
| death | / | Noun | 
| in memoriam | xx/xx | Phrase, Adverb, Noun | 
| death certificate | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun | 
| mortality | x/xx | Noun | 
| death toll | // | Phrase, Noun | 
| murdered | /x | Verb | 
| corpse | / | Noun | 
| interment | xxx | Noun | 
| graveside | /x | Noun | 
| bereaved | x/ | Adjective | 
| deathbed | /x | Noun | 
| embalmed | x/ | Adjective | 
| dead | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| wrongful death | /x/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| memorial service | x/xx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| postmortem | x/x | Noun | 
| interred | x/ | Verb | 
| cemetery | /xxx | Noun | 
| perished | /x | Verb | 
| mourner | /x | Noun | 
| burial | /xx | Noun | 
| memorial | x/xx | Noun | 
| posthumous | /xx | Adjective | 
| deathly | /x | Adjective | 
| terminally ill | /xxxx | Phrase, Adjective | 
| bereavement | x/x | Noun | 
| memorialized | x/xxx | Verb | 
| gravestone | /x | Noun | 
| casket | /x | Noun | 
| decomposed | xx/ | Verb | 
| deadened | /x | Adjective | 
| decapitated | x/xxx | Adjective | 
| mortuary | /xxx | Noun | 
| funeral home | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| deathless | /x | Noun | 
| sepulchral | xxx | Adjective | 
| autopsy | /xx | Noun | 
| mortality rate | x/xx/ | Phrase, Noun | 
| postmortem examination | x/xxxx/x | Phrase, Noun | 
| graveyard | /x | Noun | 
| died | / | Noun | 
| headstone | /x | Noun | 
| undead | xx | Noun | 
| suffocated | /xxx | Verb | 
| post mortem | //x | Phrase, Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| funereal | x/xx | Adjective | 
| above | x/ | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| advices | x/x | Noun, Verb | 
| afflicted | x/x | Adjective | 
| aged | / | Adjective, Noun | 
| aggrieved | x/ | Adjective | 
| ailing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| alter | /x | Verb, Noun | 
| annuitant | x/xx | Noun | 
| apathetic | xx/x | Adjective | 
| asleep | x/ | Adjective | 
| at peace | // | Phrase, Adjective | 
| at rest | // | Phrase | 
| bedridden | /xx | Adjective | 
| beloved | x/ | Adjective, Noun | 
| cadaveric | x/xx | Adjective | 
| casualty | /xxx | Noun | 
| childless | /x | Adjective | 
| col | x | Noun | 
| comrade | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| deadly | /x | Adjective, Adverb | 
| decease | x/ | Noun, Verb | 
| defunct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| departed | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| distraught | x/ | Adjective | 
| divorced | x/ | Adjective | 
| downstairs | // | Noun, Adverb, Adjective | 
| exiled | /x | Adjective | 
| expired | x/ | Adjective | 
| express | x/ | Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb | 
| extinct | x/ | Adjective, Verb, Noun | 
| extirpated | /xxx | Adjective | 
| fallen | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| fast | / | Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb | 
| fatal | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| fatalities | x/xx | Noun | 
| gone | / | Adjective | 
| gross | / | Adjective, Name, Verb | 
| harris | /x | Name | 
| hon | / | Noun, Adjective | 
| incapacitated | xx/xxx | Adjective | 
| infernal | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| intestate | x/x | Noun, Adjective | 
| ironworks | /xx | Noun | 
| junior | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| killed | / | Adjective | 
| lamented | x/x | Adjective | 
| late | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun | 
| lazarus | /xx | Name, Verb | 
| long | / | Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb | 
| main | / | Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb | 
| married | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| missing | /x | Adjective, Noun | 
| passed | / | Adjective | 
| person | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| sainted | /x | Adjective | 
| slain | / | Noun | 
| unmarried | x/x | Adjective, Noun | 
| unusual | x/xx | Adjective, Noun | 
| victim | /x | Noun, Verb | 
| widowed | /x | Adjective | 
| wronged | / | Verb | 
| zombie | /x | Noun | 
