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Word | Syllables | Categories |
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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 |