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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 |
