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rigor mortis, fatal, moribund (Latin)
39 words from the Italic (Indo-European) family. Predominantly nouns. Representative words: rigor mortis, fatal, moribund, postmortal, immortal.
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inheritverbTo receive property, a title, or a genetic characteristic...mortaladjectiveSubject to death; causing or liable to cause death; of or...mysterynounSomething that is difficult or impossible to understand or...deathnounThe permanent cessation of all biological functions that...killverbTo cause the death of a living organism; to put to death.passionnounA strong and barely controllable emotion; an intense...amortizeverbTo gradually write off the initial cost of an asset over a...executeverbTo carry out or put into effect a plan, order, or course of...immortaladjectiveLiving forever; never dying or decaying; deserving to be...poisonnounA substance that causes illness, injury, or death when...aristocracynounA form of government in which power is held by a hereditary...doomnounDeath, destruction, or an unavoidable terrible fate;...fataladjectiveCausing death; having ruinous consequences; decisively...funeralnounA ceremony held in connection with the burial or cremation...grieveverbTo feel intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's...innocentadjectiveNot guilty of a crime or offense; free from moral wrong;...orcnounA monstrous humanoid creature of Germanic folklore and...phoenixnounA mythical bird that cyclically burns itself to death and...supernovanounThe explosive death of a massive star, resulting in a brief...autopsynounA post-mortem examination to discover the cause of death or...cemeterynounA large burial ground, especially one not in a churchyard.demisenoun / verbA person's death; the end or failure of an enterprise or...draconianadjectiveExcessively harsh or severe, especially of laws or their...expireverbTo come to the end of a period of validity; to die; to...felonynounIn common law, a crime regarded as more serious than a...griefnounIntense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death; deep...martyrnounA person who suffers death or great suffering for a cause,...moribundadjectiveAt the point of death; in terminal decline; lacking...mortalitynounThe state of being subject to death; the death rate in a...mortgagenounA legal agreement by which a bank or other creditor lends...mortifyverbTo cause someone to feel extremely embarrassed or...mortuarynounA room or building in which dead bodies are kept before...perishverbTo die, especially in a violent or sudden way; to suffer...plaguenounA contagious bacterial disease characterized by fever and...postmortaladjectiveOccurring or existing after death; relating to the period...psychenounThe human soul, mind, or spirit; the totality of the human...rigor mortisnounThe stiffening of the joints and muscles of a body a few...shibbolethnounA word, pronunciation, custom, or belief that distinguishes...starveverbTo suffer or die from lack of food, from Old English...