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Necrology

An account of deaths, or of the dead; a register of deaths; a collection of obituary notices.

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List 76% connected

A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Listing 76% connected

of List

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Notice 76% connected

The act of noting, remarking, or observing; observation by the senses or intellect; cognizance; note.

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Obit 92% connected

Death; decease; the date of one's death.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Obituary 92% connected

That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a perso…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Account noun · 78% connection

A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; as, no satisfactory account has been given of the…

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Accumulator noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register

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Accumulator register noun · 78% connection

(computer science) a register that has a built-in adder that adds an input number to the contents of the register

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Anthology noun · 78% connection

A collection of flowers of literature, that is, beautiful passages from authors; a collection of poems or epigrams; -- particularly ap…

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Beat verb · 78% connection

A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade; -- often emphasized by dead; as, a dead beat.

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Bibliography noun · 78% connection

A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

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Book noun · 78% connection

A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.

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Carcass noun · 78% connection

A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.

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Chronicle noun · 78% connection

An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.

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Coincidence noun · 78% connection

The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

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Control noun · 78% connection

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Dead adjective · 78% connection

Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

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Death noun · 78% connection

the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"

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Death rate noun · 78% connection

the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year

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Deathrate noun · 78% connection

the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year

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Fatality rate noun · 78% connection

the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year

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Gazette noun · 78% connection

A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing le…

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Inregister verb · 78% connection

To register; to enter, as in a register.

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