Reverse Dictionary: CORPSE

ADJECTIVES
► CADAVERIC characteristic of a corpse → 1835-6
► POLLINCED of a corpse: embalmed → 1623 obs.
► THRO of a corpse: stiff, rigid → 1400 obs.
► UNSTRAIGHTED not laid out for burial; said of a corpse → 1827 Sc. obs.

NOUNS
► BLOB a corpse; a road accident victim → 1970 UK sl. (Bk.)
► BONE-HOUSE a building or vault in which corpses or bones are piled → 1799
► BOX OF CARRION, A a corpse → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BUZZARD-BAIT a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person → 1851 Amer. sl.
► BUZZARD MEAT a corpse left in the open; hence, a dead or doomed person → 1899 Amer. sl.
► CARRION a corpse or carcass → a1225 obs.
► COLD MEAT a corpse → L18 sl.
► COLD MEAT JOB any case that involves a corpse → 20C police sl.
► COLD MUTTON a corpse → L18 sl.
► COLD PIG a corpse → 1840 medical usage, obs.
► CORP a corpse → 1917 Amer. dial.
► DAB the corpse of a drowned impoverished, outcast woman → c1850 sl.
► DEAD a corpse → 1971 Barbados
► DEADER a corpse; a dead person → 1853 sl.
► DEAD-MEAT a corpse → 19C colloq.
► DEADO a corpse → 1919 US sl.
► DEAD PORK a corpse → 1920s US tramps’ sl.
► DECEDENT a corpse; a deceased person → L16
► DUSTMAN a corpse → L18 sl.
► FLOUNDER a drowned corpse → 1889 sl.
► GALLOWS-BIRD the corpse of one who has been hanged → M19 sl.
► GHOST a corpse → 1567 obs.
► GROWN the corpse of an adult → c1870 undertakers’ sl.
► HEARSE a corpse; a dead body → 1530 obs.
► INNOCENT a corpse → 1859 Amer. sl.
► MAGGOT BAIT an exposed or buried corpse → 1955 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
► MAGGOT MEAT an exposed or buried corpse → 1975 Amer. sl., esp. military usage
► MORT a corpse → 19C Eng. dial.
► PORK a corpse → 1920s US tramps’ sl.
► RAGS AND BONES the corpse of a poor person → 1970s African-American sl.
► SALMON a corpse fished from a river (esp. the Thames) → M19 cant
► SCAD a corpse → 1440 obs.
► SHELL a corpse → 1900 Aust. & US sl.
► STIFF a corpse → 1859 US sl.
► STIFFIE a corpse → 1859 US sl.
► TOM NODDY a corpse → 20C US rhyming sl.
► WORMBAIT a corpse → 1940s sl.
► WORM FOOD a corpse → 1940s sl.
► WORM MEAT a corpse → 1940s sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
► MORTICIA a person who takes sexual interest in corpses → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► POLLINCTOR a person who prepares a corpse for burial, cremation, or embalming, by washing, anointing, etc.; one who is employed to do this; an undertaker → 1606 chiefly Roman history
► TABLE-HOPPER a person having an obsessive fascination with corpses and death → 1987 sl.

VERBS
► CADAVERIZE to make into a corpse; to make cadaverous → 1841
► MAIL SOMEONE HOME to transport a corpse back to the US for burial → 1926 Amer. military sl.
► PURGE of a corpse: to foam at the mouth → 1945 Amer. dial.
► TAG AND BAG to put a name tag on a corpse and place the body in a body bag → 1981 US, Vietnam war  usage