Reverse Dictionary: DEATH

ADJECTIVES
..971 ► DEATHLY subject to death, mortal → obs.
1000 ► DEADLY subject to death, mortal → obs.
1240 ► DEATHFUL full of death; fraught with death; mortal, fatal, destructive, deadly
1300 ► DEADLY in danger of death; likely to die → obs.
1300 ► DEATH-WORTHY worthy or deserving of death
1513 ► AGONIOUS involving struggle; relating to the agony of death
1538 ► FUNESTAL relating to death or funerals; gloomy, mournful → obs.
1590 ► DEAD-DOING ‘doing to death’; causing death; killing, murderous; destructive, fatal, mortal → obs.
1616 ► DEATHFUL subject to death, mortal → arch.
1636 ► FUNEST causing death or evil; fatal., disastrous; dreadful  
1641 ► FUNESTOUS causing or portending death or evil; fatal, disastrous; dreadful → obs.
1650 ► FUNEROUS characterized by death or funerals; gloomy, mournful → obs.
1651 ► LETHIFEROUS that causes or results in death, deadly
1656 ► DEATHFUL having the appearance of death; deathly
1680 ► FAIR of death: easy, ‘natural’; without violence → obs.
1690 ► OBITAL recording or commemorating a death or deaths → obs.
1706 ► OBITUAL recording or commemorating a death or deaths
19C.. ► DEATH-DONE killed, done to death → Eng. dial. 
1820 ► RAPT taken away by death
1848 ► LETHIFERAL causing death, fatal
1856 ► NECROPHOBIC afraid of death or dead bodies
1878 ► AGONAL relating to the stage of death or the process of dying
1887 ► PRETERLETHAL happening after death → obs.
1900 ► FAR THROUGH WITH IT near death → Sc.
1905 ► UNGONE at the point of death → Eng. dial.
1916 ► FIN OUT injured, ill; near death → Amer. dial.
1942 ► ANTETHUMOUS before death → Amer. sl.
1942 ► ANTHETHUMOUS before death → Amer. sl.
1966 ► ON ONE’S LAST PEGS near death; worn out; decrepit → Amer. dial.

ADVERBS
1050 ► DEADLY in a way that causes death; mortally, fatally, to death → obs.
1315 ► ADEATH in death → obs.
1800 ► DUSTWARD towards the dust; towards death or the grave

NOUNS
..900 ► QUALE death, destruction, mortality → obs.
..900 ► WAL death, slaughter  poetic usage obs.
1000 ► BALE death, infliction of death 
1000 ► BALE-SITHE death, destruction; evil-doing, mischief; evil fortune, calamity → obs.
1000 ► BANE that which causes death or destroys life → obs.
1175 ► BANE death, murder, destruction → obs.
1205 ► QUALE-SITHE death from pestilence → obs.
1225 ► DEADLINESS a being subject to death; mortality → obs.
1330 ► DECEASE death; departure from life 
1377 ► LAST END death, the end of life → obs.
1387 ► MURRAIN death, mortality, esp. by infectious disease or pestilence → obs.
1450 ► DEATH’S SHOWER the throes or pangs of death → obs.
1534 ► FUNERAL a person’s death → obs.
1560 ► STRETCH-LEG Death; that which lays prostrate → obs.
1565 ► THE SHOWER OF DEATH the throes or pangs of death → obs.
1580 ► DECEASURE death, decease → obs.
1591 ► DECEASING death, decease → obs.
1601 ► LETHE death 
1635 ► DEBT TO NATURE death; the necessity of dying 
1651 ► SUFFERING a suffering death; execution, martyrdom → obs.
1656 ► LETHALITY ability to cause death; the condition of being lethal; deadliness 
1688 ► JUDICIAL MURDER death inflicted by process of law; capital punishment 
1691 ► OBITAL a record or register of deaths; an obituary → obs.
18C.. ► OLD BONEY death → sl.
18C.. ► OLD DAVEY death in general → nautical usage
E18.. ► DEMISE  death → euphemism
E18.. ► FALL OF THE LEAF  death → sl.
1700 ► FATE an instrument of death or destruction → poetic usage
1725 ► LONG HOME death; the grave → Amer. dial.
1727 ► LETHIFEROUSNESS death-bringing quality → obs.
1727 ► OFF-GOING death → Sc.
1735 ► DEMISSION death; relinquishment of life → obs.
M18. ► JONES’S LOCKER  death in general → nautical usage
1766 ► DEAD death → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1785 ► OLD MR. GRIM death; used as a personification → sl.
1787 ► STRAW-DEATH a natural death in one’s bed → arch.
19C.. ► BARREL-FEVER the cause of death when a lethal dose of alcohol has been ingested → sl.
19C.. ► DARBY’S DYKE death; the grave → sl.
19C.. ► DEATH-DING a death-blow → Eng. dial.  
19C.. ► UNDER-SIDE death; the grave → euphemism
1801 ► DEATHINESS appearance of death; a being ‘deathy’ 
1807 ► WARNING a notification of a death and forthcoming funeral → Amer. dial.
1812 ► DEBT OF NATURE death; the necessity of dying 
1812 ► OBITUAL a record or register of deaths; an obituary 
1823 ► SMALL-BACK death, imagined as a skeleton 
1823 ► WAYGANG death → Sc.
1836 ► RATTLE the death-rattle → Sc.
1843 ► JUDICIAL KILLING death inflicted by process of law; capital punishment 
1849 ► NECROPHOBIA fear of death or dead bodies 
1849 ► NECROPHOBY fear of death or dead bodies 
M19. ► OLD FLOORER  death → sl.
M19. ► TOPS  pamphlets and broadsheets that purport to detail deathbed confessions, last words from the gallows, etc. → sl.
1853 ► DEEDLE death; mortal injury or sickness → Sc.  
1872 ► THE DIVIDE the boundary between life and death → Amer. dial.
1887 ► ILL END a miserable death; a bad end → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1896 ► LONG LIB death → sl. (Bk.)
1898 ► AWAY-GOING death → Sc. (Bk.)
L19.. ► EVERLASTING KNOCK  death → US colloq.
L19.. ► KWY  death → sl.
20C.. ► DAISY death; a grave → Amer. sl.
20C.. ► KISS-OFF death → US criminals’ sl.
20C.. ► LAST ABODE death; the grave → US
20C.. ► LAST HOME death; the grave; a cemetery → US euphemism
20C.. ► LAST ROUNDUP death → US Western usage
20C.. ► LEAD-POISONING death from being shot with a lead bullet → US sl.
E20.. ► LAST REWARD  death → US euphemism
E20.. ► LIGHTS OUT  death → US criminals’ sl.
1900 ► FAIR DEATH a natural death → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1901 ► CURTAINS death → sl., orig. US
1901 ► TAKING death → Eng. dial.
1903 ► THANATOPHOBIA fear of death 
1904 ► BIG CURTAIN death → US theatre usage
1910 ► KAYO → K.O. death → sl.
1911 ► BIG MISS a great loss by death, or by the departure of a friend → Sc. (Bk.) 
1911 ► BONE-SHANKS Death represented as a skeleton with a scythe → Sc. (Bk.)
1915 ► THE GREAT DIVIDE the boundary between life and death → Amer. dial.
1919 ► WOODEN CROSS death in battle → services’ sl.
1920 ► BACK-GATE DISCHARGE an inmate’s death in prison → US prison sl.
1920 ► BACK-GATE EXIT an inmate’s death in prison → US prison sl.
1920 ► SOUTH-GATE DISCHARGE an inmate’s death in prison → US prison sl.
1926 ► THE CASH-IN death; the end → US sl.
1929 ► BACK-GATE PAROLE an inmate’s death in prison, esp. by suicide → Amer. prison sl.
1929 ► THIRTY death → US sl.
1930 ► CHARM a premonition of death, a ‘Banshee’ → Amer. dial.
1930 ► CHICAGO OVERCOAT death, murder → US sl.
1934 ► ANGEL-MAKER a device that can inflict death, such as a dangerous vehicle or a gun → Amer. sl.
1936 ► FADE-OUT death → US sl.
1938 ► THE BIG SLEEP death → sl., orig. US
1939 ► DROP EDGE OF YONDER a near-death condition → US sl.
1940 ► BACK SLAMMER CUTOUT  (premature) death → African-American sl.
1940 ► OLD MAN MOSE death or time → African-American sl.
1942 ► BACK-GATE COMMUTE death in prison, esp. by suicide → Amer. prison sl.
1942 ► THE BIG JUMP death → Amer. sl.
1945 ► THE CHOP death → sl., orig. services’ usage
1945 ► THE CHOPPER death → sl., orig. services’ usage
1950 ► POP-OFF death, a killing → US sl.
1950 ► WARNING PAPER a notification of a death and forthcoming funeral → Amer. dial.
1969 ► DEATH TRIP a fantasy about death, often stimulated by drugs; a fascination with death → US sl.
1970 ► BIG BLINK death → sl.
1977 ► LAST CALL death → US sl.
1977 ► THE BIG D death → US sl.
1979 ► DIS Death while In the Saddle, or Death while engaged In Sexual intercourse → US sl.
1984 ► BIG CHILL death; an unfortunate or depressing state of affairs → US sl.
1991 ► THANATOMANIA obsession with death (Bk.)
1997 ► SANCTION punishment by death → US organized crime sl.
1997 ► SICILIAN PRICE death, usually slow and painful, as punishment → US sl.
1998 ► ACE OF SPACES death in combat → sl. (Bk.)
2000 ► SATIN death → African-American sl.
2006 ► BIG JAB a lethal injection used to carry out a death sentence → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► CELESTIAL TRANSFER death → US medical sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► THE ETERNAL CHECKOUT death → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1598 ► DEATHLING one subject to death; a mortal
1631 ► RISER a person who rises from death → obs.
1738 ► DEATH-HUNTER one who furnishes a newspaper with reports of deaths → sl. obs.
M19. ► DEAD MEAT a person who is facing certain death → sl.
L19.. ► JACK KETCH anyone chosen to carry out a death sentence → sl.
1987 ► CADAVER CADET a necrophile → US sl.
1987 ► TABLE-HOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses → sl.
1987 ► TABLE-TOPPER a necrophile; one having an obsessive fascination with death and corpses → sl.
1990 ► CAPUN one who has been sentenced to death → US prison sl.

PHRASES
1449 ► AT THE LAST CAST in extremities, near to death or ruin → obs.
1680 ► UPON ONE’S LAST STRETCH in one’s death-agony → obs.
1788 ► IT IS ALL DICKY used to indicate defeat, ruin, or death → sl. obs.
1999 ► SEEN HIS LAST GUMTREE on the verge of death → Aust. sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
1483 ► HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE to be not far from death → colloq.
1502 ► PUT TO SILENCE to put to death → obs.
1579 ► TURN ONE’S FACE TO THE WALL of a person on his deathbed: to be conscious of the approach of the end
1657 ► ENECATE to kill outright, to destroy, to cause death → obs.
1684 ► EXPECT THE EXTREMITY to be prepared for the worst or for death → obs.
1752 ► DIE GAME to meet death resolutely; to maintain one’s spirit and endurance to the last
1788 ► FATE to destine to death → obs.
L18.. ► NAB THE CRAMP to receive a death sentence → UK criminals’ sl.
1811 ► BE JAMMED to meet with a violent death, by accident, murder, or hanging → sl.
1812 ► LAUNCH INTO ETERNITY to put to death
1905 ► PASS to toll the bell at the death of a person → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1941 ► GO OVER THE RIM to have a violent death → Amer. dial.