present participle of deaccelerate

A species of Australian snake, Acanthophis cryptamydros.

Bringing or carrying death; deadly; destructive

A person who sells scrap for profit

A Caribbean funerary tradition, an extended wake that lasts for several days, with roots in African tradition. Friends and family visit the home of the deceased to share condolences and memories while singing hymns and eating food together.

plural of dead yard

The disease kuru.

(nautical) In a keel boat, the act of broaching to windward, putting the spinnaker pole into the water and causing a crash-gybe of the boom and mainsail, which sweep across the deck and plunge down into the water.

plural of death roll

(astronomy) A comet that has shed its volatiles after numerous passes around the sun.