(military) A zipline.

(US, architecture) a door to the outside from the parlor or hall to allow for the movement of the dead; from the time when the wealthy would host their wakes and funerals in their own homes. It is a supplementary door to the main doors of the home, unconnected from exterior stairs or walkways. The death door existed to allow for the dead to move through doors without needing to use the doorways used by the living.

plural of kiss of death

(sports) A grouping/division of competitors containing many highly skilled ones, who need to eliminate each other to proceed to the next round.

A member of a species of poisonous perennial flowering plants, Toxicoscordion venenosum (formerly Zigadenus venosus), easily confused with the edible camas, whose bulbs (rhizomes) look like, but do not smell like, like onion.

Of critical importance to the survival of a living organism. / Having death as a possible or even likely outcome; perilous. / Of critical importance to the success of a particular endeavor.

plural of angel of death

plural of death clock

A metaphorical clock representing when one is expected to die, e.g. when someone expects to have a short lifespan because of an illness.

A post-mortem priapism observed in the corpses of human males who have been executed, particularly by hanging.