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mort

death

Related forms: mort · 11 words in this dictionary

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11 words

(of living beings, especially humans) certain to die eventually.

mort+al

Shared component: mort · death

a legal agreement by which a bank or similar organization lends you money to buy a house, etc., and you pay the money back over a particular number of years; the sum of money that you borrow.

mort+gage

Shared component: mort · death

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before a funeral or cremation.

mort+uary

Shared component: mort · death

the state of being human and not living forever

mort+al+ity

Shared component: mort · death

to cause someone to feel extremely embarrassed or ashamed.

mort+ify

Shared component: mort · death

to gradually pay off a debt, such as a mortgage or loan, by making regular payments.

a+mort+ize

Shared component: mort · death

a person whose job is to prepare dead bodies to be buried or cremated and to arrange funerals.

mort+ician

Shared component: mort · death

Feeling extremely embarrassed, ashamed, or humiliated.

mort+ify+ed

Shared component: mort · death

Causing great embarrassment, shame, or humiliation.

morti+fy+ing

Shared component: mort · death

The process of gradually paying off a debt, such as a loan or mortgage, through regular payments over a set period.

a+mort+ization

Shared component: mort · death