| Elegy |
A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead |
| Epitaph |
A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died |
| Filicide |
Killing of one's son or daughter |
| Foeticide |
Destruction or abortion of a fetus |
| Fratricide |
Killing of one's brother or sister |
| Genocide |
Killing of a large group of people |
| Homicide |
Killing of one person by another |
| Infanticide |
Killing of infants |
| Interment |
Burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb |
| Matricide |
Killing of one's mother |
| Mortuary |
A room or building in which dead bodies are kept |
| Obituary |
A news article that reports the recent death of a person |
| Parricide |
Killing of a parent or other near relative |
| Patricide |
Killing of one's father |
| Postmortem |
An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death |
| Regicide |
Action of killing a king |
| Sororicide |
Killing of one's sister |
| Suicide |
Act of intentionally causing one?s own death |
| Uxoricide |
Killing of one's wife |
| Mariticide |
The killing of one's husband |
| Dipsomania |
Morbid compulsion to keep on consuming alcohol |
| Kleptomania |
Morbid compulsion to steal |
| Bibliokleptomania |
Morbid compulsion to steal books |
| Pyromania |
Morbid compulsion to start a fire |
| Megalomania |
Morbid delusion of power, importance or godliness |
| Nymphomania |
Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part of a woman |
| Satyromania |
Morbid, uncontrollable desire on the part of a man |
| Monomania |
A person with a one-track mind |
| Mythomania |
The compulsion to tell lies |
| Mania |
Madness with an obsession with something |
| Genocide/ Carnage |
Killing of Humankind |
| Slaughter |
The killing of an animal for food |
| Lynch |
Killing someone illegally |
| Senicide |
The killing of an elder/older |
