demise /di-mīzˈ/

1. A transferring by lease
2. Death (euphemistic or formal), as of a sovereign or a distinguished person
3. End, failure
4. A transfer of the crown or of an estate to a successor

1. To give to a successor
2. To bequeath by will
3. To transfer by lease

demīˈsable adjective

• twa
• twaddle
• twaddled
• twaddler
• twaddlers
• twaddles
• twaddlier
• twaddliest
• twaddling
• twaddlings
• twaddly
• twae
• twafald
• twain
• twains
• twaite
• twaites
• twaite shad
• twal
• twalhours
• twa-lofted
• twalpennies
• twalpenny
• twang
• twanged