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

• white brass
• white brasses
• white-breasted
• white bryony
• whitecap
• whitecaps
• white cedar
• white cedars
• white cell
• white cells
• Whitechapel
• Whitechapel cart
• white Christmas
• white Christmases
• white clover
• white clovers
• white coal
• whitecoat
• whitecoats
• white coat syndrome
• white coffee
• white-collar
• white-collar crime
• white-collar crimes
• white copper