- taphonomyThe study of the fate of the remains of organisms after they die, especially the study of fossilization.
- taphophiliaDeep interest of funerals, cemeteries and the rituals of death.
- bibliotaphOne who "buries" books, typically by hoarding them unread, hiding them, locking them away, or otherwise shutting them up and keeping them from use
- tafoneA small cave-like feature found in granular rock such as sandstone.
- -taphgrave; burial
- tapho-grave; burial
- taphofloraThe remains of dead plants.
- taphophileA person who is interested in cemeteries, funerals and gravestones
- taphophobeA person with an irrational fear of being buried alive.
- taphophobiaa fear of being buried alive
- taphophobicRelating to a fear of being buried alive
- TaphosIn Homeric Greece, a group of islands in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania, inhabited by the piratical Taphians.