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- Mystical or supernatural.
- (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
- Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
- (algebra, field theory, of an extension field) That contains elements that are not algebraic.
- (algebra, number theory, field theory, of a number or an element of an extension field) Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
- of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
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- Esoteric.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.
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- Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
- Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
- Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
- Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
- Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
- concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
- concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
- lacking material body or form or substance
- resembling or characteristic of a phantom
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- The quality or condition of being supernatural.
- A belief in the doctrine of supernatural or divine agency as manifested in the world, in human events, religious revelation, miracles, etc.
- a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding
- the quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces
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- suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
- (figuratively) Preternatural or supernatural.
- concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
- (figuratively) Ideal beyond the mundane.
- Not of the earth; nonterrestrial.
- (figuratively) Strange, enigmatic, or mysterious.
- (figuratively, somewhat derogatory) Ridiculous, ludicrous, or outrageous.
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- an evil supernatural being
- a person who is part mortal and part god
- An idea depicted as an entity.
- (mythology) A minor deity or divinity.
- (computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
- A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish.
- (Commonwealth, uncommon) Alternative spelling of demon.
noun
- an evil supernatural being
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- someone extremely diligent or skillful
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
- (in the plural) A person's fears or anxieties.
- (now chiefly historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
- (Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do.
- (card games) A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
- A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
- A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
- A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
- A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child.
- (computing) Alternative spelling of daemon.
- Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
- A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.
- (physics) Acronym of distinct electron motion particle: a quasiparticle, a type of massless neutral electron excitation associated with superconductivity.
- An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
noun
- an evil supernatural being
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- a word used in exclamations of confusion
- a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
- (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
- A dust devil.
- (cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- (theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of devil seam (“the seam between garboard strake and the keel, on wooden boats”).
- A Tasmanian devil.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A printer's assistant.
- (euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc., as used in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- (India) A poltergeist that haunts printing works.
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
verb
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- coat or stuff with a spicy paste
- (intransitive) To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.
- To shred fabric into its fibres for recycling, as in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
- To annoy or bother.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
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- not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material
- Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.
- Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully, if at all.
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- a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance
- a vivid mental image
- the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- the ability to see; the visual faculty
- the perceptual experience of seeing
- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
- (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- (countable, by extension) A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
- (uncountable) General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
- (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
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- A supernatural intervention in human affairs.
- A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.
- the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs
- white magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists)
noun
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- (computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- (Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- (rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- (corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- A keepsake.
- (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- (medicine) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- (computing) A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- (printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement; a formality.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- (mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A tally.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- an individual instance of a type of symbol
- something of sentimental value
- a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines
- something serving as a sign of something else
adj
- (of people) Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal)
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- The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
- (gaming, countable) The ability to cast a magic spell.
- (computing, slang) Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
- (countable) One such conjuring trick or illusion.
- Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
- (entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
- (rare, countable) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability.
- The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
- any art that invokes supernatural powers
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
adj
- Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
- (programming) Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable
- (physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
- (colloquial) Great; excellent.
- Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
- Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
- possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
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adj
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- A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
- (Christianity) The Book of Revelation.
- A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
- (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
- a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
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- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
- Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
- Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
noun
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- brief description accompanying an illustration
- A musical composition set to a poetical story.
- A leading protagonist in a historical legend.
- A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
- A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.
- A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.
- (uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
- A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.
- (numismatics, heraldry) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- (naval) The design and specification of a vessel.
- (cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
- The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
- A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
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- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
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- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
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- Esoteric.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.
verb
noun
- The quality or condition of being supernatural.
- A belief in the doctrine of supernatural or divine agency as manifested in the world, in human events, religious revelation, miracles, etc.
- a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding
- the quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces
noun
- an evil supernatural being
- a person who is part mortal and part god
- An idea depicted as an entity.
- (mythology) A minor deity or divinity.
- (computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
- A muse, a personified source of inspiration, especially one that also causes anguish.
- (Commonwealth, uncommon) Alternative spelling of demon.
noun
- an evil supernatural being
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- someone extremely diligent or skillful
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
- (in the plural) A person's fears or anxieties.
- (now chiefly historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
- (Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do.
- (card games) A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
- A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
- A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
- A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
- A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child.
- (computing) Alternative spelling of daemon.
- Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
- A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.
- (physics) Acronym of distinct electron motion particle: a quasiparticle, a type of massless neutral electron excitation associated with superconductivity.
- An evil being resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
noun
- an evil supernatural being
- a cruel wicked and inhuman person
- a word used in exclamations of confusion
- a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man)
- (cycling, slang) An endurance event where riders who fall behind are periodically eliminated.
- A thing that is awkward or difficult to understand or do.
- (folklore) A fictional image of a man, usually red or orange in skin color; with a set of horns on his head, a pointed goatee and a long tail and carrying a pitchfork; that represents evil and portrayed to children in an effort to discourage bad behavior.
- A dust devil.
- (cooking) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
- (theology) An evil creature, the objectification of a hostile and destructive force.
- (nautical) Ellipsis of devil seam (“the seam between garboard strake and the keel, on wooden boats”).
- A Tasmanian devil.
- A person, especially a man; used to express a particular opinion of him, usually in the phrases poor devil and lucky devil.
- A printer's assistant.
- (euphemistic, with an article, as an intensifier) Hell.
- The bad part of the conscience; the opposite to the angel.
- A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton, etc., as used in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- (dialectal, in compounds) A barren, unproductive and unused area.
- (India) A poltergeist that haunts printing works.
- A wicked or naughty person, or one who harbors reckless, spirited energy, especially in a mischievous way; usually said of a young child.
verb
- cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations
- coat or stuff with a spicy paste
- (intransitive) To work as a ‘devil’; to work for a lawyer or writer without fee or recognition.
- To ghostwrite; to author while working as a ‘devil’.
- To shred fabric into its fibres for recycling, as in the production of mungo or shoddy.
- To make like a devil; to invest with the character of a devil.
- To grill with cayenne pepper; to season highly in cooking, as with pepper.
- To finely grind cooked ham or other meat with spices and condiments.
- To annoy or bother.
- To prepare a sidedish of shelled halved boiled eggs to whose extracted yolks are added condiments and spices, which mixture then is placed into the halved whites to be served.
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- not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material
- Above nature; beyond or added to nature, often so considered because it is given by a deity or some force beyond that with which humans are born.
- Not of the usual; not natural; altered by forces that are not understood fully, if at all.
noun
- a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance
- a vivid mental image
- the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
- the ability to see; the visual faculty
- the perceptual experience of seeing
- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
- (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- (countable, by extension) A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
- (uncountable) General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
- (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
verb
noun
- A supernatural intervention in human affairs.
- A form of magic designed to allow for worship or conjuration of, or communication with spirits or deities.
- the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs
- white magic performed with the help of beneficent spirits (as formerly practiced by Neoplatonists)
noun
- An extraordinary event serving as evidence of supernatural power.
- (computing) An atomic piece of data, such as a word, for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing.
- (grammar) A lexeme; a basic, grammatically indivisible unit of a language such as a keyword, operator or identifier.
- A seal guaranteeing the quality of an item.
- (weaving) In a loom, a colored signal to show the weaver which shuttle to use.
- Something serving as an expression of something else.
- (computing) A conceptual object that can be possessed by a computer, process, etc. in order to regulate a turn-taking system such as a token ring network.
- (Church of Scotland) A piece of metal given beforehand to each person in the congregation who is permitted to partake of the Lord's Supper.
- (rail transport) A physical object used for exchange between drivers and signalmen on single track lines.
- (mining) A thin bed of coal indicating the existence of a thicker seam at no great distance.
- (corpus linguistics) A single example of a certain word in a text or corpus.
- A keepsake.
- (philosophy) A particular thing to which a concept applies.
- Support for a belief; grounds for an opinion.
- (medicine) A characteristic sign of a disease or of a bodily disorder, a symptom; a sign of a bodily condition, recovery, or health.
- A piece of stamped metal or plastic, etc., used as a form of currency; a voucher that can be exchanged for goods or services.
- Something given or shown as a symbol or guarantee of authority or right; a sign of authenticity, of power, good faith.
- (computing) A meaningless placeholder used as a substitute for sensitive data.
- (printing) Ten and a half quires, or, commonly, 250 sheets, of paper printed on both sides; also, in some cases, the same number of sheets printed on one side, or half the number printed on both sides.
- An object or disclosure to attest or authenticate the bearer or an instruction.
- A minor attempt for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement; a formality.
- A small physical object, often designed to give the appearance of a common thing, used to represent a person or character in a board game or other situation.
- (mining) A bit of leather having a peculiar mark designating a particular miner. Each hewer sent one of these with each corf or tub he had hewn.
- A tally.
- A member of a group of people that is included within a larger group to comply with a legal or social requirement.
- an individual instance of a type of symbol
- something of sentimental value
- a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in designated slot machines
- something serving as a sign of something else
adj
- (of people) Included in minimal numbers in order to create an impression or illusion of diversity, especially ethnic or gender diversity.
- Perfunctory or merely symbolic; done or existing for appearance's sake, or to minimally comply with a requirement.
- Done as an indication or a pledge.
- insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal)
verb
noun
adj
noun
- The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
- (gaming, countable) The ability to cast a magic spell.
- (computing, slang) Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
- (countable) One such conjuring trick or illusion.
- Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
- (entertainment) The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
- (rare, countable) A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability.
- The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
- any art that invokes supernatural powers
- an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
adj
- Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
- (programming) Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable
- (physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
- (colloquial) Great; excellent.
- Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
- Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
- possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers
verb
noun
- A revealing, especially a prophecy of, or the unfolding of, supernatural events.
- (Christianity) The Book of Revelation.
- A huge disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin of large scope and scale.
- (Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
- a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
verb
noun
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- a short moral story (often with animal characters)
- a deliberately false or improbable account
- A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
- The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
- Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
- Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
noun
- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
- brief description accompanying an illustration
- A musical composition set to a poetical story.
- A leading protagonist in a historical legend.
- A person of extraordinary fame or accomplishments.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, colloquial, slang) A cool, nice or helpful person, especially one who is male.
- A plausible story set in the historical past, but whose historicity is uncertain.
- A story in which a kernel of truth is embellished to an unlikely degree.
- (uncountable) Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
- A fabricated backstory for a spy, with associated documents and records.
- (numismatics, heraldry) An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
- (naval) The design and specification of a vessel.
- (cartography) A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
- The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
- A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events.
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- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
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- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
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- Mystical or supernatural.
- (philosophy) Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge, independent of experience.
- Superior; surpassing all others; extraordinary; transcendent.
- (algebra, field theory, of an extension field) That contains elements that are not algebraic.
- (algebra, number theory, field theory, of a number or an element of an extension field) Not algebraic (i.e., not the root of any polynomial that has positive degree and rational coefficients).
- of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
- existing outside of or not in accordance with nature
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- Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
- Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
- Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
- Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
- Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
- concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
- concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
- lacking material body or form or substance
- resembling or characteristic of a phantom
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- suggesting the operation of supernatural influences
- (figuratively) Preternatural or supernatural.
- concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
- (figuratively) Ideal beyond the mundane.
- Not of the earth; nonterrestrial.
- (figuratively) Strange, enigmatic, or mysterious.
- (figuratively, somewhat derogatory) Ridiculous, ludicrous, or outrageous.
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- Esoteric.
- having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
- hidden and difficult to see
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- (medicine): not visible, but chemically detectable.