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An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
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(parapsychology, theosophy) A ghost-like replica of one's physical body which supposedly inhabits or is somehow associated with the physical body, conceived as a subtle body composed of some sort of ethereal material or as being non-physical and capable of sometimes separating from the physical body to travel to other places or to other realms of existence.
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(transitive) To endow with a spirit or ghost; haunt.
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Synonym of mountain spectre
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A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
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Alternative spelling of doppelganger [A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.]
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A ghostly apparition of a living person; a doppelgänger.
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The study of the mythology surrounding dragons.
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(parapsychology) An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost.
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A phantom, a ghost or elusive entity.
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(obsolete) A phantom or spectre.
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A spirit, ghost, or the like.
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Alternative form of errand-ghost [(rare, historical) A spirit or spiritual messenger; an angel.]
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(rare, historical) A spirit or spiritual messenger; an angel.
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Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
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Alternative spelling of phantasm [Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.]
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Alternative form of phantasmagoria [(historical) A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theatre entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed.]
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Alternative spelling of phantasmal [Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms.]
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(originally Ireland, dialectal) The apparition of a living person; a person's double, the sight of which is supposedly a sign that they are fated to die soon, a doppelganger; a wraith (“a person's likeness seen just after their death; a ghost, a spectre”).
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Obsolete form of ghost. [(uncommon or dated) The spirit; the human soul.]
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(idiomatic) A presence that mars one's enjoyment by causing guilt or reviving unwelcome memories.
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(sciences) Any spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot of recorded energy values, with an inexplicable blot, marring the clean expected results).
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(marketing) A brand that is no longer successful in the mainstream but still retains some popularity among earlier consumers.
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(drama, literature) A character who is mentioned as appearing on stage, but who does not do anything, and who seems to have no purpose.
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(US) A person held in a detention center whose identity has been hidden by keeping them unregistered and therefore anonymous.
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(colloquial) wrong-way driver
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(idiomatic) Something unpleasant from one's past that "haunts" them (makes them feel uneasy) to the present day.
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(idiomatic, real estate) A residence intentionally kept vacant by an absentee owner, especially a foreign investor, as a financially safe asset to be liquidated at a convenient time.
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(computing) A copy of all the contents of a hard drive, used as a backup.
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(philosophy) The mental activity that occurs in parallel with physical action, but with no known way for the two to interact, according to theories of mind-body dualism.
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A language posited against actual evidence, a merely fancied natural language.
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Alternative form of ghostlore [A genre of folklore concerning ghosts.]
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Marriage with a dead person or between dead people.
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(music) A musical note with a rhythmic value, but no discernible pitch when played, sometimes represented by an X in musical notation.
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A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show him his past, especially certain events of past Christmases that contributed to his later distaste for Christmas.
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(video games) A representation of where a piece will land if it falls without intervention (such as moving it away or rotating it) in the video game Tetris.
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A population that is inferred to have existed based on data that has been reconstructed rather than on direct sampling.
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(Internet) A comment, on a social networking website, that has been deleted, resulting in confusion since the conversation is now incomplete.
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(US, economics) A company that was properly registered with a cognizant State authority and may have an associated bank account, but was not renewed with the State after its first year. These companies are sold with, or without a bank account intact within the first year by the Registered Agent (RA) to third parties while continuing to use the RA address as the business address thereby enabling the third party to operate with anonymity during and beyond the first year.
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A syndrome, reported to occur among Native Americans, in which the sufferer is preoccupied by the deceased. Symptoms include weakness, loss of appetite, recurring nightmares, and a pervasive feeling of terror.
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A handpainted advertising sign that has been preserved on a building for an extended period of time and has thus begun to fade.
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(white supremacy, slang) A white supremacist who hides his/her views in order to blend in with society.
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A story about ghosts or the supernatural, often meant to be frightening.
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(linguistics) A fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless (not used in practice), that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference work or otherwise listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation, misreading, or typographical error.
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Alternative form of ghostlore [A genre of folklore concerning ghosts.]
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(informal) Resembling a ghost town.
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Someone who purports to rid a place of ghosts.
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(informal) The activities of a ghostbuster; exorcism of ghosts.
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Knowledge of lore about and methods of detecting or working with ghosts.
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The condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits; spirituality; spiritualism.
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(poetic) Of, belonging to, or pertaining to ghosts; ghostly; spiritual.
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(slang) One who ghosts or ignores another person.
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The state or period of being a ghost.
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A person who attempts to track down ghosts.
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Investigations that aim to track down ghosts.
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(childish or endearing) ghost
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(transitive) To make ghostly, or turn into a ghost.
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In a ghostlike manner.
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Quality of being ghosty.
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The whole body of ghosts or spirits; ghosts or spirits taken collectively.
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A king of ghosts or spirits; a ghostly or spiritual king; a king of one's own spirit or soul; a god; God.
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A land inhabited by ghosts.
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To make ghostly; to haunt
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Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.
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A small, young, diminutive, or inferior ghost.
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A genre of folklore concerning ghosts.
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(derogatory) A person who claims that ghosts exist.
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Relating to ghostology.
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One who studies ghostology.
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The knowledge, or study of ghosts or spirits; the science of the supernatural; spiritism.
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Marked by ghosts; ghostly
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Alternative form of ghost word [(linguistics) A fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless (not used in practice), that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference work or otherwise listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation, misreading, or typographical error.]
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A person with an undue interest in death and corpses, or more generally in things that are revolting and repulsive.
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Obsolete form of ghost. [(uncommon or dated) The spirit; the human soul.]
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Alternative form of grey ghost [(Australia, Melbourne, Sydney) A parking inspector, a person issuing tickets fining vehicles parked illegally or for too long.]
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Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
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In Derridan philosophy, a concept involving the return or persistence of elements from the social or cultural past.
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An insubstantial image; a spectre or phantom.
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Of or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
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(parapsychology) A specter of a human soul that still retains a varying level of conscience and can interact in several ways with the living.
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The study of leprechauns.
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(slang, archaic) A tall, thin person.
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US standard spelling of mountain spectre. [An optical phenomenon sometimes seen on the summits of mountains when the observer is between the Sun and a mass of cloud or fog. The figures of the observer and surrounding objects are seen projected on the cloud, greatly enlarged and often encircled by rainbow colours.]
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(uncountable) The use of such a board to attempt to communicate with spirits.
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An illusionary technique used in theatres, at funfairs, etc. that uses a plate glass and special lighting techniques to make objects seem to appear or disappear.
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Obsolete form of phantasm. [Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.]
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Alternative form of phantasm [Something seen but having no physical reality; a phantom or apparition.]
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(historical) A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theatre entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed.
adj
Alternative form of phantasmagoric [Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.]
adj
Alternative form of phantasmagoric [Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour.]
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In a manner, or to an extent, typical of phantasmagoria; thus, fantastically or bizarrely
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A person who makes phantasmagorias
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Of or pertaining to ghosts or phantoms.
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Phantasmal, incorporeal.
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Alternative form of phantasmic [Like a phantasm; ghostly, unreal.]
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The scientific study of spiritualistic manifestations and of apparitions.
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(finance) Debt that is old, defaulted, or not owed but has somehow been revived, henceforth haunting the presumed debtor.
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A purported island, typically reported by sailors exploring a new region, that formerly appeared on maps but was later found not to exist.
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(computing) a weak reference, where the memory of the object could be reclaimed
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Like a phantom; ghostly.
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The condition of being phantom or illusory.
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In the manner of a phantom; ghostlily.
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(obsolete) An apparition; a phantom.
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(parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
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The supposed manifestation of the presence of one or more poltergeists, especially as involving physical objects which move or fly about without warning.
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Resembling or characteristic of a poltergeist.
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(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a poltergeist.
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(paranormal) A spiritual presence left behind in a place as a result of a person's death or some other significant event.
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(parapsychology) A haunting in which a specter repeats a loop of it's past, with no semblance of intelligence or consciousness.
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A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
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Like a specter; spectral; ghostly.
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(countable) Something spectral; a ghost, a spectre.
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In a spectral manner; like a ghost.
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The quality of being spectral or ghostly.
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Alternative form of ghost at the feast [(idiomatic) A presence that mars one's enjoyment by causing guilt or reviving unwelcome memories.]
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Synonym of specterlike
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The study of ghosts and spirits; demonology.
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(obsolete) Specter, apparition.
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(philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
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(uncountable) The condition of being spooky.
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(informal) Spooky or ghostly things; spookery.
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(informal) A spiritualist or medium.
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(informal) Relating to the study of ghosts.
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(informal) One who studies ghosts.
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(informal) The study of ghosts.
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A show that involves ghosts.
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(informal) Eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural.
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(intelligence) The codename for an intelligence sharing network between the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
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An apparition of a person about to die; a wraith.
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(informal) Resembling or characteristic of the supernatural drama television series Twin Peaks.
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Resembling or characteristic of The Mysteries of Udolpho, a 1794 Gothic romance by Ann Radcliffe.
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An encounter with supernatural beings such as ghosts or aliens.
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(fiction, rare) A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a ghost.
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(simile) Very white, especially of a person's face as a result of fear.
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(idiomatic) A delusionary or otherwise unachievable goal that one feels compelled to pursue.
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An immeasurable, indefinable essence of life; soul.
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A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.
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Synonym of phantom debt.
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