the rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts


oewn-life_force-n oewn-vital_force-n oewn-vitality-n oewn-elan_vital-n

(biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms


the phenomena associated with volcanic activity


the power to do work that is latent in a head of water


a tornado passing over water and picking up a column of water and mist


a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)


oewn-weather-n oewn-weather_condition-n oewn-conditions-n oewn-atmospheric_condition-n

the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation


violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements)


the winds from the west that occur in the temperate zones of the Earth


a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth


air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure


power derived from the wind (as by windmills)


oewn-X_ray-n oewn-X-ray-n oewn-X-radiation-n oewn-roentgen_ray-n

electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target


the scattering of X rays by the atoms of a crystal; the diffraction pattern shows structure of the crystal


a luminous tract in the sky; a reflection of sunlight from cosmic dust in the plane of the ecliptic; visible just before sunrise and just after sunset


the irregular motion of waves (usually caused by wind blowing in a direction opposite to the tide)


the phenomenon of floating (remaining on the surface of a liquid without sinking)


the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object


the phenomenon in which light is scattered by very small particles in its path; it makes a beam of light visible; the scattered light is mainly blue


the parallax of a celestial body using two points in the earth's orbit around the sun as the baseline


the parallax of a celestial body using two points on the surface of the earth as the earth rotates


the maximum parallax observed when the celestial body is at the horizon


a periodically recurring phenomenon that alternately increases and decreases some quantity


the angle subtended by the mean equatorial radius of the Earth at a distance of one astronomical unit


In physics, the property of a material to conduct heat.

When a material undergoes a phase change from solid to liquid or from liquid to gas the thermal conductivity may change.


smoke that is a result of combusting the products made from dried tobacco leaves, such as cigarettes.

You should quit smoking, don't you know that tobacco smoke contains harmful substances?


The condition of occurring without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).

The aim of this article is to study the adiabaticity of the ramping process of an ac dipole as a function of the different parameters involved.


the energy needed to break every chemical bond in a molecule and completely separate all its atoms.


(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.


(physics) the potential energy of a magnetic field.


the energy involved in the exchange interaction.

Exchange energy splittings are very elusive to calculate for molecular systems at large internuclear distances.


the portion of power that, averaged over a complete cycle of the AC waveform, results in net transfer of energy in one direction.

For two systems transmitting the same amount of active power, the system with the lower power factor will have higher circulating currents due to energy that returns to the source from energy storage in the load.


the maximum voltage that the circuit-breaker can interrupt safely and without being damaged by excessive arcing.


the electric potential that occurs in a living organism.


elastic stress (any deformation of a solid material) and viscous stress (the gradual changing of the deformation) combined.

The relation between mechanical stress, deformation, and the rate of change of deformation can be quite complicated, although a linear approximation may be adequate in practice if the quantities are small enough.


a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction


a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist


a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere


(Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle


(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher


(Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God


a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual


a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas


large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada


(Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld


a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart


a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland


huge creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon


oewn-bogeyman-n oewn-bugbear-n oewn-bugaboo-n oewn-boogeyman-n oewn-booger-n

an imaginary monster used to frighten children


Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city


a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name


Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe


an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales


an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien


an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics


half woman and half fish; lives in the sea


half man and half fish; lives in the sea


imaginary people who live on the planet Mars


(Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes


(Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia


(Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years


(Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus


(Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead


(folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings


an egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century)


a personification of frost or winter weather


(New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit


(Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait


the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes


an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts


(classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body


(classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance


(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse


(Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon


(Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades


(Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon


(Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes


(Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine


monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance


a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings


(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd


(Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods


(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules


(Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone


(Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors


(Greek mythology) one of the three Graces; the one who harvests


(Greek mythology) one of the three Graces; the one who brings joy


(Greek mythology) one of the three Graces; the one who blossoms


winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion


(Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman


(Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones


(Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind


(Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep; the son of Nyx


monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament


(Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss


(Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster


(Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife


(Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia


(Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda


(Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus


(Greek mythology) the eldest of the three Gorgons


(Greek mythology) the second eldest of the three Gorgons


oewn-manticore-n oewn-mantichora-n oewn-manticora-n oewn-mantiger-n

a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion


(Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold


(Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again


(Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus


(Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection


(Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors


(German mythology) any of the group of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried


(German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried


(Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)


(Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War


(Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon


(Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination


a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years


(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi


mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength


reptilian creature supposed to live in fire


(Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia; fought on behalf of the Trojans in the Trojan War and was killed by Patroclus


(German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart


(Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart


(Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon


(Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains


(Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire


(Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx


oewn-werewolf-n oewn-wolfman-n oewn-lycanthrope-n oewn-loup-garou-n

a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again


a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil


a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs


a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe


supernatural forces and events and beings collectively


an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events


the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs


an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause


a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance


the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events


oewn-deity-n oewn-divinity-n oewn-god-n oewn-immortal-n

any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force


a person who is part mortal and part god


(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals


the one of the three Furies who punishes the moral crimes (such as anger)


the one of the three Furies who punishes crimes of marital infidelity


the one of the three Furies who punishes crimes of murder


a deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the sea


a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun


the farmer god; ancient god of agriculture


mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu


oewn-Angus_Og-n oewn-Aengus-n oewn-Oengus-n oewn-Angus-n

Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women


Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies)


Celtic goddess famous for her beauty; mother of Dylan


Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom; later associated with Saint Bridget


chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit


Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don


Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu


Celtic god of the waves; son of Arianrhod


(possibly Roman mythology) Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses


one of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature


Celtic sky god; a magician; giver of arts and civilization


the sea personified; father of Manannan; corresponds to Welsh Llyr


son of Gwydion and Arianrhod; supported by magic of Gwydion; cursed by Arianrhod


Celtic deity who was the father of Manawydan; corresponds to Irish Lir


group of Celtic gods or demigods; ruled Ireland in the Golden Age


a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians


a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes


Egyptian sun god; supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged; principal deity during Theban supremacy


Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal


the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten


cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun


Egyptian god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis


Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon; the son of Osiris and Isis


Egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of Geb; sister and wife of Osiris


Egyptian god of the morning sun; creator


Egyptian goddess associated with ritual of the dead; sister of Geb and Nut; wife of Set


Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus


a major Egyptian god; shaper of the world; father of gods and men; worshipped especially at Memphis


ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods


a lion-headed Egyptian goddess; typifies life-destroying power of the sun


evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris


Egyptian Moon deity with the head of an ibis; god of wisdom and learning and the arts; scribe of the gods


a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites


a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam)


the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world'


Babylonian god of the sky; one of the supreme triad including Bel and Ea


any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods


father of the gods and consort of Tiamat


mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag


chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar


an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar


Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte


any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god


Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil


god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines


god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon


(Babylonian) earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk


Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna


the Babylonian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counterpart of the Sumerian Enki; as one of the supreme triad including Anu and Bel he was assigned control of the watery element


water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea


god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods


the Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery


the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta


any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu


goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru


Babylonian consort of Anshar; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the lower world'


in ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children


a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped, meaning 'Mother'


oewn-Marduk-n oewn-Merodach-n oewn-Baal_Merodach-n oewn-Bel-Merodach-n

the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu


god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children


Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools


goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth


a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind


god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin


(Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead


the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea


(Akkadian) a goddess; wife of the Moon god Sin


an underworld Babylonian deity; patron of medicine


the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu


a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped, meaning 'Lady of Birth'


a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod


god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru


god of storms and wind; corresponds to Babylonian Adad


the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion


(Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna


(Akkadian) mother of the gods and consort of Apsu


favorite of the gods and grandfather of Gilgamish; survived the great flood and became immortal


sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash


evil storm god represented as a black bird


a Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease; mother of the Adityas


one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; Hindu gods of celestial light


(Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas


earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura


(Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities


(literally `possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya


the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon


personification of the power of ritual devotion


Hindu earth goddess; one of the two wives of Vishnu


Hindu mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects


an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes


Hindu goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi


oewn-Ganesh-n oewn-Ganesa-n oewn-Ganesha-n oewn-Ganapati-n

Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles


a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount


in Hinduism, goddess of purity and posterity and a benevolent aspect of Devi; the `brilliant'


in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage


chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder


unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma


wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi


Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara


Hindu god of bravery; Hindu god of war; commander-in-chief of the army of the gods; son of Shiva and Parvati


any of a group of Hindu storm gods; offspring of Rudra


Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and earth


Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra


wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty


Hindu god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma


ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)


celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead


a Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses


father of the Hindu storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva


an important Hindu god; the sun in its life-giving aspect


the female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi


the auspicious one; a major divinity in the later Hindu pantheon


personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual


an important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light


Hindu goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night


in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world


the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds


Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld


the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form

some Hindus consider Krishna to be an avatar of the god Vishnu


oewn-Jagannath-n oewn-Jagannatha-n oewn-Jagganath-n oewn-Juggernaut-n


8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute


avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama

in Hindu folklore Rama is the epitome of chivalry and courage and obedience to sacred law


a hero in Hindu mythology; an incarnation of Vishnu


wife of the Hindu god Rama; regarded as an ideal of womanhood


elder brother of Krishna; an incarnation of Vishnu


an incarnation of Vishnu who rid the earth of Kshatriyas


a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians


ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god


chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good


the spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism; arch rival of Ormazd


oewn-Buddha-n oewn-Siddhartha-n oewn-Gautama-n oewn-Gautama_Siddhartha-n oewn-Gautama_Buddha-n


Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others


the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama


a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people


one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment


a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese


the three pure ones; the three chief gods of Taoism


first of the three members of the Taoist Trinity


a member of the Taoist Trinity; identified with Lao-tse


4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism


(Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called the Goddess of Mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon


central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan


the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami


sister and consort of Izanami; mother of the islands and gods of Japan


one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature)


Japanese counterpart of Chinese Kuan Yin


grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan


the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility


the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions


oewn-Godhead-n oewn-Lord-n oewn-Creator-n oewn-Maker-n oewn-Divine-n oewn-God_Almighty-n oewn-Almighty-n oewn-Jehovah-n

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God


(Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe


oewn-Trinity-n oewn-Holy_Trinity-n oewn-Blessed_Trinity-n oewn-Sacred_Trinity-n

the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead


oewn-God_the_Father-n oewn-Father-n oewn-Father-God-n oewn-Fatherhood-n

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity


the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)


the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people


Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer


the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost


any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united


oewn-Yahweh-n oewn-YHWH-n oewn-Yahwe-n oewn-Yahveh-n oewn-YHVH-n oewn-Yahve-n oewn-Wahvey-n oewn-Jahvey-n oewn-Jahweh-n oewn-Jehovah-n oewn-JHVH-n

a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe


ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr


an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy


(Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God


(Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews


an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child


an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child


an angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual


They are supernatural beings who serve as divine messengers between people and gods


oewn-fairy-n oewn-faery-n oewn-faerie-n oewn-fay-n oewn-sprite-n

a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers


oewn-elf-n oewn-hob-n oewn-gremlin-n oewn-pixie-n oewn-pixy-n oewn-brownie-n oewn-imp-n

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous


a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine


a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure


an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy


(Arthurian legend) a wicked enchantress who was the half sister and enemy of King Arthur


a mischievous sprite of English folklore


a bogle or goblin; where used as a proper name, the Devil


oewn-devil-n oewn-fiend-n oewn-demon-n oewn-daemon-n oewn-daimon-n


a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women


a female demon believed to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men


(Jewish folklore) a demon that enters the body of a living person and controls that body's behavior


oewn-Satan-n oewn-Old_Nick-n oewn-Devil-n oewn-Lucifer-n oewn-Beelzebub-n oewn-the_Tempter-n oewn-Prince_of_Darkness-n

(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell


(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings


(Scottish folklore) water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders


(folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living


(Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death


oewn-genie-n oewn-jinni-n oewn-jinnee-n oewn-djinni-n oewn-djinny-n oewn-djinn-n

(Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals


(Islam) a rebellious jinni who leads men astray


(Islam) the principal evil jinni in Islamic mythology


(Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty believed to live with the blessed in Paradise


a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard


any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings


a mischievous supernatural being found in the folklore of many primitive people; sometimes distinguished by prodigious biological drives and exaggerated bodily parts


the visible disembodied soul of a dead person


a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder


(Middle Ages) the king of the fairies and husband of Titania in medieval folklore


(Middle Ages) the queen of the fairies in medieval folklore


a fairy that is said to leave money at night under a child's pillow to compensate for a baby tooth falling out


(Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done


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we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us


the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day


an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby


(Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone

when Adonis died Zeus decreed that he should spend winters in the underworld with Persephone and spend summers with Aphrodite


one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns


the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey


any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs)


(classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden

the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water


(Greek mythology) a nymph who was spurned by Narcissus and pined away until only her voice remained


(Greek mythology) group of 3 to 7 nymphs who guarded the golden apples that Gaea gave as a wedding gift to Hera


(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades; they nurtured the infant Dionysus and Zeus placed them among the stars as a reward


(Greek mythology) one of the mountain nymphs


(Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades; placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion


(Greek mythology) any nymph of the water


(Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo


(Greek mythology) a nymph of lakes and springs and rivers and fountains


(Greek mythology) any of the 50 sea nymphs who were daughters of the sea god Nereus


(Greek mythology) one of the 50 Nereids; mother of Achilles by Peleus


(Greek mythology) sea nymph who was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys


nymph who merged with Hermaphroditus to form one body


the nymph or spirit of a particular tree


a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks


a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans


a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans


personification of the sky or upper air breathed by the Olympians; son of Erebus and night or of Chaos and darkness


(Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis


epithet for Apollo; from the dragon Python which he killed


goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus


(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her


(Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her


(Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea


(Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers


goddess of love; counterpart of Greek Aphrodite


(Greek mythology) Greek god of war; son of Zeus and Hera; identified with Roman Mars


(Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares


(Greek mythology) the Greek personification of death; son of Nyx


(Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos


(Roman mythology) Roman god of war and agriculture; father of Romulus and Remus; counterpart of Greek Ares


(Greek mythology) Greek goddess of the night; daughter of Chaos; counterpart of Roman Nox


(Roman mythology) a vestal virgin who became the mother by Mars of the twins Romulus and Remus


(Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome


(Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus


(Greek mythology) the virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; daughter of Leto and twin sister of Apollo; identified with Roman Diana


(Greek mythology) the god who personified the north wind

Boreas was pictured as bearded and powerful and winged and draped against the cold


(Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon; counterpart of Greek Artemis


goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment


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(Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman Minerva


(Roman mythology) goddess of wisdom; counterpart of Greek Athena


(Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe


(Greek mythology) the supreme god until Zeus dethroned him; son of Uranus and Gaea in ancient Greek mythology; identified with Roman Saturn


(Roman mythology) a princess of Tyre who was the founder and queen of Carthage; Virgil tells of her suicide when she was abandoned by Aeneas


(Roman mythology) god of agriculture and vegetation; counterpart of Greek Cronus


(Greek mythology) goddess of fertility and protector of marriage in ancient mythology; counterpart of Roman Ceres


(Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter


(Greek mythology) god of wine and fertility and drama; the Greek name of Bacchus


(Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids


son of Apollo; a hero and the Roman god of medicine and healing; his daughters were Hygeia and Panacea


(classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus


(Greek mythology) Greek god of darkness who dwelt in the underworld; son of Chaos; brother of Nox; father of Aether and Day


Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx


(Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified with Roman Cupid


(Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros


(Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus


(Greek mythology) according to a Greek legend: when Pythias was sentenced to be executed Damon took his place to allow Pythias to get his affairs in order; when Pythias returned in time to save Damon the king was so impressed that he let them both live


(Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus and the Titans in ancient mythology


(Greek mythology) the goddess of youth and spring; wife of Hercules; daughter of Zeus and Hera; cupbearer to the Olympian gods


(Greek mythology) ancient god of the sun; drove his chariot across the sky each day; identified with Roman Sol


(Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned


(Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios


(Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later became associated with Persephone as goddess of the underworld and protector of witches


(Greek mythology) the lame god of fire and metalworking in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vulcan


(Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working; counterpart of Greek Hephaestus


(Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury


(Greek mythology) son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body


(Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes


(Greek mythology) the goddess of health; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Panacea


(Greek mythology) the goddess of healing; daughter of Aesculapius and sister of Hygeia


queen of the Olympian gods in ancient Greek mythology; sister and wife of Zeus remembered for her jealousy of the many mortal women Zeus fell in love with; identified with Roman Juno


(Greek mythology) a maiden seduced by Zeus; when Hera was about to discover them together Zeus turned her into a white heifer


(Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head


(Roman mythology) queen of the Olympian gods who protected marriage; wife and sister of Jupiter; counterpart of Greek Hera


(Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Vesta


(Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek Hestia


(Greek mythology) a Titan who was the son of Gaea and Uranus and the father of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology


son of Zeus and Europa; king of ancient Crete; ordered Daedalus to build the labyrinth; after death Minos became a judge in the underworld


beautiful daughter of Minos and Pasiphae; she fell in love with Theseus and gave him the thread with which he found his way out of the Minotaur's labyrinth


any of the three Greek goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Roman Parcae and similar to the Norse Norns


any of the three Roman goddesses of fate or destiny; identified with the Greek Moirai and similar to the Norse Norns


the Greek goddess of fate who spins the thread of life


the Greek goddess of fate who determines the length of the thread of life


the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life


in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science


(Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry


(Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry


(Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute)


(Greek mythology) the Muse of singing and mime and sacred dance


(Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song


(Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry


(Greek mythology) the goddess of divine retribution and vengeance


(Greek mythology) a sea god son of Pontus and Gaea; lived in the depths of the sea with his wife Doris and their daughters the Nereids


(Greek mythology) winged goddess of victory; identified with Roman Victoria


(Roman mythology) goddess of victory; counterpart of Greek Nike


(Greek mythology) god of the heavens; son and husband of Gaea and father of the Titans in ancient mythology


(Greek mythology) god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks; represented as a man with goat's legs and horns and ears; identified with Roman Sylvanus or Faunus


(Roman mythology) ancient rural deity; later considered a counterpart of Greek Pan


(Greek mythology) daughter of Helios and mother of Ariadne


(Greek mythology) ancient personification of the sea; father of Nereus


(Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune


(Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was capable of changing his shape at will


(Roman mythology) god of the sea; counterpart of Greek Poseidon


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(Greek mythology) daughter of Zeus and Demeter; made queen of the underworld by Pluto in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Proserpina


(Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus


goddess of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Persephone


(Greek mythology) son of Helios; killed when trying to drive his father's chariot and came too close to earth


(Greek mythology) the god of the underworld in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone


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(Roman mythology) god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Hades


(Greek mythology) the priestess of Apollo at Delphi who transmitted the oracles


(classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards


(Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld


(Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna


(Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of Greek Selene


(Greek mythology) the winged goddess of the dawn in ancient mythology; daughter of Hyperion; identified with Roman Aurora


(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation


(Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed


(Roman mythology) goddess of the dawn; counterpart of Greek Eos


(Roman mythology) goddess of the earth; protector of marriage and fertility; identified with Greek Gaea


(Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)


(Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology


(Greek mythology) a sea god; son of Poseidon


(Greek mythology) the goddess of fortune; identified with Roman Fortuna


(Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche


(Greek mythology) the Greek god of the west wind


(Greek mythology) the supreme god of ancient Greek mythology; son of Rhea and Cronus whom he dethroned; husband and brother of Hera; brother of Poseidon and Hades; father of many gods; counterpart of Roman Jupiter


(Roman mythology) supreme god of Romans; counterpart of Greek Zeus


an epithet for Jupiter, indicating his quality as the bringer of lightning


an epithet for Jupiter, indicating his quality of being the bringer of thunder


an epithet for Jupiter, indicating his quality of bringing rain


an epithet for Jupiter, indicating his quality of being venerated throughout the Roman Empire


an epithet for Jupiter, indicating his quality of being a guarantor of good faith


(Greek mythology) god of the stream that flowed around the earth in ancient mythology


(Greek mythology) one of the Titans, fathered Asteria and Leto by his sister, Phoebe


(Greek mythology) one of the Titans, the father of Perses, Astraios, and Pallas


(Greek mythology) the Titan who was father of Atlas and Epimetheus and Prometheus in ancient mythology


(Roman mythology) one of the virgin priestesses consecrated to the Roman goddess Vesta and to maintaining the sacred fire in her temple


(Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders


(Greek mythology) brother of Prometheus; despite Prometheus's warning against gifts from Zeus he accepted Pandora as his wife


(Greek mythology) the Titan who stole fire from Olympus and gave it to mankind; Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock where an eagle gnawed at his liver until Hercules rescued him


(Greek mythology) the Titaness who was mother of Helios and Selene and Eos in ancient mythology


fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor


(Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor


(Roman mythology) god of woods and fields and flocks; Pan is the Greek counterpart


(Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of justice in ancient mythology


(Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of memory; mother of the Muses


(Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon


(Greek mythology) a Titaness and sea goddess; wife of Oceanus


(Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul


wife or mistress of Zeus and mother of Apollo and Artemis in ancient mythology; called Latona in Roman mythology


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(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality


(Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils


a deity worshipped by the ancient Norsemen


(Norse mythology) the chief of gods living at Asgard


(Norse mythology) a dwarf who possessed a treasure that was stolen by Loki


(Norse mythology) group of ancient gods sometimes in conflict with the Aesir


(Norse mythology) god of light and peace and noted for his beauty and sweet nature; son of Odin and Frigg and husband of Nanna; killed by Hoth


(Norse mythology) god of poetry and music; son of Odin


(Norse mythology) goddess of old age who defeated Thor in a wrestling match


(Norse mythology) god of justice; son of Balder and Nanna


(Norse mythology) god of earth's fertility and peace and prosperity; son of Njorth and brother of Freya; originally of the Vanir; later with the Aesir


(Norse mythology) goddess of love and fecundity; daughter of Njorth and sister of Frey


(Norse mythology) goddess of the heavens and married love; wife of Odin


(Norse mythology) god of dawn and light; guardian of Asgard


(Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld


(Norse mythology) one of the Aesir having a strong and beautiful body but a dull mind


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(Norse mythology) a blind god; misled by Loki, he kills his brother Balder by throwing a shaft of mistletoe


(Norse mythology) goddess of spring and wife of Bragi; guarded the apples that kept the gods eternally young


(Norse mythology) one of a group of giants often in conflict with the Aesir


(Norse mythology) trickster; god of discord and mischief; contrived death of Balder and was overcome by Thor


(Norse mythology) giant who lives in the roots of Yggdrasil and guards the well of wisdom


(Norse mythology) chief of the Vanir; god of the sea and winds and prosperity; father of Frey and Freya; sometimes subsumes Teutonic Nerthus


(Norse mythology) any of the three goddesses of destiny; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wyrd; similar to Greek Moirae and Roman Parcae


goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past


goddess of fate: an elf who personified the present


goddess of fate: a dwarf who personified the future


(Norse mythology) ruler of the Aesir; supreme god of war and poetry and knowledge and wisdom (for which he gave an eye) and husband of Frigg; identified with the Teutonic Wotan


(Norse mythology) wife of Thor and guardian of the home


(Norse mythology) wife of Loki; held a cup over him during his punishment to spare him the pain of drops of poison


(Norse mythology) god of thunder and rain and farming; pictured as wielding a hammer emblematic of the thunderbolt; identified with Teutonic Donar


(Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin; identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu


(Norse mythology) one of the Aesir known for his beauty and skill with bow and skis; son of Sif and stepson of Thor


(Norse mythology) one of the Aesir and avenger of Balder; son of Odin


(Norse mythology) one of the Aesir; son of Odin; avenges his parent by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarok


(Norse mythology) an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin


(Norse mythology) a wonderful smith; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wayland and Teutonic Wieland


(Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together


(Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull


(European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund


(German mythology) a deity worshipped by the ancient Teutons


the Teutonic god of thunder; counterpart of Norse Thor


the Teutonic goddess of fertility; later identified with Norse Njord


supreme Teutonic god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Anglo-Saxon Woden


(Anglo-Saxon mythology) a deity worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons


god of war and sky; counterpart of Norse Tyr


chief god; counterpart of Norse Odin and Teutonic Wotan


fate personified; any one of the three Weird Sisters


(Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human race


(Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden


(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God


(Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Abel was killed by Cain


(Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in place of the murdered Abel


an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)


a mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad


in the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie


(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece


an imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children


the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy


the legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon


(fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience


British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming


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a Valkyrie or a queen in the Nibelungenlied who loved the hero Siegfried; when he deceived her she had him killed and then committed suicide


(Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla


the fictional character of a rabbit who appeared in tales supposedly told by Uncle Remus and first published in 1880


a legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada


hero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill


a fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll


a fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling


a fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince


a pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low


fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker


(Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece


(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father


(Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus


(Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey


(Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus


(Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them


(Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica


(Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it


deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor


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great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops


a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'


a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid


(Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus


(Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War


(Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen


(Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess


(Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War


(Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him


(Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus


(Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed


(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death


(Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus


(Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus


(Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus)


(Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them


(Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus


(Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy


(Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles


(Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother


a king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles


the hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical


the hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century


a villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens

Fagin was a fence who trained boys as pickpockets


a dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays


a Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton


an alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge


the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses


the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation)


a cartoon character created by Walt Disney, a tall, anthropomorphic dog who wears a turtle neck and vest, with pants, shoes, white gloves, and a tall hat


a fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift


the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father


(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War


(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War


a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester


the villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife


a fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon


a nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II


the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters


(Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was conceived in the rape of Leda


a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift


tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler


fictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist


the imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes


Japanese sleuth created by John Marquand


the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife


an incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire


a character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man


a buffoon in modern pantomimes; the butt of jokes


fictional detective in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner


the main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up


the title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning


a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face


a cartoon character created by Walt Disney, a red-colored, medium-sized, short-haired dog with black ears


a mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain


the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens


a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs


the fictional storyteller of tales written in the Black Vernacular and set in the South; the tales were first collected and published in book form in 1880


a servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe


a personification of the United States government


a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle


the cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe


in the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages


a fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz


a person considered as a unique individual


a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first


a fully developed person from maturity onward


someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases


a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age


a habitual liar (after a New Testament character who was struck dead for lying)


a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission


a person who is appointed to a job or position


someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure


a Jew of eastern European or German descent


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a person who is present and participates in a meeting

he was a regular attender at department meetings


a psychologist who subscribes to behaviorism


a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)


a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)


a person who captures and holds people or animals


a worker who casts molten metal into finished products


a person unable to distinguish differences in hue


Jew who keeps some requirements of Mosaic law but adapts others to suit modern circumstances


someone appointed by a court to assume responsibility for the interests of a minor or incompetent person


a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes

needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected


a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested


someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.)


a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing government in Nicaragua


a composer who specializes in counterpoint


an investor who deliberately decides to go against the prevailing wisdom of other investors


a person who participates in competitions


I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts


one of two or more signers of the same document (as a treaty or declaration)


a signer in addition to the principal signer (to verify the authenticity of the principal signature or to provide surety)


a person who grows or makes or invents things


oewn-defender-n oewn-guardian-n oewn-protector-n oewn-shielder-n

a person who cares for persons or property


a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy


a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems


a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade


an orator who delivers eulogies or panegyrics


a workman who excavates for foundations of buildings or for quarrying


a research worker who conducts experiments


a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas

she was an experimenter in new forms of poetry


a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully


someone who expounds and interprets or explains


a part of a person that is used to refer to a person


a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies


a person who resembles a Romani in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life


a worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process


a person who pursues independent thought or action


oewn-inhabitant-n oewn-habitant-n oewn-dweller-n oewn-denizen-n oewn-indweller-n

a person who inhabits a particular place


oewn-native-n oewn-indigen-n oewn-indigene-n oewn-aborigine-n oewn-aboriginal-n

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

the art of the natives of the northwest coast


a person born in a particular place or country


a person who loves someone or is loved by someone


a significant other to whom you are not related by marriage


a person who you love, usually a member of your family


a person who rules or guides or inspires others


a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies


oewn-mediator-n oewn-go-between-n oewn-intermediator-n oewn-intermediary-n oewn-intercessor-n

a negotiator who acts as a link between parties


a person who receives or invests or pays out money


a person who owes allegiance to that nation


a philosopher who subscribes to nativism


a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity


oewn-peer-n oewn-equal-n oewn-match-n oewn-compeer-n

a person who is of equal standing with another in a group


oewn-perceiver-n oewn-percipient-n oewn-observer-n oewn-beholder-n

a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses


a person who goes before or announces the coming of another


a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)

little league is intended for the preteens


a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization


a person who manifests devotion to a deity


a person addicted to religion or a religious zealot


someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)


holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage)


a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome


a person who is not pleasant or agreeable


a person who works at a specific occupation


a person who transgresses moral or civil law


a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans


a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European


(according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic descent (and not a Jew)


(formal) any non-European non-white person


oewn-Black-n oewn-African-American-n oewn-Negro-n oewn-Negroid-n

a person with African ancestry, "Negro" and "Negroid" are archaic and pejorative today


an offspring of a black and a white parent


an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black


an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black


a person of European descent with a light-skinned or pale complexion


a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern Caucasia


oewn-Abkhaz-n oewn-Abkhazian-n oewn-Abkhas-n oewn-Abkhasian-n

a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of the Black Sea


a member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and northern Africa


a member of an ancient people who ruled Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC


a member of an ancient warlike people living in Elam east of Babylonia as early as 3000 BC


a member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C.


(slang) an offensive term for White people who are impoverished


oewn-whitey-n oewn-honky-n oewn-honkey-n oewn-honkie-n


a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination


(ethnic slur) an offensive name for an unskilled Asian laborer


a member of the people inhabiting an area of northern Mongolia and eastern Siberia


a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia


a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups)


a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia


a member of the Mongolian people of central Asia who invaded Russia in the 13th century


any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived


a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec


a member of the Achomawi community of northeastern California


a member of the Akwa'ala community in Baja California


a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama

the Alabamas were members of the Creek Confederacy


a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec


a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast


a Native American who lived in what is now southern Colorado and Utah and northern Arizona and New Mexico and who built cliff dwellings


a member of an Indian people formerly living along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas


oewn-Athapaskan-n oewn-Athapascan-n oewn-Athabaskan-n oewn-Athabascan-n

a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska


a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy

Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar


a member of any of various Indian peoples of central Mexico


a member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes in 1519


a member of an early Mesoamerican civilization centered around Veracruz that flourished between 1300 and 400 BC


a member of the Nahuatl speaking people of central and southern Mexico


a member of a large tribe of Mesoamericans living in southern Mexico whose civilization flourished around 300 to 900


a member of one of the tribes of American Indians who lived a nomadic life following the buffalo in the Great Plains of North America


any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma


a member of a tribe of Plains Indians formerly inhabiting eastern Colorado and Wyoming (now living in Oklahoma and Wyoming)


a member of the Caddo people who formerly lived in the Dakotas west of the Missouri river


a member of a North American Indian people of northern California


a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi


a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains


a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux, who now live on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota and the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, on the west bank of the Missouri River in central South Dakota


a group of Plains Indians formerly living in what is now North and South Dakota and Nebraska and Kansas and Arkansas and Louisiana and Oklahoma and Texas


a member of the Mayan people living in south central Guatemala


a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas


a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living around Cayuga Lake in New York State


a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma


a member of a North American Indian people living on the western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)


a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Mississippi


a member of the Salishan people living in northwestern Washington


a member of an extinct North American Indian people formerly living in California


a member of an important North American Indian people who controlled the mouth of the Columbia river; they were organized into settlements rather than tribes


a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay


a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Alabama


a member of a North American Indian people living in central Baja California


a member of a North American Indian people living around the mouth of the Colorado River


a member of an Amerindian people living in northern Idaho around Coeur d'Alene Lake


a member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are now chiefly in Oklahoma


a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in Maryland between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac river; allies of the Nanticoke people


a member of a North American Indian people living in coastal California between Monterey and San Francisco Bay


a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada


any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma


a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana


a member of the Siouan people of the northern Mississippi valley; commonly called the Sioux


a member of an Algonquian people formerly living in New Jersey and New York and parts of Delaware and Pennsylvania


any member of a Siouan people speaking one of the Dhegiha languages


a member of a North American Indian people of southern California


a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania and western New York


a member of a North American Indian people living on the California coast near Monterey


a member of an ascetic Jewish sect around the time of Jesus


a member of the Caddo people of northeastern Texas


a member of an Algonquian people formerly living west of Lake Michigan along the Fox River


a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians who lived on the Pacific coast of British Columbia and southwestern Alaska


a member of a North American Indian people of the Colorado river valley near the mouth of the Gila river; allied to the Maricopa


a member of a North American Indian people of Cataract Canyon in Arizona


a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota


a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia; a member of the Creek Confederacy


a member of the Shoshonean people of northeastern Arizona


a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Hokan languages


a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly lived in the western Dakotas; they were prominent in resisting the white encroachment into the northern Great Plains


a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California


a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Illinois and regions to the west


a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri


any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution


oewn-Kalapooia-n oewn-Kalapuya-n oewn-Calapooya-n oewn-Calapuya-n

a member of the North American Indian people of the Willamette Basin, Oregon


a member of a North American Indian people of southeastern California and northwestern Mexico


a member of the Siouan people of the Kansas river valley in Kansas


a member of a North American Indian people of the Klamath river valley in northern California


a member of a Mayan people of north central Guatemala


a member of a Caddo people formerly living in north central Texas


a member of the Algonquian people formerly inhabiting southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois


a member of a North American Indian people living in northern Baja California


a member of a Tanoan people living in the southwestern United States


a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in northern Alabama; a member of the Creek Confederacy


a member of the North American Indian people of Coos River and Bay, and lower Coquille river, Oregon


a member of the Wakashan people living around Queen Charlotte Sound and on northern Vancouver Island


a member of a North American Indian people living east of the Sacramento river in California


a member of the Algonquian people of northeastern Maine and New Brunswick


a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala


a member of a North American Indian people of the Gila river valley in Arizona


a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived around Massachusetts Bay


a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California


a member of the federally recognized tribe of Algonquian people living on a reservation in central Wisconsin


a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux, who lived in western present-day South Dakota from the Black Hills in to the Platte River


a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley of the Missouri river in Missouri


a member of the extinct Algonquian people formerly living in northern Indiana and southern Michigan


a member of the Algonquian people inhabiting the Maritime Provinces of Canada


a member of the North American Indian people living in the central Sierra Nevada in California


a member of the North American Indian people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona and Nevada and California


a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living along the Mohawk River in New York State


a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic


a member of any of the peoples formerly living in southeastern United States and speaking Muskhogean languages


a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in Georgia and eastern Alabama and constituting the core of the Creek Confederacy


a member of the Algonquian people formerly of Maryland and eastern Delaware


a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah


a member of a tribe of the Shahaptian people living on the pacific coast


a member of the Wakashan people living on Vancouver Island and in the Cape Flattery region of northwestern Washington


a member of the Siouan people living in the Yazoo river valley in Mississippi


a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux and who formerly inhabited the Black Hills of western South Dakota


a member of an Algonquian people who stretch from present-day Ontario in eastern Canada all the way into Montana, above and around Lake Superior


a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska


a member of the Siouan people formerly living in Missouri in the valleys of the Missouri and Osage rivers; oil was found on Osage lands early in the 20th century


a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living east of Lake Ontario


a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living between Lake Champlain and the Saint Lawrence River


a member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska


a member of the Algonquian people of southern Ontario


a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States


a member of the Algonquian people formerly of the Pamlico river valley in North Carolina


a member of the Algonquian people related to the Malecite and living in northeastern Maine and New Brunswick


a member of the North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California


a member of the Pawnee nation formerly living in Nebraska and Kansas but now largely in Oklahoma


a member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine


a member of a North American Indian people speaking one of the Penutian languages


a member of the North American Indian people living in southern Arizona and northern Mexico


a member of an Indian people of northern California living along the Russian River valley and adjacent Pacific coast


a member of the Siouan people of the Missouri river valley in northeastern Nebraska


a member of the Algonquian people originally of Michigan and Wisconsin


a member of the Algonquian people who formerly lived in eastern Virginia


a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called `Pueblos' by the Spanish because they live in pueblos (villages built of adobe and rock)


a member of the Siouan people of the Arkansas river valley in Arkansas


a member of the Mayan people of south central Guatemala


(slang) offensive term for Native Americans


a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North America


oewn-Santee-n oewn-Santee_Sioux-n oewn-Santee_Dakota-n oewn-Eastern_Sioux-n

a member of the eastern branch of the Sioux


a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in Wisconsin in the Fox River valley and on the shores of Green Bay


a member of the Muskhogean people who moved into Florida in the 18th century


a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario


a member of a North American Indian people who lived in Oregon along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Washington and northern Idaho


a member of the Indian people of northern California and southern Oregon


a member of the Algonquian people formerly living along the Tennessee river


a member of the North American Indian people (related to the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States


a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux, who lived in the western Dakotas on the Great Plains


a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains


oewn-Teton-n oewn-Lakota-n oewn-Teton_Sioux-n oewn-Teton_Dakota-n

a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains


a member of the Salish people in northwestern Washington


a member of a North American Indian people of southwestern Oregon


a member of the Pueblo people living in northern New Mexico


a member of a group of peoples of Mexico


a member of the Taracahitian people of central Mexico


a member of the Taracahitian people of north central Mexico


a member of a seafaring group of North American Indians living in southern Alaska


a member of a Penutian people who lived on rivers and a sound in British Columbia


a member of an Iroquois people who formerly lived in North Carolina and then moved to New York State and joined the Iroquois


a member of the Siouan people of Virginia and North Carolina


a member of the Siouan people who constituted a division of the Teton Sioux


a member of the Shoshonean people of Utah and Colorado and New Mexico


a member of one of the peoples in British Columbia and Washington who speak the Wakashan language


a member of the Algonquian people of Rhode Island and Massachusetts who greeted the Pilgrims


a member of a North American people formerly living in the Colorado river valley in Arizona


a member of the Caddo people formerly living between Kansas and central Texas


a member of the Siouan-speaking people formerly living in eastern Wisconsin south of Green Bay; ally of the Menomini and enemy of the Fox and Sauk people


a member of a North American Indian people living in the Sacramento valley in California


a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California


a member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California, their lands bordering the Yuba and Feather rivers


a member of a North American Indian people of central Arizona


a member of the North American Indian people of the San Joaquin Valley


a member of the Mayan people of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico


a member of the North American Indian people of Arizona and adjacent Mexico and California


a member of the Pueblo people living in western New Mexico


native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India


a member of one of the aboriginal inhabitants of India


a member of an agricultural people of southern India


a member of an agricultural people in southeastern India


a member of a formerly tribal people in south central India


a member of a Kannada-speaking group of people living chiefly in Kanara in southern India


a member of a formerly tribal people now living in south central India


a member of the Dravidian people living in the Nilgiri Hills in southern India


a member of the Dravidian people living in southeastern India


a member of the Dravidian people living in northern Bengal in eastern India


a member of the Dravidian people living in southern India


a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of southern India and Sri Lanka


a member of the people in southeastern India (Andhra Pradesh) who speak the Telugu language


a member of a pastoral people living in the Nilgiri Hills of southern India


a member of a Dravidian people living on the southwestern coast of India


a member of a people in India living in Orissa and neighboring areas


a member of the people of Pakistan and Punjab


a member of a people of India living in Maharashtra


a member of the people living in Australia when Europeans arrived


group of people speaking a Slavonic language


any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language


an early French settler in the Maritimes


a Louisianian descended from Acadian immigrants from Nova Scotia


a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its simplicity of life


an American follower of the Mennonite religion


an adherent of Baptistic doctrines (who practice baptism by immersion)


a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination


a member of the Protestant church founded in the United States by Mary Baker Eddy


a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ


Christians refer to themselves as gentiles


a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus


a member of the Religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox (the Friends have never called themselves Quakers)


a religious person who is not a Catholic


a member of the Anglican Church who emphasizes its Catholic character


an offensive term for Roman Catholics; originally, a Roman Catholic who was a strong advocate of the papacy


a member of the church formed in the 19th century by German Catholics who refused to accept the infallibility of the Pope


a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties


oewn-kike-n oewn-hymie-n oewn-sheeny-n oewn-yid-n


a member of a Muslim dynasty of Berber warriors that flourished from 1049 to 1145 and that established political dominance over northwestern Africa and Spain


oewn-Shiite-n oewn-Shi-ap-ite-n oewn-Shiite_Muslim-n oewn-Shi-ap-ite_Muslim-n oewn-Shia_Muslim-n

a member of the branch of Islam that regards Ali as the legitimate successor to Mohammed and rejects the first three caliphs


a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad


an adherent of the doctrines of Zen Buddhism


a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect


worshipper of Krishna and member of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness


follower of Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism


a person of mixed European and African descent


a person of mixed European and Asian descent


formerly a term of respect for important white Europeans in colonial India; used after the name


a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times


a Gaelic-speaking Celt in Ireland or Scotland or the Isle of Man


an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions


a native or inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor (especially a member of a people believed to have been Gauls who conquered Galatia in the 3rd century BC)


a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century


a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD


a member of the ancient Germanic people who migrated from Jutland to southern Gaul and were annihilated by the Romans


a member of the Kafir people in northeastern Afghanistan


oewn-Pathan-n oewn-Pashtun-n oewn-Pushtun-n oewn-Pashtoon-n

a member of the mountain people living in the eastern regions of Afghanistan

Pathans are the predominant ethnic group in Afghanistan


any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic language group


a member of the Bantu tribes resident in Angola


a native or inhabitant of the island of Anguilla in the West Indies


a member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho


a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain


(Hinduism) a member of a people living in Bangladesh and West Bengal (mainly Hindus)


a member of any of a large number of linguistically related peoples of Central and South Africa


a member of a pastoral Bantu people living in Namibia, Botswana, and Angola


a member of a Bantu people living in Rwanda and Burundi


a member of a Bantu people in southeastern Congo


a member of the Bantu people who inhabit Botswana, Lesotho, and northern South Africa and who speak the Sotho languages


a member of a Bantu people living chiefly in Botswana and western South Africa


a member of a Bantu speaking people living in Rwanda and Burundi


a native or inhabitant of Rio de Janeiro


a member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay


a member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia


a member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and Paraguay


a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire


a Canadian descended from early French settlers and whose native language is French


informal term for Canadians in general and French Canadians in particular


a native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage


inhabitant of the island of Cebu; a member of the Visayan people of the Philippines


a native or inhabitant of Central America


a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe


a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China


(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Chinese descent


a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo


a native or inhabitant of the former republic of Czechoslovakia


a native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic


a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia


a native or inhabitant of the East Indies


an Egyptian descended from the ancient Egyptians


a man who is a native or inhabitant of England


a woman who is a native or inhabitant of England


a native or inhabitant of England prior to the Norman Conquest


a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'

in the ninth century the Vikings began raiding the Anglo-Saxons in Britain


a person of English citizenship born or living in India


a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons


a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons; dominant in England until the Norman Conquest


a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Angles and Saxons to become Anglo-Saxons


a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century


a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall


a woman who is a native or resident of Cornwall


a member (or supporter) of the house of Lancaster


a member (or supporter) of the house of Hanover


a member of a people living in southern Benin and Togo and southeastern Ghana


oewn-Fulani-n oewn-Fula-n oewn-Fulah-n oewn-Fellata-n oewn-Fulbe-n

a member of a pastoral and nomadic people of western Africa; they are traditionally cattle herders of Muslim faith


a member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia


a native of Flanders or a Flemish-speaking Belgian


a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia


a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia


a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built


a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia


a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals)


a member of the Livonian-speaking people of Latvia


a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia


a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia


one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia


a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia


a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals


a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia


a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language)


a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)


a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America


a Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about 3000-1100 BC


a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken on the Greek mainland, Crete and Cyprus in the 16th to 12th centuries BC


a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in Boethia, Thessaly, in the Aegean island of Lesbos, and the Greek colonies of Asia Minor


a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in the southern and eastern Peloponnese, Crete, Rhodes, some islands in the southern Aegean Sea, some cities on the coasts of Asia Minor, Southern Italy, Sicily, Epirus and Macedon


a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks, spoken in the central west coast of Asia Minor, the islands of Chios and Samos, islands across the central Aegean, and on the large island of Euboea north of Athens


an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes


a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay Archipelago


a member of the predominantly Muslim people in the southern Philippines


a descendant of the Arabs who inhabited Palestine


a native or inhabitant of Hindustan or India


a people living traditionally in mountain villages in southern China and adjacent areas of Vietnam and Laos and Thailand; many have emigrated to the United States


the majority of Irani are Persian Shiite Muslims


the majority of Iraqi are Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the government


a man who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland


a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Ireland


(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Irish descent


a native or inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Israel


oewn-wop-n oewn-dago-n oewn-ginzo-n oewn-Guinea-n oewn-greaseball-n

(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Italian descent


a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)


an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire


a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC


an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania


an Oscan-speaking member of an ancient people of Campania who clashed repeatedly with the early Romans


a member of the Japanese people living on the Ryukyu Islands southwest of Japan


(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent


a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean language


a member of a largely pastoral Islamic people who live in Kurdistan; the largest ethnic group without their own state


a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais


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a member of an indigenous nomadic people living in northern Scandinavia and herding reindeer


(ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent


(formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant


(ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent


a Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States


one of the Muslim people of north Africa; of mixed Arab and Berber descent; converted to Islam in the 8th century; conqueror of Spain in the 8th century