Word Finder - ghosts

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The spirit; the soul of man.

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The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death

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Everyone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.

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Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image

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not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea

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A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

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An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.

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A ghostwriter.

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An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.

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An image of a file or hard disk.

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An understudy.

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A covert (and deniable) agent.

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The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.

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An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.

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A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.

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(in names of species) White or pale.

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ghost slug; ghostberry; ghostflower; ghost crab; ghost bat

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(in names of species) Transparent or translucent.

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ghost ant; ghost catfish; ghost nipper; ghost nudibranch

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Abandoned.

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ghost town; ghost net; ghost ramp; ghost ship

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Remnant; the remains of a(n).

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ghost cell; ghost crater; ghost image

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Perceived or listed but not real.

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ghost pain; ghost cellphone vibration; ghost island; ghost voter

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Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.

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ghost rocket; ghost deer; ghost cat

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Substitute.

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ghost writer; ghost band; ghost singer

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To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.

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To die; to expire.

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To ghostwrite.

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To sail seemingly without wind.

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To copy a file or hard drive image.

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To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.

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To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.

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To appear without warning; to move quickly and quietly; to slip.

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To kill.

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To break up with someone without warning or explanation; to perform an act of ghosting.

I used to believe in ghosts when I was young.

She thought about telling Alex, but he was in no mood to hear about ghosts in the dark.

I'll look forward to my night out hunting ghosts.

For a long time the ghosts and witches pursued me even into Dreamland.

He announced his lab was, "free of any and all ghosts of the past."

I tell Julie the nightmares must be from my past; ghosts trying to get out.

Besides, you've got too much on your minds— running for sheriff, little Martha leaving and all—you don't need to hear about the ghosts in my closet.

The gloomy dungeons are also populated by the ghosts of the wretches whose spare parts have been used to manufacture the monster.

If you do you will find a timeless enchantment - with perhaps a few ghosts as well.

Her setting is a castle that is quite fantastical, with some incredibly funny ghosts.

Hoping to lay the ghosts of her own past to rest, Gert.. .

Dark spooky castles haunted by ghosts - what could be more of a cliche?

The graphics are bright, fast and clear and you will need to move with some speed to avoid the vengeful ghosts.

The directionality of place-memory ghosts suggests that they are possibly emotional equivalents of optical holograms.

Please join us to celebrate the launch of Debbie Taylor's new novel, hungry ghosts, set on the Greek island of Crete.

Lead Scooby and Shaggy through five huge episodes filled with scary monsters and spooky ghosts.

Plants and Ghosts promises Davies' familiar sensuous, lucid dance yet given new inflections and textural change.

At later levels the warehouse acquires a few ghosts which chase you with murderous intent.

Different attitudes to what happened after death, including systems of eternal reward and punishment; belief in eternal nothingness; and ghosts.

In the basement of the house, which must have cost the set designers a pretty penny, ghosts are locked in glass cells.

Light danced around hir like lotus petals, like flames, like ghosts.

In visual media, Irving and Terry are still resplendent, but not alive; they are ghosts of ghosts.

If he had been he mightn't have been quite so scornful about ghosts in machines.

Later that same year, 13 Ghosts found the saucy young actress moving from horror spoof to the real deal.

When he died his people were ' like ghosts their faces suffused with tears ' .

Under the head of demons are classified only such spirits as are believed to enter into relations with the human race; the term therefore includes (I) human souls regarded as genii or familiars, (2) such as receive a cult (for which see Ancestor Worship), and (3) ghosts or other malevolent revenants; excluded are souls conceived as inhabiting another world.

They were, however, fated to fall far short of such a consummation; and at all times orthodox Brahmanism has had to wink at, or ignore, all manner of gross superstitions and repulsive practices, along with the popular worship of countless hosts of godlings, demons, spirits and ghosts, and mystic objects and symbols of every description.

It was essential in the old Greek rites of averting the Keres or djinns, the ill regulated ghosts who return to earth and molest the living, to abstain from flesh.

The primitive philosophy to which these conceptions belong has to a great degree been discredited by modern science; yet the clear survivals of such ancient and savage rites may still be seen in Europe, where the Bretons leave the remains of the All Souls' supper on the table for the ghosts of the dead kinsfolk to partake of, and Russian peasants set out cakes for the ancestral manes on the ledge which supports the holy pictures, and make dough ladders to assist the ghosts of the dead to ascend out of their graves and start on their journey for the future world; while other provision for the same spiritual journey is made when the coin is still put in the hand of the corpse at an Irish wake.

The strongest belief of the natives was in the power of the ghosts of the dead, so that they carried the bones of relatives to secure themselves from harm, and they fancied the forest swarming with malignant demons.

Perhaps they are the ghosts of thoughts that once inhabited the mind of an ancestor.

She was a ghost in white among taller ghosts, and she followed them placidly, her eyes dark rubies in the night.

If he had been he might n't have been quite so scornful about ghosts in machines.

Used at one time as a burial ground, it was shunned by people even during the day-time for fear of ghosts.

When he died his people were ' like ghosts their faces suffused with tears '.

Does the fog creeping up from the river bring vengeful ghosts seeking to settle an old score?

Ghosts and other haunted characters in movies are very insidious.

Even after the haunted tour, he was still a skeptic with regards to the reality of ghosts in the town.

I'd say that more likely than her chasing ghosts, she is probably trying to play with the family, her brother and things you might not notice such as dust mites or a piece of lint.

If you believe in ghosts, be prepared to jump at every strange sound-historic homes make plenty of them!

Most online Halloween games for kids are lighthearted and contain cartoon ghosts or similar characters meant to amuse.

You play an evil ghost that is trying to get rid of the white ghosts.

You progress through each level shooting your blobs at them while avoiding the white ghosts' green blobs.

You can pick up or shoot hourglasses to gain time in order to shoot enough ghosts to finish the level.

Travel through different doors and explore each room of the building, and pick up objects to protect or hide you from ghosts.

For example, you might find a wooden plank which you can lock doors with, preventing the ghosts from attacking Scooby.

Trying to stop your quest are four ghosts that run around attempting to eat you.

In the maze also are four slightly larger dots that activate the blinking ghosts.

The ghosts flash, which indicates you have the option of eating them.

If you do eat them, you get 200 points for the first ghost and then 400, 800, and 1600 points if you eat two, three or all the ghosts respectively.