ghosts (noun)
1ghost story — noun 1. : a story about ghosts 2. : a tale based on imagination rather than fact * * * noun, pl ⋯ ries [count] : a frightening story about ghosts * * * ˈghost story [ghost story ghost stories] …
2ghost — noun VERB + GHOST ▪ see ▪ You look as if you ve seen a ghost! ▪ believe in ▪ I don t believe in ghosts. ▪ conjure, invoke …
3zoophobia — noun a morbid fear of animals • Hypernyms: ↑simple phobia • Hyponyms: ↑acarophobia, ↑arachnophobia, ↑ailurophobia, ↑cynophobia, ↑entomophobia, ↑lepidophobia, ↑ …
4ghost story — noun Date: 1819 1. a story about ghosts 2. a tale based on imagination rather than fact …
5lemur — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Latin lemures, plural, ghosts Date: 1795 any of various arboreal chiefly nocturnal prosimian primates (superfamily Lemuroidea) that were formerly widespread but are now largely confined to Madagascar and that… …
6black man — noun a) A (male) member of a racial group having dark skin colouring, typically of sub Saharan African descent. he suspects everything he hears and sees to be a devil, or enchanted, and imagineth a thousand chimeras and visions, which to his… …
7firecracker — noun a) A firework consisting of a string of bangers linked by a fuse designed to emit a series of loud bangs when lit. Traditionally used in Chinese celebrations (e.g. Chinese New Year) to scare off ghosts and bad spirits and to bring good luck …
8Hecate — noun /ˈhɛkətiː/ The goddess of the night and crossroads, usually associated with witchcraft and sorcery, as well as ghosts and childbirth. Said to reside in Hades …
9ghostbuster — noun Someone who purports to rid a place of ghosts …
10spookshow — noun a) A show that involves spooks (ghosts). Now that youve learned the tricks, its time to put on a spookshow. b) An organisation or situation that involves spies. ...full of characters who die screaming, but the Tom Baker era spookshows have… …
