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Lycanthrope

A human being fabled to have been changed into a wolf; a werewolf.

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Werewolf 92% connected

A person transformed into a wolf in form and appetite, either temporarily or permanently, whether by supernatural influences, by witchcraft, or volun…

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Adaptability noun · 78% connection

the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances

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Adonis noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood wa…

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Alkahest noun · 78% connection

The fabled "universal solvent" of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies.

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Ambrosia noun · 78% connection

The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.

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Amphisbaena noun · 78% connection

A fabled serpent with a head at each end, moving either way.

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Anthropomorphist noun · 78% connection

One who attributes the human form or other human attributes to the Deity or to anything not human.

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Anthropomorphite noun · 78% connection

One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of anci…

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Atlantides n. pl. · 78% connection

The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas.

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Bitch noun · 78% connection

The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.

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Briarean adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or resembling, Briareus, a giant fabled to have a hundred hands; hence, hundred-handed or many-handed.

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Caduceus noun · 78% connection

The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive woo…

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Carnivora n. pl. · 78% connection

An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though…

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Catfish noun · 78% connection

A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias n…

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Citigradae n. pl. · 78% connection

A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their pre…

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Coyote noun · 78% connection

A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its…

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Cursores n. pl. · 78% connection

A group of running spiders; the wolf spiders.

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Cyclops n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection

One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled…

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Daphne noun · 78% connection

A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.

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