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Peri

An imaginary being, male or female, like an elf or fairy, represented as a descendant of fallen angels, excluded from paradise till penance is accomplished.

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Girl 76% connected

A young person of either sex; a child.

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Miss 76% connected

A title of courtesy prefixed to the name of a girl or a woman who has not been married. See Mistress, 5.

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Missy 76% connected

See Misy.

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Spirit 76% connected

Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.

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Absolute noun · 78% connection

In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.

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Angel noun · 78% connection

One of a class of "fallen angels;" an evil spirit; as, the devil and his angels.

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Angelology noun · 78% connection

A discourse on angels, or a body of doctrines in regard to angels.

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Bull noun · 78% connection

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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Character noun · 78% connection

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"

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Cherub noun · 78% connection

One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge…

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Child noun · 78% connection

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate o…

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Cyclorama noun · 78% connection

A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature.…

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Daughter noun · 78% connection

A female descendant; a woman.

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Doe noun · 78% connection

A female deer or antelope; specifically, the female of the fallow deer, of which the male is called a buck. Also applied to the female…

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Elf noun · 78% connection

An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hill…

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Fairy noun · 78% connection

An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle…

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Fictional character noun · 78% connection

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"

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Fictitious character noun · 78% connection

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story); "she is the main character in the novel"

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Grammalogue noun · 78% connection

Literally, a letter word; a word represented by a logogram; as, it, represented by |, that is, t. pitman.

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Hectocotylus noun · 78% connection

One of the arms of the male of most kinds of cephalopods, which is specially modified in various ways to effect the fertilization of t…

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Horse noun · 78% connection

The male of the genus horse, in distinction from the female or male; usually, a castrated male.

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Imparadise verb · 78% connection

To put in a state like paradise; to make supremely happy.

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