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Shadow

Shade within defined limits; obscurity or deprivation of light, apparent on a surface, and representing the form of the body which intercepts the rays of light; as, the shadow of a man, of a tree, or of a tower. See the Note under Shade, n., 1.

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Boding 76% connected

of Bode

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Darken 76% connected

To make dark or black; to deprive of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.

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Dominate 76% connected

To predominate over; to rule; to govern.

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

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Follower 76% connected

One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

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Foreboding 76% connected

of Forebode

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Illusion 76% connected

An unreal image presented to the bodily or mental vision; a deceptive appearance; a false show; mockery; hallucination.

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Indicant 76% connected

Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.

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Indication 76% connected

Act of pointing out or indicating.

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Overlook 76% connected

To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to…

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Overtop 76% connected

To rise above the top of; to exceed in height; to tower above.

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Premonition 76% connected

Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.

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Presence 76% connected

The state of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand; -- opposed to absence.

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Presentiment 76% connected

Previous sentiment, conception, or opinion; previous apprehension; especially, an antecedent impression or conviction of something unpleasant, distre…

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Recourse 76% connected

A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.

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Refuge 76% connected

Shelter or protection from danger or distress.

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Resort 76% connected

Active power or movement; spring.

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Scene 76% connected

The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the st…

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Semblance 76% connected

Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

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Shade 76% connected

Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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Shadiness 76% connected

Quality or state of being shady.

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Shadowiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being shadowy.

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Spy 76% connected

To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.

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Footprint 76% connected

The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as, "Footprints of the Creator."

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Ghost 76% connected

The spirit; the soul of man.

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Penumbra 76% connected

An incomplete or partial shadow.

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Shade 76% connected

Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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Specter 76% connected

Alt. of Spectre

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Spectre 76% connected

Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.

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Spook 76% connected

A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.

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Umbra 76% connected

The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no portion of the sun's…

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Wraith 76% connected

An apparition of a person in his exact likeness, seen before death, or a little after; hence, an apparition; a specter; a vision; an unreal image.

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Derivationally related 12

Dwarf 74% connected

An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.

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Dwarf 74% connected

An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.

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Shade 74% connected

Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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Shade 74% connected

Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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Shadowy 74% connected

Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.

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Shadowy 74% connected

Full of shade or shadows; causing shade or shadow.

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Tail 74% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Tail 74% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Synonym 14

Apparition 92% connected

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

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Dark 92% connected

Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color…

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Darkness 92% connected

The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.

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Dwarf 92% connected

An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.

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Fantasm 92% connected

Same as Phantasm.

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Overshadow 92% connected

To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure.

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Phantasm 92% connected

An image formed by the mind, and supposed to be real or material; a shadowy or airy appearance; sometimes, an optical illusion; a phantom; a dream.

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Phantasma 92% connected

A phantasm.

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Phantom 92% connected

That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.

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Shade 92% connected

Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between th…

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Tail 92% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Tincture 92% connected

A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red.

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Trace 92% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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Vestige 92% connected

The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or…

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