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Spectral

Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty.

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Supernatural 84% connected

Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

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Supernatural 84% connected

Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous.

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Spectrum 74% connected

An apparition; a specter.

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Spectrum 74% connected

An apparition; a specter.

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Spectrum 66% connected

An apparition; a specter.

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Apparitional 92% connected

Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.

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Ghostlike 92% connected

Like a ghost; ghastly.

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Ghostly 92% connected

Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual; as, a ghostly confessor.

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Phantasmal 92% connected

Pertaining to, of the nature of, or resembling, a phantasm; spectral; illusive.

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Spiritual 92% connected

Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.

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