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(n)
(theology) The chief devil; Satan.
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(Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit that watches over a person or place.
(computing, Unix) A process (a running program) that does not have a controlling terminal.
A very evil person.
(mythology) A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
A terrifying and dangerous creature, especially one of an imaginary or mythical kind.
(in many religions, uncountable) A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
A person (now usually particularly a woman) who uses magical or similar supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
A female sorcerer, especially one who is elegant; compare witch.
(adj)
Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
A male magic-user; a male witch; a wizard.
Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.
An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate.
A curved, pointed, horny projection on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
(mediaeval folklore) An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
An unruly, rowdy or mischievous person, especially a child.
The soul of a person or other creature.
(fantasy) A creature or creatures from hell.
(mythology) A demon said to feed on corpses.
A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
(parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.
(fantasy) A malevolent and grotesque diminutive humanoid, often associated with orcs or trolls.
A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.
(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
(golf) A score of one over par on a hole.
Alternative spelling of bug-a-boo. [A mythical, nocturnal creature; a hobgoblin.]
A ghost or apparition.
A female demon.
An evil or malevolent spirit.
A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
(archaic) One in subjection to a demon or demons.
Dated spelling of daemon.
One who worships demons.
Demons collectively.
Alternative form of cacodemon. [An evil or malevolent spirit.]
(religion, fantasy) A chief demon; an archdevil.
(fantasy) demonic creatures; hellspawn
(uncountable) Belief in, or worship of demons or devils.
(now rare) Possession by a demon or demons.
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
A medicine used to exorcize a demon.
A Japanese demon.
(rare) Magic in which the aid of demons is invoked; black magic.
A demon or spirit, in certain Native American cultures.
Belief in a universe that is infused with an evil spirit.
An evil spirit from East African mythology, often the subject of artwork.
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon. [A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).]
An evil and fearsome creature.
(Hindu mythology) The spirit of an evil Brahmin; a demon, an evil spirit.
Alternative spelling of cacodaemon. [A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).]
(slang, derogatory) A very obese or overweight person.
(rare) A battle between or against demons or devils.
Divination using the aid of demons to reveal information.
The spirit of a witch.
Alternative form of daeva. [(Zoroastrianism) A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature, usually considered as a demon.]
Any caviid rodent of the genus Dolichotis, common in the Patagonian steppes of Argentina.
(biblical) The Devil; Satan; Lucifer.
(Hinduism) A member of a race of mythical fanged demons that eat human flesh and blood, somewhat like vampires.
An intellectually brilliant person who excells at using his or her mental abilities for negative or harmful ends; especially a criminal mastermind.
Satan, the Devil.
(Platonic philosophy) The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.
The Devil; Satan.
(theology, rare, religion, fantasy, science fiction) A chief or reigning devil.
A legendary serpentine or reptilian creature.
A pagan god or demon, associated with the underworld and envisaged as a powerful primordial being, whose very name was taboo.
Worship of demons.
Often mammon: wealth, material avarice, profit.
(mythology, biblical) A storm and fertility god of the Phoenician and Canaanite pantheons, reckoned as chief of the gods by the 1st millennium BC.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
A little devil.
The Devil.
A ghost or spirit, often malevolent, in Polynesian mythology.
(Islam) A kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an.
A people of Papua New Guinea.
A phantom; a ghost or an elusive entity.
(Zoroastrianism) A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature, usually considered as a demon.
(Hinduism) A kind of good spirit, similar to a guardian angel or a lesser deity.
Alternative form of brahmarakshasa. [(Hindu mythology) The spirit of an evil Brahmin; a demon, an evil spirit.]
The king of demons in Jewish tradition, and thought to represent lust in Christian demonology.
(mythology) A preternatural being opposed to the gods.
(Christianity) Satan, the Devil.
(now literary) A snake, especially a large or dangerous one.
(fantasy) A fiery demonic creature.
The Devil, Satan, Lucifer.
(Judaism) The first wife of Adam in Jewish folklore.
The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; Apollyon;
An avenging spirit or deity, variously associated with the Erinyes, Nemesis, and more.
Satan