Puget Sound: an inlet of the North Pacific in northwestern Washington State


pulp: any soft or soggy mass


mush: any soft or soggy mass


pulsar: a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation


Puppis: a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat


Purus: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River


Purus River: a Brazilian river; tributary of the Amazon River


Pyrenees: a chain of mountains between France and Spain


Pyxis: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia


Quaoar: a planetoid discovered in 2002


quark: (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3


quasar: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts


quasi-stellar radio source: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts


Queen Charlotte Sound: an inlet of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia


quickener: an agent that gives or restores life or vigor


invigorator: an agent that gives or restores life or vigor


enlivener: an agent that gives or restores life or vigor


quicksand: a pit filled with loose wet sand into which objects are sucked down


rabbit burrow: a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits


rabbit hole: a hole in the ground as a nest made by wild rabbits


radiator: any object that radiates energy


radio source: an object that radiates radio waves


rainbow: an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain


Rakaposhi: a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir (25,560 feet high)


range: a series of hills or mountains


mountain range: a series of hills or mountains


range of mountains: a series of hills or mountains


chain: a series of hills or mountains


mountain chain: a series of hills or mountains


chain of mountains: a series of hills or mountains


rangeland: land suitable for grazing livestock


Ranier: a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)


Mount Ranier: a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)


Mt. Ranier: a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)


Mount Tacoma: a mountain peak in central Washington; highest peak in the Cascade Range; (14,410 feet high)


rapid: a part of a river where the current is very fast


Rappahannock: a river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region


Rappahannock River: a river that flows across eastern Virginia into the Tidewater region


rathole: a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats


ravine: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)


Red: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana


Red River: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana


red dwarf: a small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter


red dwarf star: a small, old, relatively cool star; approximately 100 times the mass of Jupiter


red giant: a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun


red giant star: a large, old, luminous star; has a relatively low surface temperature and a diameter large relative to the sun


Red Sea: a long arm of the Indian Ocean between northeast Africa and Arabia; linked to the Mediterranean at the north end by the Suez Canal


reef: a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water


Regulus: the brightest star in Leo


relaxer: any agent that produces relaxation


relict: geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared


remains: any object that is left unused or still extant


repressor: an agent that represses


represser: an agent that represses


Republican: a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas


Republican River: a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas


reservoir: anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies


source: anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies


restriction fragment: the fragment of DNA that is produced by cleaving DNA with a restriction enzyme


retardant: any agent that retards or delays or hinders


retardent: any agent that retards or delays or hinders


retardation: any agent that retards or delays or hinders


Reticulum: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus


Rhine: a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea


Rhine River: a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea


Rhein: a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea


Rhodope Mountains: a mountain range in the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe; extends along the border between Greece and Bulgaria


Rhone: a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles


Rhone River: a major French river; flows into the Mediterranean near Marseilles


ribbon: any long object resembling a thin line


thread: any long object resembling a thin line


ridge: a long narrow natural elevation or striation


ridge: a long narrow range of hills


ridgeline: a long narrow range of hills


ridge: a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean


rift: a narrow fissure in rock


rift: a gap between cloud masses


rift valley: a valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust


Rigel: the brightest star in Orion


Beta Orionis: the brightest star in Orion


rill: a small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)


Rio de la Plata: an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay


La Plata: an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay


Plata River: an estuary between Argentina and Uruguay


Rio Grande: a North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico


Rio Bravo: a North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico


rip: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart


rent: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart


snag: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart


split: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart


tear: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart


riparian forest: woodlands along the banks of stream or river


ripple mark: one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind


river: a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)


riverbank: the bank of a river


riverside: the bank of a river


riverbed: a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river


river bottom: a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river


river boulder: a boulder that has been carried by a river to a place remote from its place of origin


rivulet: a small stream


rill: a small stream


run: a small stream


runnel: a small stream


streamlet: a small stream


rock: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter


stone: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter


Rockies: the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide


Rocky Mountains: the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide


roof: the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space


round: the course along which communications spread


Ross Sea: an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean in Antarctica


row: a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally)


Ruhr: a tributary of the Rhine


Ruhr River: a tributary of the Rhine


Rushmore: a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it


Mount Rushmore: a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it


Mt. Rushmore: a mountain in the Black Hills of South Dakota; the likenesses of Washington and Jefferson and Lincoln and Roosevelt are carved on it


Russell's body: an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer


cancer body: an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer


Russian River: a river in northern California


Saale: a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River


Saale River: a river that rises in central Germany and flows north to join the Elbe River


Sabine: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico


Sabine River: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico


Sacramento Mountains: mountain range in New Mexico to the east of the Rio Grande


Sacramento River: a river in northern California rising near Mount Shasta and flowing south to the San Francisco Bay


saddleback: a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)


saddle: a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)


Sagitta: a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way


Sagittarius: a large zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Scorpius and Capricornus


Saint Francis: a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas


Saint Francis River: a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas


St. Francis: a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas


St. Francis River: a tributary of the Mississippi River that rises in Missouri and flows southeastward through Arkansas


Saint John: a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy


Saint John River: a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy


St. John: a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy


St. John River: a river that rises in Maine and flows northeastward through New Brunswick to empty into the Bay of Fundy


Saint Johns: a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean


Saint Johns River: a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean


St. Johns: a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean


St. Johns River: a river in northeastern Florida that flows northward to Jacksonville and then eastward to empty into the Atlantic Ocean


Saint Lawrence: a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic


Saint Lawrence River: a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic


St. Lawrence: a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic


St. Lawrence River: a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic


Sajama: a mountain peak in the Andes in Bolivia (21,391 feet high)


Salmon: a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho


Salmon River: a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho


salt flat: a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water


salt plain: a flat expanse of salt left by the evaporation of a body of salt water


salt lick: a salt deposit that animals regularly lick


lick: a salt deposit that animals regularly lick


salt marsh: low-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater


Salton Sea: a saltwater lake in southeastern California


saltpan: a shallow basin in a desert region; contains salt and gypsum that was deposited by an evaporated salt lake


Sambre: a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur


Sambre River: a river in western Europe that rises in northern France and flows generally east into Belgium where it joins the Meuse at Namur


sample: all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class


San Andreas Fault: a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes


sandbank: a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide


sandbar: a bar of sand


sand bar: a bar of sand


San Diego Bay: a bay of the Pacific in southern California


sandpit: a large pit in sandy ground from which sand is dug


San Fernando Valley: a fertile valley in southern California to the north of Los Angeles; includes many residential communities


San Francisco Bay: a bay of the Pacific in western California


sanitary landfill: a low area where waste is buried between layers of earth


San Joaquin River: a river in central California that rises in the Sierra Nevada and flows northwest to form a large delta with the Sacramento River


San Joaquin Valley: a vast valley in central California known for its rich farmland


San Juan Hill: a hill in eastern Cuba (near Santiago de Cuba) that was captured during the Spanish-American War


San Juan Mountains: a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains


Sao Francisco: a river in eastern Brazil flowing into the Atlantic Ocean


Saone: a river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone


Saone River: a river in eastern France; rises in Lorraine and flows south to become the chief tributary of the Rhone


Sargasso Sea: a vast area of the North Atlantic from the West Indies to the Azores that is dense with gulfweed


Saronic Gulf: a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece


Gulf of Aegina: a gulf of the Aegean on the southeastern coast of Greece


satellite: any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star


satisfier: any agent capable of producing satisfaction


Saturn: a giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles; the 6th planet from the sun


Savannah: a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic


Savannah River: a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the Atlantic


sawpit: a pit over which lumber is positioned to be sawed by two men with a long two-handed saw


Sayan Mountains: a range of mountains in southern Siberia to the west of Lake Baikal; contain important mineral deposits


scablands: (geology) flat elevated land with poor soil and little vegetation that is scarred by dry channels of glacial origin (especially in eastern Washington)


scale: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin


scurf: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin


exfoliation: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin


Scheldt: a river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea


Scheldt River: a river that rises in France and flows northeast across Belgium and empties into the North Sea


scintilla: a sparkling glittering particle


Scorpius: a large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius


Scorpio: a large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius


scraping: (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected


Sculptor: a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus


scurf: (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts


sea: a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land


seamount: an underwater mountain rising above the ocean floor


Sea of Azov: a bay of the Black Sea between Russia and the Ukraine


Sea of Azof: a bay of the Black Sea between Russia and the Ukraine


Sea of Azoff: a bay of the Black Sea between Russia and the Ukraine


Sea of Japan: an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan


East Sea: an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan


Sea of Okhotsk: an arm of the Pacific to the east of Asia


seashore: the shore of a sea or ocean


coast: the shore of a sea or ocean


seacoast: the shore of a sea or ocean


sea-coast: the shore of a sea or ocean


seaside: the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort


seaboard: the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort


section: a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope


sediment: matter that has been deposited by some natural process


deposit: matter that has been deposited by some natural process


Sedna: a planetoid of rock and ice about three-quarters the size of Pluto discovered in 2003; the most distant object known to orbit around the sun


segment: one of the parts into which something naturally divides


seif dune: a long and tall sand dune with a sharp crest; common in the Sahara


Seine: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel


Seine River: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and then northward into the English Channel


Selkirk Mountains: a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia


Seneca Lake: a glacial lake in central New York; the largest of the Finger Lakes


Lake Seneca: a glacial lake in central New York; the largest of the Finger Lakes


Serpens: a constellation in the equatorial region of the northern hemisphere near Ophiuchus and Corona Borealis


Sete Quedas: a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay


Guaira: a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay


Guaira Falls: a great waterfall on the border between Brazil and Paraguay


seven seas: an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world


Severn: a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain


River Severn: a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain


Severn River: a river in England and Wales flowing into the Bristol Channel; the longest river in Great Britain


Severn: a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay


Severn River: a river in Ontario that flows northeast into Hudson Bay


Seyhan: a Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean


Seyhan River: a Turkish river flowing south southwest into the Mediterranean


shag: a matted tangle of hair or fiber


Shari: an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad


Shari River: an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad


Chari: an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad


Chari River: an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad


Shasta: a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high)


Mount Shasta: a volcanic mountain peak in the Cascade Range in northern California (14,162 feet high)


Shenandoah River: a river of northern Virginia that empties into the Potomac at Harpers Ferry


Sherman: a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)


Mount Sherman: a peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)


sheet: any broad thin expanse or surface


shelf ice: ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea


ice shelf: ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea


shell: a rigid covering that envelops an object


shell: the exterior covering of a bird's egg


eggshell: the exterior covering of a bird's egg


Shenandoah Valley: a large valley between the Allegheny Mountains and the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia; site of numerous battles during the American Civil War


Sherwood Forest: an ancient forest in central England; formerly a royal hunting ground; said to be the home of Robin Hood and his merry band


shiner: something that shines (with emitted or reflected light)


shoal: a stretch of shallow water


shallow: a stretch of shallow water


shoal: a sandbank in a stretch of water that is visible at low tide


shore: the land along the edge of a body of water


shore boulder: a boulder found on a shore remote from its place of origin


shoreline: a boundary line between land and water


shortener: any agent that shortens


sialolith: a stone formed in the salivary gland


salivary calculus: a stone formed in the salivary gland


siderite: a meteorite consisting principally of nickel and iron


sierra: a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)


Sierra Madre Occidental: a mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline


Sierra Madre Oriental: a mountain range in northeastern Mexico the runs parallel to the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico


Sierra Nevada: a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney


Sierra Nevada Mountains: a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney


High Sierra: a mountain range in eastern California; contains Mount Whitney


Sierra Nevada: a mountain range in southern Spain along the Mediterranean coast to the east of Granada


sill: (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock


silva: the forest trees growing in a country or region


sylva: the forest trees growing in a country or region


Sinai: a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments


Mount Sinai: a mountain peak in the southern Sinai Peninsula (7,500 feet high); it is believed to be the peak on which Moses received the Ten Commandments


sinkhole: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof


sink: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof


swallow hole: a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof


Sirius: the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major


Dog Star: the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major


Canicula: the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major


Sothis: the brightest star in the sky; in Canis Major


Skagens Odde: a cape on the northernmost tip of Jutland between the Skagerrak and the Kattegatt


Skaw: a cape on the northernmost tip of Jutland between the Skagerrak and the Kattegatt


Skagerrak: a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway


Skagerak: a broad strait of the North Sea between Jutland and Norway


ski slope: a snow-covered slope for skiing


skim: a thin layer covering the surface of a liquid


sky: the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth


slack: a stretch of water without current or movement


slack water: a stretch of water without current or movement


slash: an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)


slice: a thin flat piece cut off of some object


slit: a narrow fissure


slope: an elevated geological formation


incline: an elevated geological formation


side: an elevated geological formation


slot: the trail of an animal (especially a deer)


slough: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)


slough: a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)


slough: a hollow filled with mud


Small Magellanic Cloud: the smaller of the two Magellanic Clouds visible from the southern hemisphere


Snake: a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition


Snake River: a tributary of the Columbia River that rises in Wyoming and flows westward; discovered in 1805 by the Lewis and Clark Expedition


snowcap: a covering of snow (as on a mountain peak)


snowdrift: a mass of snow heaped up by the wind


snowfield: a permanent wide expanse of snow


soap bubble: a bubble formed by a thin soap film


soapsuds: the froth produced by soaps or detergents


suds: the froth produced by soaps or detergents


lather: the froth produced by soaps or detergents


solar system: the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field


Solent: a strait of the English Channel between the coast of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight


Solway Firth: a large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland


sound: a large ocean inlet or deep bay


South America: a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama


South Atlantic: that part of the Atlantic Ocean to the south of the equator


South China Sea: a tropical arm of the Pacific Ocean near southeastern Asia subject to frequent typhoons


Southern Cross: a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus


Crux: a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus


Crux Australis: a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus


South Pacific: that part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator


South Platte: a tributary of the Platte River


South Platte River: a tributary of the Platte River


South Sea: any sea to the south of the equator (but especially the South Pacific)


South Sea Islands: any islands in the southern or southwestern of central parts of the Pacific Ocean


spall: a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge


spawl: a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge


spark: a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction


Spica: the brightest star in Virgo


spit: a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea


tongue: a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea


splint: a thin sliver of wood


splinter: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal


sliver: a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal


split: a lengthwise crack in wood


spoor: the trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game


spring: a natural flow of ground water


fountain: a natural flow of ground water


outflow: a natural flow of ground water


outpouring: a natural flow of ground water


natural spring: a natural flow of ground water


spume: foam or froth on the sea


stalactite: a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave


stalagmite: a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave


star: (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior


star: any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night


starlet: a small star


steep: a steep place (as on a hill)


St. Elias Range: a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory


St. Elias Mountains: a range of mountains between Alaska and the Yukon territory


steppe: extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)


stepping stone: a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing


steps: the course along which a person has walked or is walking in


Sterope: one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades


Asterope: one of the stars in the star cluster Pleiades


storm cloud: a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm


straight chain: an open chain of atoms with no side chains


strait: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water


sound: a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water


Strait of Georgia: the strait separating Vancouver Island from the Canadian mainland


Strait of Gibraltar: the strait between Spain and Africa


Strait of Hormuz: a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman


Strait of Ormuz: a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman


Strait of Magellan: the strait separating South America from Tierra del Fuego and other islands to the south of the continent; discovered by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520; an important route around South America before the Panama Canal was built


Strait of Messina: the strait separating Sicily from the tip of Italy


Strait of Dover: the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent


Strait of Calais: the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent


Pas de Calais: the strait between the English Channel and the North Sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent


strand: a poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides)


strange particle: an elementary particle with non-zero strangeness


strange quark: a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1


squark: a quark with an electric charge of -1/3 and a mass 988 times that of an electron and a strangeness of -1


stratosphere: the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere


stratus: a large dark low cloud


stratus cloud: a large dark low cloud


stream: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth


watercourse: a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth


streambed: a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream


creek bed: a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream


stressor: any agent that causes stress to an organism


stretch: a large and unbroken expanse or distance


strike-slip fault: a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally


string: (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop


cosmic string: (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop


strip: a relatively long narrow piece of something


stub: a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost


Styx: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls


River Styx: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which Charon carried dead souls


subcontinent: a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent


sun: the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system


Sun: the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system


sun: any star around which a planetary system revolves


Sun River: a river in western Montana that flows south and east to join the Missouri River


supergiant: an extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density


superior planet: any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit


supernatant: the clear liquid that lies above a sediment or precipitate


supernova: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process


superstring: a hypothetical particle that is the elementary particle in a theory of space-time


surface: the outermost level of the land or sea


Earth's surface: the outermost level of the land or sea


Suriname River: a river in Suriname that flows northward to the Atlantic


Surinam River: a river in Suriname that flows northward to the Atlantic


Susquehanna: a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay


Susquehanna River: a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland into Chesapeake Bay


swale: a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)


swamp: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog


swampland: low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog


swath: a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)


belt: a path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing)


swell: a rounded elevation (especially one on an ocean floor)


swimming hole: a small body of water (usually in a creek) that is deep enough to use for swimming


tableland: a relatively flat highland


plateau: a relatively flat highland


Taconic Mountains: a range of the Appalachian Mountains along the eastern border of New York with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Vermont


Tagus: a European river; flows into the North Atlantic


Tagus River: a European river; flows into the North Atlantic


Takakkaw: a waterfall in southeastern British Columbia; the highest waterfall in Canada (1250 feet high)


Tallapoosa: river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River


Tallapoosa River: river that rises in northwestern Georgia and flows southwest through central Alabama to join the Coosa River near Montgomery and form the Alabama River


talus: a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff


scree: a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff


Tampa Bay: an arm of the Gulf of Mexico in west central Florida


tangle: a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven


tarn: a mountain lake (especially one formed by glaciers)


tar pit: a natural accumulation of bitumens at the surface of the earth; often acts as a trap for animals whose bones are thus preserved


tartar: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums


calculus: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums


tophus: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums


Tasman Sea: an arm of the southern Pacific Ocean between southeastern Australia and New Zealand


tauon: a lepton of very great mass


tau-minus particle: a lepton of very great mass


Taurus: a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini


Telescopium: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Ara


Tennessee: a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky


Tennessee River: a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary of the Ohio River in western Kentucky


tent: a web that resembles a tent or carpet


teratogen: any agent that interferes with normal embryonic development: alcohol or thalidomide or X-rays or rubella are examples


terrace: a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)


bench: a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep slopes above and below)


terrestrial planet: a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system


territorial waters: the waters surrounding a nation and its territories over which that nation exercises sovereign jurisdiction


Teton Range: a mountain range in northwest Wyoming; contains the Grand Teton


Thames: the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea


River Thames: the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea


Thames River: the longest river in England; flows eastward through London to the North Sea


thermion: an electrically charged particle (electron or ion) emitted by a substance at a high temperature


thermosphere: the atmospheric layer between the mesosphere and the exosphere


thrust fault: a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression


overthrust fault: a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression


reverse fault: a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression


thunderhead: a rounded projecting mass of a cumulus cloud with shining edges; often appears before a thunderstorm


Tiber: a river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea


Tevere: a river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea


tidal basin: a basin that is full of water at high tide


tidal river: a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream


tidewater river: a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream


tidal stream: a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream


tidewater stream: a stream in which the effects of the tide extend far upstream


tideland: land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide


tidewater: low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams


tideway: a channel in which a tidal current runs


Tien Shan: a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles


Tyan Shan: a major mountain range of central Asia; extends 1,500 miles


Tigris: an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River


Tigris River: an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River


Timor Sea: an arm of the eastern Indian Ocean between Timor and northern Australia


Tirich Mir: a mountain in the Hindu Kush in Pakistan (25,230 feet high)


Titan: the largest of the satellites of Saturn; has a hazy nitrogen atmosphere


Tocantins: a river in eastern Brazil that flows generally north to the Para River


Tocantins River: a river in eastern Brazil that flows generally north to the Para River


Tombigbee: a river that rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows southward through western Alabama to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River


Tombigbee River: a river that rises in northeastern Mississippi and flows southward through western Alabama to join the Alabama River and form the Mobile River


top quark: a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron


truth quark: a hypothetical quark with a charge of +2/3 and a mass more than 100,000 times that of an electron


tor: a high rocky hill


tor: a prominent rock or pile of rocks on a hill


Torres Strait: a strait between northeastern Australia and southern New Guinea that connects the Coral Sea with the Arafura Sea


trail: a track or mark left by something that has passed


transducing vector: a vector for delivering genes into cells


gene delivery vector: a vector for delivering genes into cells


transmission mechanism: any mechanism whereby an infectious agent is spread from a reservoir to a human being


Transylvanian Alps: a range of the southern Carpathian Mountains extending across central Romania


Trapezium: a multiple star in the constellation of Orion


tree farm: a forest (or part of a forest) where trees are grown for commercial use


trench: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor


deep: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor


oceanic abyss: a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor


Trent: a river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber


River Trent: a river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber


Trent River: a river in central England that flows generally northeastward to join with the Ouse River and form the Humber


Triangulum: a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries


Triangle: a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries


Triangulum Australe: a small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus


Southern Triangle: a small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus


Trinity River: a river in eastern Texas that is formed near Dallas and flows generally southeastward to Galveston Bay


Triton: the largest moon of Neptune


Trondheim Fjord: a long narrow inlet of the Norwegian Sea


Trondheim Fiord: a long narrow inlet of the Norwegian Sea


tropopause: the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the stratosphere


troposphere: the lowest atmospheric layer; from 4 to 11 miles high (depending on latitude)


trough: a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)


Tucana: a large faint constellation in the southern hemisphere containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud


Tugela: a major waterfall in southern Africa; has more than one leap


Tugela Falls: a major waterfall in southern Africa; has more than one leap


tundra: a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen


Tunguska: a river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River


Lower Tunguska: a river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River


Tunguska: a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River


Stony Tunguska: a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River


Tupungato: a mountain in the Andes on the border between Argentina and Chile (22,310 feet high)


turf: surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots


sod: surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots


sward: surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots


greensward: surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots


turning: a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on a lathe


twilight zone: the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach


Twin: a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho


Twin Falls: a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho


twinkler: an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner


Tyrolean Alps: a popular tourist area in the Tyrol


Tyne: a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea


River Tyne: a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea


Tyne River: a river in northern England that flows east to the North Sea


Tyrrhenian Sea: an arm of the Mediterranean between Italy and the islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Sicily


Ulugh Muztagh: a mountain in the Kunlun range in China (25,340 feet high)


Ulugh Muz Tagh: a mountain in the Kunlun range in China (25,340 feet high)


Uncompahgre Peak: the highest peak in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado (14,309 feet high)


unit: a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else


building block: a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else


unit cell: the smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystal


United States waters: territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States and its territories


U.S. waters: territorial waters included within a distance of 12 nautical miles of the coasts of the United States and its territories


universe: everything that exists anywhere


existence: everything that exists anywhere


creation: everything that exists anywhere


world: everything that exists anywhere


cosmos: everything that exists anywhere


macrocosm: everything that exists anywhere


uphill: the upward slope of a hill


upper mantle: the upper part of the mantle


Upper Peninsula: the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan


up quark: a stable quark with an electric charge of +2/3 and a mass 607 times that of an electron


Urals: a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia


Ural Mountains: a mountain range in western Russia extending from the Arctic to the Caspian Sea; forms part of the traditional boundary between Europe and Asia


Uranus: a giant planet with a ring of ice particles; the 7th planet from the sun has a blue-green color and many satellites


urolith: a urinary stone


Urubupunga: a waterfall in the Parana river in Brazil


Urubupunga Falls: a waterfall in the Parana river in Brazil


Uruguay River: a South American river that arises in southern Brazil and flows south to the Rio de la Plata; the northern section forms the boundary between Argentina and Brazil and the southern section forms the boundary between Argentina and Uruguay


vagabond: anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place


valence electron: an electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules


valley: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river


vale: a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river


variable: something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation


variable star: a star that varies noticeably in brightness


variable: a star that varies noticeably in brightness


vector: any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease


transmitter: any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease


vector-borne transmission: indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vector bites or touches a person


Vega: the brightest star in the constellation Lyra


vehicle-borne transmission: indirect transmission of an infectious agent that occurs when a vehicle (or fomite) touches a person's body or is ingested


vein: a layer of ore between layers of rock


mineral vein: a layer of ore between layers of rock


Vela: a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis


vent: a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt


volcano: a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt


Venus: the second nearest planet to the sun; it is peculiar in that its rotation is slow and retrograde (in the opposite sense of the Earth and all other planets except Uranus); it is visible from Earth as an early `morning star' or an `evening star'


Vesta: the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered


vesture: something that covers or cloaks like a garment


Vetluga: a river in central Russia; flows generally southward into the Volga


Vetluga River: a river in central Russia; flows generally southward into the Volga


Victoria: a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally


Victoria Falls: a waterfall in the Zambezi River on the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia; diminishes seasonally


viral delivery vector: a transducing vector that uses a retrovirus


Virgo: a large zodiacal constellation on the equator; between Leo and Libra


Vistula: a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea


Vistula River: a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea


Volans: a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Carina


volcanic crater: a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano


crater: a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano


volcano: a mountain formed by volcanic material


Volga: a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea


Volga River: a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea


Volkhov: a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally north into Lake Ladoga


Volkhov River: a river in northwestern Russia flowing generally north into Lake Ladoga


Volta: a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin


Vulpecula: a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Sagitta


Wabash: a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana


Wabash River: a tributary of the Ohio River that rises in western Ohio and flows southwestward across Indiana


wadi: gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season


wall: anything that suggests a wall in structure or function or effect


wall: a vertical (or almost vertical) smooth rock face (as of a cave or mountain)


wallow: a puddle where animals go to wallow


wall rock: a rock immediately adjacent to a vein or fault


warren: a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits


rabbit warren: a series of connected underground tunnels occupied by rabbits


wash: the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)


dry wash: the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)


wasp's nest: habitation for wasps or hornets


wasps' nest: habitation for wasps or hornets


hornet's nest: habitation for wasps or hornets


hornets' nest: habitation for wasps or hornets


watercourse: natural or artificial channel through which water flows


waterfall: a steep descent of the water of a river


falls: a steep descent of the water of a river


water gap: a pass in a mountain ridge through which a stream flows


water hole: a natural hole or hollow containing water


waterside: land bordering a body of water


water system: a river and all of its tributaries


water table: underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water


water level: underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water


groundwater level: underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water


waterway: a navigable body of water


weakener: that which weakens or causes a loss of strength


weakly interacting massive particle: a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe


WIMP: a hypothetical subatomic particle of large mass that interacts weakly with ordinary matter through gravitation; postulated as a constituent of the dark matter of the universe


web: an intricate network suggesting something that was formed by weaving or interweaving


webbing: something forming a web (as between the toes of birds)


Weddell Sea: an arm of the south Atlantic in Antarctica to the east of the Antarctic Peninsula


Weisshorn: a mountain in the Alps in Switzerland (14,804 feet high)


Weser: a river in northwestern Germany that flows northward to the North Sea near Bremerhaven


Weser River: a river in northwestern Germany that flows northward to the North Sea near Bremerhaven


wetland: a low area where the land is saturated with water


Wheeler Peak: a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains


whinstone: any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)


whin: any of various hard colored rocks (especially rocks consisting of chert or basalt)


White: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri


White River: a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri


white dwarf: a faint star of enormous density


white dwarf star: a faint star of enormous density


White Nile: a headstream of the Nile; joins the Blue Nile at Khartoum to form the Nile


White Sea: a large inlet of the Barents Sea in the northwestern part of European Russia


white water: frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls


whitewater: frothy water as in rapids or waterfalls


Whitney: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)


Mount Whitney: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada range in California (14,494 feet high)


Wight: an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel


Isle of Wight: an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel


Wilderness: a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War


Willamette: a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland


Willamette River: a river in western Oregon that flows north into the Columbia River near Portland


Wilson: a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)


Mount Wilson: a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet high)


wind gap: a pass in a mountain ridge with no stream flowing through it


window: an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function


Windward Passage: a channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea


Winnipeg: a lake in southern Canada in Manitoba


Lake Winnipeg: a lake in southern Canada in Manitoba


Wisconsin: a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin


Wisconsin River: a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin


wonderland: a place or scene of great or strange beauty or wonder


world: a part of the earth that can be considered separately


wormcast: fossil trail of a worm


wormhole: hole made by a burrowing worm


xenolith: (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded


Yalu: river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)


Yalu River: river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)


Chang Jiang: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai


Changjiang: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai


Chang: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai


Yangtze: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai


Yangtze River: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai


Yangtze Kiang: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into the East China Sea near Shanghai


Yazoo: a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg


Yazoo River: a river that rises in west central Mississippi and flows southwest to empty into the Mississippi River above Vicksburg


Yellow Sea: part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia


Huang Hai: part of the Pacific off the east coast of Asia


Yellowstone: a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park


Yellowstone River: a tributary of the Missouri River that flows through the Yellowstone National Park


Yenisei: a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea


Yenisei River: a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea


Yenisey: a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea


Yenisey River: a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea


Yerupaja: a mountain peak in the Andes in Peru (21,709 feet high)


Yosemite: a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year


Yosemite Falls: a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year


Yukon: a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea


Yukon River: a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea


Zambezi: an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean


Zambezi River: an African river; flows into the Indian Ocean


Zhu Jiang: a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea


Canton River: a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea


Chu Kiang: a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea


Pearl River: a river in southeast China that flows into the South China Sea


Zuider Zee: a former inlet of the North Sea in the northern coast of the Netherlands; sealed off from the sea in 1932 by a dam that created the IJsselmeer


imaginary being: a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction


imaginary creature: a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction


hypothetical creature: a creature that has not been observed but is hypothesized to exist


extraterrestrial being: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere


extraterrestrial: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere


alien: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its atmosphere


mythical being: an imaginary being of myth or fable


Augeas: (Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle


Alcyone: (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher


Halcyon: (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher


Arjuna: (Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God


legendary creature: a monster that is unverifiable but popularly accepted as possibly factual


abominable snowman: a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas


yeti: a large hairy humanoid creature said to live in the Himalayas


Bigfoot: large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada


Sasquatch: large hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada


Demogorgon: (Greek mythology) a mysterious and terrifying deity of the underworld


doppelganger: a ghostly double of a living person that haunts its living counterpart


Loch Ness monster: a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland


Nessie: a large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland


sea serpent: huge creature of the sea resembling a snake or dragon


bogeyman: an imaginary monster used to frighten children


bugbear: an imaginary monster used to frighten children


bugaboo: an imaginary monster used to frighten children


boogeyman: an imaginary monster used to frighten children


booger: an imaginary monster used to frighten children


Death: the personification of death


Gargantua: a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name


Grim Reaper: Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe


Reaper: Death personified as an old man or a skeleton with a scythe


giant: an imaginary figure of superhuman size and strength; appears in folklore and fairy tales


hobbit: an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien


Maxwell's demon: an imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics


mermaid: half woman and half fish; lives in the sea


merman: half man and half fish; lives in the sea


Martian: imaginary people who live on the planet Mars


Argus: (Greek mythology) a giant with 100 eyes; was guardian of the heifer Io and was slain by Hermes


Cadmus: (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional founder of Thebes in Boeotia


Calypso: (Greek mythology) the sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years


sea nymph: (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus


Cyclops: (Greek mythology) one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead


giantess: a female giant


ogre: (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings


ogress: (folklore) a female ogre


Humpty Dumpty: an egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century)


Jack Frost: a personification of frost or winter weather


Mammon: (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit


Scylla: (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait


Stentor: the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes


monster: an imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts


mythical monster: a monster renowned in folklore and myth


mythical creature: a monster renowned in folklore and myth


amphisbaena: (classical mythology) a serpent with a head at each end of its body


basilisk: (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance


centaur: (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse


Cerberus: (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon


hellhound: (Greek mythology) the three-headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades; son of Typhon


Charon: (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades


Chimera: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon


Chimaera: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon


Chiron: (Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles, Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes


Circe: (Greek mythology) a sorceress who detained Odysseus on her island and turned his men into swine


cockatrice: monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to kill with a glance


Dardanus: (Greek mythology) founder of Troy


dragon: a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings


firedrake: a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes wings


Fafnir: (Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd


Ganymede: (Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods


Geryon: (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with three heads that was slain by Hercules


Gorgon: (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at Medusa turned the beholder to stone


Grace: (Greek mythology) one of three sisters who were the givers of beauty and charm; a favorite subject for sculptors


Aglaia: (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces


Euphrosyne: (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces


Thalia: (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces


gryphon: winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion


griffin: winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion


griffon: winged monster with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion


Harpy: (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman


Hydra: (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off each head was replaced by two new ones


Hyperborean: (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind


Hypnos: (Greek mythology) the Greek god of sleep; the son of Nyx


leviathan: monstrous sea creature symbolizing evil in the Old Testament


Niobe: (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss


Perseus: (Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster


Andromeda: (Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife


Cepheus: (Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia


Cassiopeia: (Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda


Medusa: (Greek mythology) a woman transformed into a Gorgon by Athena; she was slain by Perseus


Stheno: (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons


Euryale: (Greek mythology) one of the three Gorgons


manticore: a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion


mantichora: a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion


manticora: a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion


mantiger: a mythical monster having the head of man (with horns) and the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion


Midas: (Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold


Sisyphus: (Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again


Minotaur: (Greek mythology) a mythical monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man; slain by Theseus


Morpheus: the Roman god of sleep and dreams


Narcissus: (Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection


Nemean lion: (Greek mythology) an enormous lion strangled by Hercules as the first of his 12 labors


Nibelung: (German mythology) any of the race of dwarfs who possessed a treasure hoard that was stolen by Siegfried


Nibelung: (German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried


Bellerophon: (Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera)


Paris: (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War


Patroclus: (Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon


Pegasus: (Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination


phoenix: a legendary Arabian bird said to periodically burn itself to death and emerge from the ashes as a new phoenix; according to most versions only one phoenix lived at a time and it renewed itself every 500 years


Python: (Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi


roc: mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength


salamander: reptilian creature supposed to live in fire


Sarpedon: (Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia; fought on behalf of the Trojans in the Trojan War and was killed by Patroclus


Siegfried: (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart


Sigurd: (Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart


Sphinx: (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon


troll: (Scandanavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains


Typhoeus: (Greek mythology) son of Gaea and Tartarus who created the whirlwinds; had a terrifying voice and 100 dragon heads that spurted fire


Typhon: (Greek mythology) a monster with a hundred heads who breathed out flames; son of Typhoeus and father of Cerberus and the Chimera and the Sphinx


werewolf: a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again


wolfman: a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again


lycanthrope: a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again


loup-garou: a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again


witch: a being (usually female) imagined to have special powers derived from the devil


wyvern: a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs


wivern: a fire-breathing dragon used in medieval heraldry; had the head of a dragon and the tail of a snake and a body with wings and two legs


nature: a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe


supernatural: supernatural forces and events and beings collectively


occult: supernatural forces and events and beings collectively


spiritual being: an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events


supernatural being: an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events


theurgy: the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs


first cause: an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause


prime mover: an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause


primum mobile: an agent that is the cause of all things but does not itself have a cause


control: a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance


destiny: the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)


fate: the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman)


spiritual leader: a leader in religious or sacred affairs


deity: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force


divinity: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force


god: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force


immortal: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force


daemon: a person who is part mortal and part god


demigod: a person who is part mortal and part god


Fury: (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals


Eumenides: (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals


Erinyes: (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals


Alecto: one of the three Furies


Megaera: one of the three Furies


Tisiphone: one of the three Furies


sea god: a deity that personifies the sea and is usually believed to live in or to control the sea


sun god: a god that personifies the sun or is otherwise associated with the sun


Celtic deity: a deity worshipped by the Celts


Amaethon: the farmer god; ancient god of agriculture


Ana: mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu


Angus Og: Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women


Aengus: Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women


Oengus: Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women


Angus: Celtic god of love and beauty; patron deity of young men and women


Arawn: Celtic deity who was the lord of Annwfn (the other world or the land of fairies)


Arianrhod: Celtic goddess famous for her beauty; mother of Dylan


Arianrod: Celtic goddess famous for her beauty; mother of Dylan


Boann: Celtic goddess; mother of Angus Og


Brigit: Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom; later associated with Saint Bridget


Dagda: chief Celtic god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit


Danu: Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don


Dana: Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann; identified with the Welsh Don


Don: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu


Dylan: Celtic god of the waves; son of Arianrhod


Epona: (possibly Roman mythology) Celtic goddess of horses and mules and asses


Fomor: one of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature


Fomorian: one of a group of Celtic sea demons sometimes associated with the hostile power of nature


Gwydion: Celtic sky god; a magician; giver of arts and civilization


Gwyn: Celtic underworld god


Lir: the sea personified; father of Manannan; corresponds to Welsh Llyr


Ler: the sea personified; father of Manannan; corresponds to Welsh Llyr


Llew Llaw Gyffes: son of Gwydion and Arianrhod; supported by magic of Gwydion; cursed by Arianrhod


LLud: a Celtic warrior god


Llyr: Celtic deity who was the father of Manawydan; corresponds to Irish Lir


Lug: ancient Celtic god


Lugh: ancient Celtic god


Manannan: Celtic god of the sea; son of Ler


Manawydan: Celtic sea god; son of Llyr


Manawyddan: Celtic sea god; son of Llyr


Morrigan: Celtic war goddess


Morrigu: Celtic war goddess


Tuatha De Danann: race of Celtic gods or demigods; ruled Ireland in the Golden Age


Tuatha De: race of Celtic gods or demigods; ruled Ireland in the Golden Age


Egyptian deity: a deity worshipped by the ancient Egyptians


Amen: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes


Amon: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes


Amun: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes


Amen-Ra: Egyptian sun god; supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged; principal deity during Theban supremacy


Amon-Ra: Egyptian sun god; supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged; principal deity during Theban supremacy


Amun Ra: Egyptian sun god; supreme god of the universe in whom Amen and Ra were merged; principal deity during Theban supremacy


Anubis: Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal


Anpu: Egyptian god of tombs and ruler of the underworld; usually depicted as a man with the head of a jackal


Aten: the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten


Aton: the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten


Bast: cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun


Geb: Egyptian god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis


Keb: Egyptian god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis


Horus: Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon; the son of Osiris and Isis


Isis: Egyptian goddess of fertility; daughter of Geb; sister and wife of Osiris


Khepera: Egyptian god of the morning sun; creator


Min: an Egyptian god of procreation


Nephthys: Egyptian goddess associated with ritual of the dead; sister of Geb and Nut; wife of Set


Nut: Egyptian goddess of the sky


Osiris: Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead; husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus


Ptah: a major Egyptian god; shaper of the world; father of gods and men; worshipped especially at Memphis


Ra: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods


Re: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods


Sekhet: a lion-headed Egyptian goddess; typifies life-destroying power of the sun


Eye of Ra: a lion-headed Egyptian goddess; typifies life-destroying power of the sun


Set: evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris


Seth: evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris


Thoth: Egyptian Moon deity with the head of an ibis; god of wisdom and learning and the arts; scribe of the gods


Semitic deity: a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites


Adad: Babylonian god of storms and wind


Adapa: a Babylonian demigod or first man (sometimes identified with Adam)


Anshar: the Babylonian father of the gods; identified with Assyrian Ashur; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the upper world'


Antum: Babylonian consort of Anu


Anu: Babylonian god of the sky; one of the supreme triad including Bel and Ea


Anunnaki: any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods


Enuki: any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods


Apsu: father of the gods and consort of Tiamat


Aruru: mother and earth goddess in Gilgamish epic; identified with Sumerian Ki and Ninkhursag


Ashur: chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar


Ashir: chief god of the Assyrians; god of military prowess and empire; identified with Babylonian Anshar


Astarte: an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar


Ashtoreth: an ancient Phoenician goddess of love and fertility; the Phoenician counterpart to Ishtar


Ishtar: Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte


Mylitta: Babylonian and Assyrian goddess of love and fertility and war; counterpart to the Phoenician Astarte


Baal: any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews considered Baal a false god


Bel: Babylonian god of the earth; one of the supreme triad including Anu and Ea; earlier identified with En-lil


Dagon: god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines


Dagan: god of agriculture and earth; counterpart of Phoenician Dagon


Damkina: (Babylonian) earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk


Damgalnunna: (Babylonian) earth goddess; consort of Ea and mother of Marduk


Dumuzi: Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna


Tammuz: Sumerian and Babylonian god of pastures and vegetation; consort of Inanna


Ea: the Babylonian god of wisdom; son of Apsu and father of Marduk; counterpart of the Sumerian Enki; as one of the supreme triad including Anu and Bel he was assigned control of the watery element


Enki: water god and god of wisdom; counterpart of the Akkadian Ea


Enlil: god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods


En-lil: god of the air and king of the Sumerian gods


Ereshkigal: goddess of death and consort of Nergal


Eresh-kigal: goddess of death and consort of Nergal


Ereshkigel: goddess of death and consort of Nergal


Girru: the Babylonian god of fire; often invoked in incantations against sorcery


Gula: the Babylonian goddess of healing and consort of Ninurta


Igigi: any of a group of heavenly spirits under the god Anu


Inanna: consort of Dumuzi (Tammuz)


Ki: goddess personifying earth; counterpart of Akkadian Aruru


Kishar: Babylonian consort of Anshar; in Sumerian the name signifies `the totality of the lower world'


Lilith: in ancient Semitic folklore: a female demon who attacks children


Mama: a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped


Marduk: the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu


Merodach: the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu


Baal Merodach: the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu


Bel-Merodach: the chief Babylonian god; his consort was Sarpanitu


Moloch: god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children


Molech: god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children


Nabu: Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools


Nebo: Babylonian god of wisdom and agriculture and patron of scribes and schools


Nammu: goddess personifying the primeval sea; mother of the gods and of heaven and earth


Namtar: a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind


Namtaru: a demon personifying death; messenger of the underworld goddess Ereshkigal bringing death to mankind


Nanna: god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin


Nergal: (Akkadian) god ruling with his consort Ereshkigal the world of the dead


Nina: the Babylonian goddess of the watery deep and daughter of Ea


Ningal: (Akkadian) a goddess; wife of the Moon god Sin


Ningirsu: Babylonian god in older pantheon: god of war and agriculture


Ningishzida: an underworld Babylonian deity; patron of medicine


Ninkhursag: the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu


Ninhursag: the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu


Ninkharsag: the great mother goddess; worshipped also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu


Nintu: a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped


Nintoo: a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped


Ninurta: a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod


Ninib: a solar deity; firstborn of Bel and consort was Gula; god of war and the chase and agriculture; sometimes identified with biblical Nimrod


Nusku: god of fire and light; corresponds to Babylonian Girru


Ramman: god of storms and wind; corresponds to Babylonian Adad


Sarpanitu: consort of Marduk


Zirbanit: consort of Marduk


Zarpanit: consort of Marduk


Shamash: the chief sun god; drives away winter and storms and brightens the earth with greenery; drives away evil and brings justice and compassion


Sin: (Akkadian) god of the Moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna


Tashmit: consort of Nabu


Tashmitum: consort of Nabu


Tiamat: (Akkadian) mother of the gods and consort of Apsu


Utnapishtim: favorite of the gods and grandfather of Gilgamish; survived the great flood and became immortal


Utu: sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash


Utug: sun god; counterpart of Akkadian Shamash


Zu: evil storm god represented as a black bird


Zubird: evil storm god represented as a black bird


Enkidu: legendary friend of Gilgamish


Gilgamish: legendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics


Hindu deity: a deity worshipped by the Hindus


Aditi: a Hindu goddess who releases from sin or disease; mother of the Adityas


Aditya: one of 7 to 12 sons of Aditi; Hindu gods of celestial light


Agni: (Sanskrit) Hindu god of fire in ancient and traditional India; one of the three chief deities of the Vedas


Asura: earlier a god; later a demon; counterpart of Zoroastrian Ahura


Ahura: (Zoroastrianism) title for benevolent deities


Asvins: (literally `possessing horses' in Sanskrit) in Hinduism the twin chariot warriors conveying Surya


Bhaga: Hindu god of wealth and love


Brahma: the Creator; one of the three major deities in the later Hindu pantheon


Brihaspati: personification of the power of ritual devotion


Bhumi Devi: Hindu earth goddess; one of the two wives of Vishnu


Devi: Hindu mother goddess; supreme power in the universe; wife or embodiment of the female energy of Siva having both beneficent and malevolent forms or aspects


Chandi: malevolent aspect of Devi


Dharma: basic principles of the cosmos; also: an ancient sage in Hindu mythology worshipped as a god by some lower castes


Durga: Hindu goddess of war; a malevolent aspect of Devi


Dyaus: Hindu god of the sky


Dyaus-pitar: Hindu god of the sky


Ganesh: Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles


Ganesa: Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles


Ganesha: Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles


Ganapati: Hindu god of wisdom or prophecy; the god who removes obstacles


Garuda: a supernatural eagle-like being that serves as Vishnu's mount


Gauri: in Hinduism, goddess of purity and posterity and a benevolent aspect of Devi; the `brilliant'


Hanuman: in Hinduism, the monkey god and helper of Rama; god of devotion and courage


Indra: chief Hindu god of the Rig-Veda; god of rain and thunder


Ka: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma


Kali: wife of Siva and malevolent form of Devi


Kama: Hindu god of love and erotic desire; opposite of Mara


Mara: Hindu god of death; opposite of Kama


Kartikeya: Hindu god of bravery


Karttikeya: Hindu god of bravery


Lakshmi: Hindu goddess of fortune and prosperity


Marut: any of a group of Hindu storm gods; offspring of Rudra


Mitra: Hindu god of friendship and alliances; usually invoked together with Varuna as a supporter of heaven and earth


Parjanya: Hindu god of rain; sometimes identified with Indra


Parvati: wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty


Anapurna: wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty


Annapurna: wife of Siva and a benevolent aspect of Devi: Hindu goddess of plenty


Prajapati: Hindu god personifying a creative force; equivalent to Brahma


Praxiteles: ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)


Pushan: celestial shepherd god; conductor of souls of the dead


Rahu: a Hindu demon who swallows the sun causing eclipses


Ribhus: one of three artisans of the Hindu gods


Rhibhus: one of three artisans of the Hindu gods


Rudra: father of the Hindu storm gods Marut; controller of nature; sometimes identified with Siva


Sarasvati: Hindu goddess of learning and the arts


Savitar: an important Hindu god; the sun in its life-giving aspect


Shakti: the female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi


Sakti: the female or generative principle; wife of Siva and a benevolent form of Devi


Siva: the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon


Shiva: the destroyer; one of the three major divinities in the later Hindu pantheon


Bairava: epithet of Siva


Skanda: Hindu god of war


Soma: personification of a sacred intoxicating drink used in Vedic ritual


Surya: an important god of later Hinduism; the sun god or the sun itself worshipped as the source of warmth and light


Uma: a benevolent aspect of Devi; `splendor'


Ushas: Hindu goddess of dawn; daughter of the sky and sister of the night


Vajra: Indra's thunderbolt


Varuna: in Vedism, god of the night sky who with his thousand eyes watches over human conduct and judges good and evil and punishes evildoers; often considered king of the Hindu gods and frequently paired with Mitra as an upholder of the world


Vayu: Hindu wind god


Vishnu: the sustainer; a Hindu divinity worshipped as the preserver of worlds


Yama: Hindu god of death and lord of the underworld


avatar: the manifestation of a Hindu deity (especially Vishnu) in human or superhuman or animal form


Jagannath: an avatar of Vishnu


Jagannatha: an avatar of Vishnu


Jagganath: an avatar of Vishnu


Juggernaut: an avatar of Vishnu


Kalki: the 10th and last incarnation of Vishnu


Krishna: 8th and most important avatar of Vishnu; incarnated as a handsome young man playing a flute


Rama: avatar of Vishnu whose name is synonymous with God; any of three incarnations: Ramachandra or Parashurama or Balarama


Ramachandra: a hero in Hindu mythology; an incarnation of Vishnu


Sita: wife of the Hindu god Rama; regarded as an ideal of womanhood


Balarama: elder brother of Krishna; an incarnation of Vishnu


Parashurama: an incarnation of Vishnu who rid the earth of Kshatriyas


Persian deity: a deity worshiped by the ancient Persians


Mithras: ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god


Mithra: ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god


Ormazd: chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good


Ormuzd: chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good


Ahura Mazda: chief deity of Zoroastrianism; source of light and embodiment of good


Ahriman: the spirit of evil in Zoroastrianism; arch rival of Ormazd


Buddha: founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)


Siddhartha: founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)


Gautama: founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)


Gautama Siddhartha: founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)


Gautama Buddha: founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)


Bodhisattva: Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others


Boddhisatva: Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others


Maitreya: the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama


Avalokitesvara: a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people


Avalokiteshvara: a male Bodhisattva; widely associated with various gods and people


Arhat: a Buddhist who has attained nirvana


Arhant: a Buddhist who has attained nirvana


lohan: a Buddhist who has attained nirvana


Buddha: one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment


Chinese deity: a deity worshipped by the ancient Chinese


Chang Kuo: one of the 8 immortals of Taoism


Chang Kuo-lao: one of the 8 immortals of Taoism


Wen Ch'ang: Chinese god of literature


Wen-Ti: Chinese god of literature


Taoist Trinity: the three pure ones; the three chief gods of Taoism


Tien-pao: a member of the Taoist Trinity


Heavenly Jewel: a member of the Taoist Trinity


Ling-pao: a member of the Taoist Trinity


Mystic Jewel: a member of the Taoist Trinity


Shen-pao: a member of the Taoist Trinity; identified with Lao-tse


Spiritual Jewel: a member of the Taoist Trinity; identified with Lao-tse


Chuang-tzu: 4th-century Chinese philosopher on whose teachings Lao-tse based Taoism


Kwan-yin: (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon


Kuan Yin: (Buddhism) a female Bodhisattva; often called goddess of mercy and considered an aspect of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara; identified with Japanese Kwannon


Japanese deity: a deity worshipped by the Japanese


Amaterasu: central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan


Amaterasu Omikami: central deity of Shinto; goddess personifying the sun and ancestress of the rulers of Japan


Hachiman: a Shinto god of war


Hotei: one of the 7 gods of happiness


Izanagi: the god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami


Izanami: sister and consort of Izanami; mother of the islands and gods of Japan


Kami: one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature)


Kwannon: Japanese counterpart of Chinese Kuan Yin


Ninigi: grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan


Ninigino-Mikoto: grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan


goddess: a female deity


earth-god: a god of fertility and vegetation


earth god: a god of fertility and vegetation


earth-goddess: a goddess of fertility and vegetation


earth goddess: a goddess of fertility and vegetation


earth mother: the earth conceived of as the female principle of fertility


God: the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions


Supreme Being: the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions


Godhead: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God


Lord: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God


Creator: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God


Maker: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God


Divine: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God


God Almighty: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God


Almighty: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God


Jehovah: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God


eon: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe


aeon: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe


Trinity: the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead


Holy Trinity: the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead


Blessed Trinity: the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead


Sacred Trinity: the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead


Father: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity


Father-God: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity


Fatherhood: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity


Son: the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)


Word: the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)


Logos: the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)


Messiah: the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people


Messiah: Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer


messiah: any expected deliverer


christ: any expected deliverer


Holy Ghost: the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost


Holy Spirit: the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost


Paraclete: the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost


hypostasis: any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united


hypostasis of Christ: any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united


Yahweh: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


YHWH: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Yahwe: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Yahveh: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


YHVH: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Yahve: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Wahvey: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Jahvey: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Jahweh: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Jehovah: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


JHVH: a name for the God of the Old Testament as transliterated from the Hebrew consonants YHVH


Allah: Muslim name for the one and only God


demiurge: a subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe


faun: ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr


angel: spiritual being attendant upon God


archangel: an angel ranked above the highest rank in the celestial hierarchy


Gabriel: (Bible) the archangel who was the messenger of God


Michael: (Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews


Raphael: an archangel of the Hebrew tradition


cherub: an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child


seraph: an angel of the first order; usually portrayed as the winged head of a child


guardian spirit: an angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual


guardian angel: an angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual


genius loci: the guardian spirit of a place


divine messenger: a messenger from God


fairy: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers


faery: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers


faerie: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers


fay: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers


sprite: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers


elf: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous


hob: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous


gremlin: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous


pixie: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous


pixy: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous


brownie: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous


imp: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous


fairy godmother: a female character in some fairy stories who has magical powers and can bring unexpected good fortune to the hero or heroine


gnome: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure


dwarf: a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure


undine: any of various female water spirits


leprechaun: a mischievous elf in Irish folklore


sandman: an elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy


Morgan le Fay: (Arthurian legend) a wicked enchantress who was the half sister and enemy of King Arthur


Puck: a mischievous sprite of English folklore


Robin Goodfellow: a mischievous sprite of English folklore


evil spirit: a spirit tending to cause harm


bad fairy: a fairy that tends to cause harm


bogey: an evil spirit


bogy: an evil spirit


bogie: an evil spirit


devil: an evil supernatural being


fiend: an evil supernatural being


demon: an evil supernatural being


daemon: an evil supernatural being


daimon: an evil supernatural being


cacodemon: an evil spirit


cacodaemon: an evil spirit


eudemon: a benevolent spirit


eudaemon: a benevolent spirit


good spirit: a benevolent spirit