| bogy |
an evil or mischievous supernatural being; hobgoblin. [1/2 definitions] |
| clairvoyance |
the supposed supernatural ability to perceive events that have not yet occurred or things not directly available to the five senses. [1/2 definitions] |
| deism |
the belief, based only on reason and on evidence in nature, and not on any supernatural revelation, in the existence of a god who created the universe. (Cf. theism.) |
| divination |
the act of prophecy or revelation by interpreting omens or by supernatural means. [1/3 definitions] |
| divine |
to discover or foretell by omens or supernatural means. [2/12 definitions] |
| fairy |
an imaginary tiny creature in human form, thought to possess supernatural powers that can change the course of human affairs. [1/3 definitions] |
| fantasy |
fiction containing highly imaginative, grotesque, or supernatural elements. [1/5 definitions] |
| fideism |
the belief that God and eternal, supernatural truths can be fully, or mostly, comprehended by faith, and not by reason alone. |
| genie |
in Islamic mythology, a usu. impish supernatural being, often in human form, that will do one's bidding, esp. grant one's wishes; jinn; jinni. |
| ghost |
(sometimes cap.) a supernatural entity. [1/7 definitions] |
| god |
in various mythologies such as those of Greece and Rome, a being believed to have supernatural powers and therefore worshiped, esp. a male deity believed to control some part of nature or life in the world. [2/6 definitions] |
| goddess |
a female being believed to have supernatural powers; female god. [1/3 definitions] |
| golem |
in Jewish folklore, a man-made and humanlike figure brought to life by supernatural, occult forces. |
| hyperphysical |
beyond or apart from that which is physical; supernatural. |
| jinn |
a supernatural being of Muslim legends that can take on the appearance of a person or animal and help or harm people; jinni; genie. |
| Magi |
members of a class of Zoroastrian priests of ancient Media and Persia who were believed to possess supernatural powers. [1/2 definitions] |
| magic |
supernatural control of physical forces or events, as by spells or ritual actions. [2/6 definitions] |
| mana |
in some cultures of the South Pacific, a supernatural power or force believed to be centered in certain persons, spirits, or objects. |
| manitou |
any of numerous supernatural forces or spirits believed by the Algonquian Indians to be deities of nature, having good or evil powers. |
| medicine dance |
a ritual dance performed by some North American Indian peoples to drive out disease, bring rain, invoke supernatural aid, or the like. |
| metaphysical |
supernatural or incorporeal. [1/3 definitions] |