Ghost
//ɡəʊst//
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The word "ghost" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.
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Faddeev-Popov ghost Ghost Dance Ghost Festival Holy Ghost Hungry Ghost Festival Indian ghost Pepper's ghost antighost beghost black ghost knifefish digital ghost errand ghost errand-ghost gauge ghost ghast ghost apple ghost at the feast ghost band ghost bat ghost bicycle ghost bike ghost brand ghost bullet ghost bump ghost call ghost car ghost cat ghost catshark ghost character ghost chili ghost chili pepper ghost chilli ghost company ghost condensate ghost corridor ghost crab ghost detainee ghost driver ghost employee ghost field ghost flathead ghost fleet ghost flight ghost forest ghost frog ghost from one's past ghost fungus ghost gear ghost goal ghost gum ghost gun ghost home ghost hotel ghost house ghost image ghost imaging ghost in the graveyard ghost in the machine ghost insect ghost island ghost kanji ghost kitchen ghost knifefish ghost labor ghost language ghost light ghost lore ghost mall ghost mark ghost marriage ghost money ghost moose ghost moth ghost net ghost nipper ghost note ghost nudibranch ghost orchid ghost peak ghost pepper ghost piece ghost pipe ghost pipefish ghost plane ghost plant ghost population ghost post ghost prisoner ghost project ghost ramp ghost restaurant ghost ride ghost runner ghost shark ghost ship ghost shirt ghost shrimp ghost sickness ghost sign ghost singer ghost skate ghost skin ghost slug ghost spam ghost station ghost story ghost street ghost swift ghost town ghost track ghost train ghost tree ghost turd ghost vote ghost voting ghost wolf ghost word ghost work ghost world ghost write ghost-faced bat ghost-lore ghost-ping ghost-ride ghost-riding ghost-scraper ghost-townish ghost-write ghostball ghostban ghostbuster ghostbusting ghostcraft ghostdom ghosten ghoster ghoster ghostess ghostfish ghosthood ghosthunt ghosthunter ghosthunting ghostie ghostify ghosting ghostish ghostism ghostkind ghostking ghostland ghostless ghostlet ghostlike ghostling ghostlore ghostly ghostmonger ghostology ghostsome ghostweed ghostword ghostwort ghostwriter ghostwritten ghosty give up the ghost gray ghost great Caesar's ghost grey ghost hungry ghost long ghost mountain ghost no-ghost theorem pale as a ghost the ghost walks unghost wereghost white as a ghost yield the ghost yield up the ghost
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Pepper's ghost Spiritism apparition banshee barghest bogey bogeyman boggart bogie bogieman bogyman boogeyman boogieman boogyman bug-a-boo bugaboo bugbear buggerman channelling chimera creature demon doppelganger draugr duppy ectoplasm eidolon exorcism fairy fantom fetch ghostly ghoul goblin gremlin haint hallucination haunt ignore illusion incubus lamia larva lemur manes mare medium mirage monstrous necromancy nightmare phantasm phantom poltergeist revenant shade shadow soul specter spectre spirit spook sprite things that go bump in the night vampire visitant wendigo wight will-o'-the-wisp wraith zombie
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abandoned apparition appear banshee barghest bogeyman boggart bogie break up channelling chimera client cryptid dead demon deniable die disconnect doppelganger draugr duppy ectoplasm eidolon ethereal exorcism expire extraterrestrial fantom fetch file game ghosting ghostwrite ghostwriter ghoul graffiti gray out haint hallucination hard disk hard drive haunt haunted house identity illusion incubus invisible invisible person invisible spirit irc kill lamia larva lemur lost lost spirit manes mare marshmallow medium mirage necromancy nickname nightmare opponent pale paranormal person phantasm phantom poltergeist quickly quietly race real record remains revenant route sail scary scary ghoul server shade shadow sheet slip soul specter spectre spirit spiritism spook sprite substitute supernatural things that go bump in night translucent transparent understudy user vampire visitant warning wendigo white wight will o wisp wraith zombie
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