Examples
“Before reaching that organ they divided up into minute channels, the _rete mirabile_ (πλεγμα μεγιστον θαυμα {plegma megiston thauma}), and passing into the brain became converted by the action of that organ into a yet higher type of spirits, the _animal spirits_ (πνευμα ψυχικον”
“Purchased one liter of neutral grain spirits from the corner store.”
“I am sure I don't wish to be troubled with him, till he has got rid of what you call his spirits; but what are you to do with such a pickle as this?”
Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)
“If you put a light to it, it burns with a bright flame, and it is that substance which we know as spirits of wine.”
“The alchemists believed that the volatile essences (what they called spirits) of a substance can be distilled.”
“Other things that bugged me: Tonane (the helpful indigenous person) seems to be continually hopped up on peyote or maybe just high on life; the ultimate explanation for the 'spirits' is obvious very early on and with just a quick conversation with Jack, all is well!”
“Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.”
“The superintendence of the, Holy Spirit in a individual spirits is associated to a alternative members.”
“The subtle art of raising long-deceased spirits from the dead”
“She sees and speaks to spirits from the past and has accurate visions of possible futures.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘spirits’.
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Guide to the Perplexed
Lexicon of terms set forth in Maimonides 'Guide to the Perplexed'. A fascinating exercise in theosophy and translation if one substitutes these definitions for a "revised" reading of the Old Testa...
eye, apprehend, associations, air, ruah : or ruhoth,..., affection, attribute, approach, accidents, ascending, articulated, back and 119 more...
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UK Usage - Find US Equivalent
All these terms have a (different) American English equivalent. Wonder if you can identify them?
abridgement (abri..., accoutrement, accoutre, acknowledgement (..., opposite, advert, adaptor, adapter, sticking plaster, advertise, adviser (advisor ..., adze, aesthete and 1196 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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Reading List
Words that I've come across in my readings that I am particularly fond of.
coterie, teashop, dilettante, yeomanry, gramophone, scullery, paddocks, ablutions, asylum, livery, spirits, swarthy and 26 more...
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four
another list of good words, yo.
plasma, enology, cayenne, mare's tail, rosehip, hideous, rojak, vigilante, arsenic, scandal, mutiny, espionage and 88 more...
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bananahands's list
of, musculature, yam, invent, prototype, filbert, conveyor, duces, eager, bastard, spirits
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miscellaneous
monochromatic, nuclear, dynast, catastrophe, mnemonic, cigarettes, couture, cognac, cellophane, parasol, constellation, plastic and 45 more...
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voodoo
pagan, imbolc, ostara, beltane, midsummer, lughnasadh, mabon, samhain, yule, loa, obeah, unnamed and 9 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for spirits.
brobbins devils Jul 23, 2009