Monsters and Cryptids

Cassie B. (United States of America)
Words and names of things having to do with mythology, monsters, scary stories/movies, and creatures of cryptozoology
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  1. werewolf
    a mythological creature that changes from a man to wild animal at night
  2. vampire
    a corpse rising at night to drink the blood of the living
  3. zombie
    a god of cults of African origin worshipped in West Indies
  4. macabre
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  5. ghoul
    an evil spirit or ghost
  6. ghost
    the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
  7. poltergeist
    a ghost that creates disorder and noise
  8. dragon
    a mythological creature with a reptile body and wings
  9. chimera
    a grotesque product of the imagination
  10. 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
  11. beast
    a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
  12. beastly
    resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
  13. unicorn
    an imaginary horse with a long horn on its forehead
  14. siren
    a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
  15. Siren
    a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived
  16. blood
    the fluid that is pumped through the body by the heart
  17. scream
    utter a sudden loud cry
  18. ravenous
    extremely hungry
  19. wolf
    any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
  20. manticore
    a monster having the head of man and the body of a lion
  21. mummy
    a body that is embalmed, dried, and wrapped for burial
  22. cryptic
    having a secret or hidden meaning
  23. monster
    an imaginary creature usually having human and animal parts
  24. monstrous
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  25. terrifying
    causing extreme fear
  26. scared
    made afraid
    Should people be scared about a new pandemic?
  27. cannibal
    a person who eats human flesh
    Then he was abducted by the cannibals, who ate his leg.
  28. sprite
    a small, mythological creature with wings and magical powers
    Sprites are “simply something interesting and unexpected that nature does,” Cummer said.
  29. fairy
    a small, mythological creature with wings and magical powers
    Not every girl, after all, gets to be a Sugar Plum Fairy.
  30. pandemonium
    a state of extreme confusion and disorder
  31. epidemic
    a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
  32. infectious
    relating to the invasion of germs that cause disease
  33. horror
    intense and profound fear
  34. life
    the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms
  35. death
    the permanent end of all life functions in an organism
  36. haunt
    follow stealthily or pursue like a ghost
  37. haunted
    inhabited by or as if by apparitions
  38. apparition
    a ghostly appearing figure
  39. madness
    the quality of being rash and foolish
  40. crazed
    driven insane
  41. fantasy
    imagination unrestricted by reality
  42. fang
    canine tooth of a carnivorous animal
  43. claw
    sharp curved horny process on the toe of some animals
  44. poison
    any substance that causes injury or illness or death
  45. injury
    physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident
  46. illness
    impairment of normal physiological function affecting part or all of an organism
  47. mysterious
    beyond ordinary understanding
  48. mystery
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  49. foreboding
    a feeling of evil to come
  50. evil
    morally bad or wrong
  51. mermaid
    a mythical sea creature that is half woman and half fish
  52. merman
    half man and half fish; lives in the sea
  53. Martian
    of or relating to the planet Mars
  54. alien
    a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth
  55. weakness
    a flaw
  56. demon
    an evil supernatural being
  57. morgue
    a building or room where dead bodies are kept before burial
  58. body
    a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
  59. corpse
    the dead body of a human being
  60. Hydra
    monster with nine heads
  61. pursue
    follow in an effort to capture
  62. missing
    not able to be found
  63. mysterious
    beyond ordinary understanding
  64. mystery
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
  65. banshee
    a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death
Created on Mon Nov 17 19:59:02 EST 2014 (updated Thu Dec 04 23:18:01 EST 2014)

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