Definition of preternatural

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Preternatural (a.) Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor..

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Unearthly :: Unearthly (a.) Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound..
Preter- :: Preter- () A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter- mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond or more than is natural..
Spectre :: Spectre (n.) Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.
Divination :: Divination (n.) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.
Kelpy :: Kelpy (n.) An imaginary spirit of the waters, horselike in form, vulgarly believed to warn, by preternatural noises and lights, those who are to be drowned..
Cross-birth :: Cross-birth (n.) Any preternatural labor, in which the body of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus..
Preternatural :: Preternatural (a.) Beyond of different from what is natural, or according to the regular course of things, but not clearly supernatural or miraculous; strange; inexplicable; extraordinary; uncommon; irregular; abnormal; as, a preternatural appearance; a preternatural stillness; a preternatural presentation (in childbirth) or labor..
Inspire :: Inspire (v. t.) To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration..
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease..
Preternaturality :: Preternaturality (n.) Preternaturalness.
Preternaturally :: Preternaturally (adv.) In a preternatural manner or degree.
Preternaturalism :: Preternaturalism (n.) The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition.
Apparition :: Apparition (n.) An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom..
Excrescence :: Excrescence (n.) An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant..
Preternaturalness :: Preternaturalness (n.) The quality or state of being preternatural.
Elritch :: Elritch (a.) Ghastly; preternatural. Same as Eldritch.
Aneurism :: Aneurism (n.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery..
Metaphysical :: Metaphysical (a.) Preternatural or supernatural.
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