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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Preternaturally :: Preternaturally (adv.) In a preternatural manner or degree.
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..
Inflammatory :: Inflammatory (a.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease..
Preternaturalism :: Preternaturalism (n.) The state of being preternatural; a preternatural condition.
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..
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..
Divination :: Divination (n.) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.
Preternaturalness :: Preternaturalness (n.) The quality or state of being preternatural.
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..
Unearthly :: Unearthly (a.) Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound..
Metaphysical :: Metaphysical (a.) Preternatural or supernatural.
Preternaturality :: Preternaturality (n.) Preternaturalness.
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..
Apparition :: Apparition (n.) An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom..
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..
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..
Spectre :: Spectre (n.) Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.
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