spectres
Spirits that haunt
Spectres is the British spelling of specters, the plural of specter—a ghost or ghostly apparition.
The word suggests something haunting or threatening: The spectres of war loomed over the negotiations.
Spectres often represents fears or memories that persist: spectres of the past, the spectre of famine.
Visible supernatural manifestation
- phantomInsubstantial apparition
- wraithSpectral apparition of someone
- shadeDarkness from blocked light
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
revenant · phantasm · banshee · poltergeist · spook · ghoul · soul · ether
Disturbingly unforgettable
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- creepyDisturbingly strange
uncanny · spooky · ominous · foreboding · gothic · phantasmal · eldritch · shadowy
Appearing threateningly close
- threatIndication of potential harm
- shadowLight blocked by object
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- pastTime already gone
fear · dread · reminder · legacy · harbinger · omen · portent · warning
Continuous range of values
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- emissionDischarged substance or act
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
ultraviolet · radiation · fluorescence · frequency · spectroscopy · spectrophotometer · spectrograph · spectrometer
apparition
Visible supernatural manifestation
spirit · revenant · phantasm · banshee · poltergeist · spook · ghoul · soul · ether · incorporeal
haunting
Disturbingly unforgettable
- chillingCausing fear or cold
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
creepy · uncanny · spooky · ominous · foreboding · gothic · phantasmal · eldritch · shadowy · mysterious
looming
Appearing threateningly close
past · fear · dread · reminder · legacy · harbinger · omen · portent · warning · lingering
spectrum
Continuous range of values
- wavelengthSpatial repetition interval
- absorptionProcess of taking in
- emissionDischarged substance or act
infrared · ultraviolet · radiation · fluorescence · frequency · spectroscopy · spectrophotometer · spectrograph · spectrometer · light
- Gothicgargoyle, gothic fiction, pointed arch, gothic architecture, flying buttress
- His Dark MaterialsPan, daemons, Northern Lights, His Dark Materials, Svalbard
- William BlakeThe Tyger, illuminated books, Jerusalem, Milton, Orc
spectresguardian angels
Protective spirits assigned to individuals
protectors · comforters · angels · spirit guides · muses
- raise the spectreConjure a feared prospect
- spectral evidenceTestimony from supernatural visions
- spectral linesDiscrete wavelength emission patterns
- spectral colorsWavelength-separated light components
- spectre at the feastOminous presence spoiling celebration
- light spectraWavelength ranges of electromagnetic radiation