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- 2. A set of clothes worn by an actor or other performer for a particular role or by someone attending a masquerade.
- 6. A scientist who creates and brings to life a manlike monster which eventually turns on him and destroys him.
- 7. An object, usually made to resemble a human figure, set up to scare birds away from a field where crops are growing.
- 9. The eve of All Saints' Day, commonly celebrated by children who dress in costume and solicit candy or other treats door-to-door.
- 12. Causing terror or horror, often used in reference to screams.
- 15. A magical medicine, drug or poison in liquid form. In mythology and literature, it is usually made by a magician, dragon, fairy or witch and has magical properties.
- 16. A woman thought to have magic powers, historically rooted in evil.
- 17. Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen.
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- 1. An activity associated chiefly with Halloween that stemmed from the practice of carving turnips to ward off evil spirits during the ancient Celtic festival, Samhain.
- 3. Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.
- 4. Supernatural, often malevolent, beings prevalent in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology and folklore.
- 5. A man who has magical powers, especially in legends and fairy tales.
- 8. A large metal pot or kettle for cooking and/or boiling over an open fire, with a large mouth and often with an arc-shaped hanger.
- 10. An evil or mischievous, grotesque, dwarf-like demon or monster that appeared in European stories and accounts during the Middle Ages.
- 11. Characterized by, or appealing to, an abnormal and unhealthy interest in disturbing and unpleasant subjects, especially death and disease.
- 13. Wickedness or evil.
- 14. A corpse believed, in European folklore, to leave its grave at night to drink the blood of the living by biting their necks with long pointed canine teeth.
- 18. A form of words used as a magical charm or incantation.
