magic trick conjuring trick trick magic legerdemain conjuration thaumaturgy illusion deception | an illusory feat, considered magical by naive observers |
lantern fly lantern-fly | large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light |
Chinese lantern | a collapsible paper lantern in bright colors, used for decorative purposes |
dark lantern bull's-eye | a lantern with a single opening and a sliding panel that can be closed to conceal the light |
felt-tip pen felt-tipped pen felt tip Magic Marker | a pen with a writing tip made of felt (trade name Magic Marker) |
hurricane lamp hurricane lantern tornado lantern storm lantern storm lamp | an oil lamp with a glass chimney and perforated metal lid to protect the flame from high winds, candlestick with a glass chimney |
jack-o'-lantern | lantern carved from a pumpkin |
lantern | light in a transparent protective case |
lantern pinion lantern wheel | a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks |
magic bullet | a remedy (drug or therapy or preventive) that cures or prevents a disease, there is no magic bullet against cancer |
magic lantern | an early form of slide projector |
magic realism | a literary or artistic genre in which realistic narrative or meticulously realistic painting are combined with surreal elements of fantasy or dreams |
photoelectric cell photoconductive cell photocell electric eye magic eye | a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations |
slide lantern slide | a transparency mounted in a frame, viewed with a slide projector |
lantern jaw | a long thin lower jaw |
magic thaumaturgy | any art that invokes supernatural powers |
sorcery black magic black art necromancy | the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world |
white magic | magic used only for good purposes |
spell magic spell magical spell charm | a verbal formula believed to have magical force, he whispered a spell as he moved his hands, inscribed around its base is a charm in Balinese |
magic square | a square matrix ofrows and columns, the first n^ integers are arranged in the cells of the matrix in such a way that the sum of any row or column or diagonal is the same |
friar's lantern ignis fatuus jack-o'-lantern will-o'-the-wisp | a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground |
mescal button sacred mushroom magic mushroom | the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus, a source of psilocybin |
globe lily fairy lantern | any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers |
white globe lily white fairy lantern Calochortus albus | globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers, southern California |
yellow globe lily golden fairy lantern Calochortus amabilis | globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers, northern California |
Chinese lantern plant winter cherry bladder cherry Physalis alkekengi | Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orangeed calyx |
jack-o-lantern fungus jack-o-lantern jack-a-lantern Omphalotus illudens | a large poisonous agaric with orange caps and narrow clustered stalks, the gills are luminescent |
magic number | the atomic number of an extra stable strongly bound atomic nucleus: , , , , , or |
charming magic magical sorcerous witching(a) wizard(a) wizardly | possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers, charming incantations, magic signs that protect against adverse influence, a magical spell, 'tis now the very witching time of night- Shakespeare, wizard wands, wizardly powers |
lantern-jawed | having a protruding jaw giving the face a gaunt appearance |
magically as if by magic | in a magical manner, it disappeared magically |