This page gathers the 215 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Fantasy”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 2 of 2: from “herpetoid” to “yeartide”.
- herpetoid noun A reptilian creature.
- hobbit noun A member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet.
- hobbitic adj Of or relating to hobbits.
- housekeep noun The person in charge of a house; a housekeeper or innkeeper.
- human noun A human as contrasted from superficially similar but typically more powerful humanoid creatures; a member of the human race.
- hydra noun A dragon-like creature with many heads and the ability to regrow them when maimed.
- ice maiden noun A woman who comes from a frozen climate.
- imbuement noun The process of infusing or saturating an object, person, or weapon with magical energy for the purpose of granting said person or item new…
- infravisible adj Visible by means of infravision.
- intersex noun A person who can get pregnant and also impregnate someone else.
- kobold noun One of a diminutive and usually malevolent race of beings, often with a reptilian or dog-like appearance.
- land shark noun Any shark-like creature that dwells on land.
- law noun One of two metaphysical forces ruling the world in some fantasy settings, also called order, and opposed to chaos.
- lich noun A reanimated corpse or undead being; particularly an intelligent, undead spellcaster.
- life force noun The hypothetical principle that animates all living organisms.
- light elf noun One of a race of elves who live above ground and are radiant.
- little person noun A small magical humanoid creature, such as an elf, leprechaun, or fairy.
- loremaster noun A wise person with knowledge of lore in any number of topics, such as history, genealogy, ancient poetry and possibly magic as well; A…
- mage noun A magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch, warlock or mystic.
- magic point noun A unit of measure indicating the amount of magical energy or power available to a character in a role-playing game.
- magick noun Actual magic or sorcery in fiction or in e.g. Wicca, neopaganism or modern witchcraft, as opposed to illusion or stage magic.
- magistra noun A woman with power or authority, such as a teacher or archmage; a mistress.
- mail noun Armour consisting of small plates linked together.
- malignity noun A group of goblins.
- mannish adj Resembling or characteristic of a human being, in form or nature; human.
- meatsuit noun A physical body regarded as something being temporarily worn, e.g. when possessed by a spirit or demon.
- men noun (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
- mer noun merpeople
- mer- prefix Of, pertaining to, or associated with the realm of mermaids and mermen.
- mersnake noun A mermaid snake.
- mimic noun A fictional monster able to disguise itself as an inanimate object, commonly a treasure chest, often with the intent of luring adventurers…
- mind rape noun Nonconsensual intrusion into one's mind; the reading, modification, or control, by another, of one's thoughts or memories without one's…
- mithril noun A fictional silvery metal of great strength and value, primarily in fantasy and role-playing settings.
- moon rune noun A runestone or similar object associated with the moon.
- morph verb To shapeshift.
- morpher noun A shapeshifter.
- mox noun A gemstone with magical properties.
- Nazgul noun An evil force which heedlessly destroys everything in its path, and appears like a horseman dressed all in black.
- necrocracy noun A government ruled by the undead.
- nightcrawler noun A person or creature who prowls in the night-time.
- nightwalker noun A vampire.
- off worlder noun One who is not from the local world (whether a dimension, plane, planet, or universe); an alien.
- orc noun A mythical evil monstrous humanoid creature, usually quite aggressive and often green.
- ornithoid noun Any bird-like creature.
- otherlandish adj otherworldly or outlandish.
- outworld noun Any civilization seen as remote from the speaker's perspective.
- outworlder noun One who comes from another planet, or from a society so culturally foreign as to be a different world.
- packmaster noun The leader of a pack of werewolves.
- paranatural noun A paranormal entity.
- Pegasus noun Any winged horse; a pterippus.
- phylactery noun An enchanted object used (for example, by a lich) to contain and protect the owner's soul.
- pixie noun A playful sprite or elflike or fairy-like creature.
- portal verb To use a portal (magical or technological doorway).
- primary world noun The real world of the reader or viewer, as opposed to the imaginary "secondary world" of a work of fiction.
- pyrokinesis noun The ability to set objects or people on fire or to supernaturally project fire from one's own being through the concentration of psychic…
- pyromancer noun One who has a magical ability to conjure or control fire.
- race noun A large group of nonhumans distinguished from others on the basis of a common heritage.
- realm noun An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise.
- regeneration noun The ability to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to one's body, or to spontaneously restore hit points.
- ringmail noun A type of personal armour constructed as series of metallic rings sewn to a fabric or leather foundation, assumed by the Victorians to have…
- ringwraith noun Anyone who keeps a magical ring, and is enslaved thereby, and may also be rendered invisible and immortal thereby.
- scry verb To use magical means to see or look into (something that is happening outside one's sight, e.g. inside a building or far away, or in the…
- sea dragon noun A type of dragon that inhabits oceans.
- sea drake noun A sea dragon.
- secondary world noun An internally consistent, fictional, fantasy world or setting that is different from the real "primary world".
- Seelie noun A benevolent or beneficially-inclined fairy.
- self-sustenance noun The independent sustenance of oneself, such as not requiring much oxygen to breathe or food to eat and liquids to drink like average…
- sellsword noun A mercenary.
- serpent noun A snake-like monster, such as a dragon or sea serpent.
- shade noun A ghost or specter; a spirit.
- shadow realm noun Alternative letter-case form of Shadow Realm (“a place that is inhabited by darkness, evilness or malevolent entities and creatures…
- shapechange verb To shapeshift.
- shapeshift verb To change one's shape or form (into another) through often magical means, normally applied only to living beings.
- shapeshifter noun A person or creature capable of changing their appearance or form at will.
- shifter noun A shape-shifter; a person or other being capable of changing their physical form, especially a lycanthrope.
- sire verb To turn (another person) into a vampire.
- sleep flower noun Any flower whose consumption, in whole or in part, causes the consumer to fall asleep.
- slime noun A monster having the form of a slimy blob.
- snowdragon noun A dragon associated with snow.
- sorcerer noun A magician or wizard. Sometimes specifically male.
- spellfire noun The exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.
- stego noun A stegosaurus.
- subsapient adj Of a species: having a level of cognition below that of Homo sapiens (human beings).
- summon verb To call a resource by magic.
- sunbloom noun Any bloom or flower which resembles the sun or emerges in the sun.
- superkick noun An extremely strong kick, performed with proficiency, which differs from the common wrestling variation.
- tarrasque noun A gigantic lizard-like monster.
- thoughtcast noun A telepathic message or transmission.
- tiefling noun A member of a race of beings having a combination of human and demonic/devilish ancestry, found especially in Dungeons & Dragons.
- timeling noun Someone capable of time travel, or who exists on a certain time plane
- transmutationist noun A shapeshifter
- troll noun a giant supernatural being, especially a grotesque humanoid creature living in caves or hills or under bridges.
- troll job noun A job suitable for or focused on a troll.
- trollfolk noun Trolls (“supernatural beings living in caves or hills or under bridges”) collectively.
- trollish adj Resembling or characteristic of a troll (supernatural being).
- true name noun The unique name of an entity, which can be used to control or manipulate that entity.
- trueborn noun A person of legitimate birth.
- turn verb To change (a person) into a vampire, werewolf, zombie, etc.
- Unseelie noun A malevolent or malicious fairy.
- utility player noun A player who accumulates stats without being assigned to any particular position.
- vampiric noun A vampire or vampire-like creature.
- Viking noun A stock character common in the fantasy genre, namely a barbarian, generally equipped with an axe or sword and a helmet adorned with horns.
- waiver wire noun a similar period during which managers can claim a player, with successful claimants decided in various ways depending on the league.
- ward noun An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even…
- warg noun A type of particularly wild or hostile wolf.
- water-witch noun Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: a witch who lives in, controls, is able to dowse or find, or is otherwise connected with…
- werewolf noun A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.
- wight noun A wraith-like creature.
- witcher noun A human who has undergone a controlled mutation so that he can kill monsters as a professional mercenary in Andrzej Sapkowski's The Witcher…
- wolf child noun A being that is part wolf, part child.
- wolfkin noun Any of various nonhuman and non-wolf fantasy creatures that have features of a wolf.
- wolven noun A wolflike being; one who is wolflike in appearance or character.
- worm noun Either a mythical "dragon" (especially wingless), a gigantic sea serpent, or a creature that resembles a Mongolian death worm.
- wyrm noun A huge limbless and wingless dragon or dragonlike creature.
- yeartide noun A specific time of year; season.