A particular quality created by or surrounding an object, person, or place; an atmosphere, an aura.
The sky, the heavens; the void, nothingness.
Starting fluid.
Diethyl ether (C₄H₁₀O), an organic compound with a sweet odour used in the past as an anaesthetic.
The medium breathed by human beings; the air.
Any of a class of organic compounds containing an oxygen atom bonded to two hydrocarbon groups.
The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace.
Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955).
To viciously humiliate or insult.
The manner or style of something.
A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
Energy; ardour.
Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
Stannic chloride.
One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
The soul of a person or other creature.
Enthusiasm.
Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.
To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.