Barbed devils lack any real special abilities, though they
are quite difficult to kill.
# takes "bat or bird" when specifying 'B'
+~combat
*bat
bat or bird
A bat, flitting in the darkness outside, took the wrong turn
own. Several were currently hovering above the table.
[ The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett ]
* blob
-gelatinous cube
ooze
* ooze
*pudding
Because it is Saint Peter's holy day.
(Enter all the Friars to sing the dirge)
[ Doctor Faustus and Other Plays, by Christopher Marlowe ]
+~*jack*boot*
*boot*
In Fantasyland these are remarkable in that they seldom or
never wear out and are suitable for riding or walking in
Proceeding from the heat-oppressed brain?
I see thee yet, in form as palpable
As this which now I draw.
- [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]
+ [ Macbeth, by William Shakespeare ]
dark one
... But he ruled rather by force and fear, if they might
avail; and those who perceived his shadow spreading over the
Nations, by Herbert Robinson and Knox
Wilson ]
vampire
-vampire bat
+~vampire bat
vampire lord
The Oxford English Dictionary is quite unequivocal:
_vampire_ - "a preternatural being of a malignant nature (in