All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Horror": list

กระสือ (Noun) [Thai] a type of turmeric that resembles zedoary, traditionally believed to be of a supernatural power to possess a woman like the said spirit.

กุมาร (Noun) [Thai] child ghost servant, created by surgically removing an unborn baby from the womb of its mother, roasting the baby until its body dries during a rite held at a graveyard, and covering the dry-roasted corpse with gold leaf. The corpse is carried by someone who believes that the ghost dwelling in it may be employed.

ฉมบ (Noun) [Thai] a type of spirit in Thai folklore, believed to be the ghost of a woman that dwells at the place of her death, especially in a forest.

ตายทั้งกลม (Verb) [Thai] to die together with the child or children in her womb.

ทางสามแพร่ง (Noun) [Thai] T-junction, traditionally believed to be employed by the dead and thus deemed a very unholy spot.

บัญชีหนังหมา (Noun) [Thai] criminal record; record of misconduct; record of bad deeds; blacklist.

ปอบ (Noun) [Thai] a type of evil spirit in Thai folklore, believed to possess a person and devour his or her viscera before leaving, thus causing the person to die.

ผีดิบ (Noun) [Thai] preternatural being believed to be a reanimated corpse, such as vampire, zombie, etc.

พราย (Noun) [Thai] a type of imaginary creature, conceived of as inhabiting the rivers, mountains, trees, etc, as nymph, elf, naiad, etc.

สมิง (Noun) [Thai] a type of evil spirit in Thai folklore, believed to be a person that turns into a tiger by the power of black magic or a tiger that can transform itself into a human due to being possessed by the ghosts of its human preys.

สันดาป (Proper name) [Thai] the name of a region in the underworld, where beings are reborn to be punished for their sins.

สุวาน (Noun) [Thai] clerk of the Naraka hell, bearing the duty to keep records about living beings, such as births and deaths, merits and sins, etc.

อเวจี (Proper name) [Thai] (นรก~, ~นรก, ~มหานรก) one of the eight regions of the hell, being the lowest region to which the most sinful beings are sent for punishment.

เปรต (Noun) [Thai] preta: a type of supernatural creature born to undergo punishment or suffering as a result of sinful deeds committed in previous lives.

โขมด (Noun) [Thai] gleaming light seen at night, traditionally believed to be a type of nocturnal ghost that leads travellers astray, scientifically explained to be light naturally produced by methane.

โลกันตร์ (Proper name) [Thai] the name of a realm in the hell where sinful beings are detained forever and given the most serious punishments for their sins.

โสม (Noun) [Thai] Jewels of Opar, flameflower (Talinum paniculatum, family Portulacaceae)

โสม (Noun) [Thai] sweetheart (Talinum fruticosum, family Portulacaceae).

โสม (Noun) [Thai] any of the various plants of the genus Panax (family Araliaceae).

โสม (Noun) [Thai] a kind of beverage made from the juice of an ivy plant mixed with clarified butter, traditionally offered to Indra and other gods.

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