PHANTOMS
Noun
phantoms
plural of phantom
Source: Wiktionary
PHANTOM
Phan"tom, n. Etym: [OE. fantome, fantosme, fantesme, OF. fantĂ´me, fr.
L. phantasma, Gr. Fancy, and cf. Phaëton, Phantasm, Phase.]
Definition: That which has only an apparent existence; an apparition; a
specter; a phantasm; a sprite; an airy spirit; an ideal image.
Strange phantoms rising as the mists arise. Pope.
She was a phantom of delight. Wordsworth.
Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying.
– Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due
to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual
tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an
anæsthetic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition