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SPRITES
sprites, red sprites
(noun) atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Sprites
plural of Sprite
Anagrams
• Prestis, persist, priests, respits, sitreps, spriest, stirpes, stripes
Noun
sprites
plural of sprite
Anagrams
• Prestis, persist, priests, respits, sitreps, spriest, stirpes, stripes
Source: Wiktionary
SPRITE
Sprite, n. Etym: [OE. sprit, F. esprit, fr. L. spiritus. See Spirit, and cf. Sprightly.]
1. A spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition. See Spright. Gaping graves received the wandering, guilty sprite. Dryden.
2. An elf; a fairy; a goblin.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The green woodpecker, or yaffle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PERESTROIKA
(noun) an economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union; intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy
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