the+infernal+regions
81Avernal — A*ver nal, Avernian A*ver ni*an, a. Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be …
82Avernian — Avernal A*ver nal, Avernian A*ver ni*an, a. Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the… …
83Rhadamanthus — Rhad a*man thus, prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. ???.] (Greek Mythol.) One of the three judges of the infernal regions; figuratively, a strictly just judge. [1913 Webster] …
84Pandemonium — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek pan + daimōn evil spirit more at demon Date: 1667 1. the capital of Hell in Milton s Paradise Lost 2. the infernal regions ; hell 3. not capitalized a wild uproar ; tumult …
85avernian — adjective Of or pertaining to Avernus, a lake of Campania, in Italy, famous for its poisonous vapors, which ancient writers fancied were so malignant as to kill birds flying over it. It was represented by the poets to be connected with the… …
86avernus — n. (Mythol.) Hell, Tartarus, Hades, Erebus, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below …
87tartarus — n. Hades, Erebus, hell, the lower world, the infernal regions, shades below, purgatory, pandemonium, realms of Pluto …
88pit — I n 1. hole, cavity, excavation, quarry, diggings, workings; shaft, mine, tunnel, bank, coal mine, gold mine, silver mine; ditch, grave, burial site; dip, sink, gully, gulch, furrow, burrow, trough; foxhole, bunker, entrenchment, trench; well,… …
89abyss — a•byss [[t]əˈbɪs[/t]] n. 1) a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm 2) the lowest or most hopeless depths 3) myt (in ancient cosmogony) pho the infernal regions; hell • Etymology: 1350–1400; earlier abisse, ME abissus < LL… …
90nether world — neth′er world or neth′er•world n. 1) the infernal regions; hell 2) the criminal underworld • Etymology: 1630–40 …
