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sprites - 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)

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atmospheric electricity - electrical discharges in the atmosphere

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aquatic fern atmospheric electricity Ceratopteris pteridioides ELF faerie Faery fairy fay imp Oberson pixie Puck red sprites Robin Goodfellow spright sprite water nymph water spirit water sprite			All the little sprites who went to his school--for he kept a sprite school--told each other that a miracle had happened; and that now only, as they thought, it would be possible to see how the world really looked. Andersen's Fairy Tales by Andersen, Hans Christian View in context First entered a band of Ryls from the Happy Valley, all merry little sprites like fairy elves. The Road to Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context Let anti-masques not be long; they have been commonly of fools, satyrs, baboons, wild-men, antics, beasts, sprites, witches, Ethiops, pigmies, turquets, nymphs, rustics, Cupids, statuas moving, and the like. The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context			springing line Springing line of an arch Springle springless springlet springlike Springs Springsteen springtail springtide springtime springwood springy sprinkle sprinkler sprinkler system sprinkles sprinkling sprinkling can sprint Sprint race sprinter sprit sprite Spriteful sprites spritsail spritz spritzer spritzig sprocket sprocket wheel Sprod sprog Sprong sprout sprouted sprouting sprouts spruce spruce bark beetle spruce beer spruce budworm spruce gall aphid spruce grouse Spruce leather Spruce partridge spruce pine spruce squirrel spruce up spruced up			Sprintnet sprints sprints sprints sprints sprints sprit sprit sprit sprite sprite sprite sprite Sprite (creature) Sprite (disambiguation) Sprite (disambiguation) Sprite (disambiguation) Sprite Animation Toolkit Sprite Database Sprite Island Yacht Club Sprite Show Spriteful spritelier spritelier spriteliest spriteliest spriteliness spriteliness spritely spritely sprites Spriti Spriti Spriti Spriti Spriti Spriting Spriting Spriting sprits sprits spritsail spritsail spritsails spritsails Spritual Spritual Spritual Spritual spritz spritz spritzed spritzer spritzer spritzers spritzers spritzes spritzig spritzing Spriva SPRK

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