thaumato-, thaumat-

A person or people who are pretending to be mystical or mysterious.

A reference to an individual who has a fondness for works of wonder or miracles: As a philothaumaturgic person, Jack loved to collect and read literature about the phenomenons and amazing occurrences that had been recorded in the world.

A believer in or an advocate of thaumatogeny.

The origination of life as a miraculous process.

A writing or written materials concerning the wonders of nature or natural wonders.

An excessive reverence for, or the worship of, the miraculous or marvelous.

A person or people who study or describe miracles.

A description, discussion, or the study of the performances of miracles.

A "wonder lizard" from Early Jurassic Europe. Named by naturalist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1841.

1. A "magic card" with different pictures on either side so that when the card is rapidly twirled, the images appear to combine as one.
2. Applied to a disk or cylinder bearing a series of figures which, on being rapidly rotated and viewed through a slit, produce the impression of a moving object.

An example is a horse on one side and a rider on the other, so that one gets the image of a rider on horseback.

Pertaining to or descriptive of the nature or effect of a thaumatrope.

In medicine, the transformation of an organ or structure into another organ or structure.

Someone who performs magic or miracles.

1. Descriptive of the performance of miracles or magic.
2. A reference to the art of constructing marvelous or apparently magical devices.

1. A reference to the performance of miracles or magic.
2. The art of constructing marvelous or apparently magical devices.