occult

Object

• star: On the evening of 25 January 2006 Saturn will occult this star.
• light: The rather ornate " Adam and Eve " occulting light.
• disk: A coronagraph produces an artificial eclipse of the Sun by placing an " occulting disk " over the image of the Sun.
• mask: As the outer parts of bright objects often leave residual unmasked blobs, a circular central occulting mask is used.

Converse of object

• study: He who studies the occult, studies all the deepest mysteries of existence and nature.
• call: Review: This book will give you a lot of clear insights into what the authors call the occult.

Converse of subject

fascinate: He had always been fascinated by the occult, and had bought many books on the subject.

Modifies a noun

• metastasis: LSG directs SNB and is essential in the identification of occult metastases within the clinically N0 neck for patients with HNSCC.
• lore: Thousands of volumes of occult lore weighted its shelves.
• hernia: It was concluded that ultrasound can accurately diagnose groin hernias and this may justify its use in the assessment of the occult hernia.
• symbolism: Is this occult symbolism, designed to link Christ with Pagan astronomical symbols?
• revival: The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn was the most influential occult group to emerge from the end of the nineteenth century occult revival.
• thriller: The rights to this occult thriller were owned by Joan Fontaine who insisted on the starring role for herself.

Modifying Another Word

overtly: Perhaps this is partly an " artistic " or surreal endeavor as well as an overtly occult action.

Noun used with modifier

• blood: It has taken almost 20 years to conduct and interpret the necessary randomized trial of fecal blood occult blood testing.
• something: The scholar's search to understand - to collate fragments, to uncover a pattern - there is something occult about this.

Possessives

novel: He even became the inspiration for some of Dennis Wheatley's later ' Occult ' novels.