magic

IPA: mˈædʒɪk

The application of rituals or actions, especially those based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or supernatural beings and forces in order to have some benefit from them.
A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell; a magical ability.
The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
(gaming, countable) The ability to cast a magic spell.
Something producing successful and remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional skill.
(computing, slang) Complicated or esoteric code that is not expected to be generally understood.
A conjuring trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
The art or practice of performing conjuring tricks and illusions.
An Allied cryptanalysis project, during and prior to World War II, that decrypted Japanese messages.
Initialism of magnetism-based interaction capture. [A type of nanoproteomics in which a magnetic field is used to induce movement of superparamagnetic nanoparticles in living cells in order to identify molecular targets.]

Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic.
Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
(colloquial) Great; excellent.
(physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126, and 184.
(programming) Being a literal number or string value with no meaning or context, not defined as a constant or variable

Examples of "magic" in Sentences

Black magic __magic () functions used very sparsely
Plus, the reason for the madness in magic is different in Nobble Jr.
But, with more sincerity, "the right magic words" are would not just be * magic*.
I had the pleasure of visiting the Mabel's Labels offices today and seeing where the label magic happens.
18 February 2011 12:29AM the Right say ..theres No magic money tree so show us the ..magic ..jobs tree ..then
Most of the posters here are lumping semi-science, Bruce-Banner-was-hit-by-gamma-rays type stuff in as magic, but for the purpose of my post, I'm confining the term magic to refer to effects that are not accompanied by science-ish explanations
As for the phrase magic mushroom, it would have to wait until 1957, when it first turned up in a Life magazine article that a young Professor Timothy Leary would read with interest before trying magic mushrooms himself and exhorting everyone else in the USA similarly to indulge.