abacinate |
To blind by putting a hot copper basin near someone’s eyes |
abderian |
given to incessant or idiotic laughter |
abecedarian |
A person who is learning the alphabet |
abligurition |
Excessive spending on food and drink |
ablutophobia |
A fear of bathing |
acarophobia |
1.A fear of insects |
acarophobia |
2.A fear of mites |
acarophobia |
3. A fear of small things, especially bugs |
accipitrine |
having a nose like a hawk’s beak |
accubation |
The practice of eating or drinking while lying down |
acerbophobia |
See acerophobia |
acerophobia |
The fear of sourness |
achluophobia |
A fear of darkness or of the night |
acouasm |
A buzzing or a ringing of the ears |
acousticophobia |
A fear of noise |
acrocephalic |
Having a pointy head |
acronycal |
Occurring at sunset |
acronyx |
An ingrown fingernail or toenail |
adelphepothia -( uh-DEL-fi-PAH-thee-uh ) |
An incestuous desire for one’s sister |
adelphirexia -( uh-DEL-fi-REK-see-uh ) |
An incestuous desire for one’s nephew |
adelphithymia -( uh-DEL-fi-THY-mee-uh ) |
An incestuous desire for one’s niece |
adhocracy |
Rulership by committees and task forces |
adoxography |
Skilled writing about an unimportant subject |
aelurophobia |
See ailurophobia |
aeolist |
A pompous windy bore who pretends to have inspiration |
aeroacrophobia |
See aerophobia |
aeromancy |
Divination using the air |
aerophobia |
1. A fear of air |
aerophobia |
2. A fear of flying |
agapetae |
early church women who lived with celibate men |
agathocacological |
Composed of both good and evil |
agelast |
A person who never laughs |
agenhina |
A guest at an inn, who is considered to be one of the family |
agerasia |
The state of looking younger than one really is |
agiotage |
Speculation in the stock market |
aglet |
The plastic or metal tip on the end of shoelaces |
agoraphobia |
A fear of open places |
agraffe |
The wire that holds the cork in a bottle of champagne |
agrizoophobia |
A fear of wild animals |
agroof |
flat on your face |
agyiophobia |
The fear of streets or crossing the street |
ai |
A South American three toed sloth |
aichmophobia |
A fear of pointed or sharp objects |
aichmorhabdophobia |
A fear of being beaten with a pointed stick |
aichurophobia |
The fear of being touched by a pointed object |
ailuromancy |
Divination by studying a cat’s jump |
ailurophobia |
A fear of cats |
albophobia |
The fear of white people |
albuminuriaphobia |
A fear of kidney disease |
alectryomancy |
Magic using corn |
alektorophobia |
A fear of chickens |
aleuromancy |
Divination using flour |
algerining |
Prowling around with the intent to commit burglary |
algology |
The study of seaweed or marine algae |
algophobia |
A fear of pain |
alieniloquent |
Speaking discursively or straying from one’s point |
alliaceous |
Smelling like garlic or onions |
alliumphobia |
A fear of garlic |
allodoxaphobia |
A fear of other people’s opinions |
allotheism |
The worship of strange gods |
alopeciaphobia |
A fear of going bald |
alopecist |
A person who claims to prevent baldness |
alphamegamia |
The marriage between a young woman and an older man |
alphitomancy |
Divination using barley meal |
alterocentric |
Someone whose life revolves around other people |
altiloquent |
Speaking pompously or in a high flown manner |
altitonant |
Thundering from above or on high |
altophobia |
A fear of heights or high places |
alychiphobia |
The fear of failure |
amathophobia |
A fear of dust |
amaxophobia |
A fear of riding in automobiles |
ambeer |
The spittle produced when chewing tobacco |
ambiguphobia |
A fear of being misunderstood |
ambulomancy |
Divination by walking |
ambulophobia |
The fear of walking |
amentia |
temporary insanity or a dazed trance |
amomaxiaphobia |
A fear of making love in an automobile |
ampherotokous |
Having both male and female offspring |
amphigory |
A poem that seems profound but is really complete nonsense |
amphigory |
A seemingly profound poem which is actually nonsense |
amrita |
A drink which bestows immortality in Hindu mythology |
amychophobia |
A fear of being scratched |
anablepophobia |
A fear of looking at high places |
anacardic |
Pertaining to a cashew nut |
anadipsia |
excessive thirst |
anasarkas |
*A condition in which a person is so swollen that they appear to have no muscles |
androcracy |
A government consisting of men |
androlepsia |
A kidnapping by a foreign government for political gain |
androphobia |
A fear of men |
anemophobia |
The fear of wind |
angelocracy |
Rulership by angels |
anginophobia |
A fear of choking or suffocating |
anililagnia |
An attraction to older women |
anklyosis |
The stiffness of immobility of a joint |
ankylophobia |
A fear of joint immobility |
anoegenetic |
Not producing new work or original knowledge |
anonymuncle |
A petty anonymous writer |
anopisthographic |
Having writing only upon one side |
anserine |
Like a goose |
anthomancy |
Divination using flowers |
anthophobia |
A fear of flowers |
anthracomancy |
Divination using burning coals |
anthrophobia |
The fear of people |
anthropoglot |
Any animal, such as a parrot, which is capable of copying human speech |
anthropolatry |
Worship of a human as though they were a god |
anthropomancy |
Magic or divination using people, or foretelling the future using the entrails of a sacrificed person |
anthropopathy |
Ascribing human feelings or traits to God or to the gods |
anthropophobia |
See anthrophobia |
anthroposcopy |
The art of determining personality or character from physical features |
anthropotheism |
The belief that gods began as humans and are human in nature |
antiscian |
A person who lives on the other of the world from you |
antlophobia |
A fear of floods or flooding |
anuptaphobia |
The fear of staying unmarried |
anxiolytic |
Serving to reduce tension or stress |
apanthropia |
A fear of people |
apeirophobia |
A fear of infinity |
aphephobia |
The fear of touching or being touched |
apikoros |
A Jewish person who does not follow Jewish law |
apiophobia |
A fear of bees |
apocatastasis |
The belief that all people will be saved by God |
apodyopsis |
The act of mentally undressing someone |
apotheosis |
The elevation of a mortal to deity |
apricate |
To spend time basking in the sunshine |
aprosexia |
The inability to concentrate |
aptronym |
An appropriate name for someone or something |
aquaphobia |
The fear of water |
arachibutyrophobia |
Fear of peanut butter |
arachnivorous |
Eating spiders |
arachnophobia |
The fear of spiders |
arctophilist |
A collector of teddy bears |
arietate |
To strike with a battering ram or to butt like a ram |
aristology |
The science of dining |
aristophren |
A person possesing a superior intellect |
arithmophobia |
A fear of numbers |
armomancy |
Divination involving the shoulder blades of animals |
arrhenophobia |
A fear of male offspring |
arrhenotokous |
Having only male offspring |
arsle |
To move backwards or to retreat rapidly |
ascian |
A person who has no shadow |
aspergillum |
A device for sprinkling holy water, usually a perforated sphere |
aspersorium |
A basin for holy water |
assanka |
The number ten to the sixty-third power |
astereognosis |
The loss of the ability to recognize shapes by touch |
asthenic |
Being lean and frail |
asthenophobia |
The fear of weakness |
astragalomancy |
Divination using dice |
astrapophobia |
The fear of thunder and lightning |
astrophobia |
The fear of stars |
ataxiophobia |
A fear of disorder |
atelophobia |
A fear of defects or imperfections |
atephobia |
A fear of rivers |
atychiphobia |
A fear of failure |
aubade |
A love song which is sung at dawn |
augury |
Divination using bird’s flight |
aulophobia |
A fear of flutes |
aureate |
Pertaining to the fancy or flowery words used by poets |
aurophobia |
A fear of gold |
austromancy |
Divination using the wind |
autodeist |
One who believes they are a god |
autodidact |
A person who has taught themselves |
autodysomophobia |
A fear of one’s own body odour |
autohagiographer |
A person who speaks or writes in a smug way about their life and accomplishments |
autolatry |
The worship of one’s self |
autology |
The study of oneself |
automysophobia |
A fear of being dirty |
autotheist |
One who worships themselves |
autotonsorialist |
A person who cuts their own hair |
autovoxiphillia |
Love of one’s own voice |
aval |
Pertaining to grand parents |
avenage |
Oats paid to a landlord when the tenant could not pay the rent |
avenage |
Oats that were paid to landlords in lieu of rent by the poor |
averruncator |
A long stick with shears for cutting high branches |
aviatophobia () |
A fear of flying |
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bacillophobia |
A fear of germs |
bailiwick |
The region in which a sheriff has legal powers |
baize |
The green cloth used on billiard tables and other gaming tables |
balatron |
A babbling buffoon |
baldric |
A belt worn over the shoulder and chest used to hold a sword |
ballistophobia |
A fear of being shot, or of guns and missles |
balnearii |
People who steal clothing for public baths |
balnearil |
The people who stole clothing from a public bath in ancient Rome |
barathrum |
A person who eats like they were a bottomless pit |
barophobia |
A fear of gravity |
barophobia |
Fear of gravity |
basiphobia |
The fear of walking |
basistasiphobia |
The fear of standing and walking |
basophobia |
See basiphobia |
basorexia |
An overwhelming desire to neck or kiss |
bataphobia |
A fear of heights or high places |
bathophobia |
A fear of depth |
bathysiderodromophobia |
Fear of subways |
batophobia |
A fear of tall buildings |
batrachoid |
Like a frog |
batrachophagous |
One who eats frogs |
batrachophobia |
A fear of frogs or toads |
battology |
Tiresome and repetitive talking |
bdellophobia |
A fear of leeches |
beaze |
To dry in the sun |
beldam |
A foul old woman |
belomancy |
Fortunetelling through the use of arrows |
belonephobia |
A fear of pins and needles |
bibliomancy |
Divination using books or Bible passages |
bibliophobia |
A fear of books |
bibliopolist |
One who deals in rare books |
bicorne |
The hat with two points worn by Napolean |
biometeorology |
The study of how the weather affects people |
bitheism |
Believing in two gods |
blandiloquent |
Speaking in a flattering or ingratiating way |
blatherskite |
An obnoxious braggart |
blatteroon |
A person who will not stop talking |
blattoid |
Like a cockroach |
blellum |
an idle boring chatterer |
blennophobia |
A fear of slime |
blepharospasm |
A form of constant winking |
bletcherous |
Pertaining to something poorly designed or disgusting in design |
blodder |
To flow with a gurgling sound from a small aperture |
boanthropy |
The delusion that one is an ox |
bogyphobia |
A fear of goblins |
bombilate |
To loudly hum or buzz continuously |
bonnyclabber |
Milk which has become thick due to being sour |
borborygmus |
The rumbling sound of gas passing through the intestine |
botanomancy |
Divination using plants |
botanophobia |
A fear of plants |
bourdon |
The bass drone of a bagpipe or of the low pitched notes on a pipe organ |
boustrophedon |
A form of writing which alternates left to right / right to left, also used to describe some forms of typesetting. |
bowdlerize |
To purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material |
brachiation |
The act of swinging through the trees, such as performed by monkeys |
brachistichrone |
The path between two points along which a particle travels for the shortest time |
brachycephalic |
Having a head that is broad |
breve |
The small curve above a vowel which symbolizes a short sound |
breviloquent |
Speaking briefly about a subject |
brevirostrate |
Having a short nose |
brimborion |
Something which is useless or nonsensical |
bromatology |
A discourse on food |
bromidrosiphobia |
A fear of body odour or sweat |
bronteum |
A device used in theater or movies to create thunder |
brontide |
The low rumbling of distant thunder |
brontomancy |
Divination by or magic involving thunder |
brontophobia |
The fear of thunder |
brump |
To collect branches which have fallen off of trees |
bruxomania |
The compulsive grinding of one’s teeth |
buccula |
A double chin |
buffarilla |
An extremely ugly young woman |
bufoniform |
Like a toad |
burghbote |
Donations made to repair a castle, or to build a castle |
burladero |
The wooden barrier in a bullring used for protection |
butyraceous |
Resembling butter |
byrthynsak |
1. The theft of a calf or a sheep |
byrthynsak |
2. Stealing as much as one can carry |
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cacestogenous |
Caused by a poor home life |
cacestogenous |
Caused by an unfavourable home life |
cachinnation |
Loud or hysterical laughter |
cacodaemonomania |
Posessed by the devil |
cacoethes |
A bad habit or insatiable urge |
cacogen |
An antisocial person |
cacohydrophobia |
The fear of sewer water |
cacophonophilist |
One who loves harsh sounds |
cacophonophilist |
One who loves hearing harsh sounds |
cacospectamania |
The obsession of staring at something which is repulsive |
cagamosis |
An unhappy marriage |
cagophilist |
A collector of keys |
cainophobia |
A fear of anything new |
cainotophobia |
See cainophobia |
caitiff |
A despicable or cowardly person |
callet |
A drab untidy woman |
calligyniaphobia |
The fear of beautiful women |
callithumpian |
The sounds of a big parade, usually accompanied by horns and noise makers |
calypso |
A fashion in which women tie a knot in their shirt and exposes her waist |
cameralistics |
The science of managing public finances |
campanology |
The study of bells or of bell ringing |
cancatervate |
To heap up into a pile |
cantabank |
A second rate singer |
capernoited |
Slightly intoxicated or tipsy |
capnomancy |
Divination by smoke |
carapace |
The shell of an animal such as a turtle or armadillo |
carcinomatophobia |
See carcinophobia |
carcinophobia |
A fear of cancer |
carker |
A mischievieous child or brat |
carnophobia |
A fear of meat |
carphologia |
See floccillation |
cartomancy |
Magic using cards or prophecy using cards |
cartomaniac |
A collector of maps |
casuist |
A sophist who insists on debating the smallest details |
catagelophobia |
A fear of ridicule |
catapedaphobia |
A fear of jumping from a high (or low) place |
cathartic |
Something which is used to clean one’s bowels |
cathisophobia |
A fear of sitting |
catholicon |
A remedy for all ailments, or a miracle cure-all |
catoptomancy |
Divination using a mirror or several mirrors |
catoptromancy |
Divination based on how a face appears when viewed in a mirror underwater |
catoptrophobia |
A fear of mirrors |
causeuse |
A sofa built for two people |
ceilidh |
1. A private conversation or visit |
ceilidh |
2. An evening of musical entertainment |
cenacle |
The large room in which the last supper took place |
cenatory |
Pertaining to dinner or supper |
ceneromancy |
Divination using ashes |
cenogamy |
Communal marriage |
cephalalgic |
Any form of headache remedy |
cephalomancy |
Divination by boiling a head, usually that of a donkey |
ceraunomancy |
Divination by or magic using thunderbolts |
cercopithecan |
Pertaining to monkeys |
cerebropathophobia |
A fear of going insane because of a disease |
chaetophobia |
A fear of hair |
chafferer |
A vendor who enjoys talking while making a sale |
chalcenterous |
Having bowels of brass |
chankings |
Pieces of food which are rejected from what is chewed. (spat out) |
charette |
an intensive effort to complete something before the deadline |
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg |
A Native American lake name meaning “you fish on your side, I fish on my side an no one fishes in the middle” |
charientism |
An artfully veiled insult |
chavish |
The sound of many birds chirping together, or many people chatting at once |
cheiloproclitic |
Being attracted to a person’s lips |
cheimaphobia |
A fear of coldness or being cold |
cheimatophobia |
See cheimaphobia |
chelonian |
Like a turtle |
cherophobia |
A fear of merriment |
chiliad |
A period of one thousand years |
chiliasm |
The doctrine that Christ will return and reign for a thousand years |
chionophobia |
A fear of snow |
chirocracy |
The state of being ruled by force (literally by a strong hand) |
chirognomy |
See chiromancy |
chiromancy |
Foretelling the future by studying a person’s hand |
chirotonsor |
An alternate title for a barber |
chirotony |
A vote which is taken by a show of hands |
cholangiocholecystocholedochectomy |
The surgical removal of the hepatic duct, common duct, and gall bladder |
choregus |
The financial backer in ancient Greece, usually of a play |
chorophobia |
A fear of dancing |
chorophobia |
Fear of dancing |
chrematistic |
Pertaining to business or the pursuit of wealth |
chrematophobia |
A fear of money |
chrematophobia |
The fear of wealth |
chrestomathic |
Devoted to academic pursuits or to learning in general |
chromatophobia |
See chromophobia |
chromophobia |
A fear of colours |
chromotocracy |
A government dominated by one race |
chronomancy |
Divining the best time for certain events |
chronophobia |
The fear of time |
chryselephantine |
Made of or decorated with gold and ivory |
chrysocracy |
Rulership by the wealthy (literally a government by gold) |
chrysology |
The study of production and value of precious metals |
chrysophobia |
A fear of gold |
cibophobia |
A fear of food |
cingulomania |
A desire to hold someone in your arms |
circumlocution |
An overly complicated means of expression |
clapperdudgeon |
A beggar whose parents were beggars |
cleidomancy |
Divination using a key |
cleisiophobia |
A fear of enclosed spaces |
clepsammia |
An “hourglass” which measures a period of time other than an hour |
cleptobiosis |
The act of plundering food |
cleptophobia |
The fear of thieves or of becoming a thief |
cleromancy |
Divination involving dice |
climacophobia |
The fear of falling downstairs |
clinomania |
An excessive desire to remain in bed |
clinophobia |
A fear of going to bed |
clithrophobia |
A fear of enclosed spaces |
cloffin |
To sit idly by a fire |
cnidophobia |
A fear of insect stings |
cnidosiphobia |
A fear of itching |
cockalorum |
A person who thinks they are bigger than they are |
coenesthesis |
An awareness of one’s body and overall health |
coimetrophobia |
See koimetrophobia |
collieshangie |
An uproar or a quarrel |
colporteur |
A book peddler, particularly religious books |
colposinquanonia – ( KAHL-puh-SIN-kwah-NOH-nee-uh ) |
Estimating a woman’s beauty based on her chest |
comestion |
A devouring by fire |
comiconomenclaturist |
One who collects funny names |
comprachico |
A person who buys and sells children after deforming them |
comprivigni |
The relation of a child to its step-siblings |
conchologist |
A collector of shells |
conchomancy |
Divination using shells |
concilliabule |
A secret meeting of people who are hatching a plot |
concionative |
Pertaining to public speaking |
conventicle |
A secret or unlawful religious assembly |
coprophagan |
A beetle that lives in dung |
coprophagous |
One who eats excrement |
coprophobia |
A fear of excrement |
coprostasiphobia |
A fear of constipation |
coriaceous |
Leatherlike, particularly pertaining to skin |
coriaceous |
To be tough and leathery, (such as over tanned skin) |
corsned |
A medieval trial in which the accused had to swallow consecrated bread |
cosherer |
Someone who eats at the expense of others, especially relatives |
cosmolatry |
The worship of nature |
cosmopoietic |
An adjective referring to world creating |
costermonger |
A seller of fruits, vegetables, and other food, especially from a street cart |
cotquean |
A man who does what is traditionally women’s work |
couther |
To comfort by giving refreshments and warmth |
crambazzle |
A worn out old man |
crantara |
A burnt piece of wood dipped in blood and taken from clan to clan as a signal |
crapulent |
Illness caused by overeating |
cremnophobia |
A fear of cliffs or precipices |
cremnophobia |
A fear of precipices |
creophagous |
Pertaining to something or someone which eats meat |
crepitation |
The crackling and popping sound accompanying a wood fire |
crepuscle |
The fading light at the end of the day, also known as twilight |
cretaceous |
Chalky or grayish white |
cribble |
To push something through a sieve |
crithomancy |
Divination by spreading flour or dough over a sacrificed animal |
criticasters |
Third rate mean spirited critics |
cromnyomancy |
Magic or divination using an onion |
croodle |
Too coo like a dove |
croosle |
A low whimper, such as produced by infants |
crose |
To whine empathetically with someone who is in pain |
crosier |
The ceremonial staff of bishops or abbots |
crotaline |
Resembling a rattlesnake |
cruciverbalist |
Someone who loves doing crossword puzzles |
crurophilous |
Pertaining to one who likes legs |
cryophobia |
A fear of ice or frost |
cryptarchy |
A government which is run secretly |
cucurbitaceous |
resembling a cucumber or a squash |
culacino |
The mark left on the table by a moist glass |
culch |
Rubbage and refuse of every form |
cullion |
A rude, mean-spirited person |
cultrivorous |
Pertaining to actual or illusory knife swallowing |
cummock |
A staff with a crooked end on it |
cunctipotent |
Being all powerfull, or omnipotent |
curglaff |
The shock felt when entering cold water |
curpin |
A bird’s back end |
cyesolagnia |
Being attracted to pregnant women |
cymophobia |
The fear of waves |
cynanthropy |
The delusion that one is a dog |
cynocephalous |
Having the face or head of a dog |
cynophobia |
A fear of dogs |
cyprianophobia |
The fear of prostitutes |
cypridophobia |
See cyprianophobia |
cypridophobia |
The fear of prostitutes |
cypripareuniaphile |
A person who loves prostitutes |
cytology |
The study of cells or the interaction of cells |
czarevna |
The proper title for the daughter of a czar |
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dactyliology |
The study of finger rings |
dactylion |
The tip of the middle finger |
dactylonomy |
Counting using one’s fingers |
daedalian |
Ingenious and cunningly designed |
deasil |
To move in a clockwise direction |
decidophobia |
A fear of making decisions |
decollate |
To remove someone’s head, or to decapitate someone |
decubitis |
One’s position or posture while sleeping |
defalcation |
Misappropriation of funds by the person or group entrusted with them |
defecalgesiophobia |
A fear of defecation |
defenestrate |
To throw out of a window |
deiparous |
Giving birth to a god or a goddess |
deipnophobia |
A fear of dinner conversation |
deipnosophy |
Learned conversation conducted while dining |
deisidaimonia |
The fear of supernatural powers |
deltiologist |
A collector of picture postcards |
dementophobia |
A fear of insanity or going insane |
demitoilet |
A style of elaborate but not formal dress |
demiurge |
The creator of a world, whether real or mythical |
demonocracy |
Rulership by demons |
demonomancy |
Divination by demons |
demonophobia |
A fear of demons |
demophobia |
A fear of crowds or people |
dendrochronology |
The study of growth rings in logs to determine climates |
dendrology |
The study of trees |
dendrophillia |
The love of trees |
dendrophobia |
The fear of trees |
dentiloquent |
Pertaining to someone who talks through their teeth |
deoppilate |
To remove an obstruction |
deorsumversion |
A turning down |
dephlegmate |
To distill something, such as alcohol |
dephlogisticate |
To make something fireproof |
dermatoglyphics |
The study of skin patterns, such as finger prints |
dermatopathophobia |
A fear of skin diseases |
dermatophobia |
A fear of skin |
deuterogamist |
A widow who chooses to remarry |
dextrophobia |
A fear of the right or things to the right |
dextrosinistral |
A left handed person who is trained to use their right hand |
dghaisa |
A small boat used in Malta, similar to a gondola |
dharna |
A method of collecting a debt in which the person who is owed money sits on the debtors doorstep until payment is made, or the debtor starves to death |
diabolarchy |
Rulership by the devil |
diacritics |
The marks used in dictionaries to symbolize pronounciation |
didaskaleinophobia |
A fear of school |
didine |
Resembling a dodo bird |
dikephobia |
A fear of justice |
dinmont |
A castrated ram between one and two years old |
dinophobia |
A fear of dizziness |
diophysitic |
Having two separate personalities |
diplasiasmus |
The incorrect doubling of a letter when spelling a word |
dippoldism |
The act of beating or whipping school children |
dipsomanophobia |
A fear of drinking alcohol |
dipsophobia |
A fear of drinking alcohol |
discophoran |
Like a jellyfish |
dishabillophobia |
The fear of undressing or undressing in front of someone |
dithyramb |
A hymn or poem to honor Bacchus |
ditokous |
Producing twins |
diurnation |
To sleep during the day |
divigate |
To stray, as in the opposite of navigate |
divitiphobia |
The fear of wealth |
doctiloquent |
Talking about a subject which you have studied and know a lot about |
dolabriform |
Shaped like the head of an ax |
doles |
The two short grips on the handle of a scythe |
dolichocephalic |
Having a head that is longer than it is wide |
dolichprosopic |
Having an unusually long face |
dolorifuge |
Something that cures grief |
domatologist |
A professional housekeeper |
domatophobia |
A fear of houses or being stuck in a house |
dommerer |
A beggar who fakes being deaf and mute |
dompteuse |
A woman who trains animals |
doraphobia |
A fear of fur or animal skins |
dorsodynia |
A pain in the back |
doytin |
To walk about stupidly |
drapetomania |
An overwhelming urge to run away from home |
dratchell |
A slovenly, lazy woman |
dringle |
Somebody who likes to waste time |
drintling |
The clucking noise made by turkeys |
dririmancy |
Divination by dripping blood |
dromophobia |
The fear of streets or crossing the street |
droud |
An oafish woman |
dulocracy |
A government formed of privileged slaves |
dunnage |
1. The loose stuffing used to keep cargo from getting wet or from moving |
dunnage |
2. The material placed in boxes to protect the contents from damage |
dunnage |
3. Any form of luggage or baggage |
dwaible |
being unstable |
dwale |
To wander about deliriously |
dysania |
The state of having a rough time waking up in the morning |
dysepulotic |
Not healing quickly or easily |
dysesthesia |
An impairment of the senses, especially the sense of touch |
dysmorphophobia |
A fear of being deformed |
dysnomy |
The creation of flawed laws which cause more problems |
dysphoria |
An unwell feeling |
dysteleogist |
One who believes in the purposeless of nature |
dystopia |
A society in which the conditions or horrid and people miserable. Also the opposite of utopia |
dystychiphobia |
A fear of accidents |
dyvors |
People or businesses who have gone bankrupt or are disreputable |
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eccedentesiast |
A person who fakes a smile, such as on television |
ecclesiarchy |
Rulership by the church |
ecclesioclastic |
Disruptive or destructive to the church |
ecclesiolatry |
Excessive devotion to one’s church |
ecclesiophobia |
A fear of churches |
ecdysiophile |
A person who likes to visit strip joints or watch people strip |
echinoproctous |
Having a spiny or prickly rump (like a pocupine) |
ecophobia |
A fear of one’s home |
ectomorphic |
Being slender and thin |
edacious |
voracious and devouring |
efter |
A thief who robs theater patrons during a show |
eidolism |
The belief in ghosts and spirits |
eisegesis |
A faulty interpretation of a text caused by reading in one’s own ideas |
eisoptrophobia |
A fear of mirrors |
electrophobia |
A fear of electricity |
eleutherophillist |
Someone who advocates free love |
eleutherophobia |
A fear of freedom |
elurophobia |
A fear of cats |
emacity |
An urge to buy or to spend money |
emetophobia |
The fear of vomiting |
empleomania |
An insatiable urge to hold public office |
emunction |
The act of removing obstructions from or cleaning bodily passages (such as picking ones nose) |
encephalasthenia |
A form of mental distress caused by emotional stress |
endomorphic |
Being short but powerful |
enetophobia |
A fear of pins and needles |
engastration |
The act of stuffing one bird into another |
enigmatology |
The study and construction of puzzles |
enissophobia |
See enosiophobia |
enochlophobia |
A fear of crowds |
enoptromancy |
Divination using a mirror |
enoptrophobia |
A fear of mirrors |
enosiophobia |
The fear that one has commited an unpardonable sin |
entheate |
Divinely inspired or possessed by a god |
entomophobia |
A fear of insects |
entredentolignumologist |
One who collects toothpick boxes |
eosophobia |
A fear of the dawn |
ephemeromorph |
Any form of life too low to be classified as animal or vegetable |
epincion |
A victory song or anthem |
episcopicide |
The act of killing a bishop |
epistaxiophobia |
A fear of nose bleeds |
eponym |
A name that has become a word |
equinophobia |
A fear of horses |
eremikophobia |
A fear of sand or deserts |
eremology |
The study of deserts |
eremophobia |
A fear of being alone |
eremophobia |
The fear of stillness |
ereuthrophobia |
See Erythrophobia |
ergasophobia |
The fear of work |
ergophobia |
The fear of work |
eroteme |
The symbol used in writing known as a question mark |
erotographophobia |
The fear of writing love letters |
erythrophobia |
A fear of blushing |
escutcheon |
A decorative metal plates around doorknobs or locks |
estafette |
A courier who rides on a horse |
estiferous |
Pertaining to something which produces heat |
estivation |
To go away somewhere for the summer |
estrapade |
A horse’s attempt to remove their rider |
ethnocracy |
Rulership by a specific race |
ethnomethodology |
The study of social customs and rules |
ethnomusicology |
The study of folk music |
eudemonics |
The study or the science of happiness |
eunomy |
The enactment of good laws that help people |
euonym |
A good name |
euphobia |
A fear of good news |
eupsychics |
Good education or teaching |
eutectic |
Easily melted or fused, especially at low temperatures |
exclaustration |
The act of leaving or being expelled from a religious retreat |
exennium |
A gift given at New Years |
eximious |
Choice, select or excellent |
explaterate |
To talk continuosly without stop |
exsibilation |
The collective hisses of a disapproving audience |
exsufflicate |
Something which is silly or triffling |
extispex |
A person who predicts the future using entrails |
extispicy |
Divination using entrails |
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famulus |
An assistant to a scholar or magician |
farctate |
The state of being stuffed with food (overeating) |
fashimite |
Someone who is a slave to fashion |
favillous |
Resembling ashes |
feaque |
A dirty, lazy man |
feazings |
The frayed and unraveled ends of a rope |
febriphobia |
A fear of fever |
felinophobia |
A fear of cats |
felly |
The outer wooden rim of a wheel |
feriae |
Days in the ancient roman culture in which all people, including slaves, got a holiday |
feriation |
Taking time off of one’s work to relax or to travel |
ferrule |
1.The metal tip on an umbrella |
ferrule |
2. The threaded knob that holds a lampshade in place |
ferrule |
3. A protective metal cap on the end of a cane or a tool handle |
festinate |
To walk fast or to move rapidly |
fettler |
A person skilled at repairing tools or machinery |
fewterer |
A keeper of dogs or manager of a kennel |
fibriophobia |
See febriphobia |
fideism |
Reliance upon one’s religion instead or reason for beliefs and truths |
fidimplicitary |
A person who has implicit faith |
filiopietistic |
The practice of worshipping one’s ancestors |
filipendulous |
Being suspended by a single thread |
filipendulous |
Suspended by a single thread |
fimicoloud |
Living in a dung heap |
fissilingual |
Having a forked tongue |
fittie-lan |
The near horse of the hindmost pair pulling a plough |
flavescent |
Yellowish or turning yellow |
fletcherize |
To chew each piece of food at least thirty times |
flexiloquent |
Pertaining to someone who speaks ambiguously |
floccillation |
The delirious picking at bedclothes by a sick person |
floccinaucinihilipilification |
The categorizing of something that is useless or trivial |
fluctisonant |
Having the sound of rolling waves |
flyndrig |
An impudent or deceiving woman |
fomentation |
The application of warm substances to diseased parts |
foof |
To howl and whine like a wounded dog |
formication |
The sensation of bugs crawling over one’s body |
fossick |
To search for gold in abandoned claims or to rummage around for anything valuable |
franion |
A pleasure seeker or hedonist |
fremescence |
The grumbling sound of an unhappy mob of people |
friendorphobia |
A fear of forgetting a password |
frisson |
A shudder of excitement that courses through the body |
fritinancy |
The chirping or croaking sound of insects |
frustling |
The shaking and showing of feathers by birds, or the strutting around of someone with fancy clothing |
frustraneous |
unprofitable and completely useless |
fruzz |
To rub hair the wrong way, as when petting a dog from tail to head |
fucoid |
Resembling sea weed |
fudgeon |
A fussy person |
fulmination |
A loud and violent explosion, either literally or figuratively |
fumifugist |
Something or someone which expels smoke |
funambulist |
A tight rope walker |
fungy – ( fun-jee ) |
A type of deep dish blueberry pie |
funkify |
To run away in fear |
furfuraceous |
Covered with scales or dandruff flakes |
furr-ahin |
The hindmost horse on the right pulling a plough |
fuscoferuginous |
Having a dark rusty colour |
fustilug |
A fat, clumsy, lazy, filthy slob |
fyerk |
To flick away using one’s finger and thumb |
fysigunkus |
A person who lacks curiosity |
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gaberlunzie |
A wandering beggar or a harmless hobo |
galea |
A headache which covers the entire head |
galeanthropy |
The delusion that one is a cat |
galeophobia |
A fear of cats |
galeophobia |
A fear of sharks |
galligantus |
A tall and awkward person |
gambrinous |
Being full of beer |
gametophobia |
See gamophobia |
gamomania |
An urge to make extravagant wedding proposals |
gamophobia |
A fear of marriage |
gargalesthesia |
The sensation caused by tickling |
gastromancy |
Divination using a crystal ball |
gatophobia |
See galeophobia |
gaum |
To stare vacantly or handle in a clumsy manner |
geck |
An expression of scorn or contempt |
gelophobia |
A fear of laughter |
geloscopy |
Divination involving laughter |
genethliacon |
A poem which is written for someone’s birthday |
genethliacon |
A poem written for someone’s birthday |
geniophobia |
A fear of chins |
genuphobia |
A fear of knees |
geophagy |
The act of eating dirt or clay |
gephyrophobia |
the fear of crossing bridges. |
gerasophobia |
A fear of old age or of growing old |
gerontocomium |
An institution designed to take care of the elderly |
gerontocracry |
A government of old people (often the old boys network) |
gerontophillia |
The love of the elderly |
gerontophobia |
A fear of old age or of growing old |
geumaphobia |
The fear of taste |
geumatophobia |
See geumaphobia |
gigantomachize |
To be at war with one’s superiors |
gigantomachy |
A war between giants |
gigmania |
The smug obsession with attaining middle class respectability |
girouettism |
Altering one’s opinions to match public trends |
gliriform |
Resembling a rodent |
glossophobia |
The fear of speaking, especially in public |
gork |
A patient with unknown ailment. (Short for God only really knows) |
gormandizer |
One who eats to excess |
graminivorous |
Eating grass |
grammaticaster |
A person who is pedantic regarding proper grammar |
grandgousier |
One who will eat as much as possible of anything |
grapholagnia |
The urge to stare at obscene pictures |
graphophobia |
The fear of writing or of the written word |
graptomancy |
Divination using hand writing |
gressible |
Able to walk |
griffonage |
Illegible or sloppy hand writing |
grimthorpe |
To badly remodel a building ignoring its character or history |
grinagog |
a person with a big stupid grin |
groak |
To stare at someone who is eating in hopes of getting food |
gubernator |
A powerful man in government |
gubernatrix |
A powerful woman in government |
gudgeons |
The slots on a hinge which hold the pin in place |
guidfather |
Another name for one’s father in law |
guttersnipe |
A member of the lowest class in society or a street person |
gymnogynomania |
The urge to spy on people when they are undressing |
gymnophobia |
A fear of nudity |
gymnophoria |
The sensation that someone is mentally undressing you |
gynarchy |
Rulership by women |
gynecocracy |
A government consisting of women |
gynephobia |
The fear of women |
gynocracy |
See gynecocracry |
gynonudomania |
The urge to rip off a woman’s clothing |
gynophobia |
See gynephobia |
gynotikolobomassophilia |
A proclivity for nibbling on women’s earlobes |
gyromancy |
Divination involving walking in a circle until you fall down |
gyrovague |
A monk who begs and sponges off of other monks |
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hadeharia |
The practice of constantly using the word “Hell” in speaking |
hagiarchy |
A government of saints |
hagiocracy |
Rulership by saints |
hagiolatry |
The worship of saints |
haingle |
To amble along in a feeble and listless manner |
hajj |
A pilgrimage to Mecca |
halidom |
Anything considered holy or sacred |
haliography |
A description of the sea |
halomancy |
Divination or magic using salt |
hamartiologist |
An expert on the subject of sin |
hamartithia |
Being likely to make a mistake |
hamartophobia |
A fear of sin or of sinning |
hamiform |
Shaped like a hook |
hamirostrate |
Having a hooked beak |
haphephobia |
See aphephobia |
haptephobia |
See aphephobia |
haptodysphoria |
A unpleasent feeling caused by handling any fuzzy surface |
harengiform |
Shaped like a herring |
harpactophage |
A predator which feeds on insects |
harpaxophobia |
The fear of thieves or of becoming a thief |
harridan |
A disreputable and violent woman |
haruspex |
A person who predicts the future using entrails |
haruspication |
Divination using entrails |
haruspicy |
See haruspication |
hasenpfeffer |
A well seasoned rabbit stew |
havelock |
The cloth that hangs from the back of a hat to protect the wearer’s neck |
hawsehole |
The hole on a ship through which the anchor is lowered |
heautontimorumenos |
A form of masochism |
heautontimorumenos |
A masochist |
hebephobia |
The fear of young people |
hebesphalmology |
The study of juvenile deliquency |
hecatomb |
A religious sacrifice of 100 animals, or any mass slaughter |
hecatompedon |
Any building which is either 100 feet long or wide |
hederaceous |
Pertaining to ivy |
hederate |
To decorate with ivy |
hednon |
A present given to someone at their wedding |
hedonophobia |
A fear of pleasure |
heliolater |
A sun worshipper |
heliophobia |
The fear of the Sun |
heliotropism |
The tendency of plants to turn towards the sun |
Hellenologophobia |
A fear of Greek terms or complex terminology |
hellenomania |
The obsession with using either foreign or obscure wording |
helminthophobia |
The fear of becoming infested with worms |
helminthous |
Infested with intestinal worms |
hemaphobia |
See Hematophobia |
hematomancy |
Divination using blood |
hematophagous |
One who drinks blood |
hematophobia |
A fear of blood or the sight of blood |
hemeralopia |
Only being able to see at night |
hemeraphonia |
Able to speak only at night |
hemophobia |
See Hematophobia |
heresyphobia |
A fear of heresy |
hermeneutics |
Interpretations of the Bible |
herpetiform |
Resembling a reptile |
herpetophobia |
A fear of reptiles |
heteropraxy |
Pertaining to people who do not follow the teachings of their religion |
hibernicism |
An Irish trait or custom |
hierocracy |
Rulership by the church or by church officials |
hierofastidia |
A dislike of all holy objects |
hieromachy |
A war between members of the clergy |
hieromancy |
Divination using entrails |
hierophobia |
A fear of the clergy or of holy people |
hieroscopy |
Divination using entrails |
higgler |
A salesperson who insists on a certain price |
hippanthropy |
The delusion that one is a horse |
hippobosca |
A blood sucking fly |
hippomancy |
Divination by horses, or by the neighing of horses |
hippophobia |
A fear of horses |
hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian |
Pertaining to extremely long words |
hirci |
Armpit hair |
hircine |
Resembling or smelling like a goat |
hirrient |
A heavy trilling sound, such as a cat purring |
hirsutophilia |
An attraction to hairy men |
hirsutophilia |
Being attracted to hairy men |
hirudinoid |
Like a leech |
hisbid |
Having stubbly or being unshaven |
hodophobia |
The fear of travelling |
homichlophobia |
A fear of fog |
homilophobia |
A fear of sermons |
hominist |
One who advocates equal rights for men |
honorificabilitudinitatibus |
With honorableness (a nonsense word from medieval literature) |
hordarian |
The treasurer of a monastery or someone who controls a lot of money |
hormephobia |
A fear of shock |
horology |
The science of measuring time or making time pieces |
horripilate |
To get goose bumps |
howdah |
The riding seat on the back of an elephant |
hoxter |
The inside pocket on a suit or coat |
humicubate |
To lie still, as in some forms of prayer |
humuhumunukunukuapuaa |
A small Hawaiian fish |
hyalophobia |
A fear of glass |
hydragyophobia |
A fear of mercurial medicines |
hydromancy |
Divination by water of magic involving water |
hydrophobia |
The fear of water |
hydrophobophobia |
A fear of rabies |
hydrophobophobia |
The fear of hydrophobia |
hyetophobia |
A fear of rain |
hygrophobia |
A fear of dampness |
hygrophobia |
A fear of liquids |
hylephobia |
A fear of epilepsy |
hylephobia |
A fear of materialism |
hylophobia |
A fear of forests |
hylotheism |
The belief that god and the universe are the same thing |
hylozoism |
The belief that matter has life and that life is a property of matter |
hypegiaphobia |
See hypengyophobia |
hypengyophobia |
A fear of responsibility |
hyperhedonia |
Excessive pleasure caused by boring tasks |
hypermnesia |
Having an exceptional memmory |
hyperprosexia |
Excessive attention to something |
hyperthemalgesia |
An increased sensitivity to heat |
hypnomancy |
Divination by hypnosis |
hypnophobia |
A fear of sleeping |
hypnopompic |
the fuzzy state between being awake and asleep |
hypobulia |
Trouble making up one’s mind |
hypophobia |
A fear of not being afraid |
hyposmia |
A disorder in which one has no sense of smell |
hypselotimophobia |
A fear of high prices |
hypsiphobia |
A fear of heights or high places |
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iatrapistia |
A lack of faith in the medical system |
iatrogenic |
Pertaining to medical problems caused by a doctor’s treatment |
iatrophobia |
A fear of going to the doctor |
ichnography |
A map or floor plan which is drawn to scale |
ichnology |
The study of fossilized footprints |
ichnomancy |
Divination using footprints |
ichor |
The blood of a god |
ichthyomancy |
Divination or magic involving fish |
icker |
A single ear of corn |
iconomancy |
Divination using icons |
icthyophobia |
A fear of fish |
idolomancy |
Divination using idols |
ignipotent |
Having control of or power over fire |
illeism |
The practice of referring to oneself as “he” or “she”, or by one’s name |
illyngophobia |
The fear of vertigo |
impecunious |
Having little or no money |
impecunious |
Having no cash or money |
inaniloquent |
Speaking foolishly or saying silly things |
incicurable |
Being untamable |
incunabula |
A book which was printed before 1500 AD, in the dawn of publishing |
infracaninophile |
One who supports or defends the underdog |
interamnian |
Being between rivers |
interfenestration |
1. The space between two windows |
interfenestration |
2. The art of placing windows |
intrapreneur |
A company employee who is not bound by rules or policies and who is free to refine products |
iophobia |
A fear of poison or being poisoned |
iophobia |
A fear of rust |
ipsedixitism |
The practice of dogmatic assertion |
irenology |
The study of peace |
isocracy |
A government in which everyone has equal power |
isopterophobia |
The fear of termites |
izles |
Any sparks or embers which rise from a chimney |
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jactancy |
The act of boasting or bragging |
jactitate |
To toss and turn or to toss back and forth |
jaculiferous |
Having a spine resembling a row of darts |
jarble |
To smear with grime and mud |
jauk |
To dally or to trifle, or to be slow in performing tasks |
jecoral |
Pertaining to the liver |
jeeter |
A rude, uncouth slob |
jejunator |
A person who fasts |
jentacular |
Pertaining to breakfast |
jeofail |
A costly mistake made by a lawyer , usually in court |
jerque |
To search for smuggled items |
jookerie |
Trickery or the act of swindling |
joola |
A suspension bridge built out of ropes |
jowfair |
An event which does not occur after much planning, such as a wedding with no groom |
jowter |
A person who sells fish |
jubate |
Fringed with a mane of long hair |
jumentous |
Smelling like horse urine |
junta |
All the people who are involved in some form of political intrique |
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kaffiyeh |
The cloth head gear worn by many palestinians |
kainophobia |
See cainophobia |
kainotophobia |
See cainophobia |
kakidrosiphobia |
A fear of body odour or sweat |
kakistocracy |
Rulership by the worst leader |
kakorrhaphiophobia |
A fear of failure |
kalling |
Fortunetelling based on what variety of cabbage a blindfolded person picks |
kalogram |
A monogram which uses the persons full name |
kalology |
The study of beauty |
kalopsia |
The delusion that things are more beautiful than they really are |
kamalayka |
A shirt made of seal guts |
kantele |
A five stringed harp from Finland |
karao |
The marriage of a widow to her brother-in-law |
katagelophobia |
See catagelophobia |
kathenotheism |
The belief that there are multiple gods with a single leader |
kathisophobia |
See cathisophobia |
keb |
An ewe which has aborted its lamb |
kebbie |
A Scottish walking stick or cudgel |
keedug |
A raincoat made out of an old sack |
keelivine |
A pencil which uses lead |
kenophobia |
The fear of open spaces |
kepi |
The hat worn by members of the french foreign legion |
keraunophobia |
The fear of thunderbolts (lightning or thunder and lightning) |
keraunoscopia |
Divination using thunder |
kerdomeletia |
An excessive desire for material wealth |
kerf |
The initial cut made in a piece of wood that is used to guide the saw blade |
kevel |
To paw the ground and toss one’s head like a bull |
kinesipathy |
The practice of treating illness with exercise |
kinesophobia |
A fear of motion or movement |
kirkbuzzer |
One who robs churches |
kiyoodle |
A mangy, worthless dog |
klebenleiben |
A pathological reluctance to stop talking about a given subject |
klebenleiben |
The reluctance to stop talking about a certain subject |
knissomancy |
Divination using burning incense |
koimetrophobia |
A fear of cemeteries |
koinoniphobia |
A fear of a room full of people |
koniophobia |
A fear of dust |
kopophobia |
A fear of being mentally or physically exhausted |
korophilia |
Being attracted to young men or boys |
kosmokrator |
The ruler of the world |
krobylos |
A tuft of hair on top of one’s head |
krukolibidinous |
The act of staring at someone’s crotch |
kurveyor |
A travelling merchant who sells dry goods from a cart |
kymatology |
The study of waves |
kymophobia |
See cymophobia |
kynophobia |
See cynophobia |
kyphophobia |
The fear of stooping |
kyphorrhinos |
Having a nose with a bump in it |
kyphotic |
Hump-backed |
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labeorphilist |
A collector of beer bottles |
labrose |
Having large or thick lips |
lachanophobia |
The fear of vegetables |
lachanophobia |
The fear of vegetables |
laliophobia |
See lalophobia |
lalochezia |
The use of foul or abusive language to relieve stress or ease pain |
lalophobia |
The fear of speaking |
lanigerous |
Wool bearing or covered with fine hair |
Laodicean |
Being lax in one’s religious beliefs or indifferent to religion |
lapidate |
To stone a person to death |
lapidicolous |
Living under rocks |
larging |
The wasteful spending of money received through an inheritance, loan, or gift |
latitudinarian |
A person who tolerates all religions or beliefs |
latrate |
To bark like a dog |
latrinalia |
Using words that are fit for a restroom wall |
latrinology |
The study of writings on restroom walls |
latrocination |
Highway robbery or overcharging people |
lavacultophilia |
A desire to stare at someone in a bathing suit |
leister |
A three pronged, barbed spear used for catching fish |
lepidophobia |
A fear of butterflies |
leptorrhinian |
having a long narrow nose |
lestobiosis |
The act of pilfering food |
lethologica |
The inability to recall a precise word for something |
leukophobia |
The fear of the color white |
levirate |
The marriage of a woman to her husband’s brother |
levophobia |
A fear of the left side or things to the left |
lexiconophilist |
A collector of dictionaries and word books |
lexiphanicism |
Showing off by using words |
ligyrophobia |
A fear of loud noises |
lilapsophobia |
A fear or hurricanes, cyclones, or tornadoes |
limacine |
Like a slug |
limicolous |
Living in mud or slime |
limnology |
The study of fresh water, such as lakes or ponds |
limnophobia |
A fear of lakes |
linonophobia |
The fear of string |
lirp |
To snap one’s fingers |
lithomancy |
Divination by stones |
litigaphobia |
A fear of being sued or of lawsuits |
loganamnosis |
The obsession with recalling a certain word |
logastellus |
A person whose love of words is greater than their knowledge of words |
logocracy |
Rulership by words |
logodaedaly |
Verbal trickery or legerdemain |
logogogue |
A person who leads others in the use of words or by the use of words |
logographer |
A person who writes speeches or chronicles historical events |
logomachist |
A person who engages in a war of words |
logomachize |
To engage in a war of words |
logomachy |
A war of words or a battle about words |
logomancy |
Divination by words or by speech |
logomaniac |
A person obsessed with words |
logomaniac |
A person who is crazy about words |
logophile |
A person who loves words |
logophobia |
The fear of words |
logorrhea |
Excessive talking (or verbal diarrhea) |
lohock |
Medicine which is administered by licking it |
longanimity |
The ability to suffer patiently |
longiloquent |
Extremely long-winded |
lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon |
A goulash composed of all the leftovers from the meals of the leftovers from the meals of the last two weeks |
lorgnette |
A pair of glasses mounted on a handle |
loupe |
The small magnifying glass used by jewellers |
lubberland |
A mythical paradise reserved for those who are lazy |
lucubrator |
A person who studies during the night |
lustration |
Ceremonial purefication performed before entering a holy place |
lychnobite |
A person who works at night and sleeps during the day |
lygerastia |
The condition of one who is only amorous when the lights are out |
lygophobia |
A fear of darkness or of the night |
lypothymia |
Profound melancholy |
lysistrataphobia |
The fear that women will subvert men and take over the world |
lyssophobia |
1.A fear of going insane |
lyssophobia |
2. A fear of rabies |
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machiaphobia |
The fear of war |
mackabroin |
A hideous old woman |
macrobian |
Describes any organism which has a long life |
macrologist |
A boring conversationalist, usually met at parties |
macromancy |
Divination by studying the largest object in the area |
macron |
The horizontal line above a vowel to symbolize a long sound |
maculate |
To stain or make impure |
maculomancy |
Divination by spots |
magniloquent |
Speaking pompously or in a high flown manner |
maieusiophobia |
See maieuticophobia |
maieuticophobia |
A fear of childbirth |
malacissation |
The process of making something soft and pliable |
malacodermous |
Soft skinned |
malaxophobia |
A fear of love play, especially in women |
maledicent |
One who is addicted to abusive speech |
maledictaphobia |
Fear of bad words |
malophile |
One who loves apples |
malversation |
corruption and misconduct among public officials |
mammothrept |
A child who is raised and spoiled by their grandmother |
manducable |
Edible or soft enough to chew |
margaritomancy |
Divination using pearls |
mariticide |
The murder of a husband by his wife |
maritodespotism |
Tyrranical rulership of a woman by her husband |
maritorious |
Excessively devoted to one’s husband |
martext |
A blundering preacher who stumbles through a sermon |
mastigophobia |
The fear of whipping or being whipped |
mataeotechny |
An unprofitable art or science |
mathemancy |
Divination using mathematics |
matronolagnia |
An attraction to older women, especially women who have children |
matutolypea |
Getting up on the wrong side of the bed |
meacock |
A meak man who dotes on his wife, or is henpecked |
mechanophobia |
A fear of machinery |
meconomancy |
Divination by sleep or magic using sleep |
megalophobia |
A fear of large things |
megamalophile |
1. One who really loves apples |
megamalophile |
2. One who love the Big Apple |
melissophobia |
A fear of bees |
melittology |
The study of bees |
melliloquent |
Pertaining to a smooth talker or a con artist (literally honey-tongued) |
mellisugent |
Honey-sucking |
melolagnia |
Amorous feeling inspired by music |
melophobia |
A fear of music |
mendaciloquent |
Able to tell artful or skilled lies |
mentimutation |
The act of changing one’s mind |
merdivorous |
One who eats excrement |
merdurinous |
Composed of urine and dung |
merinthophobia |
A fear of being tied and bound |
meritocracy |
Rulership by the most skilled leader |
mesocracy |
Government formed from the middle class |
mesomorphic |
Being big-boned and muscular |
metallophobia |
A fear of metals |
metapneustic |
Having one’s respiratory organs in one’s butt |
meteoromancy |
Divination using meteors |
meteorophobia |
A fear of meteors |
metopomancy |
Divination using a person’s forehead |
metrocracry |
A government formed of mothers |
metrophobia |
A fear of poetry |
metrophobia |
A hatred or fear of poetry |
metutials |
A small, irritating chore which must be performed before other work can commence |
microlipet |
Someone who gets upset about trivial things |
micromancy |
Divination by studying the smallest object in the area |
microphobia |
A fear of small things |
mimp |
To speak in a prissy manner, usually with pursed lips |
minimifidian |
Having virtually no faith, almost faithless |
misandronist |
A person who believes men are the source of all problems |
misapodysis |
The fear of being undressed or seen undressed |
misarchist |
One who hates any form of authority |
misocapnist |
One who hates the smell of tobacco smoke |
misodoctakleidist |
Someone who hates practicing the piano |
misogamist |
One who hates marriage |
misologist |
A hater of knowledge and enlightenment |
misomaniac |
A person who hates everything |
misomath |
A hater of math or science |
misoneist |
A hater of things which are new |
misopedist |
One who detests children |
misopolemiac |
A hater of war and strife |
misoscopist |
A person who hates to look |
misosophist |
One who hates all wisdom or learning |
misotramontanist |
One who hates “whatever is beyond the mountain” (the unknown) |
misotyrannist |
One who hates tyranny |
misoxene |
One who hates strangers |
misoxeny |
The dislike of strangers |
miter |
The tall pointed hat worn by bishops and abbots |
mnemophobia |
A fear of memories |
molendinaceous |
Like a windmill |
molendinaceous |
Resembling a windmill |
molysomophobia |
A fear of contamination |
momiology |
The study of mummies |
monandry |
The practice of having a single husband at a time |
monogenism |
The belief that all humans are descended from two people |
monomath |
Someone who knows all about a single subject and nothing else |
monopathophobia |
A fear of a specific disease |
monophobia |
The fear of a single thing |
morologist |
A boring fools who speaks nonsense |
moromancy |
A foolish divination |
mucopurulent |
Composed entirely of mucus and pus |
muleta |
The red cape used by matadors |
multiloquent |
Always talking or simply talking too much |
multisonous |
Composed of many different sounds |
multivious |
Having multiple possible paths |
muriphobia |
A fear of mice or rats |
museology |
The science of museum curatorship, including the collection and care of antiques |
musophobia |
A fear of mice or rats |
mutchkin |
An English pint |
muzhik |
A Russian peasant |
myctophobia |
A fear of darkness or of the night |
myomancy |
Foretelling the future using the movement of mice |
myriadigamous |
Pertaining to someone who is willing to marry all kinds of people |
myrmecology |
The study of ants |
myrmecophobia |
A fear of ants |
myrmidon |
A devoted servant or disciple who follows commands without question |
mysophobia |
1. A fear of contamination |
mysophobia |
2. The fear of uncleanliness |
mystacial |
Resembling a mustache |
mytacism |
The incorrect or excessive use of the letter M |
mythomane |
Someone who is prone to lie or believe in lies |
myxophobia |
A fear of slime |
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nanophilia |
An attraction to short people |
naology |
The study of holy buildings such as churches |
napiform |
Turnip shaped |
naprapathy |
The process of massaging ligaments to cure illness |
narcokleptocracy |
Rulership by drug dealers with ties to politicians and the military |
narcomancy |
Divination by sleep or magic using sleep |
nasicornous |
Having a horn on one’s nose, such as a rhinoceros |
nassology |
The science of stuffing animals for display, also called taxidermy |
natalitious |
Pertaining to someone’s birthday |
natatorium |
An indoor swimming pool |
naufragous |
Causing shipwrecks |
naupathia |
Sea sickness |
navicular |
Resembling a boat, or boat shaped |
neanilagnia |
An attraction to teenagers |
neanimorphism |
Looking younger than one actually is |
nearomatria |
Being a young mother |
nebulaphobia |
A fear of clouds or of fog |
nebulochaotic |
A state of being hazy and confused |
necrologist |
A person who writes obituaries or eulogies |
necromancy |
Divination using black magic or the dead |
necromimesis |
Feigning death or the delusion that one is dead |
necrophobia |
A fear of corpses |
necropoliphobia |
A fear of cemeteries |
necroponent |
The person who temporarily runs a household following a death in the family |
necyomancy |
Divination involving summoning the devil |
nelipot |
Someone who is walking without shoes |
nelophobia |
A fear of glass |
neocracy |
Rulership by inexperienced people |
neopharmaphobia |
A fear of new medicines or drugs |
neophillia |
The love of novelty |
neophobia |
A fear of anything that is new |
neossology |
The study of young birds |
neoteinia |
A state of prolonged immaturity |
neoteinic |
Pertaining to a prolonged adolescence |
nepenthe |
A potion which causes one to forget their troubles |
nepheligenous |
Producing clouds of smoke from tobacco |
nephelophobia |
See nephophobia |
nephophobia |
A fear of clouds |
nepiomania |
The desire of a woman to have a child |
nepotal |
Pertaining to a nephew |
nesiote |
Living upon an island |
neuromancer |
One who tells the future by reading a person’s neurons |
nexum |
A form of loan (in ancient Rome) in which the creditor could enslave and flog the debtor if he failed to make a payment |
nicitate |
To close and open the eyelids rapidly, as in a blink |
nidificate |
To build a nest |
nidor |
The aroma of cooked food, particularly meat |
nidorosity |
Belching with the taste of undigested meat |
nikhedonia |
The pleasure caused by anticipating good fortune or success |
nippitatum |
Exceptionaly strong beer |
noctiphobia |
See nyctophobia |
noctivagant |
To roam about at night or to wander around while asleep |
noctivagant |
To rove or wander at night |
noematachograph |
A device used for measuring reaction times |
nomancy |
See onomancy |
nomatophobia |
A fear of names |
nomiatrist |
A lawyer whose specialty is medical law |
nomographer – ( no-mog-re-fur ) |
A person who writes laws |
noology |
The study of intuition and comprehension |
nosism |
The practive of referring to oneself as “we” |
nosocomephrenia |
A depression caused by any extended stay in the hospital |
nosocomology |
The study of hospital management |
nosomaniaphobia |
A fear of suffering from an imaginary disease |
nosophobia |
A fear of becoming ill |
nostology |
The study of senility |
nostomania |
Overwhelming homesickness |
nostophobia |
A fear of returning home |
novercal |
Pertaining to a stepmother |
novercaphobia |
The fear of one’s stepmother |
noyade |
A mass drowning |
nucamentaceous |
Pertaining to a nut |
nuciverous |
Nut eating |
nucleomitophobia |
A fear of atomic energy or nuclear weapons |
nudiustertian |
Pertaining to the day before yesterday |
nullibiety |
The state of being nowhere |
nullipara |
A woman with no children |
numerophobia |
A fear of numbers |
numismatist |
A coin collector |
nummamorous |
Pertaining to someone who spends all of their time trying to make money |
nundinal |
Pertaining to a marketplace or a fair |
nutation |
The involuntary nodding of one’s head |
nychthemeron |
A period of 24-hours |
nyctalopia |
night blindness or the inability to see in low light |
nycterent |
A hunter who hunts at night |
nyctophobia |
A fear of darkness or night |
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obdormition |
The feeling one gets when a limb “falls asleep” |
obesophobia |
The fear of gaining weight |
obliviscence |
Forgetfulness |
obmutescent |
Preferring to have silence or to avoid noise |
obnubilate |
1.To cloud or to obscure |
obnubilate |
2.To be clouded and obscure |
obsolagnium |
The lack of sexual desire that accompanies old age |
obstipation |
Extreme form of constipation |
ochlochracy |
A government formed by the mob |
ochlophobia |
A fear of crowds |
ochophobia |
A fear of riding in automobiles |
octan – ( AHK-tan ) |
Something which happens every eight days |
oculoplania |
Letting one’s eyes wander while assessing someone’s charm |
odontalgia |
A tooth ache |
odontomancy |
Divination using teeth |
odontophobia |
The fear of teeth |
odynophobia |
A fear of pain |
oenomancy |
Divination by wine |
oenophlygia |
The state of being drunk |
oenophobia |
The fear of wine |
oikology |
The science of house keeping |
oikomania |
mental disorder caused by an abusive home |
oikonisus |
The desire to start a family |
oikophobia |
A fear of one’s home |
oinomancy |
See oenomancy |
oinophobia |
The fear of wine |
olecranon |
The bony tip of the elbow |
olfactphobia |
A fear of odors |
oligarchy |
A government controlled by a few people |
oligophagous |
One who eats only a few kinds of food |
oligophrenic |
being mentally deficient or having a small brain |
oligotokous |
Referring to a creature that lays four or less eggs |
ombibulus |
Someone who drinks everything |
ombrometer |
A device used for measuring rainfall |
ombrophilous |
Capable of withstanding long periods of rain |
ombrophobia |
A fear of rain |
ombrosalgia |
Aches and pains felt when it rains |
ommatophobia |
A fear of eyes |
omniana |
Bits and pieces of various information |
omnierudite |
One who is educated in all subjects, or who possesses universal knowledge |
omniloquent |
One who can talk about any and all subjects |
omophagist |
A person who eats raw flesh |
omoplatoscopy |
Divination involving a shoulder blade which has been charred or cracked from a fire |
omphacine |
Pertaining to fruit which is not ripe |
omphalomancy |
Foretelling the future by counting the knots in a baby’s umbilical cord |
omphalophobia |
Fear of belly buttons |
omphalopsychite |
One who contemplates their naval |
onamatophobia |
A fear of names |
oneirocritic |
One who interprets dreams |
oneiromancy |
Divination by dreams, or interpreting dreams |
oneirophobia |
A fear of dreams |
onimancy |
Divination using fingernails |
oniomania |
An uncontrollable urge to buy something |
onomancy |
Divination using a name or the letters in a name |
ontology |
The study of the nature of being |
onychomancy |
Divination using fingernails |
onychophagy |
The habit of biting one’s fingernails |
oologist |
A collector of bird’s eggs |
oomancy |
Divination or magic using eggs |
ophidiophobia |
A fear of snakes |
ophiomancy |
Divination by snakes or serpents |
ophiophagous |
One who eats snakes |
ophiophagy |
The eating of snakes |
ophiophobia |
See ophidiophobia |
ophthalmophobia |
The fear that one is being stared at |
opsablepsia |
The inability to look someone in the eye while speaking |
opsimath |
One who acquires knowledge late in life |
opsimathiphobia |
A fear of learning something too late |
opsimatria |
The bearing of children late in a woman’s life |
opsipatria |
The fathering of a child by an elderly man |
opsiproligery |
The ability to still have children late in life |
opsomaniac |
One who loves a certain kind of food, bordering on madness |
opsophagy |
The eating of delicacies |
optophobia |
A fear of opening one’s eyes |
orant – ( or-ANT ) |
A religious figure of a praying woman |
orcheotomy |
See Ochidectomy |
orchidectomy |
Another word for castration |
ornithomancy |
Divination using birds’ flight and cries |
ornithophobia |
A fear of birds |
ornithoscelidaphilia |
A love of dinosaurs |
ornithoscelidaphobia |
A fear of dinosaurs |
orology |
The study of mountains |
orthophobia |
A fear of correctness |
orthopter |
A flying machine which uses flapping wings |
orthpolitiphobia |
A fear of political correctness |
orthpraxy |
Pertaining to people who strictly follow the teachings of their religion |
oryctomancy |
Divination by studying excavated objects |
oryzivorous |
Pertaining to eating rice |
osculant |
Pertaining to a close embrace or long kiss |
osculaphobia |
A fear of kissing |
osmidrosiphobia |
A fear of body odour or sweat |
osmology |
The study of odors |
osmophilia |
The love of various smells |
osmophobia |
A fear of odors |
osphresiophobia |
A fear of odors |
ossomancy |
Divination using bones |
osteomancy |
Divination using bones |
ostraconophobia |
A fear of shellfish |
ostreophobia |
A fear of shellfish, especially oysters |
otolaryngologist |
A doctor who specializes in treating ear, nose and throat problems. |
otology |
The study of the ear and its disorders |
oubliette |
A dungeon whose only entrance is in the ceiling |
ouranomancy |
See uranomancy |
ouranophobia |
See uranophobia |
outfangtheft |
The right under law of a lord to persecute a vassal caught outside of his jurisdiction |
ovine |
Sheep like |
ovivorous |
Egg eating |
oxter |
To walk arm in arm |
oxyacanthous |
Having sharp thorns or spikes |
oxyesthesia |
Being extremely sensitive to touch |
oxygeusia |
Being sensitive to taste |
oxyosphresia – ( oks-i-os-free-see-uh ) |
An extreme sensitivity to smells |
oxythymous |
Pertaining to someone who is quick to anger |
ozostomia |
The state of having bad breath |
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paedarchy |
Rulership by a child or several children |
paedocracy |
A government formed of children |
pagophagia |
1. The eating of ice |
pagophagia |
2. A folk remedy of eating a bowl of ice daily to offset iron deficiency |
pagophobia |
A fear of ice or frost |
paleography |
The study of ancient writings |
paleozoology |
The study of prehistoric animals |
pancratic |
Accomplished in many forms or sport or game or having a mastery over numerous subjects |
pandiculation |
Stretching and yawning before going to bed or after waking up |
pantagamy |
Married to everyone |
pantaphobia |
A fear of lack of fear |
pantomancer |
One who sees omens in every event |
pantophobia |
A fear of everything |
papaphobia |
A fear of the pope or the papacy |
paparchy |
Rulership by the pope |
papyrocracy |
Rulership by paperwork or by the press |
papyrophobia |
A fear of paper |
parabolanus |
A monk who treat contagious diseases |
paralian |
A person who lives near the sea |
paralipophobia |
A fear of responsibility |
paramnesia |
A disorder in which one remembers events that never happened |
paranymph |
The best man or bridesmaid at a wedding |
parapraxis |
A lapse of memory or a slip of the tongue, usually revealing a hidden thought |
parasitophobia |
A fear of parasites |
paraskevidekatriaphobia |
The fear of Friday the 13th |
parateresiomania |
The obsession with being a voyeur |
parergon |
A second job or an additional source of money from extra work |
parisologist |
A person who uses ambiguous language or evasive writing |
parorexia |
The craving for strange or indigestible foods |
parosmia |
A disorder which causes one to smell things that are not real |
parousiamania |
An obsession with the return of Christ |
parrhesiastic |
Able to speak freely |
parsonarchy |
A government formed by priests |
partheniad |
A poem which honors a virgin |
parthenolagnia |
The desire to make love to virgins |
parthenolatry |
worship of a virgin or virgins |
parthenophobia – ( por-then-o-fo – bee-uh ) |
The fear of virgins |
pasilaly |
Any universal language |
passalorynchite |
A member of an old Christian sect in which members had to take a vow of silence |
passulation |
The act of drying up and turning into a raisin |
pataphysics |
The science of imaginary solutions or of nonsensical philosophy |
patavinity |
The use of local slang or expressions when writing |
pathenophillia |
The love of virgins |
pathenophobia |
The fear of virgins |
pathophobia |
A fear of disease |
patroiophobia |
A fear of hereditary diseases |
pauciloquent |
Using as few words as possible when speaking |
paxophobia |
A fear of peace |
peccatiphobia |
A fear of sin or of sinning |
peckerwood |
A southern term for poor anglo-saxon protestants |
pecunious |
Having a lot of money |
pedantrocracy |
Rulership by pedants or pedagogs |
pediatricophobia |
A fear of having to take care of children |
pediculophobia |
A fear of lice |
pediophobia |
1. A fear of children |
pediophobia |
2. A fear of dolls |
pedipulate |
To operate with one’s feet |
pedotrophy |
The art of raising children properly |
pegomancy |
Fortunetelling using the bubbles in a fountain |
peladophobia |
A fear of people who are bald |
pelargic |
Resembling a stork |
pelology |
The study of therapeutic uses of mud |
peniaphobia |
A fear of poverty |
penotherapy |
Controlling prostitutes in order to eliminate the spread of disease |
penphobia |
The fear of writing or of the written word |
pentapopemptic |
One who is divorced five times |
pentheraphobia |
Fear of Mother in Law |
perendinate |
To delay until the day of tomorrow or to delay indefinitely |
perfuncturate |
To perform some task in a careless or listless manner |
periblebsis |
The wild look which accompanies delirium |
periclitate |
To put at risk or in danger |
peripatetic |
walking about, usually while studying |
periphrastic |
Pertaining to circumlocution or to one who is wordy |
perissopedics |
The special branch of pediatric dealing with gifted children |
peristerophilist |
One who collects pigeons |
peristerophily |
The art of training pidgeons |
peristerophobia |
A fear of pigeons |
pernoctation |
The act of staying up all night doing work or attending a party |
pernoctator |
A person who studies through the night |
pervulgate |
To publish something |
pessomancy |
Divination using stones or rocks |
phagomania |
Insatiable hunger |
phagophobia |
A fear of eating or swallowing |
phalacrophobia |
A fear of going bald |
phalacrophobia |
Fear of going bald |
phanerolagniast |
A psychologist who studies human lust |
phaneromania |
The compulsive habit of picking at scabs or growths |
pharmacophobia |
A fear of medicine or drugs |
pharology |
The study of lighthouses or similar signalling devices |
phasmophobia |
A fear of ghosts |
phengophobia |
The fear of the Sun or of sunlight |
phigerophobia |
See pnigophobia |
philalethist |
A lover of the truth |
philandrist |
One who loves men |
philatelist |
A stamp collector |
philemaphobia |
A fear of kissing |
philematophobia |
See philemaphobia |
philiater |
A medical student |
phillumenist |
A collector of matchbooks or matchboxes |
philocalist |
A lover of beauty |
philodespot |
One who loves tyranny |
philodox |
Someone who loves their own opinions |
philogeant |
One who loves everything on the Earth |
philographer |
A collector of autographs |
philogynist |
One who loves women |
philologist |
One who loves literature and languages |
philomath |
One who loves math and the sciences |
philomythist |
A person who loves mythology |
philoneist |
One who is obsessed with trends or fads |
philonoist |
Someone who is seeking knowledge |
philophobia |
A fear of love or of falling in love |
philopolemicist |
A person who loves to argue or debate |
philoprogeneity |
The love of your children |
philosophaster |
A person who pretends to know more than they do to impress others |
philosophobia |
A fear of philosophy or philosophers |
philosophunculist |
A person who pretends to know more than they do to impress others |
philotherian |
An animal lover |
philoxenist |
A person who loves to entertain strangers |
philtrum |
The groove in the middle of one’s upper lip |
phobologophobia |
The fear of words about fears |
phobophobia |
A fear of being afraid |
phonophobia |
The fear of sound |
photoaugiaphobia |
A fear of glaring lights or being in the spot light |
photophobia |
A fear of light |
phrenology |
The study of how the shape of one’s skull determines characteristic traits |
phronemophobia |
The fear of thinking |
phrontifugic |
helping to escape from one’s thoughts |
phrontistery |
A place for study or for contemplation |
phthiriophobia |
A fear of lice |
phthirophagous |
One who eats lice |
phthisiophobia |
The fear of tuberculosis |
phylactery |
One of two small black leather boxes which contain biblical verses of Jewish law |
phyllomancy |
Magic using leaves or foretelling one’s future from leaves |
physiognomancy |
Divination using a person’s face |
physitheism |
Giving physical form to a deity |
physitism |
The worship of nature |
phytivorous |
Pertaining to vegetable – eating |
pica |
A craving for an inedible substance (such as chalk or paint chips) |
Pickelhaube |
The spiked helmet worn by german or prussian soldiers before World War I |
pilcrow |
The symbol used by editors to indicate a new paragraph |
pillion |
A seat for a second person on a motorcycle or on a horse |
pillion |
The second seat on a motorcycle or on a saddle |
pilosism |
Excessive hairiness |
pilpul |
A subtle debate between rabbincal scholars over the details of the Talmud |
pintle |
The pin that holds a hinge together |
piobalreachd |
A dirge played on the Highland bagpipes |
piscatology |
The science of fishing |
pismirism |
The saving of every bit of money, such as hoarding pennies |
placophobia |
The fear of tombstones |
plangent |
A deep, reverberating sound such as heavy bells ringing or thunder |
plangonologist |
A collector of dolls |
planiloquent |
Talking plainly about some subject |
planomania |
The urge to roam |
plastron |
The padded jacket worn while fencing |
platyopic |
having a broad flat nose |
pleionosis |
The habit of exagerating one’s own importance |
pleniloquent |
Always talking or full of speech |
plenilune |
The time of the full moon |
plousiocracy |
A government consisting of the wealthy and the elite |
plumassier |
Someone who makes or sells feathers used in ornaments |
plutarchy |
A government formed by the wealthy and elite |
plutocracy |
Rulership by the wealthy or elite |
plutocrat |
A member of the wealthy ruling class |
plutolatry |
The worship of wealth |
plutomania |
An obsession with money |
pluviophobia |
A fear of rain |
pneumatophobia |
A fear of air |
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis |
A miner’s lung disease caused by inhaling silicate dust |
pnigophobia |
A fear of choking |
podoscaph |
A boat propelled by bicycle treadles |
pogonophobia |
A fear of beards |
poikilothermal |
Cold blooded |
poikilothermal |
Cold blooded |
poinephobia |
A fear of punishment |
polemology |
The study of war |
politicaster |
Second rate politician or incompetent leader |
politicophobia |
A fear of politicians |
pollarchy |
Rulership by the mob |
poltophagy |
To chew food until it is the consistency of porridge |
polyandry |
Marriage to several men |
polyapopemptic |
Having been divorced numerous times |
polygyny |
Marriage to several women |
polylogize |
To talk excessively |
polyloquent |
One who can talk about numerous subjects |
polymath |
A person of superior and wide ranging knowledge |
polyphage |
Someone who eats many kinds of foods |
polyphloisboian |
Making a lot of noise or a loud racket |
polyphobia |
A fear of many things |
polytheism |
The belief that there are many gods |
pomology |
The study of how fruit grows |
ponerologist |
One who expounds on the evils of nature |
ponophobia |
The fear of overworking |
porphyrophobia |
A fear of the color purple |
posology |
The area of medicine dealing with dosages |
posthetomist |
A person who performs circumcisions |
potamophobia |
A fear of rivers |
potophobia |
A fear of drinking alcohol |
poulaine |
Pointy toed shoes such as worn by jesters |
preantepenultimate |
Fourth from last |
precibal |
Before dinner |
prelapsarian |
Pertaining to the time before the biblical fall |
presbycusis |
The loss of hearing due to old age |
presbyopia |
The loss of sight due to old age |
prescient |
Having foresight or knowledge of what will happen. |
preterist |
One who believes that the prophecies preceeding the Apocalypse have been fulfilled |
preterition |
The doctrine that God has decided who to save and passes over everyone else |
preterpluperfect |
More than perfect |
proboscidiform |
having a nose like an elephant’s trunk |
procrescophobia |
The fear of gaining weight |
proficuous |
advantageous and useful |
prognathous |
Having a jaw which extends past the rest of one’s face |
propinquiphobia |
A fear of being too close |
prosophobia |
A fear of progress |
prosopography |
The description of a person’s appearance |
prosopolepsy |
The acceptance of people based on the appearance |
prosopolethy |
The inability to remember a face |
psaphonic |
Preoccupied with plotting your ascent to wealth and renown |
psellism |
An indistinct pronounciation, such as produced by a lisp or by stammering |
psellismophobia |
The fear of stuttering |
psephology |
The study of political elections |
psephomancy |
Divination by drawing marked stones from a container |
pseudandry |
The use of a masculine pseudonym by a woman |
pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism |
The false support of the idea that a government should not support the church |
pseudogyny |
The use of a feminine pseudonym by a man |
pseudomancy |
A false or fake divination |
psilanthropism |
The belief that Jesus was not a God, but a man |
psilanthropy |
The belief that Jesus was a mere mortal |
psithurism |
The sound of the wind rustling the leaves |
psithurism |
The sound of wind in trees or rustling leaves |
psychomancy |
Divination by talking to the dead |
psychophobia |
A fear of the mind |
psychrophobia |
A fear of cold |
pteridology |
The study of ferns |
pteronophobia |
A fear of feathers |
pterylology |
The study of feather arrangements on birds |
ptochocracy |
A government formed of the poor |
puellaphillist |
One who loves girls |
pulicose |
Infested with fleas |
pygalgia |
A pain in the butt |
pyknic |
Being stocky and round |
pyosis |
The formation of pus or the process through which pus is formed |
pyrexiophobia |
A fear of fever |
pyrgology |
The study of towers |
pyriform |
Shaped like a pear |
pyrography |
The art of writing on wood or decorating wood by burning it |
pyromancy |
Divination using fire or magic involving fire |
pyrophobia |
A fear of fire |
pyrrhonist |
A skeptic who accepts nothing at face value |
pysmatic |
Always asking questions or inquiring |
pythogenic |
Coming from garbage |
pyx |
The container which holds the wafer used in Holy Communion |
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qasida |
A form of arabic poetry |
qiviut |
The soft undercoat on a musk ox, often used in making coats |
quadragenerian |
A person who is 40 years old, or between 40 and 50 |
quadrel |
A square stone or tile |
quadrifid |
To be cut into four pieces |
quadrigamist |
Someone who either has been married four times or who is married to four people |
quadriliteral |
Pertaining to a word which has four letters |
quadrumane |
A four handed animal, such as a monkey or ape |
quaestuary |
Seeking money or trying to make money |
qualtagh – ( KWOL-tok ) |
The first person you see after leaving your house |
quartan – ( KWOR-tan ) |
Something which occurs every four days |
quasihemidemisemiquaver |
According to British musical notation, a 128th note |
quatrayle |
One’s great great great grandfather |
quean – ( kween ) |
1. A whore or prostitute |
quean – ( kween ) |
2. A young, unmarried woman |
quercine |
Pertaining to an oak tree |
quiddler |
A person who hangs around wasting time at work and making conversation with people who are working |
quidnunc |
A person who always wants to know what is going on |
quincunx |
A set of five objects arranged with one at each corner of a square, and the fifth in the center |
quinquagesimal |
Consisting of fifty days |
quinquepartite |
Having five parts |
quisquilian |
Consisting of trash and rubbish |
quodlibertarian |
A pedantic person who engages in elaborate arguments about minor things |
quodlibet |
A subtle debate over a theological point by Christians |
quoin |
An external angle in a wall or building |
quomodocunquize |
To make money by any means possible |
quotidian |
Occuring every day |
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radiophobia |
The fear of radiation |
raith |
A quarter of a year |
rampasture |
A room in which several unmarried men reside, usually in a boarding house or inn |
rasorial |
Scratching the ground in search of food |
reasty – ( REE-stee ) |
Something which is covered in rust or has a rusty taste to it |
recrudescence |
The reappearance of a disease or illness after being cured |
rectalgia |
A pain in the ass |
rectigrade |
Moving in a straight line |
rectiphobia |
A fear of being corrected |
rectirostal |
Describing a bird (or other animal) with a straight beak |
rectopathic |
One who is easy to hurt emotionally |
recumbentibus |
A knockout punch, either verbal or physical |
recuse |
To excuse a judge from their duties |
redactophobia |
A fear of editing or of editors |
redhibition |
The cancellation of a sale due to the product being defective |
redubber |
A person who steals cloths and resells them |
reest |
To smoke or cure either meat or fish |
refrangible |
Capable of being refracted |
regiphobia |
A fear of a king or kings |
rehibition |
The act of taking back defective products |
remiped |
Having legs or arms which act like oars – especially referring to insects |
remontado |
A person who lives in the forest or mountains and avoid civilization |
remplissage |
The padding of literary works or of musical works |
renidification |
The act of rebuilding one’s nest |
resipiscent |
To learn from experience or have one’s sanity restored |
resistentialism |
The spiteful behaviour of inanimate objects |
rhabdomancy |
Divination using a stick or rod, such as dowsing for water |
rhabdophobia |
A fear of magic |
rhabdophobia |
A fear of sticks or rods, or of being beaten with them |
rhabdophobia |
The fear of being beaten with a stick |
rhadamanthine |
Being completely fair and incorruptible |
rhapsodomancy |
The art of predicting the future using poetry |
rhinophonia |
An extreme nasal sound in one’s voice |
rhombicosidodecahedron |
An Archimedean solid composed of sixty two faces |
rhypophobia |
See rupophobia |
rhytiphobia |
Fear of getting wrinkles |
rhytiscopia |
an obsession with one’s facial wrinkles |
rixatrix – ( riks-a-triks ) |
A nasty old women, usually with a tendency to natter and scold |
roil |
To make muddy by stirring or to disturb sediment |
roorback |
An ugly rumor of fabricated news story created to discredit a political opponent |
rosacea |
A condition in which a person has a large red nose |
rouleau |
A cylinder of coins rolled in paper |
rubedinous |
Reddish colored |
ructation |
Belching or burping |
ruderal |
Growing in a garbage dump |
rugulose |
Having small wrinkles |
rumbelow |
1. A song or refrain sung by sailors while rowing a boat |
rumbelow |
2. A common whore |
rumbelow |
3. A type of carriage |
runcation |
The act of weeding |
rupestrian |
Made out of rocks |
rupicoline |
Living among or growing on rocks |
rupophobia |
A fear of dirt |
rurigenous |
One who has been born in the country |
rustication |
Taking a trip to the countryside |
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sabbulonarium |
A gravel pit, or money paid to someone who digs gravel |
salutatorian |
The second best student in a graduating class, whose job it is to give an introductory speech |
sanctiloquent |
Speaking of something which is holy or sacred |
sanguinivorous |
A blood sucker |
sanguivorous |
One who drinks blood |
saponaceous |
1. Being soapy or slippery |
saponaceous |
2. Being very nice and ingratiating |
saprogenic |
Causing rot and decay |
saprophagous |
One who eats dead or decaying animals |
saprophilous |
Living in rotting waste |
saprostomous |
Having bad breath |
saraad – ( sa-rod ) |
A fine levied by ancient Welsh courts which were paid in cattle |
sarcle |
To dig up weeds |
sarcophagic |
Pertaining to something which eats flesh |
sarculation |
Weeding using a rake |
sardanapalian |
Being luxuriously effeminate like the Byron hero Sardanapalus |
sarmassophobia |
A fear of love play, especially in women |
sartorial |
Pertaining to tailors |
sarwan |
A person who rides and guides a camel |
satanophany |
Possession by the devil |
satrapess |
An official who acts like a petty tyrant |
saturnalian |
Wild and unrestrained, usually referring to a riotous party |
saulie |
A person who is hired to mourn |
saxatile |
Pertaining to rocks |
saxify |
To turn to stone or rock |
scacchic |
Pertaining to the game of chess, or to chess pieces |
scaldabanco |
A preacher who delivers a fiery sermon |
scapulimancy |
Divination involving a shoulder blade which has been charred or cracked from a fire |
scarpology |
The science of determining characteristic traits by examining a persons shoes |
scatology |
The study of excrement |
scatomancy |
Magic or divination using excrement |
scatophagous |
One who eats excrement |
scatophobia |
A fear of excrement |
scelerophobia |
A fear of evil men, such as burglars or muggers |
schadenfreude |
Taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others |
schematomancy |
Divination using the appearance of people |
schizocarp |
The winged seed pod of maple trees |
schoenobatist |
A tight rope walker |
scholaptitude |
A natural ability to perform scholarly achievements |
schwa |
The inverted e used to symbolized a relaxed vowel sound which is neither short nor long |
sciamachy |
Fighting with a shadow or an imaginary opponent |
sciamachy |
To fight with a shadow, or shadow boxing |
sciaphobia |
A fear of shadows |
sciapodous |
Having huge feet |
scintillation |
The twinkling of stars or small bursts of light |
sciolist |
A person who pretends to be an intellectual but is not |
sciomancy |
Divination by talking to the dead |
sciophobia |
See sciaphobia |
scobiform |
Resembling sawdust |
scoleciphobia |
The fear of worms |
scolecophagous |
One who eats worms |
scolionophobia |
A fear of school |
scopolagnia |
The pleasure gained by a voyeur |
scotch |
A block of wood or a brick used under vehicle wheels to prevent rolling |
scotomaphobia |
A fear of scotoma, (having spots before your eyes) |
scotophobia |
A fear of darkness or of the night |
scriptophobia |
The fear of writing or of the written word |
scutiferous |
1. Carrying a shield or armor |
scutiferous |
2. Being covered in scales like a reptile |
sebaceous |
Oozing slime or grease |
secundogeniture |
1. Being the second born son |
secundogeniture |
2. Any property inherited by the second son |
selachostomous |
Shark – mouthed |
selacophobia |
A fear of sharks |
selaphobia |
A fear of flashing lights or strobe lights |
selenocentric |
One whose life revolves around the moon (a “space cadet”) |
selenography |
The science of geography of the moon |
selenomancy |
Divination using the moon |
selenophobia |
A fear of the moon |
self-agglandize |
To make oneself more attractive by artificial means |
senectitude |
Old age |
sepicolous |
Living in a bush or hedges |
septemplicate |
One of seven exact copies |
septimanarian |
A monk who is given a week of duties to perform |
septophobia |
A fear of decay or decaying matter |
sermocination |
A speaker answering their own questions |
sesquialteral |
Having a ratrio of one to one and a half |
sgiomlaireached |
The habit of dropping in at mealtimes |
sgriob |
The itchiness of the upper lip just before taking a sip of whiskey |
shaconian |
A person who believes Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare’s works |
shakos |
The hat usually worn by members of a marching band |
shapka |
The fur covered, brimless hat worn by many Russians in the winter |
shistaceous |
slate colored or livid, especially pertaining to skin |
shoat |
A worthless young fellow, originally a young hog |
shurocracy |
A government based on consensus |
sialagogue |
Anything which promotes salivation |
sialoquent |
Spraying saliva when speaking |
siderodromophobia |
Fear of railroads or trains |
sideromancy |
1 Foretelling the future by studying the stars |
sideromancy |
2. Divination using straw burned on hot metal |
siderophobia |
The fear of stars |
siffilate |
To talk in a whisper |
siffleur |
A professional whistler |
sigillate |
To cover with official stamps and seals |
silential |
Performed in silence or pertaining to silence |
silentium |
A place in which silence is enforced |
simphobia |
The fear of speaking straight forwardly and in simple terms |
sinistrophobia |
A fear of the left side or things on the left side |
sitiophobia |
A fear of food |
skiaphobia |
See sciaphobia |
skirl |
A piercing sound such as produced by the high notes of a bagpipe |
skookum |
First rate or the best (from Chinook jargon) |
skoptsy |
The act of self castration |
slavocracy |
A government formed of slave owners |
sloken |
To quench one’s thirst |
sloyd |
Skilled work (usually manufacturing) which requires dexterous use of tools |
slubberdegullion |
A boorish slob |
smaragdine |
Pertaining to emeralds |
smatchet |
A small nasty person or a nasty child |
smellfungus |
A person who finds faults with everything |
snarf |
1. To fall asleep with your clothes on |
snarf |
2. The act of laughing while drinking and expelling the fluid through one’s nose |
snath |
The long bent handle on a scythe |
snead |
The long bent handle of a scythe |
snipsnapsnorum |
A type of card game |
snoach |
To speak through the nose |
snollygosters |
Sleazy politicians or lawyers |
snood |
The fleshy appendage on the beak of a male turkey |
snup |
To buy something of value which some ignorant person has discarded or sold cheap |
snurl |
To turn up one’s nose in scorn |
snurt |
To expel mucus when sneezing |
snuzzle |
To poke around with one’s nose, as dogs do |
soceraphobia |
A fear of parents in law |
sociophobia |
The fear of society or friendship |
sodality |
An association or organized group |
solfeggio |
A singing exercise using the syllable do,re,mi,fa,so,la,ti |
solivagant |
Wandering all alone |
solleret |
A metallic pointy toed shoe worn by knights |
somatology |
The science of using a person’s physical features to determine their personality |
somnifugous |
Something which drives away sleep |
somniloquent |
Speaking in one’s sleep |
sophist |
A person who uses deceptive reasoning to win debates |
sophophobia |
1. A fear of knowledge or wisdom |
sophophobia |
2. A fear of learning |
sophrosyne |
The quality of wise moderation or discreet good sense |
sorbile |
Drinkable |
sorocide |
The killing of one’s own sister |
sororate |
The marriage of a man to his wife’s sister |
soterial |
Pertaining to salvation |
soteriology |
The doctrine the salvation can only be granted by Christ |
spaneria |
A place with few or no men |
spanogyny |
A place with few or no women |
sparge |
To moisten by sprinkling with water |
spargefaction |
The moistening of something by sprinkling it with water |
spartle |
To flounder and flail about |
spasmatomancy |
Divination using convulsions or twitching of one’s limbs |
spatilomancy |
Divination using animal droppings |
spatulamancy |
Divination involving the shoulder blades of animals |
spectocloacaphobia |
The fear of one’s eyeglasses falling in the sewer |
spectroheliokinematograph |
A special camera used to film the Sun |
spectrophobia |
A fear of mirrors |
sphallolalia |
Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere |
spheksophobia |
The fear of wasps |
spheromancy |
Divination using a crystal sphere |
sphragistics |
The science and history of seals and stamps |
sphygmomanometer |
The device used to measure blood pressure |
spiculate |
To sharpen to a point |
spilikins |
The wooden pegs used in the game of cribbage |
spindrift |
The ocean spray which is blown by the wind |
splanchnology |
The study of the internal organs of humans |
spodogenous |
Pertaining to being in the presence of waste |
spodomancy |
Divination using ashes |
sprag |
A block of wood or a brick used under vehicle wheels to prevent rolling |
squamous |
covered with scales |
squamulose |
covered with very small scales, as in snakes |
squirearchy |
Rulership by the landed gentry |
stagiary |
A student of law |
stagnicolous |
Living in stagnant water |
stalko |
A poor man who pretends he is rich |
stasibasiphobia |
The fear of standing and walking |
stasiphobia |
The fear of standing (for fear of falling) |
staurolatry |
Worship of the cross or Christ on a cross |
staurophobia |
A fear of crucifxes |
steatopygic |
Having a fat behind |
stellionate |
The unauthorized sale of a piece of property |
stenophobia |
A fear of narrow places |
stentorian |
Pertaining to very loud and resonant sounds |
stentorophonic |
Having a loud, powerful voice or making a loud sound |
stercoricolous |
Living in dung |
sterculius |
A God who rules over feces and dung |
stereognosis |
Deducing the weight of an object by handling it |
sternutation |
The sound of a sneeze or the act of sneezing |
sternutatory |
Something which causes sneezing |
sterquilinous |
Pertaining to a dung heap |
stertorous |
Having a deep raspy sound produced by an obstructed air passage |
stichomancy |
Divination using random lines from a book or the Bible |
stigmeology |
The art of proper punctuation |
storiology |
The study of folklore and legends |
stratephrenia |
A neurosis caused by serving in the military |
stratocracy |
A government formed of the military |
stridulation |
The shrill sound produced by crickets and other insects |
strikhedonia |
The pleasure of being able to say to hell with it |
strumpetocracy |
A government formed of prostitutes |
struthious |
Like an ostrich |
stultiloquent |
Speaking senselessly or babbling idiotically |
stygiophobia |
A fear of hell |
suaviloquent |
Speaking in a sophisticated manner |
suggilated |
Badly beaten black and blue |
suoid |
Like a hog |
supernaculum |
To drink to the last drop |
suppedaneum |
The block of wood supporting the feet of a crucified person |
surfeitigo |
The sudden feeling of being stuffed by food, friends, or invitations |
suriphobia |
A fear of mice or rats |
sutler |
A person who follows the army in order to sell provisions to the soldiers |
swarf |
The metallic dust that accumulates after sharpening or grinding metal |
swinophobia |
A fear of pigs or swine |
sycomancy |
Divination using figs |
symmetrophobia |
The fear of symmetry |
symposiarch |
A master of ceremonies |
syndyasmia |
The proper term for an open marriage in which either partner may live with other people |
syngenesophobia |
A fear of relatives |
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tachophobia |
The fear of speed |
tachydidactic |
Being taught rapidly or teaching quickly |
tachydidaxy |
Rapid teaching or instruction |
tachygraphy |
Short hand or stenography |
tachyphagia |
Fast eating |
tachyphrasia |
The act of talking very fast |
taeniophobia |
See teniophobia |
talaria |
Winged shoes, such as worn by Hermes |
taligrade |
Walking on the outer edge of one’s foot |
tallith |
The traditional prayer shawl worn by Jewish men |
tam-o-shanter |
The beret worn by Scottish higland pipers |
tanquam |
A person with enough education to attend college |
taphephillia |
The love of funerals |
taphephobia |
1.A fear of graves |
taphephobia |
2. Fear of being buried alive |
tapinophobia |
A fear of small things |
tarantism |
an urge to overcome melancholy by dancing |
tartarology |
The study of the underworld or doctrine pertaining to Hell |
tath |
Either cattle manure or the grass that grows in dung |
tatterdemalion |
An unkempt person who wears rags |
taurophobia |
A fear of bulls |
technocracy |
Rulership by technicians or experts |
technophobia |
The fear of technology |
tegestologist |
A collector of beer mugs and beer coasters |
teleophobia |
A fear of religious ceremonies |
telmatology |
The study of swamps and bogs |
temerity |
A form of extreme boldness |
teniophobia |
The fear of tapeworms |
teratophobia |
A fear of deformed people |
teratophobia |
A fear of monsters or of having a deformed child |
terebration |
A pain that feels as though a drill is boring through some body part |
termagant |
A violent, brawling woman |
tessaraglot |
A person who is capable of speaking in four languages |
textophobia |
A fear of certain fabrics |
thaasophobia |
A fear of sitting |
thalassophobia |
A fear of the sea or an ocean |
thanatophobia |
A fear of death |
thanatopsis |
The contemplation of death |
thaumatology |
The study of miracles |
theandric |
Pertaining to a person who is both a human and a god |
theanthropism |
The belief in the union of the divine and human |
theanthropist |
One who believes that gods can take human forms |
theanthropos |
A person who is worshipped as a god |
theanthropy |
The belief in the union of the divine and human |
thearchy |
Rulership by a god or gods |
thelyotokous |
Having only female offspring |
theochristic |
anointed by God |
theocracy |
Government formed by the church or by a representative of God |
theocrasy |
The worship of different gods |
theodemocracy |
A democracy which is controlled by divine powers |
theogamy |
A marriage between gods |
theoktony |
The death of God or of gods |
theologaster |
A religious charlatan |
theologicophobia |
The fear of theology |
theologoumenon |
Individual opinion on God or divinity |
theomachy |
A war between gods or a war against gods |
theomancy |
Using gods or oracles to foretell the future |
theomania |
A madness in which one claims to be a god or represent God on some mission |
theomastix |
A divine scourge of mortals or a disaster sent by God |
theomicrist |
A person who mocks God or divinity |
theomorphic |
Resembling a god or having godlike qualities |
theonomy |
Rulership by God or a government formed by God |
theophagy |
The eating of a god (such as in the Christian communion) |
theophany |
The manifestation of a deity on Earth |
theophilanthropist |
A person who loves both God and mankind |
theophobia |
A fear of Gods or the wrath of God |
theophobia |
The fear of God |
theopneusty |
Divine inspiration, especially one that enables someone to reveal divine truths |
therianthropic |
Combining human and animal forms, such as the centaur |
theriolater |
A person who worships animals |
theriolatry |
The worship of animals as gods |
theriomancy |
Divination using animals or their movement |
thermophobia |
A fear of heat |
thixophobia |
The fear of touching or being touched |
thole |
A pin in the gunwhale of a boat to hold an oar |
threpterophilia |
An attraction to female nurses |
thrioboly |
Divination using stones or rocks |
thrip |
To snap one’s fingers |
thurible |
The incense holder used in religious ceremonies |
thurification |
The burning of incense |
thygatrilagnia – ( thy-GA-truh-LAG-nee-uh ) |
An incestuous desire for one’s daughter |
tibialoconcupiscent |
Having a lascivious interest in watching a women put on stockings |
timbromaniac |
An avid stamp collector |
timmynoggy |
A device the saves time and labor |
timocracy |
A government of honorable people |
tirocinium |
A soldier’s first battle |
tocology |
The study of obstetrics or midwifery |
tocophobia |
A fear of childbirth |
toggy |
A long beaverskin coat popular among northern fur traders |
tolutiloquent |
Pertaining to a smooth talker |
tomalley |
A type of lobster liver that turns green when heated |
tomecide |
The act of murdering or destroying a book |
tomentose |
Covered with thick tangled hair |
tomophobia |
The fear of surgery |
tonitrous |
Reverberating with the sound of thunder |
tonitruone |
A device used in theater or movies to create thunder |
tonitruphobia |
The fear of thunder |
topomancy |
Divination using the shape of the land |
toponymics |
The study of place names |
topophobia |
1.A fear of performing |
topophobia |
2. A fear of a particular place |
torschlusspanik |
The fear of young women that they will not be married until they are to old to have children |
tortfeaser |
A wrongdoer |
toxicophobia |
See toxiphobia |
toxiphobia |
A fear of poison or being poisoned |
traumatophobia |
A fear of injury |
tregetour |
A street magician or juggler |
tremophobia |
The fear of trembling |
trichinophobia |
The fear of trichinosis |
trichology |
The science of hair and hair diseases |
trichopathophobia |
A fear of hair disease |
trichophobia |
A fear of hair |
trichotillomania |
Tearing out one’s hair |
tricorne |
A hat with three points such as was worn by american revolutionaries |
triskaidekaphobia |
A fear of the number thirteen |
tritavia |
The great grandmother of one’s great grandmother |
tritavus |
The great grandfather of one’s great grandfather |
tritheism |
Believing in three gods, such as the Trinity |
triturate |
To crush into a fine powder |
trochilidist |
A person who studies hummingbirds |
trochomancy |
Divination by studying wheel tracks |
tropoclastics |
The science of breaking habits |
tropophobia |
A fear of changes or making changes |
trullization |
The act of laying on plaster with a trowel |
truttaceous |
Resembling a trout |
trypanophobia |
A fear of injections or inoculations |
tsiology |
The study of tea, or a dissertation on tea |
tubicination |
The sound made by someone blowing a horn |
turistaphobia |
The fear of contaminated water |
turistaphobia |
The fear of travelling |
tychopotamic |
Pertaining to something which lives in fresh water |
tycolosis |
Accident prevention |
tyg |
A seventeenth century mug having twelve handles |
typhlology |
The study of blindness |
typp |
The number of thousands of yards of yarn which weighs one pound |
tyrannophobia |
The fear of tyrants |
tyromancy |
Divination or magic using cheese |
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uloid |
Resembling a scar |
ulotrichous |
Having very wooly hair |
ultimogeniture |
Inheritance by the youngest son |
ultracrepidarian |
One who speaks or offers opinions in subjects they know nothing about |
ultracrepidarianism |
The act or habit of talking constantly about subjects of which you know little or nothing |
ultroneous |
Pertaining to a witness who testifies voluntarily |
unasinous |
being equally stupid or assinine |
undecillion |
A large number – a one followed by either 36 or 66 zeroes. |
undigenous |
Created or generated by water |
undinism |
The trait of having erotic thoughts when viewing or thinking of water |
unigravida |
A woman’s first pregnancy |
uranomancy |
Divination by consulting the heavens |
uranomania |
The delusion that one is of Heavenly descent |
uranophobia |
A fear of heaven |
urbicolous |
Living in the city |
uredinology |
The study of rust |
uredinology |
The study of rust |
uredophobia |
See urticariaphobia |
urimancy |
Magic or fortunetelling using urine |
urophobia |
The fear of urinating |
urticariaphobia |
A fear of itching |
urticate |
1. To beat with a whip |
urticate |
2. To sting with nettles |
ustulate |
Scorched or discolored from prolonged exposure to heat |
usufruct |
The right to use another’s property, with the condition that the property be unchanged |
utlesse |
An escape from prison |
uvate |
Grape jam or jelly |
uxoricide |
The murder of a wife by her husband |
uxorious |
Excessively devoted to one’s husband |
uxorodespotic |
Tyrranical rulership by one’s wife |
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vaccinophobia |
The fear of vaccinations |
valetudinarian |
A person who is obsessed with some ailment |
valgus |
Being bow-legged |
vaniloquent |
Speaking only of oneself or speaking egotistically |
vapulate |
To beat with a whip |
vastation |
To purify something by using fire, or to purify a soul by cremation |
vaticide |
The murder of a prophet |
vauntie |
Being proud or in high spirits |
veneniferous |
Transferring or bearing poison |
ventripotent |
Having a fat belly, or being a glutton |
venustaphobia |
The fear of beautiful women |
verbigerate |
To continually repeat a word or phrase, usually unconciously |
verbivore |
A person who devours words |
verbophobia |
The fear of words |
veriloquent |
Speaking nothing but the truth |
vermiform |
Like a worm |
vermiphobia |
The fear of worms |
vernalagnia |
A romantic mood brought on by Spring. Also known as Spring Fever |
vernorexia – ( VUR-nuh-REK-see-uh ) |
A romantic mood inspired by Spring |
vespertillian |
Resembling a bat |
vespertine |
Happening in the evening |
vespine |
Resembling a wasp |
vesthibitionism |
The flirtatious display of undergarments by a woman |
vestiphobia |
A fear of clothing |
vexillologist |
A collector of flags |
vexillology |
The study of flags |
viaticum |
1.Money and supplies given to someone going on a journey |
viaticum |
2. The Holy Communion given to a dying person |
vibratiunculation |
A slight shudder or vibration |
vibrissae |
The sensitive whiskers of a cat |
viciniphobia |
A fear of neighbors or a neighborhood |
vigesimation |
The act of killing every twentieth person |
vilipend |
To verbally belittle someone |
viraginity |
The masculine qualities of some women |
virgivitiphobia |
A fear of being raped |
virgulate |
Shaped like a rod |
virvestitism |
A preference of some women to wear mens clothing |
vitricophobia |
The fear of one’s stepfather |
vittate |
Resembling a ribbon |
voidee |
A last minute snack |
volower |
A person who performs baptisms |
voraginous |
Pertaining to something which devours everything |
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waggoner |
A collection or book of nautical maps |
wanweird |
An unhappy fate |
wapperjawed |
Having a crooked jaw |
warison |
A musical note used to signal the start of an attack |
wegotism |
The excessive use of ‘we’ in writing, particulary in newspaper editorials |
wheeple |
A poor attempt at whistling |
whiddin |
To be running like a hare |
wimple |
The traditional headress of nuns |
winx |
To bray like a jackass |
wittol |
A man who meakly accepts his wife’s adultery |
witzchoura |
A woman’s cloak with large sleeves. Primarily worn in the early nineteenth century |
witzelsucht |
A feebly attempt at humor |
wlatsome |
Describing something which is loathed |
wommacky |
Shaking and weak while recovering from illness or surgery |
wuntee |
A lonely old buffalo bull |
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xanthippe |
An ill tempered woman. (Also Socrates’ wife) |
xanthochroid |
Blond haired and blue eyed person with fair white skin |
xanthous |
Yellow colored |
xenarthral |
Resembling a sloth, anteater, or armadillo |
xeniatrophobia |
A fear of going to strange or foreign doctors |
xenium |
A present given to a guest |
xenobombulate |
To be malingering |
xenodochiophobia |
A fear of foreign hotels |
xenodochium |
A home for the disabled and for the friendless |
xenomancy |
Divination by using the first stranger to be found |
xenonosocomiophobia |
A fear of pick pockets, especially foreign ones |
xerophagy |
A diet of bread and water |
xerophilous |
Drought loving, particularly pertaining to plants |
xerophobia |
A fear of dryness or dry places |
xertz |
To gulp down quickly and greedily |
ximelolagnia – ( ZY-muh-luh-LAG-nee-uh ) |
The desire to look a women who cross their legs |
ximelolagnia |
The urge to stare at women who are sitting with their legs crossed |
xiphoid |
Sword shaped |
xylology |
The study of wood or of the structure of wood |
xylomancy |
Divination using a piece of wood or magic using wood |
xylophagous |
One who eats wood |
xylophobia |
A fear of forests or of woods |
xylopolist |
One who sells wood products |
xyresic |
Being as sharp as a razor |
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yashmak |
The veil worn by Muslim women when in public |
yataghan |
A long knife, common in Turkey, which has a double curved blade |
yaud |
A worn out or old horse |
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zarf |
A special sleeve for a coffee cup or a beer can |
zeitgeist |
The general culture, education, and morals of a given era |
zelophobia |
A fear of jealousy or intense emotion |
zenzizenzizenzic |
A number raised to the eighth power |
zills |
The finger cymbals worn by belly dancers |
zizith |
The fringes at the corners of a tallith |
zoanthropy |
The delusion that one is an animal |
zob |
A worthless person |
zoonosis |
Any disease that can be passed from animals to humans |
zoophobia |
A fear of animals |
zori |
A form of sandals with a leather strap over the instep and a leather strip between the hallux and second toe |
zucchetto |
A skull cap worn by Roman Catholic clerics |
zygodactyl |
Having two toes pointing forward and two backwards |
zymology |
The study of fermentation |
zythepsary |
A brewery |