Grandilquent Dictionary

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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