Grandiloquent Dictionary

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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 thought they were a god

anthropomancy -( )

 Magic or divination using people, or foretelling the future using the entrails of a sacrificed person

anthropopathy -( )

 Ascribing human feelings or traits to God or to the gods

anthropophobia -( )

 See anthrophobia

anthroposcopy -( )

 The art of determining personality or character from physical features

anthropotheism -( )

 The belief that gods began as humans and are human in nature

antiscian -( )

 A person who lives on the other of the world from you

antlophobia -( )

 A fear of floods or flooding

anuptaphobia -( )

 The fear of staying unmarried

anxiolytic -( )

 Serving to reduce tension or stress

apanthropia -( )

 A fear of people

apeirophobia -( )

 A fear of infinity

aphephobia -( )

 The fear of touching or being touched

apikoros -( )

 A Jewish person who does not follow Jewish law

apiophobia -( )

 A fear of bees

apocatastasis -( )

 The belief that all people will be saved by God

apodyopsis -( )

 The act of mentally undressing someone

apotheosis -( )

 The elevation of a mortal to deity

apricate -( )

 To spend time basking in the sunshine

aprosexia -( )

 The inability to concentrate

aptronym -( )

 An appropriate name for someone or something

aquaphobia -( )

 The fear of water

arachibutyrophobia -( )

 Fear of peanut butter

arachnivorous -( )

 Eating spiders

arachnophobia -( )

 The fear of spiders

arctophilist -( )

 A collector of teddy bears

arietate -( )

 To strike with a battering ram or to butt like a ram

aristology -( )

 The science of dining

aristophren -( )

 A person possesing a superior intellect

arithmophobia -( )

 A fear of numbers

armomancy -( )

 Divination involving the shoulder blades of animals

arrhenophobia -( )

 A fear of male offspring

arrhenotokous -( )

 Having only male offspring

arsle -( )

 To move backwards or to retreat rapidly

ascian -( )

 A person who has no shadow

aspergillum -( )

 A device for sprinkling holy water, usually a perforated sphere

aspersorium -( )

 A basin for holy water

assanka -( )

 The number ten to the sixty-third power

astereognosis -( )

 The loss of the ability to recognize shapes by touch

asthenic -( )

 Being lean and frail

asthenophobia -( )

 The fear of weakness

astragalomancy -( )

 Divination using dice

astrapophobia -( )

 The fear of thunder and lightning

astrophobia -( )

 The fear of stars

ataxiophobia -( )

 A fear of disorder

atelophobia -( )

 A fear of defects or imperfections

atephobia -( )

 A fear of rivers

atychiphobia -( )

 A fear of failure

aubade -( )

 A love song which is sung at dawn

augury -( )

 Divination using bird's flight

aulophobia -( )

 A fear of flutes

aureate -( )

 Pertaining to the fancy or flowery words used by poets

aurophobia -( )

 A fear of gold

austromancy -( )

 Divination using the wind

autodeist -( )

 One who believes they are a god

autodidact -( )

 A person who has taught themselves

autodysomophobia -( )

 A fear of one's own body odour

autohagiographer -( )

 A person who speaks or writes in a smug way about their life and accomplishments

autolatry -( )

 The worship of one's self

autology -( )

 The study of oneself

automysophobia -( )

 A fear of being dirty

autotheist -( )

 One who worships themselves

autotonsorialist -( )

 A person who cuts their own hair

autovoxiphillia -( )

 Love of one's own voice

aval -( )

 Pertaining to grand parents

avenage -( )

 Oats paid to a landlord when the tenant could not pay the rent

avenage -( )

 Oats that were paid to landlords in lieu of rent by the poor

averruncator -( )

 A long stick with shears for cutting high branches

aviatophobia ()

 A fear of flying

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