Grandiloquent Dictionary

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eccedentesiast - ( )

  A person who fakes a smile, such as on television

ecclesiarchy - ( )

  Rulership by the church

ecclesioclastic - ( )

  Disruptive or destructive to the church

ecclesiolatry - ( )

  Excessive devotion to one's church

ecclesiophobia - ( )

  A fear of churches

ecdysiophile - ( )

  A person who likes to visit strip joints or watch people strip

echinoproctous - ( )

  Having a spiny or prickly rump (like a pocupine)

ecophobia - ( )

  A fear of one's home

ectomorphic - ( )

  Being slender and thin

edacious - ( )

  voracious and devouring

efter - ( )

  A thief who robs theater patrons during a show

eidolism - ( )

  The belief in ghosts and spirits

eisegesis - ( )

  A faulty interpretation of a text caused by reading in one's own ideas

eisoptrophobia - ( )

  A fear of mirrors

electrophobia - ( )

  A fear of electricity

eleutherophillist - ( )

  Someone who advocates free love

eleutherophobia - ( )

  A fear of freedom

elurophobia - ( )

  A fear of cats

emacity - ( )

  An urge to buy or to spend money

emetophobia - ( )

  The fear of vomiting

empleomania - ( )

  An insatiable urge to hold public office

emunction - ( )

  The act of removing obstructions from or cleaning bodily passages (such as picking ones nose)

encephalasthenia - ( )

  A form of mental distress caused by emotional stress

endomorphic - ( )

  Being short but powerful

enetophobia - ( )

  A fear of pins and needles

engastration - ( )

  The act of stuffing one bird into another

enigmatology - ( )

  The study and construction of puzzles

enissophobia - ( )

  See enosiophobia

enochlophobia - ( )

  A fear of crowds

enoptromancy - ( )

  Divination using a mirror

enoptrophobia - ( )

  A fear of mirrors

enosiophobia - ( )

  The fear that one has commited an unpardonable sin

entheate - ( )

  Divinely inspired or possessed by a god

entomophobia - ( )

  A fear of insects

entredentolignumologist - ( )

  One who collects toothpick boxes

eosophobia - ( )

  A fear of the dawn

ephemeromorph - ( )

  Any form of life too low to be classified as animal or vegetable

epincion - ( )

  A victory song or anthem

episcopicide - ( )

  The act of killing a bishop

epistaxiophobia - ( )

  A fear of nose bleeds

eponym - ( )

  A name that has become a word

equinophobia - ( )

  A fear of horses

eremikophobia - ( )

  A fear of sand or deserts

eremology - ( )

  The study of deserts

eremophobia - ( )

  A fear of being alone

eremophobia - ( )

  The fear of stillness

ereuthrophobia - ( )

  See Erythrophobia

ergasophobia - ( )

  The fear of work

ergophobia - ( )

  The fear of work

eroteme - ( )

  The symbol used in writing known as a question mark

erotographophobia - ( )

  The fear of writing love letters

erythrophobia - ( )

  A fear of blushing

escutcheon - ( )

  A decorative metal plates around doorknobs or locks

estafette - ( )

  A courier who rides on a horse

estiferous - ( )

  Pertaining to something which produces heat

estivation - ( )

  To go away somewhere for the summer

estrapade - ( )

  A horse's attempt to remove their rider

ethnocracy - ( )

  Rulership by a specific race

ethnomethodology - ( )

  The study of social customs and rules

ethnomusicology - ( )

  The study of folk music

eudemonics - ( )

  The study or the science of happiness

eunomy - ( )

  The enactment of good laws that help people

euonym - ( )

  A good name

euphobia - ( )

  A fear of good news

eupsychics - ( )

  Good education or teaching

eutectic - ( )

  Easily melted or fused, especially at low temperatures

exclaustration - ( )

  The act of leaving or being expelled from a religious retreat

exennium - ( )

  A gift given at New Years

eximious - ( )

  Choice, select or excellent

explaterate - ( )

  To talk continuosly without stop

exsibilation - ( )

  The collective hisses of a disapproving audience

exsufflicate - ( )

  Something which is silly or triffling

extispex - ( )

  A person who predicts the future using entrails

extispicy - ( )

  Divination using entrails