Grandiloquent Dictionary

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tachophobia - ( )

  The fear of speed

tachydidactic - ( )

  Being taught rapidly or teaching quickly

tachydidaxy - ( )

  Rapid teaching or instruction

tachygraphy - ( )

  Short hand or stenography

tachyphagia - ( )

  Fast eating

tachyphrasia - ( )

  The act of talking very fast

taeniophobia - ( )

  See teniophobia

talaria - ( )

  Winged shoes, such as worn by Hermes

taligrade - ( )

  Walking on the outer edge of one's foot

tallith - ( )

  The traditional prayer shawl worn by Jewish men

tam-o-shanter - ( )

  The beret worn by Scottish higland pipers

tanquam - ( )

  A person with enough education to attend college

taphephillia - ( )

  The love of funerals

taphephobia - ( )

  1.A fear of graves

taphephobia - ( )

  2. Fear of being buried alive

tapinophobia - ( )

  A fear of small things

tarantism - ( )

  an urge to overcome melancholy by dancing

tartarology - ( )

  The study of the underworld or doctrine pertaining to Hell

tath - ( )

  Either cattle manure or the grass that grows in dung

tatterdemalion - ( )

  An unkempt person who wears rags

taurophobia - ( )

  A fear of bulls

technocracy - ( )

  Rulership by technicians or experts

technophobia - ( )

  The fear of technology

tegestologist - ( )

  A collector of beer mugs and beer coasters

teleophobia - ( )

  A fear of religious ceremonies

telmatology - ( )

  The study of swamps and bogs

temerity - ( )

  A form of extreme boldness

teniophobia - ( )

  The fear of tapeworms

teratophobia - ( )

  A fear of deformed people

teratophobia - ( )

  A fear of monsters or of having a deformed child

terebration - ( )

  A pain that feels as though a drill is boring through some body part

termagant - ( )

  A violent, brawling woman

tessaraglot - ( )

  A person who is capable of speaking in four languages

textophobia - ( )

  A fear of certain fabrics

thaasophobia - ( )

  A fear of sitting

thalassophobia - ( )

  A fear of the sea or an ocean

thanatophobia - ( )

  A fear of death

thanatopsis - ( )

  The contemplation of death

thaumatology - ( )

  The study of miracles

theandric - ( )

  Pertaining to a person who is both a human and a god

theanthropism - ( )

  The belief in the union of the divine and human

theanthropist - ( )

  One who believes that gods can take human forms

theanthropos - ( )

  A person who is worshipped as a god

theanthropy - ( )

  The belief in the union of the divine and human

thearchy - ( )

  Rulership by a god or gods

thelyotokous - ( )

  Having only female offspring

theochristic - ( )

  anointed by God

theocracy - ( )

  Government formed by the church or by a representative of God

theocrasy - ( )

  The worship of different gods

theodemocracy - ( )

  A democracy which is controlled by divine powers

theogamy - ( )

  A marriage between gods

theoktony - ( )

  The death of God or of gods

theologaster - ( )

  A religious charlatan

theologicophobia - ( )

  The fear of theology

theologoumenon - ( )

  Individual opinion on God or divinity

theomachy - ( )

  A war between gods or a war against gods

theomancy - ( )

  Using gods or oracles to foretell the future

theomania - ( )

  A madness in which one claims to be a god or represent God on some mission

theomastix - ( )

  A divine scourge of mortals or a disaster sent by God

theomicrist - ( )

  A person who mocks God or divinity

theomorphic - ( )

  Resembling a god or having godlike qualities

theonomy - ( )

  Rulership by God or a government formed by God

theophagy - ( )

  The eating of a god (such as in the Christian communion)

theophany - ( )

  The manifestation of a deity on Earth

theophilanthropist - ( )

  A person who loves both God and mankind

theophobia - ( )

  A fear of Gods or the wrath of God

theophobia - ( )

  The fear of God

theopneusty - ( )

  Divine inspiration, especially one that enables someone to reveal divine truths

therianthropic - ( )

  Combining human and animal forms, such as the centaur

theriolater - ( )

  A person who worships animals

theriolatry - ( )

  The worship of animals as gods

theriomancy - ( )

  Divination using animals or their movement

thermophobia - ( )

  A fear of heat

thixophobia - ( )

  The fear of touching or being touched

thole - ( )

  A pin in the gunwhale of a boat to hold an oar

threpterophilia - ( )

  An attraction to female nurses

thrioboly - ( )

  Divination using stones or rocks

thrip - ( )

  To snap one's fingers

thurible - ( )

  The incense holder used in religious ceremonies

thurification - ( )

  The burning of incense

thygatrilagnia - ( thy-GA-truh-LAG-nee-uh )

  An incestuous desire for one's daughter

tibialoconcupiscent - ( )

  Having a lascivious interest in watching a women put on stockings

timbromaniac - ( )

  An avid stamp collector

timmynoggy - ( )

  A device the saves time and labor

timocracy - ( )

  A government of honorable people

tirocinium - ( )

  A soldier's first battle

tocology - ( )

  The study of obstetrics or midwifery

tocophobia - ( )

  A fear of childbirth

toggy - ( )

  A long beaverskin coat popular among northern fur traders

tolutiloquent - ( )

  Pertaining to a smooth talker

tomalley - ( )

  A type of lobster liver that turns green when heated

tomecide - ( )

  The act of murdering or destroying a book

tomentose - ( )

  Covered with thick tangled hair

tomophobia - ( )

  The fear of surgery

tonitrous - ( )

  Reverberating with the sound of thunder

tonitruone - ( )

  A device used in theater or movies to create thunder

tonitruphobia - ( )

  The fear of thunder

topomancy - ( )

  Divination using the shape of the land

toponymics - ( )

  The study of place names

topophobia - ( )

  1.A fear of performing

topophobia - ( )

  2. A fear of a particular place

torschlusspanik - ( )

  The fear of young women that they will not be married until they are to old to have children

tortfeaser - ( )

  A wrongdoer

toxicophobia - ( )

  See toxiphobia

toxiphobia - ( )

  A fear of poison or being poisoned

traumatophobia - ( )

  A fear of injury

tregetour - ( )

  A street magician or juggler

tremophobia - ( )

  The fear of trembling

trichinophobia - ( )

  The fear of trichinosis

trichology - ( )

  The science of hair and hair diseases

trichopathophobia - ( )

  A fear of hair disease

trichophobia - ( )

  A fear of hair

trichotillomania - ( )

  Tearing out one's hair

tricorne - ( )

  A hat with three points such as was worn by american revolutionaries

triskaidekaphobia - ( )

  A fear of the number thirteen

tritavia - ( )

  The great grandmother of one's great grandmother

tritavus - ( )

  The great grandfather of one's great grandfather

tritheism - ( )

  Believing in three gods, such as the Trinity

triturate - ( )

  To crush into a fine powder

trochilidist - ( )

  A person who studies hummingbirds

trochomancy - ( )

  Divination by studying wheel tracks

tropoclastics - ( )

  The science of breaking habits

tropophobia - ( )

  A fear of changes or making changes

trullization - ( )

  The act of laying on plaster with a trowel

truttaceous - ( )

  Resembling a trout

trypanophobia - ( )

  A fear of injections or inoculations

tsiology - ( )

  The study of tea, or a dissertation on tea

tubicination - ( )

  The sound made by someone blowing a horn

turistaphobia - ( )

  The fear of contaminated water

turistaphobia - ( )

  The fear of travelling

tychopotamic - ( )

  Pertaining to something which lives in fresh water

tycolosis - ( )

  Accident prevention

tyg - ( )

  A seventeenth century mug having twelve handles

typhlology - ( )

  The study of blindness

typp - ( )

  The number of thousands of yards of yarn which weighs one pound

tyrannophobia - ( )

  The fear of tyrants

tyromancy - ( )

  Divination or magic using cheese