Grandiloquent Dictionary

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cacestogenous - ( )
 Caused by a poor home life
cacestogenous - ( )
 Caused by an unfavourable home life
cachinnation - ( )
 Loud or hysterical laughter
cacodaemonomania - ( )
 Posessed by the devil
cacoethes - ( )
 A bad habit or insatiable urge
cacogen - ( )
 An antisocial person
cacohydrophobia - ( )
 The fear of sewer water
cacophonophilist - ( )
 One who loves harsh sounds
cacophonophilist - ( )
 One who loves hearing harsh sounds
cacospectamania - ( )
 The obsession of staring at something which is repulsive
cagamosis - ( )
 An unhappy marriage
cagophilist - ( )
 A collector of keys
cainophobia - ( )
 A fear of anything new
cainotophobia - ( )
 See cainophobia
caitiff - ( )
 A despicable or cowardly person
callet - ( )
 A drab untidy woman
calligyniaphobia - ( )
 The fear of beautiful women
callithumpian - ( )
 The sounds of a big parade, usually accompanied by horns and noise makers
calypso - ( )
 A fashion in which women tie a knot in their shirt and exposes her waist
cameralistics - ( )
 The science of managing public finances
campanology - ( )
 The study of bells or of bell ringing
cancatervate - ( )
 To heap up into a pile
cantabank - ( )
 A second rate singer
capernoited - ( )
 Slightly intoxicated or tipsy
capnomancy - ( )
 Divination by smoke
carapace - ( )
 The shell of an animal such as a turtle or armadillo
carcinomatophobia - ( )
 See carcinophobia
carcinophobia - ( )
 A fear of cancer
carker - ( )
 A mischievieous child or brat
carnophobia - ( )
 A fear of meat
carphologia - ( )
 See floccillation
cartomancy - ( )
 Magic using cards or prophecy using cards
cartomaniac - ( )
 A collector of maps
casuist - ( )
 A sophist who insists on debating the smallest details
catagelophobia - ( )
 A fear of ridicule
catapedaphobia - ( )
 A fear of jumping from a high (or low) place
cathartic - ( )
 Something which is used to clean one's bowels
cathisophobia - ( )
 A fear of sitting
catholicon - ( )
 A remedy for all ailments, or a miracle cure-all
catoptomancy - ( )
 Divination using a mirror or several mirrors
catoptromancy - ( )
 Divination based on how a face appears when viewed in a mirror underwater
catoptrophobia - ( )
 A fear of mirrors
causeuse - ( )
 A sofa built for two people
ceilidh - ( )
 1. A private conversation or visit
ceilidh - ( )
 2. An evening of musical entertainment
cenacle - ( )
 The large room in which the last supper took place
cenatory - ( )
 Pertaining to dinner or supper
ceneromancy - ( )
 Divination using ashes
cenogamy - ( )
 Communal marriage
cephalalgic - ( )
 Any form of headache remedy
cephalomancy - ( )
 Divination by boiling a head, usually that of a donkey
ceraunomancy - ( )
 Divination by or magic using thunderbolts
cercopithecan - ( )
 Pertaining to monkeys
cerebropathophobia - ( )
 A fear of going insane because of a disease
chaetophobia - ( )
 A fear of hair
chafferer - ( )
 A vendor who enjoys talking while making a sale
chalcenterous - ( )
 Having bowels of brass
chankings - ( )
 Pieces of food which are rejected from what is chewed. (spat out)
charette - ( )
 an intensive effort to complete something before the deadline
Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg - ( )
 A Native American lake name meaning "you fish on your side, I fish on my side an no one fishes in the middle"
charientism - ( )
 An artfully veiled insult
chavish - ( )
 The sound of many birds chirping together, or many people chatting at once
cheiloproclitic - ( )
 Being attracted to a person's lips
cheimaphobia - ( )
 A fear of coldness or being cold
cheimatophobia - ( )
 See cheimaphobia
chelonian - ( )
 Like a turtle
cherophobia - ( )
 A fear of merriment
chiliad - ( )
 A period of one thousand years
chiliasm - ( )
 The doctrine that Christ will return and reign for a thousand years
chionophobia - ( )
 A fear of snow
chirocracy - ( )
 The state of being ruled by force (literally by a strong hand)
chirognomy - ( )
 See chiromancy
chiromancy - ( )
 Foretelling the future by studying a person's hand
chirotonsor - ( )
 An alternate title for a barber
chirotony - ( )
 A vote which is taken by a show of hands
cholangiocholecystocholedochectomy - ( )
 The surgical removal of the hepatic duct, common duct, and gall bladder
choregus - ( )
 The financial backer in ancient Greece, usually of a play
chorophobia - ( )
 A fear of dancing
chorophobia - ( )
 Fear of dancing
chrematistic - ( )
 Pertaining to business or the pursuit of wealth
chrematophobia - ( )
 A fear of money
chrematophobia - ( )
 The fear of wealth
chrestomathic - ( )
 Devoted to academic pursuits or to learning in general
chromatophobia - ( )
 See chromophobia
chromophobia - ( )
 A fear of colours
chromotocracy - ( )
 A government dominated by one race
chronomancy - ( )
 Divining the best time for certain events
chronophobia - ( )
 The fear of time
chryselephantine - ( )
 Made of or decorated with gold and ivory
chrysocracy - ( )
 Rulership by the wealthy (literally a government by gold)
chrysology - ( )
 The study of production and value of precious metals
chrysophobia - ( )
 A fear of gold
cibophobia - ( )
 A fear of food
cingulomania - ( )
 A desire to hold someone in your arms
circumlocution - ( )
 An overly complicated means of expression
clapperdudgeon - ( )
 A beggar whose parents were beggars
cleidomancy - ( )
 Divination using a key
cleisiophobia - ( )
 A fear of enclosed spaces
clepsammia - ( )
 An "hourglass" which measures a period of time other than an hour
cleptobiosis - ( )
 The act of plundering food
cleptophobia - ( )
 The fear of thieves or of becoming a thief
cleromancy - ( )
 Divination involving dice
climacophobia - ( )
 The fear of falling downstairs
clinomania - ( )
 An excessive desire to remain in bed
clinophobia - ( )
 A fear of going to bed
clithrophobia - ( )
 A fear of enclosed spaces
cloffin - ( )
 To sit idly by a fire
cnidophobia - ( )
 A fear of insect stings
cnidosiphobia - ( )
 A fear of itching
cockalorum - ( )
 A person who thinks they are bigger than they are
coenesthesis - ( )
 An awareness of one's body and overall health
coimetrophobia - ( )
 See koimetrophobia
collieshangie - ( )
 An uproar or a quarrel
colporteur - ( )
 A book peddler, particularly religious books
colposinquanonia - ( KAHL-puh-SIN-kwah-NOH-nee-uh )
 Estimating a woman's beauty based on her chest
comestion - ( )
 A devouring by fire
comiconomenclaturist - ( )
 One who collects funny names
comprachico - ( )
 A person who buys and sells children after deforming them
comprivigni - ( )
 The relation of a child to its step-siblings
conchologist - ( )
 A collector of shells
conchomancy - ( )
 Divination using shells
concilliabule - ( )
 A secret meeting of people who are hatching a plot
concionative - ( )
 Pertaining to public speaking
conventicle - ( )
 A secret or unlawful religious assembly
coprophagan - ( )
 A beetle that lives in dung
coprophagous - ( )
 One who eats excrement
coprophobia - ( )
 A fear of excrement
coprostasiphobia - ( )
 A fear of constipation
coriaceous - ( )
 Leatherlike, particularly pertaining to skin
coriaceous - ( )
 To be tough and leathery, (such as over tanned skin)
corsned - ( )
 A medieval trial in which the accused had to swallow consecrated bread
cosherer - ( )
 Someone who eats at the expense of others, especially relatives
cosmolatry - ( )
 The worship of nature
cosmopoietic - ( )
 An adjective referring to world creating
costermonger - ( )
 A seller of fruits, vegetables, and other food, especially from a street cart
cotquean - ( )
 A man who does what is traditionally women's work
couther - ( )
 To comfort by giving refreshments and warmth
crambazzle - ( )
 A worn out old man
crantara - ( )
 A burnt piece of wood dipped in blood and taken from clan to clan as a signal
crapulent - ( )
 Illness caused by overeating
cremnophobia - ( )
 A fear of cliffs or precipices
cremnophobia - ( )
 A fear of precipices
creophagous - ( )
 Pertaining to something or someone which eats meat
crepitation - ( )
 The crackling and popping sound accompanying a wood fire
crepuscle - ( )
 The fading light at the end of the day, also known as twilight
cretaceous - ( )
 Chalky or grayish white
cribble - ( )
 To push something through a sieve
crithomancy - ( )
 Divination by spreading flour or dough over a sacrificed animal
criticasters - ( )
 Third rate mean spirited critics
cromnyomancy - ( )
 Magic or divination using an onion
croodle - ( )
 Too coo like a dove
croosle - ( )
 A low whimper, such as produced by infants
crose - ( )
 To whine empathetically with someone who is in pain
crosier - ( )
 The ceremonial staff of bishops or abbots
crotaline - ( )
 Resembling a rattlesnake
cruciverbalist - ( )
 Someone who loves doing crossword puzzles
crurophilous - ( )
 Pertaining to one who likes legs
cryophobia - ( )
 A fear of ice or frost
cryptarchy - ( )
 A government which is run secretly
cucurbitaceous - ( )
 resembling a cucumber or a squash
culacino - ( )
 The mark left on the table by a moist glass
culch - ( )
 Rubbage and refuse of every form
cullion - ( )
 A rude, mean-spirited person
cultrivorous - ( )
 Pertaining to actual or illusory knife swallowing
cummock - ( )
 A staff with a crooked end on it
cunctipotent - ( )
 Being all powerfull, or omnipotent
curglaff - ( )
 The shock felt when entering cold water
curpin - ( )
 A bird's back end
cyesolagnia - ( )
 Being attracted to pregnant women
cymophobia - ( )
 The fear of waves
cynanthropy - ( )
 The delusion that one is a dog
cynocephalous - ( )
 Having the face or head of a dog
cynophobia - ( )
 A fear of dogs
cyprianophobia - ( )
 The fear of prostitutes
cypridophobia - ( )
 See cyprianophobia
cypridophobia - ( )
 The fear of prostitutes
cypripareuniaphile - ( )
 A person who loves prostitutes
cytology - ( )
 The study of cells or the interaction of cells
czarevna - ( )
 The proper title for the daughter of a czar

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