Grandiloquent Dictionary

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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
 

 
 
 
 

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