Grandiloquent Dictionary

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labeorphilist - ( )

A collector of beer bottles

labrose - ( )

Having large or thick lips

lachanophobia - ( )

The fear of vegetables

lachanophobia - ( )

The fear of vegetables

laliophobia - ( )

See lalophobia

lalochezia - ( )

The use of foul or abusive language to relieve stress or ease pain

lalophobia - ( )

The fear of speaking

lanigerous - ( )

Wool bearing or covered with fine hair

Laodicean - ( )

Being lax in one's religious beliefs or indifferent to religion

lapidate - ( )

To stone a person to death

lapidicolous - ( )

Living under rocks

larging - ( )

The wasteful spending of money received through an inheritance, loan, or gift

latitudinarian - ( )

A person who tolerates all religions or beliefs

latrate - ( )

To bark like a dog

latrinalia - ( )

Using words that are fit for a restroom wall

latrinology - ( )

The study of writings on restroom walls

latrocination - ( )

Highway robbery or overcharging people

lavacultophilia - ( )

A desire to stare at someone in a bathing suit

leister - ( )

A three pronged, barbed spear used for catching fish

lepidophobia - ( )

A fear of butterflies

leptorrhinian - ( )

having a long narrow nose

lestobiosis - ( )

The act of pilfering food

lethologica - ( )

The inability to recall a precise word for something

leukophobia - ( )

The fear of the color white

levirate - ( )

The marriage of a woman to her husbands brother

levophobia - ( )

A fear of the left side or things to the left

lexiconophilist - ( )

A collector of dictionaries and word books

lexiphanicism - ( )

Showing off by using words

ligyrophobia - ( )

A fear of loud noises

lilapsophobia - ( )

A fear or hurricanes, cyclones, or tornadoes

limacine - ( )

Like a slug

limicolous - ( )

Living in mud or slime

limnology - ( )

The study of fresh water, such as lakes or ponds

limnophobia - ( )

A fear of lakes

linonophobia - ( )

The fear of string

lirp - ( )

To snap one's fingers

lithomancy - ( )

Divination by stones

litigaphobia - ( )

A fear of being sued or of lawsuits

loganamnosis - ( )

The obsession with recalling a certain word

logastellus - ( )

A person whose love of words is greater than their knowledge of words

logocracy - ( )

Rulership by words

logodaedaly - ( )

Verbal trickery or legerdemain

logogogue - ( )

A person who leads others in the use of words or by the use of words

logographer - ( )

A person who writes speeches or chronicles historical events

logomachist - ( )

A person who engages in a war of words

logomachize - ( )

To engage in a war of words

logomachy - ( )

A war of words or a battle about words

logomancy - ( )

Divination by words or by speech

logomaniac - ( )

A person obsessed with words

logomaniac - ( )

A person who is crazy about words

logophile - ( )

A person who loves words

logophobia - ( )

The fear of words

logorrhea - ( )

Excessive talking (or verbal diarrhea)

lohock - ( )

Medicine which is administered by licking it

longanimity - ( )

The ability to suffer patiently

longiloquent - ( )

Extremely long-winded

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A goulash composed of all the leftovers from the meals of the leftovers from the meals of the last two weeks

lorgnette - ( )

A pair of glasses mounted on a handle

loupe - ( )

The small magnifying glass used by jewellers

lubberland - ( )

A mythical paradise reserved for those who are lazy

lucubrator - ( )

A person who studies during the night

lustration - ( )

Ceremonial purefication performed before entering a holy place

lychnobite - ( )

A person who works at night and sleeps during the day

lygerastia - ( )

The condition of one who is only amorous when the lights are out

lygophobia - ( )

A fear of darkness or of the night

lypothymia - ( )

Profound melancholy

lysistrataphobia - ( )

The fear that women will subvert men and take over the world

lyssophobia - ( )

1.A fear of going insane

lyssophobia - ( )

2. A fear of rabies