Grandiloquent Dictionary

M

machiaphobia - ( )

  The fear of war

mackabroin - ( )

  A hideous old woman

macrobian - ( )

  Describes any organism which has a long life

macrologist - ( )

  A boring conversationalist, usually met at parties

macromancy - ( )

  Divination by studying the largest object in the area

macron - ( )

  The horizontal line above a vowel to symbolize a long sound

maculate - ( )

  To stain or make impure

maculomancy - ( )

  Divination by spots

magniloquent - ( )

  Speaking pompously or in a high flown manner

maieusiophobia - ( )

  See maieuticophobia

maieuticophobia - ( )

  A fear of childbirth

malacissation - ( )

  The process of making something soft and pliable

malacodermous - ( )

  Soft skinned

malaxophobia - ( )

  A fear of love play, especially in women

maledicent - ( )

  One who is addicted to abusive speech

maledictaphobia - ( )

  Fear of bad words

malophile - ( )

  One who loves apples

malversation - ( )

  corruption and misconduct among public officials

mammothrept - ( )

  A child who is raised and spoiled by their grandmother

manducable - ( )

  Edible or soft enough to chew

margaritomancy - ( )

  Divination using pearls

mariticide - ( )

  The murder of a husband by his wife

maritodespotism - ( )

  Tyrranical rulership of a woman by her husband

maritorious - ( )

  Excessively devoted to one's husband

martext - ( )

  A blundering preacher who stumbles through a sermon

mastigophobia - ( )

  The fear of whipping or being whipped

mataeotechny - ( )

  An unprofitable art or science

mathemancy - ( )

  Divination using mathematics

matronolagnia - ( )

  An attraction to older women, especially women who have children

matutolypea - ( )

  Getting up on the wrong side of the bed

meacock - ( )

  A meak man who dotes on his wife, or is henpecked

mechanophobia - ( )

  A fear of machinery

meconomancy - ( )

  Divination by sleep or magic using sleep

megalophobia - ( )

  A fear of large things

megamalophile - ( )

  1. One who really loves apples

megamalophile - ( )

  2. One who love the Big Apple

melissophobia - ( )

  A fear of bees

melittology - ( )

  The study of bees

melliloquent - ( )

  Pertaining to a smooth talker or a con artist (literally honey-tongued)

mellisugent - ( )

  Honey-sucking

melolagnia - ( )

  Amorous feeling inspired by music

melophobia - ( )

  A fear of music

mendaciloquent - ( )

  Able to tell artful or skilled lies

mentimutation - ( )

  The act of changing one's mind

merdivorous - ( )

  One who eats excrement

merdurinous - ( )

  Composed of urine and dung

merinthophobia - ( )

  A fear of being tied and bound

meritocracy - ( )

  Rulership by the most skilled leader

mesocracy - ( )

  Government formed from the middle class

mesomorphic - ( )

  Being big-boned and muscular

metallophobia - ( )

  A fear of metals

metapneustic - ( )

  Having one's respiratory organs in one's butt

meteoromancy - ( )

  Divination using meteors

meteorophobia - ( )

  A fear of meteors

metopomancy - ( )

  Divination using a person's forehead

metrocracry - ( )

  A government formed of mothers

metrophobia - ( )

  A fear of poetry

metrophobia - ( )

  A hatred or fear of poetry

metutials - ( )

  A small, irritating chore which must be performed before other work can commence

microlipet - ( )

  Someone who gets upset about trivial things

micromancy - ( )

  Divination by studying the smallest object in the area

microphobia - ( )

  A fear of small things

mimp - ( )

  To speak in a prissy manner, usually with pursed lips

minimifidian - ( )

  Having virtually no faith, almost faithless

misandronist - ( )

  A person who believes men are the source of all problems

misapodysis - ( )

  The fear of being undressed or seen undressed

misarchist - ( )

  One who hates any form of authority

misocapnist - ( )

  One who hates the smell of tobacco smoke

misodoctakleidist - ( )

  Someone who hates practicing the piano

misogamist - ( )

  One who hates marriage

misologist - ( )

  A hater of knowledge and enlightenment

misomaniac - ( )

  A person who hates everything

misomath - ( )

  A hater of math or science

misoneist - ( )

  A hater of things which are new

misopedist - ( )

  One who detests children

misopolemiac - ( )

  A hater of war and strife

misoscopist - ( )

  A person who hates to look

misosophist - ( )

  One who hates all wisdom or learning

misotramontanist - ( )

  One who hates "whatever is beyond the mountain" (the unknown)

misotyrannist - ( )

  One who hates tyranny

misoxene - ( )

  One who hates strangers

misoxeny - ( )

  The dislike of strangers

miter - ( )

  The tall pointed hat worn by bishops and abbots

mnemophobia - ( )

  A fear of memories

molendinaceous - ( )

  Like a windmill

molendinaceous - ( )

  Resembling a windmill

molysomophobia - ( )

  A fear of contamination

momiology - ( )

  The study of mummies

monandry - ( )

  The practice of having a single husband at a time

monogenism - ( )

  The belief that all humans are descended from two people

monomath - ( )

  Someone who knows all about a single subject and nothing else

monopathophobia - ( )

  A fear of a specific disease

monophobia - ( )

  The fear of a single thing

morologist - ( )

  A boring fools who speaks nonsense

moromancy - ( )

  A foolish divination

mucopurulent - ( )

  Composed entirely of mucus and pus

muleta - ( )

  The red cape used by matadors

multiloquent - ( )

  Always talking or simply talking too much

multisonous - ( )

  Composed of many different sounds

multivious - ( )

  Having multiple possible paths

muriphobia - ( )

  A fear of mice or rats

museology - ( )

  The science of museum curatorship, including the collection and care of antiques

musophobia - ( )

  A fear of mice or rats

mutchkin - ( )

  An English pint

muzhik - ( )

  A Russian peasant

myctophobia - ( )

  A fear of darkness or of the night

myomancy - ( )

  Foretelling the future using the movement of mice

myriadigamous - ( )

  Pertaining to someone who is willing to marry all kinds of people

myrmecology - ( )

  The study of ants

myrmecophobia - ( )

  A fear of ants

myrmidon - ( )

  A devoted servant or disciple who follows commands without question

mysophobia - ( )

  1. A fear of contamination

mysophobia - ( )

  2. The fear of uncleanliness

mystacial - ( )

  Resembling a mustache

mytacism - ( )

  The incorrect or excessive use of the letter M

mythomane - ( )

  Someone who is prone to lie or believe in lies

myxophobia - ( )

  A fear of slime

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