Grandiloquent Dictionary

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bacillophobia - ( )
 A fear of germs
bailiwick - ( )
 The region in which a sheriff has legal powers
baize - ( )
 The green cloth used on billiard tables and other gaming tables
balatron - ( )
 A babbling buffoon
baldric - ( )
 A belt worn over the shoulder and chest used to hold a sword
ballistophobia - ( )
 A fear of being shot, or of guns and missles
balnearii - ( )
 People who steal clothing for public baths
balnearil - ( )
 The people who stole clothing from a public bath in ancient Rome
barathrum - ( )
 A person who eats like they were a bottomless pit
barophobia - ( )
 A fear of gravity
barophobia - ( )
 Fear of gravity
basiphobia - ( )
 The fear of walking
basistasiphobia - ( )
 The fear of standing and walking
basophobia - ( )
 See basiphobia
basorexia - ( )
 An overwhelming desire to neck or kiss
bataphobia - ( )
 A fear of heights or high places
bathophobia - ( )
 A fear of depth
bathysiderodromophobia - ( )
 Fear of subways
batophobia - ( )
 A fear of tall buildings
batrachoid - ( )
 Like a frog
batrachophagous - ( )
 One who eats frogs
batrachophobia - ( )
 A fear of frogs or toads
battology - ( )
 Tiresome and repetitive talking
bdellophobia - ( )
 A fear of leeches
beaze - ( )
 To dry in the sun
beldam - ( )
 A foul old woman
belomancy - ( )
 Fortunetelling through the use of arrows
belonephobia - ( )
 A fear of pins and needles
bibliomancy - ( )
 Divination using books or Bible passages
bibliophobia - ( )
 A fear of books
bibliopolist - ( )
 One who deals in rare books
bicorne - ( )
 The hat with two points worn by Napolean
biometeorology - ( )
 The study of how the weather affects people
bitheism - ( )
 Believing in two gods
blandiloquent - ( )
 Speaking in a flattering or ingratiating way
blatherskite - ( )
 An obnoxious braggart
blatteroon - ( )
 A person who will not stop talking
blattoid - ( )
 Like a cockroach
blellum - ( )
 an idle boring chatterer
blennophobia - ( )
 A fear of slime
blepharospasm - ( )
 A form of constant winking
bletcherous - ( )
 Pertaining to something poorly designed or disgusting in design
blodder - ( )
 To flow with a gurgling sound from a small aperture
boanthropy - ( )
 The delusion that one is an ox
bogyphobia - ( )
 A fear of goblins
bombilate - ( )
 To loudly hum or buzz continuously
bonnyclabber - ( )
 Milk which has become thick due to being sour
borborygmus - ( )
 The rumbling sound of gas passing through the intestine
botanomancy - ( )
 Divination using plants
botanophobia - ( )
 A fear of plants
bourdon - ( )
 The bass drone of a bagpipe or of the low pitched notes on a pipe organ
boustrophedon - ( )
 A form of writing which alternates left to right / right to left, also used to describe some forms of typesetting.
bowdlerize - ( )
 To purge literature of all possibly offensive or morally impure material
brachiation - ( )
 The act of swinging through the trees, such as performed by monkeys
brachistichrone - ( )
 The path between two points along which a particle travels for the shortest time
brachycephalic - ( )
 Having a head that is broad
breve - ( )
 The small curve above a vowel which symbolizes a short sound
breviloquent - ( )
 Speaking briefly about a subject
brevirostrate - ( )
 Having a short nose
brimborion - ( )
 Something which is useless or nonsensical
bromatology - ( )
 A discourse on food
bromidrosiphobia - ( )
 A fear of body odour or sweat
bronteum - ( )
 A device used in theater or movies to create thunder
brontide - ( )
 The low rumbling of distant thunder
brontomancy - ( )
 Divination by or magic involving thunder
brontophobia - ( )
 The fear of thunder
brump - ( )
 To collect branches which have fallen off of trees
bruxomania - ( )
 The compulsive grinding of one's teeth
buccula - ( )
 A double chin
buffarilla - ( )
 An extremely ugly young woman
bufoniform - ( )
 Like a toad
burghbote - ( )
 Donations made to repair a castle, or to build a castle
burladero - ( )
 The wooden barrier in a bullring used for protection
butyraceous - ( )
 Resembling butter
byrthynsak - ( )
 1. The theft of a calf or a sheep
byrthynsak - ( )
 2. Stealing as much as one can carry

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