Grandiloquent Dictionary

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nanophilia - ( )

  An attraction to short people

naology - ( )

  The study of holy buildings such as churches

napiform - ( )

  Turnip shaped

naprapathy - ( )

  The process of massaging ligaments to cure illness

narcokleptocracy - ( )

  Rulership by drug dealers with ties to politicians and the military

narcomancy - ( )

  Divination by sleep or magic using sleep

nasicornous - ( )

  Having a horn on one's nose, such as a rhinoceros

nassology - ( )

  The science of stuffing animals for display, also called taxidermy

natalitious - ( )

  Pertaining to someone's birthday

natatorium - ( )

  An indoor swimming pool

naufragous - ( )

  Causing shipwrecks

naupathia - ( )

  Sea sickness

navicular - ( )

  Resembling a boat, or boat shaped

neanilagnia - ( )

  An attraction to teenagers

neanimorphism - ( )

  Looking younger than one actually is

nearomatria - ( )

  Being a young mother

nebulaphobia - ( )

  A fear of clouds or of fog

nebulochaotic - ( )

  A state of being hazy and confused

necrologist - ( )

  A person who writes obituaries or eulogies

necromancy - ( )

  Divination using black magic or the dead

necromimesis - ( )

  Feigning death or the delusion that one is dead

necrophobia - ( )

  A fear of corpses

necropoliphobia - ( )

  A fear of cemeteries

necroponent - ( )

  The person who temporarily runs a household following a death in the family

necyomancy - ( )

  Divination involving summoning the devil

nelipot - ( )

  Someone who is walking without shoes

nelophobia - ( )

  A fear of glass

neocracy - ( )

  Rulership by inexperienced people

neopharmaphobia - ( )

  A fear of new medicines or drugs

neophillia - ( )

  The love of novelty

neophobia - ( )

  A fear of anything that is new

neossology - ( )

  The study of young birds

neoteinia - ( )

  A state of prolonged immaturity

neoteinic - ( )

  Pertaining to a prolonged adolescence

nepenthe - ( )

  A potion which causes one to forget their troubles

nepheligenous - ( )

  Producing clouds of smoke from tobacco

nephelophobia - ( )

  See nephophobia

nephophobia - ( )

  A fear of clouds

nepiomania - ( )

  The desire of a woman to have a child

nepotal - ( )

  Pertaining to a nephew

nesiote - ( )

  Living upon an island

neuromancer - ( )

  One who tells the future by reading a person's neurons

nexum - ( )

  A form of loan (in ancient Rome) in which the creditor could enslave and flog the debtor if he failed to make a payment

nicitate - ( )

  To close and open the eyelids rapidly, as in a blink

nidificate - ( )

  To build a nest

nidor - ( )

  The aroma of cooked food, particularly meat

nidorosity - ( )

  Belching with the taste of undigested meat

nikhedonia - ( )

  The pleasure caused by anticipating good fortune or success

nippitatum - ( )

  Exceptionaly strong beer

noctiphobia - ( )

  See nyctophobia

noctivagant - ( )

  To roam about at night or to wander around while asleep

noctivagant - ( )

  To rove or wander at night

noematachograph - ( )

  A device used for measuring reaction times

nomancy - ( )

  See onomancy

nomatophobia - ( )

  A fear of names

nomiatrist - ( )

  A lawyer whose specialty is medical law

nomographer - ( no-mog-re-fur )

  A person who writes laws

noology - ( )

  The study of intuition and comprehension

nosism - ( )

  The practive of referring to oneself as "we"

nosocomephrenia - ( )

  A depression caused by any extended stay in the hospital

nosocomology - ( )

  The study of hospital management

nosomaniaphobia - ( )

  A fear of suffering from an imaginary disease

nosophobia - ( )

  A fear of becoming ill

nostology - ( )

  The study of senility

nostomania - ( )

  Overwhelming homesickness

nostophobia - ( )

  A fear of returning home

novercal - ( )

  Pertaining to a stepmother

novercaphobia - ( )

  The fear of one's stepmother

noyade - ( )

  A mass drowning

nucamentaceous - ( )

  Pertaining to a nut

nuciverous - ( )

  Nut eating

nucleomitophobia - ( )

  A fear of atomic energy or nuclear weapons

nudiustertian - ( )

  Pertaining to the day before yesterday

nullibiety - ( )

  The state of being nowhere

nullipara - ( )

  A woman with no children

numerophobia - ( )

  A fear of numbers

numismatist - ( )

  A coin collector

nummamorous - ( )

  Pertaining to someone who spends all of their time trying to make money

nundinal - ( )

  Pertaining to a marketplace or a fair

nutation - ( )

  The involuntary nodding of one's head

nychthemeron - ( )

  A period of 24-hours

nyctalopia - ( )

  night blindness or the inability to see in low light

nycterent - ( )

  A hunter who hunts at night

nyctophobia - ( )

  A fear of darkness or night

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