One who fears open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
aichmophobia
aichmophobia
noun
The fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
alphabetical
alphabetical
adj
(obsolete) literal
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
americophobe
americophobe
Noun
Americanophobe
amphibiontic
amphibiotica
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
amphibrachic
amphibrachic
adj
Consisting of amphibrachs, metrical feet consisting of either a long syllable between two that are short, or an accented syllable between two that are not accented.
amphicribral
amphicribral
adj
(botany) In which the phloem surrounds the xylem
amphisbaenic
amphisbaenic
adj
(mythology) Relating to an amphisbaena.
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
ancraophobia
anglophobiac
approachable
approachable
adj
Easily approached; easy to talk to.
archbishopry
archpublican
bachelorship
bachelorship
noun
The state of being a bachelor.
backsplashes
backsplashes
noun
plural of backsplash
bathmotropic
bathmotropic
adj
(physiology) That influences the response of tissue to stimuli, especially that of cardiac muscle
bathycolpian
bathygraphic
bathygraphic
adj
Relating to bathygraphy.
bathypelagic
bathypelagic
adj
(oceanography) Of or pertaining to the parts of the oceans at depths between 1000 and 4000 meters deep.
bathyscaphes
bathyscaphes
noun
plural of bathyscaphe
berycomorphi
bibliophagic
bibliophagic
adj
devouring books (literally or figuratively)
bibliophilic
bibliophilic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, bibliophilia (the love of books).
bibliotaphic
bibliotaphic
adj
Being or relating to a bibliotaph; hiding away books.
biographical
biographical
adj
of or relating to an account of a person's life
biophysicist
biophysicist
noun
A biologist or physicist whose speciality is biophysics.
biopsychical
biopsychical
adj
Alternative form of biopsychic
blastophitic
blastophoric
blastophoric
adj
Relating to the blastophore.
blepharocera
blepharoncus
borophenylic
brachycephal
brachygraphy
brachygraphy
noun
(obsolete) A system of writing using abbreviations or special characters; shorthand.
brachypodine
brachypodous
brachytypous
brachytypous
adj
(mineralogy) Of a short form.
bradytrophic
bradytrophic
adj
Relating to bradytrophs
branchiopoda
branchiopods
branchiopods
noun
plural of branchiopod
bromocamphor
bronchopathy
bronchopathy
noun
(medicine) Any disease of the bronchi.
bronchophony
bronchophony
noun
(pathology) A modification of the voice sounds observed in auscultation of the chest; used as a diagnostic test
bronchoscope
bronchoscope
noun
a form of endoscope for inspecting the bronchial tubes
bronchoscopy
bronchoscopy
noun
(medicine) A technique for viewing the bronchi using a flexible instrument called a bronchoscope.
bronchospasm
bronchospasm
noun
(medicine) difficulty in breathing due to a contraction of smooth muscle in the walls of the bronchi and bronchioles
calciphobous
calciphobous
adj
(botany, of a plant) Not suited to a calcareous soil
cancerophobe
cancerophobe
noun
Alternative form of cancerphobe
cancerphobia
cancerphobia
noun
Inordinate dread of developing cancer.
carbophilous
cardiophobia
cardiophobia
noun
An inordinate fear of heart disease.
cephalotribe
cephalotribe
noun
An obstetric instrument for performing cephalotripsy.
cerebropathy
cerebropathy
noun
A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
chaetophobia
chaetophobia
noun
(rare) fear of hair and/or hairy people or animals
chapmansboro
cheimaphobia
chionophobia
chionophobia
noun
Fear of snow.
chromophobia
chromophobia
noun
(biology) The quality of being resistant to staining.
(rare) Aversion to a colour or colours.
chromophobic
chromophobic
adj
(cytology) resistant to staining
copublishers
copublishers
noun
plural of copublisher
copublishing
copublishing
verb
present participle of copublish
cremnophobia
cremnophobia
noun
A morbid fear of abysses or precipices.
cryptobranch
cryptobranch
noun
Any limpet of the genus Cryptobranchia
cymbocephaly
decipherable
decipherable
adj
that can be deciphered, understood or comprehended
decipherably
decipherably
adv
In a decipherable manner.
epibranchial
epibranchial
adj
Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch.
noun
An epibranchial cartilage or bone.
eubranchipus
francophobia
francophobia
Noun
The hatred or fear of France, its people and culture.
globicephala
haplobiontic
haplobiontic
adj
(biology) Describing a plant or fungus that has either a haploid or a diploid phase (but not both) in its life cycle. That is, it lacks any alternation of generations.
hebephreniac
hebephreniac
noun
Synonym of hebephrenic
hebephrenics
hebephrenics
noun
plural of hebephrenic
hyperbolical
hyperbolical
adj
Hyperbolic
hyperbolicly
hyperbolicly
adv
(less common) Alternative form of hyperbolically
lipobranchia
motorphobiac
motorphobiac
noun
Synonym of motorphobe (“one who fears or dislikes automobiles”)
musicophobia
musicophobia
noun
Aversion to music.
negrophobiac
ochlophobist
ochlophobist
noun
(obsolete, rare) A person with a phobia, or fear, of mob-like crowds, as opposed to simply open spaces like agoraphobia or large crowds as with enochlophobia.
ombrographic
palimbacchic
pambanmanche
parabranchia
parabranchia
noun
A modified osphradium of certain gastropod molluscs that functions as a gill
peachblossom
perobrachius
phagocytable
phagocytable
adj
(biology) Capable of being phagocytosed
philobotanic
phlebectasia
phlebectasis
phlebectopia
phlebenteric
phlebolithic
pitchblendes
pitchblendes
noun
plural of pitchblende
pleurobranch
pleurobranch
noun
(zoology) Any of the gills of a crustacean that are attached to the side of the thorax.
podobranchia
podobranchia
noun
(zoology) Synonym of podobranch
polybranchia
postbrachial
postbrachial
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the arm
postbrachium
prebranchial
prebranchial
adj
anterior of the gills
prebronchial
prebronchial
adj
(anatomy) Situated in front of the bronchus; applied especially to an air sac on either side of the esophagus of birds.
prosobranchs
prosobranchs
noun
plural of prosobranch
pseudobranch
pseudobranch
noun
pseudobranchia
psychobabble
psychobabble
noun
The jargon of psychology and psychoanalysis, especially when regarded as trite or trivial.
verb
To speak this kind of jargon.
psychobiotic
psychobiotic
adj
of, or relating to both the mind and the body
psychophobia
psychophobia
noun
(medicine, rare) A fear of the mind, particularly mental illness. Like dementia