Grandiloquent Dictionary

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sabbulonarium - ( )

  A gravel pit, or money paid to someone who digs gravel

salutatorian - ( )

  The second best student in a graduating class, whose job it is to give an introductory speech

sanctiloquent - ( )

  Speaking of something which is holy or sacred

sanguinivorous - ( )

  A blood sucker

sanguivorous - ( )

  One who drinks blood

saponaceous - ( )

  1. Being soapy or slippery

saponaceous - ( )

  2. Being very nice and ingratiating

saprogenic - ( )

  Causing rot and decay

saprophagous - ( )

  One who eats dead or decaying animals

saprophilous - ( )

  Living in rotting waste

saprostomous - ( )

  Having bad breath

saraad - ( sa-rod )

  A fine levied by ancient Welsh courts which were paid in cattle

sarcle - ( )

  To dig up weeds

sarcophagic - ( )

  Pertaining to something which eats flesh

sarculation - ( )

  Weeding using a rake

sardanapalian - ( )

  Being luxuriously effeminate like the Byron hero Sardanapalus

sarmassophobia - ( )

  A fear of love play, especially in women

sartorial - ( )

  Pertaining to tailors

sarwan - ( )

  A person who rides and guides a camel

satanophany - ( )

  Possession by the devil

satrapess - ( )

  An official who acts like a petty tyrant

saturnalian - ( )

  Wild and unrestrained, usually referring to a riotous party

saulie - ( )

  A person who is hired to mourn

saxatile - ( )

  Pertaining to rocks

saxify - ( )

  To turn to stone or rock

scacchic - ( )

  Pertaining to the game of chess, or to chess pieces

scaldabanco - ( )

  A preacher who delivers a fiery sermon

scapulimancy - ( )

  Divination involving a shoulder blade which has been charred or cracked from a fire

scarpology - ( )

  The science of determining characteristic traits by examining a persons shoes

scatology - ( )

  The study of excrement

scatomancy - ( )

  Magic or divination using excrement

scatophagous - ( )

  One who eats excrement

scatophobia - ( )

  A fear of excrement

scelerophobia - ( )

  A fear of evil men, such as burglars or muggers

schadenfreude - ( )

  Taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others

schematomancy - ( )

  Divination using the appearance of people

schizocarp - ( )

  The winged seed pod of maple trees

schoenobatist - ( )

  A tight rope walker

scholaptitude - ( )

  A natural ability to perform scholarly achievements

schwa - ( )

  The inverted e used to symbolized a relaxed vowel sound which is neither short nor long

sciamachy - ( )

  Fighting with a shadow or an imaginary opponent

sciamachy - ( )

  To fight with a shadow, or shadow boxing

sciaphobia - ( )

  A fear of shadows

sciapodous - ( )

  Having huge feet

scintillation - ( )

  The twinkling of stars or small bursts of light

sciolist - ( )

  A person who pretends to be an intellectual but is not

sciomancy - ( )

  Divination by talking to the dead

sciophobia - ( )

  See sciaphobia

scobiform - ( )

  Resembling sawdust

scoleciphobia - ( )

  The fear of worms

scolecophagous - ( )

  One who eats worms

scolionophobia - ( )

  A fear of school

scopolagnia - ( )

  The pleasure gained by a voyeur

scotch - ( )

  A block of wood or a brick used under vehicle wheels to prevent rolling

scotomaphobia - ( )

  A fear of scotoma, (having spots before your eyes)

scotophobia - ( )

  A fear of darkness or of the night

scriptophobia - ( )

  The fear of writing or of the written word

scutiferous - ( )

  1. Carrying a shield or armor

scutiferous - ( )

  2. Being covered in scales like a reptile

sebaceous - ( )

  Oozing slime or grease

secundogeniture - ( )

  1. Being the second born son

secundogeniture - ( )

  2. Any property inherited by the second son

selachostomous - ( )

  Shark - mouthed

selacophobia - ( )

  A fear of sharks

selaphobia - ( )

  A fear of flashing lights or strobe lights

selenocentric - ( )

  One whose life revolves around the moon (a "space cadet")

selenography - ( )

  The science of geography of the moon

selenomancy - ( )

  Divination using the moon

selenophobia - ( )

  A fear of the moon

self-agglandize - ( )

  To make oneself more attractive by artificial means

senectitude - ( )

  Old age

sepicolous - ( )

  Living in a bush or hedges

septemplicate - ( )

  One of seven exact copies

septimanarian - ( )

  A monk who is given a week of duties to perform

septophobia - ( )

  A fear of decay or decaying matter

sermocination - ( )

  A speaker answering their own questions

sesquialteral - ( )

  Having a ratrio of one to one and a half

sgiomlaireached - ( )

  The habit of dropping in at mealtimes

sgriob - ( )

  The itchiness of the upper lip just before taking a sip of whiskey

shaconian - ( )

  A person who believes Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare's works

shakos - ( )

  The hat usually worn by members of a marching band

shapka - ( )

  The fur covered, brimless hat worn by many Russians in the winter

shistaceous - ( )

  slate colored or livid, especially pertaining to skin

shoat - ( )

  A worthless young fellow, originally a young hog

shurocracy - ( )

  A government based on consensus

sialagogue - ( )

  Anything which promotes salivation

sialoquent - ( )

  Spraying saliva when speaking

siderodromophobia - ( )

  Fear of railroads or trains

sideromancy - ( )

  1 Foretelling the future by studying the stars

sideromancy - ( )

  2. Divination using straw burned on hot metal

siderophobia - ( )

  The fear of stars

siffilate - ( )

  To talk in a whisper

siffleur - ( )

  A professional whistler

sigillate - ( )

  To cover with official stamps and seals

silential - ( )

  Performed in silence or pertaining to silence

silentium - ( )

  A place in which silence is enforced

simphobia - ( )

  The fear of speaking straight forwardly and in simple terms

sinistrophobia - ( )

  A fear of the left side or things on the left side

sitiophobia - ( )

  A fear of food

skiaphobia - ( )

  See sciaphobia

skirl - ( )

  A piercing sound such as produced by the high notes of a bagpipe

skookum - ( )

  First rate or the best (from Chinook jargon)

skoptsy - ( )

  The act of self castration

slavocracy - ( )

  A government formed of slave owners

sloken - ( )

  To quench one's thirst

sloyd - ( )

  Skilled work (usually manufacturing) which requires dexterous use of tools

slubberdegullion - ( )

  A boorish slob

smaragdine - ( )

  Pertaining to emeralds

smatchet - ( )

  A small nasty person or a nasty child

smellfungus - ( )

  A person who finds faults with everything

snarf - ( )

  1. To fall asleep with your clothes on

snarf - ( )

  2. The act of laughing while drinking and expelling the fluid through one's nose

snath - ( )

  The long bent handle on a scythe

snead - ( )

  The long bent handle of a scythe

snipsnapsnorum - ( )

  A type of card game

snoach - ( )

  To speak through the nose

snollygosters - ( )

  Sleazy politicians or lawyers

snood - ( )

  The fleshy appendage on the beak of a male turkey

snup - ( )

  To buy something of value which some ignorant person has discarded or sold cheap

snurl - ( )

  To turn up one's nose in scorn

snurt - ( )

  To expel mucus when sneezing

snuzzle - ( )

  To poke around with one's nose, as dogs do

soceraphobia - ( )

  A fear of parents in law

sociophobia - ( )

  The fear of society or friendship

sodality - ( )

  An association or organized group

solfeggio - ( )

  A singing exercise using the syllable do,re,mi,fa,so,la,ti

solivagant - ( )

  Wandering all alone

solleret - ( )

  A metallic pointy toed shoe worn by knights

somatology - ( )

  The science of using a person's physical features to determine their personality

somnifugous - ( )

  Something which drives away sleep

somniloquent - ( )

  Speaking in one's sleep

sophist - ( )

  A person who uses deceptive reasoning to win debates

sophophobia - ( )

  1. A fear of knowledge or wisdom

sophophobia - ( )

  2. A fear of learning

sophrosyne - ( )

  The quality of wise moderation or discreet good sense

sorbile - ( )

  Drinkable

sorocide - ( )

  The killing of one's own sister

sororate - ( )

  The marriage of a man to his wife's sister

soterial - ( )

  Pertaining to salvation

soteriology - ( )

  The doctrine the salvation can only be granted by Christ

spaneria - ( )

  A place with few or no men

spanogyny - ( )

  A place with few or no women

sparge - ( )

  To moisten by sprinkling with water

spargefaction - ( )

  The moistening of something by sprinkling it with water

spartle - ( )

  To flounder and flail about

spasmatomancy - ( )

  Divination using convulsions or twitching of one's limbs

spatilomancy - ( )

  Divination using animal droppings

spatulamancy - ( )

  Divination involving the shoulder blades of animals

spectocloacaphobia - ( )

  The fear of one's eyeglasses falling in the sewer

spectroheliokinematograph - ( )

  A special camera used to film the Sun

spectrophobia - ( )

  A fear of mirrors

sphallolalia - ( )

  Flirtatious talk that leads nowhere

spheksophobia - ( )

  The fear of wasps

spheromancy - ( )

  Divination using a crystal sphere

sphragistics - ( )

  The science and history of seals and stamps

sphygmomanometer - ( )

  The device used to measure blood pressure

spiculate - ( )

  To sharpen to a point

spilikins - ( )

  The wooden pegs used in the game of cribbage

spindrift - ( )

  The ocean spray which is blown by the wind

splanchnology - ( )

  The study of the internal organs of humans

spodogenous - ( )

  Pertaining to being in the presence of waste

spodomancy - ( )

  Divination using ashes

sprag - ( )

  A block of wood or a brick used under vehicle wheels to prevent rolling

squamous - ( )

  covered with scales

squamulose - ( )

  covered with very small scales, as in snakes

squirearchy - ( )

  Rulership by the landed gentry

stagiary - ( )

  A student of law

stagnicolous - ( )

  Living in stagnant water

stalko - ( )

  A poor man who pretends he is rich

stasibasiphobia - ( )

  The fear of standing and walking

stasiphobia - ( )

  The fear of standing (for fear of falling)

staurolatry - ( )

  Worship of the cross or Christ on a cross

staurophobia - ( )

  A fear of crucifxes

steatopygic - ( )

  Having a fat behind

stellionate - ( )

  The unauthorized sale of a piece of property

stenophobia - ( )

  A fear of narrow places

stentorian - ( )

  Pertaining to very loud and resonant sounds

stentorophonic - ( )

  Having a loud, powerful voice or making a loud sound

stercoricolous - ( )

  Living in dung

sterculius - ( )

  A God who rules over feces and dung

stereognosis - ( )

  Deducing the weight of an object by handling it

sternutation - ( )

  The sound of a sneeze or the act of sneezing

sternutatory - ( )

  Something which causes sneezing

sterquilinous - ( )

  Pertaining to a dung heap

stertorous - ( )

  Having a deep raspy sound produced by an obstructed air passage

stichomancy - ( )

  Divination using random lines from a book or the Bible

stigmeology - ( )

  The art of proper punctuation

storiology - ( )

  The study of folklore and legends

stratephrenia - ( )

  A neurosis caused by serving in the military

stratocracy - ( )

  A government formed of the military

stridulation - ( )

  The shrill sound produced by crickets and other insects

strikhedonia - ( )

  The pleasure of being able to say to hell with it

strumpetocracy - ( )

  A government formed of prostitutes

struthious - ( )

  Like an ostrich

stultiloquent - ( )

  Speaking senselessly or babbling idiotically

stygiophobia - ( )

  A fear of hell

suaviloquent - ( )

  Speaking in a sophisticated manner

suggilated - ( )

  Badly beaten black and blue

suoid - ( )

  Like a hog

supernaculum - ( )

  To drink to the last drop

suppedaneum - ( )

  The block of wood supporting the feet of a crucified person

surfeitigo - ( )

  The sudden feeling of being stuffed by food, friends, or invitations

suriphobia - ( )

  A fear of mice or rats

sutler - ( )

  A person who follows the army in order to sell provisions to the soldiers

swarf - ( )

  The metallic dust that accumulates after sharpening or grinding metal

swinophobia - ( )

  A fear of pigs or swine

sycomancy - ( )

  Divination using figs

symmetrophobia - ( )

  The fear of symmetry

symposiarch - ( )

  A master of ceremonies

syndyasmia - ( )

  The proper term for an open marriage in which either partner may live with other people

syngenesophobia - ( )

  A fear of relatives